Good times

Hong Kong in December? YYEAAAHHH!

Channeling Coco

One of my favorite scenes in Coco Avant Chanel

Audrey Tautou as Coco Chanel (I think she's trying to ride the horse here)

One of my fave outfits in Coco Avant Chanel

My title is so classy and I just popped it right out of my brain but anyhoo, those images above were my inspiration for this 20s themed party that I went to. It was my uncle's 50th and the food was okay. Oh, and I think the cool part about it was that it was a surprise party. It was sweet and nice and my uncle's face when he was asked to give a speech when he arrived at the venue was hilarious. It was awesome and cool and I'm glad some people took the "themed" party seriously. One lady dressed so badass she had this fur shawl thing going on. I wanted to touch the fake fur. =))

That's me and my brother called me Madeline (the cartoon character) and I dunno why, I'm going to take a leap and guess that it's because of the ribbon.

Topshop Bowler hat, blazer and shoes, Ukay trousers and shirt, random ribbon found in  my mom's closet...I think it's from her dress or something.

Btw, sorry for the phone camera photo I got, was too laze to go and grab a decent camera for this since we got home late. So there, phone camera taken. Forealz though, I can't keep the cool level of Audrey Tautou and the epicness of Chanel in those Palazzo trousers but hey, at least I tried. 

I would also like to say that the reason why I wore trousers instead of the TYPICAL flapper dress that everyone thinks of when you say "20'S!" is because Coco Chanel was one of the first chicks in those days to wear trousers. I mean, could you imagine,in the sea of skirt-wearing women there were these handful of cool chicks who were so rebellious wearing men's clothes? They were dressed up like the men and did the most badass thing a woman could do in those days, WEAR THE PANTS. Oh, and also do some manly stuff. They were leveling the playing field back then! (NOTE: I just watched the first season of Sex and the City)

If none of them had ever decided to wear trousers for comfort and maneuverability, well, I may not be even wearing one today. So thank you, Coco Chanel. Thank you for wearing those trousers when you wanted to ride your horse! 

My trousers kept on falling that night

Coco Chanel in her chic palazzo trousers and cool hat.

PS. Coco Chanel photos aren't mine, just found them in google. 

A Week's Worth of Photos

I'm so back-logged on the things I need to post so I decided I need to catch up tonight just so my files don't get clogged or sumthin. So here's a week's worth of photos from the things that inspire me to the people I care about.

White and brown are the colors of my life right now aside from red bricks that is.

Cool typography in Banana Republic.

Cool graphic print in People's Palace restaurant in Greenbelt. It's an okay restaurant but I'd choose Fely J's any time over People's.

BRICKS!!!

Bricks-ish in EDSA. I was on my way to internship when I took a photo of this.

Bikes are also the love of my life. I wish I can remember how to ride them. I know people say it's impossible to forget how to ride a bike, but somehow I did...or maybe it's just because my brother's bike is bigger than what I can handle? :))

My socks! Navajo-inspired from Forever 21.

This man is always there when I was going to work (past tense because I finished my internship there because school is catching up on me). He's pretty good. I donated some cash for him after work that day.

Navajo prints! I want one for a shirt. :))

Canon went in SDA and had a talk/seminar whatevs one day and my friend Trixie told me to drop by because it was fashion photography na. This dude was the last speaker he was pretty cool.

Of course this dude is Doc Marlon Pecjo. He was cool and all but I wish he made a little visual presentation and talked a little better instead of being TOO casual about it (I think the very POOR audio quality of the venue also made his "talk" look or rather, sound bad). Nevertheless, he was kind enough to let me shoot one of the ginormous cameras they had there and he taught me some stuff to on how to "talk" to a model. Sadly, my model was a bitchy prof who intended to be sarcastic the whole time because I had a feeling that she wanted Doc Marlon to shoot her. Psh.

Doc Marlon asked a lot of questions and (proudly, in some way) I said some of my answers out loud. The room was pretty quiet eh. :))

Here, he's being photographed by my friend and he was pretty much happy to be the model. He did a gazillion pose that the light had to stop functioning because my friend kept on shooting the camera :)) He's a cool dude. Might I add that I love his pants and shoes?

He asked questions about famous photographers and magazines and I realized I knew a lot na ah, in-fairness. :))

Down here are some of the installations of the students in SDA:

An airplane crashing.

A bike made out of different objects like a shovelk, hydraulics, springs, etc. This one has got to be my fave!

Steampunk-inspired, I'm guessing? :))

Some(deadly?) Sins below:

My awesome ninang wearing this pretty awesome dress!

It's pretty much inspired by an art movement but I forgot what it's called. Is it Bauhaus ba? =)) I forgot na talaga.

My Aztec print socks!

And last but not the least, my friend's test paper for our one and only VIDPROD2 QUIZ! =)))))) Everyone was laughing because no one really studied for it (no one studies like that in SDA anymore once you get through the general studies, hahaha). I got a 2 which was pretty lucky. That was a pretty hilarious Monday morning since everyone was clueless in the exam. Luckily it's the last. :))

Welp, that's it. A week's worth of photos and look at the time! I just turned 20. Very overwhelmed right now. Feels the same but there's a twang of sadness that I feel and yet I get to see these photos and realize that I shouldn't be sad. I should just keep on going because life has to move on and there's still so much left to uncover and take photos of.

ps. the photos are blurry because I used an old digicam :)) Sorry, nakaktamad mag-dslr lately :P

Visitng Grandpa

The night before the visit to grandpa's grave I bought a new notebook!
I'm really into brown, white, and anything craft paper so I bought this notebook that reminds me of those things.

Bought it in Powerbooks and they use brown paper bags (which I love) and got bored so I decided to draw stuff on it. The "Chanel" drawing idea I got from one of Jak & Jil's old school photos.

Vault is a new men's magazine published by ABS-CBN which is cool. Check it out guys.

Suc Off.

That feathered thingy is a dude in his Halloween costume :)) Effort grabeh!

Lolo's grave.

Bong's shoes.

His newly bought Limited Edition Neon Genesis Evangelion watch that he got from Japan!

Say hi to my grandpa, guys! :D

Oh, and somewhere in the cemetery we saw this pretty cool pyramid and it turns out it's a gravestone or something. AWESOME (pyramid)! Now I'm thinking what should I put when I get buried, oh wait...I'm really a cremation kind of girl :)) I am also thinking of making a playlist/mix tape para sa burol ko or something. Asleep by The Smiths would definitely be numero uno.

Oh, and beside the pyramid is a dog's statue which I assume is something ala Hachiko-inspired...

coz they're Japanese. RIP, guys. :<

Behind the pyramid is a little staircase that leads to...

This. It says that Hannie B. Rogers is the "adopted daughter of Pagsanjan" and I read her story which was pretty cool. In Pagsanjan, child prostitution was the other "tourist attraction" thingo aside from the falls which made me really sad coz I had no idea that it was!

Anyways, she fought for it until the day she died and even up to now, child prostitution is still on the go. :< Let's go raise awareness and stop child prostitution not just in Pagsanjan but EVERYWHERE! WOOOO!

What's up, coconut?

Jesus is amused.

AAAAHHHHH!!! Old school chairs :D

Nino and his girl, Cams! :D

Me taking the backseat!

Bro Bong and his vintage Ray-Ban sunglasses! I got them for like 50 bucks yo. :> I bought it for him as a gift from a bazaar.

aaanndddd, a creepy alley.

END!