BGC Impromptu (Sept. 2)

foodie

Binukadkad na pla-pla from Abé 
(Holly's favorite... Had lunch with her + Camilla about a month ago)


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the new Mango Tree at High Street

I NEED those lights! Where can I find that? #help


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Geisha at High Street 







my mixed sashimi salad




ginger sake -- loved this



vegetable gyoza





mixed sashimi platter


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Mango Tree & Geisha are both relatively new. They're located at the same area where Jamba Juice is in High Street. 


All I can say is that the food isn't that affordable & portions are small BUT you get what you pay for in both establishments - the food, service & presentation's great; the interiors and ambience-- just perfect. My dad's been saying that I seem to be attracted only to restaurants with nice interiors. I guess that's something that comes naturally if you were trained to critique interiors & nitpick over small details for so long (but hey, if the eats are bland, trust that I won't be writing about them). 


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Random photos- April 2011

That mushroom & cheese crepe from BIZU (forgot to jot down the exact name) I had for lunch. It was damnnn good. Not filling enough though, so mum and I got a salad:

Oh, Brie.. How I love thee.

Pizza Margherita (Cafe Mediterranean)... This was what dad had and I ordered a salad with QUINOA... I am now looking for ways to include it in my meals since it tastes awesome (never liked rice but this one, I can totally learn to love!). Google its benefits!

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Are You Listening? "Brighter Lights" concert + CD launch

June and Joe doing their Good Morning High Fives camwhorage poses

Pretty Rizza... (look at the next photo)

Monster-faced Riz

Joe's cool tatt by Ces Olondriz- I LOVE her blog! Esp because she photographs her textile designs and menswear stuff. You guys know any other local blogger/s who write about that? I don't browse through too many blogs unless someone recommends them to me or I find someone interesting. I like looking at menswear, tattoo art, architecture, textile, boring photos, photographs out of heavily processed film and creepie crawlies.

We were supposed to go up for the final song but ended up watching since I saw that they lacked microphones :)) I also wanted to listen/watch!

Riz LOVES giving people hugs. Even if she's fangirling before I take her photo with someone.

sidenote- i envy people with big, nice smiles!

It's funny how I NEVER end up needing the lyrics when I bring a copy with me. Okay, I sorta needed it during this performance but nobody noticed and it was Riz who forgot the words to the first stanza. (Whoops sorry to embarrass you, Rizzo!)

Okay, first photo of these two without them looking like a cutesy couple! Stressed, Pao? :))

Glad so many people watched!

My brother wanted photos with his "idol" kuyas :)

Thank you, MickeyDeeeez

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The only pink thing I've ever placed in my bag- this retractable Kabuki brush from Make-up Designory at Serendra. Pretty cheap for a big brush, got it for only Php 500 and it's vegan! I use it for my face powder.

Some goodies given to me by Trilogy-- thank you!

Couldn't stop ranting (and reading similar rants on twitter) about how hot this city is getting so this BOY wore a DRESS. Heee...

While I was at Trilogy I managed to purchase new TOMS (stonewashed, red ones)and these new frames.

They are the lightest next to my Swissflex (which I love, but getting them fixed for the 3rd time is too expensive) and they're made of wood! Hopefully they won't weigh too much when I get em back from the optical shop with my graded lenses. Eeep.

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I'm in Singapore now and the WiFi in our hotel room is pretty messed-up. Dad sorta used the LAN connection before the WiFi so now we can only use the LAN in our room. WiFi works everywhere else, though. Will be back in Manila by Monday with lots of school matters to face.

I will forever love the gym and infinity pool in this hotel!

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where the highs won't bring you down.

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We met Reese Lansangan of Reese and Vica. Was flailing when she said she was a fan of our music.

Her blog just screams "I'm full of awesome."

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Some of Barbie's "toys".

Liam's the cutest. He's always smiling/happy.

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03.28.11 // 21:00

Some friends from Cebu came to Manila for their educational tours and a jam session just had to take place. Met some new talented friends from Ateneo, too.

New Orleans didn't allow a big group to make some noise since they had a performer that night, so we had to take the group to CAV (just across Agave at High Street). It was fun. Wine and music's always a great mix.

Can't tell you how happy I was to actually sit down and talk to my friends. It's been a long while.

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03.31.11

Just a few rendered illustrations (Kurecolor markers on clearprint) of the costumes & makeup we proposed for the movie Star Trek... This was for our Workshop 2 class-- we had to completely redesign 7 of the sets/scenes from the movie as well, but my other group mates took those tasks so I was left to do the makeup/costumes along with the details. I didn't get to take a photo of everything since I was rushing for a shoot the next day.

Please be kind. I haven't drawn humans in 5 years (LOL). And I promise they didn't look that streaky IRL. My camera+Flickr just really sharpens edges. Boo.

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04.01.11 // 06:30

Early call time. Weedge asked me to help him out with the set design of Barbie Almalbis Honasan's music video for her new song, Goodbye, My Shadow. We just had to use tons of furniture and decor from their house. Forgot to take a before & after picture but the change was so drastic!!!

The concept of the video is SO unique and time-consuming. I can't really reveal much but I'll just post the final thing once it's released. I can't wait to see it!!!

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04.02.11 // 16:30

Fifi, Javy, Jed and I went with Steven to attend his cousin's event. He was part of Whiskey Hill and they opened their store/headquarters at the rooftop of some building in Makati last Saturday. Couldn't stay long to watch the bands since I had to edit some things but we managed to check out the place and watch some skaters before leaving.

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I didn't really take too many photos since I just focused on forcing myself to actually TALK to people- to distract myself from thinking about the more stressful things. I took it as some sort of week-long break from school even if I still had projects. We don't have a summer break before our exhibiting term and graduation. Took advantage of the time my friends were on break instead. I never really see any of my high school buddies even if we live in the same city.

It's been months since I've spent time with my family. Riz is usually out or busy, locked in her room (I guess that's why you see us tweeting at each other instead of taking face to face, haha!) whenever we do end up at home at the same time. Some people have noticed that I was in a weird state, so thankfully the week provided some sort of remedy to whatever I was experiencing.

I am being played by those types of days that force you to become motionless. It's the same series of strong, self-destructive attacks that would've impaired the spirits of others... I really have to give myself credit for leaving just enough room for me to slowly rebuild and restrengthen my faith.

Gray skies are just clouds passing over.

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AND ONE MORE THING...

I AM NOT ON YM.

I don't have a Yahoo! messenger ID. This hacker keeps trying to tell people that I'm pissed with my beau, or that I'm done with school and bored all the time. A lot of my friends STILL get fooled and talk to him/her about a lot of things. Guys, please please pleeeaaase be careful... I don't want any of you revealing any information to this sick person using my name. It's been more than a year and it's still on the loose!

DELETE, BLOCK AND REPORT.

*screencap by Anna

:)

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