COTTON SHEETS AND SEPARATATION ANXIETY

I just moved in my new pad yesterday. Done un-boxing 3 out of the 6 boxes, exhausted, lying in my bed on a new clean 500-thread count khaki Egyptian cotton sheet and white duvet.

Listening to Toro Y Moi, windows open, the sound of the elevator, a bottle of cold beer on my makeshift nightstand along with a framed watercolor painting I did 6 years ago.

(Photos from chillhiro and Toro y Moi)

I haven’t shopped in months, I haven’t blogged in weeks, I have a lot running through my head, I need a breather.

Counting the days till my first official 5 day leave from work.

10,9,8…..

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FABRIC SHOPPING

(photos from Burkman Bros)

Yesterday was a good fabric buying day for me and my mom! We never leave Fanbi or any fabric shop empty handed. Yesterday was no exception, two and a half yards of purple,red, yellow and green plaid, red tartan fabric all in pure Japanese cotton and mom ended up buying little snippets of polka dots and paisley.




Obviously mom paid for everything – I’ll definitely be buying more next weekend.



Above is a preview of what I was designing last night.

MOVING ACROSS HIGHWAY 54

How many more boxes?

The past four weeks after tropical storm Ketsana has been very transitional for me. I am finally moving in to my new space on the 1st of next month and yes, I still have four huge boxes full of crap to complete the job.



Some design inspirations from Apartment Therapy

My new space is absolutely amazing though bare and not as posh as my old location but trust me, I feel like I will be moving into a beachfront hotel in Siam after living in a space I did not at all love for five years.

I still have not found the right furniture for my space (beddings, curtains, a side table, a closet and a floor lamp) – Buddha needs help!

CLICKING NOSTALGIA

I have always been a sucker for really old photos and Polaroid despite the advent of digital photography. I make a point of saving them, the pleasure of snapping a few shots from a Polaroid, watching it spit the film out and smelling that addicting scent – yes, it makes me smile every time I smell it, and so does the wedding photos below which reminds me, I'm attending one next month.



Who cares if you have to impatiently shake the film for five minutes – Ta-dah! Instant nostalgia - framed and faded, a picture that already looked decades old.



Photos from Once Wed

DAILY MOLESKINERIE

I always like to take my own sweet time, working on an idea until I believe is done. I sometimes don't know where I will be without my Moleskine for jotting down observations and doodles. It is the analogue tool I couldn’t live without!


(A page from my Moleskine)

CHASING LIGHT

The optimist says, "We live in the best of all worlds."
The pessimist says, "Yeah, I know."

Manila / February 3, 2008
Photos by Raul Ramon Lopez-Vito Bucoy II.

MISSING BENEDICT

Brunch on Sundays were always spent at LUMIERE with a plate of Eggs Benedict, Ricotta Pancakes and a sparkling glass of Mimosa. Since they opened a few years back, LUMIERE was notably one of the best restaurant in the metro - possibly even my favorite. A gem secretly tucked at the podium of LV Locsin Building along Makati Avenue, even their chic little paper menu placemats says it all

“Sunday Brunch is the soothing palliative to the morning after of the night before, to end-of-the-weekend blues, start of the work week angst, or simply, a dose of more cholesterol to dull the effects of a hangover.”

Lumiere has now been replaced by Chef Colin Mackays’ SALA. I’ve tried Museum(M) Café and Apartment 1B’s brunch but it really isn’t the same as LUMIERE's.

Does anyone know whatever happened to LUMIERE? Buddha wants to know.

(Photo of Lumiere by Miguel Nacianceno)