no other way

~ extra long sweater : cotton on

~ cropped top : props

~ inner top : mango

~ ombre shorts : shorts from props; ombre DIY dyed last summer

~ lime green flip flops : cotton on

~ assorted wooden bangles : bangkok finds

~ leather flower ring : bangkok finds

this is probably the second time i've worn these shorts.

dyed it ombre yellow-pink last summer when ombre became really hot.

too bad my photo don't seem to do the colors some justice due to poor lighting conditions.

my bad, as i only remembered having my outfit shot

right when the sun went down.

shangri-la's mactan island resort and spa has always been 

a favorite of me and warren for a day or two of relaxation.

if only it was affordable!

so we save stays at the resort for special occasions, like my pre-birthday weekend.

on the first day, 

as much as we wanted to get out of the room and lounge by the beach

the weather was nowhere near cooperative with rain showers.

so i succumbed to my reading by the room's balcony

while warren occupied himself with his online stuff.

it was still relaxing as it should be, sans the sun & the beach.

the second day it may not have been as sunny as we wanted it to be

but no-rain was enough, for us to enjoy the beach.

as for the book i started reading,

i would wanna give my little review of it soon.

tnt!

| no other way - jack johnson; "in between dreams" |

desperately wanting

~ extreme mullet top : cotton on

~ dark blue jeans : onyx

~ white vest : SM dept. store

~ sling bag : PROPS

~ wedge peep-toe booties : parisian {SM dept. store}

~ leather cuffs : PROPS

i love this top!

this was one of my mom's pasalubong (travel gift) from her last trip to australia.

she got this at the cotton on store, on sale.

i've worn this top about four times in the past two months,

which proves that i really, really love it.

i wore it twice with shorts, the other time with leggings. 

it's like your most comfortable t-shirt, only more stylish cuz of the mullet.

and these jeans, is one of only two blue jeans that i own.

not that i don't like jeans, just that i get allergies

on contact with denim fabric.

and i'd hate to be scratching the whole time when wearing them.

good thing the fabric of this one don't give me such allergies.

on another note,

i've been waking up each morning since saturday

to a very painful and stiff neck 

which also goes down the muscles of my wing bone.

{called the scapula}

i take pain reliever just to get me through the pain,

but even so, the limited range of motion cuz of the tight muscles

is just so uncomfortable and so annoying.

i really don't know anymore what position is should take when sleeping.

i must have tried all possible relieving positions

only to wake up with the same thing the past few mornings.

i'm really hoping to be waking up tomorrow 

without such pain and discomfort.

let's wait and see.

tnt!

| desperately wanting - better than ezra; "friction, baby" |

under construction

~ shorts & off-shoulder top : PROPS

~ ring : WWW {SM accessories}

~ bangles : bazaar & bangkok finds

~ shoes : varsavia {gift from youngest sister}

am wearing something i thought was casual enough for the movies

and maybe fancy enough for dinner & maybe drinks afterwards…

"The Dark Knight Rises" - the third and last installment {so they say}

of BATMAN Dark Knight premiered yesterday

and my geeky-comic-freak husband needs to watch ASAP!

the movie proved to be worth it,

though personally i still liked the first installment better. 

{the one with the late heath ledger as the joker}

this one was way too long {two hours and thirty minutes} that i got really sleepy

but it was interesting enough that i really struggled to open my eyes.

after the movie we needed to grab dinner,

first choice was IRIE but it was almost ten in the evening 

that they ran out of their specialties,

so we ended up at ARMY NAVY.
it was only my second time here, 
their food is not bad but not that good either.
i mean, it's not something that you actually crave for.
i know a lot of people love it here, and i'm not one of them.
it's just that i've tasted better burritos and burgers.

| beef burrito : army navy

we stayed awhile longer at army navy, just talking.
no more drinks after that…
so we headed straight home before twelve midnight.

and now, its almost three in the morning 

and i'm very much tied to editing the design of this blog…

no major alterations though, just adding a few widgets here & there.

yet it's proving to be a bit challenging with my little knowledge of html & what-nots!

and warren had to comment, it seems i will never be done editing details in this blog…

ughhhhhh… maybe… or i'll try…

tnt!

can't look you in the eye

~ top & skirt : PROPS

~ bangles : bangkok finds

~ ring: china

~ shoes : people are people

it was a strange day at the office…

two can't-look-you-in-the-eye moments with clients in a span of 2hrs!

the first one was dumbfounding!

but something i can't talk about publicly, 

{sorry}

the second one was quite sad…

it pains me talking to a teary-eyed bride and trying to explain to her

why her wedding invites were not ready yet.

what's worst, i had no freakin' idea what happened to the account

and the point person was on leave and wasn't answering any of our calls!

i couldn't even apologize to her just yet, 

i really couldn't look her in the eye!

i was scrambling for options on how to improvise her invite design

 so she can get at least twenty sets for her mom to bring

on a provincial trip this morning.

the heavens were in my favor!

i got her to smile even if it was after almost an hour, 

we were able to provide her with the initial twenty she badly needed

and somehow, changed the whole look of her invite,

which was actually better than the first

and she was happy with it.

full delivery will be next week, as promised, i'll make sure of that!

oh well, i guess that should count as

another day's work…

tnt!

like the first time

~ blazer, lace shorts : PROPS

~ tank top : mango

~ 2 sets long layered necklace : DIY {materials bought from cebu hardware}

~ bangles : bangkok finds {chatuchak, pink pvssy}

~ shoes : primadonna

i wanted this, so i had to do it… outfit shots i mean :)

they say there's always a first time for everything… 

not to preempt that am gonna ask that you indulge me in however awkward this shot seem.

i wear whatever suits my fancy to the office since we have NO DRESS CODE… sweet!!!

{plus, i know the owner **wink**} 

even if i can get away wearing PJs & flipflops, 

i still wear my heels even if there's only about 8 other people who can see me!

only to indulge myself playing dress-up and to take that chance, 

that maybe, just maybe, me & hubby are goin' somewhere else after work.

not that we don't have a social life, just that work sometimes gets a bit tiring 

that all we wanna do after is go home [we love home]

and on that note, we got off work around 9pm!!!

with me sooooo hungry, starving even…

but warren [my husband] seem to always have some last minute thing to do 

that takes around 20 to 30mins, even more and he zones out while he's into it 

& it leaves dinner no other choice but to wait. 

am not saying he's not doing anything important, 

and not that waiting is that tedious cuz i take that time to do my own s**t…

there's this new "ribs" place just 2 blocks away from the office.

every time we pass by around dinner time, it's packed! which got us curious.

and tonight, we were in luck [at least we thought so] cuz the place only had 2 tables filled.

and just our luck, their specialty "ribs" ran out!!! 

{really?! their specialty?!}

i could have been a total b**c* about it 

but thank god my exhaustion from the day's work triumphed over me…  

and as hungry as we were, we couldn't think of any other place to eat.

warren ordered their chili wings while i ordered their bucket of chili crab claws.

[and i just have to say, i don't get to eat as much seafoods as i want at home cuz warren don't eat seafoods!]

 ***before***

 ***after***


|| chili crab claws : surfin' ribs

took me thirty minutes to finish my crab claws, and they were yummy!

that should make me lucky again, i guess.

maybe the next time we come back, am trying the whole crabs, and not their specialty "ribs".

we'll see. and i'll let you know.

ciao!