Chasing Dreams

I’ve been in an emotional roller coaster ride the past few days, no thanks to hormonal attacks, the kind which comes by every month, to which I would blame my most recent breakdown, but let’s not talk about that. Let’s just say, if I was to trace my emotional biorhythm last week, my graph would go all the way up the highest point one day, and all the way to the lowest the next.

Case in point, one day I was soo happy that even David had to twit about it,

..and the next day I was throwing a fit at my poor defenseless fiance, and asking a friend to pray for me at some random convenience store in the middle of the night. (Thanks, Xai.) Barely a day after, I’m up on my biorhythm scale again and posting happy twits and status messages here and there. Haha. It’s a lot of work being hormonal, yea? Tell me about it! And what a relief to be surrounded by people who never seem to get tired praying for me and loving me even in my most twisted of days. :P

Anywayyy, the hormonal attacks are over, at least for now, and I’m back to my sunshiney self! And yay, my email inbox is pretty happy this morning too with my regular dose of FreePeople and Anthropologie email newsletters announcing that, woohoo, SPRING IS HERE! :)

Ahh, the maxi skirts and dresses and floral prints are just plain love! <3

I mean, sure, I sometimes wish there’s an excuse to wear boots and coats in this tropical lalaland once in a while, but I have to say, I love being able to wear sun dresses all year round MORE.

When I went to New York last November, I brought with me a couple of floral printed pieces, but it was just too awkward to put them on when everyone else was wearing wools and coats and plain, dark-colored knitted tops. While there, I had to buy stuff I could wear to keep me warm, but I had to leave them behind because not only would they cost me excess baggage fees, there’s also just no way I could wear them here.

And duh, yes, thank you for pointing this out in your head and being polite enough not to say it out loud: Anong ‘Spring is here’ sinasabi mo eh Spring is like, ALWAYS HERE in the Philippines anyway! I guess what I’m trying to say is, don’t you just love it when it’s ALSO Spring in the other parts of the world? Coz hey, that also means our favorite designer labels are launching stuff we can actually wear where we are! :D

And yay, I feel like wearing a dress today to match my mood!

When my friend asked me what to pray for last Saturday, I had but one prayer request — that I’d be so happy with whatever comes my way that there won’t be any more room for negativity. I think our prayers were answered, indeed. Now I just have to remain in this frequency.

How about you? What can I pray for you today? :)

Just a quick post before I take a break from work! :)

My first weekend in New York has come and gone. An Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship concert at Calvary Baptist Church in Manhattan (where David’s family was invited to render a special number), home-cooked dinner by David’s mother, and a live viewing of the Pacquiao-Margarito fight welcomed me on my first day, with the rest of the weekend spent with David’s church friends and relatives in Jersey City. It was pretty hectic, but how can I complain?

Besides, no jetlag for me. My body clock loves EST. :)

This is us in front of CBCNYC at West 57th street on my first night.

OTD: Romper – Trunkshow; Cardigan – Landmark; Shoes – Cinderella

Because I was heading straight to the concert from the airport, I had to change from my 18-hour-flight-friendly get-up of jeans, t-shirt and slip ons, to a more presentable outfit. Isn’t this romper pants the prettiest thing?? I got it from Trunk Show just before I left Manila. The fabric’s a bit too thin for the chilly autumn air, but the legwarmers I was wearing underneath did the trick!

And yes, those were Starbucks drinks we’re holding. :)

And just because they’re awesome, here’s a poster I helped Trunk Show with, to promote the launch of their new store at the Powerplant Mall. Check out their FB page to know more about their promos! » Read the rest of this entry «

Hello, this is my room. Well, parts of it. Only the good parts. And by “good” I mean the ones that are photogenic, those areas that have some semblance of order. Photo dump!

I work here *sometimes*. (Haha, I think I spend more time working in bed, or in the couch.)

My mirror is duuurrty, but it’s like, one of my most favorite things. Ever.

It was Mom’s idea to have my bed built in, totally saves up space! Love it!

This is what I wore to Bible Study last Thursday.

OTD: Sundress – Some tiangge, Robinsons Timog; Leggings – Kate Torralba’s Leg Love; Cardigan – Nui Clothing; Bag – Girbaud; Shoes – Payless; Necklace – arbored from a friend’s mom

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Two months ago, I took this photo while he was getting ready to serenade me with one of his love songs. <3

THIS ROOM IS NOT THE SAME WITHOUT YOU, YOU HEAR??

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Vanilla Twilight is playing on loop, first on my iTunes, now in my head. I wish I thought of writing these lines first.

The silence isn’t so bad
‘Til I look at my hands and feel sad
‘Cause the spaces between my fingers
Are right where yours fit perfectly

But drenched in vanilla twilight
I’ll sit on the front porch all night
Waist-deep in thought because
When I think of you I don’t feel so alone

Owl City is seriously making me want to paint stars and clouds on my wall.

Okay that’s it. Mornings are, without a doubt, not the best time for me to blog. :))

Happy Sunday, y’all!

I failed miserably in the wardrobe department when I went to New York last year in that I overestimated my capacity to handle the cold New York weather. Mistake #1: Allow me to blame my friend, who, upon asking what types of clothes I should bring, answered “Parang Baguio lang“. NOT! He told me to bring a coat, you know, “just in case.” (Just in case?? LOL, the coat practically saved my life!). It was around October that time, transitioning to Fall. Turned out, mornings were manageable, but it could get reallyyy cold in the evenings.  Mistake #2: I was also told to bring sneakers and flats because Manhattan is made for walking, only I didn’t anticipate that the two pairs of shoes I brought, which I would normally use for walking in Manila, did not have the durability to survive the kind of walking that Manhattan requires.

And that, my friends, is why I will never trust a man’s judgment again on matters like this! :))

So yeah, I practically lived in this ridiculously expensive Zara coat the whole week I was there because none of my other jackets/blazers were good enough, and this pair of Blowfish booties I bought at Macy’s because I had to replace the pairs of shoes that gave up on me. Even so, there were nights when David had to insist on me wearing his coat on top of mine because I probably looked so pale he thought I would faint or something. Don’t get me wrong. Wardrobe issues notwithstanding, New York City treated me well, and I wouldn’t mind going through it over again even if I die of hypothermia haha.

At this point I would just like to acknowledge that one of the things I love about my job is how I could browse through pages and pages of fashion and style blogs to no end without feeling remorse. Being in the designer clothes industry sure does come in handy sometimes! :P

Anyway, my eyes are all over the Fall-Winter trend these days. Here are some of Zara’s, Promod’s and J.Crew’s Fall 2010 look books:

Dresses, skirts, and leg warmers are love! I’m just not sure everyone can really survive 5°C like this, I probably won’t, but I love how one can wear so many pieces of clothing at a time!

Jeans, sweaters and coats.. Made me realize I haven’t worn jeans in more than a year that I suddenly started panic buying on denim!

Also, boots. And lots of scarves! Suddenly I’m checking out scarves I wouldn’t have paid attention to and knee-high boots I wouldn’t even try because it’s just not possible to wear them here in Manila.

Meh. Fall fashion is too pretty. Can we ever justify wearing wool and knee-high boots and thick knitted scarves and leather jackets here in Manila? Why do other people get to experience fall and we don’t? Life can be unfair sometimes.