I Had A Heart Then, But The Queen Has Been Overthrown

What I Wore: Forever 21 top, Dorothy Perkins blazer, Topshop shorts, Chanel bag, Alice&Olivia for Payless shoes.

27 minutes till my birthday and I am writing this blog.

I was supposed to finish this blog way earlier in time, but because of a certain someone IMing me the moment I got home, everything has been delayed. I sort of went wild this evening after what happened hahahah. If any of you were with me, you wouldve laughed watching me. I won't expound anymore on what happened cause the person might find out haha but yeah. That was some pretty good birthday gift for me. It gave me a high for atleast an hour. Hahahah!!

Anyway! So I wore this outfit out to lunch with my family. I've worn this top quite a number of times these past days, but I never wore it on my blog so I decided to wear it today. We were supposed to watch a MMFF film this afternoon, but apparently my sister isnt allowed to the one we wanted to watch (Manila Kingpin) so we ended up window shopping instead.

I died, okay. It is probably the hardest thing in the world to go to the mall with ALL your christmas money (and not spend it). There were too many things to want... but I knew I had to control. The Smashbox holiday palettes were already in stock in Beauty Bar and I freaked cause I just used to adore those palettes online... and now they're available. Plus they're a holiday collection so they're only on stock for a while.

I was also on the hunt for new durable flats to wear for school. Something abuse-able. So I was going along the lines of Bass and Aerosoles. I was looking around for all the possible options when I stumbled on these GORGEOUS Sam Edelman flats. They were so pretty! They had spikes on them and they were sparkly :") I fell more in love when I tried them on. MOST.COMFORTABLE.SHOES.EVER!!!!!!! Well okay, its different from the comfort of Aerosoles and Bass, but it really is a pretty comfortable shoe. Unfortunately, its 6k. Most heartbreaking story of my life hahahah! Gorgeous shoes nevertheless. Its going to be hard for me to forget about this pair.

Theenn from the shoes, we go to the books. Just some really pretty books I browsed through at the bookstore. I think next year I'm going to start investing on these types of books. They dont only have good content for a fashion enthusiast such as me, but they'd also make great coffee table books :-)

Sooo thats about it for now. Just a little blog on the beautiful things I saw today. Tomorrow, I mean, later, I celebrate my birthday with my family! I like my outfit for later. Can't wait to show it to you guys! :-)

It's now 1:30am (well, that blog took long to write. haha). Thanks to those who have already greeted. It's great having people like you guys around. :-) It's a long day tomorrow! Signing off!!

Christmas With The Second Family

Wore this out to our annual barkada Christmas dinner. Super funny cause I wore this (without the heels)to buy liquor at the grocery before dinner. I was alone so I had to carry the bottles of alchohol by myself all the way from the grocery to my car. Since I parked far, I had to pass the mall before I got to the parking lot. Since plastic is banned here in Alabang, I had to carry the bottles in a box, hence they were sticking out as I carried them to my car. Nagmukha tuloy akong lasinggera. Hahahah!

What I Wore: Forever 21 top, Escada skirt, New Look shoes, Chanel bag.

Dad loved my outfit today, and that's a lot, considering he's dad. Haha. He's told me to change my outfits countless of times before, so its such an achievement for him to compliment me on my first outfit of choice. He even asked where I bought the top! Well, it really is pretty and it has such fine details, definitely up to par with my dad's taste.

Anyway, this is my barkada! This is our 5th Christmas together. This has been our barkada probably since 7th grade so you can just imagine how long it's been! Of course, some of us were just added along the way but we all love each other a hundred percent nevertheless :) We're not complete here though, cause one of the guys came late, and the other two are out of town.

Our barkada has such a strong base that these people will most probably be the people that will be with me till I grow old. It's very nice having these people around. The others even already bring their significant others to our dinners/hang-outs which is nice to see because in the future, we'll all be like a big family each of us with our significant other, and maybe children! That night I was telling one of the guys how wild it would be in our future get-togethers when we already have kids. I was like, "Can you imagine one day, we're all going to be hanging out and there are going to be children wildly running around and calling us tito and tita"

It's a very exciting thing to think of, the future, with these people :)

Merry Christmas guys!

BV Christmas

Before anything, I'd like to wish you all a Merry Christmas although it wasnt exactly the same for me. It's never good timing to create a blogpost when you're emotional, but here goes.

It was probably the worst Christmas for me. I'd love to expound more, but since this blog has become public more than anything, I have to keep some stuff to myself. Or else MARAMING AANGAL AT SHET BAKA MADEMANDA PA AKO SA LAHAT NG MGA PINAGSASABI KO HAHAHAH. I cried like thrice, AND THEY WERENT TEARS OF JOY. It felt like my birthday two years ago --that one was really sad. Can you imagine crying on your birthday... hahahah. I really hope it doesnt happen this year.

What I Wore: Mango top, Zara skirt, Robinsons Dep Store shoes, Chanel bag.

I guess its true when they say that the people who seem happiest on the outside, are actually the loneliest. Sometimes I feel like one day I'm going to end up like one of those people... RICH but ALONE.

This post is so sad.... but I've kind of let go of today's events already. Happens a lot so I must be used to it.

That's about it for now. Outfit today by the way is another color-blocking frenzy of mine. Since its Christmas, red and green! :-) Simulated a shift-dress by putting a tailored top and skirt together. Anyhoo, Hopefully I get to catch some GVs tomorrow at our highschool barkada get-together. Will try to get back all the sadness that was today. Haha. Bye!!

The Blues

What I Wore: Love Culture dress, Freeway vest, Gucci heels, Chanel bag.

Wore this out to celebrate my mom's birthday last weekend.

Jejemonster

YEAH das my supah cool Collezione shirt, Maui sweatpants, and Converse shoes. \m/

Hi guys. What up. Hahahah. SO this is me behind all the fasyon and the make-up. I guess you could say this is me off-duty. Naga-day off si atey. Aheheheh. My friend took photos of me a while ago and she dared me to post it on Lookbook and since I already had this picture, might as well put it up here too right LOL.

ANYWAY, this is actually me on a daily basis (Yeah I dont look as gorgeous as my fasyon pictures when I'm in school...). I only really dress up during the weekends, and even then its not even that ALL-OUT. Its hard being all pretty and fashionable in school cause its forever hot. Na-wawapoise ka lang so might as well be wapoise to begin with HAHAHAH. I look forever skwating in school I swear. (Which is a good thing, I think. Because just today I found out that I have a rich-kid hater terror professor. She CRAZILY SHOUTED at us, NOTE, in our FIRST OFFICIAL day of class and right after she asked who drinks at Starbucks... cause she wanted to know how much the coffee there was as a point of discussion. No one raised their hands.... and she was trying to get ANY of us to admit that they did... but no one did. So I decided to just stay quiet and hide in my shell).

Its funny though, how I can dress up so differently. There are some times when I feel like dressing up in school so I go all pretty and glammed up with matching make-up. People probably find it weird to see me all dressed up one day and looking like basahan (rags) the next. They probably have a hard time judging me too. Maarte ba to? High-maintenance? Superficial? ay tapos biglang naka-pambahay so simple lang? down to earth? doesntreallycarewhatotherpeoplethink? hehe. Because really, when I do dress down, its down to the center core of the Eaaarttthhh. Pag pambahay, pambahay talaga!

So anyway, first week of school was great! As usual, not much classes. I'm taking up Korean language this semester so that should be exciting. We only received the alphabet last week and next week we're already having a reading exam (INDIVIDUAL!! :o). Guess the prof already expected that we were all die-hard Korean fans and we should have been even a teensy bit acquianted with the language. :))

Thats all for now, bye! :)

Green With Envy

What I Wore: Thrifted denim jacket, H&M romper/dress, Penshoppe shoes, Therapy bag.

Off title, considering that what I'm wearing is very baby pink and blue. The title is because of my nails! The shade of the polish I'm wearing is Green with Envy :D Adorable color! It looks great with pink and blue. I lovelovelove shades such as this. I'm still on the hunt for one last Orly color though which is GUMDROP. I had it on from one of my nail spa trips in Katipunan two semesters ago and I just wanted to get my own bottle since then. Couldnt find it in any store though, so I havent had the chance to get my hands on it. If any of you know where I can get/order one, please let me know! :)

Anyhoo, wore this out to watch In Time with the family. REALLY COOL MOVIE!!! Awesome concept. Although it lacked a bit more thrill. The idea was great though. Really liked it :D

I also finally bought a case for my make-up today! Hahahah FINALLY. I only used to put my make-up in an Etude House paper bag and since its about to break down already I decided it already needed a stable case :))) Will be fixing it later tonight :) Das all, till the next blog! Heehee

Baguio

What I Wore: Topshop cover-up, Topshop shorts, Zara top, Chanel bag, F21 boots.

Went up to Baguio with la familia for the Halloweekend. Had other outfits but I was too lazy to bring my camera around. Didnt take pictures during the trip, actually. It was really a v-a-c-a-t-i-o-n. We stayed in Manor and had all the rest we could get. So thankful for that break because I finally caught up on sleep. I am no longer a tired child! Thank goodness. (:

We Walk The Same Path But Got On Different Shoes

What I Wore: The Ramp top, Zara skirt, Penshoppe shoes, Chanel bag, F21 hat.

Wore this out with the family today. Can I just say how awkward it is taking outfit photos in public..... especially in the middle of high street haha! Only took a few photos and I was planning to just retake them at home but the photos turned out ok anyway so decided to post them.

I just noticed how I've been wearing so much color lately. So much prints and loud colors.. Its the mood, i swear! Oh and sorry for the ponytails on my wrist haha they're forever there.... :)))

Gonna be in Baguio for the weekend. Ciao! :)

You Know You At The Top When Heaven's Right Above It

What I Wore: Zara top and skirt, Forever 21 denim vest, SM Dep Store shoes, Coach bag, gifted bowler's hat.

Wore this out with the family today. I was trying to get home early today since I wanted to catch the sun for my outfit picture but unfortunately we got home late so heres some indoor (technically outdoor but whatever) flash fashion photography photos :))) I dont like indoor photos for outfit shots since they fail to show all the details of the outfit but ah well, this will have to do. Say hello to my ghost friends. Heehee.

Can I just say, concealer works! (Well no duh...) But yeah. I never really used concealer before since I didnt need them much. For my eyebags I just used foundation and I was satisfied enough with the coverage it gave. But recently I got bored and figured I should try using concealer and see what it does for me. And voila! NO EYEBAGS AT ALL!! Would you look at that :') For an architecture student like me who's already used to sleeping at 4 in the morning, eyebags indeed are inevitable. They dont even bother me, or other people because its already become part of my look (HAHA). Anyway yeah, I was just amazed at how eyebag-less I looked esp since my eyebags are as big as my eyes (THATS A FACT!! @_@). For this look I used Etude House's Surprise concealer, then I used Body Shop's cream foundation on top of it, and sealed with Max Factor's powder. I didnt use foundation anymore for the rest of my face since I've been going without it recently. I figured I still looked fine without it so I've been skipping that. Theenn just Etude House's volume mascara, MAC's peach blush (my staple), and Face Shop's pink lipstick. Nailpolish is Orly's Snowcone which I LOVE!! Just one coat and already has great color pay off. :)

Why I Love My Blackberry (And why you should too!)

(sorry for the the messy look, makeup, and glitters on my face. my friends and i were doing makeovers prior to this :)))

So this is a post about my ever so trusty-Blackberry. Eversince I laid my hands on a bb, I swore never to switch phone brands anymore. I got my first bb in 4th year highschool. It was a Bold 9700 which I've already posted on here before. Back then, noone had Blackberrys yet and I only had 2 contacts in BBM for quite some time. I remember I'd even bug my highschool batchmates just to turn their BB service on so I could add them. Now though, its like everyone has them, and my measly contact list of 2 has now evolved to 70.

My favorite Bold9700 got stolen a while back in 1st yr college. When it got stolen, I realized I couldnt live without a Blackberry anymore. So I replaced it with a Bold9000. Even though it was secondhand, it was still good for me. I needed a Blackberry. Long story but after that I soon decided to replace my old one again when the new line up of models came out. The line up for this season were the Torch9810, the Bold touch, the Torch thats pure touch, and a bunch of new Curves (Sorry I'm too lazy to search their model numbers). I then decided to get the Torch9810 in white. Its exactly like the old Torch except it runs in OS7, it has a better camera (HD video), and has more internal memory.

Its been with me for a month or two now, and let me tell you the reasons I love it.


1. Social Networks

I think the main selling point in Blackberrys for the youth nowadays is the social network. Theres BBM, Twitter, Facebok, YM!... all the possible messaging services you could want. Personally I love Twitter and BBM. I tweet everywhere! And I love uploading twitpics. Its also become pretty neat for me too since tweeting has sort of been a public communication device now. There'd be times I'd tweet 'otw to Bonchon for lunch!' and apparently my friends are there in the area so we'd just tweet each other to meet. No more text messaging! BBM on the other hand is another really handy app. If only more of my close friends had it, I'd be bbm-ing more often. What I love about BBM is the group chat. ARCHIPEEPS BBM group, you know what I'm talkin about ;)

2. Internet

So this one's a very CRUCIAL factor. The internet in my dorm sucks. And I'm too lazy and cheap to get a broadband stick so I decided to get a phone with internet instead. Precisely why I switched to the Torch. For bigger screen! Now I can surf the net anytime, anywhere! Whenever boredom strikes wherever I'm at, I just hit up the web and browse through Tumblr or what have you.

3. Media

The Blackberry is almost everything you could ever want in a phone. I've finally abandoned my iPod (my poor nano thats been alive since grade 7?) and now use my phone as my mp3. I mean, why carry two gadgets when you can have them in one? Also, since I got the Torch 2 now, I've started to add videos to my phone. Its preeeettyyy sweeeet! Really good quality. I feel like I can probably put some TV show series in here to watch over long trips :D

4. Camera

Ah, the camera. What I would do without it. Another selling point for me! The camera in the phone is something I'm very picky about. Well actually, no. As long as it takes good pictures, I'm fine. I love photography so having my phone with me at all times has served me well, especially when I dont have my camera with me. I used to be SO into photography, but theres a lot of competition in my University so I let the others take the job instead. Recently I havent had time for it anyway. So now, even just having my phone is fine since I still get to take photos of spontaneous trips without having the hassle of an SLR.

Not to mention, video in the BB is acceptable as well. You dont know how many epic nights I have caught with my Blackberry. (I've uploaded a ton of my bb videos from events on my FB page but trust me theres more than that. We have a thing we'd like to call SCRAPBOOK.... which has some of the wildest, funniest, epic deeds Katipunan has ever seen).

5. Communication

Aside from the phone calls and text messaging, theres email. WHICH DOES WONDERS. Its so cool receiving email from professors during the day WITH YOUR GRADES ON THEM. Its like you're updated right away. Anything that goes on in the virtual world, you're notified right away, wherever you are. I use email mostly in dealing with my professors. But heres one of the best things I just love about the Blackberry (that I wouldnt know what I'd do without :( ). You can email your profs any documents that you've been working on. If you have a paper due, or a powerpoint presentation, or any document really that needs to be sent... all you have to do is plug in your phone to your laptop, transfer the files to your phone, attach them to the email, and voila! IT BE DONE. Of course this is only useful if you dont have internet at the moment (which is my case in the dorm all the time :P).

6. USB

And lastly, the phone works like a usb! Well Android and iPhones also have the same function but still. Its just another addition to why I love the Blackberry. There have been times when I was in a rush and I couldnt find my usb so I decided to stuff my documents in the phone. I needed to have a bunch of things printed so I transferred the files to my phone, went to the nearest computer shop, and had them printed directly from my phone there. Pretty awesome stuff, my bb is really a lifesaver!

OH BUT WAIT, I forgot to add this.. but I also love the BB because of STYLE. Its a very stylish phone. Very sleek and classy. Plus what I love about it is its silicone cases!! Hehe. I love playing around with the cases of the Blackberry. I'm always in the hunt for new different colors. I've had the case of the 9700 in neon green and purple before, and now I use the pink for my Torch. Love love love the colors :)

All in all the Blackberry is such a great phone that serves to function for the immediate needs of anyone. It can be a camera, an mp3 player, a usb, a web browsing and chat messaging tool, etc. Its the phone that anyone could ever need ;)