skyline drive

yesterday was the 2nd day of my spring break and though i know i should've been more productive, i didn't really do much accomplish-ing. most errands around the house and around my neighborhood. :/

i usually don't really "dress up" for errand running. maybe some shorts or pants and a big comfy tee that i'm sure that if i wore to school and my friends saw me, they'd be like, "you're wearing that to school??" hahaha. i get that a lot whenever i choose to dress down esp for hip hop class. i've given up dressing in work out clothes for that class since my street clothes seem to suffice. i mean c'mon, when you're dancing outside of class, what're you wearing? street clothes! so yup, that's my class where i just dress comfy :]

anyhoo, i digress. yesterday just felt like any other weekend day, well, except for the fact that it was tuesday but i'm guessing you guys know what i'm talking about. and i had been cleaning my room last saturday and found my old "fat jeans" from like, ehhh last year? and since they're horribly baggy on me, and i don't like to waste good pacsun jeans, i figured, hey hey hey! i could wear them as boyfriend jeans! :D

i don't usually wear baggy jeans because i'm more of a skinny jeans type of person and the whole "baggy bottoms=fitted tops" just seems foreign to me since it's usually the other way around. but hey, a style challenge is always welcomed :] that means more room for improvement and you get to learn more about yourself right?

plus i'm also pretty proud of myself for getting so fit these past couple of months :] i actually used to be quite fit in high school, but then again, who hasn't said that before? hahaha but seriously though, back in high school, i wasn't particularly skinny or overweight and i was actually happy with my body image. and since college, and being hospitalized, i've been trying to get back to that along with trying to build my self confidence back up. but i have to say, after finding the style/fashion blogging community, i'm learning to love myself and how i look unconditionally as opposed to "ugh, i gained two pounds! guh-roooossss! i don't wanna leave the house!" i work with what i have now and though it might sound a bit materialistic or whatever, since i've learned how to dress myself better, it's helped me to love how i look :]

or perhaps that goes along with age and how there's less pressure in college to impress your peers. but eh, why should i bother myself with the reasons behind it when i could be enjoying what's happening right now? :] sometimes ignorance is bliss x]

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"bf" jeans-pacsun

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cuppy cake

i pretty much adore all my nieces and nephews. i have quite a few since my family is so large including my extended family. they all vary by age and its a bit different from...i dunno, how americans label certain family members. like second cousins, aunts twice removed, blah blah blah [[i never really understood that; when a family member is "removed" .____.]] but i'm guessing in the filipino culture, we don't really have that. we just have cousins and we go by generation.

anyhoo, i digress. although i don't usually like to label "favorites" i'd have to say my cousin michelle's daughter, isabella would probably be my favorite niece :]

she's 5 [[i think...her height always makes me thinks she's a lot older...]] likes hello kitty, clothes and dancing :]she's my little sidekick whenever her momma and the rest of her family comes down to visit us and we always end up playing our made up games. she also says the cutest/funniest things sometimes and, ugh, sometimes i wish i could just take her home x]
she also has a flair for style [[just like her auntie ;] ]] and loves to dress pretty girly with dresses and bows and what not. and sometimes when they're over she likes to pose/help me with my outfits shots [[ as seen here]]

i love my niece and nephews and since i've gained more nieces recently, this is pretty awesome :] i love babies but for the longest time they've kind of been a mixed bag whenever i was around one. they would either love me or cry and give me the cold baby shoulder. ;_____; now i feel like i've gained some "mommy skills" [[as i like to call them]] and now, BABIES FRIGGIN LOVE ME! :D lol. i get all motherly and i enjoy taking care of and playing with my nieces and nephews and i like to think that it shows :]

esp in these pictures haha it kinda reminds me of miss james from bleubird vintage and whenever she features other mothers who also have bomb style :] but obviously i'm not a mom, just an auntie and honestly, i'd like to stay that way till i'm more older haha.

anyhoo, yup. that's my niece izzy :] she's super adorable and my right hand man whenever she's in the neighborhood. we've even made up games and inside jokes and i've also taught her this song when she was little...-er

and sometimes she'll even sing it for me when she's not as shy or remembers the words [[which ever comes first lol]] but yup, she's my lil cuppy cake :]

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flats-dollhouse

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adorable niece-cousin's

you get what you give

sooo it was someone's birthday yesterday... ;] mine! :D i'm finally 21 and i'm pretty excited! not cuz i get to legally drink or whatever comes with the age, i'm genuinely excited and happy that i'm one year older :] i always get that way around my birthday. maybe it's cuz i get my family and friends around me and everyone is happy i mean c'mon! birthdays=food=cake! who doesn't like cake??

so anyways, i celebrated my birthday with my gals last saturday at coronado beach complete with bonfire :] [[i've always wanted to go to the beach on my birthday and it's been on my bucket list for quite sometime so i'm happy that i get to cross that off now :D]]

my friend angeli and i got there 9am thinking we were gonna have to duel some people for a fire pit but since it wasn't really full on spring vacation mode at the moment, it just wasn't the case /)____= though i'd like to think we had a pretty good time waiting for our friends to get off work...right? lol anyhoo, i owe this girl big time :]
i had also borrowed a tent from my uncle [[since he's an avid camper/outdoors man]] to shield us from the southern california sun and april winds but that didn't quite work out...lol
[[i could hear a trumpet going "wah wah waaahhh" everytime we looked over at our failed attempt of a tent hahaha]] but i think we put a pretty good dent in our time killing. angeli being my fantastic photographer took some really amazing outfit shots of me in my birthday dress :]

[[gah! so hard narrowing down my favorites!! ><]]

but anyhoo, i think the bonfire was a success :] my girls were all there and we had some good snuggling time in my teddy bear blanket c[:

so yea, happy burday to me x] i had a great time that day and i felt so happy and loved even though we were all freezing our butts off but at least i was surrounded by my friends who love me and that was more than enough :] <3

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heels-steve madden hand me downs

bracelet-charlotte russe

sunglasses-hot topic

not fair

"o it's not fair, and it's really not okay, it's really not okay, it's really not okay/oh, you're supposed to care/but all you do is take, yeah, all you do is take"-"not fair" by lily allen

so last saturday i went dress shopping at my near by mall with my good friend angeli of porcelain party and bought myself a lil...let's call it a "revenge dress" [[don't ask]] with the gift cards i got for christmas last year. i've been meaning to stock up on dresses anyways for spring so it was kind of a "kill two birds with one stone" kinda thing and i got this cute little sun dress from forever 21 :]

it was actually a bit of an impulse buy since i was a bit frustrated with the selection at my near by f21 [[i was looking for a particular dress which they didnt have in stock >< ugh...lame]] and plus it was one of the few dresses that fit under my $25 limit :/ but it actually ended up being a very good purchase and i even got the "seal of approval" from my friends :D which is always nice to hear <3

anyhoo, today after school i went to balboa park to pick up my friend aj from work and as usual, i was a couple of hours early. so y'all know what that means ;] free time+balboa park+camera=mini photo shoots :]
i had about an hour to kill so i spent it in the japanese friendship garden :] and like everywhere else in balboa park, it's absolutely lovely there and perfect for picture taking :3

when i went it was pretty overcast and it drizzled a bit and that plus it being late afternoon in the middle of the week, you're pretty much guaranteed less of crowd. haha but there were still some tourists here and there taking pictures and it was pretty awkward for me posing in front of my camera waiting for the self timer to go off haha. "i'm not conceited! i swear! >< i'm doing this for my blog!" lol

it's actually really nice to take pictures here or just hang especially near the koi pond :]

these guys are so pretty and so BIG! they're definitely well fed lol. and they're also really funny and quite friendly surprisingly. i guess it's because to them whenever they see a human putting their hand near the water that equals snack time to them. not that they eat little fingers or anything! hahaha it's that some days there's a lady who comes to the garden and gives koi fish food for the little kids to feed them. it's best when you stick your hand in the water though. like when you go feed other sea creatures at places like sea world; it feels kinda funny and weird haha. last time i went i got to feed them and there was this one particular koi fish that was a little piggy and kept shoving his way through the other koi to get to the food hahaha

also, before i forget, when i bought my "revenge dress" my friend angeli gave me an idea on how to style it. "blazer+bangles+funky necklace" :] and i liked the idea so much i decided to try it so in a way, she kinda styled my outfit today hahaha :]


only i kinda feel like i lacked the cool bangles/funky necklace [[despite my "cool" collection of necklaces haha]] but i thought i looked pretty cute ;] lol

but spring is almost fully here and summer is not far behind :] [[or more like summer feeling weather...]] and i'm just really excited :] can't you tell? ;] haha

blazer-ross

dress-forever 21

wedges-hand me down

necklace-hoover dam gift shop

bracelts-vendor in the Philippines

my lady river

heyyy you remember when i said that i couldn't wait for spring to come to san diego because of all the cold gloomy weather lately? yea, it's here now c[:
beautiful weather and my usually weed-y yard is showing some kind of greenery.
lately it looks like they've starting dispersing their seeds since a small field of little white tufts have showed up in my backyard. and also dandelions :] i love me some dandelions :] and little bits of fluff always spring up after a small gust of wind. they kinda remind me of milkweed when i went to camp a couple of years ago. it actually looks kinda romantic :3 [[in a weird way, considering they're weeds haha]] but whatever, beauty is in the eye of the beholder ;]

o yea, and also i'm starting to think my backyard has become a ladybug hotspot. i can't turn one way and not see at least like, 3 lady bugs. it's kinda ridiculous o___o and while normal people would love this, i'm not their biggest fan. haha. i mean, they're cute and everything, i'll admit to that, but i just don't want them on me. lol
but amongst the weeds some flowers still manage to grow [[including myself ;D haha]]


all in all though, i'm glad "spring has sprung" :] that means beautiful weather and beautiful weather=cute dress and skirts! >:D
speaking of which, howdya guys like my skirt? ;] cute right?? it's actually not mine, it's miss amber's from modest june and she and i are wonder twins! >:D
lemme esplain: we met last year via a clothing swap and she realized that we were practically the same size. clothes-wise, shoe-wise and even height-wise! [[hence the name wonder twins. well that and cuz we're wonderful ;D lol]] so after a while, i thought since we're the same size and everything, why not do our own little clothes swap? just us two! and obviously she agreed and thus, WONDER TWINS WAS BORN! >:D
she suggested for our first swap we send each other "surprise outfits" and this cute lil skirt was one of them! :3 [[stay tuned on her blog to see what i sent her ;] ]]
the color is just lovely and i've been wanting to wear more skirts lately and this is just what the doctor ordered ;] [[thanks amber! :D]]
and like always, i'm excited to see what the future holds with this as well :3

top-thrifted

skirt-wonder twin swap :]

shoes-hand me downs

necklace-hoover dam gift shop

for a pessimist, i'm pretty optimistic

and so the skating lessons continue...
ugh, i think i'm starting to feel a little sore from today's skating lesson. [[yesterday my feet hurt and aj said it was normal; like how guitarists get calluses from playing. and today my butt kinda hurts [[tmi i know, im sorry haha]] but it's probably from learning how to turn]] =_____=;
but whatever, nothing that's worth having comes easy right? :]
yesterday i had a "skate date" with my friends jan and aj and i finally got to meet jan's new man, jovan ;]
the guys have been teaching us how to skateboard and i was totally showed up by jan yesterday lol. but it was still a lot of fun hanging out and meeting jovan. :]
today though, it was just us three [[aj, jan and i]] and we just skated around the park a bit and learned how to turn. i even had a go on a long board! scary stuff but still pretty fun! :]

jan and i even street luged like kids c[:


yup, it's pretty fun acting tom boyish again and learning a new sport :]
"skateboarding's easy, you just need to learn the basics and get over your fear of falling"

i'm still pretty scared of falling, but that's part of learning so i just have to be optimistic :]besides, i have a lot more things to look forward to after i learn how to master the board >:D

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