- El Paso
- You Know How I Do
- Error: Operator
- One-Eighty by Summer
- Sad Savior
- Liar (It Takes One to Know One)
- Faith (When I Let You Down)
- What’s It Feel Like To Be A Ghost
- A Decade Under the Influence
- Existentialism on Prom Night (Ugh, my heart!)
- Spin
- Bike Scene
- You’re So Last Summer
- This Is All Now
- Timberwolves At New Jersey
- You Got Me
- Cute Without the ‘E’ (Cut From the Team)
- There’s No I in Team
- MakeDamnSure
Remember that Super Secret Plate I was talking about? Well, I’m going to spill the beans now. I’M FAMOUS! Lol, not really. But I’m in a magazine (together with the whole block!). We have a pretty neat feature (The Design Student Challenge) styling vignettes that are “Pinoy-Asian”.
It was literally a challenge. Imagine pulling out furniture and accessories worth more than your life (like, say, Php 68,000!) from different stores in the Metro. What more is that we all had to get creative because the assigned stores didn’t carry anything essentially Pinoy (which is kind of half of the Pinoy-Asian style). We had to be quite resourceful in finding furniture and finding a way to get them from point A to B (B being the Summit Studio).
Days before I was absolutely frazzled riding in an actual pick-up truck (no fancy schmancy F150 types) with the windows down. Personally, I had to strip off our living room. I brought our capiz divider and carpet. From Paranaque (where I live), we had to go to Fairview (more appropriately named FARview) to pick up a baul (a Spanish colonial chest) then Cainta to pick up a gallinera (a very heavy Spanish colonial bench).
And then I remembered I had to bring all those back! OMG. Good thing I had the company of my groupmates and the satisfaction of doing something new. What an experience! If you think fashion shoots are tiring, just think about interior shoots!
So. Go forth and buy this month’s issue of Real Living!
Last Tuesday I had dinner with three of my favorite Katipuneras*. We were celebrating a birthday and someone getting into UP Med by stuffing ourselves with unlimited coffee and cake. (We regretted it. It wasn’t worth it.) I’m so proud of my friends! They’re all graduating and are off to even more schooling. As mentioned, one will go into Med; the other two will be future lawyers.
I will be waving them off like a proud momma. Or something.
*Highschool friends studying along Katipunan (i.e. Ateneo and UP)
Gabe!!
The Smash Project: The Cab


Crickets are considered a delicacy in Pampanga.
We also went to Betis Church. Too bad I was wearing shorts and wasn’t allowed inside, I tried to take photos the best I could without stepping into the church. The interiors are so so beautiful. There are times when trompe l’oeil comes out tacky but this is an exception, this is the REAL THING.



All of these are painted by hand.

After the church we went to Betis Galleria where santos are made. The Betis Galleria is owned by Willy Layug, an accomplished ecclesiastical artist.



Mr. Layug at work.
He was willing and ready to answer all our questions which made him more respectable in my eyes. I could really feel his enthusiasm to share his knowledge about his art.

A craftsman carving out finishing touches

Tools of the trade

Work in progress


Finished works. Amazing detail and expressions!
Last Saturday, we had our first field trip as a block. We went to Pampanga, and I honestly didn’t expect much of it. It turned out to be enriching and exciting and relevant to us as future Interior Designers.

Our first stop was Shell the Bacolor Church and museum. Bacolor Church is the oldest and largest in Pampanga, constructed in 1576. Affected by the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo, the church is now half buried (6 ft.) under lahar. Because of this, we entered through the windows of the church (!). Beside the church is a cemetery, and I guess now the dead are buried… 12 feet under the ground (He..he).


Original wood trusses of the church

Original height of the church



