gloomy days, sunny dispositions.

August 6 (Friday)- Club Republiq @ Resorts World

Mosh & I

with Pia and Ianna

August 07 (Saturday)- Chelsea Market & Cafe + Cultural Center of the Philippines + Manor Superclub

"Chelsea Greek" salad

mom's salmon

some pasta with sausage/meatballs

Banana Cream Cake

sugar-free tiramisu

outside the theatre after watching the classic, "CATS"

August 8 (Sunday)- Word Community Church + Chelsea Market & Cafe

Getting interviewed after performing for "An Unstoppable Force" at the Word Community Church.

Cookie Dough Cheesecake (Chelsea Market & Cafe)

Every Filipino's childhood fave- ChocNut!

yummy risotto balls

*Since I sold my LX3, the ff. photos were taken using the Canon Ixus 130... I'm pretty impressed with the clarity!*

Started my weekend by having lunch at Chelsea Market & Cafe for the nth time, but went to their new-ish branch at the Podium (which is nearer to my place). Tried out new dishes with mum and Paulo and enjoyed their food, as always! Then at night, we headed to Republiq for our first "Soiree"/Friday experience which was tons of fun! They played hip-hop during Fridays and the crowd was... younger.

Got to watch Tekken last Saturday (I'm not gonna comment any further, LOL) then rushed to the Cultural Center of the Philippines to watch the classic CATS musical. It was really long but enjoyed it so much. Was very proud to see the only Filipino, Lea Salonga, sing our favorite tune from the play (Memory). Went to Attica and then Manor with the guys shortly right after.

Sunday wasn't quite as "lazy" as I wanted it to be. Got up early and had brunch with the guys, then went to Greenhills and joined my family at Chili's before going to the Word Community Church, where a Christian convention called "An Unstoppable Force" took place. It's a 3-day event and our church was involved, so we were asked to perform during the first day. Had so much fun as usual, plus got positive feedback about our music. YAY! :) Mum and brother had to leave after our first song to catch their flight to Cebu, though. Had dinner with father at- you guessed it-Chelsea. Lovely way to end my weekend!

Mum and I are now contemplating on whether or not to fly to Singapore to shop for gadgets. Three days away would be perfect. Just got word that the no-plan 32gig iPhone 4 was being sold for SGD $1088 (Php 36,259)- loads cheaper as opposed to the ones being sold here for Php 60,000 since the units are not from Globe/Apple (hasn't been officially launched/released here yet). I also have to buy the Panasonic Lumix LX5. Pre-ordering one here would cost me Php 33,000 (USD $735) and its retail price is supposedly only USD $500+. I'm REALLY appalled at these price differences, so I think buying them from Singapore during a quick vaca would be better. Hope this trip pushes through and my schedule permits. But for me, it would be better if someone else could buy them (during their SG trip) since I really can't afford to sacrifice days, leaving my work/school work here in Manila. Hmm... Hopefully we can find someone to do just that...

We gon find you, we gon find you.

Riz was envious of Cholo's drumset!

Pogo, the most hyper-active Jack Russell Terrier!

bathroom wall!

Rizzie's shoesiez

They now serve their bread with some vinaigrette + olive oil on the side! (the garlic's still my fave, though)

Pea soup for Riz

herbed onion soup for me

Duck and the most heavenly risotto ever! (Rami and Yatim's dish)

Rizza's grilled organic vegetable salad (half of which I ate)

my Chelsea Greek salad (the cheese was the best!)

I had two servings of this.

I've wanted one of these since 2007.

Sunday

Inez invited us over to her condo since she wanted to make a video for Riz and I using one of our originals. It was hella fun, random and surprisingly fast! When we got to her place, we just sorta decided to wing it and did whatever in front of her camera while blasting our music and singing to it at the same time (lip-syncing is lame-o). We then tried to shoot at the penthouse but the guards stopped us (boo). Headed to Cholo's unit instead and shot the rest of the scenes there. Heard a couple of his original tracks which made Riz go on her usual fangirl mode again (his recordings are seriously awesome). He invited us to do a collab with him- woooh! Can't wait!

Attended Church Simplified and then celebrated Riz's victory (for that Green Giant FM DJ hunt thing at her school!) by having a hearty dinner at Chelsea Market & Cafe with Rami and Yatim. Had the obligatory frozen yogurt run right after!

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Some shots from Red's 21st birthday bash at 1Esplanade the night before (Saturday)

Thanks for the ride, Ianna! And thanks to Pia for being our human GPS :))

With the birthday boy! Already smashed when we got there :)

"cousins"!

Now that the weekend's over, we're lookin forward to the next one (as usual)...

:)

Bang Bang

The back is just too amazing!

I'm channeling my strict-teacher+superhero self! :P

V is so hott!

Love how the prints turned out! :)

Fun shots with the designer/my sistah from anotha mistah! :P

Funny moments when we were trying to light the cigs:

"OMG eew, smoke!" -> umm yeah, cigarettes = smoke, duh! lol

"Go pik-pik the ashes!" -> what Issa told me to do after it was starting to burn out

You should've seen the way I was trying to light it! I was just holding it in front of the lighter... Tsk.

Was summoned by my very beautiful best friend Issa and brother Vito for a shoot a while ago. Issa made that shirt for her Clothing Construction class and it is amazing!!!! Totally unique compared to other "deconstructed" or reconstructed shirts out there... A lot have been asking her to come up with a t-shirt line, help me convince her to do that! :) Our friend Vanessa Ammann modeled for her as well before going to some castings/VTRs. Good luck, V!

Vito's photos always come out amazing, so I'm happily changing my Facebook profile pic every hour :)) We might have another photo shoot tomorrow with friends from Cebu, and I'm looking forward to that, too.

Oh, I lost my iPhone 3Gs a while ago... Sad. it probably slipped somewhere in between the condo, taxi ride and Powerplant Mall/Rockwell... It kept ringing when we all took turns in calling it from 5PM to 8:30PM, so I was hopeful that I left it in Issa's condo. But oh well, I couldn't find it. Right now I'm back to using my Nokia 71 for Globe, Palm Treo 750 for my Sun and I'm also using my old iPod Touch to keep track of my contacts. I'm headed to Globe tomorrow to claim my new sim card with the same number (Yay!) so that's gonna make things easier for me... A lot of my business contacts and friends have been messaging me on Twitter and Facebook about not getting any replies from me through text. Quite a hassle to lose a phone but right now I'm just getting antsy- I just can't wait for the iPhone 4 to come to Manila!!! :) I've saved up for it!