Never Wear White to a Food Market

May 22, 2016

Loved this jacket so much that I had to wear it out again! I was too careful with it today since we ate outdoors. Even had to wipe off some stains with water twice. Now you know why I wear black!

I loved my Race Runners so much that I had to buy another pair in a darker color. It's hard to maintain the soles because NYC is a filthy place, but that is easy to solve with some Pink Miracle Bottle Shoe Cleaner or Magic Eraser (sneakerheads, you can thank me later).

An awkward jump shot after Riz and Jastine went "Do something sporty!" LOL

Varsity jacket & tank dress- Adidas, baseball cap- Gents, sneakers- Balenciaga

Jastine is my David in NYC (My friends are occasional art directors for this blog, HA!)

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We drove to Prospect Park today to have lunch at Smorgasburg. I wanted to snap some photos but we all got too busy eating! My faves were the truffled mushroom lumpia from Lumpia Shack and Baonanas! Darie loved Carnal and Riz, Jastine and mum went for some Ramen Burger. I highly recommend going even if we had a bit of trouble with parking (the park is packed on Sundays). We ended up having to Uber after parking 10 blocks away- Brooklyn blocks are so much bigger than Manhattan's!

I wish my dad and brother were still here (they left for Manila last Friday) to roam around Brooklyn with us a bit more. I live in Manhattan but I love heading to BK only because there aren't as many tourists and the events are always chill. I used to study and I now work in Brooklyn... I can't choose which borough is my favorite! Took a couple of photos around Bushwick the other day and will be posting them on here soon.

I apologize for the lack of food photos. You can always stalk them on Twitter!

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052016 + Graduation

May 20, 2016

My poor bag, always filled with bananas, apples and nuts for snacks!

varsity jacket- Adidas, Run Away sneaker- Louis Vuitton, sunglasses- Prada, bag- Givenchy, top- Zara, leggings- Lululemon

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My friend Jastine just commented on how I should quit this athleisure look but I can't seem to stray from it! It's just easier to dress down when it's about to get hotter in New York (YES!) so I always wear a light cover-up for when the AC is blasting at work.

Also- Adidas is killing it at the moment and I'm about to break away from the blacks since their new collection is TDF.

In more important news, I'm officially DONE with grad school and I am looking forward to my month-long break this August!!! Also happy that I can work more now. Need to get some vacation funds ready! But seriously, I have to focus on getting back into the world of Interior Design, especially since I have to practically rebuild my career here... not that I'm complaining- this city is the best place to be for designers like me!

The fancy venue for this year's Pratt grad- Radio City Music Hall!

The most ~~annoying~~ important men in my life!

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I am ready, excited, driven and at the same time a bit scared for what's to come - this combination is what fuels my passion!

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My 3D-printed jewelry holders

May 13, 2016

bracelet/necklace holder in white strong & flexible polished plastic

earring holder in metallic plastic

ring holder in matte black steel

day's jewelry dish in matte bronze steel

earring holder in black acrylic

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One of my electives for my final semester at Pratt was Parametrics. We had to learn to use Grasshopper with Rhino, an amazing and powerful modeling tool used by a lot of architects and engineers. Grasshopper is much like coding and is very complicated. Grasshopper definitions look intimidating, but I was able to grasp some of the basics in one semester.

Our first project required us to create a grasshopper definition that could create 5 different modules with a few tweaks in the definition. I knew I wanted to create holders for accessories- simply because I wanted to be able to use them after the semester!