those that seek to inspire

 

(photos 1,4 and 5 from fashiontoast; 2 from olsensanonymous; 3 from fashiongonerogue)

A bunch of daisies (a personal favorite), amazing wedges and oversized cozy stuff including a hoodie I've been searching for and failing to find on Mary Kate (love!), Natalie Cottee, Natasha Poly and more dasies and lace.

Oh and, currently reading: Fire with Fire by Naomi Wolf.

uniform

(Photos by Kristel Punu)

I've been living in ponytails, flats, shorts and everything plain pale pink and white these days and yes, it's been that lazy. I do occasionally break out the heels when I want to. I love them too much to miss out on them. I need to work double time on the dissertation or research paper this weekend so that has been pretty much life this past weeks. 

Sun shines very infrequently these days and days and nights are as cold as they are in the winter season in western countries. I live in the tropics therefore it makes me question what the heck is going on in my country. Global warming, I suppose.

Speaking of summer and beach trips, I'm thinking I'll need something like this and some irrational walking and biking ankle boots complete with heels to traipse around small islands with akin to this in black from Forever21. The first would be my first comfy (or is it? It's a theory that needs testing) drabby slash clean and simple beach foot wear to date---note that I don't own any of the typical Havaianas that most people have in this side of the world---and the classic black pair of ankle boots would be my nth pair somehow. I'm eying the ones I found in Primadonna. Oh and they just opened a branch in Robinsons Dumaguete so yay! Other than that, I think Tribu is a brand of beach footwear I'd wear to death...sort of like how Birkenstocks seem to be staple for the Olsen twins and my favorite fashionblogger. Definitely staple footwear for when I'm with family and/or friends in random beaches, islands and resorts once its comfort and style flexibility has been proven true.

Off to grab an apple or two and then to the library. Yep, the life of a bumbling literature graduate student. It's stressing me out, to be honest.
 

PS I'm too lazy to tag whatever the heck I'm wearing. Feel free to do whatever if your curious. Formspring, tweet, e-mail, whichever works.

Hello 2013, bye bye 2012

Late happy new year greetings!

 (my photos)

After a failed attempt at infiltrating Sinulog 2013 with friends slash dorm mates owing to a lot of budget hotels nearby hot spots being fully booked, I'm currently looking forward to a ton of this in the coming summer, aren't you, too? Excuse me while I go dreaming of bicycling around the small island of Bantayan by Cebu and being the normal comfy beach bum that I aim to be...sort of. I miss beach trips and stuff.

tea house

(photos by JM Dumlao)

I am floor colored, apparently. Almost everything but the shoes is vintage. I'm super late in posting stuff. There're so much things on my hands and on my head at the moment. That magazine JM and I were discussing on in this new place she recently discovered around the city and brought me to, Chinkee Tea. It's a dainty little tea house near the local Ateneo I used to attend that easily got me addicted to their classic milk tea and some butter cookies. Had I saved enough for this Christmas break, I'd be going back there again and again and again. Otherwise, I'm sticking to the chai tea I concocted earlier today and got my dad into and the rest of the household. Definitely inviting friends over the next time I decide to make another of it. I always often prefer home made stuff to the ones that can easily be bought anywhere. 

Has anyone ever been to this online store What a Girl Wants just launched, shopWAGW? Currently obsessed with the men's section with their large selection of henleys and baseball shirts plus that sequinned mini bandage skirt in black that I think would make an awesome get up for the Christmas and NYE parties to come. That is, if there are any given Pablo who merely, recently passed by and damaged, wrecked havoc on a good part of Mindanao. 

waffle knit thermal, shorts, belt and bag, vintage; random rings and bracelet; wedges, Primadonna  

三浦大知

Can't wait for this to drop come December 12. 

Along with this

 But I'll have to wait until January to get this. =.=U

 

20 things

Left to right: leopard hat with ears, fake leather skirt, quilted leather skirt, leather high heel ankle boot, basic high socks, Da-iCE keychain, bella moon headpiece, velveteen skater dress, pintucked mini bodycon skirt, scalloped mini skirt, human heart nature cleansing oil, Krave liquid foundation in casatta (or any light-medium shade), Miura Daichi - DM + DVD, Miura Daichi Live 2012 "D.M." in Budokan, Miura Daichi - Right Now/Voice with extime tour digest, interlock bra, stretch floral lace bra, abstract lace bralette, Maybelline Volum' Express Colossal Cat Eye mascara, Maybelline Volum' Express Turbo Boost Waterproof mascara

I'm most likely not shopping for christmas gifts this year and am going to diy fun ones instead. I already have a few things in mind. I'm definitely taking a page from my favorite fashion blogger who says that accessories are the classic Christmas gifts, one size fits all. 
Hnn...let's see how many of these I can try to tick off the list since I've decided to try for a part time job. Something I've been doing for years but recently quit to focus on studies. I am going to regret this since I have literary research this sem and the next. I don't want to get overworked since I find it difficult to focus on one thing most of the time. But we'll see if this thing does burn me out after awhile like last time.

09/26-09/30

 

(my photos)

This week was one for walking along the boulevard, trying to capture the waves in photos as they hit the wall prompting passersby to stay away from the ledge. Moon-, star-, sky-gazing was also in the nightly agenda with the penumbral eclipse that occured not so long ago. The night before yesternight, I suppose? And of course, decking myself in blue and black and rediscovering my love for this pair of denim shorts I can apparently shorten and of course, the Primadonna pointy toe heels I fell in love with back home. Note that I rarely ware pumps and am considering getting a few for the wardrobe. Uhmn...but I'd really rather stick to ankle boots. 

Yesternight was supposed to be devotion at the dorm but it didn't come through *insert sigh of relief here*. I always am disturbed by those however wonderful spiritual (and perhaps emotional)respite might be as they offer it. I already feel like a hypocrite enough when I go to church on some Sundays. (This is me being truthful here which is a very rare occurrence.) I know Da-iCE made me happy when three of them: Yudai, Toru and Hayate had that ustream session with AAA's Urata Naoya as guest, though. Yesternight was fun. 

Today, it's listening to Miura Daichi, staying in and reading Modern Feminist Thought by Imelda Whelehan for literary research and trying to finish it so I could read the other book and figure out exactly what my research on Saiormoon and other such manga of the same vein and some classic literature form would be. I know, very pop culture. And it's a long weekend. So kudos.

(random button up shirt from a nearby boutique, thrifted shorts, primadonna pointy heel pumps)