a turquoise life.

HELLO!

i know, i know it's been YONKS since i've posted but i'm not gonna lie to you...i've been too lazy haha. and i started a tumblr which in all honesty is just easier for when i have something quick to say or a cool photo to post. but don't worry, this humble little blog has not be completely abandoned.

so as i've quickly skimmed, last post was about my week at rosemount sydney fashion festival.

well great news lovers! i am currently interning at camilla kaftans and loving it :) and i'm pretty sure they like me (a lot) too :) i'm learning something new everyday, laughing with the girls every minute, and reminding myself to "live the life you've always imagined" every second.

life is great right now...pretty tight on the financial side but what can you do eh? get up and keep moving i say!

i recently bought a light blue/green/turquoise vintage dress and i'm head over heels in love with it. absolutely perfect for summer! yay!

so moral of the story: i'm still at my retail job, doing internship, getting more and more hooked on vintage items, going crazy at the gym (7-9 classes a week...whatttt!!!!), detoxing my insides, living life to the max and simply loving every precious moment of it.

it's reading time now :)

night!

love always, me.

the stars are lining up for the asian tourist at fashion week.

wow. so it's been a LONG time since i've last blogged. but my schedule has been hectic! in a fantabulous way :)

so the 9 days ate abbey spent with us here in australia was the best 9 days i'd had in a very long time. we hadn't seen each other in almost 7 years and it was just sooooo good for us all to be together again! to be honest, when she first walked out to meet us at the airport, it took a while for me to realise that it was her! i knew it was her but obviously she looked a little different from years ago. and i found myself feeling the need to get used to her personality again. getting used to the way she laughed etc. but it's ok. 2 hours later, it was like we'd never been apart :)

it was 9 days of pure bliss, delicious food, lots of driving, non-stop walking, and never-ending sightseeing of sydney. i'm proud to say i turned into an asian tourist in those 9 days!

we look at her holiday here in australia as a beginning of future family reunions to be held in places other than the philippines haha. we skyped with the philippines almost every night and call me crazy, but it was like the whole clan was together.

definitely had an amazing time and i already miss her to bits!

the next day after she flew back to new zealand, i went straight to work promoting the 2010 rosemount sydney fashion festival. this was to be the beginning of what was to become the most amazing fashion high i have ever been involved in so far.

21st-28th august 2010 marked many fun moments in my fashion life.

moments like getting to work with different models, some major divas, some quiet ones, but most of whom actually made me feel better about myself because they showed me that they're normal people who munch on pringles and go home to do their laundry.

i was also working in the same rooms as well-known australian personalities such as miss universe 2004 jennifer hawkins, miss australia 2006 erin mcnaught, australian fashion designer alex perry, american socialite nicky hilton etc.

as much as i was excited to be in the same place as these people, admittedly i was more excited when i was given the opportunities to work with the backstage manager and/or head dresser. to me, that was what i went there to do.

i've had the most awesome month this year. it's all happening. one contact leads to the other.

half of the time, it's who you know. not what you know.

wish me luck on my endeavours!

love always, me.

15 hours and 35minutes.

just a quick blog.

in the middle of getting everything ready for when the queen aka ate abbey arrives tomorrow.

i'm so excited. i don't think i'll actually be able to sleep tonight. it's in less than a day!!! time should hurry up and the 9 days she's here should slow down. yupp. good idea.

action plan if insomnia visits me: go hard at the gym tonight + hot shower + read a book + watch tv = at least 3 hours sleep right? well it better work.

room's clean as can be, just gotta get the other bed ready. need to take my desk and computer out as well.

still need to hem mother's new jeans. damn those short legs!

oh and i really need to finish and burn the family video...ooooh! that's another thing i can do tonight if i'm unable to sleep! good thinking ange, good thinking.

so i better head off. need to finish all the stuff listed on my pretty little yellow post-it :)

next time i blog, i'll be living in the middle of a family reunion slash heaven :)

love always, me.

went to the gym to watch inception and ate eggs at the airport.

soooo....looks like it's been a week since i've blogged. been pretty distracted...

you are gonna be so proud, i went to the gym (and did a proper awesome work out each time) from monday to friday this week and had this weekend off from exercise. on top of that, have eaten so healthily and portion controlled.

seriously, gisele bundchen, watch out!

i've also perfected the art of poaching eggs. FINALLY. i've never had any success in poaching eggs until a friend gave me the step by step way that she does it and voila...perfection! poached eggs and smoked salmon on spinach is to die for! go on, try it sometime!

last night, miss sarah murphy and i had a movie date and went to see INCEPTION. uh-may-zing.

i highly guarantee. that's all i will say because i'd really dislike to be the person who got you all hyped up about what could potentially be a really crappy movie according to you. but yes. it blew my mind away. i'm thinking of actually seeing it a second time to fully grasp it haha.

on another note, this thursday will be the day we finally reunite with ate abbey. that's right, 3 days from now!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhh!!!!! sooooo excited. i may go crazy at the airport and have to be escorted out by security. you know what, i'm fine with that!

though this means i really should get my act together and prepare. this will include:

- clean...and i mean CLEAN bedroom

- buy a new heater because my stupid one finally gave up on me

- finish the family video

- make sure video camera and cameras are charged and are actually working

- re-read itinerary to make sure it actually makes sense and the timing does works

- maintain cleanliness of room

tomorrow is my day off, working on tuesday and day off on wednesday. here on this blog is where i shall declare... "I PROMISE TO DO THOSE THINGS ON THE LIST!"

there i said it.

well i'm gonna do more of the family video :)

good night and good luck :)

love always, me.

model bootcamp.

had dinner out with the girlies tonight and what a great way to end the week/weekend :) we went to SEACHANGE in DEE WHY and as per usual, everyone randomly went around the table asking others what they were ordering. the others all planned to get some sort of burger with a side of hot chips but because i'm trying this whole extreme health thing, i told them i was going to order a salad. and so they all ended up getting salads as well haha. i'm such a good influence.

anywayyyy...i REALLY need to shed some kaygees (kgs. yeah i'm cool). so from now on...but not forever...i shall get my carbs from fruits, veggies and porridge for brekkie. no dairy - after i finish this chocolate bar i have haha, and no softdrinks.

so basically - veggies, fruits, steamed fish, lean chicken and water will be my life for a while. plus lots of tea and LOTS of gym. wow. exciting :(

oh well, i'll get over it. it'll be greatttt.

IT'S BOOTCAMP TIME!

in other news, i'm having a fantabulous time saving money! almost every night, all my spare change is fed to my piggy! and i've actually been sticking to my daily allowance. i make sure to do my massive savings deposit first thing on pay day, then calculate how much i have to leave for all the bills i have to pay, and then calculate how much allowance i need to give myself for the following two weeks. plus i'm getting my awesome tax back.

so really, if you add everything together, this is what i will become:

my health and fitness bootcamp + strict financing

=

a very rich model a.k.a gisele bundchen

and you know what, i'm fine with that. haha

i'm off to finish my much loved peppermint tea and get on with my beauty sleep.

nighty night.

love always, me.

laughter cures sore muscles.

yeah so apparently i'm not as fit as i thought i was. *tear*

EJ, the manager at my gym, wrote down a program for me to follow...i didn't even get half way through it! it's only happened to me once before but yesterday just after i started doing resistance training, everything started blacking out and it felt like all the blood was rushing to my head. my arms and hands especially, felt like springs. i could move them but my hands would automatically go back into this weird position. all i wanted to do was lie down and fall asleep.

one thing's for sure, i should not have driven home. but i did.

so i got home and ate pretty much everything in sight...and by everything, i mean mama's vegetable springrolls, some chicken stuffed with spinach and feta cheese and plenty of vegetables...so really, still pretty healthy.

i had promised to attend some celebratory drinks and i was afraid i was going to miss it because of how crappy i felt. but it's ok, i pushed through and made it.

it was an amazing catch up with the good ol' big w crew. not everyone of the crew was there but that's ok.

if you want a ratio of how much we laughed to the amount of very serious topics we discussed, it would be 90:10...yeah, we laughed a lot.

my body is aching soooooo much right now. lucky i have the day off!!! but still have to gym it later. push push push! bloody hell.

it's 11:27am on a saturday and i'm bored. i really should try to do something a little more productive...or not.

maybe i'll continue with this family video. or something of that sort.

hope you have a good day today! wherever you are in the world, i hope you're smiling :)

love always, me.

when addiction becomes healthy.

so if you ignore my random yet very common bout of laziness, i'm actually a really healthy and fit person. now, that's not to say that i have no fat on me because let's face it, a person with no fat is pretty much just a skeleton. when it comes to what i eat and the amount of exercise i get, i would actually give myself a round of applause!

just so you know, and just so i can feel better about myself (haha), here are my addictions:

// h2o - i easily go through 3 litres of water a day but for some reason, it doesn't drive me to go to the toilet more often. weirddd.

// peppermint tea/green tea - i have this ridiculous love for peppermint tea. it's so yummy and...just yummy. but when peppermint tea is nowhere to be found, green tea is my saviour :)

// steamed vegetables - seriously, i eat vegetables in everyday life. usually, they'd be incorporated into some sort of casserole or one pot type of dish but lately, steam is all i need.

// fruits - L O V E fruits. that is all i have to say.

//chocolate soy milk - don't knock it 'til you've tried it. i personally do not like regular soy milk. but chocolate soy milk on the other hand...now that's amazing.

//exercise - calm down...no, i do not exercise 24/7 BUT i feel the need to constantly be moving. if it's not the gym, it's my wii fit. and on days when i don't go to the gym or use my wii fit, it's most likely because i've been at work for 9 hours where i've had to walk around the whole day in addition to my random crazy dancing when there are no customers and i am bored.

i would also just like to say that ever since i blogged about having a maximum 1 cup of rice a day and putting money into my piggy bank and not taking it out, i have NOT eaten a single grain of rice and i have put more than $10 of coins into the future bacon without taking anything out.

p r o u d :)

hmm, in the mood for tea now.

tea and a book. that's sounds good doesn't it?

love always, me.

travelled to mexico with a flat car battery for a slice of pie.

oh what a day!

had a nice sleep in, woke up at 9:30am and pretty much just chilled out until 12:45pm when i had to go to the gym.

at 1:10pm, i met hannah at the gym and we actually did a good work out! yay us! there are these new skipping ropes at the gym so i decided to give them a go and try to see if my childhood energy still lived in me. great news! with a little more practice, you'd definitely think that i had the energy of an 8 year old!

hannah was feeling a little sick today (she's still recovering from a slight illness...loser!) but she still decided to give the skipping rope a go. yeah...bad idea. she must have gotten a bit too excited and did some weird move because she ended up pulling some sort of muscle on her right back side. haha. such a loser.

after our session, we walked up to the car park and both got in our cars.

my car wouldn't start. i believe this is what they call karma for laughing at hannah's new found skipping rope injury.

i ended up having to call the NRMA (insurance company) to come and help me jumpstart my car. hannah stayed the whole time. i'd like to say we chatted the whole time but that wouldn't be true. instead, we communicated with each other through facebook on our iphones. how sad! stupid technology is disconnecting all of us, i think!

after about 30mins, the NRMA arrived and attempted to jumpstart my car. it wouldn't start. turns out, something had been pressed on my car keychain that prevented my car from starting. yep, pure stupidity.

i cannot even explain to you the amount of laughter that came out of hannah. i was laughing a lot but she was laughing so much that i was afraid she was going to run out of breath! that bitch! haha.

oh angela...you idiot.

so anyway, got home and went on a cooking/baking spree!

i made scones just because i felt like it.

for dinner tonight, we had mexican. i made enchiladas with steamed veggies and refried beans. very yummy :)

and for dessert...lemon meringue pie!!! seriously unbelievably tasty :)

surprisingly and thankfully my friend 'willpower', who i've introduced to you before, joined me for dinner so i can proudly say that right this moment, i feel no bloating whatsoever after a mexican dinner plus dessert. success!

my piggy bank gets fed almost everyday! just thought i'd share.

busy day catching up with friends tomorrow.

sleep time.

love always, me.

life, luck and a ladybug.

sometimes when I’m alone, i start question everything. i start wondering how things happen and why. i’m a big believer in things happening for a reason and am still yet to become the one with answers. it was only recently that i was hit with the sudden realisation that this is what it is. this is LIFE. there’s no turning back. there’s no way to fast forward to the future. there’s no way to avoid loss. it’s part of life. it happens. as much as i am in agreement with not ever letting anyone say ‘you can’t’, i’m also a strong believer that you can’t live life sitting around with a permanent frown on your face caused by the millions of negative thoughts and emotions in your body because ultimately, what you’re doing is missing your life and watching it pass by without even noticing.

i wonder where i’ll end up in the future. may it be a year or twenty years from now. i wonder if the friends i call my ‘forever loves’ will still be there for me when i need them. i wonder if what i refer to as my hopes and dreams right this moment will still be next year. trying to foresee the future is almost like looking at clouds on a sunny day from inside a plane. we know it’s there but we can’t quite get to it. we know for a fact that if by any chance we could reach outside and touch them, there wouldn’t be any hard barriers stopping us from reaching inside and possibly finding something magical. the only problem is, we can’t touch the clouds when we’re in a plane. we can’t force to see what’s in the future for us. we just have to fly through day by day and pick up the important pieces we’ll need.

i think a smile makes everything better. it’s such a little thing that changes how people feel. most of the time, it’s effortless and it’s free. it’s the best way to tell someone you care and you’re there for them. it’s the best way to tell someone you appreciate everything they’ve done for you. a simple smile to a stranger tells them that they deserve to be walking on this earth. sometimes you should just do it. it means no harm. it’s only a smile and it could mean everything.

luck is a funny thing. we all have different views on what luck is, why and how it happens, and sometimes even how to make your own. it’s a crazy topic to approach but in my opinion, sometimes the most amazing luck happens to a child. when a child is born into a loving, happy, crazy, loud, fun family, they can be considered lucky. actually no, they’re blessed. to have a family who cares about you and loves you for who you are. to have cousins, uncles, aunties, nieces, nephews and grandparents who open their arms wide open for a tight embrace. to have someone give you a job at family affairs simply because you’re part of the family. to almost never needing an official invitation to birthdays because you’re practically VIP. to having people to laugh with no matter how hard the outside world gets. to have a group of people to call home. now, THAT is an ongoing luck i, and many people i know, live with.

we’re all stars and you should know it. there’s a reason you’re here, whether you know what it is or not, it doesn’t matter. just try and do something. or you know, maybe just smile a little more.

go to the park, lie on the grass, stare at the sky and feel that ladybug settle onto the tip of your nose. breathe in the fresh air, reminisce about the fun that is your childhood and laugh as if you were reliving it. get up, take a breath, smile, look around you and try and realise that sometimes you just have to let all negativity roll off your shoulders and carry with you whatever makes you happy because believe it or not, this is it.

this is LIFE. this is your chance. don’t waste it.

love always, me.

tea party with the drunk alien baby.

totes had a fabulous afternoon :)

miss caris bizzaca hosted a tea party! and it was amazing. macaroons, scones, meringue, tea...the list goes on! i was actually quite surprised when this frienemy of mine called 'willpower' dropped by and helped control my tea party food intake haha

so as per our usual girl talks, topics went from one crazy one to another...

i'd like to say that we gradually go into the weird conversations, starting with normal ones, but that would be lying. the topics that stood out would be the embarrassing moments we have when alcohol is involved. walking into walls, awkward moments with other people, the s**t that come out of our mouths, swearing we'd never get that drunk again and at the end of the discussion setting a date for our next night out :)

girl friends...how could you survive without them?!

another topic that stood out would be how newborn babies look like aliens. don't get me wrong, WE LOVE BABIES. but the sound they make, the way they stretch and their funny facial expressions...you have to admit!

this conversation also brought us to the topic of how zoie looked like a baby chimp when she was born. hahahahaha. you had to be there but it was hilarious!

it still makes me laugh :)

i guess i should go to the gym now and work off all the tea party food! thank you caris for making me have to do an extra hour of exercise. damn you!

love always, me.

the law of attraction and 10 cents.

ok so either i'm in love with blogging or i really need to start a diary that i can bury underground for future human beings to find 300 years from now...or i just have a lot of thoughts i have to get out of my mind to make room for new random thoughts.

anyhoo, doesn't really matter, it's my blog, i can write whatever and whenever i want on it.

i would just like to say that lady gaga is fantabulous. i know some of you probably "hate"*** her but i know deep down inside your pretty little hearts, there's a tiny voice singing a gaga song and wanting to get out. i think you should set the voice free!!!

*** "hate" is in inverted commas because i am REALLY against the use of the word. i strongly believe in the law of attraction...you put that word out there and it comes back to you and to the world...and really, who wants that!?

seriously though, the law of attraction? amazing.

if you want something in life, you need to act like you have it. think positive, BELIEVE that you'll get it and you will. simple. stay positive, get rid of the negative thoughts and things will happen!

PERCEPTION IS PROJECTION! what you think will happen is absorbed by the universe and voila..it happens.

obviously you're allowed your sad days...so i say, have your depressing moment, let it out, move on and realise you have one life and you need to live it! yes yes yes!

i just fed my piggy bank 10 cents. i'm so proud. i'm on my way to a million!

it's 8:09pm and i've run out of thoughts...for now. i may be back later.

book time now i think.

love always, me.

charlie chaplin smiled today.

smile though your heart is aching.

smile even though it's breaking.

when there are clouds in the sky,

you'll get by.

if you smile through your pain and sorrow.

smile and maybe tomorrow,

you'll see the sun shining through

for you.

light up your face with gladness,

hide every trace of sadness.

although a tear may be ever so near,

that's the time you must keep on trying

smile, what's the use of crying.

you'll find that life is still worthwhile -

if you just smile

love always, me.

my spanish piggy bank filled with rice.

so because i daydream A LOT, i have way too much time to think about what i would like to do in my life. and everyday there's a new thing. seriously, my life list is up to about 1,000 things to do before i'm 50. uh. yeah. good luck with that!

now, i have decided, because i am bored, that in order for me to actually do these things, i'm going to post a couple of ideas on this blog every now and then and actually do them from then on. i don't have to do all of them by the next bucket list post, but at least i know that once i let them out into the universe (and by universe, i mean the world wide web), i'll get the kick and motivation i need to actually do them...well hopefully.

// learn to speak and understand spanish - i have been saying this for years! i think it is now time to actually do something about it. the goal is to be able to at least speak a paragraph's worth in spanish and understand when someone speaks it to me by december 2010.

// have my piggy bank filled - my saving routine needs a kick up the butt. the goal is to fill my piggy bank with $$$, not take any of it out, and have it filled by december 2010 just in time for my philippines holiday!

// eat only a maximum of 1 cup of rice a day - totally need to do this. i don't even eat rice that much but i think, having this idea drilled into my brain will help cleanse out my insides, force me to eat healthier alternatives and let's face it, help me drop those unwanted kilos.

i think those three are achievable, don't you???

yeah, we can do that.

ps. kuya emil has been watching a marathon of my FRIENDS dvds and tonight during dinner, he kept trying to copy chandler's expressions. hahahaha. funniest thing ever. such a loser.

it's 8:30pm...time to eat, pray, love.

good night :)

love always, me.

ate abbey takes over australia!

well she'll take over JUST sydney technically, but hey...baby steps!

right now i'm on my skype date with her and we're trying to figure out places she'd like to visit here in sydney. obviously the opera house and the harbour bridge are on the top of the list...but what else???

we're still in the process of deciding but my one warning for her is that she will be eating quite a lot. she refuses to believe this though. all i have to say is, good luck and don't say i didn't warn you!

20 days before she gets here! ahhhhhhh so excited!!!!

not too excited about the airport run so early in the morning. actually, we don't know the exact time she'll be touching down. we're a little bit confused. at first we thought she'd be here 6:20 australian time...but now we're thinking she'll actually get here at 10:05 australian time...clearly the 2 hour time difference is way too complicated for us! haha

this is so going to turn the rest of us into tourists. taking photos of these places we live in every single day. oh the fun :)

once again, 20 days and counting. in my opinion, these 20 days should just hurry up and the 9 days that she's with us should slow down. thoughts???

hmmm.

love always, me.