tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11078693234164552352024-03-17T02:52:34.076+08:00Ring my Bell, IsabelHallo, lovers.Isahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749544809658555422noreply@blogger.comBlogger419125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107869323416455235.post-89083686931187494502015-03-25T14:46:00.000+08:002015-03-25T14:46:59.662+08:00Petrichor<div style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 6px; text-align: justify;">
The gloomy weather unfolds outside (Of course, sun never reaches the window but the rain always does). There is a slight drizzle and I smell the rain. </div>
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I am back to when I first came to stay in this dingy room I've spent so much time in & learned to call home. I remember dragging my feet, unwanting to part with my (old) bed-- the move was a product of circumstance, a necessary change. I remember being in a room empty save for a mattress on the floor. I remember star<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">ing at the blank walls.</span></div>
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I am still here. Each foot, each inch now etched with experiences-- the space has already filled up with two years of rest, readings, and feelings. </div>
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I sit inside the room with the window the sun never reaches but the rain always does. The walls are not blank anymore.</div>
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It may be time again for a necessary change.</div>
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As I mentioned in my previous post, the private course is a tutorial where the lovely staff, who are professional make up artists, teach you beauty basics and how to properly apply make up. What I love about that it is how personal this one-on-one lecture is, everything caters to your unique facial features. You get to take home your favourite products from the tutorial (3K worth). Here are my picks (of course based on the staff's advice, honestly I could't decide on what I wanted):</div>
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Traditionally, the three different tones serve different purposes. Yellow to neutralise red, orange to neutralise blue and beige to lighten up both.</div>
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Of course, I was told that good concealer is the foundation of good make up. Honestly, I have always had a problem with finding the proper shade; it doesn't help that I'm acidic and some make up tend to react when applied to on my skin after a while casting a greyish hue. I found a match with this concealer pot, however. I am told that lightest hue is perfect for my skin tone. </div>
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SWATCHES: As you can see, even without blending, the rightmost swatch almost disappears into my arm.</div>
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See the difference? Right eye has only BB cream applied hours before and left with the Make up Store's concealer.</div>
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This eyeshadow pot is perfect for people on the go. This one pot can give you 5 different eyeshadow shades. I especially love how subtle and soft the colours are. It's perfect for that 'barely there' look and it can also work for that 'day to night' look. </div>
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Swatches for all the possible shades in the eyeshadow pot. The last colour at the rightmost is the combination of all colours. That colour, second to the right, is a favourite-- it works well with my skin tone for highlighting unlike the usual white shadows that seem to contrast my morena skin tone too much. Lei from the Make Up Store explains: that's because it's not realy white, it's more the colour of 'bone'.</div>
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Here's a look at what that make up pot can do. This was during the private course, they did my right eye, I did my left. </div>
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So yes, I did enjoy my trip to the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/makeupstorephilippines" target="_blank"> Make Up Store</a>. They teach you so many things when you visit and you ending us bringing home not just quality make up. </div>
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On June 12, the country celebrates Independence day. Of course, what comes with a holiday in the Filipino context would be a whole lot of feasting. </div>
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Vikings Buffet, a name that has fastly become familiar to the Filipino foodie, invited me and a few blogger friends to sample their Independence day menu. Feast your eyes on this spread.</div>
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What surprised me about this restaurant was that contrary to what I initially assumed, Vikings Buffet is a local enterprise. This coming June 12th, they've decided to highlight that aspect to celebrate the national holiday. Each dish in the menu they had us try had homegrown elements incorporated in it. Now, without further adieu, the spread at Vikings, SM Megamall:</div>
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For the less adventurous, this may seem like a lot but this is most definitely one of my favourites in the series. I have always been fond of the local 'ginataang kuhol dish' and this, with a french twist, is no exception. Beautiful contrast between the texture of the snail and that puff pastry at the bottom.</div>
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Whoever said sisig could not be reinvented? This dish reminded me of CWC's Laing pizza (if you have not tried this, rush to CamSur now and have it!) but while that version had laing sparingly drizzled on the pizza crust with the cheese and other toppings, this was more direct with it's sisig toppings. Someone from our group found this a little too soggy for her taste, but I found that the soft texture worked well with the soft dough. </div>
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The coco pili tart (left and also in the very first photo) which was my meal's highlight. That's a chocolate cup, if you didn't notice, A CHOCOLATE CUP. Yes, I did completely lose it when I realised it was actually that. The Buchi (right) was also very interesting. Not as sweet as one would've imagined though. </div>
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<br />Isahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749544809658555422noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107869323416455235.post-2892545627183088982014-01-10T00:29:00.002+08:002014-06-04T00:57:08.641+08:00On pedigree<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Upseting to see how ignorant we can be about animals and how much we devalue dogs simply because of breed— standards of beauty set for these animals that even they are completely unaware about. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">There is no less love that an askal can give and no more love that a purebred dog is willing to give you. Sure, a dog’s pedigree may be responsible for certain traits but it does not define that animal, nor does it limit its capacity in any way. Every single dog has his or her own c</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">haracter and temperament which is, most of the time and more often than we know, attributable to the dog owner. Believing a silly notion that a dog, just because of breed, is better than their mixed breed counterpart is a sweeping generalisation. Believing that a dog is such because he is a certain breed is tantamount to believing something like Filipinos, just because they’re Filipinos, all are discriminatory idiots who assign value depending on pedigree. I’d like to think otherwise.</span>Isahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749544809658555422noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107869323416455235.post-73630142227112506512013-12-28T03:35:00.000+08:002013-12-28T03:37:58.636+08:00Moving out, moving on.I thought that I'd never get you out of my system. You were in my veins and in the air I breathed. But, one day, I woke and there was nothing left-- just the dark dingy streets and unfamiliar corners. The city had ceased to be mine.<br />
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So I whine and wonder about how I could've lost this love for you, a place I was so enamored with, a place I was so convinced I belonged to and belonged to me. I walk these unfamiliar roads trying to remember how you smelled, how you tasted, but there is nothing but the sounds of a different city and the sun on my face.<br />
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And I think: I could get used to this.Isahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749544809658555422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107869323416455235.post-25455580796460081822013-11-06T09:00:00.000+08:002014-06-08T22:42:14.579+08:0021st Century Fairytale<br />
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<br />Isahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749544809658555422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107869323416455235.post-33371165182007490262013-11-05T09:00:00.000+08:002013-11-05T09:00:03.595+08:00Intellectual Property: Why we should care.<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I remember explaining to a very confused classmate that piracy was bad and it was stealing. I remember getting very frustrated because he could not seem to grasp what I was saying, It seemed odd to me that he had no idea that he was stealing intellectual property. “How could he have not known?”, I was asking myself the whole time.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Turns out, most everyone in this country either do not know, do not care, or do not bother to think about it. Having a parent whose work dabbled in IP, I was not part of that majority. Having lived with random lectures on the topic and a strict no pirated rule in our house, I grew to understand and care about this issue.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We all create. Through instinct, basic necessity, or leisure, one way or another there is birth. As humans and gifted with intellect, I believe this is only natural to us. There is not one among us who have not, whether it be accidental or intentional, ever created. It is a function that we all share.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Creation is a process that takes work, we all know this. Whether it be a 500 word essay due tomorrow or the process that led to the next great painted masterpiece, there is a struggle to put into concrete terms that one idea. It is a seed, an infant, planted in our brain and nurtured to be brought out to the world in its fullest potential. It is our child, an original result of our own ideas and intellect. It is the result of toil and sweat and love.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">We did. Our culture of piracy says that it is okay to steal, to take that which we all have so laboriously worked for. How could we have come to the point where it is okay to take from one without so much as an acknowledgement and then gain from it?</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Piracy is not all about profit and thievery. Most importantly, it is about about respect. Mutual respect for each person with a mind and the gift to make and create. Respect for the product echoes a respect for the maker. Piracy does not only take without regard but it also insults our very make. How do we allow ourselves to be victims of such an atrocious practice that preys on those who are willing to construct the world and forge realities from the mind’s eye? They are the ones who built this world we all know and live in today</span></div>
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Since last April's graduation, my life has drastically changed and it's been a grand adventure. And yes, this Com student ended up moving halfway through the metro to pursue law. Who would've known, yeah?</div>
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But my law school story is to be told at another time-- there are too many things that have transpired and emotions that have been had throughout the course of my love/hate relationship for my very young law life. For now, I refuse to burden myself too much with thoughts of school as the semester has just ended and this is definitely a badly needed break.</div>
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P.S. I have been seriously addicted<a href="http://ask.fm/sisasaid" target="_blank"> to Ask.fm. Ask me anything here! </a></div>
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And yes, pretty much this has been my school look (on good days when I get minimum sleep and wake up with enough time to exert an effort).</div>
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The coolest, cutest package that <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lewisandpearlcologne" target="_blank">Lewis & Pearl</a> sent over! </div>
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A few weeks back I received I package I was particularly excited to get. </div>
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What was inside the box? Bottles and bottles of Girl Stuff nail polish! If you guys have not already noticed, I LOVE nail polish! So, when I heard that Girl Stuff was sending over a few bottles, I was delighted.</div>
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One downside of nail polish that I've yet to find a solution to would be how the polish usually damages the nails. I have very brittle nails and it only takes a coat of polish for my nails to start chipping and peeling. Girl Stuff promises to be free from these harmful polish materials (formaldehyde, toluene & do-butyl phthalate free) and since I can't stop painting my nails, I just resolved to go for this type of polish instead. </div>
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Now, what's in the box: </div>
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Pinky, Dare and Blues. Pinky and Blues are regular colors. </div>
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Magnetic Polish in Ice Queen, Pixie and Vixen</div>
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Now, I haven't had time to actually try on all the colours but my two favourites in the meantime are as follow-- Pinky and Dare.</div>
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This polish is extremely easy to manoeuvre and the drying time is relatively fast!</div>
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Also, my sister couldn't wrap her brain around the magnetic polish so she decided to give them a shot. This was the end result: </div>
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Today on Rappler's<a href="http://www.rappler.com/video/talkthursday/27471-talkthursday-poverty-behind-the-numbers" target="_blank"> #TalkThursday episode</a>, Jose Ramon Albert, Secretary General of the National Statistical Coordination Board spoke on poverty and statistics in the country. He mentioned that income inequality exists in the Philippines, that there's a divide between the rich and the poor.</div>
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<a href="http://www.upworthy.com/2-monkeys-were-paid-unequally-see-what-happens-next?g=2&c=upw1" target="_blank">THIS VIDEO</a> explains that thought perfectly.</div>
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And we wonder why things are this crazy.</div>
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So today at work an idea was born: we were to make a group fashion blog. This idea came about when the boss mandated that everyone should blog. All the talk on blogs led to an eventual show and tell of all the sites we liked and that was when the inevitable jealousy over things we do not have set in. Consensus is to make a group blog-- yes the office team I am in is powered by make-up, outfits, and estrogen. (Hahaha, I love this office).</div>
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This is an outfit my sister got for me from the Heatwave Bazaar at the World Trade Center. Amazingly the top and skirt cost only PHP 300. Beautiful bargain!</div>
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This is the Avon 'No to Violence' necklace-- it's a real functioning whistle! Read on more about it <a href="http://www.wheninmanila.com/speak-out-against-domestic-violence-with-avons-no-to-violence-whistle-necklace/" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Roxy Bag, Gant watch; <a href="http://www.wheninmanila.com/speak-out-against-domestic-violence-with-avons-no-to-violence-whistle-necklace/" target="_blank">Avon No to Violence necklace</a></span></div>
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A few weeks ago, we found ourselves parked at Choi Palace, Eastwood for a quick dimsum dinner.</div>
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Okay, admittedly this restaurant visit happened a while back but I am posting this now because I just woke up and it's past lunch-- I want me some dimsum!<br />
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Anyway, Choi Palace is a fine dining Chinese restaurant in Eastwood, yes the type with those round tables, cloth napkins, and aquariums for fresh seafood. There are, however, a few informal booths in the place and this was where we chose to sit when we visited, hungry for dimsum.<br />
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Here's what we had. For starters:</div>
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Fish Maw with Corn Soup (PHP 350), this was really good, I believe I finished 4 bowls of this. One order for 3 people is more than enough, we each ended up having more than one bowl. Chinese soup in general doesn't have strong flavour because they are designed to leave you wanting more the food that's about to come. </div>
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Seaweed with Century Egg (PHP 350), my Chinese restaurant staple. Can't have Chinese without this!</div>
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Hakaw (PHP 110) It is very rare that you find Hakaw with a generous amount of shrimp, but this was an exception-- there were at least three very fresh pieces in a dumpling.</div>
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Sioa Long Pao (PHP 120) Just because I have just discovered this dumpling, I keep on ordering it in every restaurant I could find it in!</div>
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Sharks Fin Siomai (PHP 100)</div>
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Fried Beancurd Roll (PHP 100) Very good, too.</div>
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Chicken Feet with Tausi (PHP 95)</div>
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White Chicken with Mushrooms (PHP 110) This I was not a very great fan of. I find it too bland for my taste.</div>
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Ah dimsum, how can you go wrong? All in all, it was a very filling meal and Choi Palace did not disappoint.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Top and Skirt from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SamsStation" target="_blank">Sam's Station</a>; Eye necklace from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bedazzle-Accessories/160340093990063?fref=ts" target="_blank">Bedazzle</a>; Sandals from Grendha; Roxy Bag</span></div>
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Armed with only my iPhone, I get caught in the most bungled adventures (and by bungled adventures I mean my mishap with the car dying on me while in Ortigas yesterday). And though I earlier said that fashion never ceases to amaze me, I am still glad for my sloppy/lazy days. Imagine what awkward hell I would've gone through if I wore this teeny skirt the day the car decided to semi-temporarily die on me in the middle of that street. Good thing I was in pants and sneakers-- was what I thought when we were pushing the car into a parking space (okay, I exaggerate, asked a few Kuya guards to help me push the car but it could still happen!)</div>
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Maybeline The Jewels lipstick in Fuchsia Crystal (left) and Refined Wine (right).</div>
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Basically the story is this: Camille and I were at the mall, walking around, when something flashy caught our eye-- one other than a big sale sign. So, who can resist lipstick at 50% off? Not me, that's for sure. Anyway, we ended up taking these home, even after promising to steer clear from make-up after that last big Target haul we had shipped (which landed us several tubes of lipstick, some of which remain unopened). Whatever, girls are girls and one cannot have too many lip colors.</div>
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What I love about this lipstick is that it has the perfect consistency for our tropical weather. This does not melt as easily as NYX or Revlon lippies. What I do not like about this particular Mayeline line is that it has a strong perfume smell that sticks for a while. Eek. PHP 199 (50% off) for a tube is really a great bargain, though.</div>
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Fuchsia Crystal is the pinker lipstick on the left while Refined Wine is the deeper darker red on the right. Perfect as I've been looking for lip color similar to this, something with a deep shade.</div>
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Refined Wine on mine, on two separate occasions. </div>
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Love it? Leave it? Me, I'm definitely going to be wearing this color for a while.</div>
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Little Quiapo's Mais con yelo, perfect for these really hot summer days.</div>
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A few days back, the family dined at Little Quiapo owing to the fact that my Aunt is visiting from the States.. and when there's a balikbayan relative, we Filipinos have to have our Halo halo! The heat these days help with the craving, too.</div>
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Little Quiapo is hidden away in BF, a village here in the South known for local watering holes and good eats. From what we heard from the servers, the restaurant used to serve 'pulutan' like their sisig with pig brain and beer, a perfect match. These days however, Little Quiapo has deviated from that watering hole persona and have moved towards being a more wholesome filipino restaurant knows for their Halo halos.</div>
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The family in little Quiapo.</div>
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Of course we had our Filipino food staples. Palabok was one.</div>
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Camille being funny with the 'palabok'.</div>
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And their sisig. Not served with pig brain anymore, but definitely very, very good.</div>
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Camaron Rebusado which looked a little like corn dogs. These were okay but the batter can be overwhelming.</div>
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The famous Halo halo. Unfortunately, I don't eat halo halo (weird, I know.) but I am told these are very good. </div>
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And this was what I had. Their Mais con yelo is pretty good, too.</div>
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And as I sit in today's 34 C heat, I am found wanting an order of their Mais con yelo goodness. </div>
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Little Quiapo: 42 Aguirre Ave. cor. Lirag St., Phase 1 , BF Homes, Sucat, Parañaque City, B.F. Homes, 1720</div>
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Here's to being responsible & looking the part!</div>
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Okay, this is not really what I'd call "proper corporate look" but I just love how easy and put together this look is-- I mean it's basically a tee and a skater skirt! I now truly believe that a blazer over anything instantly makes you look responsible because well, look:</div>
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Hardiharhar! I was told that I was "very Chanel" that day (with the blazer buttoned all the way up) but really, all I was trying to channel (pun intended) was a more mature and proper look. Yeah, because grown ups usually wear a blingy necklace to compensate for all the black and greys they're wearing. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Department Store shirt; <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SamsStation" target="_blank">Sam's Station</a> skater skirt; Tomato Bag; </span></div>
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Anyway, great news today-- I found out I also passed Ateneo Law! Yay! A celebratory cupcake was in order because finally, finally, I've passed an Ateneo and UP school exam. (Champagne, champagne for everyone!)</div>
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I feel so grateful and overwhelmed right now-- a great job that I was just dreaming of last year, great opportunities for law school, and wonderful people around me.</div>
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Because I honestly look awkward a whole lot-- and well, I was playing around with newly downloaded apps.</div>
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I like jeans and t-shirts. In fact, I lived in them before this little blogging project materialised. What drove me away from my love of comfy clothes and into this whole sartorial mess? Easy, I like looking nice. Ha.</div>
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But, see, it's not always easy. Clothes just don't look effortlessly great on me. One too many times I've bawled inside a dressing room because a certain style looks crappy on me-- usually this happens after trying them on a gazillion times hoping against hope, but finally realizing that my love for that certain style will remain unrequieted.</div>
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On most days I try to look better than my normal I-just-crawled-out-of-bed look and I'm starting to like the end results of this new fashion conscious persona. Still, I have those days which I believe call for a good old shirt and denim cut offs. </div>
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Some days, I feel caught in between. And then I end up in a loud hot pink corset and jeans.</div>
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Be warned that I went crazy on an online shop and I've just received a major shopping haul from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SamsStation" target="_blank">Sam's Station</a> which would explain if the posts following this would be filled with their products. That and I just downloaded a bunch of apps on my phone (thus the kaleidoscope photos) which include Candy Crush so if you're my FB friend, anticipate requests.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I was, </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But eternity streches far beyond where I can reach. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but it is not for me. </span></span></div>
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Located along Katipunan, Chef Sandy Daza's Wooden Spoon can get a little hard to spot because of so many other establishments in the area. It is well worth finding this place though as it is a gem hidden in plain sight. Wooden Spoon also offers a fusion of Asian flavors including Filipino food served with a different flair.</div>
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Wansoy Shrimp Balls (PHP 135) - My favorite from the whole meal. This is served with sweet chilli sauce and wansoy sauce, the latter was perfect for these delectable dumplings!</div>
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Shrimp Pampango (PHP 225) - That beautiful orange sauce is Wooden Spoon's taba ng talangka sauce. Tasty, but I was a little disappointed as I expected a richer, less diluted sauce.</div>
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Squid with Chili and Mushroom (PHP 225) - Tasty, oriental flavor.</div>
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Dinakdakan (PHP 185) - This Ilocano dish reminds me of sisig for some reason. One of the restaurat's specialty, a definite must try but not one of my favorites.</div>
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Tortang Talong (PHP 115) - I actually ordered this dish by accident (yeah, that happens to me) but good thing because my father absolutely loved this. </div>
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Sitaw sa Gata (PHP 110) - Because sitaw and gata is always good in my book.</div>
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Crab Pancit (PHP 135) - A curious choice, of course. The Crab pancit is very tasty. I love the texture, and I'm sure you can't get this dish anywhere else.</div>
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And there goes our wonderful meal. I do apologize for the photo quality as I've been a lazy, lazy blogger and I've been insisting on using my new iPhone camera (because omg it's so convenient!!!). I tell you now, the photos do not do justice to the food that we had. </div>
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My galaxy ombre nails, a new favorite mani! (Shown here with an Instagram filter)</div>
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Yesterday, I had to pass by a drugstore to buy something for the house. As fate would have it, I spotted two bottles of nails polish in colors I absolutely loved-- yes, I get distracted by bright, sparkly colors so easily sometimes it's funny. So I set off to buy a bottle of liquid sosa and I come home with two bottles of nail polish that I was very excited to try.</div>
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Chic "Grainy" polish in amethyst and Montana. I said I'd take a break from polish but just look at how cute these are!</div>
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Anyway, I tried on one color but it was too plain for my taste so I decided to put both on. At first, I had a galaxy manicure in mind but after a few failed attempts I decided on an ombre manicure. </div>
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The blue polish (Montana) goes on first with 2 coats and then the purple (Amethyst) goes on the tips. I love ombre nail because you really don't have to be too careful when applying the polish, the messier it gets, the more character the manicure gets.</div>
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These polish are labeled as grainy and as you can see in the previous photo, it tends to look a little rough. I didn't like that unpolished look so I decided to add a clear nail polish as top coat. That added a beautiful shiny effect.</div>
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I just love this manicure. One of my favorite styles ever, and one of the easiest to do. I swear I cannot stop looking at my nails. Choo does not care, though:</div>
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Oh, Choo!</div>
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Beautiful cut-out dresses from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ShopEnna" target="_blank">Enna</a>.</div>
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I got these beautiful cut-out dresses from an online store called Enna for a <a href="http://www.wheninmanila.com/shop-enna-stylishly-sexy-cut-out-dresses-online" target="_blank">WIM feature</a> a while back. I still cannot get over how much I love them. Wore this one to a friend's birthday bash and it was the perfect party dress. </div>
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I do suggest a cute cover up or blazer for this outfit when worn in a day setting. In a conservative country like ours, one cannot just traipse around town with bare backs like this (although I must say that I was tempted to), regardless of the heat. They're perfect for nigh outs though.</div>
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By the way, a big congratulations to the ladies who won the <a href="http://www.wheninmanila.com/giveaway-win-lovely-dresses-from-enna-and-wheninmanila/" target="_blank">WIM Enna giveaway</a>!</div>
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More to come, soon. Been taking photos with my phone everywhere and there's just still so much I want to share, but not enough time to type them down. Another new blog post soon, I promise.<br />
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