Thursday, August 11, 2011

ateneo art awards

i missed you in this year's art awards, so i thought i'd document the exhibit for you :) these were the pieces i really liked (and think that you might have liked too). a warning though: none of my picks won this year - hehehe :)


Renato Barja Jr.


Nona Garcia


Sam Kiyoumarsi


Olivia D'Aboville (works made of plastic spoons and scrubs)




Maria Jeona Zoleta





from two of the winners (both of whom had works that had something to do with bombs....)
Bembol Dela Cruz


Kawayan De Guia


Oh and on the side, I bought myself a Romeo Lee today, which he made especially for me :)

i love it :D


whatchatink? :)

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

"van gogh is bipolar"

"van gogh is bipolar" is one of those cool qc spots i've been wanting to get you (and the salsas) to try. both the food and the interiors are interesting, yummy eyecandy :)

to add to its quirkiness, its semi-self service - you write your orders on a piece of paper and slip it into that little window that leads to the kitchen :)

there are teas (and tiaras) for everyone! just feel free to make yourself a cup while wearing a tiara :)

a teapot collection (which i am contemplating on starting!) stands at the center of the room

every nook and corner is a treat for the senses!

there are clocks everywhere! this one's my favorite - projected on beaded curtains :)

a chandelier that hangs from one of its cozy corners


view from the outside

on my visit there, i had some time to sit at van gogh's outside tables, under its fake moons and fairy lights and under the real full moon :)


Monday, August 8, 2011

candyknits

totally inspired by the birth of Stella, i picked up my knitting needles again recently and finished my first project for the year, just a few weeks before Stella was born.


the cupcake hat - a pattern i had reserved for your future baby years ago :) it turned out to be quite big for Stella (as she was a teeny-tiny newborn baby! and i didn't have any idea what sizes new born babies came in!).

fastforward to 3 months later, it (kinda) fits! haha :) i think she can wear this for several more months (or even a year) :)



then came the baptism bonnet, which you chose, to match her baptism dress :)

this time it was a wee bit too small, and just barely fit stella on baptism day (after being stretched out on a ball of yarn for a week)

daphne and delilah monster has been one of my favorite projects so far - such a fun thing to knit! i wanted stella to have it while she was still a baby so i made it in black and white (and also so it would match her crib and your bedroom too - haha).

it looks huge next to her now, but at the rate she is going, i'm sure it will be looking smaller and smaller in no time :)

so i've finished 3 projects in 4 months, a pretty good ratio for me :) and now i'm finishing my 4th project, a mancowl for twinpopbaguio...

....and with a 5th and 6th one lined up already for tati and alvarro :) i'm excited! :)

its a much better way to spend my free time than watching tv or facebooking :) (thanks stelly!)

Sunday, August 7, 2011

artbike

what a PERFECT way to spend a saturday morning - gallery hopping on bicycles! around 50 artbikers converged at MO's space and made their way to a total of 10 galleries, in a pleasant pace covering 15 kilometers in the BGC, Pasong Tamo, Makati areas:) the galleries welcomed the bikers warmly - we had pandesal, strawberry jam and coffee at the first gallery, bananas and water at another, brownies, cookies, puto, etc at the next ones :) some of the artists were there to meet the bikers, and there was a cool performance at one of the galleries :)

glad i got up early (and biked the extra kilometers all the way from the house and back).

our bike route :)

outside MO's where we all met on a cloudy saturday morning

at Pablo Gallery

inside Manila Contemporary

percussionist Jean Paul Zialcita at NOW gallery, with impromptu zip dancing by one of the bikers (nuk)

at silverlens

Romeo Lee at the Department of Avant-Garde Cliches...

his mural :)

at our last stop, the drawing room

next month will be at the Roxas Blvd galleries and museums! :)

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Dear Stella

On this special day, I want to share with you the letter I wrote to Stella on her blog.

"

Dear Stella,

Today would have been your Lolo Achie’s 82nd birthday. He would have been beyond joy to see you and hold you in his arms. He was a very loving Dad and Lolo to us all. Just ask any of us, your titos, titas, cousins (from Paolo to Ella), and they’ll tell you how funny, warm and sweet Lolo was to each one.

I’m sure though that in time, you’ll experience Lolo’s sense of humor, simplicity, generosity and kindness in each of us children and grandchildren, and yes, in time, even in yourself.

Sometimes I catch you talking and smiling at a space above you. I’d like to believe that’s Lolo Achie you’re playing with.

When you’re older, I’ll tell you all about him — about his short shorts, big belly, corny jokes, yummy steaks, contagious singing, and more.

"

Happy Birthday, Dad! We miss you!


Friday, July 15, 2011

feelings are... just you...

i'm sure you still memorize these by heart the way i do.




home is in your heart!

Saturday, July 2, 2011

25 (very) random things about flower

1. when she was a kid, she wanted to be a boy.
2. and she wanted to be named "monty", after JC Bonnin's character in Flor de Luna (hahahaha!).
3. as non-outdoorsy as she is now, she was actually once a girl scout.
4. she was on the ateneo football team and then the ateneo golf team.
5. she paints really well and was once part of a group exhibit.
6. she is a published children's book author and illustrator.
7. she has always been luminously white, and her feet were mistaken for bread by fish at a creek when we were kids.
8. she had always wanted to have a dog but never got one until she was married.
9. she has never had her own room (shared one with me until she stared sharing one with her husband - hwehwe).
10. she is a serious excel geek!
11. she used to have brooke shields-like eyebrows in the 80s (hehe).
12. she wrote and composed the graduation song for her batch in highschool (or was it gradeschool?).
13. she studied architecture as a second degree (years after graduating from a management engineering course).
14. she and her highschool friends used to have tons of swimming-sleepovers complete with catwalk videos!
15. her driver's license is still expired.
16. she claims to have "quit" smoking several years ago (even if she was never actually a smoker - haha)
17. she doesn't like pesto.
18. she once slapped a girl she fought with in highschool.
19. she does graphic design work on the side (when she has the time) - making logos, etc for her own company and for others.
20. she loves to put labels (made with her labeler) on all her stuff to keep them organized.
21. she loves to read non-fiction books.
22. she has 2 yayas - a daytime and a nighttime one (hehe).
23. she plays the piano, and can play songs by ear.
24. she once took my one of our mom's jars, which she had been looking for for weeks, and gave it to her for christmas. hehehe.
25. she has a phobia (not fear) of cockroaches.


p.s. you're right, this is much harder than i thought.