its my birthday :)

so yeah, i just thought of visiting my blog today since its my bday :)



i had the chance to visit Palawan before the term started (since its quarterly, and we don't have any breaks, except for the weekend. boo.) the place is divine... i have hundreds of pictures, but i'm still too busy to post them, & school's killing my social life! lol. rant much?

anyway... on a brighter note, Forever21 has recently opened its doors in Manila, and well... it's NOT really helping me save up this year. i know you guys know what i mean :) but its cool though, to have Topshop, Zara, Mango, and now F21 in here... and yeah, Hermes! Manila is really catching up! :)

work is a beyatch

i haven't been this busy since thesis days in uni (ugh... like 5yrs ago?)... so my body aches for weekly massages, food/ alcohol, and beach trips every NOW & THEN!








in 3 weeks time, i'm already finished with Basic Course in Interior Design, and i plan to finish it 'til i can finally nail my own project! nyahaha! but it'll take a loooot of discipline, hard work, and (social sacrifice!) blah.

photo: SATC's Candace Bushnell's home.

so... imma rock while i still can! :)

the sun will keep shining for you

i'm having a MAJOR vacation hangover.

some 2 weeks ago, i attended Happy Adrada's Fashion Gala.
morning went, flew straight to Camsur and CWC.
then Caramoan for the next 3 days...
went back to Manila for a few hours,
then travelled to Hongkong and Macau for 5 days.

i haven't slept like a baby for 2 weeks,
and i'm still recuperating.

anyway,

Caramoan Islands was to DIE for!

it was ONLY ME and 5 of my friends who were visiting that day...

so we had this kind-of delusional 'idea' of owning the place.

"Survivor Israel" was also shooting in some 3 islands nearby...

and they blocked it.

i can't stop bitching about how i thought this was MY country!
and that i could visit wherever i want to!
but after some shots of alcohol... i felt better.

ps. there are like gazillions of pictures in my computer,
but i'm too lazeeh to crop out my friends/ choose which ones i post :)

'Caramoan Islands' reminds me so much of 'Phi Phi Islands' in Thailand!

it almost feel like a carbon copy (sans foreign tourists)

so i don't think i need to go back to Thailand in the next 2-3 yrs...

but rather explore more Philippines :)

BOHOL is ♥...

so this probably will be my last vacation (with friends) this 2008 ... come to think of it, i still haven't gone anywhere with my family yet! but if ever we will, i want to suggest BOHOL, because its that l♥vely...

and i want to share with you some of my fave pictures, from my last trip there last week! :)

one of the oldest church in asia - baclayon church

flying by the chocolate hills...
cruising loboc river...
tarsier - the smallest monkey in the world... and me, by the hanging bridge!
feels like heaven on earth. white, powdery sands touching our feet :)
whoever said, 'stars are out of our reach' was wrong...
see? i'm holding one! :)
hola! skin diving the reefs of bohol...

taking pictures underwater was harder than i thought!

virgin island. which is actually a sandbar (meaning, it only appears during low tide).

the water was sooo clear you could see the seaweeds underneath!

footsie! with sam :)

local kids of bohol :) and giant purple jellyfish!! eeeks!
aargh.. its starting to get cloudy!

bohol beach club. total chillax and relaxation... zzzz...toodles!
xoxo

oh deer(s)... and waterfalls

feeding deers and exploring mountains & waterfalls during my last trip in camsur, bicol. i still haven't had my hands on our more-than-1,500-pictures in-4days-trip, so these will do for now (^.^).

tempting bambi's filipino cousins...

finally, he got mine!

top: from bangkok. roxy boardshorts. h&m sunnies. fedora's from shanghai.

and my fake crocs ballerinas. let's be honest, i don't like crocs (and would never wear them EVER) the only reason i bought them is 'cos i need something to keep my feet clean on dirty/rocky places (like this). i don't know, for me its practicality. should i be ashamed?

like God's blessings poured out on me...
finally got to wear 1/6 of the bikini's i bought last summer in (h&m) shanghai...
i'm def not built for this!
btw, this is the pink version of that black mesh pants i had loved forever...

and just when i thought i had too much vacation these 2 months, i'm flying to BOHOL tomorrow and would stay there until sunday. i'm excited to see the world-renowned tarsier's, chocolate hills, dolphins/whales, and lastly, the whhhiiiittteee beaches! :) i need to start packing!!