Sigrid and Jon

These both doctors actually prepared for their wedding from overseas. I met them while they were doing occular in Coconut Palace last year, very timely as I was hosting (emcee) a wedding there at the same time. What a small world as my mother-in-law is a good friend of Jon's mom. They are ballroom buddies in Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

It was a beautiful day last January 18, 2007. We were a bit concerned in the early afternoon as the clouds are starting to cover the whole of Coconut Palace. When our team arrived in the venue, it started to drizzle! And oh, the caterer's (Josiah's Catering) waiters have to pull out all their linens from the set-up.

At 330pm, the clouds started to clear, up until the end of the reception. The couple were able to have their picture taken capturing the sunset.


We started the wedding a bit later than expected of 430pm because of the sun that is pretty pain on the skin. I would never forget the wedding vows they professed to each other. That made all the guests in ceremony teary-eyed (even me!). It is never written, nor just memorized...you will know, it both came from their hearts. Time and distance can really not separate these two beautiful people.

After a week of their wedding, we got this message from the bride...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sigrid Formantes" <sigrid.formantes@gmail.com>
To: <jody@events-experts.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 1:25 PM
Subject: 4 pictures for you
hello jody! thank you again for making our wedding organized, you did such a good job! jon and i as well as our families were able to enjoy the festivities, and my sisters commented that they felt the difference with our hiring an organizer (and an efficient one at that!) as compared to the previous weddings that our families have had. more power to you and your team! keep in touch!

sig