essential food and drinks

as much as i try to stay away from posting and taking photos of food and drinks, i simply can't. i guess it's just part of me and my every day life that i like to document. and it's probably because i have done it for the longest time.. ever since i got myself a digital camera back in 2000 or 2001, i'm not quite sure.

anyways, i am a big fan of both pasta and rice. coffee and tea.. and if you can have the best of both worlds, why take a side.. right?

ps. you see the sunglasses shown in the photo above? they are my new dita (not actually that new, got it a couple of months ago..) and i quite like them. i'm already thinking of maybe investing in another one. they are the lightest sunglasses ever!! i'm also thinking of investing in another balenciaga, the one pictured is way worn out and i was thinking of getting a size bigger. i have the work one and i'm thinking of getting the weekender. but they are getting a little overrated these days..

something from my sister

she read this to me a while ago. i don't know where she got it from but i thought that it was so nice and so true. so i had to write it down.

just because i don't scream my feelings, doesn't mean i have none.

just because i seem indestructible, doesn't mean i'm not weak.
just because i don't cry in front of you, doesn't mean i'm heartless.
just because you think you know me, doesn't mean you actually do.

sunday confessions

i'm pretty sure i'm not the only one who wonders about this particular thing from time to time. or am i..?

have a scrumptious weekend!

i tend to spoil myself with food on the weekend. probably because i have more time to actually think on what i should eat. do you do the same too? the food on weekdays seem to be a routine of sorts.. nothing special. just the norm. but on the weekend, all the good food comes out. or well, i go to find them. either way.

ps. can you tell that i am completely obsessed with sushi and kimbab? i don't know if they are the same thing. technically they don't taste the same so i guess they aren't the same? and i don't like raw fish and sushi have raw fish sometimes, kimbab doesn't. so i guess i like kimbab more.

lines from a song

crystalised by the xx. i first heard it on gossip girl and it has been on my playlist ever since. there's always a couple of lines in a song that catches my attention.. for example, like the one below that i've doodled.

do you have any lines from a song that catches your attention? i'd like to hear about them. or anything that's on your mind. i feel like interacting with anyone who reads this. that may sound kind of weird.. but true.

super trouper lights are gonna find me

i recently watched mamma mia again and i've been listening to the soundtrack over and over again this week. i love meryl streep and i'm really beginning to love amanda seyfried. i still can't believe she was that weather boob girl from mean girls, she has come such a long way!! i didn't really like dear john in general but i can't wait to watch her latest one, letters from juliet.

anyways, more phone photos.. some are from my recent "voyage" like the hotel slippers that i decided to customize with my sharpie and also my luggage.

ps. you have no idea how glad i am that the week is almost over. i know i'm such a whiner sometimes. i try not to be.. but when the situation sucks, i can't help it.

friendships blooming

a page of my spring 2010 cahier. actually, this is my favorite so far.. well i like them all but there are some i feel aren't really finished yet or just not my best work, i guess. i don't know. i can never really know how to explain my work or describe them. i find it quite hard to do that, for some reason. something i need to learn.

ps. this week has been kind of long. and we're only just about mid-week. sigh. sometimes time passes by real sloooooooooooow. i hope you are all well.

-edited- it wasn't my place to use other people's photos, so i've taken it down.

sharing a random fact

i used to always change my alarm tone on my phone from one song to the other.. but then i figured out that it doesn't work. it doesn't make me wake up cause i always put the songs that i like, even if it's not a song that i like.. i still don't wake up anyways.

and then one day, it just came to my mind that i should set my alarm tone as my usual phone's ringtone.. that way, i would think someone is calling me and i would actually wake up to pick it up. it's pretty much deceiving myself in a way.. but it has worked for me, so far.

do you have any tips and tricks for waking up in the morning?

ps. i'm really liking my new/current layout at the moment. simple and neat, just the way i like it. i worked so hard on this one.. and by the time i finished it, my eyes felt like they were about to fall off or something. i might stick with it for a while. what do you think of it..?

my favorite color is pink

like that isn't obvious enough already. i used to have a lot of pink in my wardrobe but i think i grew older and thought that it was kinda inappropriate to wear that color, unfortunately. now that i think about it, i kinda miss it. i think i'll invest in some nice pink pieces for my wardrobe.

also, i've been online shopping. not really big purchases.. just little ones from here and there. i'll post about them once they arrive at my doorstep. excited!!

ps. i'm thinking of switching up my blog layout. let's see what i can do about it. if you see things in weird positions, i'm probably tweaking it around.

the once in a month emotional break-down

i try not to get upset or sad in my life because i know i have a lot of things to be thankful for. but i also know that nothing is perfect and sometimes, having such feelings is only normal and somewhat inevitable. i think the important thing is knowing how to pick yourself up again after you have a good cry. knowing that you will be okay, even though it hurts sometimes. and knowing that there are many other good things that are happening in your life right now.

i had one of these moments recently. it was probably due to the fact that i was pms-ing and it kinda just blew everything out of proportions, like it always does. but i had a good cry about it, listened to some really sad emotional songs.. and even though it still is at the back of my mind as i type this, i'm not gonna let it affect me much longer than it already has.

ps. i tried doing double exposures digitally with my photos today and the above was what i came up with. what do you think? honestly, i kind of like it.

we are on the same boat

a simple illustration i did a while ago. it's just my fascination with paper boats. i keep drawing them from time to time for no particular reason. what's your random fascination of the day?

no one saves us but ourselves

no one can and no one may, we ourselves must walk the path.

happy happy weekeend!!

so i haven't gotten around to cleaning my closet yet. maybe soon. to be honest, i can't be bothered. i hate looking at how much money i've spent on things that i've never really used. sigh. it happens all the time but i think i am getting better at this whole spending situation as i get older. don't we all..?

phone photos again. i wonder, does anyone use benetint? i use to love it so much but now, i don't use it at all. i guess i prefer powder blush than those cheek stains. any good recommendations? i heard bobby brown's is good and i've been using nars lately, it's awesome.

hello, whipped cream and strawberries

there's no way i can describe how strawberries tastes like when they are paired with whipped cream. freshly, whipped cream.. that is. it seriously is one of the most underrated food combination ever. but when you can't have those two together, a little strawberry tart will do. also, has anyone tried strawberry juice? it's yum! especially mixed in with a little lemon juice. it's kinda like strawberry lemonade. perfect for summer.

i feel like i've posted this doodle before. it's hard to keep track what i've posted and what i haven't.. but i do try my best to not re-post things again and again.

twists and turns of a rubix cube

to be honest, i've tried learning how to do the rubix cube but somewhere along the way, i gave up. i think i tried learning it through youtube. and you know what..? i've always thought rubix cube was just something that you can solve without equations. turns out i was wrong. has anyone tried to learn how to do the rubix cube? and actually managed to?

also, i know some of you have mentioned that this whole swirly handwriting is hard to read. i agree. and i haven't been doing them for a while now. i guess i'll try to make it more readable if i really want it to work. i don't know.. we'll see.

anyone have exciting things planned for the weekend? i think i'll be stuck cleaning out my closet. a lot of things needs to be thrown out so i'm not looking forward to that.

season finales are always so intense

the one i'm talking about in particular was gossip girl's. there was so many things going on and so many things left hanging. i don't know if i like it or if i hated it. i was way too confused. what did you guys think of it..?

more phone photos again. i have a soft spot for chili. they are so yum and comforting. so are burgers and fries. for some reason, this month i have been having crazy cravings of mexican food. i even tried looking up recipes to make some of my own. but of course that failed miserably. what are you latest food cravings?

i have so much to tell you..

from my spring 2010 cahier. i'll be sure to post more of them in the next coming days or weeks. depends, i guess. and thank you for the feedback, so far. i appreciate them a whole lot.

and just for your information, i used the moleskine grid cahier for this one, with the kraft brown cover. i gave up with actually writing in them because the paper isn't of the best quality so i thought it'd be perfect for me to just use as a scrapbook.

ps. if anyone is wondering, that is freffy from skins on the second image ' ◡ '

my spring 2010 cahier: first look

so here are the first few pages of my spring 2010 cahier. i guess it was sort of a scrapbook for me, just to fill in whatever that inspired me at the moment. as much as i like to doodle, i also like to rip paper up and stick them together to see if i can create something out of that. and my hands tend to get the "rip&stick" itch once in a while..

this notebook was very much inspired by jane austen's emma and marie antoinette because these were the two films i watched before i started to make and compile the whole thing.

anyways, tell me what you guys think ' ◡ ' feedback is always appreciated here.

ps. on the second last image you can't really read what the writing says so i'll just type it out. and this was something i found on the net, can't remember where but i thought that it was so true.

"she wants to know if i love her, that's all anyone wants from anyone else, not love itself but the knowledge that love is there" - jonathan safran foer.

worry less and smile more

i seem to be posting more of my phone photos these days than the ones from my actual camera. i guess it doesn't help much when i haven't even taken anything with my camera in the longest time. i have given up on it, to be honest. i'm just waiting until i get a new one. so i guess you guys will just have to bare with me and my phone photos. i know some can be quite lame and repetitive (ie. feet shots, coffee, etc etc.)

a little explanation on the phone photos below: dorayaki, toms shoes, ramen, frozen yogurt, a breathtaking view and homemade pavlova :)

ps. i'm kind of blank these days as to what i should post on my blog. i get this quite often.. but i just feel like people wouldn't want to see what i eat, or what my feet look like. so if you have any suggestions, go ahead..i am all ears. and thank you in advance.

summer break 2010

some of the photos below are really old. for example, my toes are no longer golden.. instead they are nude. and my fingers are no longer vendetta by chanel.. instead they are little red wagon by opi.

anyways, i can't wait for fall to come around. i always prefer the colder weather.. it's just more interesting fashion-wise. i hate summer fashion.. most of the time it's tacky and just not very well put together. but then again, that's probably the whole purpose of it. i don't know if i'm making sense.. but i also prefer fall/winter magazines than spring/summer ones. they are just more interesting, in my opinion.

okay that's all for now. i hope you enjoy your weekend and summer break!! maybe the blog should go on a summer break as well..? and come back in the fall. i don't know, we'll see i guess.

(edit) the bad thing about summer breaks is that all my favorite tv shows are gonna take a break too. but in a way, it's pretty awesome. cause if anyone saw vampire diaries' season finale, it was insane. i still can't put my mind around it yet. and i'm pretty sure gossip girl's season finale would be awesome too. i can't wait.

a little dark but that's okay

i tend to post bright pictures here. not dark ones.. just because i like bright things. and by bright, i don't mean neon colors.. i just mean nicely lighted photos or images. but i guess this post can be an exception.

i took the photo of my macbook pro while my bedroom lights were off and i thought that it looked so cool. you can see the apple and then the screen's light.. at that time i was using the apple leopard wallpaper and it gave a really pretty purple-ish color. and you can also see the texture of my bed :)

anyways, there's two films that i am anticipating to watch. nanny mcphee returns is one of them!! i loved the first one and i'm pretty sure i'll love the second one too. i really appreciate simple magical movies like that. nothing too complicated.. it leaves a good impression and feeling for me.

and the other movie is a little childish i know.. ramona and beezus. some anonymous commented on my post about the little kid in me and they mentioned about ramona quimby whom i had no idea about. so i googled it and found that there's a new film based on her. thanks anonymous for enlightening me!!

so.. is there any more little awesome girls you can think of..?

inspired by: an old film & a new song

i loved crazy/beautiful so much when it first came out, i was a young teenager then. and after seeing it again recently.. there was some things that i picked up. it's interesting to watch something old and then revisit it again and you learn new things. i always appreciate that kind of experience.

anyways, the doodle below is lyrics from timbaland's and katy perry's new song. i really like it. and it's pretty sweet in a way.

ps. thank you for those who are still giving me inputs on my poll there on the right. i am still in a dilemma on deciding what to do!!

unfortunately, title is unknown

i have a fondness for korean food. the same goes to japanese and just classic american junk. i know it's not the healthiest diet plan.. but i honestly believe in eating in moderation. i think that's all that matters.

what are you favorite foods? oh, i forgot to include that i like mexican food too! what don't i like.. seriously..?

personal updates in short forms

watched the back-up plan - disappointing. finally back from my "voyage" - thankful.
back to reality - nervous. continuing to doodle - excited. adjusting to normal - weird.
back to blogging - happy.

i actually saw this in the store and it didn't look as nice as i thought it did on-screen. i have my eye on something else now. i will blog about it soon enough. aah the wonders of shopping.. it's never-ending!!

sorry for the lack of posts

a lot of things has been going on outside the world wide web. i hope to be blogging regularly again soon, though. fingers crossed. also, sorry for the super slow replies on comments and emails. i will try to get around to them as soon as possible. please forgive me.

quote by jim rohn.

the fifth month of twenty-ten

we're getting really close to being in the middle of 2010. how crazy is that..? i still have so many things to figure out before fall comes. so many things to do and yet so little time!! i think it's because i have so many things to think about that i don't really have the time to create these days. although, i do try my hardest.

ps. i do not own that pink ipod nano. as much as i love the color pink.. i hate that shade!! also on a side note, breakfast panini is the best. it's like a complete breakfast in one bite. if you know what i mean :)