Having to part with Jesse for my entire stay in Manila was a difficult fact I had to accept. Bringing an SLR considering the circumstances was not at all practical, yet I was still bummed about it, of course, because if I had a material best friend, it would definitely be my old sport Jesse – and ironically, for the two of the biggest adventures of my life that involved being in Manila (THIS was of course Adventure #1, and the Licensure Exam is Adventure #2) my trusted camera wasn’t/won’t be with me. However I’d like to think it’s fate’s way of telling me that my biggest adventures don’t need to be documented with pictures, because I can document them with my mind, and can use my words to create my own pictures and tell my own stories. ♡

Anyway, before I packed up Jesse for storage I played around a bit with it along with my two other cameras – Mary Sue of course, and the new cam I mentioned before but never really formally introduced here – the Instax Mini 8 I got from our Hong Kong trip! :) All the playing around resulted to what is possibly my favorite photo on Instagram so far.

(Unsurprisingly) I got a lot of fail shots – I was sorta testing how far Jesse’s kit lens manual focus could go. But because I’m weird I ended up liking some of them :))

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Stupid pretty British boys…

Hello from the city of Manila! :)

My mom and sister just left this morning so it’s literally just me here now…and so it will be for three months. Sigh. Read more »

Hi guys! In the spirit of my old nenensellsstuff page, I’m selling a couple of stuff I own. Necessary backstory follows:

• WRECK THIS JOURNAL by Keri Smith (PHP400) – This is an extra copy given to me as graduation gift by a friend who didn’t know I already had one. Now, I already wrecked my original copy last summer and I’m not all that keen to wreck another one, but I didn’t want to sell a gift cus that would be ungrateful. But over the summer my friend kept asking me how’s it going with my journal so I had to admit I already had one before, and so she insisted that I just sell it so her gift would be of more use to me. So yeah. This book’s totally un-wrecked, and I’ve never made any markings on it yet so you could say it’s pretty much brand new. The copy is from Fully Booked, I believe (judging by the price-sticker marks left LOL) and I think it sells for like 499 or 500-something there? *shrugs*
• Neoprene CAMERA STRAPS in Blue, Pink and Red (PHP200 each) – These were the first custom camera straps I bought, and I loved them cus they’re made of diving suit material and therefore really soft, really comfortable to use. Jesse (my SLR) felt TONS lighter on my shoulders when I had these straps on! Not to mention the bold pops of colors look hot!! ;) I only ever used the blue and the pink, and only for a short while, cus then I started using my Navajo PDP strap (that I use til now). But the blue and pink straps still look new and clean cus I hand-washed them after using and kept them sheltered and wrapped in plastic all these months. The red one practically IS new, I never used it. The reason I’m selling these is cus I recently got another strap from PDP so now I have two, and I love them to bits, so realistically speaking I don’t think I’ll ever get to use these lovely bold colored neoprene ones anymore. Better if they find new owners. :)

Also I’m not rich enough to shoulder shipping so that’s gonna be an extra PHP90, nationwide. ;p But if I know you and you live in Davao we could probably meet up this week (keyword being probably cus I might be busy prepping for an extra-important licensure exam).

So, yeah – Interested? Email/iMessage me: [email protected] ♡

This is for the Anon who asked for it earlier this week – I’m not entirely sure what you’ll get from a list of random facts about me, but hey, whatever floats your boat, I guess? Here are 13:

1. I can’t swim.
2. My favorite pizza topping is, dun dun dunnn…plain cheese. (I’m boring, I know!)
3. I’m super hairy! Really! But I ~accept~ it. I don’t really bother shaving my arms and legs or getting them waxed or whatever lol.
4. I don’t wear nail polish.
5. The best birthday gift I’ve ever gotten was for my seventh; it was a Disney’s Beauty and the Beast boxed set that included figurines of Belle and the Beast, a pop-up story book, and a cassette tape which included all the songs in the movie. It was perfect!!
6. I can take a complete bath within five minutes. Ten minutes tops.
7. As much as possible I avoid conversations over the phone. It’s the most uncomfortable mode of communication for me.
8. My vanity hasn’t quite reached that level of using pictures of my own face as wallpaper to any of the gadgets I own. All my wallpapers are either books, landscape, or hot Hollywood celebrities. :D
9. I can raise my left eyebrow but not my right, and can wink my right eye but not my left.
10. If I were to get a tattoo (which would never happen) it would probably be one of the following a) a hand-drawn constellation of stars between my right thumb and forefinger, b) a hand-drawn anchor just under my inner left ankle, or c) a pair of tiny hand-drawn wings between my shoulder blades. (By hand-drawn, I mean hand-drawn by me. Ofc.) Oh, or d) “1993.” in a typewritten font on my nape!
11. My iPhone doesn’t have a passcode. I have nothing to hide. ;)
12. I have a really short tongue that can’t do any tricks, like it can’t reach my chin or my nose or do those amazing twisty tricks. It’s so lame. Haha
13. My friend Greysh once told me back in high school that when she watched the Change music video, Taylor’s movements reminded her of me, of how I move. Which made me watch the video again and honestly all I thought (and still think, til now) was: “AM I REALLY THAT AWKWARD?!?” T.T