away we go

over the weekend, i flew to the glamourous manille to do some errands -- had a massage, body scrub, facials, foot spa, among other important things.
because of the very limited tym, i was not able to see all my dear old friends and luv ones.
but i had a great tym with mader and didith and our little adventure that started in rockwell (frozen margarita in the afternoon, anyone?) and ended up in tagaytay.
also condoled with dear friend kler and visited her family's picturisque chalet in tagaytay city. luvly!
the weather was so cold there that i felt lyk i never left the still wintry hong kong. chos!
as usual, let the pictures do the talking.



(the deserted makati streets on weekends)



(at rockwell after lunch, sum shopping and while waiting for didith)


(at josephine's in tagaytay after going to the wake and while waiting for our sumptuous dinner)



the feast -- grilled pusit, fried dried fish, green mango salad, bulalo, lechon, etc


the next day is my alone time: spent mostly in greenbelt -- early breakfast, sunday mass, lunch, a little shopping and self maintenance chova! (i don't want to say nobody wants to see me anymore..haha.)




then before i know it...time to go back to the world with two moons.

here is what's waiting for me:


my little slice of heaven. home bitter-sweet home.


the cute wood carving that i bought at the airport. 

&&&&&&

i wanted to say i came home to an empty flat -- but the truth is he was there waiting for me:


ryt at the terrace...chos! (obvious bang miss na nya ako?)  hahahaha.
that's all fairies, witches, bitches, queens, princesses and wannabes...
enjoy the rest of the week.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

philippine cinema's best actresses

Image
what's a pink blog without a post on actresses. i know, i know, list posts are such a cliche. they shout "lazy!" in bold, capital letters. but please bear with me. sometimes i get so busy with my newfound career that i hardly have time to sleep, much less think of new, funny posts to make your day. chos!! so let me start this mahatma gandah's list with the best actresses, in my book, in this little part of hollwood. if you don't agree with me, go make your own list. haha 1.  nora aunor . but of course. unlike other actresses, la aunor is still great even if she is not handled by the masters (lino brocka, ishmael bernal, mario o'hara) and even if the script sucks. case in point -- the flor contemplacion story -- directed by the mediocre and overrated joel lamangan. she was so good there that she won various awards. need i say more? as i have mentioned earlier, nora was superb in nearly all of her movies -- tatlong taong walang diyos, himala, merika, and
Read more

one fyn day

Image
it was a quarter past eight. too early in the morning for angels of the dark to be awake. his mind was a fog.  he could hardly keep his eyes open. he was standing at the lobby of the four seasons hotel, waiting for the lift to come and take him to the grand ballroom. where he would spend an hour in the company of bankers, fund managers and business men in dark suits. listening to a famous international economist talk about asia's economic prospects over the next ten years. how china's trumpeted economic miracle is standing on shaky grounds. all it will take is just a minor shake and the whole thing will crumble. or does it? he was dressed appropriately (an outsider pretending to be part of the circle, but still looking like an outsider). in beige brooks brothers pants. cut narrowly to flatter his well toned legs. baby pink paul smith shirt, topped with dark blue blazer from ralph lauren. tom ford glasses to cover his still sleepy eyes and dark spots under them. brow
Read more

filipino women on the verge of.....greatness

Image
the year two thousand and thirteen is proving to be a great year for lovers of philippine cinema. after a good harvest at the cinemalaya in late july to early august (please click  here  to read about some of my cinemalaya reviews),  came the sineng pambansa national film festival all-masters edition (whew!) and the first cinefilipino film festival. the last two festivals, held one week apart in september, also featured films that were beyond the ordinary. if vilma santos heralded the cinemalaya festival, her erstwhile rival as queen of philippine cinema nora aunor was clearly the biggest come on of the cinefilipino festival. coincidentally (or not!), if ms. santos' entry at the cinemalaya festival, ekstra, was the top grosser in terms of box-office receipts, ms. aunor's ang kwento ni mabuti likewise earned the most among the cinefilipino entries. so whoever said that both actresses' luster at the box-office had diminished through the years is probably hallu
Read more