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With much love and appreciation to Kimo Cea of Sunstar Cebu's 'ZUP section, and amazeballs photographers Armand Alforque and Marlon Capuyan (and also fellow blogger Dred's significant other) for these rad photos, as well as the boyfs who tagged along (minus mine, as he was sick boohoo) and took BTS shots as well...

And most definitely to my fellow Cebu fashion bloggers Toni, Yapi, Philip, Dred, Vanessa and Gillian for proving to be as fabulous and friendly in person as they are in their blogs, and well, for just making this an experience for the books... here's to more features on Cebu fashion blogging soon! BTS pictures to follow:)

and if you're in Cebu, don't forget to check some of the city's most stylish gals this Friday at the Cowrie Cove in Shangri-la Mactan for a truly awesome Girl's Night Out! Featuring the latest collection of What a Girl Wants, as well as an open bar of scrumptious cocktails from 8:30-9:30, and mixes from guest DJs Nikki Taylor and Marvin E. The best part is, everyone's invited. Hope to be seeing you there!

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TAKIN' IT TO THE STREETS

From top-bottom: Josine Gumban, Yves Camingue, Andrew Singco, Irx Canseco, Dane Gonzalez, Phil Lapinid, Valentina Danger, Abigail Lim Aquino, and yours truly

Hey guys, hope you're enjoying an awesome weekend-- just having a really chill one with the boyf, pigging out and resting after our stressful week shooting his film. Oh and did you guys see Harry Potter just yet? It's definitely worth falling in line for... so much better than the last (IMO), and the cinematography and editing is just epiiic! We loved it, on top of the fact that we used our complimentary passes to see it. hehe.

Just sharing for the first time the epic work done by photographer Armand Alforque in capturing some of Cebu's young crop of street-style enthusiasts for a local newspaper's style section. Originally my idea was to be completely behind the scenes and just write it, but Armand insisted that I take part in the photo op, so now I'm handing over the writing responsibilities over to another friend.

It was really a blast doing this and having to hobnob with a lot of people for the first time. IMO, that's whats great about ensemble photoshoots... it's rowdy, fun, and you never really know what comes out of it. In this case, it was awesome to observe everyone's individual interpretations of street style, and Armand did a great job at capturing just that.

This will hit publication very soon, and I'll definitely be sharing! Much love xx

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CARDIAC- DAY 1

Guys, sorry for having been MIA these past few days (yet again). After months and months of conception and planning, we are finally shooting my boyf's thesis film--the final film to complete his one-year Film Making course at the IAFT (International Academy of Film and Television) in Mactan, Cebu. As of writing this we are close to wrapping up, and I am nervous as well as excited-- definitely proud of the work we've done so far, as well as grateful to our small family of actors and crew who tirelessly supported us way beyond their job description.

While I've spent years doing occasionally, I opted to stay behind the scene's for my boyf's project (we think it'll be too complicated) and signed on as the project's producer. Gruelling! Intense! Talk about laboring out of love. I guess I'll only be doing this again if Thaad does another project, but aside from that, never again. Everyone else made my job fulfilling and easier, though.

Still got more BTS pictures to share, and I'll be sharing a bit more about the project in the upcoming posts. Much love xx

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bimbim haus

EDEN X BIMBIM HAUS

leather studded vest by Phil Lapinid of BimBim Haus, Mango tank, vintage "headline" print shorts, Parisian SS2011 booties

I am someone who kind of refuses to budge when it comes to the things I wear. I will always approach new trends with caution. That's just me.I'll always hope to have that kind of panache to be able to pull new trends off REALLY well, much like a lot of my favourite bloggers do. I might cave in and try a lot of crazy awesome trends eventually, but for the moment i stick to my basic blacks and neutrals, because they are easy and they go well with everything.

IMO, a good leather jacket or vest is quintessential and very timeless. I was truly ecstatic when I found out that fellow Cebuano blogger Philip Lapinid decided to give me a fully custom studded leather vest from his new business endeavor, BimBim Haus, which is all about truly hard-edged customized one-offs and fabric treatments. Young Phil is inspired by anything from The Blonds to Jeremy Scott to Kris Van Assche, and his influences flow deep in his customized pieces.

To contact BimBim Haus for your own one-off, click here. No worries, Phil. I'll be wearing this piece for a looooong time:)

I also trooped over to SM to get a new pair from their SS2011 shoe collection. ACKKKKKK! Must stay away from that department, seriously. Talk about ripping holes in my pocket!

special thanks to the boyf for taking these pictures so early in the morning. much love xx

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Halloween

MONSTER BALL

I never really had intentions of dressing up in this year's Halloween festivities, let alone Halloween in any year, at that. Call me weird and boring, but somehow I usually just chose to stay at home and indoors while the rest of the city gets hammered away in one of the year's craziest weekends. Things did always come up in the years past, so I never got to celebrate the weekend the way everyone else does.

But this year, my PR duties for The Taproom in Banilad had to have me step out, so I had no choice but to gamely troop over to my friend Joy's apartment for a Halloween Preparation Bash with all our other friends. Yes, a small bash to just prepare to go out that night. My friends will never miss an opportunity to go dress up, so they consider Halloween THE fashion smorgasbord. Seriously, they didn't just dress up, they dressed UP.

Yves transformed into a self-described "couture mummy", Jon was a snow pimp (lol), Joy became a goddess, Aoi became the runway Cleopatra and Kimo scared the f**k out of everyone by dressing up as an elemental (only you can pull something like that, K). Yours truly had to pull out all the stops at the last minute to DIY the easiest his and hers costume: The Flintstones. Simple, I know, but it's funny and cute... and I'm pretty sure the boyf is the cutest Fred around the block.

I'm wondering how you guys spent YOUR Halloween? xx

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