Hi, it's Maiqui.

Hello again! I know it has been a while since I’ve written a blog post but I decided to take some time today to write one again.

After taking a break from everything to focus on my health, I am back to wedding planning. I had a lot of catching up to do so it has been a busy past few months, to say the least. Planning a wedding requires a lot of patience, understanding, flexibility, and…money.

It hasn’t been the most ideal wedding journey for me but I am thankfully getting better and stronger every day. I have been able to manage the wedding planning, and my rehab sessions while still finding time to rest and relax. However, the side effects of the medicines were still affecting my self-esteem. Every bride wants to look their best but I didn’t feel that way because of how I looked.

One of the things that we had planned to do before the wedding was a pre-wedding film. Instead of just the usual prenup photoshoots, a pre-wedding film allows us to share a glimpse of our story. It was something I was looking forward to doing until my face changed. I was scared to put myself out there because my face was still swelling and I felt very conscious.

But I realized that this is a part of our story. And I can look back on this video knowing how hard I worked to even be there that day and how far I’ve come since. It was a big achievement for me. I’m proud of the team we worked with and how everything turned out. Robi and I have always been real and this is as real as it gets.

This video was shot on November 8, 2023, and I can happily share that my medicines are slowly being weaned off already and my face is almost back to what it used to be.

Before getting sick, I think I placed a lot of pressure on myself to make sure everything would be perfect. But after what happened, I learned to focus on what really matters – the life I will start with the one I love the most. –