Mixed, Anything Goes

What I love and what's keeping me occupied these days:

1. I love fireworks. There's something about the burst of light and color against a dark sky that really puts me  in awe every time.

2. I love empty coffee shops and free wi-fi. I can just stay in one corner and surf the world wide web all day.

3. I love weddings. They always make me cry.

4. I love garlic bread and pasta (with lots of hot sauce) and everything Italian. I think I was Italian in my past life. LOL

5. I love engagement shoots especially when the client is a trooper. Snob and bratty clients, not so much. haha

6. I love the sun and sun flares. I don't mind basking under the sun and getting dark skin after. I love my skin color as it is.

7. I love vintage bikes. Although I'm clumsy and can easily scratch my legs.

8. And oh, I love taking pictures of my ugly feet. LOL

Have a great weekend everybody! :)

Erase and Rewind

VINTAGE CAR EXHIBIT at SM Northwing. **DRooling**

Ukay Haven!!!!

I love Cebu Photo Exhibit at Ayala Center. Can you spot me and my friend?

Friends, Lovers, or Nothing? Definitely friends and lovers.LOL

Rocking out our 15 minutes of fame.LOL

Last Saturday the boyfriend and I got into a huge fight which resulted to some unusual status messages in my facebook. I don't usually shout out my heartaches coz I've always been a private person when it comes to matters of the heart but it was just too much to bare that I had to vent somehow. So instead of going with him to the debut gig for a client I opted to spend the night at my friend's house for her birthday and ruled the karaoke the whole night singing the "I will survive" song with much spunk.LOL

But as usual we can't survive the night (contrary to the song) being angry with each other so we made up after like 9 hours of separation. Yeah we are fickle-minded like that. So Sunday was a lot more sober and for the first time in a long time he accompanied me to go thrifting in downtown Cebu and got luckier than I am and ended up buying more clothes than me.And because he had to make it up to me coz of the fight, he took me to the movies to watch Eat.Pray.Love. Normally it would take me 48 years to convince him to watch this kind of movie (anything chick flick or woman-empowering is not his cup of tea) and surprisingly he enjoyed the movie more than me. The movie was kinda boring and the Bali scenes were so disappointing. I was expecting to see the heavenly beaches of Bali but the location looked like the rice fields of Vietnam,IMO. The Italy part was entertaining though and should i say,mouthwatering too, coz of all the pasta and pizza.
So all in all, the real score to this story is:
Boyfriend-1, Me-0. LOL

wearing:

Saturday

White top - Bench

Black shorts - Emall bazaar

Cardigan - thrifted

Belt - thrifted Louis Vuitton

Head scarf - Maze Ayala

Bag - Vintage Chanel

Sunday

Striped top - thrifted

Denim cut-offs - Levi's DIY

Pink flats - Mongkok night market

Peach bag - Gaisano Countrymall

All photos were shot using Polaroid Pogo. xx

A Long Story

I know there is a fashion advice out there that people who are  not so gifted vertically should avoid wearing full maxi clothes coz it tends to cut you shorter. But I'm not one who follows fashion rules to the hilt so here I am rocking out this maxi skirt i thrifted a while back. I mean who can resist the jersey material that makes you feel as light as air. I love how it sways when I walk. And i can wear it as a dress and improvise some drapings and ruchings using pins and brooches. And i can also wear it to the beach with my bikini top. Oh how i really love thee. :)

Worn with:

Levi's denim top - thrifted

Belt - thrifted Louis Vuitton :)

Bag & Straw Hat - Gaisano Countrymall

Lace-up sandals - people r people

P.S. A lot of you have been asking about the pink lipstick that i'm using. It's a Sophie Martin in Ice Pink. It's matte, the pink shade is just perfect, and it costs less than PhP 150 ($3)!!!

I'm on a high

I wore this pants to work and i elicited attention from people who didn't understand why I had to wear my pants high up like that. Rewind 10 years ago and I would have melted with the head-to-foot malicious stare. Now I really don't care about what other people have to say about the way I dress because yes, they are entitled to their own opinion so as long as they don't throw tomatoes or hurl insult on my face, i'm fine with that. One guy from the office even called my choice of clothes out-of-this-world. But to each his own, so no big deal. 

wearing:

High-waist pants - thrifted 

White top - Gap

Floral button-down - thrifted 

White belt - little sister's

Peach woven bag & scarf - Gaisano Countrymall

Black peep-toe pumps - people r people

Gold cuff - APM mall

Animal-print scarf - Gaisano Countrymall

Sunnies - Alabang Town Center

Floppy hat - One Cebu expo

sweet dreams are made of these



Robe-cape-like clothes, flower headpiece, body suit, earth tones, perfect pout, beautiful sunflare, a to-die-for body, and dream-inducing photography.

I'm speechless.

Marie Claire Brazil October 2010 - Ph. via Knight Cat

Sugarcane & Carnival



Two Sundays ago we were in Danao, an hour ride from Cebu City, for the city fiesta at Moy's cousin's turf. We also did an impromptu shoot for his cousin's engagement photos. They were to be wed Thursday of the same week so it had to be done right away on that same day.

We braved the tormenting hot weather and did some shots at the vast sugarcane fields near the house. 

And because it was the city fiesta the celebration wouldn't be complete without the traditional Filipino karnabal or perya (in English and sosyal term: carnival LOL). So we decided to extend the shoot at the full-packed carnival in the plaza. We did some shots at the Horror booth, Bingo game area, and the itsa-itsa. The itsa-itsa (okey i made that term up coz i don't know what it's officially called. Itsa is a Cebuano word for "throw")  is a game wherein you throw 25 cent coin from a distance into a large table with small marked squares and when you successfully manage to land your coin within the perimeter of a small square, you get a corresponding prize like a PhP 1 or a snack or a Tanduay lapad. Don't laugh it's my favorite carnival game when I was a kid. That and Bingo and that dice game called gulong-gulong.
We were supposed to wrap up the shoot with a ferris wheel ride but discarded the idea because his cousin is afraid of heights. Good thing coz I would have embarrassed myself if we pushed through with it because the last time I rode a ferris wheel was when I was 8 and my mom had to shout at the operator to shut it down coz I felt really sick and was puking all over her skirt when we were right at the very top. Hahaha

wearing:

Striped top - thrifted

Yellow skirt - thrifted

Lace-up sandals - people r people

Straw hat - Gaisano Countrymall

Sunnies - Mongkok night market

Bangles - bought from an officemate

Ring - Carbon shop

Bag - MCM (thrifted)