In a world like this, where many unpleasant things happening around plus having temptations here and there, it is considered a miracle when couples, married or not, reach their first anniversary, never mind their fifth.
We are indeed, very, very blessed.
Just last weekend, my husband and I spent our fifth wedding anniversary. Originally, our wedding anniversary date fell on a weekday and we thought it would be better for us to have it on the weekend. Few weeks prior to this, we had so many plans. Soooo many that we couldn’t choose what we really wanted the most. Of course, there were also many factors to be considered – one of which was the budget.
Since I was the one who stay in front of the computer most of the time, I was in-charge of looking for a good place. I got excited when I saw Zoobic Safari’s discounted fee in megadeals. I thought it was great to spend our ‘day’ there as it was something ‘new’. Then, I thought too, that it was a bit inconvenient for us to go there because we would commute with the kids (that was the original plan, to tag-along the kids). Then I opted to contact our friends who happen to work in hotels so we could ask for discounts. Still, it was no-good as we were a bit behind in making our reservation (and use their names to avail the 50% discount). A week before our anniversary, I found this Manila Bay Cruise. I inquired and almost had my reservation made but last minute, my husband backed out and had ‘Shunji Resort’ instead.
At first, I was not so eager to go there (again) because it has been our ‘home resort’ for the past year. We’ve had celebrations there before because the place was near our house and the rates were really affordable. I still went resort-searching on the internet the day before the ‘day’ but I was not successful in finding a good place. So, we ended up going to Shunji’s.
I had no regrets. There were no other guests during the weekend so it was like we rented the whole place. We just bought food outside, had some 10 bottles of Tanduay Ice (which, btw, was my first time to have a taste of it), sang our hearts out until 4am, swam in the not-so-cold water and woke up at 8:30 in the morning and went swimming again. We left the resort at noon.
It was really a great weekend. Too ordinary for some. But for us, it was one of the best weekends we’ve had. I’ve realized that it didn’t matter where and how you and loved one spent your special day.
What really matters is you being with the person you love. Me being with him. J
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| thank you for the flowers delivered in our office :) |
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| swimming at 4am |
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| tanduay ice - my new favorite :) |
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| he had these shirts made for us :) |
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| videoke again in the morning |
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| dwarfina me |
