Hauled my ass off to Megamall to do some work at Our Home for Daphne Linens.
Daphne, Ingrid, David Celdran, Robby Carmona, Krist Bansuelo and I are styling bedrooms for Daphne Oseña Paez's latest bedding collection for Linens Direct.
The idea was to dress up a bedroom using Daphne Linens and pieces from Our Home.
I chose the grey sheets with embroidered dots.



Had to channel my inner Jonathan Adler, hehe. It was not easy, I tell you.
The event will be on November 25, Wednesday at the Atrium of SM Megamall and you are welcome to drop by!



After the setup Grace and I had dinner at Mann Hann for some major lafang and catching up. We were lucky to get two seats because there was a line.



You know what I realized, is how frustrating it is to get decent Christmas decors in Metro Manila. It seems like everybody has this glitz and glitter idea which is everywhere. Scary!!



Spotted this pretty mannequin, but not chica. Will show you a chica mannequin later.



Ended up at Homme et Femme, Shang for the sale.
Spotted the Comme des Garçons x Tretorn sneaks, not on sale, but not expensive either.



Sale is ongoing!
Visit Homme et Femme on the 2nd level, Shangri-La Plaza mall.

Krista Ranillo is “suffering anxiety attacks."

Harold, you're here!

[Glee Images]

And we get another song-filled episode that also happens to have a lot of plot in it! Hooray! We get two for the price of one. And this time, we have lots of revelations and people getting hurt and other people pining for people they shouldn't even consider liking that way. I swear I'm glad my high school wasn't filled with this much drama, but at the same time, I wish it were this fun too, complete with singing all the time. ( » )

First saw her on Status Magazine #5 and never forgot.
Even as I cleared up my magazine rack, I remembered to save the page that had her in it.
It was her outfit—a crazy mixture of checks and plaids, and a sweater worn as socks.



Hard to believe she's dead now. She was only 20 and so chica.



Police are treating the case as a suicide.
In her blog she wrote, ""the more i gain the more lonely it is ... i know i'm like a ghost i have nothing but myself."



Ang hirap kaya mag-diet. I've been on this diet to lose 5-9 lbs. and everyday's a battle. Dieting can make you depressed, so you mustn't make fun of people's weight gain.
I know because I've been feeling so low and after eating some Mann Hann with Grace, I had this surge of energy I hadn't felt today.



I haven't been able to what I'm supposed to do because I'm loaded with work and get paralyzed that things get backlogged.
Christmas is coming so fast, I can't feel it. I just want it to be January, have less work and slow down.

™

TO THE RUDE PEOPLE OF THIS WORLD;



The sooner you understand that others are, before anything else, persons with feelings..
the sooner you stop being monsters
and become human beings yourselves.

Thank you for each time that you pull me down;
for when I hit rock bottom,
you must realise that I have nowhere else to go,
BUT TO RISE UP AGAIN.

Thank you for making it clear in my head what I really want to be in life;
and that is:
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE YOU.

You may continue all your lives to be assholes and jerks,
as I become better,
BECAUSE I LEARN FROM YOU.





So for all that...

THANK YOU.


You have just catapulted me to the very top..
and I really do hope you realise that.



"May we always be happy; and may our enemies know it."
-Sarah Palin

Got this from Amazon.
Built NY has the cutest laptop cases, gadget organizers and lunch bags in plain or printed neoprene—that means the cases are water resistant.
It holds your phone, iPod, Blackberry, camera, portable charger, video recorder and more.



What I love besides its cool print and shape is no matter how bulky your gadgets are, you can still zip it up as neoprene is a stretchy material.



http://www.builtny.com/

I'm getting rindi na with the Masta issue, the deception and the lying.
Manny, Jinkee and Aling Dionisia were on TV early this morning, united in their stand that there is no affair and everything is fine and dandy.
Jeroen says these people just stepped out of a plane and probably unaware that everybody knows about the Baguio pics and all. Someone has to brief them.
So what is up? Did they come to a special arrangement that he will not leave her?
All the videos are here.
Meanwhile, let me post on trivial matters to get my mind off things.
I am backlogged on work.

xoxo

Spotted at Rustan's Supermarket: Hershey's milk chocolate kisses in black foil.
Choose from Naughty or Nice—both variants are the same kind of milk chocolate.



They're not cheap though, about Php 270++ for a small 215-gram bag.
I'm a sucker for black, so I bought just one for myself.



Here's something we don't have here but looks pretty scary. The world's largest Hershey's Kiss that looks like a mommy with tons of babies inside.



Afraid! But looks like fun.

Manny is called, "the best fighter I have ever seen. And that includes Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler—the best fighter I have ever seen. I have never ever seen anything like it."
Kaloka.

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Baguio City photos revealed





About the girl

Meanwhile, a marriage is ruined.

Bisexual singer Mocha talks about Krista Ranillo:

"People have been asking me to comment on the Krista-Pacman issue. I’ve also been getting PM on my Facebook and on this blog requesting me to post my kissing video clip with Krista. Sorry guys but I made a promise to Krista not to release our video. Here are some snapshots from the video. I’ve also included these photos on my Maxim photo blog last August 2009 issue.
Krista and I first met at Maxim office in ABSCBN last April. I was doing a series of interviews for my Maxim cover and Krista arrived to submit her sex column. We were introduced to each other by our art director. She’s easy going, sweet and friendly. She’s a knockout hottie! I said to her: “I’d love to know if you’ve ever kissed a girl.” Krista answered after a few laughs: “No”. You want to try it? “Yes!”. I was surprised she agreed to kiss. So we went to a secluded spot and kissed for several seconds. I’m proud I’m Krista’s first. Her lips are sweet and soft. She’s really a good kisser.
In regards to the Krista-Pacman issue… I love to have fun and play around, get dirty and all. But my number one rule: the guy must be single. Smart women don’t mess around with married men. If these allegations are not true, I would tell Krista to be strong and take heart. Pacman is running for office and his opponents are trying to bring him down. We should be celebrating Pacman’s victory over Cotto. He has greatly helped put the Philippines back on the global map. We need to cut him some slack."

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*NOTE: This is a relapse.



As I lie down and settle my body, I allow fatigue to consume me.
There exists a kind of exhaustion of not just bodily;
but also that of somewhere deep inside of me.
I can feel it rapidly, the drowsiness creeping,
for my eyes are getting heavy.

To the growing trance, I opt to submit,
so I do not fight it.
Hence, with half of my consciousness, I watch..
As my burden and worries gradually fade infront of my very eyes.

And then..from this moment, I have no sight..
For my eyes are now sealed;
I can not reopen them, unless I give it all my might.

All the anxiety in my system slithers away..
and suddenly,
I can not seem to locate my troubles that always used to be at bay.




I am now falling,
drowsing..
dozing.




Then...







Finally...

I AM ASLEEP.




Then, I am at ease.
Now, I am finally at rest.




With my vision inactive, all there is now is darkness;
so vast, so utter, that I know it is at its best.
Then here comes a feeling of floating,
of an inexpressible sort of liberty, of relaxed wandering.

I continue to float in the darkness,
floating..
floating..
floating...






Then suddenly,
I happen to just reach it.. .

A STATE OF SPLENDID CALMNESS.



All the weight lifted, all the fears foregone.
All my hurt and pain all of a sudden extinct,
I can not even feel a definite emotion..NOT EVEN A SINGLE ONE.

At last, I think to myself, I am somewhat free..
Of hurt, of pain..
of all things disadvantageous as a human and all that is earthly.
NOW, I HAVE PEACE..
I find quietude..and even serenity.



Now that I find the comfort,
LET THIS BE FOREVER,
this is all my plea.

Keep me in the darkness, I wish to stay here in soothing infinity.
Please, this is my desire..
WILL THE FORCE OF NATURE JUST TRY TO HEAR ME?














But then...



Something unwelcome suddenly filled the background,
the alarm clock ringing, that annoying sound.
Waking me up, pushing me back to a currently cruel reality.
Here we go again, time to get up...
MY EFFIN' GOD, WHY CAN YOU NOT SPARE ME?!

Now that I am awake, I have to go through it all again..
Put on a brave face, fake a smile.
I aspire not to deceive anyone I am okay, I prefer not to lie.

If this is another day of agony...
Why do You not just let me go,
just take me in my sleep...



JUST LET ME FINALLY DIE?

Obviously we're not watching.
Who wants to see MP kiss? Not me!

Last Sunday on The Buzz



/What's up with Ruffa's lips?

[90210 Media]

This week, we get a little bit of everything -- quite literally. Almost everyone sans Teddy/Surfer Girl, I think everyone had a bit part and their storylines all sort of moved forward. It's hard to believe we're already 10 episodes in just because I'm not counting episodes like I sometimes did in season 1. The episodes are on a constant level of surprisingly good. It's amazing how much this show has improved. I approve. ( » )

	[twilightxchange, Lion and Lamb Love]

I've come to terms with the fact that I will NEVER be able to catch up on all things New Moon. Just when I thought I was done with the Press Junket, we get loads more from it AND then the LA Premiere Red Carpet. This is me, NOT complaining, just to be clear.

[+] I wish Kristen was in Unscripted with Cweitz, Taycob and Rob. It would have been too awesome. [Moviefone]

[+] My love/hate relationship with VF is slightly less hateful with their cast Proust Questionnaire. Interesting stuff. [Vanity Fair]

[+] BEST THING THAT CAME OUT OF THE JUNKET EVER. I need Part 2 NOW. [No Good TV]

[+] Not that I needed reason to watch New Moon, but if you aren't, here are 5 reasons that might ( but may not) change your mind. [Cinematical] ( » )

On the scene with Robert, Kristen, and inappropriate fan signs [Hollywood Insider]

Sorry I didn't call you yesterday as I knew you were arriving from Hong Kong and probably tired.
This morning Candy, Ingrid, Rea and I paid a visit to Missionaries of Charity somewhere in Manila.



Candy picked me at 8:30 AM. My hair was still wet (sorry Candy!) then we picked up Ingrid in Makati. By 10 AM we were in Malate with Rea.
Starving, we convinced Ingrid to treat us to their best-selling Emerald Garden siopaos.



There are two sizes of siopao, the mumbo jumbo one and the regular.
The jumbos were already sold out at 10 AM. So we took the regular-sized ones to the car. These are impossible to get. If you're lucky, I highly recommend the bola-bola siopao served piping hot!



Missionaries of Charity is run by sisters who wear the same habit as Mother Teresa.
They turn down nobody, feed the poor and homeless and take any baby that is left on their doorstep. Some of the babies were found in trash bins or temporarily left by parents for feeding. So not all are orphans or up for adoption.



When we arrived, I was still eating my delicious siopao, but upon seeing some elderly poor eating on the street outside, I lost my appetite at once. I felt guilty having this sinful siopao so I forced myself to wolf it down.
Rea disappeared and came out carrying her favorite baby Niña.



We entered the nursery and saw babies lying on mats.



Rea immediately went down on the floor and started playing with them. These babies need mental stimulation and the sound of human voices. (Our Christian is almost two and knows only 6 or 7 words, but he is doing fine.)



Just when I started taking photos, one of the babies started to cry so I picked her up.
Other babies cried too, so Candy and Ingrid picked them up.
The babies stopped crying upon being held. I think that's all the wanted at that time.
(This is my early morning face.)



Rea said she wants to organize groups of people to come in and just hold the babies because they need human touch.



One of the boys (the one on the left) couldn't walk yet, even though he is already a year old—the age babies start to take their first steps.



There was only one caregiver feeding the babies one at a time. I really felt for her.



Donations come in all the time, so I really want to help them hire more women to work there. Rea is willing to train them for free.



Rea toured us around the place. One large room had the older kids standing in cribs and eating in a dining area. I was still carrying the baby. She would not let me put her down.
My tears started flowing. I couldn't even wipe my tears fast enough because I was carrying a baby.
One more room had the sick babies.
The facility was fairly clean and smelled OK, until smoke from the pugon started to waft in. Yes they still cook from pugon. Rea wants to improve their cooking facilities.
I'll take you there next time. Just come in jeans and sneakers and hold some babies for an hour or so. I'll take some Gerbers so we can feed some babies and help the caregiver even for just an hour. These caregivers deserve a spa treatment Oprah style.



I have to say though you need to be a little tough inside, wipe babies' tears and noses. Though they are sweaty, they smell nice.
We left at noon because Candy had to work.

Christine, I donated some of your stuff here. The stuff they don't need at Fabella were left here, while the baby blankets will be taken to Fabella.



P.S. I left a donation for the nuns to pay a debt of Php 10,000. I took this from the Paypal fund, I hope the donors won't mind. Will update you on bank account and Ondoy donations too.