Hair 2012: Light vs Dark

Today I woke up wanting to shave my hair off. It had been terribly unruly... kinda sexy but it was bugging me so much. So I decided to dye it so dark I now look like I've been casted for Twilight. FML!

Product used to achieve a provincial Bella Swan look is none other than 4.0 DARK BROWN hair coloring cream from Hortaleza and a 6% developer... all for less than Php300!

Oh well... it looks black after the first wash, maybe it will lighten a bit after a few more washes. But that's okay, I'm kinda feeling this whole new look now anyway. Totally different from the last one!

 Twifuckinglight I say!
(Sorry, not a fan!)

And my son looked at me today as if to say...

So which do you think is better? Light or dark?

xoxo,

 

How To: Wear Men's Shirts!

I know it's been quite a while since I've posted anything interesting in my blog. Motherhood has really been quite a challenge. That and working more so I can pay for the additional expenses in my household. Nothing gargantuan but I oh so need more than 24 hours in a day!!!

Anyway, since it's Sinulog in Cebu right now and again, we weren't able to go for obvious reasons, the guys decided to celebrate anyway. So here we are at SALA Lounge + Cafe's Patio + Bar.

Nothing like RH on a rainy night.

Xiang, her Winter drink (a blue kamikaze pitcher), and sisig!

Of course, since I couldn't drink yet, I had to settle for Coke and jokes tonight. The interesting part though is discovering HOW TO WEAR MEN'S SHIRTS! Because now I wear 30 lbs more than I usually do, I battle with my closet every day trying to find something to wear that actually fits me! From a size 4 to a size 10!? GET OUTTA HERE! 

However, here's the really cool thing.

So... what do you think? 

Complete instructions on how to wear this in HERE. Okay so it's an old technique.. but hey, I could really use all of Noodle Boy's shirts for this! HAHAHA! Weeeeee!

xoxo,

 

The start of a great year, I know.

The New Year didn't just usher the whole new 365 days, but I received yet another wonderful prize. Okay, Santa was a little late sending me the gift I asked, but the good people at Pizza Hut made sure it was "safely shipped". And by safe... they weren't kidding!

You've got to hand it to LBC. They're my most preferred courier here in the Philippines.

I got this for the blog post I wrote for Supremo, one of Pizza Hut's Tuscany pizza flavors. We had a great time making that entry and now having so much fun playing with the prize.

It's the 3G model of the iPad 2. I can't wait to test the internet speed of Smart once I get my hands on their microsim. Hopefully, it's available here in my area.

Big thanks also to my mother- and father-in-law for bringing us the pizza all the way from Cebu so we can join the contest. Also to Carl, the little boy, who was the lone caroler. :) Honestly, that kid loved the pizza... even with all the vegetables in it! I mean, when I was little, I always steered clear from those types of toppings. It's only now that I'm an adult that I appreciate the burst of flavors from all sorts of different toppings in my pizza. To Mianne, our cashier for taking the photos. And last but not the least, my Noodle Boy for adding melody into the words of the song I wrote.

Browsing Pizza Hut's website on the iPad is pretty cool!
How I wish there was a Pizza Hut branch here in Ormoc City so I can order delivery :)

Thank you Lord for the great start of a great year ahead. Wishing everyone a happy new year, a fruitful and prosperous one, too!

Michael, Maria, & Mikko Franco.

xoxo,

From our home to yours

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world and behold, everything is kinder, gentler, and more beautiful.

To spread Christmas Spirit throughout our community and our City, the Ormoc Festival and Cultural Foundation together with the Sts. Peter and Paul Parish and in cooperation with Congresswoman Lucy Torres Gomez, is bringing you once again Light Up a Star. Now on its second year, the Light up a Star Christmas project originally launched on Dec. 11, 2011. We are all overjoyed with its immense success that is why we have decided to hold this event every year.

Essentially, this is a fund raising program of the Parish and of the Foundation for various projects; one of which is the coffee table book of Ormoc which we will be launching in a few months from now.

Our sincerest thanks to our dear Congresswoman Lucy Torres Gomez for her enormous help that brought this project to fruition. That Giant Star up there represents her. Also, our special thanks to our major sponsors whose names appear on each of the big stars atop these small Christmas trees. We would also like to thank all our donors of these stars around the Christ the King circle. Without you, the success of this project wouldn't have been possible.

May these stars brighten and bring light to our lives not only during this Christmas season but all throughout the years to come. 

Thank you and Merry Christmas to all. 

-Gloria T. Velasquez, Chairman




The older I get: the longer I hold on to a Holiday hug 
The more I realize Christmas is a matter of the heart, 
The more I enjoy giving than receiving, 
The more I try to see Christmas through the eyes of a child, 
The longer I sit in the glow of the Christmas Tree light, 
The more wonderfully beautiful the Christmas story is, 
The deeper my awe at God's infinite Love… 
The more I LOVE Christmas.


Happy Holidays!

xoxo,

If music be the food of love, play on. (PIC HEAVY!)

Has an instance ever occurred to you when action seems to speak louder than words or when pictures really do paint a thousand words?

The wordsmith in me fumbles for words trying to write the perfect piece tonight. But alas, only a familiar tune keeps ringing in my ear. It sounds kinda trippy, too. 

Like a kaleidoscope... Like the smell of gasoline... 

It is said that good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it. I wonder what motivates some artists to write their music, but as a listener the music I hear becomes the soundtrack of my life.

Just like this.

Not familiar with the words? 

WATCH THIS VIDEO!

If it's gasoline that fuels up engines and makes cars run, then my life's own gasoline would be a mixture of 

LOVE + PHOTOGRAPHY + MUSIC.

I think that is what makes life worth living.

And in this digital world today, it's a challenge to keep memories when you run out of space to save them.
Just today I learned that I have this much left.

Que Horror!


Apparently, that is my ultimate motivation to submit an entry to
The Gasoline Dude’s Blogversary Writing Contest.
WHY? Coz I need to win a 1TB Portable Hard Drive!


If music be the food of love, play on. - William Shakespeare


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xoxo,