Look: Going Nude

Hey, hey, hey settle down, it's not what you all think - you all know me better than that ha ha

Anyway, love this dress that I got last year from the SS08 Runway collection of BCBG Max Azria. The photos don't give it justice but love, love, love every detail of it. I wore this to dinner the other night.

What I am wearing:
dress: BCBG Max Azria SS08 Runway
shoes: Prada
accessories: bracelets - F21, earrings - from Mom
clutch: Kate Landry (gift from T)

I did the Heart walk with friends last Saturday and we had so much fun.

We are doing the Susan Komen Race for the Cure next month.

I hope you are all having a great week lovelies!

xoxo,
T

A little too late...

Performed by The Script, the original video is found here.

I hope you are all having a great week!

xoxo,
T


XS:
Thank you so much to everyone who have expressed their concern and sent their prayers to my family and the other victims of the recent typhoon in the Philippines through the comments and emails. I am so glad to have found such a wonderful support system in the blogosphere =). Love you all!!!!

Misc: Home is where the heart is....

I was going to do my weekly outfit post but rather decided that this is more important than that. My dad's birthday was on Friday. I called him and my mom and asked them how they are doing and what their plan was. They said they will just go to dinner and stay home since the weather forecast was not good.

The following morning, I found out that a typhoon hit Metro Manila and caused flash floods. My parent's house was not affected but my lola's house (grandmother's) was submerged in water. A neighbor had to help her get on the roof where she stayed there overnight with their dog while my Lolo (grandpa) got stranded on the road. J's house also suffered the same fate. The entire Metro Manila was flooded within a matter of hours. Death toll is now up to 140 (CNN).



Some pictures around Metro Manila:




(Source: unknown; please let me know if you took these pictures for proper credit)

Sorry to start the week with such a bad news. It is in times like these that I tend to become sentimental about being away from my parents. I will have to fly thousands of miles to get to them. It was such a relief to hear their voices after none of my calls got connected and no response from my text messages until Saturday morning (we are 12 hours behind). I am just glad they are safe and doing okay.

Prayers go to the families of all who were affected.

If you'd like to help out - please visit the Philippine Red Cross website http://www.redcross.org.ph/

Look: the Little Black Dress and a scare

Day to night outfit...

What I am wearing:
LBD: Ann Taylor
belt: BCBG Max Azria
shoes: Jimmy Choo (also here)
bag: Adrienne Vittadini
accessories: white pearl earrings and white pearl drop necklace (from mom);
black pearl and gold bracelets (from Boracay flea market)

After work last Wednesday night I decided to pick up a bag of treats for Boemee before going home to prepare for a dinner with McDreamy. And as I was driving, an elder lady driver made a quick left turn, cutting through both of the opposite direction lanes, not stopping in the median and driving diagonally through the direction I was going then hitting my car on the driver side. It was like in the movies where you see everything happening in slow motion. I was so scared and shaking for a good while. I just sat there in my car for a few minutes and then called 911 and my sister then texted McDreamy who came to the scene. It was a blessing that neither the elder lady nor I got hurt.

So my lovelies, no matter how careful you are as a driver, you cannot be sure about the other drivers on the road. Always be alert and be safe.

xs: I had a fine time with McDreamy during dinner.

Have a great weekend lovelies!

xoxo,
T

Misc: Back to reality...

I'm back in my "neck of the woods" as Al Roker puts it and I'm terribly missing my niece and nephew =(. And of course we "tres marias" got to spend time together =))

I now know who the Wonder pets are and i keep hearing their song in my head: "what's gonna work? team work! what's gonna work? team work! wonder pets!" and everything else that is airing on Noggin.

We had tea parties

from here

and Autobot vs. Decepticon battles (of course I was made the Decepticon)

The vacation was a blast. I wouldn't have spent it differently. Spending time with them was a lot of fun and surprisingly relaxing =). I started remembering how fun it was to be a kid with no cares in the world.

And just when I got used to the time difference I am now adjusting again to the East Coast time. HA!

Oh, and just wanted to share this addition to my fall wardrobe that I really really love!

from BCBG available here

These seriously are very comfortable and love the platforms!

I hope you are all having a great week!

xoxo,
T

Golden State

I can't contain my excitement to see my darling nephew and niece this weekend. I am off to Orange County. My nephew's turning 4 - our little one is growing up too fast!

The other day while they were on their way home, his dad pointed out the thick white smoke from the South Cal wild fires that was visible from the freeway.

Nephew: "Are you kidding me? Guys, take a picture of that smoke from the fire! O.M.G. this is serious! Right mom?"

It was so hilarious! My sister and brother-in-law just cracked up laughing.

Happy Birthday to our Transformers loving, dirt bike riding little boy!



Kid's grow up too fast!