Ready for Action

So my peg for this look is Jennifer Lopez in Anaconda, Olivia Wilde in Cowboys vs Aliens, Halle Berry in James Bond, and lady Jaye in G.I. Joe. Just Kidding! :)) It's funny how a tank or sando top (usually gray), aviators, and either unkempt hair or pony tails are always directors' favorites when it comes to girls in action films. This pair is totally fuss-free, perfect for action, and cartwheel-ready. Haha. I love how my new skull x stud shorts handmade by Tres Marias Online gave it a really cool bad-ass factor. I just had to pair it with a tank, boots, and just that!

I took a quick outfit picture on my phone just before heading out to join my cousins in San Rem last Saturday. SanRem had always been our hide-out since we were little. While we usually hibernate here for 3-5 days, I swear it was the shortest and most jam packed get-away I have ever been to in my life. Funny, Ninz and I still managed to shoot for Blind Clothing's April catalogue-- her as model and I as makeup artist, stylist, photographer-- in jammies. How glamorous. Here are a few mobile photos I took on the trip.

Soon as the family arrived from a 3-4 hr drive, we settled quickly and had "grilla dinna" with 4 other families. After doing dishes (did I mention dinner for 4 families?) us cousins bonded over drinks and some music by the pool. At 230 am, thanks to Jag, I showered and turned in. I don't get why people like Jagermeister. I'm not a drink kinda girl but, tequila is still quila for me.

Thanks to my very pushy dad, I got my aching body off bed at 8am to have breakfast and resumed to shoot with Ninz here on this natural back drop right after. A shoot run by a team of 2 girls on a hot beach is NOT easy! Don't even get me started with the pre-shoot and post-shoot "activities" like dragging a huge plastic bag of stock down to shore. We finished by noon. :)

After shooting, we just wanted to seek refuge at the sea but lunch was waiting. So after a real good sutukil lunch, we did not hesitate. This is me finishing up at around 3pm because we had to get ready to leave back for the city before sun down.

I always put pressure on my weekends.. that it always has to be epic enough to last the whole week. I couldn't figure out what I wanted until this weekend came. This is my ideal weekend after all. Fun, new, productive, action-filled, and jam-packed. :) 

Have a great week, everyone! x

Top: Blind Clothing

Shorts: Tres Marias Online

Boots: Thrift Find

Ocean Air. Salty Hair.

At the beach, life is different.

Time doesn't move hour to hour,

but moment to moment.

We live by the currents.

Plan by the tides.

Follow the sun.

At the beach,

Time you enjoy wasting

Is time never wasted.

Ocean Air.

Salty Hair.

 Peaceful Easter Afternoon at San Remegio, Cebu

Island Cruise Photodiary

Summer came early for me last February when I got back in Cebu from all the board exam fuss in Manila. My friends planned on a banca cruise and my arrival in the home town was just perfect timing. The beach, my friends (whom I haven’t been with in ages).. two of the best things in the world. I was first to arrive and you can just imagine how giddy I was as I watched everyone arrive in batches and get off their vehicles.

You know the drill: Snorkeling, Island Hopping, Lots of Pictures, Food, Wading, Music on board, Leisure Swimming, Afternoon naps on the boat, Sunsoaking (not too much though), and a whole lot of catching up. It was priceless.

These guys and I grew up in the same youth group and we called ourselves “Jamsesh” (I coined that since it was too long to say Jam Sessioners) because our friendship started with single guitar and a random jam session in a boat back to Cebu from a youth camp back in 2005, and we’ve been family since—we do volunteer work together thru Elim/Genrev, fight and argue (C'mon there are about 20 of us), go out and play or hang, and grow (in number) like family too. I know, I know that was a little too cheesy but come on. :)

Since this is a photodiary, I’m just gonna let all the photos do the talking. Luckily, we have a lot of camera- wielders in the bunch, spared me from doing a lot of work in this photo diary:
Maj and I on Canon, Julz on Pentax, Mic on Iphone.

(Raises Glass Coconut ) To Summer? To Summer! <3

Can you feel the high I felt that day? Haha.
I hope you enjoyed it! More summer photo diaries to come! :)
You too can book your own banca cruise here.
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Outfit Post time! :)

Nothing fancy or frilly for beach this time. Light clothes you can split and cartwheel in work best for days when you intend to run wild. Hahaha. I happy kind of blue for my bottom, and a basic white polo for that chic factor and later changed into what I'd like to call my baywatch tank (red) which I bagged for 200php at Penshoppe. I think it was supposed to be a sleeping garment or something. Haha. I intentionally got one 2 sizes bigger and I'm sure you get why. ;)

Polo: Guess

Shorts: bobson

Baywatch Tank: Penshoppe

 Bandeau: City of Vintage