Into Year One...

Just last Saturday, October 17, 2009 my wife and I celebrated the first 365 days of our married life, year one has passed for us and how swift it seems that time flies. I thought to myself, "if this is how fast a year goes by.. imagine how 50, 75 years come around.." Spending the day reminiscing of the events that happened a year ago, it seemed as though it was yesterday. Vividly recalling the exact same event, at the exact same moment . Looking back on our special day as we remembered it.

As much as the day was a celebration for us, it brought me into thinking on how the first year of our married life went by. It was then that I came to so many realizations.. Every waking moment spent with someone whom you love so much, someone who loves you as much in return is an everyday blessing. Late at night when I look at my wife as she lay beside me, I am always reminded of how lucky I am to have found the one person in this world who makes my life whole. Every day spent is always a learning experience. I learned things about my wife, I never thought I knew and because of her, I learned so many things about me that I have never known.

I love her more everyday.

I know how heaven feels like having her by my side.

1.. 10.. 100.. these are just numbers and if there is one thing the past year has taught me... Marriage is a LIFETIME commitment...

What matters most is that...

You never stop learning.

You never stop loving.

Ceij..

I will never stop learning..

I will never stop loving..

Always has been you.. Always will be you.

Happy 1st anniversary byi!

Love you wife!

Always me and you! :D

Happy Candle Cakes Day Baby!

I just want to post a shout out..

To the love of my life..

My one and only wife!

Happy 25th Birthday baby!

I wish I could have given you something more

Something you could have asked for

But I hope this gift will do

Something God specially made for you

Absolutely free..

The gift of me!

I wish you nothing but the very best in life!

Love you wife :D

Always me and you!

The Story of My Life in Your Name..

While sifting through items found in my wallet, I came across a piece of folded paper.

As I unfolded it, the contents brought back memories..

It goes..

Jaded was the life I knew then and love was real in dreams only.
Emptiness filled my thoughts, the void in my heart left me distraught, lonely.
All else in me was lost and I was left with but hope that this test shall pass.
Never in my life have I felt so down, asking why I can't have what everyone else has.
Nothing seemed so right for then, all I had was hope and faith.
Everything that happens in this world happens for a reason, this I believe so.
Chances are so rare in this lifetime that when one comes, we grab it and never let go.
A single moment happens that changes us forever and we are never the same.
Right then and there, we see why we were born, why God put us on this earth.
Many things have happened to me in this life, many things have not.
Every hope I had, every wish I made, every prayer I asked for on thing I wanted in life.
Love, I never hoped for anything else in this world, just that somehow love find me.
So many times I have looked for it, so many times it has eluded me.
Endless has my search been, still I haven't found the love that I have been looking for.
Right at the moment I almost gave up on love, I found you.
Reality hit me hard then, you don't go looking for love, it finds you.
All the while I thought I was looking for love, when all the while I was looking for you.
Now that I have you, my life has never been so wonderful for in you, love found me.
Ours is a love that's true, a love that knows never to give up, a love that believes in forever..

I remember writing this, 5 years ago.. for Jeanne.

To this day, I still keep this piece to remind me..

The story of my life is written in her name..

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To Jeanne..
Happy Hearts Day wife!
You are my life!

Love you wife :D
Always me and you!

Celebrating 5 years.. February 1, 2004

It seems like yesterday when we first met. Seeing you for the first time, I was nervous as hell.
I remember then, I couldn't look you straight in the eye.. I never knew why.
I remember looking towards the city lights beyond the horizon on that cold Saturday night.
It was not the cool mountain breeze I felt that night, but the warmth of our embrace.
My hand in yours.. your hand in mine.
At that point in my life, it was the bravest I've been.
Saying that one line which I knew would forever change my life..
"Will you be mine..?"

Here we are 5 years later.. husband and wife.
The rest is history as they say but everything would not have become possible..
If on that fateful night had I not been brave enough to ask..
If you did not have the courage..

to say YES.

To Jeanne..
Thank you, here's looking forward to the rest of my life with you.

Love you wife :D

Always me and you!

2008: Our year that was..

Another year has come and gone, but for Jeanne and I 2008 was a year that we will remember always.
I must say that when you have been planning something big, as Jeanne and I have been,
time is relative to everything that's going on around you. Indeed, time does fly, as 2008 has for us.
But as it ends, it leaves with us memories that will last our lifetimes.

As the years come and go we will always look back to this year as one of the highlights of our lives.
Where in front of God's eyes, we said yes to love and life as one. Together, forever.

As the year draws to a close, there are so many things to be thankful for.

Blessings received and shared.
Prosperity.
Good health all year round.

But what I am most thankful for is Jeanne.
For seeing me, through all my flaws.
I may not be perfect, but having you makes everything right in my life.

Love you wife!
You are the highlight of my life!
Always me and you :D

Time after time..

No matter how many times this song is sung, how many different artists make their own version,the song's message will never change..

"If you're lost.. you can look and you will find me..
Time after time..
If you fall.. I will catch you I will be waiting..
Time after time.."

I have since been listening to this song. When we were asked to choose a piece for the short film we were about to make, I knew I had to pick it not only because I liked it, but also because of what the songs the words meant for me..

A vow I make to the one person whom I'm going to spend the rest of my life with..

For my wife..

If you are ever lost, know that you will always find me..
If you ever fall, I will always be here to catch you..

Know that you will always have me.. Always.



To Sir Dino,

When we first saw this, we were left in awe.
Thank you, it seems second nature to you to leave your clients in awe.
Great job sir! You were a choice Jeanne and I knew we just had to make, the best.

To Jeanne,

Someone once said..

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."

You give me courage that I never had, strength that I never knew..
You are my strength and my courage..


Love you wife :D
Always me and you!

Di immagini e parole..

It is often said that a picture paints a thousand words. I believe this to be so. Most people look at pictures as mere images captured for posterity, but there are a few who see pictures for more than the images that they portray.

Every image captured has a meaning.
Each picture taken tells a story.

I remember the first time, Jeanne and I went to the first photographer we saw. I was a bit timid at first thinking, "There's so much fuss about weddings and pictures." As we went inside the studio, slowly my perception changed. As we glanced through albums and breezed through dozens of images, I thought to myself what it would feel like doing the shots that those couples did. At that moment I felt this chill running down my spine. "I want to do this.." I thought. I remember thinking that day, when time comes for our pictures to be taken, I want that they be images of something worthwhile. I wanted the images to speak of who Jeanne and I were as a couple.. I wanted every capture to tell our story..

Many images were taken, many photos shot. Conventional wisdom would say, a thousand pictures would then paint if not a million words. But when I look at our photos, I would always say they paint only one. One word, that of Love.

In its purest form shared by two persons.

We did not find love, instead..
Love found us..

For Sir Don,
For telling our story.. thank you.
Nobody else would have done a better job.


For Jeanne,
The best thing about me is.. You.
You to me.. are Love always.

Love you wife :D
Always me and you.