Oh what a witty copy!!! *slow clap*
We’re a tad bit late, but hey we made it!! Didn’t get to go in though. Talked and talked with friends instead, drank a lil, erm… stalked a lil; lol zeh crush was in the area… but I still succumbed into sending that BBM message and meeting him instead. Yes, now I remembered that I forgot to take a photo of him. Anyway, it was a chill fun night, and looking forward to nights like this.
For the record, that week, I ate squidballs everyday. Idk with myself.
NKKLK yung copy, pero mas NKKLK yung disclaimer!!!!
Disclaimers are more fun, indeed —
Wag kang magdrama, wala kang period.
PAK. Straightforward, powerful beki copy.
San ka pa? Purrrrrrrrfect.
I wanna meet this copywriter stat. Like them on Facebook, and follow @TheBekiry! I hope they deliver, kasi bet ko yung Coke-chocolate cupcake!!!!
P.S. Just so you know, no I am not feeling a bit bromantic (kasi I feel it a lot, char) and I do not intend to give a cupcake to anyone. I’ll eat it myself.
P.S.S. For those interested only, I do not have V-day plans. Unless you’re giving me something to do, then we can talk *wink, wink*
Posted in Gastronomic Delights, Miscellaneous, Philippines, University
Tagged cupcakes, Gay, Valentine's
Order tickets now! Look for the Facebook pages of the different UP FAIR 2012 nights.
FEB. 14 – SyamnAPO sa Ilog kong Irog http://www.facebook.com/SyamnAPOsaIlogKongIrog
FEB. 15 – KONTRAKULTURA: A Date With Destiny https://www.facebook.com/adatewithdestiny2012
FEB. 16 – LOVERAGE 6: Innervate https://www.facebook.com/LR6Innervate
FEB. 17 – Status Change https://www.facebook.com/StatusChange
FEB. 18 — HIMIGsikan: Reclaiming Traditions, Continuing Struggle… Serving the People! https://www.facebook.com/HIMIGsikan
To know more about UP FAIR 2012, like them at Facebook here!
ALSO! Moonleaf will have a booth there! Come have your milk tea fix while enjoying your favorite music at the UP Fair!
First off, forgive me. Yes this is very last week pa. But am really swamped with work and some other issues along the side. What is good now is I’m so ready to share to you Raffles Design Institiute – Manila! I really do not want to give just a couple of minutes for this, but I want to be able to impart to you this humble institution with a glorious international boast-worthy history.
With Miko, Kaye, Erika, and Lawryeng
LARGE BRANDS up for internship. I just say WOW
I’d rather not bore you with the slide photos, would I? Raffles, as I fondly call it, is an international design institute offering world-recognized courses and degrees – Fashion Design, Fashion Marketing and Management, Interior Design, and Visual Communication. What really tickles my fancy is that after taking your subjects at this campus, you have an option to continue it ELSEWHERE in its other 37 colleges in 36 cities across 14 countries! Get all that WITH assistance from the management. Now how is that for a college education to look forward to!
Well above is a slide of just SOME of their affiliates that you can get an internship at. I wish I had gotten an opportunity to intern at Swatch or Zara when I was in college (but yeah, I’m in nursing school, what was I thinking LOL!) But seriously, if I’d be given a chance to study again, then maybe I’d rethink my choices.
Moi, Miko, Kaye, Erika, Arnie
We had a quick tour of their floors at Accralaw building in The Fort, Global City. Picture above is their library. Get that – a library stockful of magazines! I wonder if they have Fantastic Man? :D
The study lounge is a conducive space for the students to study. Think tank, it is! I’d kill for my college to have one of these for the nursing department. Damn!
Interior Design students would find this room suitable to their plate-making needs. Lotsa free space to spread long sheets of paper and other materials!
I like that the Fashion Marketing and Management rooms are very minimal. Tables + projector + mood board. Yes, marketers DO need mood boards! I second that!
In the middle of our tour, Interior Design lecturer Mr. Lee Miles showed up and talked with us for a little while. He has a fancy accent and a really interesting sense of fashion (PEG!) I love it when men wear blazers over their shirts. Faux hipster, a really classy one, if you ask me :P
Sewing room
They have a MAC ROOM! Yes, MAC, separate from a PC room. LOVE. Just pure love.
Some works by students at visual communication
I took this photo because I wanna learn how to draw. Eventually, I hope I will
I’d like to show the room for Visual Communication, but I guess all I need to say is to imagine a blank space. Very conducive for those students, I think, because they need their tabula rasa!
Before the tour ended, Fashion Design Professor Dr. Janet Emmanuel came to have a little chat with us. She shared how she is amazed at how blogging has mobilized marketing through social media in the country. I agree, Ma’am! If it weren’t for blogging, I may not have a job now. LOL! But seriously! I am also flattered at how she acknowledged at how I managed blogging while I am a registered nurse. She’s such a sweet and happy person :D
F&H black v-neck, Thrifted blazer, Oxygen reversible jeans, Thrifted military boots, Punchdrunk Panda camera strap | Outfit photo by Miko Carreon
Haha! Did you notice that I look a little pandak when I’m wearing a lot of dark colors? Taking a note on that! Anyhow, it was a lovely morning to spend at Raffles! I am really privileged to be invited to tour around it! I love it. Even the programs, they’re very organized and aligned to international standards. I hope more and more internationally competitive universities, colleges, and institutes come here and invest for the Filipinos and our education.
I even see myself being enrolled in Fashion Marketing and Management… Hmmmm, we will see. We WILL see about that :P
* We were really late (Erika and I) but we also attended the WGSN trend forecasting for Summer-Spring 2012. I found a lot of familiar and new takes on some aesthetics. I’m so excited for Summer! Are you? If you are, then visit WGSN and learn about 50′s revival, tribal artisan, acquatic, and an upcoming Olympic-inspired trend!
* Also, Raffles Education in other countries does not only focus on design. There are a lot of courses available, and you may look at it here.
Raffles Design Institue – Manila
Units 18-01/19-00 Accralaw Tower
30th Street, Crescent Park West
Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City
+632 846-2888
rdi-manila@raffles-design-institute.com
Straight from the GPB last week, I really didn’t have a weekend. Props to my body for not crashing, LOL! Anyway, I love this week because it’s so busy and productive. But it was also fun. Lots and lots of fun with friends, officemates, collaborators, and what have you.
Forgive that face. MY FAAAAACE!
Divisoria photos by iphoneographer Hanna Samson
Went to Divisoria to source for our little project. I think this is the highlight of my week – Hanna, Ella, and I braved the roads of Manila and back to Eastwood, where our temporary HQ is, to plan a lot for this project. I’m glad our baby steps are going somewhere! Props to my team for being so cooperative :D
Attended WGSN trend forecasting seminar at Raffles Design Institute in The Fort. It was seeing fashion in a different set of eyes, and thanks to that, I now have more knowledge in fashion than just “black really is elegant.” LOL! Also, we had a tour at the international institution. Makes me wanna study again!
Tango Fire is coming here in Manila! And I am so lucky to be the one of the first to know it! Tango is my favorite ballroom way back college PE days. Though I know it’s a dance between a quarreling couple, I never knew it comes in a ballet form! Looking forward to this indeed!
Was he informed I’m gonna take this photo? LOL! Chris Lao in the house!!!
IMMAP Open Mic Night at Craft was really awesome! I was really inspired to continue my newfound career in Marketing and it was indeed a learning smorgasbord for everyone! Will be sharing tots of inspiration I got from this session really soon!
Dropped by Mango Shangri-la with some other bloggers to shoot their Holiday collection. I wish they carry a men’s line because I really love the fabric they use here. I can almost see myself wearing it. No not the women’s clothes. LOL, forget I said that :P
Spotted Bianca Valerio on the runway
Capped the weekend by watching Shangri-la’s Holiday Fashion Show; featuring some of the brands they carry under their mall!
Not bad at all. I love doing this weekly photo thing and I also love being busy! Don’t you?
Keep being productive,
J
Posted in Design, Events, Fashion, Philippines, Photography, Shirt, University
Tagged artists, blabs, Blogs, Filipino, Friends, Makati, Ortigas, The Fort
Redundant title, LOL!
I went to UP Diliman after my blogger friend’s Pat‘s MS interview. I miss it here, really. Haven’t been here for a while.
Academic Oval
Waiting for Patricia. I took the liberty to take some photos since the lighting is so forgiving.
Sunken Garden
How to take a photo of this without the light absorbing the other colors?
Bokeh
Pat loves streetlights.
Dusk
We rode the jeep to Philcoa to get to Moonleaf. We can walk from UP, but we’re really tamad like that, haha.
Night markets
Ate dinner at Ate Fe’s Kitchen, which is in Maginhawa for, like, since forever!
Say hello to Thysz!
A trip in Maginhawa is always a trip to Moonleaf!
Red velvet and Pistachio macarons from Cookie Jar
Yes, I am still in a macaron fever.
We love our Yogurt Milk Tea!
Capped the day at Bookay-ukay!
Spring cleaning, eh?
Pat and I are planning to get a tattoo before the year ends or early next year. Got goosebumps when we saw this store. Anyway, we headed straight to Trinoma to find some decent earphones. I found some at Digital Walker and I’ll be buying them right after sweldo. Somebody teach me how to dougie budget, LOL!
Posted in Miscellaneous, Photography, University
Read about the first Bloggers Congress here.
Following the success of the first Bloggers Congress comes the second wave of Manila’s top bloggers who are ready to share their blogging tips, secrets, and success stories to aspiring fellow bloggers and non-bloggers alike.
Rob is an illustrator who is well known for his uncannily funny comic strips over Tumblrverse. He shared how he started his blog from part-time illustrating while studying Accounting at the Ateneo to how he was able to snag a job in the design world through his blog. He is also a designer for Punchdrunk Panda!
I always envy people who can draw!
He has published two books already!
Posters…
and other doodles!
Mercato’s brainparent Anton is an entrepreneur and a food-travel blogger who quit his high-paying job in P&G to venture out full-time in blogging. He started blogging about his family and called this as a love letter to his children. Now he blogs about his food finds, the finest restaurants in the metro, and the Philippines’ hidden travel treasures alongside managing and taste-testing for the Mercato.
A blog vs. a website
Camille is such a doll! She always looks nice and is really tall and pretty. She shared her blogging roots and the steps she had to take when she put up a blog – from choosing a platform to buying a domain name to posting everyday. She dissected her blog to show how us the parts of her blog. I like how she really hastened the pace of her talk and how concise she structured it.
Saab, you all know Saab (go to my tag!) She came in without a presentation, but it’s really funny how she pulled it off. She shared a lot of her blogging stories – how she was this angsty high school goth girl who hates the world and her celebrity life, how she deals with haters, and how she juggles her time from being a contract artist for GMA7 and her freelance blogging. OH! She also gave away South Park headphones!!! Anyhoo, Her impromptu speech is such an appropriate ending to this learning experience!
Camille, Saab, Nyko, Martin
What I wore: Blazer – thrifted, Shirt – Rex Clothing, Denim pants – Oxygen, Boots – thrifted, Bag – Jansport
I like this photo! If the hands were just in the right places.
I srsly love this shirt!
with Efril who hosted the whole thingamajig
Rob and girlf
My company for the afternoon: Jen and Hanna
I love shooting in Monochrome!!!
Meaty dinner with Jen at Bigby’s! This is the Ultimate Platter! We lalalalalalove the ribs! Definitely going back!
Rice Pillaf
Happy carnivore
The lovely bones *burp*
Very Filipino to use Knorr Liquid Seasoning which goes well pretty much with everything
The biggest macaron I’ve ever seen! This is from French Baker. Thank you, Killer!
Had a nightcap at Cha Dao (will blog further in a separate post!)
Looking forward to Bloggers Congress 3!!!
Yes, it’s back! Learn from Manila’s top bloggers! Email your names to Kat Lorenzo (kittykat_lnzo8@yahoo.com) to be able to enter. THIS IS FREE FOR ALL.
You may RSVP here also. Registration starts 11:30.
Posted in Events, Philippines, University
Demo kitchen
This lamb steak is to die for!
Chef Joey Herrera of LOOP
Cream puffs, I love!!!
Some photos from the ICF@FEU cooking demo. I wanna take home that lamb shank and that spanking (relatively) new FEU campus is looking dope! Visit their website to know more of their course offerings. I personally want to take their culinary short courses just to satisfy my inner gourmet.
Posted in Gastronomic Delights, Philippines, University
The dark story of betrayal, deceit, and revenge; the retelling of Shakespeare’s most violent piece, Titus Andronicus, brought awe and astonishment – both by the piece and its modern storytellers. Kudos to the production team, especially to the graduating class of AB Technical Theatre and AB Production Design, along with the cast, their director George de Jesus III, and the faculty of De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde for coming up with such a powerful production. Truly, theatre is not dead. Art is not dead. And whoever feeds his actors skyflakes – is dead (that just came out naturally.) Now, do let these photos tell the story for you. Or read the full story here.
War.
Emperor, dead. Who should inherit the empire? Let the council decide.
This is a story of the unending cycle of revenge and suffering.
Titus returns from war, disembowels enemy’s first prince to appease the gods of Olympus.
Queen of Goths, full of despair over her disemboweled firstborn
Temporary peace.
Lusting over Lavinia, two brothers tried to kill each other while a demon devises an evil scheme.
Who should get Lavinia? Why not share, said Aaron.
Hunting: while the royal family hunts deer, the Goth brothers hunt for a virgin.
Queen’s betrayal
And share the brothers did. The rape of Lavinia is the darkest story I’ve ever heard.
Shameless rape and dismemberment: Demetrius and Chiron cuts Lavinia’s tongue and hands.
Begging for his sons’ salvation from the hands of the emperor
Concocting revenge: Titus pretends to be crazy.
Lavinia, writing on sand using her lips and a knife, reveals the cry of her heart and lacerated vagina.
Aaron shows his soft spot for his and the queen’s son.
Relentless attempt of deceit, but nevertheless a failure.
Final bout
Revenge at last.
Derrick Gozos as Lucius
John Joshua Deocareza as Aaron. He’s my favorite actor in the set. Such mad acting skills
Michael Esteves *blush, haha* as Bassianus
Joel Sarcho as Titus
Director George de Jesus III
Marion Kitazawa, Action Star. Panalo lang sa tindig, teh!
Anyway, thanks to production manager Marion for partnering with this blog. And let’s congratulate him for his upcoming graduation!
The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life. - Oscar Wilde
Congrats y’all!
Posted in Events, Photography, University
Tagged artists, Celebrity, Filipino, Friends, Manila, Theatre
