FILM!
It should be pretty obvious by now how muchI love photography. My dad gave me my first camera when I was 10 years old. I can’t remember what model it was, I just know he got it in Hong Kong and I loved it. I used it for 3 years I think. After that I upgraded to an Olympus (still can’t remember the model) that I had a lot of fun with since it came with a remote control. After my two film cameras, I switched to digital, which I enjoyed a lot more, especially after discovering Photoshop. I tell people I’m more of a “photoshopper” than a photographer. I don’t have the studio or the equipment that other photographers have, so I mostly rely on Photoshop to enhance my photos. I admire good photographers who work with film and get amazing results because, personally, I know I can’t live without Photoshop.
I’ve always wanted to take a photography course and see how photos are developed in a darkroom. In the past, although I used a film camera, all I had to do was take my roll of film to the shop and it’ll be ready in a few days. Nowadays its even easier, I just plug my memory card in my laptop and voila! My pictures are ready. I’ve always been curious to see the magic that happens during photo development.
Luckily, Kurt took a photography subject last semester so he had access to his school’s photo lab. On our visit to California last December, he took Ezra and me to his school and showed us how the entire process works, from loading the film to cutting the pictures. Of course I documented the whole thing 
First step was to take your film and load it in your camera (duh). Kurt uses a Nikon something that he got on eBay just for this one subject of his.
Smile for the camera~
We went out and took some photos around Kurt’s school. I also had Rebel with me so I was able to get some shots (see some of them here).
By lunchtime, we’ve used up all of the film and it was ready to be developed, so we headed off to the photo lab.
Weeee~ I was so excited at this point.
Kurt borrowed some materials he needed to get the film ready to be developed.
stuff he needed
Showing us the proper way to roll the film in the metal thingy. Kurt told us it would be too dark inside the loading room for us to actually see what he’s doing, so he gave us a demo before we went inside.
Film loading room
Inside, with the lights still on.
Getting all the stuff ready and within reach. It was pitch black in there, so its best if you memorized where everything was before turning the lights off.
(EZRA) 8/52: Jumping to my dream
Ezra’s week 8.
Another photomanipulation. I took pictures of her jumping around in our garage. The grass is from a shot of our garden and the picture of the sky was taken last December 
I painted her hair using Paint Tool SAI.
Her description:
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My sister suggested that I wear a bright colored shirt in this shoot to make it more "happy". It really narrowed down my choice of clothes because nearly all of my clothes are dark. She told me to just borrow a shirt from her closet, but I remembered that I have one pink shirt which I hardly wear, so this shoot was the perfect opportunity for me to wear it.
I got the title from a song by Hey!Say!JUMP.
Thanks to my sister for taking my picture and editing it!
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Poupee outfits last week:
My fave’s the one in the middle I got a new wallpaper too, weeeee~
Week 8/52: Listening and dancing to the beat of my heart + Food Trip
Last SP for this month. Time seems to be flying by.
I just realized that I wore red in 3 out of 4 of my February portraits this year, hehe.
My paper hearts from last week are still alive and are still hanging on my wall (yes, I’m lazy), so I decided to use them this week again (well, one of them). Also, my Skullcandy headset lives! I hardly use it these days, so I decided to at least include it in my SP this week.
I love my red dress. I bought it last week for Brinky’s parents’ 25th anniversary party. I got it really cheap too, hihi. The headset costs about 15 times more than the dress XD
Thanks Ezra for taking the shot And for lending me your boots (which didn’t make it into the picture). We were supposed to do an outdoor shoot of me in my dress, but some workers arrived to fix the wall at our house, so we had to shoot inside instead.
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Yesterday our family had lunch at Dad’s/Saisaki/Kamayan. It’s been over a year since I last ate there. I try to stay away from the place because Raffy and I got food poisoning the last time we had lunch there. We don’t really know what it was that made us sick since we had the same thing every one else did. We probably chanced upon a bad batch of sushi T__T
Anyway, I tried to stop myself from going to the sushi bar yesterday, since I didn’t want to risk getting sick again, but everything looked too good. I figured, getting sick for a few days should be worth it, hehe.
My food:
We enjoyed the chocolate fountain, hihi. I dared Raffy to dip his sushi in there, but he was too chicken, mwahahaha~ The staff would probably kick us out and ban us from the place.
Raffy, Ezra and me with the singing dudes behind us.
Luckily, I didn’t get sick this time. It’s been 24 hours and I feel perfectly fine, weeeee~
After lunch, Dad dropped me off at my apartment while everyone else went shopping at Greenhills, huhu.
Amie texted me to say that she wouldn’t be coming that night T__T Having dinner alone is not one of my favorite things in the word, so I texted Moy to ask if she wanted to get together, since we weren’t able to meet up last week like we planned.
She picked me up in front of Bo’s Cafe in Katipunan after my class (around 9pm). She was stressed out from all her exams, so we headed over to Eastwood for some shopping. I was hoping to meet up with Ckloy there, but it was already late and he had gone home already.
Moy and I at My Thai Kitchen (or My Thai Tchen as she called it, hihi)
Moy, looking like a kid, with her camera
Foooood!
(That pattern on the wall made me so dizzy. It’s like one of those 3D magic things I used to enjoy when I was a kid. It’s cute, but distracting.)
After dinner Moy and I walked around the mall to detoxify. She bought some new shirts at Just G. She also took me to see her new apartment and lent me “Confessions of a Shopaholic”.
Thanks Moy! I had fun last night
Etude House Haul + Review + Nail Art
I really should stop going to this store. My savings have started suffering ever since I discovered The Etude House T__T I just can’t help myself, I want everything they have in there! It’s gotten even worse ever since Ezra started liking the store too after seeing it in the Korean drama “You’re Beautiful”.
Anyway, our family went to Megamall this morning to have lunch with some relatives at Saisaki/Dad’s. And of course, no trip to Megamall is complete without a visit to The Etude House, but this time I was there for a specific reason. Brinks asked me to get her a tube of the BB Magic Cream I’ve been telling her about. I promised myself that was all I’m going to buy today … which of course didn’t happen.
Here’s my haul for today:
Two bottles of nailpolish and some nail art stickers. I’ve never tried any type of nail art before (at least I don’t think so), and I’ve always been curious about those nail stickers. I see them all the time when I buy something since they’re right next to the register, so I decided to try them out.
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Apricot stick #3. This thing smells so good! I love it~ And the color’s really nice too. I’ve been looking for a substitute to my Burt’s Bees tinted lip balm (my favorite lip product right now), and this looks promising. And it’s only P198, weeeee~
EDIT: I’ve been using this for over a month now and I still love it. I just wish it was more moisturizing on my lips, like my Burt’s Bees lip balm. But other than that it’s great
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Fresh Nailwash Safe: Nail color remover. I normally use Sally Hansen’s nail polish remover and it works well for me, but I’ve heard good reviews about this product so I decided to try it out. The thing I love most about it is the smell. It doesn’t have that strong chemical smell that most nail polish removers have. I mean it still smells like nail polish remover, but it doesn’t burn my nostrils as much as the others. It also leaves a sweet fruity (?) scent on your nails after you use it. This also comes in blue, which supposedly has a different scent, but when I tried it at the store they smelled the same, so I went for the pink one. The best part? It’s only P78!
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And of course, Brinks’ BB cream. I’ve been using this for about 2 months now and I love it. It evens out my skin tone and covers up my blemishes pretty well. It also gives my skin that dewy effect
BB stands for “blemish balm”. Basically, this product is supposed to conceal your blemishes, and at the same time, improve your skin complexion. Skin care and makeup in one product, wow~
When I first started using it, I started getting pimples on my forehead, so I thought I was allergic to it. I’ve read reviews where people claim to have broken out because of certain BB creams (though I haven’t come across reviews saying that Etude’s BB cream caused them to break out). It made me so sad because I was excited about this product. But, because I didn’t want my money to go to waste, I continued using it, hoping that my breakout was just due to my period. After a while, my pimples started to clear up, so I guess it the BB cream wasn’t to blame, phew! I still get breakouts once a month, but I’m pretty sure its due to hormones (since they happen right before my period) and not my BB cream.
I love how it looks on my skin, but I’m not really sure about the skin care part of it. So far I haven’t seen any drastic improvements in my skin, but Ckloy’s been telling me that my acne scars have lightened and that my skin’s much clearer now. Weeee~ (Although that could just be because the BB cream conceals my scars pretty well)
EDIT: (Additional info) I’ve given Brinks her BB cream and she told me it doesn’t work as well for her as it does for me. Even after applying it to her face, she still needs to wear concealer to hide her pimple scars. I’m fine with just using this on my face, it hides my scars well so concealer is not necessary for me. So I guess it all depends on your skin, whether this will be good or not. She also claims to have problems with pimples after using it, but it could also be due to the fact that she’s extremely stressed these days. Who knows? Maybe it just doesn’t suit her skin
Also, I’ve recently read somewhere that this specific product from Etude House is not really meant for skincare, more on makeup. They said that if you want the BB cream with better skin care, its better to go for Etude House’s Precious Minerals BB Cream, which is a bit more expensive. I’m not sure if this is true, since everything on the box is written in Korean. Like I said, I haven’t seen drastic changes in my skin, but I noticed that I’ve been getting less pimples than I used to (except when *that* time of the month comes around).
Mud + Shoes + Dessert
My professor is away this week, so we didn’t have our usual Clay Mineralogy lecture yesterday. Instead, we headed off to Ma’am Rita’s ceramic studio again to process some clay that she had. We were actually supposed to glaze the mugs that we made last time (see entry here), but they haven’t been placed in the furnace yet, so we couldn’t do that yet.
Amie and I arrived late for our class since we both overslept that morning. When we got there, Ma’am Rita, Flo and Camry had already started weighing the different kinds of clay and mixing them together. Ma’am Rita informed us that we were making 50 kg of “Iloito” clay, a mixture of 4 (5?) different types of clay in specific proportions. Sieving through the clay and mixing them together was hard work, my arms are still sore right now. My legs also, since we had to crouch for a long time.
Ma’am Rita and Camry getting the clay ready for weighing
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Amie, Flo and Ma’am Rita mixing the clay together
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Flo and I, still mixing.
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After weighing the clay powders, we added water and mixed them together using our feet. It was fun, but harder than I thought.
stomp stomp stomp
You can probably imagine how dirty our feet were after this.
Ma’am Rita told us that this process is called “dry mixing”. She also taught us how “wet mixing” works, but we didn’t have time to try it for ourselves.
After working with clay, we all grabbed a quick lunch, and I met up with Camille at TriNoma. She helped me pick out my new shoes:
Aren’t they kyoooot? I got them 50% off too, hihi
I’ve been looking for wedge sandals since last week, but it’s so hard to find shoes that fit me.
Since I made Camille go all the way to Trinoma, I treated her to some Krazy Krepes.
We walked around for a bit more, then decided to have some frozen yogurt before going home, so we dropped by White Hat.
Yummm~
Thanks Camille for dropping me off at the bus terminal! I had fun~ Good luck on your exams!
My 52-week journey through 2009
A lot of people have been asking me about my 52-week project, so I hope this answers some questions.
When I started my 52 week project on Flickr, I didn’t really think much of it. I’ve always been pretty vain, so taking one self portrait a week sounded too easy for me. I had no idea how much effort I would soon be putting into it.
I didn’t want to upload just any random snapshot of me, I considered Flickr an art site afterall (although I know many people also use it for hosting photos). Every week I struggled to come up with new ideas and concepts. I have no idea how the people who do 365 can handle it. I can’t imagine having to be creative every day.
My very first self portrait was shot in my room, just like 90% of all my other SPs. It was just a spur of the moment thing. I had joined the 52 weeks group on Flickr months ago, hoping to be inspired by the pictures other members had posted. But my laziness got the better of me, and I kept putting off taking my first portrait. Then, one day, in the first week of January, I found myself sitting on my bed, bored out of my mind. The holidays were almost over, none of my friends were online and I had nothing to do. I spotted my dad’s tripod (now mine) in the corner of my room. We had used it to take family photos on New Year’s eve. How it found itself in my room, I have no idea. And so, I set up my camera and got ready to take my first photo.
I had no theme in mind, no clue as to how I wanted my portrait to look. I spotted my then-new University hoodie on my bed and my new Skullcandy headset (a Christmas present from my parents) and decided use them as props. I wore my hoodie over my nighty (yes, I was in my pajamas at the time), put the headset on and started taking photos. I had no remote at the time, so I had to do the infamous 10-second dash (over and over again). I had to pose with my knees bent too, just so my head would be in the frame (I didn’t know the tripod could be adjusted so the camera would be higher up, doink~). After running about 20 times to the tripod and back, I found a shot that I liked. It was a simple portrait, nothing really special about it, but I was satisfied.
Week 1/52: Listen to my soul
This was pretty much how my routine went every week. Most of the time I wouldn’t know what to do. I relied on the themes set by different groups on Flickr to come up with ideas. Almost all of my self portraits were shot in my room, in the exact same position where I shot my first portrait. Most of the time I shot them wearing pajamas too (I like taking my SP as soon as I wake up, the lighting’s usually best at that time), I would just wear a decent top and crop my lower body out of the photo. Pretty soon I decided to get a remote, so no more 10-second dash for me. In the rare instances when my tripod wasn’t enough, I relied on other people to take the picture for me (Ezra, Brinks, Ckloy, Kurt and John). Ocassionally I would be able to take a portrait outside my room, sometimes even out of the country!
Week 44/ 52: “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” (taken in Macau)
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Week 51/52: From Heaven I fall … bright as an angel … light as a feather (taken at Big Bear Mt., California)
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Week 52/52: Finding out a galaxy of planets and stars within me. Listening to each of them singing the same silent melody (taken at Mt. Charleston, Las Vegas)
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My last two portraits were “international SP’s” (as Brinks called them). The very last photo was taken by my cousin’s husband, John, a professional photographer (check out his website here). He takes hundreds of photos of his two kids, CJ and McKayla. I found a photobook of CJ in his house and I thought it was amazing, so I decided to have my 52 week project printed out as well. He introduced me to mypublisher, which is great for creating your own photobook. You can place your orders online and they ship the book to your house. I rushed to complete my 52nd portrait so I can make the holiday shipping.
My photobook arrived at my aunt’s house on December 29. 2009. My mom woke me up to tell me that it arrived! I rushed downstairs to open it.
Dirty MyPublisher box
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Me with my book (pardon the messy hair and swollen eyes, I stayed up all night watching Zettai Kareshi. Christmas toe socks FTW!)
CLICK: It’s here!!~
Look what was waiting for me on my desk when I arrived home yesterday:
Inside: my new camera necklace, weeeee~
I luff it <3
I’ve been waiting for this for about a week now. It was shipped via registered airmail. I was so worried that it would get lost in the mail. Packages seem to lose their way to our house (amazingly bills manage to get here just fine T__T). My cousin in the states have sent me a lot of stuff that I never got 
Even greeting cards never make it here. But my dad assured me that registered airmail should be fine.
My mom said it arrived on Friday, they just forgot to text me to tell me that they got it. I was so happy to see it on my desk yesterday. Phew~
(EZRA) 7/52: They Say That Even The Proudest Spirit Can Be Broken With Love
Ezra’s week 7
Here’s her description:
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This is our Daschund puppy; he was my date for Valentine ’s Day, hehe. His name is Borris, but we all call him Bo for short. He’s already so big, but since he is still under a year old, we still consider him a puppy. He’s usually very naughty, but he was sleepy during the time we were taking this picture, which made it possible to get this shot.
I borrowed my sister’s wig for this shoot because my hair was a mess and I was too lazy to fix it. I got the title from a line in “Coraline.” Thanks to my sister for taking the shot, editing it and lending me her wig!
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(Ezra and her boyfriend have only spent one valentines day together ever since they decided they liked each other. Long distance relationships are hard T__T)
More paper hearts, yay! XD
Week 7/52: Love follows me
My hand looks weird/awkward in this shot, but I’m too lazy to do it again. I shot and edited this on Valentines Day, and I thought it looked fine then. Looking at it now, I’m not too pleased with it, but I don’t have time to take another picture It’s midterm week now, so I’m extremely busy with school stuff.
I have a take-home exam due tomorrow. I’ve only answered 3 out of the 7 problems T__T
(EZRA) 6/52 : Distance turned me into an adult
Ezra’s week 6 Forgot to upload it the other day.
Her description:
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Me and my boyfriend have been in a long distance relationship for many years. Being apart for so long really teaches us a lot of things. There are times when we don’t see each other for 17 months. That’s why we really appreciate the time when we’re together.
Being away from each other really helps us mature. It made us realize how much we really want to be together.
I got my title from a line in the the song “Hosoi Koe” by Sid. (The actual line from the song is “distance turned you into an adult”).
I’m the type of person who buys the same clothes in different colors if I really like the design, that’s why in the picture the 2 different me’s have exactly the same outfit in a different color.(However the black boots in picture is my sister’s, hehe.)
Thanks a lot to my sister for taking the picture, editing it and lending me her boots!
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Poupee outfits this past week:
Was finally able to afford lipstick and eyeshadow for my poupee, hehe. I’m saving up for blush now. I have no idea how people manage to save thousands of ribbons in this game. I go on a shopping spree whenever I get the chance, haha.
Happy Valentines Day + Kung Hei Fat Choi
Double celebration today
My dad woke me up this morning to give me this:
Ain’t it purty?
He gives my mom, my sister and me roses every year for Valentines Day. My mom always gets a dozen (or half a dozen) roses, while Ezra and I get three each. It’s so sweet of him. He’s been doing it for years now, and yet I always forget about it when V-day comes around. Its always a wonderful surprise to find roses on my bed when I wake up on that day. All dads should give their daughters flowers on Valentines Day, hihi.
Thanks Daddy! I love you!!
He also took us to have dinner at Palaisdaan later that night. Although Ezra and I are both in a relationship, we’ve always spent Valentines day with our family for as long as I can remember. Sometimes Ckloy or Kurt joins in on our family dinner (like last year). This year, however, neither was available. Kurt’s in California, and Ckloy’s busy studying for an exam tomorrow. I was able to meet up with him yesterday though, so I’m thankful for that.
To celebrate Chinese New Year, we prayed, lit some incense, scattered kyat-kyats on our floor (some kind of feng shui thing my mom does for good luck), burned some chinese paper and had some chinese food for lunch. My mom also insisted that we wear red today for good luck.
Incense
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Kyat-kyats (kumquats? orangequats?) on the floor
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platter from Ding Hao
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Dad’s favorite: Beef Brisket
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White Forest Cake from Red Ribbon. Yummmmmm~
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Papercuts from folding the Chinese paper.
JK! XD The red ink from the paper stained our hands. It wouldn’t come off even after washing with soap. Hope its not toxic, hehe.
Anyway, I had fun today. I’m thankful that I get to spend moments like this with my family ^___^ I wish Ckloy was here too~ I missed him extra today. At least I got to talk to him over the phone <3
Happy Valentines Day guys! Happy Chinese New Year too~
Week 6/52 : “I See You” + Bikes at Freedom Park
I’m sorry, I just had to. I’ve seen a lot of people turning themselves into a Navi, and I had to try it for myself XD I used this tutorial as a guide for making this, with a few minor changes.
I love the big eyes, hihi. Makes me look so anime~
Anyway, Ezra and I ran some errands today. I had to go to the bank to pay for a necklace I bought, and she had to pick up the mascara she ordered from Amie. We stopped by Boston Cafe grab some snacks after that.
Ezra treated me to a strawberry shake and some Valentine’s Day cookies (Thanks Ez!)
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Ezra with her cookie (and my hat)
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My LOVE cookie
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Heartbroken, hihi
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I just realized today that all the times I’ve been to Boston Cafe, I ate for free. The first time was Brinks’ treat (for her 6th month celebration at her job), the second time was Moy’s treat last Sunday, and the third time was today Kewl~
Ezra and I wanted to drop by the Feb Fair, but it was so unorganized we decided to just meet up with Monica. She let us borrow her bike and wave (?) board. I have no idea how, but we somehow managed to get her bike’s front tire flat in that short amount of time … sorry Mon
Ezra on Monica’s bike (with the front tire still intact)
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Weeeee~ It’s been forever since I last rode a bike. It’s good to know I haven’t forgotten how. (Thanks for lending me your shoes Monica!)
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I told Ezra that we had to go home after that since I needed to study, but we ended up watching Yamanade ep 3 instead T__T
Yesterday’s Poupee outfit:
One of my favorite outfits so far. Also, I managed to save up enough ribbons to get a new hairstyle, weeee~
Megamall (CD-R King and Watsons) Haul
Last Saturday, Amie, Kat and I went to Megamall after our class. I bought lots of stuff that I “needed” XD
Finally got a case for my camera. I didn’t get one when I first bought it since an original Sony case costs $20. This SUNQS one (whatever that is) only cost me P200
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Makeup bag from Etude House. Seriously, I can’t go into that shop without buying anything! But I like this a lot since it has a detachable pouch in case you want something smaller to fit inside your bag.
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I also got the “Strawberry Lollipop” hand lotion they had there. It smells SOOOO good!
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Other stuff:
pink mouse and card reader from CD-R King (only P150 and P120! wow!), round brush, hair elastics, Revlon hair dye and vitamin C from Watsons.
Watson’s gave me this free pillow which came with the Vitamin C:
Perfect for Valentines, hahaha.
Was supposed to go to Megamall again today with Ezra to buy her new shoes after my class, but my professor canceled our meeting for today, so we decided to just stay home.
Yesterday’s Poupee outfit:
Coffee + Split Ends + Red hair
Went out to meet the girls yesterday. Had coffee/shakes and merienda at Boston Cafe (thanks for the treat Moy!) and updated each other on our lives. Moy’s still juggling being a researcher and an athlete, Brinks is enjoying her new job and officemates (yiiii), while I’m still complaining about my exams and problem sets. Afterwards, Moy and I met up with Jean (Brinks left early since she has to go to church). We headed off to Metrohair for haircuts.
I picked up Brinks on the way to Boston Cafe, and she showed me her new puppy <3
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- Isn’t he (she?) the cutest thing?
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- Merienda time with the girls
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- Thanks Moy!
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- At Metrohair. After my haircut, and during Moy’s hair treatment
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I re-dyed my hair the other day. My roots have been starting to show, which irritates me. I’m kinda low on cash right now so instead of having a professional do it (like last time), I took Aprille’s advice and bought one of those DIY kits. Aprille suggested Revlon, so I got the one in Light Reddish Brown:
Ezra was nice enough to help out with the process. It turned out alright. Some parts stayed black though … grrr~ I probably should have the let dye sit longer.
Also, look what I found outside my room when I woke up this morning:
Haha, hotel keycards! My dad knows I collect them, so he gives me all of his keycards. He and my mom travel a lot for work, so I get a few of these every once in a while.
Yesterday’s Poupee outfit:
(EZRA) 5/52: “Madam Red” + Dream of Doll
Ezra’s week 5
Here’s her description:
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It’s already February and the color red is everywhere. Red is actually one of the few happy colors I wear. I usually wear black or other dull colors. My sister always tells me to stop buying such dark colored clothes because each time she opens my closet the colors she sees are so depressing, hehe.
I got the title from a character in the anime “Kuroshitsuji/The Black Butler” which I really like.
Madam red’s hat is big similar to the one my doll is wearing. This photoshoot was also a perfect opportunity for me to test our curling iron. For some reason my hair is very difficult to curl. My sister’s hair length is similar to mine, but her hair curls much easily. Thanks to my sister for taking my picture and editing it!
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She has this strange love for dolls. I find them scary. Although I must admit, I like the Asian ball joint dolls. She has a female one from Dollmore, which she named Kairi.
Ain’t she pretty?
I want a male one of course. This one:
(image from Dream of Doll)
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or this one:
(image from Dream of Doll)
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(image from Dream of Doll)
Hawt~
I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to save up for one, they’re pretty pricey. Whenever I get enough money I start looking for camera equipment XD
Which reminds me, my sister is having a sleepover at our house tonight, and they were hoping that I would be available for a shoot. Unfortunately I spend most of my days in Katipunan now, so I guess that’ll have to wait till summer <<sigh>> A photoshoot would have been fun. I’m starting to miss my Rebel.
Anyway I have another problem set due tomorrow T__T I survived Thursday’s problem set, all thanks to Amie. She found a copy of her old problem set from a year ago. Turns out my professor gave us the same questions, phew~
Also, I installed Firefox personas again on my laptop the other day:
Weeee~ Bokeh!
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Today’s poupee outfit:
Kurt and Ezra : Northridge Shoot
Ezra and her boyfriend, Kurt. They’ve been best friends for 8 years now, and have been a couple for almost 4 years. He lives in California, so they only see each other once a year (twice if they’re lucky).
On our visit to California last December, he took us to see his school (California State University, Northridge). It was so nice there that we ended up doing a mini shoot, hehe.
We used his camera too, and developed the film afterwards in the school photo lab (blog entry HERE)
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Yes, Ezra and I were twins that day XD We wore the same shirt in different colors ^___^
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Today’s Poupee outfit
Week 5/52: The world is still sleeping while I keep on dreamin’ for me.
(Title from “I’m Still Here” by Johnny Rzeznik)
A splash of red to welcome February ^___^
I miss doing these kinds of photomanipulations. I don’t have as much free time these days to do them. I’m glad I was able to squeeze this in.
This was taken at our garden. I didn’t really change that much except for the sky. And I painted some hair to emphasize the falling (or flying, however you want to look at it) effect.
Thanks to my sister for patiently taking the shot. It took a lot of jump shots to get the falling/flying effect I wanted.
Is it just me or is time stuck in hyperspeed again?
Anyway I went to UPD today to try to finish our second exercise on SEM. Unfortunately the machine was still messed up. I know that I wished it wouldn’t get fixed, but only because I didn’t want to go to UPD on a Wednesday. But since I was already there, it sucks that we weren’t able to do the exercise. Such a waste of time, garrrrr~
Problem set due tomorrow, I have no idea how to even begin answering it. My groupmates are probably going to kill me.
Also, my 7th grade best friend’s dad contacted me earlier. It’s been 10 years since we spoke to each other. He’s coming here to the Philippines in March and he wants to have dinner with our family. He also wants us to meet his new wife since she’s Filipina. It’s too bad Sarabeth won’t be coming along with him though, it would have been nice to see her again after all these years.
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Today’s Poupee outfit
Hair … Teeth … Skin
I cut my bangs today! I was really nervous while I was cutting my hair, though there really wasn’t that much to cut (as you can see from the picture). Basically I just trimmed my old bangs and made it thicker. I didn’t cut it too short either, since I wanted side swept bangs. The tutorial I found on youtube said that it should fall around your nose.
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Bangs! Please pardon the duck face and my gross bathroom mirror XD
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When side swept
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With the rest of my hair down.
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I like the effect so far, but this means I have to go through the process of blowdrying and ironing my bangs every morning, oh well. I might cut it shorter next week if I’m not happy with it. Ezra’s been bugging me to get my bangs cut like hers, but I don’t know if I can pull if off. We’ll see, haha~
I also went to the dentist today. It’s been ages since my last appointment. I used to visit my dentist every other week back when I had braces, but ever since they came off I haven’t been taking the time to go see her. The only reason I scheduled an appointment today was because the cement came off my permanent retainers, Tita Floj wasn’t happy. She was even less pleased to find out I haven’t been wearing my upper retainers. I promised her I would, starting now (which I still haven’t done. They’re still buried in the bottom of my bag somewhere). Anyway, she fixed my retainers and I got my teeth cleaned as well. They’re so shiny and white now since she polished them, weeee~
And to complete my day of pampering, I got my weekly massage today as well. Ahh, mondays~
