Real Weddings
Love Story Shared to the World
(Jay de Jesus - Aileen Apolo Wedding)
By Jonathan Dionisio
October - December 2010
Getting married is one of
the most important events in any person’s life. The
proposal, wedding planning, and the wedding day itself are
stories that should be truly memorable. That is why for web
bloggers Aileen Apolo and Jay de Jesus, they went a notch
higher to share every moment of their lives until they finally
walked down the aisle.
 The
First Click
Aileen and Jay first met during a Digitalfilipino club meeting
at the Makati Sports Club back in 2006. Jay was a speaker
and it was Aileen's first time to attend it and go out in
public as the Google Country Consultant for the Philippines.
Jay introduced himself to her after the meeting and Aileen
told him that she regularly visited his website, Titikpilipino.com.
Due to the nature of their work, and as regular bloggers,
Aileen and Jay then always see each other during events and
seminars. This allowed them to get to know each other better
and share their love for Original Pilipino Music. After spending
countless time with each other, even ‘accidentally’
celebrating Valentine’s Day together, Aileen and Jay
became a couple on September 29, 2007
 The
Zipline Proposal
On March 14, 2009, Jay prepared one of the most unique and
well-discussed wedding proposal in Philippine blogosphere
history. Jay planned to pop the question in Davao City during
their trip to the Xcelerrator, the longest zipline in Asia.
Prior to the big day, as Jay shared, he devised clues and
embedded them in this mix of characters "4d1zzy3megapixel".
“Whenever she asked about this, I even gave her clues
to throw her off just in case she was getting close to figuring
it out. I designed it so that 3 clues were included in this
cryptic puzzle,” he adds. The clues simply meant:
• d1zzy = DZ = Davao
Zipline
• megapixel = MP = Marriage Proposal
• 413 = 314 (backwards) = March 14 (the day of the proposal)
According to Jay, the best
guess she had was that he was giving her a brand new digital
camera because of the "3megapixel" letters. In addition
to the first clue, Jay also gave her several numbers that
she is totally clueless about. “They were actually combinations
to four padlocks which were locked in a bag in her parent’s
home, which I had opened on the day of the proposal,”
says Jay. The bag had a letter inside for her parents signifying
Jay’s intention to propose to Aileen that day. “So
even if we were thousands of miles away from home, they would
immediately know too,” he adds.
In Davao, Aileen’s
priority number in the zipline was 40, Jay was number 41.
But Jay, through the help of their friends, managed to go
down first. As Aileen zips her way, she saw Jay waiting for
her at the other end with a tarpaulin explaining all the clues
he gave, while their friend, Oliver ‘Blogie’ Robillo
was holding the tarpaulin with the words “Sweetie will
you marry me?” printed on it. When Aileen was reeled
in by the crew, Jay went down on one knee and popped the question.
Aileen, wobbly and floored by what just transpired, managed
to answer him with a resounding ‘yes.’ A video
of the proposal can be seen here.
The
Twisted Wedding Planning
As the author of the wedding blog “Twisted Wedding Planner",
Aileen didn't encounter any difficulty finding suppliers for
her own wedding. She adds, “Jay and I have actually
been attending bridal fairs since we became a couple (even
without plans on getting married yet) because I have a wedding
hobby blog.”
Like any other couple, Jay
and Aileen had their shares of wedding ups-and-downs. But
they made sure that they handled it well and with style. “Since
Jay and I lived far apart from each other, we set up a Google
Docs Spreadsheet where we collaborated on wedding preparation
details. The first thing we did was to set a budget and agree
that we are going to be practical on our choices since we
both wanted to move out of our parents' houses,” Aileen
reveals. Despite their busy schedules, Aileen and Jay managed
to blog about their entire Philippine wedding planning adventures
through their respective blogs and their wedding website,
AileenJay.com (now offline).
 The
800th Click – Wedding Day
800 days after they first met each other, Aileen and Jay finally
took each other’s hand in marriage last December 26,
2009 at the Mary the Queen Parish in Greenhills, San Juan.
The solemn Filipino wedding ceremony was attended by their
families and close friends from the Internet industry. The
reception was held at the NorthEast Greenhills Clubhouse.
To make the reception venue more "Jay and Aileen",
the couple made standees per table that says a little something
about each person in their entourage, it also depicts the
timeline of their love story. They also showed to their wedding
guests the infamous zipline wedding proposal video. Afterwards,
the two spent their honeymoon in Singapore.
Clicking Happily Ever After
Getting married, though, is just the first chapter of their
story. The next chapter is harder – the married life.
Both Aileen and Jay know that there are more interesting stories
in this new chapter. Now that they are married, Mr. and Mrs.
De Jesus blog about their everyday adventures as husband and
wife. Every now then, they post their experiences and the
new things they discover about married life and living together.
Like their wedding story, they definitely plan to share these
stories as well.
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