2012 Oscars Winners List

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2012 Oscars Winners List

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• Best Cinematography: Robert Richardson, "Hugo"
• Best Art Direction: Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo, "Hugo"
• Best Costume Design: Mark Bridges, "The Artist"
• Best Makeup: Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland, "The Iron Lady"
• Best Foreign Language Film: "A Separation"
• Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, "The Help"
• Best Film Editing: Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
• Best Sound Editing: Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty, "Hugo"
• Best Sound Mixing: Tom Fleischman and John Midgley, "Hugo"
• Best Documentary: "Undefeated"
• Best Animated Feature: "Rango"
• Best Visual Effects: Robert Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, Alex Henning, "Hugo"
• Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, "Beginners"
• Best Original Score: Ludovic Bource, "The Artist"
• Best Original Song: "Man or Muppet," Bret McKenzie, "The Muppets"
• Best Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash, "The Descendants"
• Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
• Best Live Action Short Film: "The Shore"
• Best Documentary Short: "Saving Face"
• Best Animated Short Film: "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore"
• Best Directing: Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
• Best Actor: Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"
• Best Actress: Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady"
• Best Picture: "The Artist"

St. Jude Thaddeus Church

Wedding Ceremony Bliss

St. Jude Thaddeus Church is a church inside Camp Lapu-Lapu in Lahug, Cebu City. We wanted a solemn and intimate wedding ceremony and this church is just the right place for us. A few kilometers far from the main road and a commercial center, the church’s ambiance is one of solitude and peace. Big trees and green well-trimmed grasses abound. Don’t expect to see nuns clad in their habits or singing their hymns though. Instead expect to see alert military men in their uniform watching the gates and the birds doing their chirps and their tweets.

 January 15, 2011 was our day. Indeed, it was a very special day. It was raining all throughout the ceremony but no amount rain could stop all of us from having a very solemn and emotional ceremony. We had several light moments during the ceremony and the rain provided a very distinct background to our “I dos”.  I believe the heavens must have cried buckets of tears of happiness seeing me married at the age of 37!  What a blessing!

The facade of St. Jude Thaddeus Church

The grotto near the church

The beautiful painting at the altar

Flower arrangement on the aisle made up of twigs and an assortment of orange, yellow flowers and some greens.

Indeed, God's plans are far greater than our plans. After all the mocking around with our documents and the challenges of all sorts, our wedding ceremony turned out to be more beautiful,intimate and blissful than we thought it to be!