meet my wife.

hello brides,

i am mister small and i am not a wedding coordinator. but my wife is. and quite a very detailed one at that. now of course, this may seem biased knowing full well that the outcome of what i write here determines whether i'll be sleeping on the bed or on the floor.

regardless of that, the task of writing this introduction falls upon me because my wife could not find the words to properly describe herself. so i am doing it for her.

she is missus biG, but i call her polly. if you already know her, you’ll immediately agree that she is one of the most obsessive compulsive people you’ll ever come across. when she planned every minute detail of our own wedding, i was given a gazillion options for the tiniest of things, including the way the table napkins were to be folded and what the waiters would be wearing.

but despite being a stickler for order and procedure, our wedding was anything but calculated. it was personal. we did everything differently, from our choice of wedding readings to an unconventional first dance. as she has told me many times in the past, our wedding was an incredibly personal journey. it should be one for you too.

if you do decide to get her as your wedding coordinator, know that she is more than just someone who will make you choose color schemes or choir music. she is more than someone who will email you all sorts of unusual wedding readings. she is more than just someone who will fix your wedding dress right before they open the church doors and your groom sees you for the first time.

she is missus biG, the person who will stand by you in your last few moments as a single girl. i married her because i knew, i wouldn’t want anyone else there for me in the end.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

getting my feet wet

some weddings i've helped with in the past.

this alabang bride was just the sweetest bride i've ever met in my life. from her demeanor down to the quality of her voice -- everything about her disposition was just so pleasant. and her groom was utter coolness. he totally brought the house down with some serious gee-tawr skills!




a really fun and touching wedding in quezon city. the games were hilarious because the couple's friends were just so into it. and the charming bride and groom kept thanking us again and again as the night came to a close.




having fun with my 2-way radio. when i got married, i was actually concerned about having my coordinators hold walkie-talkies. i was worried that they wouldn't look nice and would cause disturbances during the wedding. but amy explained that given the size of the church and ballroom, they would really need the gadgets to be able to coordinate properly. looking back at my own wedding, i realize i didn't notice them using it. i didn't even notice the coordinating team, that's how inconspicuous they were. and i feel that's important for coordinators to master. it's really difficult, and can't always be achieved, but they should be able to orchestrate a wedding as "invisibly" as they can.



a laid-back wedding in punta fuego. we encountered some challenges (no wedding is exempt from this) but all in all, it was a really beautiful beachside affair. the bride walked "up" the staircase aisle to "After All" (from the movie Chances Are), and as expected, i was close to bawling.

some people say i'm insane to be doing this for a living. and that coordinating weddings is extremely high-pressure (after all, a couple's one most important day depends almost entirely on me!). in fact, it's more personal than it is business, which makes it even more stressful. but when i think about the creative elements that go into the making of a wedding, coupled with all the tearful emotions that you witness on their big day, it makes everything worth it. this may sound so cliche, but when i see a bride walking down the aisle, or hear a father's voice crack in mid-speech, i remember why i'm a wedding planner.


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