If I were a stylist…

…and someone would ask me to create a look that’s ‘me’? This is what I’ll make them wear:

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Anniversary

You’ve probably seen this guy in some of my posts. 

(Bernard at iBlog 5)

Well, we are celebrating our 6th anniversary tomorrow. Yes. 6 years.

I don’t know why I’m spreading the word. Heck, you’ll even see this post on my other blogs. Let’s just say that I’m happy to have spent six years with the guy I love so much.

Happy anniversary B! I love you.

Win a modu Phone!

I saw a plurk just now from Helga and I believe some of you guys will be interested in this. Globe Tattoo is giving away TEN brand new modu phones! Interested? Look here:

Hi, guys! Globe has an awesome surprise for everyone this holiday season! You can get a chance to win a Modu phone this Christmas, and have this cute phone right in the palm of your hand.

The Gadget

What’s the Modu phone, you ask? This cute phone is the world’s lightest, fully-loaded phone. At less than 50 grams, the Modu phone is the perfect phone for the fashionable and the chic. With 2 GB of built-in memory, you can insert the Modu phone into many different stylish jackets that carry a specific functionality. If you feel like playing music, texting, or playing games, there’s a customizable Modu phone waiting for you.

For people who like cute phones, this gadget should be on the top of your Christmas wishlist. It’s like having a new phone for every day of the week, or whenever you feel like it. The Modu phone comes to the Philippines only through Globe Telecom.

The Contest

You can use the Modu phone for pretty much anything! Now you can impress us with your unique, creative ideas on how you can use your new cute phone, and win one of ten brand new Modu phones up for grabs. To join our Modu phone giveaway, follow these easy steps:

- Shoot a short but creative three-minute video of what you would do with a Modu phone.
- Log on to the Modu Phone Promo page at the Globe Tattoo website, and copy-paste the link of your YouTube video.
- Go to www.youtube.com/tattooyouniverse, and post your video as a reply to the Modu video on the YouTube channel entitled “What would I do with a Modu?”
- Get your friends to boost up your rankings by having them post your YouTube entry on their Facebook pages, and boost your chances to win this cute phone.
- Deadline for submission of entries is on December 25, 2009

Globe will choose 10 of the coolest, most interesting and creative videos. Criteria for Judging are as follows:

- Diversity of ideas on what you will do with your own Modu– 40%
- Creativity in presentation– 35%
- Number of Facebook friends who will upload your video by December 25, 2009 – 35%

Ten lucky winners will win a brand-new Modu phone, complete with two Modu jackets. How cool is that? Not only do you get to be famous all over the internet, but you’ll have a new phone for Christmas this year!

What would you do with a Modu? Tell us today, and get a chance to win this really cute phone!

 

Dish out your videocams now!

Taken from: http://tattoo.globe.com.ph/gblog/2009/11/win-a-modu-phone/

Long Overdue Post: Philippine Blog Awards

Today (or probably this week) is Long Overdue Post Day (Week)! There are a lot of posts that I should’ve done weeks ago but haven’t due to laziness. Anyway, for this post, let me show you a tidbit of what happened during the Philippine Blog Awards 2009.

NOTE: This is a rushed post. Expect typos and grammatical errors. Lol.

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I went to PETA theater with fellow finalist Ade. Oh, I also tagged my boyfriend along, who was more excited than I am about the awars night thing. After a bus-mrt-cab-turned-tricycle adventure, we somehow arrived at the venue on time. We sat at the back of the theater with Ms. Noelle, Marck, Marcelle and other people whose names I forgot.

 I’m surprised and happy that I made the cut for the finals:

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Non-ukay Post: The Fabric Warehouse

I feel guilty.

I usually post things like this on my personal blog. But it’s kind of fashion related so I guess this post should be here.

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I’m cosplaying a new character on the AME convention on November 28. Yay?

My friends and I are scheduled to meet a seamstress on Saturday, so i need to buy my cloth ASAP. The original plan was to go to Divisoria on Saturday morning, then head to the seamstress in the afternoon. But my instincts told me that: 1. I might wake up late, 2. The extra money I’ll spend on costly mall cloth will be equal to the money I’ll spend on going to Divisoria just to buy cloth, and 3. I still have to buy that special glue for the armor I’m making on Saturday, so I need extra time. Do I make sense here?

My boyfriend, who works in Eastwood, told me that there’s a huge cloth shop near their office.  I figured I could save some time and energy by just going there as opposed to strolling through all fabric shops in SM Mega Mall. After getting money from the bank (teehee), I went there and found this:

This. shop. is. HUGE.
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Fashion Delight

ANNOUNCEMENT: Girls! Fashion Delight in Cubao will have new arrivals on Saturday, November 14. Get ready to go there on Saturday. There are already preparing for Saturday - I even saw some seemingly interesting pieces while Ate arranged them on racks. Also, lot of clothes are on sale as of the moment - so go there  now!

Fashion Delight
(photo from spot.ph)

I didn’t plan to visit them last night. All I wanted last night was to go home and cut up rubber foam sheets for my next cosplay gig. But the boyfriend wanted to see me, so off to Cubao! Of course I couldn’t resist peeking into one of the largest ukay stores in Metro Manila, so I browsed throgh racks and racks of clothes hoping to find something that interests me.

There were several pieces I would love to take home, there was this green military-chic skirt, a long lace skirt that I could transform into a dress, ruffled cardigans… aaand, I wish I had money last night. I forgot to get my money from the bank, and all I have in my wallet is my fare to go to work today. Oh well.

All I got is a gray long sleeved shirt that I’ll use (and abuse) for work. More on that when I get pics later tonight.

I might  I can pass by the shop later (and prolly get some good items). Boyfriend and I will visit this fabric shop somewhere near their office in Eastwood, and I think we can spare a few minutes to visit the shop before riding a bus home.

New Header(s)

I think I like this template. I get to have a huge photo of me as a header (lol), plus I have tons of wallpapers to choose from. I particularly like this wall paper: it has this vintage-girly feel. It’s not the best wallpaper though, I have other favorites that unfortunately, doesn’t suit the color schemes available in this template. Oh well.

I slept late last night, tinkering with my old photos. I have an idea for a header, but I don’t have time to take new pics. After an hour of browsing through files (and eventually losing the artsy stuff I had in mind), I came out with three cropped photos.

Header 1

Header 2

Header 3

I like header 1 best, but its too dramatic for an ukay blog. I have to resist putting that up (must.resist.temptation.). Header 3 is so-so, my eyebags disturb me in that one. Header 2 pretty much fits the part. Its also one of my favorite outfits ever. I wish I had boots that time, the outfit could’ve been perfect.

So for now, I’ll stick with this design.  What do you think?

PS. Header 1 was taken from our Urban Legends shoot. Photo by Gian. (sorry for cropping out your logo!)

Random Find: Wind-up Alarm Clock

On my way home last week, I passed by an unfamiliar store with a pink hanbok (a traditional Korean dress) display outside. Curious, I checked out the shop and lo, tons of second-hand stuff from Korea! Too bad I don’t have our camera that night, could’ve taken some pics. I think I have to do a post about these Korean thrift shops, there are three in the Monumento area right now.

There were cups, linen, semi-ornate metal chopsticks (I’m going back for these), figurines, plushies plus more random items you can use at home. It was a small store but I spent at least 15 minutes browsing through stuff. Of all those things, I got myself this:

A wind-up alarm clock, a noisy darn thing to wake me up in the morning. I’ve always wanted to have one, but they’re hard to find (we have ebay, but I don’t like buying items off the internet). Well, it’s not the real thing - I had to get an AA battery for this one. But it works just the same! And its cheap too!
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Semi-obligatory Outfit Pic

I love my boyfriend’s coat. I would love to have one like this:

Liz has this very structured jacket that she wears at least once a week.Though I’m not a fan of corporate-looking clothes, I want one! It gives a nice, formal feel to any outfit. I also highly anticipate a day when I’ll need something like that. Got to look a little mature sometimes. I hope I get to score one on my next (unplanned) ukay trip.
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Mega Masquerade 2009

I was a little unsure if I could attend this event or if it would push through. For one, signal number 3 was raised in Metro Manila the night before. I was up almost all night before this event - I was paranoid about the weather and I was rushing our masks for the event.

For some reason, mother nature was realy kind - the next morning, Metro Manila was under signal number 2 yet the skies are calm. So hello masquerade.

As I said in my previous post, I dressed up in one of my recent loli ensemble:

Bad lighting! Haha. Friends with good cameras, please upload our pics.

I made my boyfriend ‘dress up’ - coat + black pants + Aka head beand-turned-cravat:
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