channeling alexa on my bday weekend

HAPPY MIDWEEK LOVELIES :)

so here are some other photos from my bday weekend (as if my celeb on my exact bday wasn't enough! see bday blog post here)...it was surprising that the skies cleared out for my bday weekend because last week was just freezing! it was i think 22 degrees celcuis last saturday and although that would be like baguio weather already in the philippines, it felt hot! i think my skin is slowly adapting to canada's weather...which is a good thing because ever since i got here, all of my concerns are skin-related. i had soooooo many issues!!! luckily, my skin is getting better and i now know how to moisturize, moisturize, moisturize! :)

so i had an extended celebration last weekend. it was a small celebration because i don't really know anyone here YET and even if i know people, they're from far awaaaaay. canada is just too big, man, i'm telling you! so i had 5 guests--my sister, my brother-in-law, my friend (from the PI and now from cochrane) grace, grace's hubby, steve and my brother-in-law's officemate and now my friend too (cos we are bounded by local showbiz chismis HAHA), carla. i had a small filipino feast of pancit (for long life, of course!), lumpiang shanghai, lechon manok, lechon kawali, escabeche, veggies and a black forest cake c/o carla :) yes, it was too much for my 5 guests. i ate leftovers until yesterday. LOL! and to make the filipino feast complete, may videoke at inuman :)

about the outfit...i was feeling alexa chung-ish ;) that's all.

here are some photos inside our house (that turned into an instant studio, ha!) 

and of the small celebration :)

American Eagle dress. denim jacket. Aldo sling bag. combat boots from Value Village. Garage rose ring. Tomato strawberry necklace. aviators.

this year's bday purchases:

Spring laced up boots

Spring cowboy booties

(2) Costa Blanca jeggings

Garage lucky bracelet

Garage rose rings

H&M faux leather jacket

H&M saddle bag

H&M ankle sneakers

H&M rings

iPhone cover

i think i've treated myself well enough :) :) :)

then again, no more excuses when it comes to shopping and pigging out for the next 11 months...sigh :(

photos by benj

let it fall, i'm 26 afterall.

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!

hey lovelies :) thank you for all your lovely comments on my last two entries. the first one about my homesickness and how i'll get over it somehow...and the most recent one with comments such as i don't look like 26 AT ALL (and my weight is perfectly fine...i still don't think so though. i'm obsessed with my weight, like that =P).

THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS MAKING ME FEEL BETTER AND LOVELIER, EACH TIME 

:) :) :)

moving on, i celebrated my canadian bday last friday and just when i thought i would have the worst bday in years (just because i won`t be able to go out-of-town cos i always did for the past 4 years), i was wrong. i actually had a blast even if we just stayed in the city...after all, even if i'm not out-of-town, i am actually celebrating my bday out-of-country for the first time (even if this country will be MY country soon). i didn`t know that my sister and benj actually planned something so i was really surprised, caught off-guarded without a bday dress to wear. i was really planning to buy the H&M jacket i'm wearing here before i go home and enjoy my PVR shows cos i really thought that my bday would just be low key. but my sister called and we were actually going to celebrate my bday over dinner so i grabbed a dress in H&M that just goes with the jacket i've been eyeing and dying to get for weeks (not that it's expensive. it is actually cheap but there are just a few malls with H&M here and i had to work all week with no time to spare for shopping). i had no time to go home...i wished i had so i could've grabbed a necklace that would`ve been so perfect with the whole ensemble. i'm just glad though that i was wearing some nice fashionable shoes and i actually had some tights on my bag!

so we had dinner at montana's and i was surprised when they went to our table, made me wear this ridiculously heavy hat with big horns that made me look like i was about to train a dragon and sang their own version of happy bday :) then we headed downtown and was supposed to have some cocktails over at sky 360 (which is a spinning restaurant on top of the calgary tower) but alas, we didn't have reservations so we ended up just walking around downtown, enjoying the scenery and taking pictures, of course! when we got home, i was surprised to find balloons all over the dinning area with happy bday banners! my friend jake, who just moved to new york was right...we just have to make the most out of what or who we have and right now, for the both of us, they are the few family members who are living in the same foreign country as we are.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY SISTER AND MY BROTHER-IN-LAW FOR MAKING ME FEEL SPECIAL ON MY FIRST BDAY OUT-OF-THE-COUNTRY. LOVE YOU BOTH xx

faux shearling jacket and dress both from H&M. Anne Klein tights. Spring laced up boots. accessories from Garage.

thank you to everyone who greeted me through facebook, twitter, e-mail, snail mail, blog, skype, text or call :)

i am truly blessed by God to have another year here on earth so i lift it all up to Him.

with you my Lord, i am secured.

P.S.
new year, new banner! what do you guys think?

photos by benj