Cheer Up Emo Kid FTW

Just had to post this. It's too damn hilarious!! Beats two mugs of black coffee at this hour. Thanksomuch for the links, Epak.

Recovering

I've been sick since last weekend and today's my second day of staying in. There's a lot of work to do back in the office and i dread resuming work tomorrow. I stopped doing yoga since last week to give way to a series of overtime work we'll be doing to beat our major deadline on March 5. So that means tomorrow, it's crunch time all over again. But for now, I'm quite happy to be stuck at home, just lying in bed dreaming about bread and furniture. I swear, someday i'm gonna make a bread empire. And, like my boss, i want to design furniture on the side.

Aren't these lovely?



















Olive Rosemary Focaccia













































Moroso: Bent and Antibodi

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I'm looking forward to watching these. Mood: Excited!

MyLifeIsG

Just got back home from a night out with Ejohn and Pauline. We had dinner at Mr. Jones in Greenbelt 5 and food was so good!! We had three huge courses for sharing: pot roast, fried chicken and biscuits, and a bucket of shrimp and calamari with dips served in the cutest mini buckets. The food presentation was so adorable I regret not bringing a camera. We'll definitely be coming back! Really, thank God for friends. They enrich me. They are my rock. We had a good talk over dessert at Cold Rock and sang pre-high school songs on our ride home. Ejohn couldn't have captured tonight's dinner any better in his tweet.

heyitsejohn "Car ride home with @MikiMono and Pauline reminded me of why I love my friends so much. Anyone I can sing Sobakasu with is someone I can keep."

I have a long list of movies to see. Just added this one on my list.





Some of the creatures seen in the video remind me of Takashi Murakami's colorful paintings in collaboration with Louis Vuitton. That collection made me appreciate LV bags. So cute! Speaking of bags, i just bought a Rootote last night. They'll ship it today so hopefully i get it by Friday. heee!

Here's a picture of the bag i purchased. :)

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My friend Pauline had a birthday bash at Blufrog, Ortigas Home Depot three weeks ago (I know I'm cramming everything today!). It was good to see old friends again, and I'm so happy we got to catch up on things. I usually take food shots when i go out but i was too hiya to do food photography at a party with friends. I tend to get too compulsive when i take food pictures and i can't fully enjoy the meal i'm having when i know i'm shooting. The party food was great though.



















































That's my bag there. LOL (full photo doc of the party on FB!)


Segway: These are a couple of the songs i have on loop for the past weeks. Thank you to all my music feeders! Plus a super funny toilet prank video.

Site Visit

Our office had a sort of field trip last month. Our illustrious boss wanted us to go to the site of a residential project so we can see how things are put together in actual construction, and the clients were so kind to let us take a tour of their house. As we went around, I was keen on taking photos of details and terminations of architectural and interior components of the house. I enjoyed that very much, but i think it's too geeky to write about it here. Maybe I'll make a separate design blog someday. But what I love about the house is that it had lap pool and all the rooms open to a panoramic view of a golf course in San Juan. I really hope we can get to do this again soon.

Mt. Pinatubo Trek 2010

Took a quick day trip with my college friends to trek in Mt. Pinatubo about three weeks ago. A friend of mine who has gone there told me that we would cross streams during the trek so I bought amphibious shoes from Merrell (which I’m really proud of) before the trip. I also peeked in a few stores and was curious to see what other outdoor gears they have to offer. Though I got excited just seeing those thermal jackets (which are bloody expensive BTW) that I will be needing for my next climb, this Mt. Pinatubo trip only requires new footwear. I heard that the trek was really easy but I was not quite ready to wear just hiking sandals since I didn’t want any more toe accidents. My shoes felt so light on my feet and made me feel like I could walk on any terrain (rushing water, slippery rocks, coarse ground) without slipping.

We took a bus and left Manila for Capas, Tarlac at around 330 in the morning, and then took a tricycle to the jump-off point in Barangay Sta. Juliana. The tricycle ride was pure torture because the dawn was so cold and we were exposed to the open air hitting our faces. Forgot to bring a jacket so we had to endure that for half an hour.

Here is picture taken while we were riding the 4x4 trucks. This was my favorite part of the trip. It was like a huge valley of volcano ash bordered by mountains and there were random patches of tall grass and cows running lose. So cute!

The truck ride took about and hour, then the trek begins.

And then you see this. We were at the crater.

The view was breathtaking and almost felt prehistoric.

We rode boats to the other side of the crater lake where we had our lunch. My friends took a dip in the lake while i stayed ashore because i was too busy taking pictures. The shore had hot spots...literally, and you can see steam coming out from the ground.

Here is a picture of a golden stream that runs to the lake. I love how things here are in weird colors.

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