Hi, I'm back!

Photo taken from where I stayed -- Mr. Kengkoy weaving community in Bañadero, Daraga, Albay (a barangay which is part of the Extended Danger Zone -- for 5 days.

A Thank You Note and more

I don't like saying this phrase 

but I'm gonna this time: Amazeballs last night!! 

Salamat kay Papa God, 

sa aming mga inspiring and ever-dedicated community nanays, 

sa mga cool brand ambassadors, 

sa mga sumoporta (e.g. sponsors) 

-- at sa magiging supporters na rin, 

kay Gang Badoy (shet, she's so astig) who hosted the event-gathering, 

at sa mga so-wonderful volunteers. 

Bonggang bambam na Salamat! 

Dios Mabalos!

I'm very grateful that I've become part of the Mr. Kengkoy endeavor. 

Good job to the core team! 

Let's don't forget to give ourselves a well-deserved pat on the back.

Photo not mine

Let's do more! So, what's next? :))

Wish List December Holidaze 2012

We all have our wants and needs and what-have-we. In my quite many failed blogs, I used to make wish lists but they do not come true -- heck! And yet I feel like it's obligatory to still make one; I do like list-making.

With 13 days to go till Christmas Day, I have randomly come up with 13 bullets of wants/wishes. Here they are:

1. My to-be-actually-tech-savvy list is here.

The traditional ones:

2. An analog note-taking device would always be appreciated.

3. Books!

• If you love witty women (like I do platonically). Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) - Mindy Kaling

• To gain insights from the depths of the heart of the U.S. Vogue. Grace: A Memoir - Grace Coddington (Creative Director, Vogue U.S.)

• Relive the teenage dreams and be nostalgic, or just be the kids-at-heart that we are with Rookie Yearbook One - Edited by Tavi Gevinson

• For the fashion fan with an interest in stylish imagery, Vogue: The Editor's eye is a coffee-table book must-have. It's full of fashion history!

If only my ~trust fund~ or what remains in it can foot the books bill. All above are available in leading book stores, i.e. National BookStore.

Other books I won't mind getting:

Phaidon's The Art Book: The New Edition to compliment my newfound interest in art history.

Ivy Style, Alexander McQueen (The Life and The Legacy), Empress pf Fashion: The Life of Diana Vreeland, Stylists, the list goes on..

I know, I know, Nanay Socorro Ramos would be a lovely godmother to have.

4.  Okay.. National BookStore gift certificates.

For my worldly sense and sensibilities: 5. Monocle subscription. Because tt's majhalajay!

6. An H&M store in the Philippines. Please, Mr. Henry Sy or Don Jaime Zobel!

7.Some pieces in Opening Ceremony's Yoko Ono: Fashions for Men are haunting me.

Especially the trousers!

8. This should be more of a goal: find a more meaningful -- and better-paying -- job. My year 1 in insurance-financial services is fast approaching and I'm not 100% sure yet if I'd extend my work.

9. Success for all of my endeavors. For those of my kapamilyas as well.

10. A good watch: one oversized from Swatch, please.

11. Nothing beats getting handwritten letters from friends and family.

12. Looking forward to having some great food and bottles of good/bad alcohol on that special day.

13. Noche Buena groceries for our weaving community nanays.


Hear me out, Santa -- and generous citizens of the world!

My gratitude in advance!

I'm not left-handed but..

While the raket science is on the works, I have been doing a new work on the sideline.

Full disclosure: Some Saturdays ago, a good friend told me about a start up social enterprise to be relaunched. After which, I did a research (read: Google grind) and days later I messaged the team head (who I know from college). In short, I applied to be of help to this start-up. I wanted to do the marketing or the creative side of the biz . Minutes later, I got the good tidings: I am IN. Yet alas, I was assigned into vamping Product Design! Right then, there was a teeenie-weenie bit of setback that ensued. How will I "design" backpacks?

But after convincing myself more pre-orientation, a week ago, with the two persons taking care of the production side, to which I have become a welcome addition, the question now is, Who knew I would be "designing" backpacks? My imagination is good.

Really, with no track record of having tapped my "design skill", I couldn't believe that here I am into channeling my right side of the brain into knapsacks.

Hello there nights, since I have a day job, of putting ideas into paper by drawing/sketching/what-have-you!