too cool for dancing

I wore my favorite blue polka-dotted dress again :) Thank goodness I still managed to make it work with the less-feminine hairstyle.

Waiting for our turn at Casa Nami

Borrowed Ianna's glasses. Made my head spin a bit cos I was already wearing my graded contacts (-3.00) and those were graded, too!

Made so many new friends who kept handing us shots/drinks. Kept refusing since I've quit drinking! (Yeap, I'm on my 3rd month!!!)

This is me pretending to be the clingy girlfriend and Paulo lookin all surprised at the sudden change. LOL

He watched 3 of our gigs this week where we sang the exact same set... LOL I pity him...

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I have successfully recovered from that nasty flu that has caused me to miss a week off school, a midterm exam, 2 photo shoots and my beau's birthday bash/going-away party while in Cebu. I haven't had one ever since I turned vegetarian (yeah, AMAZING!) so flying to Cebu while I was ill sorta helped since mum was able to take care of me... I was able to get tests done and I still hate myself for wasting a couple of days in idleness but everyone kept telling me to rest so I could recover quickly. I did, however, manage to photograph my friend's clothing line and then rush to another studio to model for another friend's upcoming campaign... I am flying back on the 26th to model for their show at the biggest Shangri-la hotel (OMG YES) in our country and I am SO excited!!! I do need to fly back the morning after, though... I have to perform for Salamin's album launch at Teatrino, and that is something I'm looking forward to as well!!! More details on that soon...

So far I've been buried in lots of work, school work and GIGS! The beau's in town for 10 days and I had to help him pick out clothes for Michigan since he's finishing his studies there (for a year an a half). Yeap, it's gonna be LDR to the next level. Seriously can't figure out how I manage to survive this long distance thing. I feel like a hypocrite for preaching that these things just cannot work when I was younger, yet here I am, risking my first-ever relationship by trying to make things work through IMs, phone calls, Facebook posts and Skype. Again, HOW DO I DO IT??? That is a question I ask myself every freakin day. LOL.

I felt like a stylist for a few days since I had to help out the beau plus I also helped his brother pick out a suit for this Star Awards night thing. Oh man, I can NEVER become a stylist... It is so difficult to go shopping and pick out clothes. A lot of people would be shocked to find out that I personally loathe shopping for clothes... I am the laziest person when it comes to fitting and going to stores... I'd rather shop online and have everything delivered to my home.

Just a quick update about our band- we are now looking forward to getting managed by someone outside of the family, and that's something that will definitely help us in terms of schedules, bookings, etc. As some of you may have known, we were given the opportunity to work with tons of people, and have gotten a couple of offers from managers and labels, so we feel so blessed... As for our music, it will be available for you guys pretty soon, and I don't wanna spill the details just yet. Exciting things are happening and we are pretty patient about the whole thing just so we're sure that we're getting into something that will be available worldwide for more people to enjoy!

I feel very blessed and excited for what He has in store for us...

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Random photos and videos- October

Shoes from Renegade Folk. Thank you ♥

Make Up For Ever's Rouge Artist Intense in shade 49 (Satin Blueberry)

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Julianne performed 3 songs during church service a couple of weeks ago... This is a new song she wrote for her next album and she doesn't have a title for it yet. I love this song! Listening to her live sends chills up my spine. Seriously.

Riz was whistling endlessly during our quick trip to Balai Isabel so I wanted to show you guys how good she is at this! She can whistle forever.

Short clips from the Preview Anniversary Party. Spot the other Cebu-based bloggers in the video!

BTS of our photo shoot for Heima. BJ Pascual and Tricia Gosingtian were my co-models/photographers... Such a fun bunch!

It was my first time to visit the Salcedo Market (Saturday). I am such a noob!!!!

(Issa was filming the other half of the vid... Notice the cute short side comments. LOL)

this week, I was soulless.

PFW [Wednesday]

Hated the fit and length of this dress so I chnaged into something that I thought was more "blah" after school/before church/before heading to Kate Torralba and Rajo Laurel's show at Philippine Fashion Week

I never really attend Fashion Week here since I'm usually too lazy to dress up + my school/work sched gets in the way/ I'M NOT IN THE FASHION BIZ. So it's funny how many times people ask me "what shows are you watching?" every single year. Yes guys, I like dressing up on rare occasions and I do take photos of fashionable people, but again- I'm sorry to burst your bubble but fashion is NOT the number 1 thing in my life. Honestly, I'd rather buy gadgets, workout DVDs, books, interior design supplies, plane tickets, furniture and FOOD. See how far off it might be on my list? HAHA.

I'm fortunate enough to get invites every season, but this time I convinced myself to just go since Kate was really nice to offer me a couple of passes, plus asked to use up all of them... I've always loved her fun style and I absolutely love her music (she has an album comin out sometime next year- CAN'T WAIT!). Riz backed out and I couldn't find any of my friends who were willing to watch the show just hours before, so I hurriedly placed the extra ticket up for grabs on Twitter... It's actually less tiring to just do that instead of messaging each one of your fashionable friends if they want the ticket! I ended up taking Issa and Robin, and one of my followers on Twitter got in, too!

This part of the show made us go "awwwww". Cute men in bicycles!!! (Daniel Matsunaga is growing on me... He's cute!)

Lovely collection from Kate and Rajo!

Kate is so cute! And her Beatles medley music video with Rajo at the end was so cool!

Yeap, my second time to bump into Nicole of Soule Phenomenon! I've always loved their shoes but I NEVER get to buy the right size for me since their stocks get sold out right away! Talk about being in demand. 'Twas really nice the first time she commented on my blog and watched our gig... The world gets smaller and smaller because of the internet.

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SAGUIJO [Friday]

Wagyu is back!!!

What she said.

Mariah

Pat of Mammal and June of Good Morning High Fives

I always thought that hand sign was that thing Italians would normally raise when stressing a point... Apparently it means something really annoying in our country. LOLLLL.

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Obligatory food pics! Mum and brother visited so we had a couple of meals out.

Momo Cafe at the Eastwood Mall is a great restaurant! The food (from the appetizers to main course; didn't try their dessert) was great- and I realized that these guys were the same guys who ran one of my favorite restaurants, Chelsea. Oh, no wonder.

Pia's sandwich. I actually figured out their link to Chelsea when I saw their fries... They taste equally as awesome but get this- they had twisted fries!!! (For all the McDonald's fans out there, I'm sorry to say that the fastfood version everyone loves didn't pass my test. Now I'm actually convinced that meat really numbs your taste buds cos it just tasted awful for me and another pesco-vegetarian friend when we tried it.)

This looked really cute and I wanna try it on my next visit!

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2 of my cousins, Ivan and Alecsandra, visited us at home after their weekend at the Riviera and decided to just spend the Sunday with us... They ended up sleeping over, too! I love bein the eldest. INA, you were M.I.A.! I miss you!

They all say she's my mini-me but I don't remember being this pretty when I was a kid. Forrealz.

And she's painfully witty & inquisitive.

They're best of friends but sometimes end up fighting. It all changes when there's food on the table... ATTACK!

Will end this post with a photo of Rizza's dinner. Half a chicken. Oh yes.

And what's up with the title? I was pretty much a zombie the entire week (okay, was actually worse than my usual zombie self) so I never asked anyone to take any photos with me in it or take outfit shots, blahblah. I'll save you from the pain of having to look at more photos of my face. I have so many videos from the Flip and tons of photos taken with my new GF1 and can't decide which ones to post and edit first, hence the "halo-halo, mix-mix" blog posts. I am a happy gadget girl.

That is all!