Or you can view the YouTube version:
Monday, June 29, 2009
Monday, June 8, 2009
Purchase my book online!
Finally those who want to purchase my book, but are out of the country may now purchase it through the PowerBooks online bookstore.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Kikay Exchange is raffling off my book!
Jill from Kikay Exchange did a wonderful review on my book at her blog, Kikay Exchange. It was just what I was hoping to read - a personal review and not just the exact same thing that my publisher wrote ;).
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Hello blog.
I know you have been neglected since I got back from Manila. It's just that I've been so busy... not. Lol. I've been bored and lazy in this God-forsaken city. Chos. Anyway I just had to blog this.
Check out the Talaria by Matt Bernson. Witty!
My PhilStar book feature.
Here's my first media book sighting in the Supreme section of Philippine Star. Exciting!
Read article here.
Star apparently printed the exact same article in Young Star a week later.
Nevertheless, THANK YOU!! :)
Friday, April 24, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
My book is officially out!
FINALLY... after 2 and a half years of writing... and after waiting for almost 3 years for my book to be published... my book has been printed, and will be out in most bookstores this coming April. (I believe it will be available in National and Powerbooks.)
Although I am proud of my book (very, very proud), I'm not too ecstatic about a pink and animated book cover. Lol. Well yes, I love pink, and I can be as girly-girl as ever.. but seriously. Some find it cute, some find it dainty, others actually like it, it even made me smile and laugh the first time I saw it - which is good. It's just that I find it too pretty for such a topic as the "quarterlife crisis." Good luck trying to get my guy friends to read it. Lol.
Anyhoo, as long as it has my name on it, then YES I AM PROUD TO SAY THIS IS MY BOOK!!! Although some editing has been done here and there on my lousy grammar... including my title (woe is me)... I still proudly say, I WROTE THIS BOOK. All I ever really wanted was to share my story and my message to those who need it, regardless of whatever form it may be in.
I haven't told my parents about it yet. Funny. I will soon, though. I'm just a bit afraid they will disagree to what the book has to say.
I never thought I would ever write a book. EVER.
Indeed, when you do want something in life, go for that dream and you can achieve it. :)
(Thanks to Marco who helped me start and continue writing this book. And thanks to Tony, who believed in my message, even though he wasn't too happy with my style of writing. Lol.)
More about my book.
Friday, March 6, 2009
More on my 30th birthday...
My friends and I spent an overnight at one of the villas in Acuatico - a new resort in Laiya, Batangas. Fabulous place! Service was great! Privacy - the best! :) Worth the costly price ;).
This is the villa we stayed in - the 2nd floor wasn't included though.
And our photos...
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
My 30th birthday surprise!
First Anilao trip of the year - fabulous, it rained the entire time! Anyway, I decided to cook for my friends (with the help of Tonito!). I (we) prepared pumpkin soup, caesar salad, pasta, steak - everything from scratch! And I brought along some Sonja's cupcakes for dessert and red wine. It's my 30th birthday soon and I decided to do something special for them, rather than have a big party (which I plan to reserve for a different occasion this year). I never really cook when I'm in Anilao. I don't really cook to begin with. Hihi.
Anyway, as dinner was over we all went down to the casita to drink.. And this is what I saw... !!!!
The casita was filled with 29 (1 popped before I got there) CONDOM BALLOONS!!! LOL. Bun, Rue and Paeng were apparently blowing 30 condoms while Tonito and I were cooking. And I thought they were lazing around waiting for the food to get cooked and didn't care to lend a hand!
The one that popped!
Since the sun didn't show itself the entire time, we just did some poi-tography. Below are my faves:
Thanks guys!! You're the sweetest!! :) I think the last time I had a surprise-something was on my 18th birthday...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Oh, Manila.
Wow. I haven't blogged for more than a month now. I haven't blogged since I got back here in Manila. I guess I still have jet-lag. Well, not the actual jet-lag, which I had for about a week.. rather I'm basically still in denial that I'm back. Ugh. To help me get back on my feet, I decided to do this entry and list down what I missed when I was away. I will add items as I go along the way, until maybe when I have finally settled and decided to post another uninteresting blog entry. Lol.
Anyhoo.. I have good news though. I deleted my previous entry about my book to give way to this announcement: MY BOOK IS FINALLY GOING TO BE PUBLISHED THIS SUMMER!!! WOOHOO!!! I hope this is for real and will be on schedule. I will not say much info about it until its sure na sure na sure na.
Going back to the list of things I missed when I was away:
1) JUNK FOOD!!! I swear our junk food is way better and junkier than them Doritos and Lay's. I'm talking about Tortillos and Clover chips. Love it! I've been eating them since I got here.
2) Anilao with friends and beach trips in general. Summer's near and I can't wait to go to the beach. Can't wait for Anilao too, in two weeks! Beaches in Cali are just not the same.
3) Cheap haircuts, manicure and pedicure. To get a really nice haircut in the States, you gotta spend at least $80. Wow. And to get the ordinary manicure/pedicure, you gotta spend around $30-40. W-O-W. Not to mention the 15-20% tip.
Anything else?
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
I will miss San Fran...
Furniture Construction class with the Korean kids and teacher Brad.
My donut stool.
My unfavorite pastime, sanding.
Teacher John.
Ooooh.. bad, Brad, bad.
Waiting for the school bus.
Glen Park...
That's my auntie's place in the middle.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
My first furniture: Donut Stool
Ta-dah!!! Hehe... I think it's pretty cute. ;) How did I do it? Well first of all I attend Friday classes in this building from 8:30 am to late afternoon...
We had to sketch a furniture piece we wanted to create. I was inspired by the "Barrel Chair" designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. I decided to make my own version with a different approach to designing the legs. After the teachers have approved the sketch, we had to choose among the maple wood available in class - depending on color or grain design. Then we had to mill it according to our furniture measurements. Milling would be cutting wood to different pieces and sizes. There are approximately TEN (or more) machines that mill wood into desired sizes - and yes, I used all of them. I never thought we'd use that much machines. It was just cool. Below is one of them.
To make a top, one has to glue pieces of wood together and then cut it to your desired shape and size. Mine was round so it was pretty difficult to cut a perfect circle. But achieving a round shape is possible by sanding the sides afterwards. I think I spent WEEKS sanding my furniture. I would sand for hours and hours and for days, that my teacher told me that he thinks I just love to sand. I told him I hated it the most. It's just that soft maple is so soft that it easily gets scratched so one has to keep sanding and sanding them away.
After you glue together the pieces, you still have to sand it again and again. My teacher said that at one point, I just had to give up because it can never be perfect. True. It just gets crazy because there are 3 types of sanding paper that you have to use, which means that you have to sand each and every piece three times more!!
The final step is to apply the finishing, or color if you want any. I wanted to maintain the color of the wood to have that contrast to my fabric. So I just applied the finish. I had to put 3 coats - wherein I still had to sand after each coat. God I hate sanding. Lol.
When my stool was finally done. I brought it to an upholstery shop to add the cushion. I love it!!!
Anyway I just had to post the photo below. It's our comic relief in class. What's funny is that every time I go to class the black rimmed glasses with the nose and black hair would appear at a different position every time. Last time it was placed on the chest to make the guy look like he got some chest hairs. Lol. He's fully naked by the way, the students just dressed him up that way.
Guess what this is?
This is an artwork displayed in a wall in one of my school buildings. It was done by a student who painted these thin pieces of wood with specific shades of brown and black and some red, and stuck them on the wall beside each other.
This is what you see as you walk further down the hall. Cool noh?!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Fire at the Square.
I have been soooooo busy with school and work that I just don't have the time to blog anymore. Finals are here. I'm one project down, two to go. Hay. I've been sleeping really late and waking up really early... to the point that I actually bought eye cream already. Lol.
Anyway, I took a break from my hectic schedule to watch Isa "Glitter Girl" and the rest of the Temple of Poi as they performed at an event at the Union Square. If I pursued the fire classes, I would've performed with them that night. Unfortunately, it would cost me an extra $120 more so.... I just decided to pass and use that money to buy some poi toys.
Isa "Glitter Girl"
The Staff Man - he's my favorite hihi
Below are videos you may wanna watch:
Nice dance moves...
Fire Santa - nice stalls!!
The Staff Man is flaming hot
Glitter Girl
Monday, December 1, 2008
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Thank God it's Black Friday.
I haven't been blogging much because I've been busy and will be very busy in the next coming weeks. Finals is near so no time really to be lounging around...
Last Friday I was up early for the Sale madness - I was shopping at 6:00am! H&M had 20% off your entire purchase of $50 and above. Club Monaco had a "secret" sale at 30% off everything. They were not advertising it but will take the discount at the register. I bought a top and I didn't get a 30% off - I got 60%!! Wow, and it was a new item. Forever 21 had a buy one take one sale on ugly clearance items. So it was pretty much a useless sale. Urban Outfitters had a 50% off clearance items as well. Who wants clearance items?!? Sephora was giving away $15 coupons to beauty insiders. FCUK also had a "secret" sale of 20% off but at least they were telling customers about it once they entered the store. I didn't even bother to go to Zara and Mango, but I heard Mango was having a 30% off everything in the store.
Anyway... I was walking in Union Square and saw these cute kids playing the violin. I thought only bums did that but these kids were performing in the street to raise money for their ballet lessons.. Aaaww.. how cute is that?!?
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
1000 Journals Project.
I don't know if you've heard of the 1000 Journals Project. This was actually started by one of the faculty members of the Academy, Brian Singer, and before his project was to be displayed at the SFMOMA (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art), he had a live forum at the library.
Interesting, this is how it all started: "I've always been fascinated by what people scrawl on bathroom walls and in public spaces. I had been taking photographs of this writing for years, and wanted to put together a book. It seemed appropriate to encourage readers to become contributors, and join the conversation by writing in the actual book. From there, I decided that a blank book might be more fun... especially one that traveled around, to gather a variety of thoughts and opinions. And then, why not 1000 of them? It's such an absurd number. The project officially launched in August of 2000, with the release of the first 100 journals in San Francisco. I gave them to friends, and left them at bars, cafes, and on park benches. Shortly thereafter, people began emailing me, asking if they could participate. So I started sending journals to folks, allowing them to share with friends, or strangers. It's been a roller coaster ever since."
Click on this photo to view larger. Read it, it's funny.
Why did he do it? "If you ask a kindergarten class how many of them are artists, they'll all raise their hands. Ask the same question of 6th graders, and maybe one third will respond. Ask high school grads, and few will admit to it. (explained in Orbiting the Giant Hairball)What happens to us growing up? We begin to fear criticism, and tend to keep our creativity to ourselves. Many people keep journals, of writing or sketching, but not many share them with people. (when was the last time a friend invited you to read their diary?) You will not be judged here. And you will have company. This is for you. For everyone."
I was moved by his project.
To read and know more about this experiment, check the photos below or visit the website. Click on photos to view larger.
Of course I had to participate in this project. I went to the MOMA and there were about 7 books displayed, and anyone can actually write on them - share their story or add a piece of art. Below are some interesting pages done by people who have received these books (I'm sure these weren't done at the Museum).
I chose this book. He actually made several cover designs to make these books unique, and assigned each of them a number. I chose Journal No. 751. The books found in the MOMA actually came back to the author, but the pages weren't filled up so he decided to display them at the museum.
Visit the website and join in on this experiment! :)
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Upholstery heaven..
I went shopping for some upholstery fabric for my unfinished furniture piece. I felt like I was in Top Design. Lol. It was fun! I went to Sal Beressi at Bryant St. since it was one of the popular upholstery fabric stores in the city. Plus they are always on sale. Love it!
There's just so many nice prints and I ended up with this one. It may not be as great as the ones above, but it just fits the piece I'm making - something fun, playful and decorative. Oh I so hope we have stuff like these back home.
Monday, November 17, 2008
One random day.
While waiting for the bus, I looked up in the sky.. I don't know why I did. I just did.
And I saw this.
Funny.
The last time I looked up for I don't know what reason, I saw a bat staring right at me - that wasn't funny 8).
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