First

My husband and I never had any pic together as a couple when we were just boyfriend-girlfriend...

May kasabihan kasi na pagnagpakuha kayo na hindi pa kayo kasal, 'di kayo magkakatuluyan! Naman! At naniwala talaga kami...

Whether it's true or not, I don't know but I'm just glad we can now have all our pictures together taken and here's our very first!

Officially - Mr. & Mrs. Joroli B. Almeria

(January 10, 2008, 4:00p.m.,

St. Michael's Church, Sharjah,United Arab of Emirates)

I'll paint a sun to warm your heart

Knowing that we'll never part.

I'll draw the years all passing by

So much to learn, so much to try.

I'll paint my mood in a shadow blue,

Paint my soul to be with you.

I'll sketch your lips in shaded tones,

Draw your mouth to my own.

I'll trace a hand to wipe your tears

And trace a look to calm your fears.

A silhouette of dark and light

To hold each other oh so tight.

I'll paint the stars in the evening sky,

Draw the light into your eyes,

A touch of love, a touch of grace,

To softly fall on your moonlit face.

And with this ring our lives will start,

Let nothing keep our love apart.

I'll take your hand to hold in mine,

And be together through all time.

Poem "The Colour of My Love" taken from

http://www.wedding-references.com/poetry_on_marriage.htm

Finally...I DO.

I'm getting married! ;)

Today is my last day as Emma Gerel Guay Silao.
Tomorrow, I will officially be Mrs. Emma Gerel S. Almeria.

I haven't felt much the past days but now I'm writing this, I'm starting to feel all the emotions I believe a bride-to-be feels - excited, nervous, happy...teary eyed! Whew!

Wow, now I'm starting to get blank even with what to write! ;)

I'll be saying my "I DO"...

Almost six years of being a couple and we're finally making it official and above all, be blessed by our GUY up there...

Thank you God for the broken hearts you gave us that led us to see and realize our love for each other...continue to be the center of this relationship. Thank you for my husband. We offer you this marriage and may it continue to grow in Your love...Amen.

My "Tatay"...who would have thought...

Thank you... For all the things you help me realize... For all the memories and memories we will be having... For the acceptance, understanding and everything you have given me... For taking good care of me... For the hugs and kisses... For loving me.

Some people may say, you're lucky to have me but I say, I'm much luckier to have you.

I love you and will continue to love and serve you - 'til death do us part.


Love is patient; love is kind.
Love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude.
It does not insist on its own way: it is not irritable or resentful;
it does not rejoice in wrong doing, but rejoices in truth.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
And now faith, hope, and love abide, and the greatest of these is love. - Corinthians 13

(It's 9:25am, Wednesday, 9th January 2007, UAE time...let's start counting down! Kasalan na! ;)

My First in 2008

It's a little late for a New Year entry but, let's consider this as a post-New Year one. ;)

Hello 2008!

(My 1st pic for '08 - that's how I look when I've just gotten up! Yikes!)

I'm supposed to share with you my New Year's resolution but I just don't have any except to try to be nicer to everyone! Ei! I've started to change...believe it or not (at least for those, who had known me before...promise!)

So, here's to remind me of this -

Make The Choice Not to Hate

Prejudice a word, that feels wrong--
a feeling without rhyme or song..
A feeling felt by anyone--
a feeling that cant be fun..
Prejudice simmers beneath the soul--
embedding itself, making our bodies cruel and cold..
Its a whisper yelling in that weak ones ear--
over powering positive thoughts, creating fear..
Telling us hating is just and right--
and when the message becomes to real, we have to fight..
Before we know it, even the whispers, we start to feel--
as the touch of hate becomes so real..
We start to hate those we don't even know--
as the negative of hate, even dims loves glow..
Hate comes in all shades of skin--
its our choices, that keeps the hate with in..
Hate can steal one or a whole family--
but love and God can help us see..
Its up to us to challenge that which feels wrong--
our choices keeps us from weakness and going along..
Its a paranoia, a mental distrust of others--
this prejudice thing can even make you hate your mother..
Its a blindness we allow ourselves, you and me--
a hate that keeps us from being able to see..
From seeing the brightness of love glowing from others --
that kind of love, that glows when we make a stranger a sister, a brother..

I’ve learned to give the heart time to feel--
and when the time comes , you’ll know its real..
We have to deal with the consequences, your fate--
please make the choice not to hate...- Patricia Robinson




"Dear Lord, may the New Year bring us closer to You! Amen."