Sweet November

thrifted chiffon wite dress, thrifted lace leggings, Janylin nude pumps, Accessorize gray bib necklace

written on November 21, 2009, Saturday, after our Mediterranean date at Taj of Tagaytay

Today, we celebrate our 25th month of our official couplehood. Perhaps, we'll marry on our 100th month. Everyday, I day dream about it. Everyday, I picture in my head how perfect it can be - the possible kind of perfection. Everyday, I make a mental list of the many things that we'll do and enjoy when the time comes that we can be together, everyday.

Since today marks our 25th month, here's a random list of 25 things we'll do together when the people can call me a Mrs. Isle already:

1. Have impromptu weekends on the countryside lugging only a camera and a one-sitting type of read
   
2. Get a pick-up, load our bikes, find a perfect road, unload our bikes, and have a race with a kiss as a prize
3. Munch on hearty breakfast meal at Jollibee after hearing mass on Sundays
4. Go on road trips playing different soundtracks every time
5. See teensy bitsy romantic movies on Friday nights with all the youngsters and laugh at how silly they are for being so squishy over a teensy bitsy romantic movie, maybe like the Twilight Saga of their time
   
6. Skip work on really lazy days and just cuddle around - Not a good idea, eh?
7. Prepare a breakfast in bed after bad fights
8. Re-run our favorite TV series, which may be forgotten already by that time - OTH, baby!
9. Have party-sized pizzas delivered on nights of really bad work days
10. Go clubbing in slutty costumes and realize after that it isn't our thing
11. Dance the night away and remember our f*cked up ballroom dancing class, which we didn't finish by the way, and laugh our hearts out
12. Prepare Japaese cuisine on boring nights and have our friends come over, and maybe a beer after?
13. Stop over at night markets and and shop for rusty-looking storage boxes and antique fixtures for our humble home
14. Lie on the couch and eat cookies when we both feel sluggish to cook for dinners
15. Grow pine trees - Hmm, now this is very random.
    
16. Attend art exhibits and day dream when we will be wealthy enough to spend a lot of pennies on a piece of art
17. Set up videoke nights and, or better yet, have him play the guitar and sing our songs
18. Hold laundry Saturdays and treat each other free massage afterwards
19. Play Scrabble and let the loser clean up the dishes
20. Go on bookstore date on Staurday nights when everybody is drinking and dancing the nights away
21. Update our scrapbook on work-free days and argue which pictures to include because I look pretty in those photos where he looks like a mess, and vice versa
22. Revisit the park where we used to walk a lot around in , with him with him carrying a bottle of wine in one hand, and a box of the famed chocolate cake in the other - Mer'Nel's!
23. Revisit the place where we had the perfect first kiss, have the nerve to do it again, and recollect the exact feelings of tension, exhiliration, and relief all at the same time
24. Just, raise a family - grow together and be happy together and spend quality time together
25. And when we're too old to do all those things, we'll just sleep at nights, holding hands, and wake up the mornings after with our ands still clinched; and pray to our sweetest God to express how grateful we are for having each other until those days when we are still aliveHappy 25th, my love!
    

2012

thrifted blue and white collared dress, thrifted black and white shirt, Topshop heart leggings, Charles & Keith black peep-toe booties, Charles Keith gray bag

If the world ends tonight, I'll do whatever it takes to get by your side.

Tattered

thrfited Adrienne Vittadini tattered brown sweater, Blacksheep liquid leggings, K2 balck vest, Janylin nude pumps

My sister opened up the idea again. She said I should just enroll myself in SOFA and study dressmaking.

No, thank you. i am certain, I'd do terrible at that. The pants, which hems I folded and sewn, finished up looking worse than better. I even suck at DIYs. The only DIY I can do is tattering and scrapping a pair of denims, just because the end products do not have to look polished and neat. And, I remember that I did rather awful in my Home Economics class way back in fourth grade (?). Every type of stitch appeared like a runnin stitch. Yes, I was that bad.

I'm bad with drawings, too. Actually, I can draw, as long as I'm just trying to copy another's. Well, that is really off in fashion, right? Who would want a carbon copy, an amateur imitation?

So yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm not really meant to make dresses. Perhaps, I'm just really meant to wear them. Ha! Ha!

One Way or Another

This sheer floral top is my recent thrift find. It cost me P90 or just about a dollar. This was the first thing that caught my eye, because it is so Topshop-like floral. Don't you think? And I love that it can be worn in so many ways. Tuck it. Untuck a portion of it. Belt it. Knot it.


And a lot more ways.

Anyway, I am thinking of putting a, "segment" (if you know of a better word, do tell me) in my blog. A Look for Less segment. Remember my entry, wherein I channeled The City's socialite, Olivia Palermo? I am thinking of doing it once a week, or even once in two weeks. What do you think? :)

Rugged

La Senza black lace corset, thrifted denim tattered shorts, vintage jacket, vintage brown bag, Charles & Keith black booties

Worrying what the future holds especially for me used to be my pastime. I used to get so insanely frustrated because I did not know what I wanted to do, what I wanted to be. In my mind, I sued to scream and cry thinking so hard what business I had to deal with the world, what kind of contract I do have here.

I was a hobbyist at that. Or, you can even promote me to a pro.

But then, I learned to take it slow, take it easy. Because the best realization that I had lately is that the happiest, most fulfilled, and most interesting people are not those who knew what they wanted when they were 21. Or even 30. Ooh, try me! If you ever try to observe the rest of the world, perhaps you'll come up with the same conclusion. I'm that certain.

Thus, I started to live one day at a time. I realized, from then on, that I was starting to worry less and live more. And in those days that I just follow what my heart desires, in those moments that I least expect, I, one by one, envision my goal, purpose, and dreams in life. They start to take a concrete and vivid shape in mind. Unhurriedly - because that's the way it's supposed to be.

Things change, people change, and so do dreams should. I think, dreams should adapt as well. If you try to chase the dream that you injected yourself with since the beginning, despite and in spite of all the changes that occurred in your life, then you might be overdosed and end up getting soaked. You might, one day, realized that you're submerged - with more frustrations, exhaustion, and dissatisfaction.

But then again, what do I know, I'm just 21.

BTW, You're very free to differ, of course!

P.S. People have been leaving me comments and sending me messages about where I go thrift-shopping. I live in Tagaytay City, so I have easy access to the "ukay-ukay" here. I haven't tried shopping in other places. Maybe, in one of my future posts, I'll feature my favorite thrift stores. If you are interested in going to these thrift stores and need some help like instructions and guidelines, feel free to send me an e-mail:)