One True Love

Before anything else, let me just say I had a hard time thinking of a good title for this post.I got tired of squeezing my brain for some creative juice, so I just settled for One True Love. It sounds too mushy and cliché, but hey, it’s love month; and love has always been both mushy and cliché. Pardon me for my defensiveness.

February 14, 2012 is a very special day for me, because it was the first time for me and my boyfriend Ciovic to be together on a Valentine's Day after four years and five months of being a couple. We didn’t have the chance to see each other in the past Heart’s Days because of some constraints like parental and academic stuff.

It was also my first time to receive a flower bouquet from him and from anyone, and it was really romantic. When we arrived at Zabadani Café, he asked if he could go out to buy something to chew while waiting for our order. When he came back, I got so surprised when he handed me the pink roses instead. I wasn’t expecting it!

The act may not be special for you anymore, but for me it is. It was like the memories of our courtship stage came flooding back in my mind. I almost cried for joy, but I controlled my kilig emotions because the coffee shop was jam-packed with customers that time. I couldn’t help but smile whenever I recall that very moment.

 Zabadani Café

Keepsakes (Matina Town Square)

What I Wore (Black & White w/ a Hint of Red)

Top – G.F. Fashion Collection

Inner Tank – New Look

Pants: Egoist

Bag: Secosana

Tassle Dangle: FashionConvict

Bangles: Thrifted

Belt: Thrifted

Rubber Shoes: Advan

We both ordered Kebabs at Zabadani Café. This is one of my favorite dishes there, but it didn’t suffice my hunger. We couldn’t order some more because there were a lot of people, and the owner was already so busy. We didn’t want to bother him anymore, so we just went to Matina Town Square’s Keepsakes for a rice meal.

We had Crispy Fried Chicken and Spicy Buffalo Wings at Keepsakes. I only like the first dish, because the latter is so awful. It’s just too sour and chilly I couldn’t handle it. I love the place because it’s private and for me, that meant I could take pictures anytime I want without worrying about what people might think about me.

What I like about Keepsakes is the interior design. I love the bright paint colors they used which actually made the place look like a huge toy house. The prices on their menu is also very student-friendly, since it’s located near Ateneo de Davao University (High School & Elementary) and University of Mindanao (College).

Enough said. Now, let me thank Ciovic for making this year’s Valentine so memorable for me. Thanks for the treat and of course, for the lovely flowers. I’m sorry I wasn’t able to save up for a gift for you. I will make it up to you soon, and that’s a promise I’m sure to keep. I love you so much, and you will be my man forever.

Merry Christmas Darlings

MERRY HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

"There are no strangers on Christmas."

Consider this image that I personally made as my Christmas card to all of you. I hope you like it! I also hope you'll all have a fabulous celebration tonight. I'm ultimately stoked for 12 midnight. Mom prepared some goodies like Blueberry Cheesecake, Lasagna, Mango Delight, Queso de Bola, fruits and of course the star of the Noche Buena -- our favorite Ham from Swiss Deli. Let's get it on tummy baby! I can't wait to dig in. 

One more thing that made me happy tonight is when my boyfriend came to visit me. Although it was just a two-hour fleeting one, it still caused a 100-watt incandescent smile in my face. I'm glad my family's OK with him now. Thanks Mama and Papa. And by the way, it's also his 23rd birthday tomorrow. I'll post about the details of our Christmas and New Year bash in the days ahead. God bless and have a great time!

Joyeux  Noël !

SVS: Ezra Fitz and Aria Montgomery

Reblogged from http://-amandasdays.tumblr.com/

This is one of the cutest scenes from Pretty Little Liars Season 1 Episode 15: If at First You Don’t Succeed, Lie Lie Again. This was when Aria went to Mr. Fitz’s room and flirtatiously convinces him to accompany her to the BASIA Art opening. While Aria was showing her “work” to her big love, Katie Herzig’s Hey Na Na was being played in the background. I wish I can be that sweet to my man!

And by the way, please pray for me because today is my Thesis Plenary. It’s sort of a second defense for my research's Results and Discussion. I hope I can finally graduate this October! May God bless me. I can't wait to finally write lengthier and more substantial posts after this week!

Mama Bet's Cook Book Episode 1

This is my mother posing for Mystic Nymph. She's wearing her vintage gypsy top, Herbench pants, CT Walk sandals and F&F bag.

Today, I'll introduce you to a new bait here in my niche called Mama Bet's Cook Book. Pardon me for having that very artistic title, I could die. If you have better name ideas, feel free to tap me. I'm just a comment and e-mail away. A'right? As I mentioned in my latest post for Gastronomy, I thought of creating another array of food posts that will feature my Mom's  specialty dishes. Now I'm finally actualizing what I had in mind. Just for the record, this will be my ninth blog series and there's still another one coming up called Cosmopolite, which will be under the fashion category. But before I officially kick off this series, let me tell you some things about my dear mother.

She's Emilie Cruz Castro. She's already on the golden age of her existence here on Earth. She's turning  51 on the 17th of October. Everyone calls her by her nick, Bebet. She's the other half of Franco Castro also known as Bebot. Noticed their name's phonemic similarities. It's amazing, isn't it? She's a mother of four Marias. Three are already in college, and the other one is still in elementary. She does her daily grind as a government employee in the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG XI). She manages to balance her career and family life as evenly as she could. She never gives up on anything, especially on us. I can say that she is really a tough woman. I want to be just like her.

My mother and I have a lot of differences, but I love her despite of that. I'm also quite sure that she loves me no matter what. I don't want others to put her down. She deserves more.. like this piece dedicated to her. I wish to write more about her, but my mind is still very chaotic right now. I guess I just have to save those beautiful things about my Mom for another post, maybe on her birthday. I hope by that time, I've already found the perfect words to describe her interesting and genuine personality. In other news, she's baking one Chocolate Mousse and one Brownies, as of the moment. I can smell the cake in the turbo wafting all over our house. I can't wait to gobble all those sweets up.

Here's a crappy picture of her delicious brownies that almost made me faint. She baked this two days ago.

I will not be posting the instructions, because my mother might not like it that I'm divulging her techniques. But anyway, she made use of the following main ingredients:

Arm & Hammer Pure Baking Soda

Magnolia DariCreme Classic

Choice All Purpose Flour

Nestle All Purpose Cream

NECo Imitation Flavored Vanilla

Hershey's Cocoa Natural Unsweetened

or..

Bensdorp Real Dutch Cocoa
Dutche Butter Sweet Chocolate Bar (for ganaching)

and..

some other ingredients

I brought a slice of it at school and shared it with my friend Janice. She said it's so divine. I say it's heavenly! I'm happy because she said it tastes way better than that of Goldilock's. I'm very proud of my mother. Congratulations! Watch for more of her recipes here on her virtual cook book. Much love!

Something Very Short: My Goofy Man

I love you!

Something short again, because my mind is still in a state of calamity. Anyway, I posted about my boyfriend and I's love story four months ago, March 4, 2011. The article's called The Mystic Boyfriend. Some of you haven't read it yet, so I'm going to post a part of it here, just in case you don't have time to open another tab. Here it goes:

...Ciovic is a man who deals with troubles and trials in a cheerful way. It’s not that he doesn’t take things seriously, he just don’t like sulking over the dark times of his life. He doesn’t want things to get more difficult by having a bad temper. He thinks calmly for solutions while managing to make me happy as well. He gives everyone a hearty laugh with his cute antics even when he himself is undergoing distress. He relaxes everyone’s nerves just by goofing off. He thinks of other people’s happiness more than himself. With that, I can say he’s truly my superman! As what Robert Fulghum said in his book, “His love was life to me!”

He’s sweet, gentle, undemanding, kind, persevering, in other words, he’s the best! I am a moody type of girlfriend, and I admire his patience in keeping up with me eventhough I get so rude to him at times. I also appreciate him for not taking my pieces of advice to him badly. He takes them as something that could make him better. He also does anything I ask of him. He makes sure to do everything he can just to give me the things that make me smile. He’s generous, and he never fails to include me in his plans. He treats me as his wife and his girlfriend as one... 

Here are two funny videos of him created three years ago. I hope you enjoy watching his extreme goofiness. That's one of the things that made me get hooked to him. What a strong word, eh?

Postscript: I'm having a problem embedding the videos here. I think there's something wrong with YouTube. The screen just won't show, so I'm going to give you the links instead. Here are they: Ciovic the Singing Zaido on YouTube and Ciovic aka The Mask of Zaido. Watch and laugh. Much love!

Mystique Shutterbug: Mousy Diaries

These photos I'll be sharing were taken using my Mom's 1.2 megapixel camera phone. Pardon me for the low quality. It's better viewed in thumbnails, but I'll enlarge it anyway. I hope you don't mind. 

My subject for this episode of Mystique Shutterbug is the latest addition to our feline family, Mousy Tong. Our neighbor gave her to us two weeks ago. I remember she was trembling when she was handed to us. Maybe she thought we were monsters. We got so ecstatic having her, because she's just so adorable. She's still very tiny that's why we exert so much effort in taking care of her. 

She looks like a mouse and a koala bear. I can't contain my gigil whenever she's around. It's like I want to squeeze her every time I get a hold of her. Don't get me wrong. I'm not a cat killer. I just find Mousy so cute! That's it. Anyway, here are her  photos:

I'm very happy to see that Caramel and Mousy gets along well together. They play with each other. M even treats C like a mother, and vice versa. What worries me the most is that, they're both girls. There's a big possibility that they'll elope with a male cat someday, but I sure hope they won't go away from us. It will really make me sad. I hope they'll stay. :-)

Daisy

A cop. A criminal. A flower.

Daisy is a 2006 co-production film of Hong Kong and South Korea directed by Andrew Lau and set in the Netherlands which top bills  Jeon Ji Hyun (My Sassy Girl), Jung Woo Sung (A Moment to Remember) and Lee Sung Jae (Public Enemy). Hye Young (Ji Hyun) is a painter who works for her grandfather's antique shop. She also sidelines as a sketch artist for tourists. She fell in love with Jeong Woo (Sung Jae), who is an Interpol agent specializing in Asian crimes, after mistakenly thinking of him as the guy who sends her daisies everyday at exactly 4:15pm. Jeong Woo couldn't admit that he's actually not her daisy guy or even lie to her, so he chose to be silent instead. Park Yi (Woo Sung) is a professional hitman who has had a secret love towards Hye Young ever since he first saw her painting daisies in the countryside. He was the real daisy guy, and not Jeong Woo. According to this film, daisies mean "secret love". Sweet!

This is another great romantic Korean film I've watched, despite some reviews saying that this flick has some flaws. I'm not that much of a hater, unless it's really that bad. I'm also not a good movie critic so I don't have the right to find fault for this well-made movie. I don't know what's with Korean films that make me cry and stuff. Maybe it's because of their melodramatic and sentimental story line that is way different from others. I especially love the music and the setting of Daisies. I love the part when Park Yi (hitman) told himself that loving Hye Young makes him feel like he has a pure soul. He's a soulful lover despite his wicked profession. He always stands by her from afar and unnoticed. He has also learned to like art and classical music because of her. One may think he's a stalker, but I think he's just too sweet to be called as such. How I wish a man like him would exist in reality. I don't know what to feel if I were in Hye Young's shoes.

I strongly believe that Guns and Roses got their concept from Daisies. They have similarity on some details. Park Yi receives black tulips when he has another assignment, while Abel (Robin Padilla) receives black dove. Jeong Woo and Aguilar (Diether Ocampo) are both detectives on a hunt for the hired killer. Hye Young and Rain (Bea Alonzo) are painters. Abel also has a secret love for Rain. I also think that Guns and Roses got the color effects of their show on this movie. I don't want to think that this is another rip-off. It's just that I can't help but notice it. Watch this film and you will see the evidence. You will love Daisies for sure.

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Man from the Past

Photo Courtesy of Stjerne in the Sky

Day 5 - Things you want to say to an ex (30 Day Challenge)

Guess what, dude! I haven't been thinking about you for such a very long time already, but I dreamt of you the other night. That's just weird! I don't know how you sneaked into my subconscious state of mind. You wreaked havoc there. You did things that are just so troublesome. I don't want to talk about it. I want to tell you something else, since that's the task I have to accomplish for this blog challenge. I'm happy that I got better after our heart breaking split up. I'm ultimately happier now with my new life.

I know out break up didn't cause you as much pain as I felt, but it's all fine. I was just so young back then, and I still don't know how to control my emotions. It's embarrassing to realize how childish I was before when we were together, but after years of being away from you I realized that I was not totally in love with you. I was just crazy with the idea that I finally had my first boyfriend. Here are some of the things that have happened to me after you told me you wanted to walk alone without me. I thought you ought to know.

• I met this man named Ciovic. He takes care of me, and I know he loves me more than I love him.
  
• I'm no longer a cry baby. I can now control my feelings. I'm proud to say I'm no longer weak.
• I've learned to love myself more than ever. I strive hard to make myself feel better all the time.
• I got very devoted to those things that I love to do with the help of those people who hold me dear.
• I am very near to reaching my life-long dreams. I know you've always wanted that for me.

I heard you've found the girl you want to marry, and I also heard that your Mom's cool about your relationship with her. I know it's quite impossible for you to stumble upon my blog, but I just want to say that I'm very happy for you. I hope you become a better partner with her this time. This sounds trite, but don't repeat the same mistake. Ok? You're not getting any younger, dude. You should be mature enough. Okay, let me cut this drama now. I hope you're happy for me as well. See you around, Gian.

Simple French 101

credits to: learn-french-in-france.us

Last night as I was blog-walking, I happened to stumble upon Manon's blog who is now my new blogger friend. It's written in French, but I could say I did understand a few words. Why? It's because I had the chance to study that language for one school year under Professor Maria Araceli Dans-Lee when I was still a freshman. That was four years ago. I haven't practiced it at all after I finished the course. 


Some French statements I can remember are Je T'aime (I love you), S'il vous plait (If it pleases you), Excusez mois (Excuse me), Voulez vous coucher avec mois ce soir? (Would you like to sleep with me tonight?), Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas), Bonne Anniversair (Happy Birthday) and a few other ones.


Here I'm going to let you read a French essay I've composed when I was still better at it a few years back. I assure you this was not formulated using the English to French Online Translator. Our teacher was strict. Okay, I'm done defending myself, so here's a little background about myself written in French. Don't worry I will be translating this later on. I apologize in advance for I am just a beginner. Spare me of your smirks and taunts just this once. LOL!

FRENCH

 "Bonjour tout le monde! Je m'appelle Katrina Angela Castro. J'habite a Puan, Davao City. Je suis nee le huit de Juin mil neuf cent qatr vingt dix a General Santos City. Je n'ai pas freres et trois soeurs. Je parle Anglais et Je parle Francais aussi. Je suis un ami fidele. Vous pouvez compler sur moi. 


J'aime la musique. Mais je prefere le rock. J'aime chanter. J'en fait le reve d'est avec une bande. Avec la musique, je ne creverai jamais d'ennui. Je deteste les sports. Je n'aime pas le que jeux qui fait me transpirent. J'aime massieds juste pendant qu'ecrivent quelques poemes.


Je deteste les endroits bondes. Je serais plutot seul. J'ai un ami. Il me fait hereux. J'aime suis avec lui tout le temps. Il est l'homme que je toujours ai voulu. Je espouser un jour. J'aime aussi les mysteres resolvant. C'est frais.


Je n'aime pas que n'importe quoi a aime par tout le monde. Je le deteste quand les gens aiment que j'aime. Mais si j'ai un nouvel ami, je cherche nos similarites aussi. Je deste les gens parlant de moi sur mon dos. Ils sont des hypocrites appelant me nomme. Peutr-etre ils m'envient juste.


J'aime aller aux parcs de nature. Ces endroits me donnent la paix d'esprit. Un jour je veux avoir mon propre parc de nature. 


J'espere que vous avez appris beaucoup de moi."

ENGLISH

"Hello everyone! My name is Katrina Angela Castro. I live in Puan, Davao City. I was born on the eighth of June 1990 in General Santos City. I do not have brothers, but I have three sisters. I speak English, and I speak French as well. I am a faithful friend. You can hang on to me. 

I love music, but I prefer the rock. I love to sing along. In fact, I dream of being with a band. With the music, i never get bored. I hate sports. I do not like those games that make me sweat. I love writing poems instead.

I hate crowded areas. I would rather be alone. I have a friend. He makes me happy. I like being with him all the time. He is the man that I have always wanted. I want to marry him one day. I also like solving mysteries. It's cool.

I do not like anything that is liked by everyone. I hate it when people like what I like. But if I have a new friend, I also want us to be similar. I hate those people backstabbing. They are hypocrites calling me names. Perhaps they just envy me.

I like to go to nature parks. These places give me peace of mind. One day I want to have my own nature park.

I hope you learned a lot about me."

How I wish I could go to France so I can practice speaking this language of romance with conviction. Can somebody teach me for free?

Sorry for that lousy composition. That was four years ago, and I admit I was a bad writer that time. Although I still don't claim to be a good writer up until now. I still want to improve. I'd like to be better, and I believe it's never too late for that. Okay, that's it for my simple French 101.

Five Ways to Win My Heart

With my friends, Regine and Lerr.

Thirty day challenges are all the rage these days. It indeed takes 30 days to form a habit, because I'm getting so into blog challenges. This is my second attempt at one, and I still have two more that are still pending. Now, let me begin with the most recent one that I agreed to do. The first task is to give you five ways to win my heart. I'm not someone who plays hard to get, but I'm also not otherwise. I actually don't know what to call myself. I guess I'm just in between. I don't belong in either one of those two. To tell you frankly, I don't have an idea of what are the exact ways for you to win me. But since this is a dare, I might as well give it a whirl whether I like it or not. The things I'd like to share are true to all kinds of friendship, not just romantically as other people seem to consider it.

I do think I'm a weird and boring person. I'm not saying that because I'm trying to get pity from you, but because I want to give you a warning. I can get too sensitive, demanding, assuming or cynical at times. I decline group excursions, sleepovers and other activities most of the time because I'm raised to be a homebody. Most of my friends don't bother to invite me anymore because they already know that my answer is a resounding NO. They think I'm a kill-joy. I have a good number of friends around, but only a few can stand and handle me. To name a few are Lerr, Regine and my boyfriend. You still have time to think whether you want to win my heart or not. You're time's up by the time you've read my list. LOL! But if you insist on knowing the details, here's how you crack the egg shell confining me.

The Ingredients to Win My Heart

• You need to make me feel that you are worth fighting for. I'm a loyal friend or girlfriend, so if the scenario calls for me to defend you I'd definitely fight for you. It may sound really corny, but I would do everything just to make my friends feel that they are special to me. In return, I want you to be true. I don't want to be with a hypocrite person. If you don't like me, just say it outright. Don't make me give my full heart to you when you know deep down that you don't deserve it. Don't be a fool.

• You have to accept me, especially my flaws. As you know me better, you may find certain things that are very unattractive and repelling. I hope those won't matter to you the most. I want someone who highlights the interesting spots of my personality more than the dull ones. I don't want a friend or a partner who feels awkward being with me. I've had my share of bad experiences with people who got ashamed of me. Those were traumatizing, I hope it won't happen to me again.

• You need to prepare yourself in telling everything about you. I don't mind it if you spill your heart to me. I want to know my friends even more, and that can only be done through no-holds-barred chitchats. It's difficult to befriend someone who doesn't trust me. I tell you, I'm a good listener. It's fine with me if you monopolize the conversation, and I only have to butt in just as long as you show me that you have faith in me. I always love heartfelt conversations. I hope you do too.

• You have to be inane at times. Who would want to be with someone who's always serious, right? Humor is always a good bait. It's lovely and it also makes a relationship lively. Whoa, that rhymes. LOL! I love to laugh even at the corniest antics. If you want to be my friend, you should learn how to make life less formal by doing and talking about nonsense stuffs sometimes. I hope you don't mind spending half of your life laughing with me. This is one of the reasons why I love you, Ciovic. Mushy!

• Lastly, I want a friend who has a common ground with me. I hate arguments, that's why I try to avoid them as much as possible. I don't get along well with someone who is a complete opposite of me. I don't like debates, because my blood easily boils. I get mad that instant, I don't know why. Wouldn't it be nice if the person you are with shares the same passion and sentiments with you? But of course that doesn't mean, I already dislike you if we have different opinions. That happens once in a while. I understand.

I've found some friends who have all the ingredients to win my heart. I'm still hoping that they'll grow in number as days go by. It may be good to keep everything to yourself, but it's undeniable that it always feels good to have people you can turn to in dark and difficult times.

#30 Day Challenge

May She Find You

This is my sister Janine's letter for her future boyfriend. She got that idea when Candy Mag featured AJ Perez's letter for his future girlfriend. For your information, she has a big crush on that celebrity guy. She cried when he died. She even used his picture as her profile photo on Facebook to show her sympathy. Sorry sissy, I blurted out your little secret. Anyway, she made the background image herself through the Paint application. I influenced her, for the record. LOL! I am so happy that her writing ability is becoming better. Read on and see how mushy she is, just like me.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy mothers’ day to all the mothers in the world, especially to my Mama Emilie! Thank you for accepting me despite the problems I’ve brought into our home. Thank you for leading me to the right path. I’m really sorry for being such a black sheep. Sorry for all the pain that I’ve caused you. Mama, I want you to know that I understand you now more than ever. I love you so much, Mom. I hope to bond with you soon.

day 23 – a song that you want to play at your wedding

I got into my mother’s bad books the last time I blogged about wedding. Upon reading it, she thought I was too young to talk about that kind of mature stuff. I completely understand her, because I was just 18 then. I still had my year-old relationship tucked away from her that time. But now, I’m going to share my thoughts about it one more time; not because I feel like it’s the right time to discuss it again, but because I have to comply with the 23^rd task for the 30 Day Song Challenge.

I’m woman, and I believe it’s just but normal for me to imagine my dream wedding, and all that jazz. As Mitch Albom says it, it’s amazing the fantasies our mind can put together. So with that, le me bring out my flight of fancy first. I dream of having a myth-inspired wedding at the age of 26 or 27. I want to celebrate my big day in a place where I can see and feel the nature, probably in a garden. I want the breeze to blow my hair naturally while I walk down the aisle. Oh geez, I’m blushing!

Of course, a lovely exchange of I Do’s wouldn’t be complete without songs that will make my most significant romantic event even more memorable. These two that I’ll be dishing out is not yet final though. Who knows, I may sing a different tune when the right time comes, which I think is not yet soon. I don’t want those traditional love songs at my wedding. 98 Degrees’ I Do and Jim Brickman’s Destiny are just so overused. They should be kept under wraps from now on.

Without much fuss, I’m sharing you these two songs that make me fall deeply in love – Inevitable by Anberlin and At Last by Kevin Michael.

Inevitable by Anberlin

"Do you remember when we were just kids,

and cardboard boxes took us miles from what we would miss?

School yard conversations taken to heart,

and laughter took the place of everything we knew we were not.

I want to break every clock.

the hands of time could never move again.

We could stay in this moment for the rest of our lives.

Is it over now hey, hey is it over now?

I want to be your last first kiss

that you'll ever have.

I want to be your last first kiss..."

At Last by Kevin Michael

"At last my love has come along My lonely days are over And life is like a song At last the skies above are blue And my heart was wrapped up in clover The night I looked at you I found a dream that I can speak to A dream that I could call my own I found a thrill to press my cheek to A thrill that I have never known You smiled, and then the spell was cast And here we are in heaven And you are mine at last..."

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Royal Wedding of the Century

The newly weds kissed twice at the balcony of Buckingham Palace.

I consider my blog as a scrapbook of everything that sparks my interest which brings me to this point of sharing you the things I learned about the Royal Wedding from different reliable sources. It's not because I want to have a lot of readers or something, I just want this post to be like a living proof that I've also witnessed the unfolding of this once in a lifetime extravaganza.

It feels good to know that a commoner is now Her Royal Highness -- The Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Kate Middleton. She looks so beautiful and elegant with her simple-looking V-Neck wedding dress designed by Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen. The train is 2.17m long (BBC). According to The 2011 Royal Wedding's Official Website, the dress is made of French Chantilly lace combined with English Cluny lace hand-worked in the Irish Carrickmacross needlework tradition. I've also read that her shoes have also been made hand-made by the AMQ team. Her tiara was also loaned to her by the Queen herself.

The bride's bouquet details are also worth-sharing:

• Lily-of-the-valley – Return of happiness
• Sweet William – Gallantry
• Hyacinth – Constancy of love
• Ivy: Fidelity; marriage; wedded love; friendship; affection
• Myrtle: the emblem of marriage; love.

I absolutely love the music played while Kate was walking down the aisle. It felt like I was watching a fairytale. I'm pretty sure you felt it too. I also felt *kilig* or titillated when Prince Harry looked back at Kate with a smile on his face, and then he said something to Prince William. Maybe he told his brother, "You're wife-to-be looks so beautiful, mah-man!" Haha. I wonder why Prince William wasn't looking at her. He just looked straight ahead. Is that a royal protocol too, or was it just his choice? One more thing, I love the way Kate spoke her vow to her Prince. She sounded so soft and lady-like.

Watch the royal wedding videos through the official YouTube Channel for the British Monarchy through this link.

Royal Pictures

Pippa Middleton also in AMQ, with Grace & Eliza (Camilla's daughter).

The Mother of the Bride -- Carole Middleton, wearing powder blue Catherine Walker.

Princes William & Harry. The groom wears red tunic of the Irish Guards.

Her Majesty, The Queen Elizabeth II in yellow Angela Kelly.

The newly ennobled Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, William & Kate.

Top 5 Best Hats by People

Mad-hatters indeed...

Princess Eugenie and Beatrice of York

Zara Philips -- my choice!

Duchess of Cornwall Camilla

Singer Joss Stone -- I didn't expect this.

Princess Letizia of Spain.

I admire Princess Kate and especially Prince William for their humility. I can see it in them that they’re truly sincere with their gratitude for the support of the whole world. They’re not high-minded unlike any other people who are already standing on the pedestal. I have a feeling that they have a plan or some sort to change the perception of the common people towards their royalty. Do you feel it too?

Photos courtesy of People. The images used in this post are not intended for copyrightinfringement. Best wishes to the Royal Couple of the Century! Be happy and in love every single day. Continue to inspire more couples.