Paint the town red.

Arrived in Cebu last Thursday night to attend my friend Alyssa's event (Off the Streets). It was a class project that raised funds for the Mobile School Programme. 

I didn't bring any outfits to this trip so I went to Topshop and grabbed 2 tops before going to the Penthouse. -_- 

Was exhausted so I only stayed til 10:30 PM. I was finally able to sleep that night! My insomnia's gotten worse for two weeks my bedtime's been shifted to 7AM. 

The next morning I had to attend a Chinese engagement ceremony called a Ting Hun which Paulo's sister invited me to. There's so many steps and I can't even remember 1/4 of them, but it's basically an exchange of gifts between the girl and the guy with their families just so the engagement is recognized by both parties. 

I borrowed an entire outfit from my friend Jennifer since my luggage was filled with black ensembles, and that's not allowed in Chinese celebrations. Oops. I've never been to any of those before! She lent me a couple of dresses but in the end I chose this grey top with a purple bodycon skirt from Bebe. 

For this part all my photos are from my iPhone since my brother had to borrow my Lumix for his photography lesson in school that day. 

Managed to hook up my boyfriend on Skype so he could watch the whole thing!

Erica's gown by Ronald Enrico

We all had to eat 2 eggs, amongst other things! 

A family photo with Paulo on Skype. Look at his pose! LOL 

After the ceremony there was a reception at Choi City. No photos as I was busy eating and chatting up with Paul Jake & Myti. 

I hurriedly bought another dress after the reception and headed to the Marco Polo hotel for my friend Cara's parents' 50th birthday (joint celebration). 

There were so many fun dance numbers! 

We went to Ila Puti then the Penthouse...

No lipstick for me yet...

I swear, I look like an elephant beside this girl!!!

Then Jennifer convinces me to try on her Estee Lauder lippie!

RED.

Behind Gayle, you can see Divine (first girl from the left)... Heard she's going to be on the next Big Brother! 

That's all for my fun & relaxing weekend in Cebu!

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The rest of my weekend in Cebu...

Late lunch at the Tinder Box...

my salad

...We shared desserts at La Marea.

Double-chocolate warm brownie cup... mmm...

Forgot the name of this 3-layered piece of heaven!

The original warm brownie cup. Everyone's favorite!!!

That night, we went to Urban Cellar for some drinks.

And then Penthouse for some... Club music. LOL.

We just wanted to see more people, actually.

^ In which I prove to people that I have teeth. :)) :)) :))

Napping???

And after this shot, PJC becomes my photographer...

He wanted to buy my camera last week but my dad called dibs! LOL.

"OMG! It's Karla Henry!" :))

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And I was back to this the next day...

My flight was at 9:40 and we were supposed to perform at 10. Good thing we were moved to play last...

Had fun in Cebu as usual! Not the same without someone, though.

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Sinulog 2011- Friday & Saturday (part 1)

I was super excited for the weekend since I've been waiting to get away from schoolwork for a very loooong time... Sadly, Pia and I ended up bringing our homework to Cebu, since we had a presentation scheduled an hour after arriving from our flight back to Manila... But we knew that wouldn't stop us from having an awesome time!!!

Arrived Friday night and Pia and I decided to hit Penthouse first. I couldn't find any of my friends there so we headed to Vudu. That place was just scorching hot so we went out after 5 minutes, talked to some people and then went back to Penthouse. Finally we found Mia, Holly and the rest so we joined them in their table.

Stolen photos coming up... Sorry for the quality... I just grabbed them from Mia's Facebook. :P

On Friday I invited my high school batch mates for a small birthday celebration over lunch at our place. Mum hired 2 chefs to prepare Japanese and Filipino food for us! And oh, we had some Rico's Lechon, too! My guests couldn't stop raving about it. I think I'm never tempted to taste it since I grew up in the same neighborhood where the lechon is made and I'm pretty sure there was some lechon in every party I went to in Cebu... So, yeah. :P

Looks pretty tasty from the photos, right??? My guests didn't even need sauce for this!

We had dinner at the Gustavian...

Nice watchhhh. Pia and I were jealz.

Off to Vudu where we met up with Red and his friends while Sam, Pao and Echo went to Sonic Boom.

Red had 22 GUESTS from Manila. One whole barangay, dude! They're experts in partying!

It got extremely hot inside Vudu (was super sweaty already and Pia couldn't breathe!) so we decided to head over to Penthouse. Took Pao, Sam and Echo with us and met up with Sam, PJC and the rest of my beau's friends!

It was PACKED. Thank you so much to Alyssa for ALWAYS helping us out!!!

I was taking photos and videos for my beau. Tried to update him with the Sinulog happenings through WhatsApp. It's his favorite time of the year- I think he even loves it 10x more than Christmas.

I underestimated the amount of attention Echo would get from people inside the club... Sammi even said "Kawawa talaga!" but he is always so nice to people asking for photos. I really can't imagine how he can survive this on a day-to-day basis. LOL

Oh yes, someone just had to be a photobomber :))

Lakam really looks like her sister Kim (Chiu). O_O So proud of this girl for gracing the Chowking ads around Edsa!

We asked Echo if Issa could have a pic with Andi since she is the biggest fan of the show Agua Bendita. Doesn't Issa look like an actress, too??? They're both so pretty!

I missed you!!! People kept thinking we were sisters. :))

Uhh... Saying goodbye to each other. LOL

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Pre-parade festivities are just as fun!!!

Photos from Sunday coming up on my next post!

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