Feeling big in little Tokyo

Kawaii at Choto Grocery



Wagyu at Noda Sho Restaurant

Itadakimasu!


Pearly & Bananas

Human, all too Human

10 requirements due in the next 72 hours.

I cannot wait for September 1 to end.

Finals= the death of me

Alessa

(icanread)

Breathing exercises

Inhale.

Exhale.

One, two, repeat.

mj

Aftershock

Not today.
Never
again.


There is always a savior,

Pearly


poem by e.e. cummings, photos by mj

Highly Compatible

Pour myself a cup of coffee full of sober nights,
Cos nicotine and coffee are my friends in this fight

And you, you keep me warm
You, you keep me warm
All your cigarettes and cup of coffee
It keeps me warm

(Keep Me Warm, Ida Maria)

Alessa

(stateofjoe via vis.ualize.us)

Forever 21 Grey Cardigan. Topshop Tank.

Dig

Some things are better off lost.

(never to be found again.)

then again, maybe that's just me.

mj

The kid is alright

When I turned 20, I told myself to just drop everything and let things be,

let myself be.


I guess it was a right decision.

Everything's going crazy

but here I am


Just alright.


Pearly


Blazer by Mama, & her floral top, twotoned shoes from 168, bag from Trove
photos by mj

What it's like not to feel anything?

"There is always a way things are or not"

.

" We are who we are. People don't change."

- Estella, Great Expectations

Alessa

Black jumpsuit from Cambodia. People are People Heels. Ring from Karl Edwards Bazaar. Vintage Necklace

Maybe It's Time

"To get back to my youthI would do anything
in the world
except
take exercise,
get up early,
or be 
respectable."
quote from Oscar Wilde

You need a bit of craziness to stay sane in an insane world.

Fortunately for me, these people deliver.

mj

Manila Design Week '09

art is everywhere.art is what you think it isand what you think it isn't.

open your eyes.

mj


all images taken by mj & pearly

Say Yes forever

'Are you free today? I'd like to talk more.'

'You mean, about your falling in love with someone other than me?'

'Right,' she said. 'About my falling passionately in love with someone other than you.'

I clamped the phone between my head and shoulder and stretched. 'I'm free in the evening.'


Drown or slide?

Pearly


Text from Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami. Sweet treats from Bizu

Let the countdown begin

Take note: Will only watch this during term break and not during finals

week regardless of how tempting it screams and begging me to "Watch me!

Alessa

An offer you can't refuse

A few weeks ago, I attended my organization's first general assembly, of which I was the promotions head. The event, called Omerta, had a mafia theme of sorts. 

I've already posted this outfit before (sans the fedora hat) but here are a couple of photos of me during the event:

with my best buddies, Brad and Angelina (I can dream, right??)

with Twinie, my blockmate/friend

Hallway Pass, a college street style blog, did a feature on me and my take on the "mafia" outfit. Check it out

HERE

Also, Glance Magazine picked me as one of the three "best dressed" people during the event. They even gave me a gift bag to boot. Look for me

HERE

Thanks for the features, guys!

♥MJ

photo credits: Mark Tiu

(entry reposted from Secret Skins)

Pocket full of posies in a black pool

FOR SALE: MY LIFE. HIGHEST BIDDER COLLECTS.

I’ve been swimming in the black pool of art lately...we’re forced to dive in it.

What’s real in a notional world anyway?

I’ve kissed none / but reluctantly
lied/ because my lips are still /
sealed.

This is the hardest p art,
Pearly

stanza from "The Truth Is" poem and Panel 1 painting by Maxine Syjuco (Exhibit at Magnet Makati). Quote in block letters from Imagination and Reality By Jeannete Winterson.

The secrets within

We are bottles in human form.

We keep everything inside and 

when we fall, we break.

Bottles - that's all we are.

(we just don't want the others to know)

mj

image via fffound

Restart

Alessa: needs to rebuild her focus and eliminate all distractions getting in her way.

(Especially with you)

Dory (singing): Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming.

What do we do? We swim, swim.

Alessa

Ralph Lauren Denim Polo borrowed from Dad. Mango Tank Dress. Bag from Cambodia.

Folded&Hung Wayferers. Lobor Watch. Vintage Beads