I have been married for more than three years now and I realized that I really haven't gotten over the experience of preparing for my wedding! The thrill is still there! And because it's still there I decided to write (in installments), my wedding supplier reviews on that very special day!
Church: Shrine of Jesus,The Way, The Truth and The Life
Reclamation Area, Pasay City
Peso Power: Php 20, 000
Inlcusions: Flower arrangements
The church is known as a strict chruch, but based on experience, we didn't encounter any problems. They were even so accomodating when 3 days before our wedding, we had to change priests because our main celebrant, passed away due to a heart attack =C sad...but on the wedding day, I think our friend priest made his presence felt, because as I was walking down the aisle, a butterfly was with me althroughout =D
I remember the day before the wedding, I was still trying to contact the church florist because I really wanted lilies as the flowers to be used on the church than the mums. For me, it looks more elegant. Good thing, they accomodated our request. =D
Two days before the wedding, I had a major problem. When I submitted our new officiating priest's details and requirements to the church admin, I saw or rather HEARD, this monstrous noise created by the people digging and putting building foundations just across the church! Yes, it is now where SMX now stands! At that time it posed a big problem because when I asked the church secretaries, they said they have raised the problem already but up to that day, they haven't received any actions yet. That leaves me and my fiance' the big dilemma of what will happen during our ceremony?! The place being almost at the end of the Reclamation area in Pasay City makes the loudest noise (or echo) with tiniest noise made. So what do you expect with big machines digging and drilling?! Up to the day of the wedding I was actually praying for a miracle. And it did happen! My groom, arriving early at the church site, went to the construction site and personally requested whoever was in-charge if they can stop the drilling while we're having our ceremony! Thank goodness for that angel, whoever she was, because even is she and her team were already behind from schedule, they stopped all the drilling and all the noise that they created. They stopped for an hour. We can remember that as soon as the priest told my husband "You may now kiss the bride" the drilling and all the noise that went with it, started again! BUt that was just fine with us!
I didn't mind anymore during the picture taking. I don't know if the music created by another supplier (JJS Entertainment) can still be heard, but I was enjoying everything that was happening to even notice it.
Looking back, if I knew that SMX would be built around that time maybe, we looked for another church. It was a good thing that SM Mall of Asia delayed their opening, or else I would have had bigger problems! Traffic and all! Knowing Filipinos, they would all troop down the mall, especially that it was summer and it was the newest and biggest mall in town at that time!
All in all, I was still happy because our pictures looked excellent and the church was really elegant. I think it is just sad that SM was built just beside it. I think, in a way, it lost or the drama of being the only church on that very remote area, was lessened.
By the way, we thought the pictures that went with the package were a bit few so we decided to put more flowers in front of the altar by another supplier (Flowers of May). It added beauty and put more life in the ceremony.
