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We drew our own constellations
I spent two days—count ‘em, TWO DAYS—to come up with this outfit. Mainly because of these two pieces:
Trilby from Lucban, P75. I’ve always wanted a fedora, and when I saw this during the Pahiyas festival, I bought it at once. I didn’t notice that it’s a tad too small for me. I haven’t worn it since, and I was thinking of sell it (or giving it away) and buy another one. But I ended up deciding to keep it. It’s been in my closet for half a year, patiently waiting for me to put it on my head.
Leather ankle boots from Bass, a gift from a friend. I was a bit hesitant about these boots. I mean, as many of you know, I LOVE boots, but…ankle boots? I wasn’t quite sure. I didn’t know if I had the jeans to wear them with (my other jeans keep bunching up around it), and I didn’t know if I had any other outfits to go with them. Ah, but I tried them, anyway.
So I had two things I definitely wanted to use—actually, I NEEDED to use them if I was to convince myself that they had a place in my wardrobe.
After many trial combinations and variations and mix and matching, I finally threw them together with my a graphic shirt from Circle C, a robot necklace from my brother (which you cannot see in this photo), my favorite unbranded jeans from Circle C, and my favorite satchel from Metrobank.
And, whaddya know? I think this combination might actually be working. Yeah?
“listen to all the translations
of the stories across the sky”
Title from “Constellations”, Jack Johnson
everybody’s got the love but they keep it inside
Red blouse, Shaw Blvd. MRT Station, P150. I got it from the same place I got this red blouse.
I like this blouse, but I think this is only the second time I’ve worn this since I bought it on February or March. Maybe it’s because it’s too striking red? Or maybe because a couple of months ago I couldn’t wear this if I was feeling bloated. (This was after lunch. So…yey for my sort of well-balanced diet?)
I was kind of expecting my dad or one of my brothers to be all strict about it being…body-hugging… but they actualy liked it. Haha!
I should start wearing this more often.
By the way: that necklace and bracelet combo is from my mom.
About the photo
I haven’t taken a photo of myself in a while (obviously, since I haven’t been updating this blog much)…and I think it shows. Boo. But, anyway. I missed putting white spaces in my photos. So there you have my wall. And the lone, surviving star decal thingy. Wheeee~
Title from “Oh!”, Eric Hutchinson
oh yeah, I’m looking at the sun
Shades, Punya. Blue blouse, DEI. Lace tank. Jeans, Jag. Brown leather bag, Celine. Necklace and bracelet from my mom’s dresser.
It’s looking to be an extremely hot summer, but thank goodness for the human invention called the sunglasses.
The other day I was at People are People looking at sunglasses and fell in love with a pair. It was rather pricey, though, so I put it down and decided to buy it next time (if it was still there). About an hour later as I was browsing the new stuff at Punya, I saw an almost identical pair… except the hue was blue instead of black, and it was half the price.
That’s the best “except” I’ve written in a while, yes? Yes! It fits nicely on my nosebridge, and my eyelashes don’t reach it. Oh, thank God! That’s always been my problem with shades and glasses. The one down side of having long eyelashes 
Needless to say, I bought the shades. It costs P150, in case anybody’s wondering.
Title from “Looking at the Sun”, Gramercy Arms. Such a happy, summer-y song.
Out of these shadows comes the light
You will keep
Keep me in this evening
Even though
You are not here with me
- Shadows, Rufus Wainwright
Pink senseless shirt from Tiendesitas. And when I say senseless, I mean senseless. Even more senseless than lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. It starts with “remlsp spsy…” and goes on to even more letters that seriously cannot be words.
I LOVE IT.
I threw it on today on the way to band practice. And then the heat gave me a migraine headache, thus the haggard hair, lazy face, and even lazier lighting…which turned out to be pretty nice. Wheeee! Thank you, VJ, for teaching me how to work shadows. Eeeeeee I LOVE IT! (And I am so loving my new curtains for my window, too.)
Without giving anything away
You’ll find ships inside of bottles
- “Gold in the Air of Summer”, Kings of Convenience
Pink blouse, DEI. White camisole, Landmark. Jeans, HerBench. Wood bead necklace. Glass necklace, Punya. Blue cuff bracelet, Circle C. Bag, L’Oreal. Sandals, my mom’s closet. (She offered that I use her white sandals instead… I think I should have taken her up on that. Haha!)
Most of the items in this outfit have gone from my closet to my discard pile to my closet to my discard pile and back to my closet again. While I was doing this year’s spring cleaning, I had decided to put that barely used pink blouse and that never used bag in my discard pile again.
Today I had to wear something cool and possibly airy to the Walkway in Fort Bonifacio, since, y’know, we’d be walking in the sun. I decided to try my hand again in the boyfriend jeans, seeing as my last one wasn’t entirely successful. I tried the white cami, too, which I haven’t worn in YEARS (I haven’t learned how to use plain white tops on my body type). And then my eyes fell on my discard pile and saw this pink blouse. I threw it on, along with a couple of necklaces. And then I grabbed the sailor-looking bag.
Thank God I haven’t gotten rid of them! But don’t get me wrong: this isn’t to promote NOT discarding the stuff in your discard pile, guys. This post is to promote USING the stuff in your closet. Even old ones. Haha!
Needless to say, none of the items in this outfit will go to my discard pile in a looooooooong time.
Cookie Cookie Cookie starts with “C”
Cookie Monster shirt, Tiendesitas, P150.
Let this be known: Cookie Monster is my favorite Muppet of all time, because (1) he loves chocolate chip cookies, like I do, and (2) he’s blue! Haha! He’s so cute.
I love this shirt! The material is thick but still feels cool (which I LOVE in white shirts), and I love how long it is. And the embroidery is just excellent.
I think I should’ve worn a necklace with this shirt, though. Or a bracelet. Or something.
And, yes, my photo is blurred. I think I moved a bit.
Meanwhile, enjoy this vintage “C is for Cookie” video!
And what it all comes down to, my friends
…is that everything’s just fine, fine, fine
- “Hand in My Pocket”, Alanis Morisette
Purple vintage shirt, Circle C, P85. Tuesday uniform coat, office issue. Slacks, hand me down. Naturalizer shoes.
Today I woke up to realize that most of my office clothes are still at the launderer’s. That left me to work with my t-shirts. And my pair of slacks. It’s Tuesday today, so I wanted to wear pink… And that narrowed my selection down to this purple vintage shirt right here. That plus my Tuesday coat (which I fortunately didn’t wear last week) plus our trusty ID made me look all office-y. Wheee! I didn’t even have to wear jewelry. Haha!
I love how our office gives us the freedom to wear anything we want, even though we were given uniforms (which we are strongly encouraged to wear). Anything we want, as long as it’s excellent and corporate and we look like we’re working in the building, that is.
You better get me to school on time
School of Rock shirt, Circle C, P75. Pigtails. A huge, red bracelet. Jag jeans. My Sony Ericsson W760i.
I love School of Rock.
I love military green.
I love cheap clothes.
I LOVE THIS THIS T-SHIRT.
Okay, so that’s not really the logo of School of Rock, but I think the creators of this shirt nailed the branding, don’t you think so, too? And, look, it’s 75 pesos. Circle C is love.
Title from “School of Rock” by Jack Black, from… School of Rock. Haha!
Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
Graphic t-shirt, unbranded jeans and moon guitar necklace, all from Circle C. Boots from ukay sa Crossing. Beatles bag from Thailand.
My outfit for the Alice in Wonderland premier. Of course I was going to wear my little moon guitar necklace. It’s Alice size! Haha!
Title from “The Jabberwocky”, Lewis Carroll.
Shot taken by Sara in SM Megamall, right before closing time.
How am I a stranger to you when we’re friends?
Blouse from Shaw MRT Station, 120.
I have a love-hate relationship with this blouse. Sometimes it looks really nice on me, but sometimes it looks really…unflattering. Take this day, for example. I looked okay on-stage, people said, but, in my photos outside my usual Sunday venue I looked like I squeezed myself into this blouse.
But then I take this shot haphazardly in my room, and…well…I think it looks okay, yes? I guess I’ll just chalk it up to the camera angles or something. Or maybe rushed shots really do work sometimes. 
Title from “Bears” by Sam Isaac
About the photo
I usually like the lighting in my room, but in this photo… it looks like my arms went sunbathing without the rest of my body knowing. Bleh. Oh well. I still love this shot 
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