Pulled by the invisible string

WE Team

Featuring Karl Fernandez and Agatha Fernandez

Karl and Agatha’s story began quietly, almost like background noise in a room full of familiar faces.
They had crossed paths several times through their closest friends, Lira and Pao, even sharing the same space at Lira and Pao’s wedding. But back then, they were both living different lives, carrying different timelines, and love simply wasn’t ready to find them yet.

Everything shifted when Lira invited Agatha to dinner with Pao’s barkada at Tomatito BGC. Newly single and open to new beginnings, she agreed without thinking much of it. The reservation was for ten, but that night, almost everyone canceled. Only Karl showed up. Suddenly, what was supposed to be a casual group dinner felt like an accidental double date, one that fate quietly orchestrated.

Both of them were healing from long-term relationships, and that shared chapter made their conversations feel honest and safe. Soon after, Karl asked Agatha out, and from their first official date, they became inseparable.

They found comfort in the simplest things: working out, watching movies while “bed-rotting,” and pulling pranks fueled by their shared kalokohan (foolishness). It felt effortless, like they had known each other long before they ever truly met.

Karl proposed in Tagaytay on what seemed like an ordinary family dinner at Mrs. Saldo’s. Agatha almost wore shorts until Karl insisted she dress up. When he led her away from the dining room, hand trembling in his, she knew something was happening.

The lights, the setup, the sudden realization; everything hit at once. “My stomach completely dropped. I felt overwhelmed, like everything was spinning,” she recalled.

When Karl knelt and opened the ring box, she cried instantly. “I said yes without a single second of hesitation.” Hidden behind a bush, her sister and sister-in-law were recording, making the moment both emotional and hilarious.

On their wedding day, Agatha’s dream venue became real: Lakehall at Nena’s Sanctuary. She had envisioned it long before Karl existed in her life, so after the proposal, it was “Lakehall or nothing.” She designed every detail herself, pouring her heart into the day.

That morning, rain poured endlessly, testing her faith. Still, she prayed.

As she walked down the aisle to Daylight, her chosen song symbolizing how Karl rescued her from her darkest years, the drizzle slowly stopped. “It still gives me chills every time I think about it,” she shared. And then she saw Karl in his white suit, waiting. In that moment, everything else disappeared.

The reception was pure chaos; in the best way. With Tin Gamboa and Alex Calleja hosting, laughter filled every corner. Their choreographed first dance to Iyong Iyo brought tenderness before the party exploded into wild games, roaring cheers, and an unforgettable afterparty led by DJ Rammy Bitong, complete with a gorilla and dinosaur mascot crashing the dance floor.