I might wear black four years straight

Top w/ mesh cutout: Plains and prints; Jeans: Bayo; Bag: Zara; Belt: Forever 21; Shoes: SM dept store; Earrings: Chanel

Your colors too bright, your voice too light

I might wear black four years straight,

I might bring back Versace shades.
-Jay-Z, D.O.A. (Death of Autotunes)

My favorite line: Get back to rap you T-Pain’n too much! I totally agree.
I love Jay-Z and I love the video of this song.. Check it out on youtube!

This was my Sunday outfit. Sorry for the grumpy look it was too hot that day.. I erased my face in the second pic because I look angry haha (galit sa mundo, iha?)

Self-Imposed Dress code + New Background

Ruffled top: Tomato; Shorts: from a bazaar; Flats: Celine; Bag: Zara; Earrings: Chanel
New background!! haha..
The shoes are still in the billiards table since the repainting of my shelves haven't started yet..=(
I kinda like this part of our house more than the billiards table, what do you think?

quote from lelove

I raided my closet the other day for tops that have a high neckline/non-plunging. No, I'm not being conservative if that's what you think. The truth is I have a very unsightly pimple a few inches above the chest area. (eeeewww, I know.) So while waiting for it to heal, I'll be rocking this kind of look for a while, which I actually enjoy by the way..

Today is the boy's 25th birthday, I wore this outfit yesterday to his house party. Wore my good old flats since the ruffled top has so much details already and I wanted to look a bit casual. And oh, the bag is a new purchase from Zara I have long been wanting to find a perfect big black bag but almost all the bags I see are big, black and boring. This one is the right one for me plus it's super versatile, I'll show you in my next post why..=)

**Have a great weekend everyone!!**

LADY GAGA IN MANILA

Eeeekkkkkkkkk I can't believe I'm watching Lady Gaga on the 11th! 2 weeks ago I accepted the fact that I won't be able to go because our duty schedules weren't announced until a few days ago and by that time I know my sched, tickets might have been sold out. The last 2 concerts I wanted to go to were Ne-Yo's and Craig David's but I was duty those nights.. (the perks of the hospital world..boo)

Luckily, I'm not on duty on Tuesday and the sister texted me a few minutes ago that

she got us tickets!! Probably the worst seats in our concert-attending history but

WHATEVS, LADY GAGA WAIT FOR ME!!!

Wednesday = vintage glossies, Stella and a yellow ribbon.

Tomorrow is a non-working holiday here in the Philippines since tomorrow will be the burial of Former President Cory Aquino. I don't have plans of going out because I'm pretty sure traffic will be crazy, instead I made a list of "home activities" for tomorrow.

1. Watch the funeral ceremonies/parade on TV. I was super young when Ninoy Aquino died (her husband) but my dad said that it was the most attended funeral in the history of the Philippines. 2 million Filipinos attended the funeral march. Now that I'm old enough to watch and to remember I will not miss it for sure.

2. Be a stay-at-home-mom for 1 day to my not so little Stella.

She is in her "teething" phase right now, I bought her chew toys/food but she keeps on munching on everything -- even my hair! I bought her 4 dresses today but sadly some of them were a bit small for her.
She has grown a lot already!
My cousins describe her as a cross between a polar bear and a pig haha. So cute!I love animal prints! And the checkered one reminds me so much of Gwen Stefani!
The checks look so cool.

I also bought her a new "dining set".

She is wearing a dress with a ballerina print.
Love the skirt detail of the dress because it is not purely printed.
The gray and white fabrics were sewn over the print, i likey.

I'll try to bring her somewhere "grass-y" because the 1st and last time she experienced playing in the grass was the day we bought her and brought her home. Hope to squeeze in a little oufit post too.

3. Swim in my vintage Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Elle magazines circa 1990-1993. YES the golden years of the SUPERMODELS!! These are my aunt's but they are mine now! woot woot. She gave them to me last week and I fought the urge to read them immediately because I still had my Physiology exam last Saturday.

When I was around 9 or 10 years old I clearly remember reading these 2 magazines in her living room.. The only models I knew that time were Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell and Nikki Taylor.
And now 14 years later I will be reading and devouring it again!!

Aaaaahhhh INSPIRATIONS GALORE!

US Vogue: March 1991; May 1992

I don't have clear recollections about the others but I feel like I have unearthed a treasure chest, seriously. You know the feeling when you have your last box of your favorite chocolates and you want to eat everything at once because it's super yummy but at the same time you try not to finish it because you want to prolong the wonderful taste?

That's how I feel about these magazines.. <3

(1990-1993)

US Elle: August 1990
Gimme those rings!!

I'll try to share some of the stunning editorials if I have time and after I get reacquainted with our
scanner at home which I have never used.

Speaking of magazines, here are the August issue of 2 of the leading fashion magazines in the Philippines.
To those living in Manila: Which cover do you like more and why?
Thoughts?

And for the record, I am not a Kapuso.
I am a Kapamilya (although I rarely watch TV) =)

All my celebrity crushes are from channel 2 and not a single one from GMA haha..
I heart Zanjoe, Derek, John Lloyd, Jon, Jake and Gerald.

Goodbye President Cory Aquino

Touching pictures taken by my sister this afternoon when President Cory Aquino's body was transferred from La Salle greenhills to Manila Cathedral. She will be buried on August 5 (Wednesday).

The shirt says: "thank you and goodbye, president Cory.."
RIP Tita Cory!
*All photographs taken by Steph E. (my sister)

Night out with my girls

Fun night, met up with my college friends whom I haven't seen in a long time for dinner and clubbing until my shoes acted like a diva and decided to give me MAJOR pain haha.. Lesson learned: Should've worn my tried and tested clubbing shoes, not the once I have only worn once to a dinner and probably had about 30 steps mileage..=P

Hello. I'm Miss red-eye! I have red-eye in ALL pics. Happens all the time.
Night of the hand-on-the-hips pose.
Landmark dress over a F 21 lingerie-ish top; Celine shoes; Forever 21 clutch & bracelet; Chanel earrings

I got this Forever 21 clutch on sale for around $10.
I super love the gold pyramid detail and the leathery look of it.
Not bad for $10 right?

Work vs. Play

This morning, I was preparing stuff to bring back to my apartment. I usually bring my uniform, scrubsuits, my white blouses and my saturday civilian clothes, nothing extra.. But this week it's different, tonight I'm going to dinner with my college friends whom I haven't seen in 2 years.. SUPER EXCITED!!=) On Friday, we'll have dinner then we'll watch the gig of my medschool friends.. So yey I have reasons to dress-up this week!! I'm so happy! So I brought more clothes.. I mostly brought gray-black pieces, it's easier to bring clothes in the same shade if you're in a hurry..

WORK

(uhhmmm it's actually an internship we're not paid and we go on 36 hours duty-- not complaining though!)
What I bring back every single week..

(White blouse: Topshop)

This is my UGLIEST scrub suit but it's the most comfortable..

Last year, when I was still a junior intern this was what I used to wear but now that we're post graduate interns already we're no longer allowed to wear this shade anymore.
Now I use it as sleepwear..=)

PLAY

For dinner later.. eekkk my shoes turned green haha

For friday gig and saturday exam.. and some extras =P

My double purpose shoe box.. It can fit 8 tank tops; some accessories, a scarf and 2 nailpolish..

Just wanted to show you what I look like from Monday-Friday. I'm still amused with the fact that I maintained a blog even if I ACTUALLY wear this everyday except if I'm off to the mall or I'm meeting a friend or I go home or I play dress-up on a weekday.

And to the person who googled this:

philippines uniform dress code residents FEU or physician or skirt "dress code" -residential

(WOW that is the longest search term I've seen!)
I'm sorry you didn't find resident's/doctor's uniform in my blog so here I'm posting my medical intern's uniform.. (And also as per Rain's request a long time ago..=P) Resident's uniform are the same as mine except they wear long-sleeved blazers.
(White blouse: Topshop; Flats: Topshop; Bag: Vintage Nina Ricci)

Sisters

Yesterday my sisters and I went out to eat.We were so happy that Pepper Lunch has opened its branch in Alabang yey! The food is super yummy as usual, I'm actually craving for some salmon teriyaki at this moment.. Was supposed to post a little food porn but all our eating pics turned into .NEF files and I can't upload it..grrrr..

After dinner, I usually roam around the mall and windowshop but I wasn't in the mood... Hmm maybe because I'm broke, that's why!=P So we just camhored instead, so much fun!

I've always been a fan of the basic tank+ skirt combo but this time I want to try something different. So I wore a textured top (I wore this in one of my older post) with a printed skirt and I liked how it turned out.. The skirt is actually a maxi dress I bought at Surplus shop for cheaps! (again) The cut was unflattering but I loved the print so I still bought it and had it reworked into a skirt..

Men's jacket: Solo; Mesh top: Plains & Prints; Reworked Skirt: Surplus Shop; Shoes: Renegade Folk

Here are my sisters, our styles are different but kind of overlaps also.. Sister 2 is more of sporty and she likes printed clothes while Sister 1 is super fond of layering and is fond of artsy prints because she paints and does a lot of art. We borrow clothes from each other, mostly jackets/blazers and we share the love for accessories! The only thing they don't borrow from me are my shoes because my feet are too big!

(Sister2, Me!, Sister1)
Sister 2 bought us these super cute keychains. All of us are Twilight freaks!
Yes, even my brother. Mine is also the same as the Princess keychain..=)
Bags: Fifi Lapin for Le Sportsac and Louis Vuitton with Juicy couture charm

Close up of sister2's bag. Fifi is super cute right?