a little january pixie.

sometimes little things are better appreciated.
we put up some lights, and served some goodies and bits, and voila!
january pixies party, a small get together with friends and family.

journey series: stop over numero uno

morning i arrived from LA flight. i think it took about 15 hours to get there including the refueling in guam! 

stop over number one is at it's last leg. i always wish at the last minute that i don't have to leave...
three days left 'til australia, hope i can leave monday night!

(more updates coming, just taking a while to load photos, and... still no charger!)

journey series: never ending stalls

always one of my fave stops in manila. .. divisoria!
just bought a few things yesterday, it was really difficult holding myself back with purchasing so many adorable items, i'm kinda glad that i did pretty well i'd say. it felt like i just earned a badge for a new shopping skill. felt good to be honest, not to buy on impulse in a place like divisoria. ah!

journey series: on the road.

and we're off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of oz.

strange words, but completely applies.
and i just suddenly thought of lawrence fishburne saying to keanu reeves: "do you take the red pill? or the blue pill?", fave!

connecting the dots in my head (even though it'll be completely off to most, if not, --all!)

follow the white rabbit down the rabbit hole, much like alice, and much like dorothy down to.. well, Oz.

how proper.

i'd say there was no better day to leave. nothing could've prepared me for this journey, not a year, not two, or any amount of time would do. but to leave the first of the new year, was a very bittersweet goodbye.

at LAX, don't judge, it was a long day full of packing, tears, and bittersweet goodbyes!

signing out 'til my next post :)
good morning from Manila!

much needed escape.

if only permanent....

i'd much rather be sitting in one of the cafes lining block place in melbourne, or gallivanting around sydney turning every rock, looking through every nook and cranny-- and possible recent travel dream, rio de janeiro! don't know too much about brazil, so might as well explore...

barcelona since vicky, cristina, barcelona... and manila, always a good place to stew, sit and observe. (among many other reasons of course!)

here's to travel, and getting away from los angeles.

this is what happened.

about a month or so ago, ... this happened.

and i attempted to make a post, but apparently, it remained only as a draft, so now i publish it to the world. read more...

cuppppaaa

tonight i'm going out to have coffee, i'm hoping to find a real nice place... the perfect cozy atmosphere and delicious coffee.

haven't had any in a while... and i'm longing for the coziness of melbourne cafes! good coffee just around the corner, chic, and amazing ambiance from your local neighbors, ah! while all the "cafes" in manila, meaning starbucks and seattles best or whatever capitalized american coffee place they've franchised, are so packed, so metropolitan, so busy and so intoxicating. not chic and cozy at all.

so tonight i go on a quest for a good cuppa. of course, i won't be having flat whites or scrumptious chai lattes from any beautiful baristas, but i'll be happy with what i can get tonight. i will report on it another day.

wish me luck!

went in for a trim.

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heated

just as the weather in manila was as hot and humid as ever, so was our scrabble tournament.

fifth of june was my grandfather's birthday, so we spent the afternoon cooling off in the community pool, munching on lumpiang shanghai (pork egg rolls), and playing games with the cousins.