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Another Kind of COVID-19 Casualty
“It has to be Instagramable." is a sentence I I hear this sentence around 80% of the time whenever I meet a client. The 20% is probably because they’ve told me that before and we have some sort of understanding. My work is commonly known as event styling or production design, depending on the industry I’m working with. I partner with brands and ad ( Read more... ) -
Wordplay
One of my dearest friends and I have a Holiday tradition. We always meet up for Christmas/New Year Dinner to catch up. Kerry makes sure to ask this question every year end, what is your "word" for the season. You see we've come to notice that life has us living by themes. It seems that circumstances, things that we read, listen to or have ( Read more... ) -
Holy Days 2018
As early as January, we start our R&D for the year's décor trends, either by visiting other installations in the region or attending tradeshows around the world. That happens even before we're able to uninstall all the previous year's installations and store it away. We invest a lot of time and a lot of resources to plan an upcoming season. ( Read more... ) -
Aug 21 in our Hearts
I was wanted to write this yesterday, 21 August 2018, Ninoy Aquino Day. When the whole country was supposed to celebrate the heroism of Ninoy Aquino. It was meant to be a holiday to commemorate the rise against oppression and speaking up against a system gone wrong. People seem to forget how bad it was during Martial Law and how much we lost as a ( Read more... ) -
Green with Envy
Growing up, we weren't very well to do. Just mid middle class people, struggling to get by. One of the things that my parents did invest on was our education, so even if they had to turn night into day just to put us into good schools they did. I guess that's why we went to private school. Our classmates were better off than we were and would have ( Read more... ) -
Foodtrip #2: Berlin Part 2
This is the continuation of the glorious meal I had at Facil.
It was supposed to be a 5 course meal but it turned into 6 because I couldn't decide which dessert to get. I ended up ordering 2.
These were the choices:
- RASPBERRY - BELL PEPPER AND PIEDMONTESE HAZELNUTS
- BEETROOT - PARSLEY, JAVA-CHOCOLATE AND MALT
- WILLIAMS PEAR - ( Read more... )
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Food Trip #2: Berlin Part 1
I have this uncle who I wasn't really close with growing up. We live in the Philippines and he lived in Delaware. Last year, he found out that we were going to be near his area and so we stayed a couple of days with him and his wife. We met up at the retiree/vacation town where they live: Pörtscäch, Austria. Then we all went up to Vienna. Our ( Read more... ) -
Fly on the Wall
My morning routine includes 630am yoga class then quiet time over coffee in one of those cafes around Salcedo park. That's how I keep sane with a jam packed day the moment I step into to the office.
Today I went to Toby's Estate for a change. I wanted to get a table outside since after attending a power yoga class air conditioning doesn’t feel so ( Read more... ) -
Psalm 119 Remix
I've been reading the Psalms recently and I've reached Psalm 119. It's the longest chapter and it's proving to be a more difficult read than the other Psalms. In it, King David (as they suspect is the writer), talks on length about God's word. Like how it guides him, how following it has lead to blessings, how it makes him shudder at the thought ( Read more... ) -
Taipei: Food for the Soul
If you get tired, learn to rest not to quit.
And that's what I've been doing the whole month of August. I've been working non-stop since 2010, when I decided to shift careers (see previous post) This has been the longest break that I've been able to take and I think it's been very fruitful.
I took a break because I was seriously short fused ( Read more... )