Last entry was almost 2mos ago, mainly about our up-coming finals at CAS, and you never heard from me since then, the finals went well and for the last few weeks, I have been either slacking too much or extremely busy. I'm still in the process of building my portfolio and I don't have a place yet to post my works, I'm posting them here because LJ is so dear to me!
Here's my 7 looks-requirement for passing the course, I managed to do 8, though I remember feeling bad, I just thought that the time given is not enough and my reptile-glam avant garde peg didn't make it, but I'm happy with what I came up with. Thanks to all the models and to Gers for always being there. Hope ya like it!
No Make-up Look
Model: Ava David
Evening Bride
model: Gemma Heaton
gown: Gerswin Qua
Avant Garde
model: Hudson Rossi
Day Bride
model: Crystal Nieto
gown: Gerswin Qua
Glam
model: Ava David
Periods (1950's inspired)
model: Gemma Heaton
Male Grooming
model: Hudson Rossi
High Fasion
model: Faye Sorriano
School ended two Sundays ago, but our certificates wont be in our possessions until we have completed 12hours of on-the-job training outside school. The last three months of learning about make-up was a blast. I can't even believe that I made it! Juggling work and school plus all the endless shopping of materials, you know how those little things cost, and some unexpected-stressful-instances like, my phone got stolen inside the crowded MRT one time on my way to school, which I could've avoided if I travel free of a heavy train case full of make-up, (atleast I didn't get infected with AH1N1 the whole time I was out.) just having to go through all these sucked my energy and budget dry, I can't agree more that nothing is glamorous about being a MUA, it's all Passion and hard work. I hope that I don't sound like I'm complaining because I actually miss everything and everyone in the class. My classmates have been my girlfriends for the last three months and I know that even if we don't see each other anymore as much, we'll still keep-in-touched and go out once in a while.
Looking back, before I went to CAS... back then I was doing make-up already and I did a print ad of The Wedding Library, my first paid gig, the owner of the company wanted me to be a part of her team, I told her I'm not ready yet and explained to her that I would love to come back, after acquiring training from professionals. It surprised her, she thought I was doing it like a pro does, It was flattering but what she didn't know is; I was really frustrated the whooole time I was doing it, and kept telling myself after the shoot; "I could've done better". Some friends advised me to join open photo shoots for practice and credits and that I really don't have to pay for school to get training because many MUA's don't have to, yet they're so popular in multiply.com, but I already knew that it is not the career path that i want for myself, and up to this day I'm still living-up to it, I want to learn and be updated with the trends in make-up and to have paying clients rather than credits from model wanna be's.
During the first day of school, I remember that it felt so strange to see that I'm the only guy in the room, considering that there are lots of gay guys out there who practice make-up. It was eventually explained to me by my instructor that; for all the years he has been teaching make-up artistry in CAS and counting all class he handled in the past, there were only six male students who enrolled in his class, that includes me already. I came to a realization, since the talent for make-up comes natural for most gay men, plus all the tutorials you can get at youtube.com, acquiring formal training and certification is not necessary.
I can take pride that I'm a graduate of CAS and thankful to have Bo as my instructor, he made school fun and easier for us, without compromising his professionalism. I got a lot of amazing tips from him too, small things I've never seen featured in youtube.com and are actually not included in school lectures, these are tips he practically experienced himself, useful to all MUA's. I miss my classmates already particularly Dre, Krystelle and Anne Margarette, I never felt like I have to compete with them because we all help-out each other. Unfortunately I can't talk about it here, but from them, I have seen and learned Humility. It is just a small industry we are all trying to fit in, I'm sure someday we will be working together again. ugh I love you guys!
aren't we gorgeous?
me, Khristelle, Anne Margarette, Dre and Bo! my favorite classmates
( more more more photos! )
It's 2am and later at 8am until 6pm we are having our photo shoot for our finals, this is it! I'm both excited and sad because finally after all the sacrifices and gastos, I am very close to become a professional make-up artist and sad at the same time because I'm gonna miss my classmates and Bo, my professor. Everything is packed and ready for tomorrow's shoot, I'm planning to do 13 different looks, with 6 models, 5 females and 1 male model... fresh and hot from Brazil baby! good luck to all of us! Thank you to all my family and friends for the love and support.
I'm giving all my female models watches from Tomato.
My idea for the avant-garde look is glam reptile. Thank you to Gers for
helping me come-up with this, Thanks to Ronald for helping me
with the execution.
I promise to rock later! ciao!
Today I'm excited! Three long months, I've waited and finally,
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ronald_md 's gift to me already came! I love it and I'll take care of it forever and ever! It's a gorgeous shiny black leather train make-up-case, which is very useful carrying around my make-ups for school. I have two train cases already, and the other one was given to me by my sister, unfortunately they're not yet enough, I need to get something like a trolley very soon or I might end up having a slipped disc for carrying all my make-ups which are seriously heavy, definitely not a good thing for my scoliosis. Few days after the lovely train case arrived, my Sonia Kashuk sponge(on the pic -the cute purple ball sitting on top of Shu eumura foundation) also came in the mail all the way from California. I'm actually not a big fan of sponges because I am a bacteria-freak, but right after I took them out of the box and tested it, I thought that for my personal use, I'd never go back using a stippling or foundation brush again. What it does is so amazing, very easy and fast and smooth and ugh... I love it, sadly it's disposable, good for only 3 months. The result is so great, no wonder why a lot of celebrity make-up artists in hollywood use it. I'm not sure but I think they're only available in Target and I had Mai buy 2 sponges for me, $10.00 each -i know right?! for a sponge, and for having it shipped here it's like buying 2 more! Thanks to Ronald and Mai again!
***************It's not all about make-up, I'm learning other important things too.
Our class is held every Tuesdays and Thursdays, hell! It's not easy to maintain a full-time job and to keep-up with the demands of working OT, everytime my job asks me to work for 5 more extra hours. I have no choice but to stay up, and work so i can pay for all my bills and make-ups! I can't see anymore without my eyeglasses, my eyes are so tired and stressed, I have to put a drop of artificial tears every now and then to lubricate them. Last pay period was the crazzzy one, instead of working 8hrs per day, I was given 5 more extra hours everyday, I hate it and also LOVE it because it helped me pay my credit card way before it's due. For the longest time, after keeping my balance at zero, I had to use my credit card again, during our field trip in MAC Rustans, and Shu Eumura Rockwell.
One time I was inside Zara and I fell in love with this comfy shoes, I'm so close to buyingy it, but I decided to call mom and ask her first... fuck! I ended up not buying it, It broke my heart and seriously I got depressed, wanted to self-destruct and told myself; "this is not about the shoes anymore!" I realized that I'm actually depriving myself from having a boyfriend, from going out, then I stopped going to the gym and gone careless with my diet. Until my mom helped me realized that I'm spending too much on my materials and infact, I made the right decision for not buying the shoes, I can always buy a new pair anyway, as soon as I get certified as a make-up artist, "It's called setting your priorities anak." she said. I was like; "fuck the issue is all about the shoes nga!" It's great that I'm learning to control myself na.
I actually like the fact, that things don't go too easy and convenient for me. Unlike my classmates, they dont have to take the dirty-crowded-public-train carrying 8-10 kilos of make-ups, because they have cars and some even have drivers to take them anywhere they need to go. From my observation, for most of them, shelling out money doesn't really hurt their budgets because they either come from a prominent family somewhere very far or owns a business or just got lucky to be with a cool and loving celebrity husband. I dont have anything against them, they're all nice and warm, they're all my friends and I always enjoy a free ride way home. I guess we all have our own sacrifices, I mean atleast I dont have to be away from my family, or I dont have kids to worry about, that would be too stressful. It is kind of challenging when there are many tasks thrown in front of you, I mean I'm not just learning make-up, I'm doing time management as well, which is soo not me! ohhh diba!
with my classmates
my work station
lip palette and some blushes and MAC lip glass
doing Jenika, my model provided by Ms. Daisy
***************more power to Sam!
Congratulation to my cousin Sam, a young artist whose talent brought him all over the world. He just had a series of art exhibits in Germany and UK! We are all proud in the family.
Sam's recent works are uhmm stripes... the third one is my favorite.
School has finally begun last Thursday at the Center for Aesthetic Studies or CAS, upper level of Franck Provost in Jupiter St. Makati, this whole school-thing-for-make-up-experience is so overwhelming and I'm really looking forward to each day of learning at class, I even took the front row seat on the first day, something that I've never done during Algebra days. I find it pretty impressive and relieving at the same time to know that my good and hard earned money for working so hard; is with the people in the industry of make-up who take their job seriously by being so professional, strict implementing house rules, and knows how to give back in the sense that one of our activities would be free make-over to abused women or cancer patients (looking forward to that).
Even before getting myself here, I already understood that this is not a joke or at least not going to be all glamorous for me, true enough during orientation, Marga the school director and our instructor Bo, warned us about all the stressful stuff we are up against, from everyday travelling carrying heavy train cases... to grabbing models which can be a bitch if they like act like a VIP diva... and all the numbers of hours we have to stay standing to do our make-up... to figures of crazy amounts of money that's about to come out of our pockets... all the written and practical exams we have to pass to be certified... and a big long day of photo shoot doing many different looks under the element of time pressure for our finals. Gawwd I want to skip all that and have our field trip make-up shopping at Rockwell na! They made themselves pretty clear though it didn't necessarily came out from their mouths, this career is not for you if you don't have what it takes and they're the best in town to get training from.
I'm just not sure about my classmates but this process is going to be painful for my schedule, I'm keeping my job which I love as well, there are demands from them too, I have to be at my best or I'd risk loosing it, I need a lot of time-management and be more of that thing they call "positive attitude"(where the hell can you buy that?!). wtf! goodluck with that, though I know I'm the luckiest guy for being sorrounded by beautiful people around me, the support and love from my family and friends are so much and it makes me say "busy times like these... who needs a boyfriend? not me!"
I think "From The School of Hard Knocks" is officially back!!!... I hope too that you'll hear from me more starting today, this is something I definetly want to share. If you happen to be just like me, a humble aspiring make-up astist, and doing your own research of the right make-up artistry school for you here in Manila and you came across my blog, I had my share of doing research too. I suggest that you call every school there is and have them discuss briefly their syllabus to you and dont hesitate to ask for the budget-consideration, if you have the passion for this craft you dont want to come unprepared!
my CAS uniform
********************gossip girl
Just watched the lastest episode of GG earlier this afternoon, Is it just me? don't you think gossip girl keeps on getting better... it's like every new episode that comes out becomes my new favorite episode of GG ever! Yuh I KNOW the characters have to grow, they're all going to college next season and I agree i doesn't have to be gossip girl spreading all the scandals in the upper-east all the time and all, but I can't agree more when bff Mai told me, "I think they have a new writer". Can anyone do a little research on this? -xoxo
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to the people I love, you know who you are... pautang naman shet! LOL
Few days before mother's day, JB invited me to go out with other friends, I figured I need to turn into a busy-bee for the next 3 months ahead, starting this week, I thought one night of clubbing is not going to hurt, besides I miss them. Just like what I thought, It would be the same old Malate, what made it a little different is the process of picking-up an outfit. It's a lot harder when your 20lbs heavier! You need new jeans and lots of digging-up the closet needed! I want to move out of this body na.
It is always fun to see them and another thing that made it special is surprise from JB, He got himself a new car for working so hard! (congratulations love!).We went to Blue Room in malate for a couple of drinks, then went to Bed Bar for some moves, then headed to Dangwa to buy me some mother's day flowers for mom and old lola. This was also the last night spent with my phones.
( Be my guest, go click this for more photos )
Two weeks over due,
reirana asked me to do the make-up for his models and I can't say no to a guy who's been nothing but nice and generous for buying me a liquid foundation from Faceshop during his travel to Korea. I did 5 girls which took more than 3 hours non-stop. Tried so hard not to smoke until everybody's finished simply because I dont want to smell like an ashtray while doing it. I dont want to be called the talented make-up artist with a big bad breath. LOL the girls were lovely and I think they loved my work, ugh i really want to master this craft. ciao xoxo 
( more BTS shots, come and see. )
Some random make-up-stuff:
- I'm saying goodbye to dry and chapped lips which became my problem for many months, just got my famous yellow capped jar of Carmex lip balm from my boss for winning a contest at work! I bought several lip balms already and they ended being trown in the trash. I've always wanted a Carmex lip balm because I don't think we have it here in Manila. I love this one, I can see results already.
- Mai bought me 2 Sonia Kashuck make-up sponges! I actually wanted a Beauty Blender sponge but they're $20, which I thought is a crazy price for a disposable cute little hot pink sponge, though it's becoming overrated because celebrities in Hollywood use it, besides the reviews for Sonia Kashuck is pretty much the same and they're half the price cheaper. Love you mai, be safe for me!
- My 88 palette eye shadow from Coastal Scents which, I ordered from Florida finally came in the mail, after almost 2 months of waiting, they're worth it for only $22. It's very pigmented and as vivid during application.
- I have the sweetest friends in the world. I just bought a "studio fix" fluid foundation from MAC and ronald_md without even telling him about it, bought me a "studio fix" MAC face powder too, what a perfect combination. Not to mention he also bought me a train case full of make-ups! ugh can't wait anymore!
WTF! I lost my 2 cellphones yesterday and whoever has them, they can keep it. I'd be more than willing to give their chargers, they already have my pictures lol, I just neeeed my contacts back. They wont be needing my boys' cell numbers anyway! lol Though it didnt take long to reactivate my line back, but who knows what I've missed all day yesterday. It could've been a small make-up gig or a proposal from a cute guy to be his boyfriend (yuh thanks to text messaging, it's so easy to propose to a cheap boy like me!)... sigh I miss my phones already, I had them for almost 3 years.
Call me stupid and this is quite embarrasing to admit... the photo below is not just a random one saved in my computer, it is actually the very exact spot where I've abandoned them. You might start laughing but i dont care anymore... "yeah I managed to have a photo of me taken with them before giving them away." LOL! All I wanted was to hand my grandmother a bouquet which I bought a night before mother's day, so we all went there and when it was time to go home my mom and dad were still chitchatting with some of our relatives, the car was locked, so with my sister we got stuck outside, doing one thing I hate most, "waiting" for a little over 20 minutes long lang naman. Restless from partying the night before and from buying flowers at 5am, the Sun is soo up and not to mention bored as hell, I gave my sister my digital cam (I still have it), and asked her to shoot me then I guess, went so careless and have totally forgotten about my phones after that.
We were already home and already getting-off the car when I realized where I've last placed and left them, open and public... there was nothing much I could've done so I went smiling again and told my sister, "guess what? I got a new phone, your cellphone actually." though I got scared because I know I can be billed long-distance calls, once they figure they can do it, so i called my mobile network right away and have my line blocked. I'm still using the same number but updating phonebooks can be a bitch.
I know this is really funny to ask, and everybody here in the house laughed too after showing this photo... don't you think the photo is cute?
Yours truly dropping by again, I sure miss religiously blogging about all things going on in my mediocre life... from silly things like writing about all guys I'm dating(which were not exactly silly back then), to posting liberating and sometimes bitchy ideas here in my humble blog. Gawwwd I love LJ so much, but due to lack of social activities and busy schedule plus not to mention my own decision to lay low... my blog has been experiencing a major hiatus for quiet a while now. For my readers(if I have any), there's nothing to worry, I'm doing good than I've ever been... I hope you are too.
What do I have there about me to update you with... I'll try to make it simple and short as possible; Still single and appreciating it. Gained few pounds, maybe 20lbs heavier... hating it but in love with food and eat them. In the process of seriously thinking of ditching my Marlboro-red-addiction. No more parties or clubbing for me, all work but happy. How boring is that?! Told ya, there's nothing much to blog about.
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My last weekend was a lot different than what I'm used to, well at least I was not home reading a novel or working over-time on a Saturday. Last Friday night, went-out and catch-up with old friend Khromie. Photos taken in a convenient store in Malate after few bottles of beer, pardon for my dehydrated skin and lips... blame it on the alcohol!
I finally got my 21-piece set brush that I ordered 2 months ago from Suesh Make-up last Saturday. It took a while because you can either buy the whole set alone for 3500.00Php or add 1000.00Php with a 3-hour workshop to go with it, in my case I decided to join the workshop, but there was a 2 months waiting list, and so I had to wait but it's worthy... The brushes are to love, I had to talk to them and tell them how pretty they are, silly huh!. I would definitely give Suesh a lot of air-time in my next entry. ciao! xoxo
photo taken shortly after the workshop; from left to right, our instructor that day,
Suzanne Tan, me, my model Me-anne and the other two ladies who joined
the workshop as well.
Same old Valentine's Day for me, single but It's not bad after all. There's a guy but he's too sick and weak and busy praparing for a 4-day vacation in HK, he's another story, one day I might write an entry about how we met, but for now... these were my activities last V-day, with Crystal who just broke-up with her bf, and lovers Carl and Kathline, together for 10yrs.
Posters of my first paid gig... my form of art... my make-up, they're all over Edsa-Ortigas, Mall of Asia and SM North Edsa, also from magazines(Metro Weddings -January issue), online to carparks, It's overwhelming... I'm pretty sure my sis, Jordan(the groom in the ad) doesn't have any idea how exposed he is, though he signed a contract how they'll use the photos, I hope he's safe there in Boston. We had fun during the shoot, anyone can tell, look how natural they smile. The exhibit waa big, a lot of photographers, MUA's, designers even the kalapatis were present.
Live performace of Boyce Avenue, I dont know the boys but I was kind of outnumbered so I had no choice but to watch them, though I like their version of Rihanna's Disturbia... it was cool, they're such a big thing na pala noh, the fans did hurt eardrums out of me, they were crazy. lol Then super late dinner at Tia Maria's.
( something Red for V-day... take a look! )
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My new favorite reality... Kid Nation season 1 is over, the concept of the show is unique, move-out ANTM, I'm so tired of you. Not only that ANTM is like as old as Tyra and this goes to other reality too... sometimes they tend be not so real than they're supposed to be, besides who would've thought that kids can actually make for good reality TV. Ang dami tuloy nagpupumilit maging model dito sa pilipinas(like me! haha). Everytime, it breaks my heart to see the kids deal with homesickness at a very young age. It tortures me and it does bring me to tears, I love the show but still it's insane for the parents sending their kids to reality TV, but I feel proud like a mama everytime they come-up with something good to survive and accomplish something. I'll miss them.
the cast
I dont know all forty of them, what's cool... members of cast are diverse from another, there's a spelling bee geek, a Shakespeare fan, a high maintainance pageant girl, learders, bitchy and slackers, an advocate of animal rights, a born speaker but my favorite is Alex, a 9-year old asian genius boy who reminds me of my nephew Justin. I'm a fan.
Alex of KN
February 9, 2009
Eye Candy a project of Ash Castro
G's back! been gone for almost 5 long months, what did i miss? well, happy new year all... I think i know what runs to your mind as you're reading this... yeah! a fierce photo seems like a good motivation for my come-back, lol but seriously 5 months is a long time and so many things happened over the period, I've been wanting to share them all, but i didn't know where to begin, but i guess it wont get started until i do so here it goes;
* Got a new job now, been with them for 5 months, my paycheck is twice the amount I
used to get from my previous job for 2 and a half years, not to mention i have the most
humble and loving bosses... finally I've eliminated myself from endless kupalness and
politics at work.
* I now have a stable savings account and my all my credit cards are now 0 balance! I
am free from debts. I'm soo soo soo proud of myself for making it happen, this time
neither mom or ate helped.
* 7 or 8 months back, I wrote about getting tired of partying, getting wasted and all... I am
pleased to tell myself, since then I never went to parties, like what they say in rehab...
"sober and clean"... yey! Refer to this link: http://gery123.livejournal.com/26264.htm
* Rasengan! I became a Naruto fan! among all these things that happened, this is the
one that came by surprise; never planned, never dreamt, never thought! I'm now in my
216th episode, they're all cute, i want to have a Naruto baby brother, even bought action
figures of Naruto, Gaara, Sasuke and Shikamaru. love it!
* I went to Franck Provost in Jupiter st. Makati and made an inquiry about my
lifetime-dream to become a make-up artist. The budget consideration is really big, but
it's Franck Provost, the best here in Manila, cant wait to be a part of them... need to
work harder, even harder! My make-up collection is now bigger but i want moreee.
* BFF Mai moved to California last December to take her masters, on the irony we talk
more often now than she was around here, she helped me purchase this Exaj
88-palette eyeshadow for $31, its on its way now! ughh! cant wait. I miss my friends,
particularlyronald_md who's in Ireland.
* Still on a big NO for commitment and Love, just not ready yet.
* I'm turning 26 exactly next month!
G's back! been gone for almost 5 long months, what did i miss? well, happy new year all... I think i know what runs to your mind as you're reading this... yeah! a fierce photo seems like a good motivation for my come-back, lol but seriously 5 months is a long time and so many things happened over the period, I've been wanting to share them all, but i didn't know where to begin, but i guess it wont get started until i do so here it goes;
* Got a new job now, been with them for 5 months, my paycheck is twice the amount I
used to get from my previous job for 2 and a half years, not to mention i have the most
humble and loving bosses... finally I've eliminated myself from endless kupalness and
politics at work.
* I now have a stable savings account and my all my credit cards are now 0 balance! I
am free from debts. I'm soo soo soo proud of myself for making it happen, this time
neither mom or ate helped.
* 7 or 8 months back, I wrote about getting tired of partying, getting wasted and all... I am
pleased to tell myself, since then I never went to parties, like what they say in rehab...
"sober and clean"... yey! Refer to this link: http://gery123.livejournal.com/26264.htm
* Rasengan! I became a Naruto fan! among all these things that happened, this is the
one that came by surprise; never planned, never dreamt, never thought! I'm now in my
216th episode, they're all cute, i want to have a Naruto baby brother, even bought action
figures of Naruto, Gaara, Sasuke and Shikamaru. love it!
* I went to Franck Provost in Jupiter st. Makati and made an inquiry about my
lifetime-dream to become a make-up artist. The budget consideration is really big, but
it's Franck Provost, the best here in Manila, cant wait to be a part of them... need to
work harder, even harder! My make-up collection is now bigger but i want moreee.
* BFF Mai moved to California last December to take her masters, on the irony we talk
more often now than she was around here, she helped me purchase this Exaj
88-palette eyeshadow for $31, its on its way now! ughh! cant wait. I miss my friends,
particularly
ronald_md who's in Ireland.* Still on a big NO for commitment and Love, just not ready yet.
* I'm turning 26 exactly next month!
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my younger sister, Jennifer's 21st birthday --dinner at heaven and eggs 02/01/09
my younger sister, Jennifer's 21st birthday --dinner at heaven and eggs 02/01/09
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A month ago, I've asked a very good friend Dennies Fidel to create a statement shirt for me, which i wore for a photoshoot with Mr. Ash Castro. He recommended and insisted "Naomi Campbell Walk", but I'm the client so he listened and so i got hit by Naomi instead.
Check-out his other shirts at http://shirt888.multiply.com/ . They're affordable and nice, just inform me if you want to buy one. lol
Last night(Friday), Bed Malate... i went back in black for the KB's Project Blackout Reunion Party. I arrived at around 11:30PM and left malate around 1:00am to visit Mai's office in Makati for another event. I wore a cool custom shirt that light up by Dusk 'til Dawn. The shirt uses Electro - Luminescent Technology (EL) powered by 4 AA batteries. My shine was literally effortless, just one press of the on/off button, people cant help but turn their heads lol! Though I felt like being electrocuted, well yeah, practically 4watts of electricity runs it. so i had to place a sheet of paper inside my shirt, between my chest and the star panel. I'm such a believer of "no pain... no gain".
for orders and to see other designs: http://www.dtdliveyourlife.com
********************23rd August, 4:00am -Drunken Make-up artist.
Few weeks back, i got a text message from Mai, that her company(employer) is conducting a beauty pageant of 16 candidates, 2 of them, Ara and Kittel are the representatives from her department and she's the point person to take care of gowns and making the girls pretty, basically making them win. I got excited and was more than willing to do their make-up. After the program in Bed, i went straight to Makati and did what i do best. I am soo pleased to say that both of them were in the top three! It's a pleasure working with them, thank you guys!
my work as a drunken make-up artist.
I already know that I'm pretty good putting 9 yards long of false eyelashes and all that, what surprised me was; i can do it in a drunken state! I had 1 glass of Bacardi and 3 bottles of strong-ice beers and a sachet of extrajoss energy drink that i mixed on each bottle of beer that i had(making it 3 sachets of extrajoss). The moment that i got-off the cab Mai told me; "you're drunk noh! umayos ka sa guard". When i was inside the building, i gave the girls a head's up that i've consumed a small amount of alcohol and asked them every now and then if i smell disgusting. I guess they didn't have a choice, lol.
( behind the scene shots )
***************23rd August, 5:00pm
Earlier, Crystal(neighbor and good friend) invited some photography hobbyists and enthusiasts to do the clicking in our peaceful and lovely village here in the middle of QC, Bloomfields Subdivision. I assisted them with the shoot. The shots were lovely and the photographers are great. Can't wait to grab the photos! It was fun experience with them , i hope to be working with them again!
the photographers, location shoot: Bloomfields Subdivision Village (my neighborhood)
photo taken inside a neigbor's house.
photo grabbed: http://reviestrese.multiply.com/
( behind-the-shoot shots from my cam! )
photo grabbed from: http://ashcastro.multiply.com/photos/alb
This is a photo grabbed from Ash Castro's multiply account, it's one of the behind-the-scene shots taken last week during our photoshoot with the KB team. The girl wearing the lovely dress (by Gerswin Qua) with the exagerated heavy and big gold ruffled accessory (by Bernard Escalona) is Vanessa, one of my HM friends, the cute guy pulling her hair is Devaun, a part of the KB team, he was comically bashing and dissing Vanessa during the shoot, but she's such a good sport, and once in a while she would okray him back. Their chemistry is really good and funny.
There is a funny story on how i grabbed the photo, I was chatting with Vanessa through ym and this is how the conversation went:
Vanessa : Nakita mo na yung photos sa site ni Ash?
Gery : Meron ba?
Vanessa : Oo meron, tignan mo sa photos nya.
Gery : Ok wait.
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Gery : Punyeta ang ganda mo dun! bidang-bida ka!
Vanessa : Oo nga eh, minsan lang maging tao! hehe
Gery : so you admit na hindi ka mukang tao ?
Vanessa : Oo, minsan! hehe
All i want to say is; To Mr. Ash Castro and the entire KB team, from the bottom of our hearts, on behalf of everybody, I can't thank you more for making my friends feel good about themselves. We may not be your pretty, tall and skinny models but I am soo proud of them, we kicked-ass during the shoot, i know our photos will tell! It was extremely exhausting, but you guys don't have any idea how much it helped some of us boost our confidence. Thanks!
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( ex-lover became valentino )
********************There's something about Ronald
As i write this entry, Ronald is in his flight back to Ireland. There are so many good memories we shared during his stay here in Manila, and it will never be the same with out him. Everybody loves him, my mom loves him, he's a like a big magnet that has the power of pulling everything close to him. He has a deep and sweet voice that makes everybody listen to it. An irresistible catnip that makes a kitten go crazy. He's fat, old and undesirable which makes it complicated to understand why everybody likes him. Move-out Mary... There's something about Ronald. See you next year! I love you!
Last August 6-8 my friends and i went to Baguio! it never stopped raining which made Baguio even colder, though people of Baguio is always warm as ever. We stayed at "The Manor" in Camp John Hay, it's a very posh and lovely place, Ronald's aunt owns a unit there, our stay was free!
So many fun memories to keep... JB's 38th birthday, thank you to the staff of Don Henrico's for celebrating with us. Ronald's send-off, it will never be the same without him. John's first time to visit baguio, I bet John would definitely go back. Funny Impromptu Ms. Gay beauty contest in Friday's and Don Henrico's. and oh, we checked a gay strip club in there... for the record Baguio has the biggest chuva I've ever seen (i didn't touch it! swear!) and in the whole world, believe me!
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********************Playboy Bunny Hunt
Last weekend, Friday night 8th of August, Myself and Crystal went to the Playboy Philippines Go-see party at Mezze bar in greenbelt, Playboy is searching for fresh and hot playmates, no offense meant to other ladies but Crystal is sooo not interested to become a playmate. Met a couple of photographers who said they can have me do the make-up for some photoshoots... (uhhh i don't want to think about it too much, I'll just wait for that day to happen). Thank you Dennies Fidel for my Mariah Carey Playboy shirt!
After getting what we wanted, we left the place and went to emba for the 08-08-08 party. Nothing great happened i got bored so i ended-up drinking like a fish and got drunk. Well, our invites were free so not that bad for a bum like me after all.
A. Interpreting bats in my dream... ON CLUBBING
About 3 weeks ago, i have dreamt of our old house (which is older than me and we had for 32 years, before moving to our new home 3 yrs ago). My dream was really scary, there was big bat flying in the ceiling, as we try to shoo the bat away it landed near me then i saw it's super scary face, i'm not even sure if I've seen a bat in real life but man that one looked sooo real, like it's gonna eat me!
That whole Saturday morning, i kept on thinking; "what's the meaning of that dream?" There was another thing on my mind too; "I'm not going to go clubbing tonight." It was weird, It was like all of a sudden i want to quit clubbing. Another saturday-night and another usual saturday-texts from my friends, "go here, we'll wait for you!" It was two of my closest friends Ronald and JB, they were in malate, around 11pm. It was a huge debate if should go or not, i just cant break these two people's heart by saying "no" and I wanted to catch-up with JB too after some misunderstandings, myself cant even believe that I'm staying home. I've responded "i don't feel going-out tonight but i don't know."
Around midnight i took a shower, then i thought of the scary dream i had earlier. I went to my computer and searched in google; "dreaming of bats" I told another good friend John to do a little research online, and help me interpret the meaning of bats in my dream. My search in google led me to a website, where it advices that dreaming of bats, signify change, rebirth and getting rid of the old and current habit for growth and new outlook. I thought that explains why I'd rather stay home on a Saturday night. John's results were the same. Btw, thank god it's a black bat, white bats signify death. I don't want that!
I went straight to bed and had a very tight sleep, i woke up around five in the morning, feeling fresh and sexy, i felt proud of myself too. I was home the whole night! couple of missed calls from Ronald, and text messages like "we are here in Club Bed see you" blah blah and all. I texted Ronald that i can have breakfast with them in malate, wearing my baggy shorts and slip-ons, i headed to malate.
with JB, 07/12/08 with JB and Ronald, Hap Chan breakfast
So far so good, I'm home on Saturdays, except the one on 19th of July which i was invited for the Fab's 30's and 40's 2nd year anniversary. I'm not putting an end, i still love parties, dressing-up, that's the only time i can wear make-up but I have limited myself to attend parties and go clubbing for special events and occasions only.
B. Interpreting bats in my dream... ON SINGING
One thing about me is; i don't sing, i don't enjoy going to sing-along bars, i would get bored and sleep in one corner. One night in P1 with Ronald and other friends i held the microphone and sung, Bleeding Love and Iisa Pa Laman. It happened around the 2nd week of July after dreaming about bats. Last friday, 1st of August, I sung on stage! Just like a proud mama, Ronald took a photo of it. I have a new hobby!
Jailhouse performance, 08/01/08
C. Interpreting bats in my dream... ON WORK
One day I woke up and told myself; "i quit" i want to leave the company I'm with for 3yrs. and focus on my dreams and pursue studying make-up. I haven't been going to work for 2 weeks now and hopefully tomorrow I'll submit my resignation letter. I'm currently jobless but peaceful and happy, I need a break.
********************photoshoot galore
My friends and I had a photoshoot last night that started from 7pm until 4am. I'm excited for the photos. Thank you to all my designer friends,
reirana, Dennies Fidel, Bernard Escalona and my Gers Qua for letting us wear you. KB team! you guys are awesome, Ash Castro it's a big pleasure working with you again, can't wait to see my shots! Dino your make-up is great, the blond-eyebrows-effect looked great plus you are really cute and nice! thank you!
with the KB team!
Congratulations to all my HM friends, Happy friendship day too! Can't wait to post the photos talaga!
Finally... Ash released our photos, cant wait for the reunion party!!!
Happy 2nd anniversary to Fabs 30's and 40's! It's a pleasure to be invited, I've met so many people and they're indeed fabulous, we'll most of them are in their 30's and 40's but they do know the good thing about getting old is being beautiful. More power to you guys and many more successful charity works and anniversaries to come!
The party was super cool, everybody should be touched by pink and all guests were given chokers with a cute charm. The venue is lovely, no loud music, lovely interiors and furnitures, warm hosts and beautiful guests, some hot guys plus unlimited alcohol!
I'm quite okay with Ms. Venezuela, though Ms. Mexico should've won! she was my not favorite but i have predicted she'll win for her brilliant-palakpakan-answer to the old Roberto Cavalli's question: "What satisfies a woman?" Come-on! im sure you can relate!... that everytime i watch beauty contests, i would actually deliver my own answers too, only myself can hear it ofcourse. When Roberto Cavalli asked her the question... i was like... "shit ang hirap... bahala ka jan, i'm not helping you... sige nga!" i know i can't be blunt talking about having a good fuck to satisfy me, so i just waited for her answer. She started talking about balance of mind, heart and soul, i texted my friends right away. "sorry to bother you on the coronation day of Ms. Universe 2008, my prediction; Ms. Mexico is the next Ms. Universe." some of my friends agreed.
What's up Riyo Mori! Her final walk as Ms. Universe 2007 was really hot! Her meaningful tuxedo is i guess first time in the history of the universe! I wonder who's the stylist responsible. Her Gucci Evening gown for last year's coronation was hot too, which billionaire Oprah wore few months before the pageant. good job Riyo!
The star of the night for me is Melanie B. It makes me proud to say I'm a Spice Girl fan!
********************bitching-out
- Meet some of the judges: former Ms. Universe, Jennifer Hawkins (Australia), Roberto Cavalli (Italy), Donald Trump Jr. (USA), some guy from (Vietnam)some girl from (Japan), who would expect that Ms. Australia, Italy, USA, Vietnam and Japan would make it to top ten! I was not fucking born yesterday!
- What got into their heads? why did they omit the Ms. Photogenic Award! It could've been Ms. Philippines again, that's all we are getting like for the past 5 years (straight). lols
- Ms. Colombia, 1st runner-up? god knows how much i love Ms. Colombia, she's one with the dress and i love it, but i remember screaming; "You're not answering the question!" during the final Q&A.
- It's not fair that each candidates were given different questions for the final Q&A, judging could have been more effective if same question is given to all candidates.
- it's no longer acceptable for Ms. USA to slip on the runway again. Thats the last thing i expect from a USA candidate this year! Poor girl, i feel soo sorry for her. It was the second time and it looked ugly and worse. Rachel Smith (last year) stood-up better. gawwwd she almost cried on stage!
