Paper Work

Yesterday marked the start of the series of paper work that we needed to accomplish for the wedding.

We went to Manila City Hall to apply for our marriage license as this was part of the documents we needed to pass to the church. We met up at around 7am to have breakfast together at McDonalds (PS Building) then drove towards Manila afterwards. We wanted to get there early since the schedule for the Family Planning Seminar was 9am but we needed to register at around 8am. Finding a parking space at the City Hall was very difficult and unfortunately SM Manila hasn't opened yet so we couldn't park there. We decided to park at the nearby "Park and Ride" area. Funny but after having a hard time looking for parking at the City Hall, we were the only car parked at Park and Ride. Going back to our City Hall experience, we started to look for the venue for the seminar but got lost in their hallways luckily we eventually found our way :) The room for the seminar was quite small and we were around 12 couples there. After accomplishing a few more forms, we were asked to watch a couple of documentaries... Well, these clips weren't new to Dek and I anymore since we were showed a similar film during college. It was something about how life is formed and also about abortion... the last film still gets to me though... After watching the film, our counselor (Jude) started the actual seminar and asked us a few questions that would allow us to get to know our partners and their expectations about married life... The seminar can get a bit boring but luckily, our counselor was very entertaining!

After the seminar, we then proceeded to the area where we need to pass all the documents needed for the license as well as the application form. Good thing Dek got the application form the day before so we didn't need to fill it up right there (this saved us a lot of time). We just need to get the license after 10 days :)

After lunch and a little time to nap, Dek and I headed to Katipunan to get a copy of my confirmation certificate at Sta. Maria Della Strada Church. We still need to go back though since their dry seal was being fixed... at least I have time to think of how much "donation" I need to give for the certificate ;)