www.thepaleface.blogspot.com

my personal blog.
disclaimer: you'd be bored out of your mind.

this blog served its purpose. and died. bye. :]

NOTES.TO.SELF.

cred: unknown

....buy a Chanel compact.
....wear chains around my wrist.

....dont wash hair for a week
....ride a train
....bring paparazzi.

haha. no seriously, a Chanel compact is part of my xmas list. Santa, ya hear?

FUDGE.COLOR.

cred: google

The Veronicas. My "i-dont-do-bright-colors" inspiration. I know the weather screams summer and I'm dripping in all directions. But I'm a fall person. Live with it. I cant wait for dark weather and even darker clothes.

NOIR.

First time I've been actually happy for weeks.

I just discovered something big...i wont reveal yet. but it's quite exciting. atleast for me.
I had my favorite breakfast: mediterranean smoked salmon panini
Ive just been told im going to a wedding this afternoon!

I know. I know. I'm sappy. But what the hell. I love weddings. I love dressing up. And I love the fact that I can wear the silk dress from Zara I got yesterday.
It was an accidental buy. I was just supposed to get a pair of white chucks for uniform but the sale sign was too big to ignore. M got a pair of acid wash jeans. Which means I get to inherit his old pair. So 80's grunge. So hyped.
Which got me thinking, is the 'boyfriend-jeans' trend dead?
Well, as long as Katie Holmes is still a living walking person wearing Tom Cruise's jeans, then I guess not. Mine's not even boyfriend jeans. They're brother jeans. Whatever.

Back to the wedding. Do you think its quite scandalous to wear black to a wedding? People here might think im trying to jinx the couple or something. Well, if they refuse me passage, sitting on the grand staircase with my dress will make me just as happy.

EFFIN. A.

cred: taghrid, google

So I woke up this morning coughing like a damn chimney. Swine flu? haha. I dont think so coz so far thats it. cough. No fever. No headache. No sore throat. Nada.
I still feel like shite though.
Anyway. I found something in the mail that definitely made me feel better. :]
I can hardly wait. I did my pre-sale rounds yesterday at topshop and topman. (fuck dorothy perkins. haha.) and I can say it's pretty promising. But then again, we all know that they bring out the shitty stuff during sales, right?

Lets just hope "the benefactor" would feel maganimous by then. I dont really care about topshop clothes these days. I just want the shoes. again. THE SHOES.
Its such a shame though, that the good ones never seem to reach the Philippine Isles. Like the Nicholas kirkwood for Rodarte-inspired pair worn by taghrid (first photo.) Not bad compared to the real thing eh? (2nd photo)

I died when I saw it. But I can bet my life, it wont show in stores here. damn shame.

THE.TINGTINGS.

cred: google images

Some hair inspiration for those of us who have a permanent bead head thing going on.
Like Lou Dillon said, "with beautiful hair, everything's just so easy."

LA.LA.LA.LA.

saturday night didnt turn out the way we planned. still awesome though. and i know. i know. we pose too much. it's a disease.
Finally wearing one of my latest buys. a white jumpsuit. Someone told me I looked like a carwasher. haha.
i'd have to admit, the fit isnt exactly perfect. but i love it anyway.

THE.PAST.5.DAYS.

Over the past week, I've:

read a chick lit novel with cool SAT words. helped throw a surprise bday party. failed a quiz. been told my old hair looks better. been homeless (or roomless) and sleep on the floor. had to hold a toilet plunger for hours. took photos. ate lots of chocolate. stopped being a pretend vegan. pissed off the dean. had been told that one of my favorite books is "pretentious" by someone who as an opinion. studied more than I have the past 2 years. slept like a baby. picked an outfit for Saturday night.BOW.

THIS.IS.HOW.YOU.DO.IT

cred: longdistancecalls

Finally.
I've been looking for ways to fix up my long straight fried dried dead sad hair.
This hits the spot.

Anyway. I'll be off to boarding school (or the land of no internet) in a few minutes.
But I'll be back next weekend. Catch you guys then.

OBSESSION.#2

cred: ingridholm

Balloons. Balloons. Balloons.
I'm not sure what it is about them that I love.
The fact that they float? maybe.
The Killers' song, "farewell my black balloon?"maybe.
My first ever issue of Nylon Mag with the white balloon on the editors note? maybe.

All I know was at my last birthday, I was kind of hoping I'd get one. a white one.
I'm not a fan of birthdays but still. I deserved one, didnt I?

I think I'm gonna get a huge pack of balloons and give them to birthday people. that ought to make them smile. :]

CONFESSION.

SAPPY.MOMENTS.

cred: Gala Darling, Le love

I was visiting the blog of "the amazing girl with pink hair", none other than Gala Darling...and look what I found. A list!!! of things to do other than the usual dinner/movie date. Its too cute to pass up.

M told me in full confidentiality that he (and the majority of guys) sometimes find stuff like this kind of stupid and cheesy. Well screw him. I'm still wishing he's wrong. :]

So go on and enjoy the list. So far, I think I've done 10 out of 50. Not bad eh?

• Wake up at 4am & watch the sunrise together

Maybe not first date material, but perhaps third or fourth. What could be better than sitting close on a rooftop somewhere, talking & laughing & watching the sun come up? Take a flask of hot coffee for extra points.

• Have an extravagant brunch at 8am

Get dressed up & do breakfast properly. Fabulous pancakes, decadent waffles, poached eggs & the best hollandaise. Boutique hotels often do a brilliant brunch, but a bit of surreptitious googling should set you on the right track. Thick white linen napkins first thing in the morning are a magnificent way to start the day — & then you can either go your separate ways, or take a walk.

• Go to an art gallery on a Saturday afternoon

You’ll learn a lot about the person you’re standing next to if you go & check out art together. Plus it gives you something so much more stimulating to talk about than the last episode of Lost. (Sorry, Lost fans…)

• Bring half an evening

Like a movie (or movie tickets), some food or a drink. You get the opportunity to impress your crush with your superior taste while also finding out more about them. You don’t have to meet at someone’s house, either — a park bench, good picnic spot or even town square could work too.

• The double-Netflix date

For those of you not in America, Netflix is an on-demand DVD rental service that the entire country seems to have a subscription to. Sorry to be so geographically-specific, but “double-Netflix” rolls off the tongue a little better than, “Let’s just each bring a movie & subject one another to our extremely questionable taste”!

• The Case Of The Mystery Band

Grab a copy of your local newspaper or magazine, close your eyes, run your finger over the “live music” section & choose a band neither of you have ever heard of to go & see. It could be amazing; it could be completely hellish — you won’t know until you go! But even if it’s shocking, it’s definitely a bonding experience, & maybe even something to tell the children, eh?

• Make a fort

Enough said.

• Bring your favourite book & read the first chapter aloud

Again, this says a lot about a person. Will they bring The Witches? Lolita? The 120 Days Of Sodom? I can barely stand the suspense…

• Mix CD trade

Are mix CDs antiquated? Maybe you could just make one another a playlist on your iPod or something… Either way, sharing & discussing music is one of the world’s great, little-known aphrodisiacs. Truth. (Unless all they listen to is Richard Marx. Damn.)

• Do something neither of you have done before

Pottery class? Swing dancing lessons? Hire a moped & drive out into the country? Who knows, but it’s nice to share an experience that is new to both of you!

• Random restaurant date

Flip open the yellow pages to ‘R’ for ‘Restaurants’, close your eyes & pick a place to eat at. Just like the mystery band date, you never know how it’ll go — it could be a hidden treasure or a total health hazard, but that’s part of the fun, isn’t it?!

• Hot air ballooning

Not the cheapest date idea, I’ll admit, but certain to score you points & to impress your lover-to-be. Maybe if you’re dating an heiress?

• Decorate a Christmas tree together

Yes, this one is seasonal, but think how fun it would be! It’ll cheer up your (or their) apartment, give you a visual reminder of them (assuming the date goes well), & maybe you could even go ice-skating afterwards. Cute ++.

• The Sunday New York Times crossword date

Bonus: intellectual stimulation, nerd points & you get to find out how clever they really are, all in one fell swoop. & wouldn’t it be great if you looked at them across the table, sunlight falling across their face, & they smiled at you & you thought, ‘I would like to spend every Sunday this way’? Yes. Yes it would.

• Playground date

Slides are exciting. Monkey bars are fun. Swinging side by side is totally awesome, & you can have a contest as to who can swing higher. (Hint: if you are younger you will probably win this one. Older people, I have learned, sometimes feel motion sick on swings. Definitely one of the downsides of maturity.)

• Tree-climbing date

No explanation required, but if you take them to a secret treehouse that no one else knows about, please don’t be surprised if they propose on the spot.

• Video game arcade date

This isn’t always a perfect match, especially when it comes to girls in high heels & those weird shoot-em-up zombie games. Or whatever. (How impressed would you be by a drop-dead gorgeous girl kicking immense zombie butt, though?) But everyone likes air hockey. Don’t they?!

• Ye olde photobooth hunt

Trawl your city for old-school photobooths & take as many strips as you can. Take props, maybe a silly wig or two, & see how bizarre you can make them. P.S. Photobooth.net is your go-to source for major photobooth info!

• A drive-in movie

I admit, this one seems ultra-cool to me just because I’ve never done it & I am in love with Danny Zucco from here until eternity. Just don’t try to take your ring off by wiping it through your greasy hair & hit your girlfriend in the boob. “Oh Sandy baby, some day, when hiiiiiiiigh school is done!”

• Sugarhigh date

Simple. Go to a convenience store. Buy cheap, evil, sugary treats. Find somewhere to sit & glut yourselves on them. Then see what happens. Spontaneous dancing? A completely misguided shopping trip? Leapfrogging over small children?! Let us know!

• The socially irresponsible date

One word: graffiti. Rebels!

• Pretend to be tourists

Go & do the stuff you’ve never done because, well, you’ve always lived here. Wear a baseball cap, khakis & a bum bag (“fanny pack”) for a feeling of real authenticity, & don’t forget to take photos!

• “My old neighbourhood” date

Walk around the area you used to live, & tell your date about where you used to ride your bike, what happened on that one lawn, which house was best to hit up on hallowe’en & who the really creepy neighbours were.

• The really long one-way walk

No rules except that you just have to walk for a really long time in one direction & not turn around. When you’re really exhausted or hit the ocean, it’s time to go back. Catch a taxi or a bus or something to ease the pain.

• Take a dog for a walk

It doesn’t have to be yours, or even hers. Borrow your friend’s dog! They’re adorable & fun & will give you something to talk about if you get stuck. Plus, people will come up to you & say, “Cute dog”, & you can beam at each other like proud parents.

• Go to the beach

Take music, towels, a big floppy sun-hat or two & enjoy the day. Build sandcastles, put sunscreen lotion on one another, go swimming & then travel home together as the sun is setting, relaxed & happy.

• Karaoke!

I love karaoke. I love karaoke. I love karaoke. Again, it’s a great way to get to know someone — you’ll instantly know how outgoing they are, how much they like a challenge & what their music taste is like. Plus, usually in my experience, a day-glo private room & weird drinks are part of the package. Who could say no to that?

• Collaborative art date

Get a canvas or even just a big piece of paper, some paint, pencils or pastels, & go nuts.

• Walk around to different bars & tell stories about what happened

This one is kind of abstract, but I was once on a date with a guy where we went to three different bars & as we walked around, he told me about the strange & hilarious memories he had associated with those places. It helps that he was cute & a good storyteller, but still, it could work.

• Go & listen to jazz

Pretend to be sophisticated. Or actually be sophisticated, depending…

• Take cameras & explore an abandoned place

An excellent opportunity to be artsy-fartsy, or if you like to be on the other side of the camera, get them to take photos of you pulling your most beautifulest faces.

• Medieval Times

Oh geez, does this need any explanation? No. Eating with your hands, handsome knights, silly hats? Sign me up!

• “First date” night

This one works best if it’s not your actual first date. Like, for example, you’ve been together for 3 years & live in the same house. Get dressed separately, meet somewhere strange & a bit awkward, & pretend you don’t know one another. Start from scratch. Ask all those banal questions you’re supposed to ask (“So, what do you do?”). Then at the end of the night, rejoice that you’re in a relationship & not dating any more!

• The generational date

Pretend you’re an age that you’re not, then act accordingly. A senior citizens date might involve going lawn bowling, making apple sauce & watching The Price Is Right. A teenager date might involve roller-skating, making out in public & drinking vodka in an alley-way. You get the idea.

• The recession date

Triple B’s: eat at Burger King, take the bus to get there, then go & play bingo. Maybe you could go window shopping afterwards or huddle around a cigarette for warmth (thanks, Withnail & I).

• The silent date

In a loud, noisy, overstimulating world, it can be nice to unplug & escape. But it can be nice to do that with your new favourite person, too. Hold hands & read books on a wharf & occasionally look adoringly at one another. Cool.

• Make cupcakes together

You know you want to.

• Make a video & put it on Youtube

You could really do anything & make a video of it, but it does at least give you a purpose & a goal. Plus, later on you have a record of what went on — & a slew of idiotic comments to wade through. Haha!

• Liveblog your date

Upload pictures, tweet it, even give it a hash-tag. #evan&madelinesfirstdate. Cute.

• Travel without going anywhere

The premise is simple. Have a normal date but speak with an accent. You both have to do it, by the way, or it doesn’t count. Choose something difficult for extra hilarity points, like Scottish or South African. Och aye!

• Write letters to one another & post them

Maybe if you were on a date with a contender for Macho Man Of The Year this wouldn’t work, but I think it is almost the cutest idea ever. It’s definitely worth a try.

• Dye each other’s hair

There’s nothing like a radical change to make life more exciting. Try blue-black or red or even pink! I wrote a how to, so there’s no excuse!

• Sneak into a rooftop pool

They often have them at hotels, but they are usually only open to guests, so you might have to use your best sweet-talking skills, but it will be totally worth it if you can swing it. My suggestion? Just act as if you’re supposed to be there, & them questioning you is really just a waste of your time. Be charming but efficient. Godspeed!

• Jump on a trampoline

The hardest part will be finding one, but I have faith in you!

• Use sparklers to draw each other pictures

& maybe even write “GD + MKO 4 EVER”. (Take photos.)

• Ice-cream parlour

Get a really, really, really big sundae & split it. Bicker over toppings. Then, when you’re done, find somewhere to lie down & talk about how sick you feel. A bonding experience to be sure!

• Have a five-course dinner… at different places

Have an appetiser at one place, soup somewhere else, a main here, a dessert there, & coffee at your favourite cafe.

• Play truth or dare

Awesome.

• Three-hour make-out session
  

Choose a good location & use a stopwatch if necessary. Sounds like a good way to spend an afternoon to me.

FASCINATE.ME.

Fascinator ./fa-see-nay-tor/ [noun]
1.a headpiece to cover a baldspot. (read: alopecia)2.what stylish people wear to add to the oomph factor (!!!)3.frivolous head decoration that is used mostly by women and gay people.


haha. I made all of those shite up except one. guess which.
Anyway. How sick are these things? I want them all.

I'd wear this when:
...I marry Prince William.
Complete with the Balmain ss08 dress on Raquel Zimmerman.wee.



...when i decide to be a dominatrix. hoho. never gonna happen.


...when I meet ______ so I can bash his/her face with my rhino horns. rawr.





....when I grow a platinum blond bob and call my self Daul Kim and do covers for Vogue Korea.



In summary, I hereby introduce Mademoiselle Mich Dulce.

The only Pinay (in my knowledge) who makes and sells these headloveliness for more than 10k each. At least that's what I saw in her store. Too girly for me though. If she starts making ones with hardware, then we're talking.

cred: google, outsapop, vogue korea

HELLO.SEATTLE.

cred: outsapop

cleaner version of the shredded sweater. I'm drooling over the studs.
To anyone who's from MNL, can you please please please tell me where the hell can I get studs?
I'v been around the big D and no such luck.
Everytime I ask them if they sell studs...they go like whatthefuck?!?
Great.

THE.GRIM.RIPPER.

COBRASNAKE. I WANT THE SWEATER. DIY ALERT.

HEAR. HEAR.

cred: LeLove

OBSESSION.#1

cred: flikr

I love Words and I love Lights = Light Installation Art

Makes sense. :]

HARAJUKU.LOVERRRRS.

cred:stylefromtokyo

WILDFOXXXXX.

I have always had a weird sense of aesthetics.
I love bows and ribbons...but I also had a thing for shredded t-shirts.
I love schoolgirl plaids...but I also love guyshirts and combat boots.
I love frilly/ lacey things (in neutral, of course)...but I also love denim cutoffs.
I love red lipstick...but I NOW have fried hair.

Its like being bipolar.
Case to the point...That is the reason why I love wildfox couture.
They mix girly with oldschool with the "im-such-an-underage-wino" look.

Amazing.
Just looking at their editorials made my eyes glaze over with wonder.
I dont think there's wildfox couture here in the MNL and that sucks the nation.
Anyway. if you still dont get what all the hype's all about...

click here. -->http://www.wildfoxcouture.com/

EYE.CANDY.

cred: LB

Hello babies.
Havent posted in a while. To make up for it, here's some eyecandy for you. hoho.
Wouldnt the world be a better place if all guys dressed up this cute? Oh well.

Off topic, my ex-guybestfriend just got himself a D90. I finally have someone to play with.

ZOE.BABY.

cred: google images

In the off chance that you have absolutely no idea who Zoe Kravitz is, then let me summarize in four simple points:

-Lenny Kravitz's daughter.
-has one of the coolest hairstyles (IMHO)
-has sick grunge/boho style
-inspiration. (at least til yesterday)

If you still want to know more, then google her.

BASURA.BOYS.

yes i did.
Now I'm as normal as any girl around here.
Straight hair is an epidemic in the Philippines.

No more Zoe Kravitz hair.
No more hidden tangles.
No more toothpaste clinging on my curls.
No more bed head.
No more split ends to end.

My mum hated the bed head thing I had goin on. And M said I looked like "basura boys." (translation: garbage boys). Why he said that in plural form will forever be a mystery to me. haha.

***I know. I know. I'm wearing my favorite IloveJesus Shirt again. What can I say. It's pretty much second skin to me. Comfy. And if any of you are bothered with my uber exposure (light-wise) in my photos, well too bad. I like sunny photos. so fudge you.

BECAUSE.YOU.ASKED.

white wifebeater. (i love that word)

random shirt (M has one too. haha. gay)

serena vanderwoodsen-esque dress

maxi dress

a new scent

a bunch of bowties

...and a white jumpsuit.
which I'm wearing right now but I dont feel like showing my face today. so maybe another time.

These are the stuff I got from my last shopping trip. I wouldnt say they are the stuff I need at the moment, but since I succesfully avoided colorful too-girly shizz, I consider myself happy.