A Beautiful Escape

ENTER THE DRAGON

I covered the Grand Launch of Sycamore Heights, the latest development in luxurious Tagaytay Highlands.

The latest addition to Lakeside Fairways boasts of world class amenities, and with its Asian Contemporary theme, the best time to launch was during the Chinese New Year.

It was a night of green elegance, with the house designs made by architectural firm, L.V. Locsin and Partners used the terrain of Tagaytay to their advantage and created a living space that perfectly melds contemporary design and eco friendliness.

We had a string quartet from the esteemed Phil. Philharmonic Orchestra to play soothing music all throughout the night.

Delicious food from Banana Leaf! I especially liked the awesome Prawn balls and cheese! Heaven!

Check out the give away! See that knot? We did that! It’s called a Chinese good luck knot and it’s supposed to give you, well, good luck. I have one in my office desk.

So tonight I missed dinner with my mom & friends because of last minute work at the office.

I ate at around 8:30PM, and by that time, I was shaking because of hunger. I wolfed down my food (with extra rice!) so fast. When I had time to glance at my utensils, I saw my fork was missing a point!

OMG! I tried to find it in the rice left on my plate, pero wala siya dun!

So long story short, I think I ate part of my fork. I can never really tell, because I was eating crispy bagnet so one of the crunch I heard must’ve come from the broken part.

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Childhood memories.

I absolutely love reading Archie comics. I was so thankful that during my high school years in UST, the overpass sellers have Archie digests for 40 and 80 pesos! Imagine my delight that I could buy 4 at a time, while I could only get one when I buy at National Bookstore.

These digests kept me entertained all through out my high school, when everything was falling apart (arte ko lang! pero seriously speaking), I had Archie and the gang to help me smile.

My comics were buried under boxes and boxes of books that were kept when we were renovating the house, and recently my sister decided (or had the patience) to unearth them.

I’m thankful she did. I think I need Archie and the gang again.

HERE WE GO AGAIN.

If I know one thing about myself, it’s that I have this tendency to dwell on the extremes of my emotions.

If I’m happy, I’m super happy. If I’m mad, I’m super mad. Like that. And right now, I’m super frustrated.

It’s 2012 for heaven’s sake! And where, I ask myself, am I? Have I reached my goal for the past year? Or am I still navigating in a world I don’t want? I’ve felt this before, and it’s not a nice feeling to have. It’s very hard to concentrate when everything I do makes me feel more down every single time.

Ugh.

Somehow though, I find comfort in my friends. Maybe because we have the same situation? Maybe because a simple glance reveals a multitude of secrets that I can’t help but smile about.

I just hope this feeling of frustration ends soon. I can’t take another day of this.

MAKE A STATEMENT

This black leather tote from Jason Wu is simple,but the neon lining makes it stand out. It reminds me of a biker riding in the dark, but it works for me.

They say tangerine is the lucky color for this year, so why not bring a little luck with you with this Reed Krakoff bag? I’ve expressed my love for this particular style before, and in this color, I’m so sold.

I’m placing, “buy a colorful bag this year” in my agenda for 2012. Maybe a tangerine one at that. I could use a little luck.