i'm a girl

this debutant thing made the whole family grrazy..! my mom just bought a "brown" skirt with some shining-shimmering splendid inside. my sister (this was a sunday incident) spent 2000 pesos for clothes (she bought me a sailor uniform), shoes, skirts and caps for us. my other sister wore a "romantic sweater" (you know the one like a turtle neck with alot of ruffles) and heels on a hot lazy sunday. my dad's been so busy with the songs thing. i took my mom's make-up kit and started polishing my face. make-up-over-make-up-over-make-up and i was scary. i was looking for the right mix of make-up so after one mixture, i wash my face with a cleanser and mix another mixture. but, believe it or not, i look good on make-up. but i'm a bad make-up artist. firstly, my face looked brutally red. secondly, my face looked brutally white. and then lastly, i don't have a face anymore.

here are my faces:

as show-off as it may get, i got the good set of teeth. i snagged a lip gloss and a lip shimmer from my mom (and it tasted orange) and i used it today. here's my lip:

the make-up kit came from my mom's friend who's leaving the country soon. she's a great friend to my mom and it's very great of her to give us the kit. haha. here are the make-up spoils:

this is an artistic snapshot of our collection of nailpolishes. we have more if you think that shouldn't be called a collection. i just made a nice shot to recreate my skill. (what?)

A video of my "make0ver interview" is coming up. just waiting for the upload to process.

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the weekenders

Last Friday was my other sister's Prom night and my sister came home from Quezon ave. It was fun because she's home and we always wanted to bond during weekends. She had a surprise. It was Tess' (from Roswell) armadillo dance and we laughed. We had hot chocolate the one Carolyne gave from Australia. We sprinkled it with chocolate too. Then we watched other videos from her iBook such as The Weekenders, Veronica Mars, Roswell, other interviews and music videos. I slept early. bummer.

The next day, i watched Roswell early in the morning. Then we do the laundry and other chores. After than we sing songs and recorded it with my phone and uploaded it on the iBook. Then we watched the "our concert" at around 8.00 and then watched The Weekenders and laughed. Then, we recorded ourselves fooling around. At around 1.00, we decided to call for pizza and my parents were asleep already. But, unfortunately, the pizza huts are already closed. Around 3.00, our tummies began to grumble that we decided to call for Chinese food. We ordered miki, siomai, siopao, shangai and hot chocolate. I even took a video of it.





After that, we watched more The Weekenders and sadly i was the first one to crawl to bed. It was Sunday after Saturday and we went to church. We wore something conventional. I wore suspenders, top, pants and flats, my sister wore an army skirt, top and shoes and my other sister wore a Korean-inspired shirt, pants and flats and it was grool. Then we ate at Pancake House after conversation-over-conversation with our relatives. Here's a video of the Pancake House brunch.





After that we went flea market shopping. It was fun dressing up in weird clothes, shoes, hats and skirts. My sister payed for all which made her broke. It cost 1,950 pesos all in all and she's officially broke. Then we went meat marketing and bought ice cream and we had a little "dress-up" with the parents and they were in awe. It was something to use for our friend's debutant party. We were asked to sing too so we practiced with our cousins songs like Birthday Song by Don McLean and One Friend by Dan Seals.

Here's a pair of Japanese shoes from my shopping spoils yesterday:



it's like for tap dancing. (Sorry for the picture. Sad to say, i did not edit the options of my camera..)


Everything's back to normal when our cousin left. The day ended too.

Fin.

link buttons

I made link me buttons for my blog. If you have any graphics that i could use, contact me.

please copy the code of your choice below and paste them in your site for my presence of exposure (haha):


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I hope these link buttons end up in a good site or blog to ensure respect from avid readers of my blog. If anybody is keen on swapping with me, e-mail me. More link buttons coming soon. If anybody have a more artistic link buttons for my blog, please contact me and i will send much gratitude... (lol.)

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my life in black and white

i was mentally incoherent yesterday aside from watching "My Funny Valentine" and my theory that my family abandoned me. i made a video of myself like some sort of "insta-interview" and it turned out cool.

Out of this "video-o-mine" i expressed my creativity by taking a video of my foot. and because of this video, i'll try to consider the idea of video-blogging. haha. silly me.

Have fun.



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w a l l

remember when i told you i wanted to have retro paintings on my future wall? well, i opened eBay again to look for styles and all i had are these...:

i'm ready to design again.

Fin.

retro interior

when i was a kid, i always wanted to be an interior designer, or a fashion designer or a painter. anything related to arts are my passions (photography, pop culture, fashion, music, dance).

i've drawn some of my designs and i promised myself to build it as it is for my parents. but, dear, don't keep promises you can't keep. but i still kept on drawin' and drawin'. i even made a swing chair for living rooms. i have alot of reference magazines and hardbounds too like: modern retro, the sixties, cool kids room, Preview etc. and i learn new designs. i know that someday i'll make the best house for my parents.

i found this retro interior design from deviantart.com. seems a little old-60s design. i don't know where to get those kinds of television. the one that looks like an astronaut's helmet.

i love lava lamps. i think it's too vintage. where can you get lava lamps now? (other than house decorations shop.. haha. *bloat*) my ideas for a stylish, vintage-inspired house are:

1. black and white tiles (or white and pink)

2. swing chairs (memory of my childhood)

3. painting-filled wall

4. 60s-70s movie posters on the wall

5. neon-colored chairs and citrus fruit on the table

6. polka dots (anywhere)

7. a small rectangular hole on the wall where i can read books

8. vintage telephone

9. penguin bathroom (for my sister)

10. kidney-shaped pool (for my sister)

i expressed my prodigy once again.

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i am still hip

i'm still hip.
my sister welcomed me to "teenhood" on my 13th birthday. after that, i started changing my lifestyle and behaviour.

yes, ladies and gentlemen. i am still hip. most people here (mostly the hellhole) are ignorants and their wide eyes kept looking at you from head to toe when you wear something out of ordinary. i say, matching.

matching
n.
One that is exactly like another; a counterpart.
One that is like another in one or more specified qualities: He is John's match for bravery.
One that closely resembles or harmonizes with another: The napkins were a nice match for the tablecloth.
A pair, each one of which resembles or harmonizes with the other: The colors were a close match.

me: matching is fashion. just think of black to pink. red to white.
people: a stick of juicy fruit is fashion. just think of yellow top, yellow undergarment, yellow pants, yellow shoes. people are sick.


i am still hip.
Fin.

milk and honey

i found an article about "Milk and Honey" at pulp (pop culture) site.

is one of the cutest-hottest young labels in Australia.

is, said to be, all about bold colours and quirky prints for flirty females.

the milk and honey offers a variety of retro-60s frenzy clothing for every seasons. their official site ilovemilkandhoney.com explains it all. they show off their inner vixen with their latest summer collection, "Rapture".

Their is a real milk and honey band which plays music ranging from 60s to 80s.

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stargirl: irina lazareanu

my sister introduced to me, Irina Lazareanu.
is a Canadian supermodel.
is formerly the drummer of the UK band Babyshambles.
was discovered by Kate Moss.



according to answers.com, Irina transcends fashion and music, specifically rock n roll, which contributed to the rise of her modelling career. she is known for her distinctive vintage-inspired style. her semblance developed the status of "it-girl". she composed a song for the band "Babyshambles" where she was also the band's former drummer. The song was entitled, "La Belle et la Bête" (which, i agree, is a good song for one supermodel). Irina also took ballet.

Irina was born on the 8th of June 1982 and had modeled for top designers such as Anna Sui, Balenciaga, Chanel, Versace, et al.

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gimme your stuff and the others follow

I found this blog, gimme your stuff. It's a great idea to arrange a "cultural swap" with someone from another country. It's a full-blown advantage. Firstly, you'll meet other people from other country with the same interests as you have. Secondly, you'll receive some treasured stuffs from their side of the world and lastly, as you send parcels to them, you excite them. fill them with joy!

I am the pulchritudinous maleena or karen. i have the blood of both Japanese and Filipino. I love fashion. I sort of love to match peculiar things up. I took art and piano class too. and photography and music are my passions.

As this is a swap, and not a beauty contest, i guess i need to list my wants and what i can send now. so here they are fellow swapees.

As i live 2 persons-in-one, i will send either Filipino stuffs or Japanese. So here's what i'm about to send:

- tradional snacks like dried mangoes, mangorines, sushi leaves, noodles, cantons, etc.

- local candies, chocolates, biscuits and chips

- mix cd of Filipino music (i am currently in the Philippines)

- fashion magazines/craft magazines

- Filipino children's books

- kawaii things (Hello Kitty, Monokoro Boo, etc.)

- socks

- guitar-related stuffs (Filipinos are rockstars, people.)

- weird necklaces

- colored thread or ribbons

- handmade gift wrappers, papers, notebooks

- scrapbooking stuffs

- stationery and stickers

- keychains

- coins

- stones and erasers

- vintage clothes

- books

- nailpolishes

- stuffed toys

- cute wallets

- local cosmetics

- markers, colors, invisible pens, pencils, pens

- local kitchen ingredients such as coffee creamers, coffee, salt, sugar, bread spread, mayonnaise, etc.

- hair clips/scrunchies, accessories

I am under no limitations. Whatever requests would be accepted from Chinese (we have a Chinese mall here) to Japanese to yummy Filipino delicacies. (that rhymes.)

Visit this for another good swap.

In my part, i would love to receive:

- fashion magazines, photography magazines, art magazines or craft magazines

- drawings or artworks

- mix cd from your side of the world

- local foods like candies, chocolates, biscuits and chips

- books

- children's books

- American indie films

- vinyl records or laser disks

- anything with penguins on it

- t-shirts

- knitting magazines

- eyeglasses or retro glasses

- vintage fabrics

- weird eyeglasses

- handmade stuffs

- scrapbooking stuffs

- keychains

- small things like kawaii stuffs

- unpredictable things

- polkadot stuffs

- knee-high socks

- dvds

- a taser

- anything tradional or unique from your country

if you are keen on swapping with me, e-mail me at webishell[at]yahoo[dot]com or post a comment or add me at Yahoo! messenger: webishell[at]yahoo[dot]com, so we can be more specific with our interests.

Happiness comes from every boxes. (i made that one up!)
Greetings! from Japan and Philippines.