Frustrated Friday

Today I am a little frustrated with my job situation.  I'm actually thinking of moving to a new one, but I gave my word I wouldn't.  Thing is, though there are all sorts of other usual, job related problems that I can more or less handle, I can't see why the finance team keeps docking my pay. I have had more or less the same absences since the last time, and it is now 2/3rds of what I'm supposed to be getting. 

URG MONEY. I hate it. 

On to better and brighter things :)  

There is this: I never realised we owed so much to William Shakespeare.

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Things I would like to incorporate in my wardrobe.

 

I especially love the bottom left hand outfit of pure white. So clean and lovely, perfect for sunny days in this tropical temperatures.

An interesting idea for jeans :) It's the fit that is the hardest part anyway.

I will use this as inspiration for my own closet :)

I love everything in this collection.

I love this collection too...

Then, there is Serge and Jane :)

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Gray and white, white and gray :)  Heart heart heart it.

Loving the contrasts of these materials.

Beautiful concrete fixtures :)

Using the following as inspiration for my own home as I have so many old posters and hings I want to keep.

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I need a picture / art wall. :) Must clean up my toys and old piles and organise it this weekend.

Anyway, a happy Friday everyone! :)

5.30 on a Tuesday afternoon

So today was filled with work and yes, music.  I've decided that I will go on a limb and change it up here, and post music that was my soundtrack for the day.

Chronologically, the sounds went like this :)

Of course the BEATLES:



Then there was this duo that I love:




Then this afternoon I saw THIS (THE XX streaming their new album online) but I haven't listened to it completely... Steady sounds for the beginning of the afternoon :)

Then this mix is fantastic. Way to end my working day :) Please do click on it, and there is a mediafire download for your continuing listening pleasure :)

FOR STREAMING: http://www.mixcloud.com/angelomendez1/pizza-and-rocket-fuel-live-part-1/

FOR DOWNLOADING: http://www.mediafire.com/?z3o5ft2qki43bin

And this is a Filipino band I love... :)



Hope your day has been as musical as mine!!!

Oh yeah, the boyfriend and I are coming up with a blog that is full of our notes :)  Should be fun :D

Sunday Afternoon

Today I'm taking a break from fighting back writing deadlines... one article in particular I should be in the process of editing. Suffice it to say that I'm nowhere near editing.

So whilst I wait for my water to get hot before I brew some coffee, I decided to tell you about my trip to Singapore and about some stuff I've seen online.

YAY! :) So, we went to Singapore and saw STUFF. Lots of STUFF :)  Stuff like this lady:

If you don't know who this is, well... I dunno if I should tell you. *sigh* I've had a girl crush on her for a good 16 years.  Her name is Shirley Manson and before she ever played a Terminator on TV, she was my 16 year old self's answer to girl power.  She sang about dark, deep stuff, singing things I never thought I could say out loud, or indeed, could not have be able to define.  And why I've always wanted to have red hair. I realise now that it is all because of HER.  NO joke. 

And I got her set list.  My boyfriend has a weird picture of me clutching it once I got it.  A weird picture because he likes to take pictures underexposed or with some sort of special weird setting like "pixelated". But, I got this. This ladies and gentlemen, is the set list of MS. SHIRLEY MANSON. Yeah. She LOOKED at this sucked the entirety of the concert, of which we were in front of the mosh pit and standing (ok fine, I sat for a while) for a good 5 hours. We shit you not. 

These two were the ones we were with in the Garbage concert. That's one of my bestest friends in the world, Emrys and his other best friend, the weirdo Mike. I love them both vewy much.

 Then we (boyfriend and I) saw the Beach Boys.  

 

Unlike Garbage, there is no moshing or pit to be had in this concert as we rightly assumed, most of the people going would need the chairs provided.  This was our view of them,from the seats we bought, BUT we moved to the back part of the stadium and eventually watched the whole thing from there because all we did was dance and sing :D

This is Brian Wilson who is considered the songwriting genius behind the Beach Boys.  I felt so bad for him at some points of the concert because it looked like he was about to keel over on his keyboard.  But then he'd open his mouth to sing and it would be magic. YAY! :)

The boyfriend. Doesn't he look SO EXCITED?? :) hahahaha! 

All the food shots will follow. I'm supposed to write about it first for a publication here and can't really show the shots I got.

So... Moving on.

Found these gems today online trolling :)

Technically we don't have a fall here in the Philippines, it's just HOT or WET. Do not insert the dirty joke I have on the tip of my tongue here... but yeah, that is why we are a tropical country.  But that being said, I still want all the dresses in this link :)

I would like to go to Utah just to see this:

Isn't that beautiful? It's the 2nd one I've seen in the last 36 hours. It's a sign.  

Oh also... since the wanderlust bug has been sort of satisfied, I still want more. HAHAHHA!  I am determined to see the Aurora Borealis before I die.  And that I go on a cruise.  Apparently, I can do both, according to my friend, Adam. He used to work for a cruise ship before and he said that it is an awesome experience.  

And I agree. Doesn't this look AWESOME?? :)  I am currently researching on the best deals to get on a cruise for this.  YAY! :)

 

I want to do this just because I am one of those people who like clean things. And baby wipes usually aren't as strong as those alcohol based ones which wreak havoc on my skin. If you want, here's the recipe for your own baby wipes :)

I am hoping that this awesome blog entry will be the catalyst that will kick my butt into being more organised. That being said, I need to find organising doo dads for my office desk. I tend to keep it sparse but need to have things such as a pen holder, stapler, incoming and outgoing paper tray, etc.

In other news, I finally got meself a cello. FINALLY.  YAY! Since it looks like a handsome fella, I've named it Bowie. Cool, and collected with a little bit of punk. HEE :) And my sister recommended a teacher for me, so I'll start on the 18th. I am hoping this thing (apart from work and exercise) will start taking over my life. 

What HAS taken over my life already are THESE:

Top left is the big boss man Panthro and the one sprawled out beneath him is Katara. They simultaneously seem to want to kill me and love me. I love them dearly.

Leaving you with a track this Sunday afternoon/early evening. Have a good one :) 

Sunday nights

I see that it is now becoming a habit of mine to write at night, which I think is better anyway as I believe that I write better at night. 

Life is going on full speed ahead, with a trip to Singapore in two weeks one of the biggest footnotes of this year to see two bands: 

Garbage and  

The Beach Boys.

I can't wait to see them and travel again. I can't wait til I see the food, taste the food, smell the smells, all that.  A new experience, with good friends and lovely new things to learn :) Do YOU guys have any suggestions of where to eat? I know the hawker centers are awesome and cheap, but anywhere else we should check out on a budget? :)

This is a great desk.  This is so awesome and cute.

These are really cute idea for phone booths.  It is awesome idea to put art on the streets.  Go Brazil!!!

What a cool idea.

This is crazy too, and this would be nice in the forest. 

Wearing a bubble bath.   This is amazing.

I love this it is amazing. 

I love this, especially the owl cup :) 

Thought this was really sweet. 

The psychology of color. COOL.

Cute boots!

Roald Dahl's Cookbook  and there are other recipes here.

And I love all the little spaces here.

Farrah Fawcett *sigh*

Found a new project for me to do. We can make this for the home office ;)

I love this video. Restores my faith in humanity. 

Now to go back and watch the  new TV series I love, SUITS!!! :)

 

 

 

Midnight again!

Ah the beginning of the month. The beginning of anything is exciting really, isn't it? I've just stated on twitter that I need a bigger vision board, and a friend offered that I should get a vision wall. 

I may just do that.  

I have a deadline looming so I will make this fast!

The nerd and geek in me LOVES THIS.   So so cute!

I love that this blog has a Fiction Friday.

I love Wes Anderson's sense of style, the tone of his movies, the momentum, everything.  So this is awesome for me.  I still need to watch Moonrise Kingdom. And boy, I love Bill Murray :)

One day, I will be in THIS BLOG.  HAHAHA! :) Bucket list! :)

I miss hanging out in libraries, coffee shops and all these other places. This should be my reminder.

I think I will do this very soon ;) Such a great idea.

I miss Britain. PERIOD.

I honestly love everything in this picture. Even the blondness. I've been thinking about going blonde actually, like WHITE blonde. Hmmm.

I too will now take on exercise again. My body is craving for it. And also because I want a whole new wardrobe hahahaha :) 

Until the next time....Goodnight cyberspace!

1 am

Ah another Friday night in. It's a sign of age, I reluctantly admit, but hey, I get to see these cool things on the interwebz.

This loft is lovely.

A robot that is programmed with your iPhone.

I love typography and this site indulgences that interest.

This is an amazing site.  I can't believe no one has thought of it before! For one thing, I've always checked the weather to know what to wear, especially during typhoon season.  This site does it FOR YOU! :) Amazing.

Yvette Tan is a friend of mine, and a lovely writer of horror fiction.  She also has a blog, and in this entry she talks about my province and a resort that I particularly love, and have since become friends with the owners. Suddenly got the craving for sausages.

25 awesomely smart twitter accounts.... :)

I love Lana Del Rey. I love Nirvana. Here's them TOGETHER.

Cool colors for rooms

Thinking of doing THIS PROJECT for a home made art piece. 

And a cute idea. A memory bank :)

On that note, GOOD NIGHT! :) 

Midnight post

I know I've been gone for a while but here I am now, and with a few pieces of good news under my belt!

I have been asked to be a contributor to one of the biggest newspapers in the Philippines! :) It is a weekly thing and my articles (upon approval) will be published every Saturday. I"ll be mostly writing about music and arts, things I actually KNOW about.  Another is a lovely online shop also here in the Philippines, Ava.ph.  I warn you: upon entering, I bet that more often than not, YOU WILL END UP BUYING SOMETHING. :) I obviously have. HIHI.  I will be writing for them short articles about things I pick up online and I am seriously debating if I should open this blog up to readers from there. 

Tonight I've decided that I would.  This would encourage me to write here more often as well.

YAY! :)

I have also bowed to the inevitable and gotten an iPhone and I love Foodspotting. I will figure out a way to sync it with this account :) HIHIHI!

I found THIS bizarre site but I have since decided that it could be FUN going around town wearing a tail.  I still want to after all wear a Native American headdress...it is just a matter of finding one!

I dig these prints, as well as these!

I would love this dress.

I still want most of the things in this site. Who would've thought I'd like jewelry?

I love everything so far from THIS SITE.

I'm so TOTALLY going to do this.

I am loving these suits!!!

  If I had a beach house, I would make it look something like this awesome house.

This is a poster of my weekly Saturday DJ gig. Yes, I'm DJ Macoy :)

This is a lovely Tara McPherson print I've bought recently. There are 400 of them, I think. I shall put this above my telly after I've framed it :) For more on her work, CLICK HERE :)

 

I am still flipping out over how THIS hotness is Neville Longbottom. Nice one. Go Gryffindor!!!

Til next time... :)