overdue!

belated valentines greetings!

from,

wait lang!

We are not doing the velvet-oscars competition anymore and it's really breaking my heart. I wish I had more choices. But things can surely get more confusing with too many options. I guess sometimes there really are opportunities that only come as an unexpected, spoiled, needless false alarm.

Le sigh.

human confession

I always feel giddy when I pass by the first ''real' billboard I styled along EDSA - Kamuning. Never have I imagined how big of a deal it is to actually be a part of something literally and figuratively big! (-:

email sent!

I just got home from a product shoot I did for a magazine to help out my good friend Happy Lopez. It's been so tiring these past few days but at the end of the day, I still feel the high of doing what I am deeply passionate about. I am applying for a new job (well, not really new because it's still in line with what I do now - the only difference is I get to focus on Men's fashion) and I'm praying hard that I get this. I remember Pam telling me that this will be a good training ground for me to learn and experience the basics. I'm hoping I get the slot!!!! The secret + prayers + talking to my guardian angel must work! (:

Good vibes, please!

sayang!

RIP Alexander McQueen. Your fashion will forever be my inspiration.

some three years ago

three years ago, I was totally lost in the world of make-believe. I would skip class because of an all-night-'til-break'o-dawn party and I would just end up waking up to a hot afternoon doing nothing but to prepare for another drinking and party session. I partied todo hard. I don't want to go back to the life I lived three years ago but I want my fearless energy to come back to me.

I styled "The Queen"

While Pam was away for HK, I styled Judy Ann Santos for Failon Ngayon. She's one of the most genuine person I know from showbiz and when I say genuine, I mean free-spirited, carefree and loving.

Judai is wearing a lace top and high-waist skirt from Zara, Marni shoes and Mango accessories.



I also styled her when she made a surprise visit inside the Big Brother house. She wore a Mango top, Zara jeans, Pedro Garcia shoes and SM accessories.

some sort of portfolio

Here's a link to all (well, almost!) of my styling gigs. I'm trying to keep everything in here just so I have some sort of backup for my photos since my system has been crashing all the time sine the heavens knows when.

THE MYRRH

I need vintage revolvers

Okay, here's not to jinx my (or our, 'cos we're a group) of winning. Let me relay to you the idea through photos.

photographer

+

make-up artist

+

MYRRH

+

Ideas!!!!

My Grammy's Best Dressed TOP 5

Beyonce in Stephanie Rolland showed her curves without flashing too much skin and her signature shimmering ensembles!


Taylor Swift in Kaufman Franco classoc gown made her stand out among the frou-frou crowd.


Rihanna in Elie Saab showed her statuesque figure without bringing in her supposedly edgy-over-the-top look. So fresh!


Pink in Tony Ward Haute Couture made a good choice of spilling ombre on a seemingly outdated dress. It's really, after all, the one who wears it.


Jennifer Hudson in Victoria Beckham collection. Every time celebs hit the carpet, I always have a short-dress choice and this time, my choice is the classy-looking Jennifer Hudson! She is love!

Easy Breezy!

The Garage (Cris Cayzer, Lance Christopher and Jiro Shirakawa on the cover) feature finally came out. I feel a tad disappointed because I knew there were a lot of better-looking photos that should have been used. Pero still happy for being given this opportunity. Thank you, Eds, Deepa and Rey!

Also in Garage, the Human campaign I styled - Luis Manzano, ftw!

Here are photos of what I have been super busy with lately - work and play!!!

styled a print shoot for a clothing brand with Pam.

Styled Judai for Pam Quinones for her Teleserye Presscon. She is one of my favorite people behind the camera. Very real!

Played dress-up with designer friends Patrick and Martin!

My Boss - Pam Quinones in between running sessions of a shoot!

Ready!

I am so ready to work again. I can feel it na! It is so true that inspiration just comes the least you expect it. I am so thankful to God for giving me the best people in life!!! A beautiful family I can always run to, a loving and hardworking boyfriend who will always bring out the best in me, the best stylist boss in the name of Pam Quinones, and the fab of the fabs friends who bring meaning to every single gay thing in this gay life!

February is coming. My garage feature will break, There's Valentine's day, Koko and I will be celebrating our 15th month together! Bliss!

I'm praying for good health and more fun jobs! Happiness! (-:

Here's the summer look I am super aiming for (Trussardi s/s '10):

I'm home bound and still recovering from the unwell phase. I managed to cook buttered fettuccini with parmesan and cream cheese topped with sliced hotdogs and toasted sliced baguette for lunch!! The reason : Julie & Julia. I must cook dinner for Koko love later. We'll see. Plus my bestfriend Dee will be dropping by for dinner. This will be fun. I hope I get to be on my best the soonest!

resting

Battling the unproductive state is my main goal today. I have skipped work for two days already and it never feels funny when I miss out days of work. I still have the fever and flu. Koko went off from work yesterday to attend to me (thank you, love) which made me feel a lot better now. All I need is more rest plus continuous shots of meds.

Anyway, since I won't be having any scheduled shoots within the week, here's what I did the past few days.

Taal Church for a TVC shoot with Rious and Pam.

Guam Magazine shoot. Accessories by Gerry Sunga (that finger by Jigs Mayuga!)

Print shoot for a feminine wash with Judy Ann Santos.

so who rocked who?

It's everywhere - twitter, facebook, chismis and everything! (Well, not the Kris Aquino - Yap thing!)

My Golden Globes 2010 top 5 picks!

Christina Aquilera in Versace

Chloe Sevigny in Valentino

Julia Roberts in vintage YSL

Cameron Diaz in Alexander McQueen

Jennifer Aniston in Valentino

Now, it's your turn. Who made you happy this 2010 GG? (-:

cheers to keeping a promise!

here's a thing i would want to do: since I'm not keeping a portfolio or anything of some sort, I'll make a post of the jobs I did for the entire week.

game!

January as of now

So to pass time, only because I'm done fixing everything for now, let's blog! Yey!

I'm doing the day one shoot of a TVC today. It's lunch break and I only had dessert and my tummy aches.

The studio where we keep all the stuff is now super-organized! Pam just got back from HK and she shopped for 6 pairs of lovelies (I don't know if she'd kill me for doing this) - here are some of them!

Thinspiration, Desperation.

Mid-2009 and I think I looked rather thin... okay. Parang I need to get my body back, no?

Manila-ah Girl

It feels super refreshing to be back in Manila after more than a week of spending a promdi life with my loved ones aka my family (and after gaining like 20lbs a day).

I missed Manila so much. Good thing Love (aka Koko my boyfriend who i love so dearly) and I had to do the groceries, clean a bit and eat a lot - quality time with him and revisiting what I have been doing here for the past so so months.

Work starts tomorrow and I am super excited. I've been missing Pam and the fashion/advertising environment.

Cheers!

Hello there, 2010

I find it easier to blog here. It's evidently more organized than my 3 year old blog but I'm still torn.

Give me a week or two.

Blogspot gives me more space, LJ gives more chismis. Haha.

But just to make sense, Happy New Year, Spectaculars!