Ceremony
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Reception
Cake and Cupcakes

I’m so excited that my nerves are in a frenzy. This past week we’ve been pretty relaxed, but now I’m listening to my bridal march song,  and I’m so psyched that just listening to the song brings tears to my eyes. (Check out my epiphany about it from months ago.) Ted of Manila String Machine says they’ve been rehearsing the music they requested, and I can’t wait to hear their renditions of the Star Wars themes we love so much.

In other news, we want our guests to know that we’ll be setting up a wifi router at the reception. We have friends and relatives who won’t be able to make it to the wedding, for various reasons: work, travel, etc. Also, as much as we’d like to, we really can’t invite all our friends. But we’d like them to still be part of the wedding, even if only through virtual means.

So we’d like to ask those of you with wifi-capable mobile/smart phones to post live updates during the wedding. I’m not sure if the router will be on during the ceremony (I doubt it), but it definitely will be during the reception! If you can post photos through your phones, even better! Post them on Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz, even Plurk! This is the only way we can share our wedding with the rest of the world, as it happens.

Ron will be in charge of the wifi connection, so all guests who wish to connect to the Intarwebs can ask him for the password and other connection details during the wedding. Ron will also try to broadcast the wedding live via video streaming; if you know how to do this, input would be welcome! Send suggestions and questions to rej (dot) oneal (dot) 2010 (at) gmail (dot) com.

Yeah, yeah, we’re really geeks, we want to broadcast our wedding online. But hey, we’re not as bad as the couple that was Tweeting DURING THEIR OWN WEDDING CEREMONY. That was ridiculous.

Our best men with Oneal at the Eraserheads reunion concert

These are the wonderful people who have agreed to play an important part on our big day:

Our Best Men

Paul Julius Martin Catiang – Our housemate, and my orgmate and friend from college, Paul is a little too enthusiastic about Monty Python. He’s also our C-3PO!

Dante Gagelonia – Our housemate, and my best friend from college, Dante loves many of the geek things we do, and it’s hard to pin down what he likes most.

Our Maid of Honor

Kat Magallona, MD

Kathleen Magallona, MD – My close friend and classmate since fourth grade, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Kat is also active in their church choir.

Our Matron of Honor

Joanna Marie Orena Cemine – My best friend from high school, and classmate since fifth grade, Anna is now married and has one son.

Our Secondary Sponsors

Our Candle Sponsors

Jovan, our Candle Sponsor

Jovan De Ocampo – My college orgmate and our awesome geek friend, Jovan is into Transformers and Harry Potter.

Julius Rivera – Oneal’s barkada since grade school, Physical Therapist and very physical. lives in romantic Sonoma valley and very romantic.

Our Veil Sponsors

Amaris Grace Cabason – My cousin on the mother’s side, Amaris is going to be a brilliant lawyer one day.

Orland Gregorio Axalan - Oneal’s buds  since high school, athletic, one of the other big Star Wars fans in the barkada, has taught his son well about the Galaxy far far away.

Amaris, our Candle Sponsor

Our Cord Sponsors

Celeste Pampolina – Oneal’s cousin is based in the US, and can’t make it to the wedding. Representing her at the wedding will be Oneal’s neice, Danielle Luna.

Mario Madrid - Oneal’s barkada since grade school, the group’s accountant, recently married and soon to be a father.

Oneal's barkada, L-R: Odge, Martin, Mario, Caloy, Oneal, Julius, Nick and Iñaki

Our Groomsmen

Ronaldo Rosero, DDM – Oneal’s brother, and our dentist!

Nick Joseph Santiago - Oneal’s barkada since high school, Chef, restauranteur, matchmaker and asthma inducer.

Martin Luna, MD - Oneal’s barkada since grade school, married into the family, now emergency room doctor on speed dial.

Our Bridesmaids

Nina

Nina Lou Reyes – Awesome geek friend, Nina loves Star Trek and the Lord of the Rings most of all. also the Philippines’ resident Princess Leia.

Mary Ann Marchadesch – My friend from college, Mary Ann is a devoted Doctor Who fan.

Mary Ann Ortiz – Meann is the founder of Star Wars Philippines. She loves Harry Potter as well.

Our Flower Girls

Maxine Enriquez – Dexter’s daughter

Martina Llamas – Iñaki’s daughter

Mary Ann

Our Ring Bearer

Miguel Paca – Caloy’s son

Our Coin Bearer

Joey Torres – Oneal’s inaanak

Matron of honor Anna with our Bible bearer, Gabby

Our Bible Bearer

Gabriel Cemine – Anna’s son, and my inaanak

Thank you, everyone, for being part of our entourage! Soon we’ll post our Principal Sponsors.

– rej and oneal

Our first wedding gift, from Mario and Tricia

It makes me so happy that our wedding has brought out the thoughtful and helpful streak in so many people. Many friends have volunteered their time and effort to help us with all the things we need to do, the stuff we need to plan, decide, book, canvass, design and even edit. It’s so touching, and the best part is that they really just want to help! Most of them say, “Just tell me what you need. And please don’t feel obliged to invite me to the wedding, just because I’m helping you, okay?”

I really wish we could invite everyone. But alas, budget and venue constraints! I don’t think Fernwood could hold all the masses we want to invite.

Speaking of thoughtful, it was so sweet of Oneal’s high school barkada, Mario, and his wife, Tricia, to give us our first wedding gift: the cord for the wedding ceremony! They had a cord made out of beautiful beads, and in the colors of our motif, and with our initials! It’s so beautiful, and they’re so thoughtful, and it makes me so happy that people are being so wonderful.

Thanks, Mario and Tricia, and thanks to all the nice, generous friends we have.

– rej