Black and gold

A lot of things are popping in my mind right now as I’m doing this post. I really don’t know what I’ll write first. I guess I will start with this and I hope everything will follow.

This is what I wore last Friday when I thought it was my last Friday at my current department. I was supposed to be transferred at the department where I can practice what I have finished regarding my graduate studies. I was waiting for them to talk to me since July will start by next week (or should I say it was already started) and I haven’t got any advise from them as regard to my status. I guess the last talk that I and my soon-to-be boss had was last June 7 when I passed a letter regarding our agreement in my case.

Black Longsleeves: Mango

Pants: Crissa Jeans

Belt: Herbench

Gold Flats: Wade

I tried to go to the office as early as 6:30 a.m. so I could take my outfit shots at our fire exit. Unfortunately, I hung out with friends the night before this and we ended our stories and fun talks at around 2:30 a.m. So my 6:30 a.m. became 7:45 a.m. How cool was that?

So instead of taking outfit shots in the gym, I decided to have it inside our boss’ room since she was on leave (sorry for including your room in the photos, Mam! I actually didn’t know where to take it! *teeheeeee*), I maximized the use of her room and pose whatever pose I can do just to have whatever outcome I could make for this day. I make sure every Friday to grab my old digital camera and snap it with whatever outfit I have.

Gold Chunky Necklace: keysas (instagram)

This gold chunky necklace is a good find for me. I actually saw something like this and bigger than this in Suite Blanco. However, I wasn’t able to buy the necklace. It wasn’t that I’m thrifty but I was just thinking if I could maximize the use of it since I’m not the type of person who invests so much in accessories. But then, I was constantly thinking about it and became fidget. I was just wishing at that time to find something like it in online stores even if it’s not the same as the one in Suite Blanco. Gladly, as I was browsing my instagram, I saw this necklace and immediately commented on the photo. I told myself that even how much would cost that necklace, I’ll still purchase it. I guess this design was really meant for me. The owner reserved the last piece of this and I felt so lucky about it. Thank you to Ms. Allyne for a very fast transaction. You just don’t know how happy I am with this!

Black-framed eyeglasses: People are People

It was already proven that I’m such a daddy’s girl. Daddy really looked for a pair of black-framed eyeglasses for me because he knows how much I need it for my edgy outfits! #supportivedad #spoiledkid

This is what I’m talking about. I maximized the use of my boss’ room for picture taking (oh gawd! My boss might smash me if she sees this! Kidding!) and I guess it works! HAHAHA…. I wanted to use other location for my outfit shots since all of it were always taken at our office mini gym. And look, I had free props to make my photos kind of creative! HAHAHAHA…..

I was really laughing after every photo was taken. It was kind of funny to use these law books as a means of props. Can you imagine me reading law book? Or should I say, can you picture me studying LAW? Oh gawd! NOOOOOO!!!!!! If I had major difficulties studying Environmental Management in a graduate school, how much MORE if LAW????!!!!! One big NOOOOOO (instead of ONE BIG FIGHT!). My social life will be gone and it’s like you’re killing me with no mercy!

FYI.. while I was doing my master’s project in graduate school, I was also studying LAW – environmental laws. Are you familiar with it? So in a way, I was also studying and analyzing law that could be a remedy to the problem of our industry because again, FYI, our industry is a major contributor to our country's economic growth. I was making resolutions as regard to Republic Acts in relation to our industry. I thought my topic was uncomplicated as it could be but I was wrong. I guess it was one of the most challenging parts of our economic problems that need deeper understanding on how to unravel it.

So much for geeky-ness. To end this post, I’ll finish this with my most “maarte” pose for the day: 

Because of my hangover and sleepyhead-ness, I finished the outfit-shot-taking with this. My photographer (Tita Remy!) asked me to pose beside the flower vase and made fun of me. Since we took this in an office hour, we need to hurry up and pretend that we were really busy with work. Honestly, I was feeling so bothered at that moment. I really didn’t know if I was sleepy, hungry, or restless. LESSON LEARNED: never ever have so-called “few” drinks with friends on a weekday! I can't do it anymore!

Shopping day

This is what I wore to the Crocs Mega Sale at the NBC Tent in Fort Bonifacio last June 2. Unfortunately, we were not able to get into the NBC Tent even if we arrived there at 9am. We can’t stood with gazillion people who were also trying their luck to get a pair of Crocs at 90% off even if we have a free entrance pass since my sister is a Citibank card holder. When we saw the people waiting for the gate to open, she decided to buy a pair of Crocs for me as her “post-graduation” gift at their main shop in Bonifacio High Street even if it’s not on sale. She chose to buy a 3k pair of Crocs rather than to join the cue and get only the Crocs slippers that were ONLY on sale. In addition to that, some sizes were not already available. Those Crocs were the excess that they were not able to sell before. Oh well, enough for the rants. Back to my main post.

How can you describe this outfit? Edgy? Casual? This is the first time I wore an aztec leggings and it’s somewhat uncomfy for me because I guess this outfit is not so me. But there’s no harm in trying. According to Fashion. What. Why. How. :

“fashion helps us to show who we are and depict our personality in the terms of visual information. In the way we choosing clothes we show our attitude to world and other people. It is also some kind of communication. We put some of our personality at everything, how we behave at different situations, what we eat and which style of clothes we choose at shops. All the parts of it build the main stream of fashion. But in spite of our personality every person at the world have something in common. Even if it’s the smallest thing. All over the world there are a lot of people who have the same tastes, who choose the same food and trousers of the same kind. There are a lot of traits which build the fashion of today.”

I wore this because I was on a feeling of being simple yet fashionable. I have been a reader of our famous fashion bloggers in our country and they can really pulled off an outfit somewhat like this. And so, I tried to have this look but I don’t know if it this a YAY or NAY! What do you think?



Shoes: S&H

I already wore this pair of shoes here when I tried to pull a simple and casual Friday outfit. I am actually preparing myself to be simple since I’ll be working in a different world in a few months. I should start collecting shoes like this because I’ll be more on field work and working with new different set of technical people. Whew! This will be a milestone in my life and a challenge to take for me to grow as an individual. Thank you Papa J for giving me an opportunity like this!

 

 

Aztec Leggings: Dollhouse Co.

Sunnies: People are People (Robinsons Metroeast)

What's in my shopping loot bag?

1. Crocs (New Released)
2. Keep Clam and Be Pretty Muscle Tee - Suite Blanco
3. 4 pairs of earrings - Suite Blanco
4. Canon Ixus 310 HS

1. Crocs (New Released) - Since we were not able to go to Crocs Megasale in NBC Tent, we decided to stroll around Bonifacio High Street  and went to Crocs shop itself to look for my desired design. I opted this bulky pair of Crocs because it’s good for my super casual look most especially when doing groceries, visiting my 2 super adorbs nieces, and sporting my bowling-look attire. I first wear a pair of this when I was trying to fit my ate’s pairs of this design. I found it comfy on my feet plus I saw myself looking good on this during my lazy-day outfit. LOL!

I was so happy when I got this because this is their last pair of this design on my size. The saleslady told me that this is their best-seller design and it is easily consumed. I reckon I was just lucky that day and this design is really for me. LOL.

P.S. Thank you so much sis for this pair of Crocs. I’ll use this. Always.

2. Keep Calm and Stay Pretty Muscle Tee from Suite Blanco - 3. 4 pairs of Earrings from Suite Blanco

When my sister realized that we were just near SM Aura, we decided to have lunch there so we could visit the newly-opened mall. I’ve been reading a lot of articles about SM Aura and one of the articles that I’m really curious about is SUITE BLANCO.

Suite Blanco originated in Spain. The prices of their stuff range from Php150-2500 or more than. According to Filipino fashion bloggers, Suite Blanco is like Forever 21 in terms of value. They retail casual clothes up to semi-casual clothes. But of course, when you’re really good in mixing-and-matching, you can come up whatever look you could pull depends on your mood.

They also have shoes, bags, accessories, hats, wallets, and the likes. They also have men’s section in which my brother-in-law got 2 polo shirts for himself. Meanwhile, I got this Keep Calm and Stay Pretty Muscle Tee for Php799 and these 4 pairs of earrings for Php349 while my sister got 2 inner tops for Php600 and 1 blouse for Php799. How cool is that? Its all worth it, right?

This became my MANTRA everyday!

If you want to visit Suite Blanco, you can visit it at the ground floor of SM Aura, near Forever 21.

Taken inside the fitting room of suite Blanco. Just checking if this muscle tee fits me right. LOL! :)
P.S. What can you say about my full bangs?

4. Canon Ixus 310 HS

Most of my photos here in my blog were taken by my old Sony digital camera. I realized that digital camera’s actuations are also losing its life expectancy just like the DSLR. For some of you who are not photography-enthusiast, ACTUATIONS (or shutter counts) is the amount of photos your camera has taken. This is the number you see when you’re transferring your photos from your camera to your computer (for example: IMG_009). This is an upsetting thing for an avid photo taker to learn for the first time because it’s not something we know until we are told. Once the camera reached its shutter counts, photos will be noisy no matter how you adjust its settings.

This is what happened to my Sony camera. It already reached its shutter counts since I took photos even if it’s not worth it to click it for. HAHA.. Before, I loved taking photos randomly so I could have something to laugh about. But since I learned that shutter counts can also be reached to a digital camera, I stopped clicking it. I click it if there’s something to click about. I lose the enthusiasm in taking photos using my digital camera because of the noisy of my taken photos (though I still have my dslr to use) even if I adjust the settings many times.

So to stop my rants, I thought of buying a new digital camera but I’m just waiting for something. Surprisingly, as we were promenading within Bonifacio High Street, we passed by the Canon store and saw a signage of “50% off” and “0% in 6 months”. We immediately went inside of the store and had second thought of buying it. My sister helped me to decide which is which and I reckon that it was really a good buy. I got this digital camera in 50% off with 0% interest for 6 months. This Canon Ixus 310 HS sports a 12.1 megapixel that can give impressive low light performance and produce good image quality. Since I’m a fashion-conscious photographer, I opted to buy this to take my outfit shots even in low light. This touchscreen digital camera makes this camera more attractive and persuades an aspiring fashion blogger to get this. Canon Ixus 310 HS comes with different color. Unfortunately, there’s no color blue available in their store that’s why I went for this color since it looks elegant in my eyes. LOL!

Here are some of the photos of Canon Ixus 310 HS:

If you’re planning to buy a digital camera, go to Canon Bonifacio High Street branch so you could check their other digital cameras that are on sale. They’re on sale until supplies last.

So there you are. This is one of the moments that made my week followed by this and this. I don’t know how much thankful I am but I really feel so blessed. I can’t thank enough that I had a wonderful weekend like that. As I reflect before that weekend ends, I realized that everything fall into its right place. I reckon that the man above, gave me this kind of happiness in lieu of what I went through. Everything happens for a reason and He will not us let us drown in sadness and pain.

Kimpura Sunday

I was really surprised when my mom woke me up at 8:30 in the morning because my dad wanted to have lunch in Kimpura Japanese Restaurant in Greenhills. I was really wondering at that time that my dad wanted us to dine out. It’s once in a blue moon invitation from him actually that’s why I was really surprised then. LOL.

Since my mom went to church already, I decided to wear shorts because I know how the heat will hit me. I’m not into pants because I’m easily get irritated with the stickyness that pants can bring me. I wanted to look casual that day and so I decided to wear this.

P.S. Sorry for the resolution of the photos. I just used my iTouch and the camera 360 application since it has no flash so kindly bear with it.

Eyewear (frame only): People are People
Sleeveless: Online
Belt: Greenhills
Shorts: thrift find

I’ve been looking for that black frame for so long and I’ve been also asking my dad almost everyday to find one for me. I was really glad when I saw one in People are People for Php200 and so I immediately asked him to buy it for me. I guess that’s one of the perks of being the youngest in the family.. still a spoiled brat to them. hashtag #spoiledbrat

Sunnies: People are People

Earrings: The Little Things She Need (old)

Bangle: thrift find

Flats: gift from a friend

This pair of flats is a gift from someone who is very supportive with whatever decision I have in every aspect of life. She’s one of the people I know who is very vocal with the happiness she feels towards a person’s success. She knows how to uplift one’s spirit on the way to an achievement. She always stays positive in every challenge that she encounters and I look up to her for being strong. Thank you for this pair of flats, mallows! I really do love it. Thank you for being so nice to me. We’ve grown together in this organization and you have shown nothing to me except goodness. Thank you so much for all the things you’ve done for me. Most of all, thank you for the true friendship that you’ve shared with me. I’ll treasure it for the rest of my life! *teary-eyed*

Kimpura Japanese Restaurant -  my dad’s favourite dining place. We had our first dine in here last December 2012 when we drove my mom to her office. He loves to eat here and he has so many memories about this restaurant. This restaurant reminds him of his 20 years of service in Francisco Motors Corporation in Las Piñas. He and his officemates always had their lunch or dinner in their Makati branch after they close transactions. My dad is so sentimental. So it’s hard for him to let go something he used to have before. I guess I know whom I got the genes of being so sentimental. LOL!

my favorite California Makki

dad's favorite Sashimi

my lunch - Gyudon

My dad still remember my first order when we first dined out here.

I apologize for my droopy eyes. Lack of sleep it is! Thanks for inventing sunnies. It’s a saviour for hiding my eyes.

My weekend is already complete. I can’t thank God enough for giving me so much blessings. I can say that I really had a nice and fun weekend. I got to spend time with the people who matter to me. High five, Papa J!