The 21st

I was never the big on birthday type. I would always just treat it like any other day and let the people around me decide what to do about it. Like every year I was unprepared for this day. So yeah, I just had an intimate  dinner with two of my closest friends somewhere north the night before my birthday. Then had a small celebration hence brought some food to the office because I went to work on my birthday but was allowed to go home early so I can spend some time with the fambam YAY! 

 Anyway, had to post this photo just to commemorate my becoming and unbecoming. I'd like to think that a lot has changed about me over the years and hopefully it's for the better. I'm 21 now and I know a bunch of great things is set for me to experience. I promise to look forward to that and to grab every chance I could get to a good good life.

 I wish I had something better in mind to wish about and not "sana po hindi ako tumaba pagkain ko nitong nutella pizza na ito" haha! Sorry na! unprepared nga ako diba so pati wish ko impromptu lang.
Thank you to my friends for this sweet pizza surprise and that awesome song that was played when the waiters served this. :) Thanks to everyone as well  who remembered and made this day special. lofyah!



FIRST PAYDAY NEWSFLASH!

It's the 31st of July year 2013 today and I finally received my first official salary. haha! I just thought about sharing it. It has been a month since I started working for Vans and honestly I am still walking on my toes. Hopefully, i'd be able to fully grasp all the ins and outs of my work soon. Anyway, nothing really special about this post. I am very much elated and was quite excited about receiving the fruits of my labor but all that got replaced in a snap when I checked my facebook account and found myself being tagged on this photo:

hahah! yeah! This is what really made my day. Thanks to my awesome friend who made this possible. I hope you know that you made the fan girl in me tear up with one eye because of pure bliss and kilig. hahah! I take back what I said this blog is now supremely special. LOL! :) #Julielmo #ElmoMagalona #JulieAnneSanJose

P.S.  I hope I could blog more and update this space as much as I can. 
Dear self, I know your work eats time but you should never forget to go out there and do awesome stuff with your life.

Oh You Women!

Here's a post about three women that I admire very much. They are not just your typical pretty face. They have gorgeous brains that I couldn't get enough of. So yeah, I couldn't stop myself from crushing over their brilliance. (Huhu, wish I was more like them/ I will be like them. SOMEDAY! SOMEDAY!) 

Rashida Jones:

(Oh di ba, Ang ganda ng ganda niya!!!)

 She is on the TV series "Parks and Recreation" which I will be watching soon because my friends recommended it ( and also all for Rashida love). I have seen her on a couple of movies but it was when she starred on the movie "Celeste and Jesse Forever" that I really took notice of her. The movie was so good, it was damn realistic and very relatable. As of now, I think I've watched it 5 times already and the first two times was on the same day (hahah! Oo na! bet ko tlga yung movie eh plus leading man niya dun si Andy Samberg eh sobrang crush ko ung mokong na yun). If you haven't seen it yet, YOU SHOULD!!!

(may copy ako nito dala ka usb share ko sayo. haha!)

After watching the movie I started researching about it. It's kinda my thing to search more about a movie when I really like it. So I came across the information that RASHIDA JONES CO-WROTE IT with Will McCormack. Why you so awesome Rashida!!! Then I discovered that even though both her parents were famous personalities (Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton ---Hindi ko sila kilala, hindi ko era) she didn't took advantage of that she even said this "Look, I have parents who have accomplished so much. I have a father who came from nothing and conquered the world. The last thing I'm going to do is sit here and spend his money and try to look pretty. That's not interesting to me at all."  which made me admire her even more. I knew that she's an actress but what I didn't know initially is that she graduated from Harvard, that she is a comic book author, screenwriter, an occasional singer; as if her speaking voice isn't sexy enough and that she recently added directing on her resume when she directed the music video Brave by Sarah Bareilles (the next woman on this post)

Sarah Bareilles:

(bata pa lang ata ako crush ko na siya eh)

She made you sing and dance over her first single "Love Song" I remember watching its music video repeatedly because it was so cute, fit for a kid like me (kahit hindi ko na maintindihan lyrics basta cute yung nakikita ko sa screen. cartoon lng? haha!). She empowered you with songs like Uncharted, King of Anything, Gonna Get Over You and the recently released Brave. Then she made you sob and feel the pain with Gravity and Breathe Again. I have to admit Gravity is a big part of my "F*ck this love--it hurts so bad--what the hell is wrong with me days" haha! then every time I have a friend who's sad about their ex-situation I'd be like "You go listen to Gravity by Sarah B". hahah!
There was this performance on the show "So you think you can dance" and the song used was Gravity and since I'm such a sucker for contemporary dance routines it was my go to video when I'm sad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhI4CpAH8wM (Feel na feel ko tlga yung dance pati yung song, bawat vein sa katawan ko nagrereact. haha!) So what I'm really trying to say here is that this woman wrote/sang/played the piano so you can have remarkable songs to listen to and expressive lyrics to tweet about. 

Zoe Kazan:

(don't look at her eyes or else you'll fall deeply in love)

Honestly, I don't know much about her. All I know is my friend gave me a copy of the movie "Ruby Sparks" and she portrayed Ruby so well. This movie is so wicked---it had a refreshing approach on how our imagination works and the real/unreal kind of love story (WICKED CONCEPT). Again, if you haven't watched it YOU SHOULD!!! Go get your lazy ass going!!! get a copy of this movie, eat some chips while you watch cause if not then you're letting a shiny gem pass your vision. 

("If you can imagine it. It's real")

So I did my thing again I researched about the movie and to my surprise Ruby wrote Ruby. The movie Ruby Sparks was actually written by Zoe Kazan who played the role of ruby. Zoe Kazan's brain should be preserved in a museum someday. :) Also, Paul Dano is her real life boyfriend. 

***It fascinates me to know that they are writers whether it's a song, a screenplay or a book it gives you a sneak peek of what's going on inside their brain and says a lot about the kind of person they are. Women who can speak their mind and I can't help but think that someday they'll be married to some guy whom I'll say is a lucky b@st@rd that scored the jackpot. 

We Keep On...


Sunday, a J. M. kind of night. I got so bored I played with pictures again then went for a food trip with my awesome sister. :)

TrendXStyl

I was asked to do shoot for an online shop that my sister and her friend is starting. They will be releasing their first collection this May so please do check them out on instagram (@trendXstyl). I've always loved taking pictures and my favorite subject are actually human beings, so I did enjoy doing this and hopefully I could do more of this kind of projects. I'd like to think that I was a hired photographer for this even though I am not a pro I still like the practice. :)

Here are the first set of photos:
(will be posting the rest soon) 





Models: Rachel and Joy
check @trendXstyl on instagram

xxx

A Normal Girl's Crown

(c) Jari San Miguel - she also fixed and styled my hair in this photo.

It was just late last year when I decided to mess with my virgin hair. I remember how I was always scared when someone would do something with my hair even a haircut is quite scary for me. Never really had the perfect silky long hair growing up, so I did not pay much attention on it. I don't even brush or fix it when I go out, I like thinking that my hair is low maintenance but then again there's nothing good to maintain. (haha!) I would always have the mid-length messy haircut so it would be easy for me, though it has always been my dream to have a long curly hair. (feeling princess) It was really a struggle for me to grow a long hair cause it takes a while and I don't have the patience for it.Some girls are lucky that their hair grow faster than others, apparently I am on the unlucky group. Once I feel like it's out of shape  and that I am bored with it I would go and let someone cut it. A new haircut is equals a big make-over. Then, I discovered that cutting is not the only option on earth. After years of training (hahaha!) the long wait is over I finally gained the strength to go through  treatments and let my hair absorb some chemicals. (*claps conquered a fear) I was encouraged by my sister and a friend that said "when it comes to hair go lang, kahit ano sige" . It is actually quite liberating and addictive once you start experimenting with it. I've had it cellophaned, colored and bleached. 

see transformation here:
 April 2012                                       Feb 2013

Anyways, I am just blogging about this cause I am wondering what to do next with my hair. I am thinking of getting a new color or bleaching the ends more to emphasize the ombre effect that I have right now and maybe have it dip-dyed as well. Hopefully, I can decide sooner. Oh, by the way experimenting helped me grow my hair longer cause I didn't have to cut and cut and cut it every time I get bored with it. :)

Lady for a Day


It is not everyday that I graduate from college so it's worth trying to be lady-like. 
To the hopes of looking classy and not trashy in black. :)

Perfect Guy

Oh my, sorry for this solid fan girl/ daydreamer post but here it goes. 
I came across this photo of my forever crush Elmo Magalona on facebook and
I just couldn't stop myself from sharing that this photo pretty much sums up
who my dream guy is huhu... and it's not just because it's Elmo on the photo. 

It's the..
(1) The cute little dog. -because I love dogs and it would really make me happy if  "he" does as well. I think guys that are good with pets are sensitive and caring.
(2) The guitar.- doesn't it make him look so sexy playing his instrument and just get lost in his music. Also, the "when guys write/sing a song for you" doesn't it make you feel like a princess and besides it makes you immortal when someone writes a song about you. (at least that's how I see it)
(3) The Sando.- I really have a "thing" for guys who can pull off the "sando look". Claps for them Oo nabibighani ako sa lalaking naka-sando at kering keri niya. :)
(4) Those buff arms.- I just want those arms to hug me for the rest of my life. 
(5) His expression.- I don't know why but I feel like the expression on his face says a lot about his humor and attitude. 


Sorry na, pero kailangan ko lang talagang ilahad tong nararamdaman ko eh.
It made me realize that the perfect guy do exist. haha! charot! :)

An Update

I've abandoned this space for a while now and I'm not really happy about that. Trust me, I would love to update you more about my life as much as I possibly can but I've been quite busy with school and a lot of things lately. Oh, the daily struggle of a senior student. Also, I have some other stuff to deal which I really enjoy like restoring some old denims that I started as just an experiment with my friend. Fortunately, we had a good feedback from people so we are trying to push through with it and make more of them. (check out: styleavenueMNL on facebook and instagram) I've been writing a couple of short liners as well on my handy dandy notebook which I promise to post here soon.

These past few months have been a blast for me. I've never been this out and game for everything. 2013's opening was really good and I hope it continues to be like that. I am glad that I get to go out with my friends more, have fun, be crazy and all that. I am seeing more of the world now and though I feel lost and not really sure of what the future would be like for me at least I get to enjoy moments of the present. I get to live life and really I want to live more. :) I don't want to be held back anymore by things I think are hindrances I am getting over this state and be free.

So anyways I will post a photo of something I did just recently cause I was free for a weekend and suddenly an idea came to me. Again, the wall in our bedroom is the victim for this idea. :)


me posing with it. I'd like to call it my 2nd wall project. :)

and here's a photo with the first one I did. :)

I realized that when I have an idea I might as well go for it and do it immediately and not let it pass. :)

xxx