WAGW fashion show//Girls' Night Out fashion party

Walked with Olga around Shangri-la Mactan to find Cowrie Cove... Haven't been here in a long time. I miss it.


The lineup


Camille of Coexist was also here for a photo shoot with What A Girl Wants! She introduced me to Laureen Uy who was also an upcoming brand ambassador for the line. The whole group will be revealed this January.


Yanyan's shoes from Parisian.


My Swatch MyGent and Mia's Goldfinger limited edition Swatch watch... This photo doesn't do it justice, it looked so awesome in person! When she mentioned it was from Swatch, I was so surprised then I quickly realized that it was the same watch that I wanted over a year ago, but I never got the chance to buy it since I never liked wearing gold accessories. Now I regret it. This watch is really eye-catching.


Mia will never lose her LA hipster style. She is one of my more talented/busy friends from Cebu. She graduated just months ago from FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising) and made the decision to come back to the Philippines. Since then, she's been assigned as the creative/operations director of Ferimar Inc. (her mom's company), trends editor of Zee Lifestyle Magazine and is coming up with her own brand called MIAARCENAS BRAND. Wow. Did I mention that she was a singer and a model in Cebu, too? She's gotten offers to join show business (she's Matteo Guidicelli's cousin) but she's also not too keen about the sacrifices one would have to make, especially since you may have to change your lifestyle so much.

Oh, and we have one thing in common- she's also in a long-distance relationship! Jimmy is in LA, and in a month or so my beau is heading to Michigan. She gave me some tips on how to survive the time difference, loneliness, etc.



The first time I met Chai was during our photo shoot [video] just 2 weeks before this show... She had really long locks back then and was surprised she cut it when she arrived during rehearsals! She said that she got the idea after seeing me, and her boyfriend loves styling her hair now... Well in my case, my beau forces me to style his hair when we're in the same city. LOL.I think she rocks it and looks even more like a supermodel.


Here's to the short-haired girls club! Oh and we all agree that hair length is not gonna help you with the hot weather we have to live with... Long or short, we still complain about the extreme heat!


It lacks an E. :)


With Love and Donique, the girls of Wearintheworld.


Thanks to my friends who braved the scary weather to see me and watch the show!!! Awww :)


Oh yesss Issa is slowly making her hair stand to sport that fauxhawk!!! The purple and blue streaks are just as awesome.


With Mikel Rama, an upcoming What A Girl Wants For Her Man brand ambassador.



With the cousins- Mia, Issa and Cheska.



Photos I grabbed & post-processed from Mikey (he posted videos on his blog post about the event):


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Posin backstage with Mia, Gayle and Mikey.


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Had so much fun catching up with these two sweethearts! Why are my friends so much sexier than me? :( LOL


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With Cielo, Kim, Mia, and Gayle.


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Oh yes, we had to smile and walk the runway to the tunes of Pomplamoosemusic.



My relatives in Manila were sending us photos of the turkey they were having for thanksgiving through MMS, but Dad and I were in Cebu for the weekend (he was in the Inventors Society contest in Ayala) so we had a small thanksgiving celebration sans the turkey.





After the WAGW show + fashion party, I didn't have the chance to sleep so I quickly packed my stuff for my 5am flight. Good thing I woke up my mom- she and my brother were taking the same flight! Hilarious panic-packing took place :))

When I graduate and take some months off before board exam reviews, I swear I'm going to spend a couple of days at the Shangri-la Mactan Resort plus other lovely hotels in Cebu!!!

I miss my island paradise.

Schmehearsals at Studio V

With Salamin and other performers


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Their album is EPIC, guys! Get one this Saturday!!!


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Riz was using the Flip to record Pao from across the room while he was telling us which parts to sing... Wow we found a use for the Flip while rehearsing! :)) I wish I had this while I was still in the CSB chorale...


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Koi, Quest and Gab


Pao, Gary V, Sho, Miks, Gab and Nino Avenido of Greyhoundz


Eo on the drums


Thank you Sam for taking time off to edit to use my camera to take these photos


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It's this Saturday!!!

music of the spheres


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Photos by Samantha Godinez




a SUPER TONED-DOWN Salamin performing at Ortigas Park for the CBTL Are You Listening acoustic tour


Riz took a couple of videos of their covers and originals, but I really liked their version of Imogen Heap's Hide and Seek!!!

Don't mind Rizza's attempt to add some voicing to Paolo's singing! She admits to being tone-deaf, I won't argue with her on that (cos it really applies to a lot of situations, haha!).


Riz and I LOOOOVE a lot of their originals, too. Soldiers of the New Age, Victoria, Carousel- just to name a few. We feel SO privileged to be able to participate/sing with them (6 songs) during their album launch this coming Saturday at Teatrino (Greenhills).

We got to rehearse with the whole band plus the other guest performers last night... It was quite overwhelming. A room filled with some of the recognized musicians in Filipino rock, and Riz and I were sitting in one corner next to Sam, feeling so insignificant and inexperienced. Well in our defense, we were the youngest as well! But seriously, in our heads "We're SOOOO not worthy!!!" kept looping again and again. Who wouldn't feel the same way? Check out the lineup on the poster and imagine how much less hardcore we would look on the same stage this Saturday.

Everyone was so supportive and the guys of Salamin were super nice to us as usual. It's really funny to see them super looney when they're not performing... Cos when they perform their songs with a full band- IT'S CHAOTIC. If you have never seen their gigs, their songs are pretty much 1/2 screamo and 1/2 SICK vocals/playing/lyrics/arrangements. They don't sound like a Filipino band, IMHO.


me to Riz: "Uhh, why did they ask us to sing with them again?"

I am not even exaggerating about the way I feel. Thanks to Pao for offering to help us and coach us again this Wednesday during our photo shoot with them plus Amber and Julianne for Audioclef (That's something else we have in store for all you guys who follow our musical journey).

Every time we meet more and more musicians, I remember not expecting anything like this to happen to us... Music's definitely in our blood but everything's just happening way too early! We're not even pushing for anything to happen- mum and dad just keep telling us to go with the flow. I thought I was going to pursue music as a solo act when I was done with school or tired with my first profession, but I admit I am extremely grateful and enjoying everything that I'm doing with my sister now... What did we do to deserve all of this? Forgive me for being on a slightly sentimental mode here, but I just can't help it! LOL. I owe a lot to the man up above, for guiding me and showering us with all the opportunities that we've never even dreamed of. Whatever happens to us with this music thing, be it a positive or a negative outcome, it doesn't even matter anymore.

I will forever be grateful.