My Garage Sale hoard….Just finding new owners for some pre-loved stuff. Everything at 5php each…last day today.

Seems like a good time to write again, I told myself, as I was throwing out some old magazines this morning. I’ve been pre-occupied with packing important stuff and discarding clutter in time for the big move. Well, it’s not that big. I’m just moving to bigger apartment four streets away. I can’t believe it’s already been two years in this small apartment on 18th. I must say it’s been an interesting two years, I’ve had one short lived and one long disastrous relationship in this house, plus a handful of passionate one night affairs. All these moments have left souvenirs, some tangible and some stashed in the deepest corners of my memory.

One gets to examine his life when putting stuff in boxes and plastic bags. This would be my fourth move in the 29 years of my existence. And every move has been a learning experience in the area of letting go. Somehow, this time, it’s sort of a major move for me. Not because it’s a bigger apartment but because I’m slowly getting better at throwing away things or fading away from people that I no longer need in my life.

A friend told me that what I am going through is called Saturn Return, a period where the planet goes back to where it was when you were born. Approximately, it takes about 29 1/2 years for it to go back to that exact spot. And when it does, this period of introspection and change happens. Being a very big fan of the stars and what they mean, it kinda makes sense. I am at a point in my life wherein I see the bigger picture more vividly. 

I’ve had seven boyfriends, four apartment moves, a handful of disappointments and some victories in my 29 years. From heartbreak to work related regrets, it seems I’ve touched down on all the lessons I needed to learn. Now, it’s time to implement them.

I don’t actually know where I’ll be in the next few months or what I’ll be doing. There are ideas that involve quitting fashion and going back to writing or pursue teaching finally. Maybe, I’ll just design for friends occasionally and join fashion week every now and then. Or maybe quit it altogether and move to the other side of the world. Honestly, the possibilities are endless and that kinda excites me.

I’m not sure where I’m going yet, or how I’ll get there. I’m fucking scared too but the excitement outweighs the fear. I’m packing my bags lightly and opening the door to these wonderful possibilities. Come what may.

“Stuart rose from the ditch, climbed into his car, and started up the road that led toward the north…As he peeked ahead into the great land that stretched before him, the way seemed long. But the sky was bright, and he somehow felt he was headed in the right direction.”

― E.B. White, Stuart Little

Unless you actually know how to construct clothes, formulate a collection or know about my inspiration and my process in designing this collection then you will never fully understand nor appreciate the fact that none of this is copied nor inspired by already existing current fashions.

I get the fact that my designs aren’t for everybody, you may like it or you may not. I’m a very rational person, if you tell me that my designs are baduy or copied then I’ll listen to it and examine what details might have given the blog owner that impression.

But if this blog claims to help the fashion industry by pointing the mistakes and boo boos in what we create, then it is but just and appropriate for them to justify their points with correct examples. Kung tama ang sinasabi ng blog na ito na gusto nilang maging mas maayos at mas bongga ang fashion industry at iwasan ang pangongopya or poor workmanship ay may tamang paraan ng pagsasabi sa kinauukulan.

Ang problema kasi dinadaan sa pagiging stariray ang pagsasabi para lang maging sensational at tawag pansin, hindi tuloy namin maintindihan kung gusto ba talagang makatulong ng blog na ito, o manira o magpasikat lang. At the end of the day, we designers, put our effort and invest in these collections season after season. It would be a great injustice for us when someone, who remains anonymous, openly mocks and insults the fruits of our labor.

prostheticknowledge:

Evolució by Onionlab / Mapping Festival 2013 

From the mailbox, a projection-mapping project:

Hello!
I am contacting you to present Onionlab’s most recent piece, Evolució

You will also find some high-resolution pictures here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/67507166@N07/sets/72157633486998073

And here is a brief description of the project:

Evolució

Onionlab presents Evolució, a piece that revolves around the graphic and sound abstraction of the concept it is named after: evolution. It is construed as transformation, construction and alteration of reality through time; evolution as a discontinuous creation process as well.

Created with 3D projection mapping techniques, this time, Evolució was projected onto the façade of the Musées d’art et d’histoire de Genève, though the piece takes the evolution concept even further: It was conceived as an open transformation process so that it can also be adapted to different façades and projection surfaces, and so that Evolució can continue its transformation process.

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Samurai Boy

SAMURAI

My collection for Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2013

My collection for this season is inspired by Samurai warriors and geisha. With layers and layers of armor and fabric enveloping the wearer. I wanted to take the Japanese theme but inject a streetwear feel to them, and birth pieces that can actually be mixed with everyday clothes. Being a transition collection, I wanted to take a step in a slightly different collection but maintain the signature that everyone has been accustomed to seeing season after season. I added more menswear so I could further exercise my hand in designing for men, and broaden my horizon. Plus, I’m kinda hooked on Naruto so everything’s a bit crazy.

P.s ( I got to work wiith the models that I’ve always been dying to work with, Charo Ronquillo and Brent Javier…Plus I had a kick-ass model open my collection…Thank you Rhonee Rojas….

P.s ng P.s ( I only had less than a week to work on the collection. The shortest time frame I’ve ever had :)

Photos by Mark Jacob of Studio 100 for MegaStyle.Ph 

spaceplasma:

Dirty thunderstorms

A dirty thunderstorm (also, Volcanic lightning) is a weather phenomenon that occurs when lightning is produced in a volcanic plume. A study in the journal Science indicated that electrical charges are generated when rock fragments, ash, and ice particles in a volcanic plume collide and produce static charges, just as ice particles collide in regular thunderstorms.

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letmefeelyoushine:

sagansense:

“The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.” •Carl Sagan

This is one of those images that just makes you go, “woah.”

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madmothmiko:

Zodiac Signs

[Yuhon/On Tumblr]

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Us.

Dear Santi, 

Thank you for everything.Because of you, I have learned to know and understand myself more. Because of you, I have learned to become more patient and respectful of the moods of others. Because of you, I have learned to love the part of me that I have denied. I am sorry for making you feel bad and letting you down many times.I never wanted to stress you out because it’s something that I have avoided making people feel just because of my shortcomings. But despite everything, I want to express everything that is inside me….but I couldn’t and probably wouldn’t be able to find the right words to say how lucky I am to have known you.

Thank you for making me feel loved and happy.

Love, 

Boy Sabaw

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Dear Boy Sabaw,

I will never tire of looking for your face in crowds, nor will I ever tire of missing you. What we have is not easy, on the contrary, ours is a longing that surpasses time and space. We have yet to hold each other. In time, I do hope we can look at sunrises and sunsets for the rest of our years. If not this lifetime, maybe the next one. You will always be in my heart, and I will never tire of missing you. You are my Little Prince, elusive and beautiful.

I’ve come to realize that you are the one I was destined to meet, all along. Thank you for being patient with me, especially when I have bad days. Sabi nga nila, for better or worse.I love you, and will never tire of loving you. I will always strive to make you happy even in the smallest of gestures.

In another reality, in another time, there we exist. My hand upon yours, never letting go.

P.S ( In our story, there are no goodbyes, only see you agains…)

Love,

Santi

05/27/13

yatzer:

After the Smithsonian (Washington, US) and the British Museum (London, UK), the new Acropolis Museum (Athens, GR) is the third in the list of the world’s 50 BEST museums according to The Times newspaper. >  credit: View of the Archaic Gallery. Photo © Nikos Daniilidis. 

geeksturr:

Joseph Altuzarra photographed by Craig McDean for Interview Magazine (via)