when the fire lanterns became stars in the black sky

This weekend:

... I was a bridesmaid.

... And at the same time ran front of house for Pi Catering.

... I watched the red sun set behinds my friends as they sealed their marriage with their kiss.

... I lit a fire lantern with Cameron and sent our wishes up into the blackness of the sky.

... I savored the ocean air and sat around a bonfire with some of my favourite people.

... I watched my little boy wonder at the sand on his feet

... And became proud as he found more courage to sink his little head under the water.

... I remembered some of the reasons I moved back to Manila.

... But am now even more convinced I belong by the ocean and not in the city.

...This weekend.... It was hard to let go.

Happiness is....

... finding photos of last summer in LA in a folder that I forgot existed.

on that note:

dear universe, 

please let me find my way back there soon. 

thanks!

me.

other photos of this trip also seen here. 

riding a cruiser with my hair blowing in the wind

 

 

24 hours.

A cruiser ride through Hermosa/ Redondo / Manhattan Beach.

Architectural eye candy and then some.  Silver grey clouds with a hint of sunshine.

Foie gras burgers, truffle fries, roast chicken, quinoa + hummous and a whole load of wine.

Four halfies + a latina = one epic night of  laughter and a whole load of shufflin'.

the sixth and seventh

Three days.

Four cities. 

Loneliness amongst hundreds of faces.

Silence among thousands of voices.

Handful of hours.

But with no time at all. 

Three days.

Four cities.

see what day five and six of August Break 2010 was like.

Being in day five twice

Two different time zones gives me the fifth of August twice, which is kinda nice. :)

My feet find themselves up in the air again for work and they take me to a different turf, on a different land, with different people. It is a different everything. And then I'm back to where I began again, and it's just a circle of routine that I find myself in, one that literally takes me around the world and back again in three days.

Wish there was some actual time to breathe.
Kind of sounds like how my minds been working. Perhaps my realities are working side my side with my thoughts.

p.s. I finally figured how blog and post images on the iPad. Phew.

my july

 

ten little things that made me smile in the first

                                                             few weeks of july :

1. June Marieezy's soulful voice and soft beats + the fact that she's pure filipino.

2. Walking + house stalking + drinking beer by Hermosa Beach with one of my favourite people.
3. Sandwiches, Mint & Lemon Water +  fresh salad by Redondo Pier.
4. Spendng a whole day in Hong Kong with my little boy.
5. Slumber parties in my room with my two boys.
6. The first family Sunday together in over a month.
7. Blue skies + the smell of the ocean.
8. Being at my goddaughter's first birthday party and hearing about her first step.
9. Finding out that my dad surprised us with tickets to see  Cirque de Solei's Varekai. Saying I'm excited is an understatement.
10. Sushi. But that always makes me smile.

Two things that made me unhappy.
1. Saying goodbye to my best friend/ cousin as her and her family move to Portland.
2. Frank Provost salon who burnt + damaged my hair.

Thank goodness the good outweigh the bad.

 

Seeing the world above the clouds

His two year old eyes couldn't grasp that we were flying.

He knew we were in the sky and above the clouds, but I could see his mind trying to process what I had just told him.

They sparkled with curiousity, they beamed with excitement but also clouded over with confusion.

Then in one moment he understood it all.
In one moment, he became Buzz Lightyear flying in the sky like a rocket.

He really did get it after all.

airport architecture

I've been travelling so much recently for work and sometimes I feel like I actually live in the airports.

Thank goodness for architectural eye candy and lens worthy detail to keep me busy. Wish I could blog on my Ipad as I don't carry my laptop around with me. Have they even created a blogger app yet?!
I've been so slack with my blog posts, i feel like I have lost direction in it all. I'm hoping I'll get back into it soon. I need some sort of inspiration to get me back up and running.

In fact, I'm a little lost with it all.

Perhaps it's being away from reality that keeps me from posting or leaves me rambling on a post like this.

So yes. Thank goodness for photos.

ice cream and identical twins

 my weekend consisted of:

•   38 hours of travelling, which included spending most of it being curled up on an uncomfortable economy seat, sleeping on the airport seats in transit, eating horrible airplane food, people watching and missing my family
• Conversations with a stranger about his daughter, her craft and his grandchildren.
• Reese’s pieces
• Spending less than 24 hours with a good friend and her mum and finally meeting her twin sister.
• A Monday lunch by the pier where I nibbled on baked oysters + calamares as I smelled the salty ocean breeze.
• Hearing stories of the 70’s in the South California bay as I slurped on my chocolate dipped ice cream like a little girl
• Sushi + Thai iced tea.
• Blue skies
•  Ordinary moments made special