Double birthday Bash

Yesterday 2 friends celebrated their birthday. I thought I would share a few pictures with you.


Bonchon
orders came out in less than 10 minutes

Happy Lemon

finally opened in Trinoma

A friend recommended Yakult Green tea so I tried it out.

Conti's 

Mango Bravo 

Photo booth
I miss thee

11.11.11 Friday night, in the city.

Last November 6,  I was online on Facebook, pretty much doing what half of the 750 million active users are doing… One friend sent me a message on Facebook then I clicked the link and made my reservation. Whooosh! I got all excited. Banchetto-Megatent will have a Wish Lantern activity on Nov. 11, 2011. Plus, 11.11.11 is one of those rare moments you should not miss because it would happen only once in your whole lifetime. The event goes viral. I am desperate to see sky lanterns! It was in Chinese belief that if they fly a lantern, then their hope will be closer to the sky, and then the hope will be more likely to come true. Thinking it's time for me to fly one. It turned out the other way around. It's all over Facebook.

 EXPECTATION

REALITY

Last-minute cancellation. Tang*na this! The lantern event in Banchetto was cancelled. Curse you stupid organizers. It's a shame. 

 

We still enjoyed the night with or without the lantern rather than flipping out, all of us sat down for a hearty meal anyway  as if nothing had happened at all. For starters, we had corn dogs.  By the way, if you haven’t tried Banchetto it is a weekly overnight food fiesta starts from 8pm until 7am. Filled with food stalls  offers a wide variety of food such as, finger foods, salads, street foods, desserts, rice dishes, entrees, baked goods, home specialty, wraps, pastas, fruits and veggies.  Definitely you’ll never run out of choices.

 

While Metrowalk and Banchetto-Megatent were  the main attractions, we went to Eastwood one of the coolest spots in Metro and where nights never die young.  The environment is very westernized, upscale and upbeat (call center-infested chos!). If your on budget, you can just sit around and watch people passing by. 

Getting my creative juices flowing

As some of you may know I have a huge experience with frustration.
I experienced/experiencing it in so many ways, at so many times in my life. There are so many things I wanted to do with my life! I want to become an Ambassadress. I want to become a CEO of a multi-billion dollar company.  I'm a frustrated fashion designer who has been dreaming about garments that have their own lives outside the human body. I always dreamt to be an artist.  I want to start my own clothing line. I want to become a Fashion Editor and photographer. This is it. It is frustrating, no doubt about it, but rejecting this reality will not lower the frustration, on the contrary, will make it stronger and stronger. Accept reality. My own dichotomies exhaust me. I have so many things that I want to do, I just can’t seem to focus on one. Clothing trends, fashion journalism and plates are nagging me right now. 

Now it’s the best time to start working on them. I've been keeping myself fairly busy with creating fashion layouts. Look at the small steps I'm doing. This is an incredible exercise and it always feels good to get the “creative juices” going. Hopefully this would get me further along in accomplishing the bigger goals. Whoot! I will update and upload my sketches soon.

This is my first magazine cover. I thought the output was great. Yeah, it kinda sucks pala.  Let me put it to you in Tagalog kung ikukumpara sa pagkain hilaw pa. Ok! dami kong alam.

check out my fashion spread layouts

 I felt so relieved when I did this, that I wanted to share it here. You will see 

more of that visit my fashion scrapbook 

Entreaty of the lazy one

I believe that this sem break has been the best and this has been exactly what I needed.. And so how best to summarize my sembreak? I did a lot of traveling with my family. (Travel photos. Laugh rich. Cheap backpacker haven.)  But I can sense it all. That pit in my stomach. Second semester will start a few days from now and, suffice to say, I’m not really looking forward to it. I haven't really feel like going back to school. Gasp I know the incredible semestral break days and nights we dream of most of the year are quickly passing us by. Please!! extend my break. 

This sem break seems so short, but I'm walking away from it with a plethora of invaluable experience and memories that will last a lifetime. 

QUEZON

This is the least favorite place I've visited.  Duh! it's my mom's province and I had been to this place for a million times. 

North invasion

We went to diffrent places: Iba, Subic and Olongapo, Zambales; San Fernando and Mexico, Pampanga, and Dinalupihan, Bataan. 

This is one of the best family vacation. It's a mini-reunion for Faller clan. Family reunions are high on my "things-I'm-grateful-for" list. Both of my parents came from large families (70 years ago large family was a common phenomenon) many relatives, many joys. There's never a dull moment. It was great seeing all of my cousins living in Olongapo this is the first time I've met them and discovered they're filthy rich haha!! And oh! their 3 levels modern house is surrounded by beaches. My road trip was a gorgeous drive. I wan to go back. 

Manila 

I went back to school PARA MAGPARESERVE NG SLOT FOR GRAD PIC. Gosh! time really flies so fast. A few months from now, I'll be graduating. University is the best time of my student's life.  Looking at the number of years spent in school, it all sounds terribly long and exhausting. At times, it feels like a never-ending battle. But as I approach the end of my student life, I can’t help but feel a sense of nostalgia. Not wanting to go home as yet, we went to Balay. Fun and vibrant.

Tagaytay

After hearing mass we decided to have lunch buffet in Taal Vista with a view to boot. It overlooks the majestic Taal volcano and lake. There was a group performing traditional Filipino dances and it gave the dining hall a very festive mood. It was interactive, and they even had this foreigner dance the tinikling. Their menus included a variety of both Asian and Continental dishes. The food choices were staggering, I was wise and only had small amounts of each. 

Don't neglect expensive restaurants just because you assume they're out of your price range.

Sophia's christening

my baby sister was baptized in Silang, Cavite. There were 6 other kids baptized that day. Only about 35%  appeared to be Filipinos: church goers are made up of people from many different backgrounds and they were mostly Caucasians. Gosh! what a culturally diverse society. To be honest I would say I am a xenophile. 

 

Batangas

I spent my halloween break/Undas in Laurel and Santo Tomas, Batangas. Hung out with really great people. It is such a special time, and I enjoy seeing all the families coming together with their warm, poignant stories and funny quirks. I look forward to my next visit.

AB ComDev meeting 

at UST TYK  the meeting was crucial because it's our means on how to carry over our plans to reality. We discussed Status of ComDev in AB, presentation of Needs Assessment and project proposals, phases, timeline, matrix and 5-yr operational plan. Damn! The first day of School is approaching quickly. 

Now that 2nd sem is just around the corner, I'm not sure if life is about to slow down, speed up, take another turn, but whatever it has for me I'm ready! 

One chapter closes, and another one begins. For all those also headed back to school, I wish you the best of luck, but most of all, remember to have fun!