That’s a grab from thebookfan.net — the site that sells The W@W Wedding Primer, the Bride’s Yellow Pages and My Little KanChiu Book online.

We have called ourselves webmasters, publishers, editors and columnists but this may be the first time we’re being called “authors.” Since all our books are generally a collaboration with other people in the wedding industry, no W@W title has been entirely written by us. That’s the reason why you don’t see our names any of our covers.

But what the heck? Being called an author sounds too cool to turn down. And it’s even cooler to be featured in a site that sells books! It makes us look credible. hahaha!

Head to thebookfan.net now to see the feature on us; that is, if it’s still there. hehehe

Benz & I have been invited to be among the panelistas in “Ang Pinaka” - an interesting Pinoy countdown show which airs every Sunday at QTV. The program lists down relevant and entertaining topics ranging from showbiz, travel, events, people and the Pinoy pop culture in general. Friends who watch the show says among their favorite episodes are the memorable commercial jingles and the classic TV ads.

Before the shoot, we were presented with two wedding topics and were asked to pick which one we’d like to discuss. I chose the one about pamahiin (superstitions) while Benz got the one about wedding gifts. From there, we were given a list and were asked us to pick ten from those and rank the chosen items from ten to one. The list enumerating the Pinoy wedding superstitions was lifted from W@W so I was pretty familiar with them all.

Ang Pinaka: Popular Wedding Pamahiin was aired last June 8. We almost missed it had it not been for the text of a friend who happened to catch it. What is interesting is that the panelists gave some creative ways how Pinoys cope and able to work around some of the superstitions. If you missed this episode, here’s the Top 10 list:

10. Don’t wear pearls on your wedding day
9. The groom must arrive first
8. Avoid knives & pointed objects as wedding gifts
7. Don’t drop the veil, ring, cord & arrhae
6. Heavy downpour on wedding day means good luck
5. throwing of rice to the newlyweds
4. Avoid traveling days before the wedding
3. Egg offerings to Santa Clara
2. Don’t try the wedding dress before the wedding
1. Sukob

This coming Sunday (June 22), Ang Pinaka: Gasgas na Wedding Gifts will be aired. This looks like a fun episode to watch with comediennes Giselle Sanchez, Joy Viado and Patricia Ysmael plus radio/TV personality Tita Swarding, how can that ever go wrong?:lol: Benz kinda looks out-of-place among these panelistas but we’ll see how it turns out.

Again, the above episode airs this Sunday, June 22, at 6PM on QTV 11 (channel 24 on Sky and Home cable, channel 15 on Destiny cable, and channel 19 on Sun cable).

(excerpt from Sun.Star Cebu) Time was when people got married and it was only the couple or their families and friends who were involved in the preparations for the big event.

Not anymore. Weddings seem to be more complicated, and the soon-to-weds and/or their families may be too busy to see that everything on the wedding day flows smoothly.

And so wedding planners have to come about and they have formed the Association of Sugbu’s Wedding Planners and Coordinators, Inc. (ASWPC) with: Claire Villaflor of Right Connect, as president; Bong Abela of Concepts and More (vice president); Tisha Sanchez of Bliss Unlimited (secretary).

Rounding up the list are Glia Benedicto of Rent an Angel (assistant secretary); Connie Teh of Cherished Moments (treasurer); Stanz Catalan of Grupo (PRO) and Boni Almendras of I Do Events, (assistant PRO); and Joey Alberto of Creative Freeway, Ritchie Mendoza of Cebu Events Maker, Ralyn Sevilla of Ralyn’s Design, and Lilian Dumalos, directors. [READ MORE…]

The very first issue of Metro Weddings Directory is now out! This special issue contains not just updated contact information, but a short description of each of the supplier’s strength. The editors spoke to over a hundred suppliers and included in the directory are only those they feel confident enough to recommend to you.

For this special issue, Metro Weddings worked closely with W@W by getting first-hand feedback from our dear W@Wies who have work with these suppliers. You’ll see in the pages their feedback about the suppliers they highly recommend.

To learn more about this issue, read here what Romina (the mag’s EIC) has to say. Can’t wait to get our copy!

Filipina Soul — the Philippine culture blog — is currently doing a series featuring various wedding services. The site is managed by two Pinay sisters based overseas who were among our very first batch of W@Wies. So far they have featured photographer John Mateos Ong [part 1 | part 2], and videographer Jason Magbanua [part 1 | part 2].

If you’re a wedding supplier and would like to spread the word about your company’s products and/or services, this may be the perfect chance. They’ll ask a few questions — similar to what’s already been posted — and borrow few images of your work to go along with the article. Of course, they will provide links to your website/blog and include your contact information. You may get in touch with Grace or Maricar if you’re interested.

Of course, they also did an interview with W@W for a recent feature. Read the full text here.