Oh Paris.

Here's a little confession: Sunday is cheat day for me. I like to get fat with anything, and take long breaks during my study time --  nonexistent of self-restraint, that is. Bombarded with so much school work & other thrills, looking at photos relaxes my mind. Tinkered this, tinkered that. Ergo, my new blog header. How do you like it? And so I dug some of my Paris shots and here are a few of my faves!  

By the Louvre on New Year's Day

Second day away from home, and then I see this.
Could have been sharper, but this is still, nonetheless, my favorite shot of the Louvre. 

Leopard fetish, here we go again. Definitely caught my attention!

Morning walks @ Champs Élysées. Priceless!

My favorite other half came all the way from Norway to meet up with meeee :) 

 Feeding hungry pigeons at Notre Dame

That one night we all decided to take the last train from Lille to Paris, just to go dancing. Hopped on the earliest train back to Lille, straight from the club. Pretty sick, but def'ly epic.

My first and last sunrise by Champs Elysees. Beautiful, beautiful.

Of course, how could I miss a photo by the Eiffel? 

Back to Louvre one last time before my plane takes off. With my DLSU blockmate, Maiko.

Always a good time clubbing in Paris. Always!

My first try. Hmmm which one do you like better?

You wouldn't guess how long that "break" took me. Ahhh so much to look back on!! 

Alright, dear reader, guess it's time to get down and dirty with my books again. Au revoir! 

A Marcos Request: Partie Deux

No turkey, no fancy parades, nor family gatherings for this year's Thanksgiving -  just plain work and a little bit of play. Amidst the wee hours of the morning of the 24th, my phone beeped and said I got a message from the Governor. Work on a Thanksgiving morning to pull-out garments? Why not. We did a round two, actually. In case you're thinking we were short on items...well, not exactly. A dozen of extra shoes, a dozen of extra this, extra that. Garments we chose from Folded & Hung technically totaled more than half a million pesos hahaha and that's just for F&H alone! Imagine. Hence, a repeat.

Genuine laughs in morning - better than that cup of latte on my hand!

checking for my approval. yay or nay? 

I do get Imeldific myself at times...

gone French for lunch! with matching stories about both our travels and eskapos in Europe. Good, good, good conversation.

Forgive the vanity. Traffic was crazy on my way to school.
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Scratch turkey for Thanksgiving dinner; we have wine and cheese party! Ah, how very French. No boys though, only exclusive of le chicas. In other words, it's time for "kill, fuck, marry" hahaha craaaaazy revelations....

Attendance for tonight: Austria, France, Australia, Korean, Japan, and Philippines!

 Sandra my love! Total opposites, and jealous. It's just funny how we want the things we don't have. Cruel world, why yes.

French bread, present as always. 

 I remember having cold cuts on my pizza or baguette back in France, and not once I had not barfed. Not quite a fan!

 My favorite Australian lovers. Look at that note from Matt! Such a sweetheart. xx
"No matter where you are in the world I will always love you!"

 Wine for appetizer, cake for the main course....and beer/beerpong for dessert. 
Works for me!

 hahaha wiped out in a blink of an eyeeee! 

 last (wo)men standing! moved to Fredo's apartment for some more drinks

Met up with the boys around an hour past midnight for the real shebang - booze and beerpong! Half of the gang  went gambling at Resorts, though, while the rest settled for Cable Car.  This is Leaveau in his super guapo porma! Definitely my favorite - denim on denim. It just looks so sexy on men, don't you think? 

A Marcos Request

There could probably be nothing more epic than shopping for literally hundreds of clothes 
and shoes with the daughter of a former President of the Philippines. 
Imee Marcos, eldest daughter of  Ferdinand Marcos and current Governor of Ilocos Norte, was sweet enough to invite me to pull-out garments with her, and actually take charge and take full responsibility of choosing the most fashionable pieces from 4 different local brands. I just couldn't stop smiling when she texted me about how she wants to know what I think, my stance on the choice of garments from Folded&Hung, Karimadon, Wade, and Jellybean she's bringing to sunshine city."Losyang na my taste, you do it na. Take charge.", ending her overwhelming message. 

Focusing on the reorganization, livelihood opportunities, and the progress of the Ilocanos during her first year in office, she now plans to transform Laoag into a little little Greenbelt of the North, Ilocano-style! We only have about 3 weeks to bring Manila fashion to the province so the preparations are going a bit crazy.  Apart from entrusting me with this little assignment, I also got hired as the in-house stylist so I'd be traveling to Ilocos more often this time! Pretty stoked here, I kinda miss doing this. Haven't really been into the world of fashion again since after I finished with fashion school and got back from my exchange semester abroad. It all came unexpecdectly; let's see how this goes.


and so here are some photos from our little business trip:

Only ordered limited pieces per size, so you guys better score these babies as soon as we open! How very Jeffrey Campbell, right?

From style, to the materials, to the number of pieces of garments per color, per size - it was crazier than I thought it would be.

I remember she would say"bakla ka talaga!" whenever I dance around the stores 
while I carry gazillion of clothes on my left hand and shoes on my right hahahahaha

In her words, "these shoes are so bongga!"

She really listens when I have something to say, even the littlest comments.

3rd stop! Hahaha look how stressed we seemed. 3pm and still haven't eaten!

sporting Folded & Hung shades while she copies my ever-famous pout hahaha kulit!  

we keep getting more and more lurkers by the minute cause we were so gulo. hehe

Humble as she is, she smiles back to everyone who would greet her

 and take paparazzi shots of her. 

Currently out of the country, she left a huge bulk of work to me - from talking to the managers, finalizing the orders, doing the costings, looking for fashionable tinderas, and so on. Sobrang ka-pressure but it is overwhelming. I mean, really, who gets THIS privileged to be given such task by Imee Marcos herself to somehow take over the entire merchandising aspect of this little project of hers? She requests that I go to Ilocos as early as this weekend to finalize the interiors of the store, style the mannequins, and fill up the racks with our chic garments. Aaah exciting!  I remember her saying, "You graduate na kasi so you take charge of all these! Hindi ito liinya ng Governor 'no".

After all the walking and non-stop shopping, we finally ended a day with 

a little pizza party of our own, her treat :)