Overdue summer travel photos from late May. I hope people are still interested in reading my journals even if I update just once a month. XD

Japan has always been a dream for me, until I stepped foot into actual Japanese soil. I can't remember anymore how many times I wanted to cry out of happiness – Japan was just too overwhelming.

I grew up being exposed to all sorts of classic Japanese geekery – my brothers and I would faithfully watch Gundam Wing and Gundam G on television after school, and collect all the scale models that were available then (Too bad I went to Japan too early! LIFE SIZED GUNDAM PLZ!). I can go on and on about some of my childhood anime (Akazukin Cha Cha, I MISS YOU) and how it was able to contribute to my love for Japanese culture, but that would make this entry insanely longer than it already is. Anyhow, in interviews, there's always a question on how I got into photography in the first place. I'd always tell people that it all started from Japanese magazines. Lucky my parents are globetrotters – they passed on their love for traveling to me. Passing by 7-11s and Kinokuniyas in different countries allowed me to have access to Japanese magazines, and subsequently Japanese fashion, and that certain style of clean and natural photography with diffused and soft lighting. In highschool, I constantly ogled at Seventeen (Keiko Kitagawa and Mew Azama, known for being Sailor Mars and Jupiter, used to be my role models) and Pinky (Emi Suzuki - her legs go on forever, it's crazy). I have a massive collection of Popteen, Vivi, Non-no, CanCam, etc., and the make-up and hair tutorials were always my favorites. At the same time, I watched j-doramas on YouTube, (back in the day when uploading shows there was allowed) and started fangirling over Matsujun (MY ICHIBAN!) in Kimi wa Petto (been hooked since then – I devotedly download episodes of shows as soon as they come out with subtitles). Facebook and Twitter friends, you know how I'm always updated with Arashi / JE news, lol. Belated happy birthday to Nino! And yay for the new Arashi Everything PV! \o\

Odd that we cancelled our trip to the States because of swine flu, because we also went to Osaka, besides Tokyo and Kyoto, and it was there where the swine flu was most prevalent. But I think I'll still be going to Florida, New York and Boston in a year or two. There's Disneyworld I have to visit, and then in the future, I'll need to save up for the Disneyland in Paris too. :>

2500+ (15GB worth) photos in 7 days, but I'll only be posting a few here since I'm still deciding whether I should make a photobook out of my travel pictures as gifts to certain people and relatives for Christmas. /contemplates, and some magazines have expressed interest in the photos for a photo essay of sorts too, so it took me a while to decide on which photos to save for that.



My first meal in Japan - it's technically a snack bento thing that is made of all sorts of awesome. It had around 4 or 5 sandwiches with different fillings, and then beside these sandwiches were some burger, ham, veggies and epic rice. They have the best rice in the world.



I had to put these pictures side by side because there's 10-22 in the first photo, and then in the second photo, my brother's using a 10-22mm lens. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one amused by this, but... yeah, eez kinda cool *3*



Yuko, our awesome tour guide, brought us to Asakusa as soon as we arrived in the heart of Tokyo from the airport.





Know your fortune! If you miserably got a bad one, you tie it to the thin metal bars beside the small cabinets. Surprisingly, there were a lot who seemingly got bad fortune. I think my dad tried it and he got a bad one too.





Beside the Asakusa temple was this dandy downtown shopping district. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Arashi shot their G no Arashi senryu episodes in this area. HAHAHA /fangirl moment FORGIVE ME PLZ



Obligatory fashion street snaps! Rather interesting outfit you got there, mister!



A visit to Tokyo won't be complete without passing through Akihabara, their electronics district. I love how this place has a world of its own - there were a number of girls (and sometimes cross-dressing boys and old men in blonde wigs and thick make-up) in the cutest maid outfits passing out flyers of toy shops and maid cafes (or hot-cold cafes in some instances). There are shops that specialize in a particular series too - I found one with everything Gundam. Rather pricey stuff, but the otakus there are pretty set on getting what they want.



Dinner on our first night at Tokyo - I can still remember how epic it was. The shop owner was nice too – he had good English so we all had a great conversation with him about the wonders of the Philippines and how we liked our first day in Tokyo and such. He also asked us how to say “thank you" in Filipino. On the way out, he was telling us "salamat" instead of the usual “arigato". They had the TV on while we were eating dinner, and as usual the show had a food segment, and the guests had to let the hosts taste the specific dish they'd want to eat before they die. Was able to catch News Zero (WHY SO SERIOUS SHO), Arashi no Shukudai-kun, Himitsu no Arashi-chan (some funny episode about new-halves and their individual coming-out stories) and Smile (episode 6, I think) during my whole stay in Japan too. Perfume, mihimaru GT and ORANGE RANGE's concerts were aired too (I love the energy in Japanese concerts - the fans are so participative), that show with Nozomi Sasaki and Kinoshita Yukina (I watched it for their sake, because they are TOO CUTE FOR WORDS!), and the 5LDK (TOKIO's talk show) episode with Ikuta Toma and the girl in Majou Saiban as the guests. /end of geekery here

Our second day was devoted to Tokyo Disneyland. It reminded me of the one in LA (was there around 10 years ago) but with more interestingly dressed people, Japan being Japan.



Haduken pose. Only in Japan.



People actually dress their children up to go to Disneyland. I LOVE IT. All the kids were so cute in their cute costumes or "normal" clothes (but srsly, the kids there are so lucky to be able to wear such beautifully-made clothes), and they were all running around being happy and bouncy and pretty much love!



Me and my older twin brothers Chase (left) ~beramonde (if you attend local cons, you might have seen him already with his girlfriend Cat ~Dustiedoll ; and his band Schiff occasionally plays in conventions and Ongaku Society events) and Juju (right) ~amarande. We were told that we blended in.



TWINS. It's so much fun to point out the little facial differences that they have. I never mixed them up in my entire life, but sometimes they don't even recognize themselves in their baby pictures.



Disneyland street snap. I caught a cute sweet Lolita walking around with a teddy bear and a parasol! YAY LUCKY



Yummy Chinese food in Japan. There was a lights show late in the evening, and people were all crowding the more famous restaurants just before it started.



The fireworks got cancelled, but they still continued with the lights parade... WHICH WAS AWESOME. My favorites were the Beauty and the Beast and the Peter Pan ones, but everything was well-made with all the minor details lighting up and unexpectedly popping out of nowhere.

Our third day in Japan was devoted to going around the city on our own via the train. Our hotel was in the Shinagawa area, and we ended up spending the whole afternoon going around Shinjuku, Harajuku and Shibuya. I wish we had another extra day to go shopping, but that'd mean more expenses, and Japan being Japan, you can't get "cheap" stuff just like how you'd normally understand "cheap" where you live. Everything was so pretty to look at though!



The view from my hotel room, and my buffet breakfast that tempted me to go get around 2 or 3 more servings of yummy Japanese curry.



We had lunch somewhere in Shinjuku, at the highest floor of some building near Studio Alta. I remember there was a Thai or Indonesian waitress working there, and being the only one able to speak in English, we easily made friends with her as she took our orders and carefully explained to us each of the dishes in their menu. 8D



Takeshita Street in Harajuku... THE BEST PLACE TO GO SHOPPING IN THE WHOLE WORLD. Not kidding. I got some little stuff from Paris Kids, a second-hand BTSSB gothic Lolita dress and headdress, and a nice old-rose-colored silky lace dress from Wonder Rabbit. I would've bought some pretty tutus from Spank and flower-y dresses from Liz Lisa if only my wallet permitted me. Looking through the clothes and being able to touch them was a rather pleasant experience nonetheless. <3



Takeshita street snaps! Sadly, due to lack of time, we weren't able to roam around Meiji street and check the shops there. NGAAAAAAAAW



The last place we went to on our third day was Shibuya. Bad idea to go there on rush hour, lol. But we were able to drop by 109-2 for a while where my brothers did their happy shopping. Took photos in the meantime of that iconic Shibuya pedestrian and some billboards and posters. KIMUTAKU WAS EVERYWHERE. Mr. Brain had a lot of promotions even on television – I guess Kimura Takuya guested in each and every show in Japan LOL there was never a day I didn't see him on TV. And of course, the ROOKIES billboard. /squeals

If you saw Ryusei no Kizuna, they shot in Shibuya a few times. HEEE



Dinner at the highest floor of a department store in Shibuya. I'm bad with restaurant names, but it had a rabbit as their mascot and there were adorable rabbit things everywhere! Before heading to our hotel, we dropped by the am-pm konbini in the Shinagawa station to get some ice cream. It tastes as yummy as it looks.

HONESTLY, IDK when I'll be able to update with the second part (Kyoto + Osaka photos). Watch out for that one in the faaaar future.

JAPAN I WILL COME BACK FOR YOU *rolls* I hope you guys liked this journal entry. I'm lucky to have been able to visit this beautiful place, and I hope that by my posting the photos, you were able to feel that you have visited Japan as well. \o\

Sorry if I haven't been replying to people. I'm usually in school, and I'm so bored with the internet nowadays.



<3 Tricia, too lazy to check for spelling/grammar errors lol

P.S. On a shallow note, I'm nearing 2 million pageviews.

P.P.S. I'm in the June issues of Digital Photographer Philippines (4-page feature on my photography) and Stella magazine (1-page feature with 5 photos of me in different outfits). Find a copy now!


GO COMMENT + RATE 8D

I know I promised to update here more often, but I've been spending a lot less time on the internet now than before. My picture-heavy journal entries also tend to undergo quite a number of tedious steps before they spring to life, having to resize photos and put watermarks on each of them, among others. And now, yay for having spare time to spam everyone with pictures again!

It's been a busy summer. I'm a total mall rat, and so is my whole family and most of my closest friends. I've been pretty much out of the house everyday since my summer vacation started, shopping (or window shopping) and eating... and eating some more! While this sounds like so much fun, it's totally uncool to be broke all the time. When I get home, I transform into a crazy Arashi fangirl, and a dorama freak - I watched so much this summer, it's unimaginable.

So, for the past month, I've been uploading deviations of a somewhat different caliber compared to my previous work. Been working hard to improve my photography and graduate (and to some extent emancipate myself) from certain typecasts, as I have promised myself early 2009. Hope I'm doing a good job. /still the same old gawky and nervous kid deep inside



Before anything else, my dad found a nest with an egg outside their room… Err, that was so random, I know! He'd occassionally check if the mommy bird's there. One time, he finally saw it, but then it flew away when he tried to open the window to look at it more closely. HMM, A CHALLENGE? /ninja mode HOHOHO

Yesterday, I spent the whole day with my good friend Domz ~dadomz. She graduated last March, and the fact that she was my very first model in college (2006) overwhelms me so much until now. We've known each other for a while, and worked together countless of times because we're so comfortable in each other's company. Lunch buddy! Haha, we're such unhealthy eaters! Had lunch at Mr. Kurosawa (Eastwood Mall) with her, before we headed off to my house to do a short shoot against my favorite pink wall. We did the make-up together, and as usual, in my quest to make the world a curly place, I volunteered to do her hair.







I've a growing fascination for this sort of style that looks clean and fresh, showing off the model's personality. Maybe I should turn this into my thesis this upcoming school year, as Domz suggested. Ah well. I really hate to think about thesis now.



Before leaving, I joined in. Haven't had my obligatory summer shoots with *Crissey yet (since she's in Taiwan now, happily touring the place for the nth time), so I wanted to create some memories of summer through these few pictures that we took.

Spent time with my lunch buddies before Crissey flew to Taiwan. I miss her already. We talk like 2-5 hours a day.



Last week, I had a similar shoot with Feanne ~feanne, who is one of my favorite people in the world. She's an Interior Design student at the University of the Philippines, and she was the genius behind the ribbon set that we made for her “Delicate Doll” photo. Thanks for the yummy croissant too!



Flawless skin is flawless! And she was telling me how she was “breaking out” at that time. TSS! *u*





I love her! Expect her to appear in my future shoots. Much love. <3



This summer, Domz and I have been spending time with the Space Academy, doing a lot of styling work. A few weeks ago, Jay *jaytablante and Raffy ~libogant gave me a crash course on so many things, including their basic lighting set-up. Information overload!



That's Jay and Raffy feigning boredom + fierceness together (lolwhut), and Domz, my forever test subject (just kidding!).





This is Ria, and she was the model for the day!



Pretty girl!

- Jay's photo of her <3



This is Pearl... who is around 5'11. And 16 years old OMG. Did some styling work last month with her and with Jay as the photographer:



The Preview anniversary artbook is finally out. I've been itching to upload the photos since January! Can't wait to do more photoshoots with Preview in the future! I hope they're open to getting me again, hahaha. /low self-esteem, suddenly



Top photo (L-R): Model Sylka, me, model Irish, model Cay, make-up artist Xeng Zulueta, hair stylist Ricky Diokno, stylist Mara Reyes (LOVE THIS TEAM SO MUCH. ALSO, I AM SO SHORT!) ; Bottom photo: Juan Caguicla took a super close-up photo of me for the artbook. I won't upload that here so get a copy and BE SURPRISED AT HOW SCARY I LOOK! I didn't recognize myself until my mom pointed the photo out to me.


Had fun working with the models... obviously! *u*


Outtake. LOVE THAT DRESS SO BADLY!

Busy busy busy. My friends Lyca and Rachel invited me to do a photoshoot with them for their swimsuit line Poisonberry. SMALL WORLD IS SMALL. They invited Tabetha to model, and she was my batchmate from highschool. I also did a shoot with her and her friends a long long time ago too, when I was still a complete noob.








Stuff to look forward to:



A super small preview of a shoot I did for YOU magazine, with Alodia *blackmage9, Cat ~Dustiedoll (as Doll from Angel Sanctuary) and Shivena ~souldoll (as Rikku from FFX-2). I also had a shoot with Stella magazine, but it was a feature on my fashion. And then there's also going to be a feature on me and my photography in Digital Photographer Philippines' Portfolio issue. NU NI NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU ALSO, I heard Domz and I were featured in Candymag's May issue? WHY DO I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS! D: Cryyy.

HOW'S EVERYONE DOING? I was supposed to go to the US May 11-25 (Florida, New York and Boston) but my parents canceled the flight because of swine flu. INSTEAD, I'll be going to the beach next week and then DUN DUN DUN... JAPAN, right after. I CANNOT WAIT TO TAKE PHOTOS THERE.

To all those who were wondering what happened to my Plurk account, I turned it private since I reached 100 karma. I just plurk to maintain my karma, but it's getting so boring now that I have finally succumbed to Twitter. *twit twit*



TIL THE NEXT PICSPAM. UFUFUFUFU

Hello everyone. I actually have tons to upload here, but I can't yet because the magazines don't get released until this summer. I promise to be more active in the next few months, and I'm sorry I have not been replying to messages (so many notes and replies, so little time). I just found myself again recently, and the feeling is absolutely awesome. I love this sort of liberation that I am enjoying now, after being somewhat blinded for a few months. I want to celebrate by coming back here.

On another note, I kinda lurk around Facebook more often now.

'Til the next picspam. Thanks for the continuing support. DA is sorely missed.



*SCARES YOUUUUUUUU*

My bacterial conjunctivitis is gone, YAY! And I deleted my Friendster account. SO ALL THE ACCOUNTS WITH MY NAME ON THEM ON FRIENDSTER ARE ALL POSER ACCOUNTS.

FACEBOOK PWNS FRIENDSTER ANY DAY.


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AN UPDATE... AFTER THREE MONTHS. I'm currently recovering from bacterial conjunctivitis. *hides behind sunglasses* ILU TOBRADEX

I congratulate myself for promising to update more often and failing to fulfill it. *sarcasm* Err, been exceptionally busy, as usual, and I've been spending less and less time on the internet as time passes by. I apologize for all the unanswered notes and replies - but please do understand that I'm not the kind of person who'd lurk online 24/7. Rant!

ON TO THE PICTURE SPAM...

Had a shoot with Domz and Edjie/Alodia last January!

Related deviations:




Outtakes from Edjie's iphone.

I got these last month. Because Hello Kitty owns my heart.





So last February 2nd, I had a shoot for LoliPop Gothic Lolita Accessories. We shot at Ateneo (where I study; they're from UP) and I pretty much destroyed a lot of plants by sitting on them and stuff.


With Tracy ~13idiotbox and Isa ~cerrure, and the Bodyline dress that they made me wear. The headdress that I'm wearing is their own creation. HOW AWESOME IS THAT!


With Merky *merkymerx and Nejin ~ceruleanmorning. They are so kyoot!


Emo punk lolita Isa and her new purdy skirt. Here, she's modeling the black cuff thing on her wrist.


Merky and Kiks ~kiksology were assigned to be the reflector boys that day. What good boyfriends!


Sam ~shamisen being cute! The Ateneans miss you! (She transferred to UP)


Isa's photo of me showing off my favorite out of all the stuff in their collection - the cuffs!


MM's ~karwahe photo of Nejin and Tracy styling me.


Tracy's photo of me slowly making the world a curly place LOLWHUT (I love Sam and Isa's expressions!)


Some beautiful photography by Sandee ~littlesailboat!

Related deviations:



I had another shoot February 7th, but as the photographer. There's this huge party/event that needed photographs for promotions, and one of the project heads contacted me. It was nice working with AJMA Shindig people again (i.e. Adrianne, Nicky, etc.) and I was extra psyched because I absolutely adore Ysa. You've probably seen her before, if you've been watching me for a long time. She's here, here, here, here and here. GORGEOUS LADY!

I also had the chance to work with Erika Hocson, who is actually Dae's blockmate. She might look familiar to some of you. If you followed last year's MYX VJ Search... yeah. *u* I present outtakes!



Related deviation:


Before Valentines, I made this poll asking if people had Valentines dates. The results:



Aww. u_u

My Valentines went pretty normally. It was also my first anniversary with Dae ~dae-mon1 so we weren't really celebrating Valentines, but our anniversary. We attended an event at Powerplant Mall concerning an org in my school and a photography contest of theirs which we were part of. Joseph ~otherjoseph, Dae and I were the judges. Congratulations to all who won!


With Dae's friends. They surprised me with a song. Thanks guys!


SO MANY TRICIAS IN ONE PICTURE! Haha. This was up for like 2 weeks or so, at one part of the mall.


Dae and I being ugly and silly.


A picture of our outfits! AWW

On the 20th, I had to attend an important event for my parents' sake - the Young Market Masters Awards. Yay for the hotel food.


My dad invited Dae too. Dae looks too cute in a suit.


This is my older brother Juju ~amarande, and he has the nicest pants in the world.


With my youngest brother Calel ~Adralek. His shoes match Juju's pants.


Obligatory outfit picture! YAY CAN YOU TELL HOW MUCH I LOVE HIGH-WAISTED SKIRTS

The next day, Dae and I attended Erica and Jorja's exhibit project. Our photos of street children were exhibited at My Little Art Place Gallery. It lasted until the 27th, if I remember correctly.


The middle picture is mine. It's the B&W version of this deviation. This one and this one were also exhibited.


YAY TO ERICA'S MOM'S FOOD. Gah, I can't remember how many times Dae and I went back to this part of the gallery.


Dae's photo!


Edjie *blackmage9 had some of her photos exhibited too (along with Ashley's ~orangeish).

So many things happened. I could go on forever. D: In the meantime, I present outfit pictures from my Lookbook and Chictopia accounts. Uploading... to make this journal entry longer and more annoying! HUZZAH!

February 28

Been wearing glasses + no make-up for the past week now since I got bacterial conjunctivitis. I was given Tobradex eye drops, and it took me a long time before I got used to them. I wasted so many drops already - AIMING FAIL.

February 27

HAHA I LOOK SO SAD. But it really sucks when you have some sort of slimy yellow mucus thing coming out of your eyes.

February 10

Laid back summer look for school. And I'm making that pouty fishy face to annoy you.

February 8

OVERUSED SKIRT + TOP HAHAHA these are my default top and bottom on lazy days

January 7

How do you direct fat to certain parts of your body? Haha, I don't need any more in the belly area, and I'd love to direct some fat to my legs. HAHAHA JUST KIDDING

Related deviations:


Every Tuesdays and Thursdays, I spend my lunch break with *Crissey and Domz ~dadomz, two of my most favorite people in the world. *3*


HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CRISSEY! She turned... last January 27th! (HER AGE IS A BIG SECRET)


February 5


February 10


February 17


GIGIL

Along with these silly PhotoBooth pictures, we also have tons of LOL videos on YouTube. Will miss them immensely when they graduate. ;o;


My YouTube

You can also find a video I made on how to curl layered hair with a flat iron.



I want to dye my hair darker. Y/N? ._.

P.S. CRAZY SCHOOL STRESS IS CRAZY. Arashi = stress relief. HAVE YOU GUYS SEEN THE NEW PV? *3*
P.P.S. AND RYUUSEI NO KIZUNA = LOOOVE *waiting for the last episode to finish downloading*
P.P.P.S. *edit* I LOVED THE LAST EPISODE! INTENSE! *3*
P.P.P.P.S. Watch Mei-chan no Shitsuji! *waits for episode 8 to come out*

xoxo

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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE! Thanks for a wonderful year. xoxo

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I'M ON CHICTOPIA! --- [link]

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Anyhow, PLEASE VOTE FOR THIS PICTURE ON JPG!!! *u* --- [link]

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Good day everyone!

Huge update is huge. I’ve been so busy doing all sorts of things recently that I haven’t been able to make a serious journal entry... not that my entries and the pictures in them are really serious, per se. Anyhow, how was Christmas? Mine went somewhat strangely - some things came up and there was a series of unfortunate events that followed afterwards. Ultimately, it was slowly topping my desolation-during-holidays charts. But I’m fine and all is well, at least for now. Let's just enjoy the rest of the year. Happy Holidays to everyone again!

One major event that happened recently was my ankong's (or grandfather in Chinese) 80th birthday celebration last December 13, 2008. It was a rather big event, and 300-something guests showed up. All immediate family members were supposed to wear red (Chinese thing), thus the conception of the red dress that you've seen in my recent self-portraits. I patterned it after this Betsey Johnson dress that I liked, since the actual one was costly ($300) and it didn't come in red (only pink, green and black, I think).


Here is a picture of myself and Dae ~dae-mon1, who was also invited by my grandparents to the celebration. We took a lot more pictures of ourselves together during the event but I resisted the temptation of resizing them and posting each one here, for the sake of everyone’s sanity. Hee!


Here is a pretty cool picture of myself, my siblings, some of my cousins and our significant others. The formal theme made us look like some sort of Asian Mafia/Triad. (L-R: My brother Juju ~amarande and his girlfriend Sho, my brother Chase ~beramonde and his girlfriend Cat ~Dustiedoll, Dae ~dae-mon1 and I, my brother Calel ~Adralek, and our cousins Gilainne, Mark ~fade319, Ian and Neil)


French tips! Got ruined after 2 days or so. BOO!


KONNICHIWA MR. PHOTOGRAPHER-SAN AT THE BACK! In the picture: Dae, me, Cat and Chase. Cat’s a fabulous fashion designer – she made her own dress and designed my brother’s swallowtail coat (and added the cool jabot!).


This be my brother Juju and Sho, who has large eyes!


This be Cat and Chase again. Cat was imitating Chase's poker face.


The one on the right is my brother Calel. He fancies not smiling or posing properly for pictures. He has to either act silly, or in this case, serious!

On another note, I watched A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum TWICE this month at La Salle Greenhills (my brother's a junior there and is a member of Cue Drama Club, and my boyfriend's an active alumnus, who was president of Cue 2 years ago). We love plays! Prior to this one, I watched West Side Story at the Meralco Theater - the one with Christian Bautista... Heh.


December 11 show. Click here for more pictures.


December 16 show (last show so the cast was made up of all seniors). Click here for more pictures. Earlier that day, I spent my afternoon with *Crissey and Domz ~dadomz, as usual. And Domz was being her normal dominant self (that is why we love you!)


Domz: WHY AREN'T YOU STUDYING?!
Crissey: HUHUHUH I’M SORRYYYYYYYYYY *tears*


Domz: *studies Philosophy*
Crissey: BLEH!


This be Rong ~gravitycircle, who was being emo in a corner, most likely working on his thesis. Good luck with that, dude.


Thanks to Rong for this silly picture! LOVES IT.


This picture made me want to cut my bangs so badly. The last real haircut I had was last October. And don’t mind the people in the background. Hello if that is you.


FOOD. The three of us love to eat... and eat together! We went to Starbucks for coffee and Kourtyard Café for lunch. We order some yummy pasta and some onion rings + calamares. NOM NOM NOM!

We also took some silly pictures with a mannequin that we found at Xander’s office (Xander is the secretary of the Fine Arts program of our university), early this month (around December 4). I’ve posted a few in my last entry (the one with Crissey hugging the mannequin) but here are some more pictures.


I’m in a desaturation phase. IDK WHY! Click here for more pictures.

I'm helping Domz with her thesis this year (I'm a junior and she's a senior) and here are some samples of the kind of work that I did for her.


CRISSEY BEING SERIOUS FOR ONCE!


Gia =tsok = love!


Crissey walking in school blindfolded with a very sneaky Domz in the background. As for the concept, you can ask her about if you’re curious. Or you can just wait for the year-end exhibit the seniors will be doing. YAY

Last December 18, my blockmates (with significant others) and I had celebrated Christmas early. There was a party at my house and we all played Rockband and pretty much devoured all sorts of food and drink. Started around 6pm and ended at 2am. I slept at like 3am-6am before I crammed for an exam that was due for submission 5pm that same day. GOOD JOB FOR PARTYING BEFORE EXAMS GUYS! Much love to my friends, nonetheless. One of the highlights of the celebration was the return of our ex-blockmate Audz (he was with us for a year and half, if I remember correctly) who came back from the US.


Me, Tracy ~13idiotbox and Nejin ~ceruleanmorning!


FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD! These are just a part of the whole bunch of food that we ate! I provided calamares and pancit malabon, Andrew ~verdeville brought some chicken, ManMan ~WallaceWest brought barbecue, Kim ~kimmeeh and Teptep ~tepsilog brought dessert, and a lot of other people brought other stuff too.


With my good friends Kim and Teptep! <3


YAY ROCKBAND! Manman on guitars/bass, Patts ~patts on vocals, Tracy on guitars/bass and Kiks ~kiksology on drums! And the people at the back, including me, are groupies. HAHA


Flip, Tep, Keith, me, Kiks, Nejin and Tracy! SELF-TIMER, but Tracy wins for posing while playing Rockband!


With Niks ~hellosunshineee, Audz (BACK FROM THE STATES, YO!), Cel ~toootsieroll and Drew. There was supposed to be an all-red dress code, and we fail for wearing green.


SO MANY PEOPLE!


I’ve got 200+ worth of PhotoBooth pictures from that night.

I'll end there now!


I got these Piglet slippers from my mom for Christmas. She thought they matched my pink walls. Ngaaaw, thanks mom.


Hello Kitty gashapon! Changed my cellphone charm at last.


One of my favorite gifts, definitely. Here is a camera necklace given to me by my good friend Kim.

Moving on, I found some old pictures lying around from my old shoot with Thea =endintears (who is in Malaysia now – AWW!) early October. Post-processing by yours truly. Uploading for the lulz.


I DO NOT APPROVE OF SOMEONE RESTING HIS WEIGHT ON MY HEAD!


DAE IS MY HAIRSTYLIST! HOW COOL IS HE!


UMM, YEAH. THANKS DAE! (HAHA ILU STILL)


IT CANNOT BE EXPLAINED.


With this picture of us looking in the distance, I end this tremendously long entry. I’m hoping I can get a new camera soon, just in time for 2009 - I have a growing camera fund with all my savings from allowance and commercial shoots, and I haven’t really asked my parents for anything big in the last 2 years. I’ll be shooting a lot more next year, some shoots being in competitive magazines, and I’ll be in need of a better camera than my 3-year-old 350D (WHICH I WILL NOT BE SELLING!), which I immensely love from the bottom of my heart. *crosses fingers* I remember around this time last year, I was contemplating on the same thing. Hope it pushes through now.

Happy Holidays!

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