Thursday, July 26, 2018

They say you are loved (by others )when you are born , you will be loved when you die in between you have to manage. 
I  wrote an obituary for my aunt who passed away last 2 weeks . I tried to recall her life and my relationship I have with her. She was a spinster. (She never got married.) She was as we call someone who's married to her profession. 
 I just realized that I’m  at an age where there's a lot of saying goodbye to relatives and family who are at their twilight years. auntie Letty was a character she was, strict and sometimes snooty but she was bubbly among her friends...She was so fond of us to a point where she wanted us to always join dances, choirs or even beauty pageant at school. Her profession was a teacher she was known as a terror and a strict one and her passion is in the Arts- especially dancing  she handles Mostly Physical Education as well as Araling Panlipunan among others . Auntie Letty as she is fondly called by her Nieces and nephews she is also Lola Letty to her Apos. She was passionate of her craft, thoughtful and very independent. She is also very loyal to her friends. even in her old age she would travel and go to their homes to try to visit them. she is also a loving Lola who would call her apos and always give them some goodies  especially when she's asking them some errands like buying her meds or snacks . Last 3 weeks she felt ill and she bid her farewell last September 6, 2016.  She was 87.  I believe, she has lived  a full life,  spent around her family, relatives and friends. Died peacefully in her sleep.

Written last 2 years ago...

 Now you may ask why I am writing about something as morbid as death. I guess it’s me being pragmatic, you know the thought that nothing is certain in life except death. Sometimes me and my friends would talk about how we wanted to die. Even my bestfriend already drafted her last will, telling me that she’s leaving me her bags and purses  and her jewelries ( were  both only girls so we don’t have sisters) I remember her also saying that she doesn’t want lots of flowers in her burial rather she wanted balloons and no sad music . So maybe I’ll prepare lots of Drake soundtrack (she has a thing for Drake)  Lately she told me in passing  how she felt restless and casually mentions , maybe I’m dying. And I said you’re  just burn out with your work. And you needed to unwind, so I said why don’t we go to India. I was expecting a protest from her like she would say, rape cases are so high and India and it might not be safe for women tourist. But to my surprise she said let’s go after my trip to France. She’s going in September for the Ryder Cup. I just mentioned India probably because of my remnant thoughts having watched, Eat pray love, from Netflix. Anyways, I’d always say that I’d still want to die beautiful (not necessarily like in that movie where the gay character was make up transformed into his fave celebrities) I mean I don’t want to suffer from an illness. I’d want that I die peacefully in my sleep and hopefully surrounded by the people important to me and them not hoping I’d die sooner because I’ve let them suffer taking care of me while being sick. If it’s not too much to ask.. and hopefully we leave the world better than when we found it.. (heard this from a line spoken by Khaleesi in game of thrones while she was freeing the slaves. On that note, I’m still thingking about doing my community service which I have been neglecting lately. Motivation stat! 


Wednesday, July 25, 2018

The essentials

So I have this thought about what we notice first about the image of people we meet, I mean with the outer image- ie the clostbes and Accesories they are wearing. For me peosonally, when looking at a guy id first look at the shoes he’s wearing and then the watch. For women it also the watch, the shoes and then the bag. That is why purses have become an investment these days like watches they can also be heirloom we can pass on to our daughters or daughter in law if you may someday. That is probably why even  Drake collects Hermès bags. As for the clothes, personally I don’t invest in them because of how volatile fashion is in terms of clothes, like yuu can always recycle. In our current instagram obsessed world now, we can’t rewear clothes but I always do, just like Kate Middleton. Maybe pair it with another item or another accessory. And I also sell or give away clothes as a form of recycling. Maybe that’s my way of being green and a form Of contribution to the environment. My recent travel to the uk made me realize to always support local. Bench the local brand for example is an expensive brand in the uk. But I have been a supporter of  products especially those made by friends or people needing support for their products. I have great respect for artisans and those whose still trying to establish their business or enterprise. I have workmates who are make up artists and event specialist on the side and I always try to support them by availing their services. Anywho, I have a cart full of items in netaporter but no check out so far. I am just a joy reserver. But I always try to look hard for the stuff I really like. Like the bamboo bag I ordered from China or recently I have to look for a personal shopper to get me one of those LV archlight sneaks. Sometimes a girl can dream or a girl can shop... 



Sunday, July 22, 2018

Cold shoulder shirt DIY

If you are like me who likes to create clothes for yourself this torn shirt (which could be chic if properly paired with a nice jeans or skirt) I saw some it girls wearing torn shirts like tha kardashian, Rita Ora and even Jessica Biel using the trend. So i made my own version of the cold shoulder shirt. If you have an oversized shirt the better. Use an ex boyfriend shirt if you want (you know out of spite, just kidding, but truly it could work haha! Simply cut the side sleeve and voila! Just pair it with a not so shabby jeans otherwise you run the risk of looking like a homeless person begging on the street, although nothing wrong with that and if you’re going for that goal. But for me if you make one item of your outfit your main focus make it that. So wear it with a nice shoes for example. 
So no distressed jean for a distressed shirt.