Let it be known...

...that today, December 30/Rizal Day 2012, I've started to write my story, Pep Mercado: Binatang Henyo.

After a three-month long finishing slump, too! Be proud, guys!

Happy Rizal Day!

Jose Rizal: June 19, 1861 - December 30, 1896

Intern Time

Yesterday was my second time assisting my Tita Lianne in one of her photoshoots under Sunnyside Photography. The first was at a birthday party at the Ark near Tiendesitas.

This time we were at the Manila Hotel taking pictures of my Tita's friend's family, including this cutie:

Chloe!

How to Get Over Magical White Boys

(The Filipino Way)

It's so difficult living in a world where the mythical Magical White Boy™ exists on the other end of the Pacific Ocean. This is a playlist per request to ease the pain.

YT Links:

Someone Like You by Adele

Never mind, I'll find, someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you, too

Grenade by Bruno Mars

Listen babe, I would go through all this pain

Take a bullet straight through my brain

Yes, I would die for you, baby

But you won't do the same

Something About Us by Daft Punk

I need you more than anything in my life

I want you more than anything in my life

I'll miss you more than anyone in my life

I love you more than anyone in my life

Lonely Boy by The Black Keys

Oh, oh, oh, I got a love that keeps me waiting

I'm a lonely boy, I'm a lonely boy

I'm Blue by Eiffel 65

And everything is blue for him and himself

And everybody around

'Cause he ain't got

Nobody

To listen

Lovers in My Head by The Hoosiers

I need a second opinion

I want you cross-examined

Where there's a will, there's a way

And there's a will, alright

Nevermind Me by Maria Mena

Bottle up your smile

And pour it in a cup

Yeah, I'll be on my way

Once I've sobered up

Please Please Please by The Smiths

So please, please, please

Let me, let me, let me

Let me get what I want

This time

I Want You To Want Me by Cheap Trick

I want you to want me.

I need you to need me.

I'd love you to love me.

I'm beggin' you to beg me.

Somebody That I Used To Know (Faux Pas remix) by Gotye ft. Kimbra

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness

BUT WAIT!!! It may seem so easy to give up on a life of celibacy altogether when your Magical White Boy™ of choice is living the Magical White Boy Life™ wherever they are now, but it's never too late to find your own Magical Boy™, white or otherwise.

Set aside your heavy case of prejudice against the "masa" vote. I'm not saying you should give up on white boys altogether; there's hope in looking for fish in a sea much, much closer to home! It is, after all, more fun in the Philippines.

YT Links:

I Want You (The Beatles cover) by Across the Universe cast

I want you

I want you so bad

I want you so bad it's driving me mad

It's driving me mad

Set Fire to the Rain by Adele

But I set fire to the rain

Watched it pour as I touched your face

Let it burn while I cry

'Cause I heard it screaming your name, your name

I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor

Oh no, not I, I will survive

Oh, as long as I know how to love I know I'll stay alive

I've got all my life to live, I've got all my love to give

And I'll survive, I'll survive, hey hey hey

The Dog Days Are Over by Florence + the Machine

Leave all your love and your longing behind you

Can't carry love with you if you want to survive

Show Me What I'm Looking by Carolina Liar

Save me, I'm lost

Oh lord, I've been waiting for you

I'll pay any cost

Just save me from being confused

Holding Out For A Hero by Frou Frou

I need a hero

I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light

He's gotta be sure

And it's gotta be soon

And he's gotta be larger than life

Cameo Lover by Kimbra

Open up your heart to me

The sun won't shine if you're not looking

Baby, love is all that you need

Survivor by Destiny's Child

After all of the darkness and sadness

Soon comes happiness

If I surround myself with positive things

I'll gain prosperity

You Make My Dreams by Hall & Oates

What I've got's full stock

Of thoughts and dreams that scatter

Then you pull them all together

And how I can't explain

It's Raining Men by Geri Halliwell

God bless Mother Nature

She's a single woman too

She took over heaven

And did what she had to do

...visual version:

Creator's Note: Actors selected for this particular playlist's cover mostly but does not entirely reflect her taste in Filipino guys.

I Make, Therefore I Am

Gee, am I on a blogging spree today. Don't worry, this won't last long once I go back to school.

Anyway, I thought I'd share my making-things playlist while I'm in the mood, since I've been making things back and forth this Christmas break and listening to music makes it all the less laborious (especially if it's homework).

YT Links:

Everyone's The Same by KaapiN*

Tornado (B-Mania Remix) by Jonsi

Secrets by One Republic

Giving Up the Gun by Vampire Weekend

Soul Exchange by The Hoosiers

Lordy Momma by Gotye

Radioactive by Marina and the Diamonds

Paradise by Coldplay

Harder Better Faster Stronger by Daft Punk**

Shake It Out (The Weeknd Remix) by Florence + the Machine

I'll Be Alright by Passion Pit

Smlltlk by Yolanda Moon

White Sky by Vampire Weekend

Wake Up by Arcade Fire

Expialidocious by Pogo

*I only today discovered this, which is probably why I'm itching to share the playlist. A gorgeous composition of the electro-pop variation (a la Passion Pit, I think) that I very much am into! OPM is not dead!! :)

**Although I don't listen to it, I also recommend Kanye West's version for the siga vibes. Haha.

Enjoy! :D

Go Do

I finally got to use the Muji binder my friend Trisha gave me for my birthday!

I really didn't expect the paper to receive watercolors so well. The pages looked so thin and I was scared the water would eat it all up. To my relief, there was only a little crumpling and the paints worked like a dream. (Trisha, if you're reading this, you da best. :D Hihi)

I painted these yesterday, and took the advantage of borrowing my Tita's camera to document them today.

I had indeed tried drawing other things on this prior, but the perfectionist side of me took over and I tore both pages (yes, two :'() out and started anew. I thought my first Outfit of the Day entries (inspired by fashion bloggers everywhere and Flominowa especially) would be appropriate for that new start. :)

I actually have the chance to dress up now since it's Christmas Break. And yes, these are mostly accurate, starting from the bottom which I wore to the school Christmas Party. :)

Yeees, making up for my lack of bravery to own a Lookbook, and the resources to take pictures of my outfits everyday. Woohoo!

Cookie Couture

I've always wanted to start a fashion/cooking/photography/art blog, but I have neither the time nor resources to maintain any (except perhaps the last category). I've finally had the chance to start this blog move with a post that falls under all of those categories.

My Tita gave me "fashionista" themed cookie cutters as well as edible markers for Christmas, and I couldn't wait to use them - so that's what I did today. Hihi. Also borrowed my other Tita's DSLR just for the occasion, because I'm so obsessed with posterity like that.

Primadonna girl, would you do anything for me? Buy a big diamond ring for me? Bake a batch of cookies for me?

Although they didn't really come out as I expected them to be once I started decorating, as the glaze was really runny (LOL what did I expect...) and it took a long time to set. The last time I made this was when I first got the book, when I was less than ten years old for that birthday.

Inside joke with my schoolmates. Heh.

I've eaten so many of the rejects, and now I'm rather full. I may not be planning on giving any of these away (I haven't deemed them worthy of being seen by other people haha) but they sure are good. ;)

I'm afraid I don't have a Christmas post all on its own. Truth be told I'm one of the people who haven't been feeling Christmas very much this year. :( However, I'm still so grateful for all the things I received and just being able to spend time with the family after such a busy, fast year. 2012 went by like a breeze.

Belated Merry Christmas, and an advanced Happy New Year! :)