5.30.2012

Retrafta


I match the room yet again. Wore this to R’s (surprise!) birthday dinner. Had grey trousers during day and changed to shorts for night. Kind of similar to this entry. Work appropriate tops + shorts strike the perfect balance of casual dressy.




button down – Rockwell tiangge ; lace shorts – Plains & Prints ; 
sandals – Payless ; necklace - Mango (ma's) ; bag – pasalubong from ma

5.20.2012

Trio


This was taken on mother's day. We had brunch at Chelsea's. They serve really great breakfast food from the bangus to the baked egg dish to the peach waffles. We're planning to go back already - maybe for father's day :)

top & belt - borrowed from ma ; pants - Zara ; 
necklace - Rob Dept Store ; sandals - The Ramp


This one was taken a few weeks ago. It was a Saturday... and I can't remember anything else.

blazer - Promod ; tank - The Ramp ; pants - Zara


And this I wore today. The sandals were love at first sight. They just go with everything - pants, shorts, skirts - and they were on sale! How can I resist? I couldn't, so I bought 2 pairs :)

top - Oxygen ; skirt - The Ramp ; sandals - Payless

5.08.2012

Neutral or not



I’ve blended with our dining room wall. The colors in real life are more like the first picture – white shirt, oatmeal cardigan, light grey skirt. Of course I chose this day to spill coffee on myself. The horror. After some furious scrubbing, only a small stain remained, though I kept glancing at it, sure to see it glowing against the light background. (It wasn’t).

And while the outfit projected a relaxed, zen look, I was actually a bit crabby that morning due to some mistakes a medal supplier made (for our mini fun run). It’s far from being an end-of-the-world problem, but it got me really fuming. Smalls things can set us off on the wrong days, I guess. Perhaps the Hulk is relatable after all. I simmered down before heading to class, though I think it affected the mood for the rest of the day. Good thing I had a mani-pedi date with the girls that night. Very aptly timed.


 shirt & skirt – Zara ; cardigan & bag – from Korea ; sandals – Parisian

5.04.2012

Summery prints



While J is looking for warmer weather, I’m wishing for ours to drop a few degrees. Our summers are always hotter than the last, don’t you think? Wonder what the weather will be 5 years from now. (And similarly I wonder what the traffic in Metro Manila will be. I know, so random, but the thought pops up whenever I’m stuck in EDSA.)

So I finished Sherlock last week and I can’t stop thinking about it. It’s whip smart, charmingly nuanced, creatively shot, and just really entertaining. Unfortunately we only get 3 episodes per season and the next one won’t start filming until 2013! Arg. And season 2 ended with a massive cliff hanger too. I’m pestering everyone to watch it so I can discuss the show with another human being. Ask C - I’ve mentioned Sherlock so many times that it’s turned her off the series forever. My excitement bubbleth over. Must control enthusiasm.

 Also, Benedict Cumberbatch. New TV crush.


Top – Bayo ; shorts – J Crew (Surplus Shop) ; bag – Marc by Marc Jacobs (gifted)

5.01.2012

Hopefully the last winter post for a long time


This post is so backlogged and I actually wore this 2 weekends ago, but I couldn't let go of winter without posting one of my favorite (and warmest!) cold season wear.


More than its aztec detailing, bell sleeves and waterfall front, I love its most important feature--keeping this tropic girl toasty!  It feels like walking around the city in a woolly blanket.


It was crazy windy that day.  How windy, exactly?


This much.


At least it gave me a good reason to (ahem) delicately lift up my hand constantly and showcase my Orange You Glad It's Summer Opi nail polish, courtesy of my--wouldn't you believe it--my boss? :)

Fast forward to today, Berlin's temperature is soaring to the mid-twenties.  Hurrah!  I'll post this weekend's outfits soon.  And by "soon" I probably will get to it in two weeks' time, by which the finicky German weather will have reverted back to winter.


shirt - H&M; cardigan - Anthropologie Aleutian Cardigan; pants - Zara; boots - Goertz17; 
necklace - Tiffany & Co.; feather earrings - Urban Outfitters; nail polish - Opi Orange You Glad It's Summer