8th Mega YDC Winner

I remember back when I was in fashion school, I have this classmate who has the cutest and gorgeous illustrations (think flapper-esque girls in feminine and elegant frocks) in her portfolio. She sure inspired me in many ways and it was such a breather to meet someone as sweet and nice as her. She was very generous, always willing to lend a hand and so patient in teaching.

8th Mega YDC winner: Vanessa Ang



Her work are as pretty as always.



Congratulations Van! You deserve it.

Photos taken from Mega Magazine

Geeks Galore

I've been obsessing about these nerdy 50's or 60's eyewear lately. In fact during our little trip in Bangkok, it was one of those items that was on my shopping list.

Inspired by these fashionable ladies and gents ....













I know, i know, haha...at least I can make a fool of myself.



and Paulo in the middle of Siam Center...



Photos taken from The Sartorialist & Garance Dore

Crayon Rings

Being the ring-crazy that I am. Im so loving these Crayon Rings by artist Timothy Liles. Cute rainbow colored rings that's super fun to wear! Reminds me of my sister's favorite cereal Fruit Loops in a pool of milk.

Gossip Girl meets the Rolling Stone

I'm so getting a copy of the Rolling Stone...weeh!

In the Reel: Vicky Christina Barcelona

Nursing my fever, my sister and I had the whole day to bum around and go on a movie-marathon. Checking the movie list, my sister and I ran through the choices.

Me: Who's in here? (Pointing to the DVD)
Sister: Oh, that's Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz' film and that guy from Grey's Anatomy.
Me: Huh?
Sister: Danny Duquette (laughs)
Me: Oh...
Sister: Ano ka ba, you don't know that? They won awards kaya for this.
Me: Ah ok, sige go!

Traveling through the streets of Barcelona, experiencing Catalan culture and the art scene is really the first thing that interest me in this film. The story revolves around friends Vicky and Christina in Barcelona, V for an in-depth study of Catalan culture for her postgrad studies, and C to get over her ex. Both characters exhibit contrasting personalities with straight and stiff V and free-spirited C crossing paths with artist J who both got girls smitten over him (J previously married to unstable Penelope).

What I like about the film is how they tackled human nature's precedence over monogamy (sexual orientation is not the issue here) despite the orientation and nature of C's character. Being an artist, C's character was expected to go outside what is expected of human relationships, yet in the end the yearning and feeling of having a "normal" relationship, prevailed. Whereas, refined V who is the epitome of perfection (fiancee, marriage, career), finds herself torn between an affair with J or staying with her fiancee Mr. Stepford (hehe).

And so was the infamous never-happened threesome...

2nd Day

Just some random photos we took during our tour along Chao Phra Ya River, I wanted to share....















Photos taken along Chao Phra Ya River & Wat Arun

First Day

And so the trip finally came!Flying TG has been our number one choice as I've had numerous bad experience from other carriers. I wanted P to experience Thailand in all its sense and flying with their flag carrier is the perfect way to start our holiday. Everything went fairly well, except the fact that P slept and felt nauseous all the way. Plane food again with TG was perfect! I enjoyed every bit of it (except my dessert), but P's remained untouched, with a barf bag already prepared on his side.


Waiting to board at NAIA Terminal 1


Obviously P still not nauseous at this time.

We landed at BKK's Suvarnabhumi Airport past 10, and boy the new airport (before it was Don Muang Airport)was huge and beautiful. Tired and sleepy, I didn't get to really look around as we hurried to the door to meet our guide. At first, we had a had a hard time looking for our names, amidst the pool of bond papers and placards posted along the gates. But as we were about to exit Gate 6, I noticed P's name taped on the other side (no wonder we weren't able to see it!), and alas the guide(which I honestly cannot tell up to now if the guide is a he/she) who ushered us to the side to wait.



The trip from the airport to our hotel was endless. Although I wanted to see and feel the city and recognize the few things that still remind me of my trips there years before, I was too sleepy and tired. Me and P holed in one side of the van and took a nap.



I cannot tell how long the trip was, maybe an hour and a half or two, as traffic was really really bad in BKK (worse the Manila). Days after we learned, that Friday (our first day), was the worse traffic BKK experienced.

As soon as we got to the hotel, it was already past 1, and happily, we were able to check in in less than 10 minutes. Whew, I hurriedly took a quick shower, my pj's on and off to dream land, looking forward to the next day's itinerary.

Sayang

I opted to stay home today to attend to some documents which is only available on weekdays. I intended to do any of the following:

1) Renew my NBI Clearance
2) Get Voter's ID
3) Laminate company ID
4) Get transcript (I know it's been 4 yrs already)
5) Get alumni ID
6) Resize my diploma (guess you hae an idea where I took college)



I woke up very early, chose task #1. Since I only have an expired NBI clearance, I decided to go to Megamall for NBI's renewal kiosk. I was there at exactly 10am when employees were still coming in. It only took us 5 minutes to reach the area (ground floor), and boy i was not only surprised, I was shocked! Following the line, we went up to the ground floor, god, it was jammed, next, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th? Can you imagine, the line was from the ground floor to the 5th level (as the NBI kiosk was right beside the stairs) and already filling to 6th! I thought we were the only ones who had the "plan"! Tsk, tsk, gone was my master plan. Just looking at the lines, I don't think we'll be over by 4pm. I was just wondering, what's the difference now of going to the main office vs. kiosk when the lines can be as heavy as this? I thought kiosks were suppose to be more convenient and faster, whew. Incredible!I thought of options 2-6, but with the traffic and heat, yay I can just imagine more horror stories to come.

Hay, and that's how I spent my day, misssing work for nothing.

So long ago

It's been almost a month since I last wrote something here... I feel so sad abandoning this after a month of work, work, work! See, my workload is seasonal, come major ocassions (Holidays, Valentines, etc.), expect not to hear anything from me. For the past weeks, I'd rather sleep than open my computer or even grab a book. After the long long absence, im back!Whew!!

Rejecting Warhol

My sister reminded me of this letter we both have. A replica of Andy Warhol's rejection letter from the Musuem of Modern Art in 1956.



The genius Andy Warhol experienced rejection.

So Kat, be not afraid. You'll also get there.