She Smiles To Make Me Happy

I still have like four drafts saved here but I keep on pushing them off the pile or forgetting... Or choosing to forget. Heeeeeh. Here's an outfit post though. I don't even know why I'm posting this at past midnight when I know most of you are already asleep or maybe insomniacs like me.

Elora and Patricia

Patricia, Mark, Elora

Elora and another Patricia who we call Patty

Patricia, Angelica, Elora

ekskyuz zi peys

☑ Gray dress: Forever 21+

☑ Shoes: Rue de CMG (for P799!!!)

☑ Hair and make-up: Buff and Polish (neighborhood parlor)

☑ Clutch: Gift from my parents

Wore this to Hannah's debut last Friday at Manila Hotel. She wanted us girls to wear something that isn't black but sparkly and this is the only dress I could find that I found close to the theme. Forever 21 saved me yet again, lol.

By the way, don't you just love the price of my shoes? I went to Trinoma last Wednesday to buy shoes 'cause the pair I was supposed to use broke and Mr. Quickie said he couldn't fix it. So I went shopping alone and was very happy to see Rue de CMG's sale: P999 for 2 pairs and P799 for one pair. I wanted to buy another one, believe me. But after trying on around six to seven pairs, I gave up and left. They didn't even want to let go of me, haha! I think they're still having the sale right now, 'til May 31 (tomorrow) so go, go, go!!!

I'm not promising but I'm going to try to post at least two or three of the entries I have saved later today (May 30). Or maybe I should promise so I do it... Okay, I promise. Good night!

Today Was Fun

So today was fun! I spent it with great people and God bless them. :)

I left around 2:30PM to go to school to check on some stuff for enrollment. Thankfully, it wasn't traffic so I got to school in no time! I really want/ed to enroll by tomorrow/Wednesday or Thursday 'cause of my full Friday schedule, but apparently the only way that could happen is if I paid the reservation fee which I didn't even know about. So I'm stuck with Friday instead.

E. Rodriguez minor traffic!

I love Gilmore so much 'cause it has old houses.

No other vendor was there except that guy who smokes while

he gives you your junk food.

After that I headed to Gateway to buy my last minute gift for my best friend, Hannah and to meeting with Karryl for a surprise. I just have to mention how guilty I was when something happened in Gateway! I was heading to Fully Booked when a girl around 20+ years-old came up to me and told me she and her friend were spreading the good news about Jesus. She was asking me questions and I freaked out a bit and I really was in a hurry so I told them, "I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry." Then she smiled and said, "Okay." The minute I got in Fully Booked, I felt extremely guilty. :( Sorry, Papa Jesus!

After buying my gift for Hannah, I headed to some stores and then texted Karryl that I was heading to Pancake House for our meeting. I had to wait for her a bit in Pancake House but it was okay 'cause I smiiiiled when I saw her! She was in Singapore for a little more than a month this summer and I was happy to hear that I was her first St. Paul friend who she saw this summer! Yes, touched. We ordered food and then started catching up. Then we started talking about our surprise project that I will tell you about SOON!

My grilled cheese sandwich that was served with potato salad.

Favorite forever!

Karryl's banana pancakes!

Look at that cutie! Hihi.

Hard at work! Can't wait to tell you guys about our project!

Karr's photography: My iPod Touch and Blackberry

After our meeting, I headed to National Bookstore to have my gift wrapped then finally left and headed to Hannah's place for her birthday dinner.

Hannah with my gift in her hands!!!

Stuck with Angeli the entire night!

Hannah with their cutie patootie dog, Fufu!

Miguel, Fufu, Phillip, Angelica, Elora.

After hanging out at the sala for a bit, we had dinner in the kitchen!

Small fact about me:

I don't like putting too much sauce on my pasta

When I was around 5 or 6, I would eat pasta WITHOUT the sauce. I'm not kidding. Only my family knows and memorizes that about me and tonight Hannah and friends found out. HAHAHA!

At the strike of 12AM on May 23, Hannah's boyfriend, Kim and her childhood best friend, Angeli surprised her in her house with her favorite cake from Conti's and Nilaga 'cause it's her favorite! Was really bummed last night since I was supposed to be a part of it but I had transportation dilemmas. Grr. Still really sweet though! So we had the Mango Bravo for dessert.

So yummyyyyy <3

After so many laughs and food in the kitchen, we headed back to the sala to hang-out and we first wanted to play LIFE but then we changed our mind and played Monopoly instead! We played in teams so it was more fun. We all did nothing but steal from each other so it was all fun!

The wheel thing for LIFE

Kim and Hannah: A dog that looks like a zebra to me

Angeli and Elora: A shoe, I don't know why :))

Miguel and Phillip: An awezum car

Hi from all of us! :)

We all had to leave early since Hannah has school today (May 24 - it's past 1AM already lol).

Aside from Hannah's birthday,

it was also their month anniversary! :)

My best friend looks so happy! :)

And now she looks silly! HAHAHA

Thank you for a great day, everyone! :)

Happy 18th birthday, Hannah! Love you, betch!!!

#PhilFashionWeek: Days 3 to 5.

First of all, I've never felt this blessed by Him ever since I've rid myself of my anxiety attacks so thank You! Every night I came home from around 12:30AM to 3:00AM, I still gave time to God to say thank You, whether or not I felt productive for the day. It's not everyday your friend texts one of the people in charge of Philippine Fashion Week and gets you an internship so I'm really thankful. :)

So anyway, hello again! I've wanted to blog every night of PFW but I was always tired and sleepy when I got home or I would be lazy and thinking of what I should wear 'til I had to leave again for SMX. SMX isn't exactly near my place, you know. In fact, who actually lives near there? Anyway! Here's the PFW blog I promised.

May 11, 2011; PFW Day 3, Internship Day 2

Like I said last week, I didn't do much - well actually, nothing at all for my first day which was the second day of PFW. For the next day though, I got to work at registration for awhile which was fun and how happy was I to have Bjorn x Manila for my first "customer"? I had to pretend I didn't know who he was though, 'cause he might think I'm a stalker and all. The girls at the registration are really nice and they were very helpful.

Photo taken from Rachelle Sy, third girl from the right!

After awhile though, the original girl who's place I took for the start of the day arrived and I got back to doing nothing. Then my best friend Hannah arrived with our friend Angeli to watch the L'Oreal presents Yvonne Quisimbing and Lyle Ybanez show which might I add, is the first fashion show I've ever watched in my entire life. It was awesome and the designs were really good. Hannah borrowed my camera since I didn't know I was going to watch the show since I didn't have an I.D. yet, but my co-intern got me a stub. Thank you, Jihad! Then she put her memory card in and took out my 4gb SD then after the show she couldn't find it anymore. Which is okay, 'cause she lent me her 2gb SD the next day then she replaced my 4gb with an 8gb! Thank you, Hannah. Labyu. So I didn't get to take photos during the show. After the show, we attempted to eat somewhere near SMX but since we were broke and we found out the prices, we skipped and separated and went home.

Collage by Hannah! This is the only one she posted from that night.

May 12, 2011; PFW Day 4, Internship Day 3

The next day (Thursday), Chiara and I had a "mini-shoot" near the escalator of SMX. She forgot her fake I.D. at home so we were both a little problematic.

Photo by: Elora Picson

But... I got in the function for the first show of the night (Forever 21) with her and another intern. And this was what greeted me:

and this

Photos by: Elora Picson

But there's more! I saw the brand ambassadors of Forever 21, Tricia Gosingtian, Lissa Kahayon and... :"> David Guison. HAHAHA. How informal is that? Anyway, when I saw them, especially Tricia and David, I felt like God was looking down on me and was saying, "Masaya ka na?" 'cause they're two of my favorite bloggers!!! Co-interns were taking photos with them and they were taking photos with each other too. Chiara did nothing but try and push me to take photos with David or Tricia but I just stood there and took photos of other people (hence, the photo of Chiara, Kristin and Xian above) and the Forever 21 set.

They left for a bit and I was left with Chiara in the function oh, and I can't believe I forgot to mention this awhile ago, but my other favorite blogger, Denise San Jose was there the entire week and I got to meet her during my first night. I was like, "Hi, Nissy? I'm Elora!" She was like, "Oh, nice to finally meet you!!!" I was like, O.O YEY SHE REMEMBERS ME. So anyway, she was there as a photographer for L'Oreal backstage and then she went in the function of F21. I can't believe it but I actually had a conversation with her about her film camera and the F21 set. I had to go though 'cause people were starting to enter and I that was the first day of my usher job.

That day I met the okay, I'll admit, scariest person ever. I got scared of him 'cause it was my first time ever to usher and I had to block a row for someone so this guy got mad 'cause I asked him to move. Whuteverrr! That day was so tiring and new to me so when I got in the van with Chiara, I was more than happy to finally rest and sit down.

May 13, 2011; PFW Day 5, Internship Day 4

For Friday the 13th, I continued being an usher and it was more tiring 'cause I was getting pretty used to the "system" and I started running around and stuff to get people seats. I stopped handling people with "reservations" 'cause I got freaked out so I was handling guests/commoners. I got a chance to take some photos in the Cybershot presents Luxe Wear Collection which was a really good show. I'll be posting all fashion show photos in my photo blog by next week or by the end of the week, though. After that was the Wrangler show which was held in Mall of Asia so we didn't get to usher for that. The show that I was waiting for most though was Oxygen's and it was amazingly awesome. Haha! Their set was hot and fierce (it was red) and the music by The Misshapes was perfect. I didn't get to take photos 'cause I wasn't allowed to bring my camera when I ushered so I don't have any photos of the show to present. I didn't get to watch the Marlon Rivera, M Barretto, Esac show anymore 'cause I hung-out with Chiara and some other interns outside the function and ate dinner.

Days 6 and 7 were long days so I'm separating them from this post, lol.