Bachelors-Femina charity ball + Cebu

December 31, 2011

I was invited to participate in the Bachelors-Femina Innocence Day Ball at the Casino Español de Cebu last December 28. Bachelors-Femina is a socio-civic club for unmarried members of the “crème de la crème” of Cebu Society. The girls and I modeled creations made by famous Cebuano designers and we also had to perform the Rigodon de Honor. The event was for the benefit of the Hands of Mercy and Asilo De La Milagrosa. It was definitely loads of fun and it was great seeing my friends dressed to the nines in traditional Filipino attire! Thank you so much to Dexter Alazas for letting me wear your creation!

my Filipiniana was sponsored by Dexter Alazas

Mia Arcenas wearing a Ronald Enrico creation

Holly Dychangco wearing a Mary Ty

Kryz Uy wearing a gown by Ronald Enrico (sans the cape/sleeves)

Cara Riña's Filipiniana by Vandale dela Bajan

Karla Henry was the host that night

Jasmin Sarmiento (wearing an Allan Patring creation) with Pichai Theamtusana

Charmaine Chua sponsored Natasha Lilja

Lesty Rodriguez's gown is by Harley Ruedas

Jennifer Sarmiento wearing an Allan Patring

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More photos from my trip...

Made a quick stop to the annual CIS party Seasons Greetings after the Drink for Life fundraiser at Starting Point...

Went to VUDU on my last night!

Thanks for the photos, Mikey!

Crappy outfit photo [here]

I had to go straight to the airport for my 5AM flight. Then I caught up to the rest of the Cabreras at the Riviera house in Tagaytay for our New Years Eve celebration.

CEBU WAS GREAT! I'm heading back on the 8th to celebrate my birthday (in advance) with some friends from Manila who are also taking part of the Sinulog festival.

See you there, friends!

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Hong Kong photodiary

December 25, 2011

We stayed at the Kowloon Shangri-la hotel

Deborah Lippmans are great for Christmas nails!

Upside-down reindeer at Elements mall

I had to tiptoe cos my 13-year-old brother's taller than me already.

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I pretty much got what I wanted for Christmas, but my favorite has to be my new Olympus 45mm f1.8 lens! It's the equivalent to a 90mm lens for the regular-sized DSLR and it's great for street style photography.

My siblings and I got sick as soon as we arrived in Hong Kong and it worsened because of the weather. The temperature dropped to 9˚C and it was quite windy, so my allergies were pretty bad. Didn't shop too much but I guess that's a blessing in disguise since the clothes on sale were all for winter anyways.

Our Christmas dinner consisted of free cake from the hotel and packed meals from 7/11- including cup noodles, spaghetti and some sushi... We were all full from eating during the day so I guess we didn't need a traditional noche buena. Was just super happy to be with the family and under the thick comforters during my sick spell.

Flying to Cebu tomorrow for the Bachelors Femina ball rehearsals, dress fittings + the actual event. I can't wait to see my friends and my beau!

Hope you all had a good time with your loved ones!

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