By the way, I have a new theme in case you haven’t noticed! There are some changes: no more chatbox. I found out that the pop-up ads that sometimes come out were coming from the cbox chatbox so I’ve said bye-bye to it. The “About Me” page is still unfinished. Having a hard time [...]

Photo shoot for fashion phenomena class. We were told to do ‘decora.’ “Decora is all about never growing up. Decora is one of the few fashions where you don’t have to make yourself look sexy. It’s not about showing off your body, but showing off your clothes and creativity. Also unlike other fashions and lifestyles [...]

Not officially over yet til Tuesday but I think last night’s the last I’ll go to. Sir Lev required us to go to the Wednesday show as there’ll be young designers showing. I was busy taking notes and Tin took most of the photos of the models as they walked up and down the ramp. [...]

So this is how my desk typically looks like after finishing sketches/drawings/fashion illustrations.. Lots of rubber bits, ripped papers I tested colours on, tissue, pens scattered everywhere (and brushes, rubbers, pencils, markers etc, although you cant really see all the mess in this photo). Only one thing relatively clean: the drawing. That one is a seat [...]

Some of the seatwork I was able to scan for my Color Theory and Fashion Illustration classes.. Water colours, pentel pens, gel pens, water colour pencils, gouache, pencils, ink, Copic markers. It’s so fun working with the markers. If used on the proper paper, you get wonderful results. It took a while for me to [...]

Almost everyday of the past three weeks in my new school, has been so exciting and gratifying. I am learning so much stuff I need and equally love learning. And it’s even more thrilling when I get to apply them. It’s so refreshing to have no more mind-numbing English, Maths or freaking Bible Study classes [...]

I hate it when I hurry to the first class of the day and find out the prof is not going to show up. I hate it even more when we don’t find out about it until we have stayed in the room for 30 minutes already waiting for the prof. We all have cellphones, [...]

I am home sweet home! It feels good to be away from the grime and danger of the city. I love coming home.. even if it means Natassja peeing all over the place. That dog does that everytime she gets excited. And she doesn't just do it in one corner. She half-squats and pees while walking and she ends up making a wavy line of pee wherever she goes. Lol. Half of the term is over.. that was quick.. I am doing good so far, I think. It's been so tiring this week. I didn't sleep for one whole day and then yesterday I slept for 16 hours straight. I have a headache today. The city is so stressful. Not really because of school but because it's so polluted and noisy and you always have to be on alert. Thank God it's a long weekend. Anyway, just one more exam left. On Tuesday for Theo. And one project left for the most demanding and worthless subject ever. It's so worthless, we don't get a single unit upon completion. But it's mandatory or we don't get to graduate. Here's what I made for Philippine Lit in English. It's based on the story "Dead Stars" by Paz Marquez-Benitez. (The whole story is below if you'd want to read it.) The project is to make, based on any story discussed in class, something that reflects our majors. I'm taking Fashion Design so guess what I made. Lol. There are 3 main characters in Dead Stars and I based my project on Esperanza. This is what I think she wore on her and Alfonso's wedding day. The story is set in post-colonial Philippines, around 1920's, I think, so naturally, even the way of dressing is heavily influenced by the Spanish. I got inspiration from Elena (Catherine Zeta Jones) in the Zorro movies. Also from dresses by Charles Frederick Worth (the English designer who dominated Parisian fashion in the latter half of the nineteenth century) because Esperanza is an elegant woman and I know she'd want something 'current' and classy for her time.

My eyes literally bugged out when I saw the marquee announcement scrolling across the screen as I was watching Beauty and the Geek last night on ETC. I really really really want to join but I’m too suspicious as it will be another local adaptation of a foreign reality series. As I was envisioning how [...]

Although honestly, I think I was more bothered about the silly watering can.