Wedding Bells for Vicki Belo

The would-be bride was just as surprised as all of us when news came out that Hayden proposed last December in the Downtown Aquarium in Texas.

Shown in an episode of “Rated K” in ABS-CBN, Hayden Kho proposed to Vicki Belo by asking two divers in the large aquarium to hold cards that said, “Hayden loves Vicki.”

“May nagdive sa aquarium na malaki. Sabi naman nito (Hayden), silipin natin kung sino yung nag-dive. Tapos, tumingin ako, ang sabi ‘Welcome to Downtown Aquarium.’ Ang cute. Tapos, next tile, ‘Hayden loves Vicki,’” Vicki said. 

Though the proposal was done months ago, it was only announced in July because of the many controversies and issues that have come their way throughout their relationship. The public has also been scrutinizing the couple because of their age gap, the opposition of Vicki’s children, and the video scandal involving Hayden and other female celebrities.

“Kase gusto namin to enjoy it privately kase alam namin na ganito nga ang mangyayari pag sinabi namin, ang daming batikos. Daming nagsasabi na hindi magwu-work,’ Vicki said in the “Rated K” interview.

Being truthful about the topic, Hayden said that there are people who are for and against the engagement. Their friends, on the other hand, showed support by sharing how Vicki and Hayden loved each other.

The exact date of their wedding is yet to be announced. They already have a wedding month in mind but they do not want to mention it to the public yet.
She shared though that it is possible that she will choose Monique Lhuiller to make her wedding dress.

To remove the risk of looking like being after Vicki’s money, Hayden asked for a pre-nuptial agreement to separate their own properties.

With everything that has happened in their relationship, Vicki said that the changed Hayden has made it worth enduring. “Sabi ko nga sa kanya, if I have to go through all that para lang maging ganito ka na, medyo worth it na rin, di ba? Kase nga sobrang naging mature, sobrang nagchange,” Vicki said.

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Kasal.com thanks the following source for this article:

Karen Valeza. Yahoo! Newsroom. How Hayden proposed to Vicki (Posted on July 11 2011) Retrieved on July 26 2011 from http://ph.omg.yahoo.com/news/how-hayden-proposed-to-vicki.html

Serendipitous Wedding Date

Ericka Randall and Patrick Evans officially began dating on 06-07-08. This year they are getting married on 09-10-11.

In New Jersey on the day of her birthday, massage therapist Ericka Randall was in a bad mood. She was turning 30 and her friends forgot her birthday. In a music social networking site, she met Patrick Evans. Without a photo posted and with no information about Patrick, she started ranting to him about her disappointment. The kind stranger volunteered to make it up to her by throwing her a birthday party. The day of her birthday party was the day they officially started dating.

One year later, Evans surprised Randall with a wedding proposal on New Year’s Eve in the year 2009. Randall said yes, wedding plans followed, and the serendipitous wedding date they got was 09-10-11.

Playing with the numbers again, Randall thinks of surprising her husband on their wedding day - she plans to send him a gift at exactly 12:13 pm.  Will it add magic to their union? Well, it's the number, er the thought, that counts :)

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Kasal.com thanks the following source for this article:

Kwala Mandel. Couple follows 06-07-08 first date with 09-10-11 wedding (Posted on July 24 2011) Retrieved on July 27 2011 from http://shine.yahoo.com/event/summertimefun/couple-follows-06-07-08-first-date-with-09-10-11-wedding-2515264/

Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago on Love and Marriage

Last 19^th of June, Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago renewed her wedding vows at the Manila Cathedral. To symbolize their 40 years of marriage to former Interior Undersecretary Narciso “Jun” Santiago, she wore a ruby colored gown designed by Inno Sotto.

Though she refused to kiss her husband in public claiming it was “too sappy for my age”, she shared her thoughts on love and marriage.

Asked why they wanted to renew their vows, she answered:

"That is a tradition in our country. Catholic couples are supposed to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary, and then the 40th because they're still young enough to walk down the aisle, and then their 50th. But sometimes, many of them are already suffering from disabilities."

She also shared that she wanted to experience marching down the aisle with her 3 granddaughters, her reason in wanting to celebrate their 40^th wedding anniversary.

Asked about their secret to a successful marriage, she said:

"We never see each other in my house. That's the secret. Sometimes, I'm surprised that I'm married to someone so good-looking because I hardly ever see him."

Senator Santiago shared that they give each other autonomy, freedom, space. That freedom, of course, is given with the belief that they’ll both be loyal with their marriage vows. To her, “ marriage is an inviolable social institution as our Civil Code provides."

Her simple advice to young couples?

"Be kind to each other.“

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Kasal.com thanks the following source for this article:

ABS-CBN. Miriam on love, marriage and divorce (Posted on 20 June 2011) Retrieved on 3 July 2011 from http://ph.news.yahoo.com/miriam-love-marriage-divorce-120841951.html