Dirty Dream Number Two

Adventure Time with Albus

2012-04-02T10:18:00.002-07:00

After much stress and trouble from the whole of March, I finally got a new car.

Tofu Oyako chillin' inside my new baby, Albus.

Titanic Shoes

2012-03-29T14:51:00.001-07:00

New kicks and I love it!

Updates

2012-03-08T13:17:00.000-08:00

It's been awhile and a lot of things have been going on with my life. February was very eventful. I got REALLY sick (I mean, REALLY), went to New York for a couple days (this was awesome) and just recently, a car accident (and the other party's insurance company sure is taking their sweet ass time to get back at me! Very unprofessional.). I haven't been on the interwebz because of the flurry of events. My food blog is still quite active though-- gotta eat to live!

This coming Saturday I will be participating in another fashion show that celebrates the recognition of Japan a year after the tsunami had devastated its nation. Come join us at The Grove in Los Angeles. I will be modelling under Dolldelight again. So stoked how it will turn up! Facebook details/event page here. Simone Legno (Tokidoki) will also be there to do some signings but I don't think I can get my Tokidoki stuff signed since I'll be on rehearsal.

Food Tasting Galore

2012-01-20T17:04:00.000-08:00

Anz compiled all her clips from the Asian American Expo and it pretty much sums up that weekend for me.
I think the best part was all the free tastes. What can I say, I'm a sucker for food.

Lolitas

2012-01-17T14:55:00.000-08:00

2012 is starting really well and I haven't had the time to just sit down, face my computer screen and want to write a blog. This is just a little teaser of a blog post I hope to make.

I took part in a Lolita fashion show at the Asian American Expo at the Pomona Fairplex last weekend.
It was a good experience but also very tiring. Here's a photo of me with my lovely friends in our dresses and bows made by dolldelight

I'll post something more substantial soon! ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ

Rune Boutique at Royal/T

2011-12-22T10:17:00.000-08:00

The holidays has been going well and this post is quite late but it's better late than never! I've been either eating, sleeping, inebriated, or at work this past couple weeks. It's been really fun that I haven't been able to come up with a decent post.

The Rune Boutique World Debut was held in Royal T on December 9, 2011. I headed to Royal T after work, but I lagged so much I didn't make it to the VIP private party. Oh well. (Thanks to Bubble Punch for the VIP pass!)

The event was huge and a long line of people were standing outside Royal T. This event featured the art of Rune Naito, a fashion show featuring the 6% Doki Doki girls (also other models, including our friend Haylee!) and a performance by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu.

Since it was crazy packed inside, I had to view most of the show through my camera's LCD. HOW FUN. I also exercised my arms that night. Who needs to lift weights when you have a dslr held up by your arm the whole time?

Me, Riza and Anz with Yuka, Vani and Sebastian Masuda of 6% Doki Doki, and Kyary Pamyu Pamyu

I met and spoke a bit with Julie Doll. I follow her blog and have seen her so many times at these events that I just had to take a photo with her.

Looks like a double exposure shot (but it's actually a slow rear flash that caused this).

We were also randomly interviewed. That felt quite awkward and weird.

We were taking a break outside when I saw Kyary come out. No idea what she was doing, maybe she wanted boba?

HELLO MY FRIENDS!

This guy gave me free popcorn chicken and sweet potato fries. I don't remember his name but I took a photo to remember him. Those sweet potato fries were so good.

Haylee & me

All of us with Haylee

All of us with Haylee and Yuka & Vani of 6% Doki Doki

End of the night. Saw Mie on our way out.

Rune Boutique World Debut Party

2011-12-08T11:26:00.001-08:00

TOMORROW @Royal/T! I'm heading over after work. Gods of traffic, please be on my side!

Facebook event page here: http://www.facebook.com/events/188250317925389/

See you guys there!

2011-12-05T00:13:00.001-08:00

I went to the mall today because my friend Pia wanted to go to Victoria's Secret wherein she had received an email about a private store event. When we got there, the event was not even private. Seriously, I thought this was exclusive! Instead, they just let anyone in without checking who put in an RSVP or not. They were having a raffle pretty much every 15 minutes until the last prize was a duffel bag filled with $500 worth of VS goodies. I honestly just wanted to win something, anything. I never win in any sweepstakes and I've been signing myself up random stuff online and never win a single thing. Such is my luck.

I did end up making an unnecessary purchase of the VS Party Perfect Makeup Kit. I think it will come handy when I travel. I couldn't pass it up since I had a $10 off coupon. They also gave away a little VS ornament with a V-string inside for every purchase made. They were also giving water bottles that were VS customized to the customers. Cute, but it will just end up in the trash. (^_^)

After waiting (and seriously hoping) for the end of the raffle, me and Pia rushed to Milk and Honey Cafe to have a late dinner and dessert. Milk and Honey Cafe made my night. The server was extra nice to us even when we came in 5 minutes before closing. You check out the special brick toast we got on my food blog.

What I Got In The Mail Today

2011-12-03T01:26:00.001-08:00

Thanksgiving holiday made me extremely lazy. I had gotten a lot of rest over the weekend and met up with some friends. I also went to see Crystal Castles' DJ set at One Eyed Gypsy, a bar in downtown LA. Let's just say I don't even remember a single thing Crystal Castles played that night but it was a really fun and interesting night!

Black Friday came and left. I found myself at the mall but I wasn't up for going crazy with the crowd. I find a lot of my deals online anyways, like what I got in the mail today.

Look what I got in the mail today!
The Dolica ST-500 68" Tripod I got from Amazon! It comes with a 67" monopod and camera bag too but those will be shipped to me when they get back stock. I got it only for a mere $27.

And it's taller than me!!!

Sweet Streets: SPANK! X Chubby Bunny

2011-11-23T01:55:00.001-08:00

I'm so grateful to have the opportunity in being in an event showcasing a lot of the things I am fond of. I had sent in my interest to model just as something for fun. I didn't really expect anything but lo' and behold, I got to join 9 other girls to be modeling for SPANK! and Chubby Bunny. I'd like to say Tavuchi is really awesome and I'd really like to meet her again. Michelle (Chubby Bunny) is also great and I think she'll be really successful with all the hard work she's doing.

We started Saturday early at the WWA Gallery. I'm quite embarrassed cause I arrived 10 minutes late, and everyone else was already there (Sorry everyone!). They gave us our props and I was paired with Selina. All 5 pairs had different roles and we were set out to be "Bubble Girls". We got a little oriented on what to do and how the show was going to be.

Soon after, we got settled in and the makeup and hair began. Our hair stylists were Kaytea and Kazu Miyagi of Anarchy and there were 3 makeup artists, one of which was Mynxii.

We pretty much hung around the gallery, ate snacks and talked the whole time until our turn came up. You can check out the short behind the scenes video I put up in a previous post here.

Trivia: The event was organized by SWEET STREETS. I think we fully lived up to the name-- the models were literally living off on a sugar the whole day. I kid you not. I barely ate anything except for candy, chips, gummy bears, and chocolate that whole day.

The photo on the left was a bunch of Hello Kitty candy Tavuchi gave us. This was early on in the day. When it started getting dark, that was all gone.

Our before shot:

After we had all gotten ready, we got to kill some more time and got to see & shop at the pop-up shop before anyone else. Check out Yume's shoes in the photo. I'm actually curious to try that out. DIY platform shoes ftw.

Here are all the models hanging out upstairs before the show. We couldn't go down, not until the fashion show started. I was getting edgy and I was craving for some beer they had downstairs. Luckily, Tavuchi came up and she gladly shared her beer to me and everyone else.

More after the jump!

The show started off with Tavuchi and Michelle, signs on hand, in their pretty pastel clothes.

Following them were Kellie and India as the Cheerleaders. They were given pompoms and had the kind of do a little cheer dance routine. Then came Shannie and Bryanna as the Candy Girls. They gave out chocolates to everyone possible. The chocolates were wrapped in custom made wrappers with the logos of Spank!, Chubby Bunny and Sweet Streets.

Next up in line was me and Selina as the "Bubble Girls". We were given these bubble horns which were a little pain since we had to hold the containers the whole time. You can't really bounce around holding a container filled with liquid. After us,came Sydney and Amanda as the "Pop Idols". They exuberated the 80's Jem and Holograms style with their toy microphones.

Lastly, Mandy and Sandy came out as the "Unicorn Girls". They both had a unicorn scarf and had pretty balloons. For the finale, we all came out with our poppers.

Those poppers were the hardest things ever. We all just wanted it to pop already. You can see the I'm-trying-my-best-to-smile-and-save-face-but-these-things-won't budge face.

We also extended our runway to the outside since so many people were stuck outside because the gallery had reached it's capacity and there were just so many people and it even started drizzling! For those who waited outside, you guys are awesome.

After the show, I grabbed a couple of beers (of course!) and met with my friends Anz, Tthu, and Jen who all came to join in on the fun and support me as well. I saw Tavuchi and we all had a little toast and had a photo taken. I hid my beer in almost all of my photos actually. For those who know me, I can drink quite alot. I'm already on my 3rd beer here. ^_^

I was also lucky to meet Shojono Tomo. Tomo was really nice and I gave her my usual basic broken Japanese. She's a really fun woman and always made these interesting faces on camera. Arika Sato was with her and she was wearing the exact same Shojono Tomo dress Nicki Minaj had worn.

It's funny how my skirt looks like it'an extension of Michelle's dress. If dresses could make babies, they'd give birth to skirts.

We eventually had to return the clothes we wore. I really wanted to keep it.
Here's a shot I took with Amy of Sugarpill Cosmetics. Our makeup was sponsored by her.

We decided to leave soon after. Me and Selina were dying for a photo with the Space Invaders across the street.

After all that, we grabbed some In-N-Out and headed to Bottle Rock for a few drinks with everyone. We stayed for one beer before we said our goodbyes to Michelle, Tavuchi, and everyone else who was there.

It was truly unforgettable. I would really like another chance to do something like this again.

(Thank you to missjetpack for this photo!)

SPANK! X Chubby Bunny Goodies

2011-11-22T01:26:00.001-08:00

While I scour the Internet for more photos of the Sweet Streets event and have more time to write, I leave you with the goodies I got last Saturday from the SPANK! and Chubby Bunny event.

The model loot bag consisted of some postcards/flyers, pins, a SPANK! bag and stockings, and a Chubby Bunny bow. The detachable collar was something I got for myself.

The stockings had all these little phrases like "Hug Me", "Love Me" and "Call Me". My favorite of course would have to be "Spank Me". That's my naughty side talking.

I'm still thinking when I can wear this huge metallic pink Chubby Bunny bow. I'll probably save it for a special day.

Finally, the one thing I was eyeing even before the event-- thie polka dot detachable collar. This wasn't part of the goodie bag given to the models. I bought this during our spare time to check out the shop before the event had started. I need the weather to get a little warmer so I can ditch my scarf and wear this!

I'm really happy to have participated in the show. The goodie bag was just a plus. Thank you so much to Tavuchi of SPANK! and Chubby Bunny!

Sweet Streets: Behind the Scenes

2011-11-21T10:50:00.001-08:00

Saturday afternoon,

The sun is out.

It's a beautiful day.

Gorilla

2011-11-20T19:33:00.001-08:00

Hello thar! It's a really lazy Sunday today. You can see the Chubby Bunny bow I got from the Street Sweets event yesterday in which I had participated in. I'm coming up with that post pretty soon. For now, I leave you with some gif love:

It's actually a very special day for me today. That gorilla was a present from my monkey of a boyfriend. I dedicate this post to him. <3

Dinner Date

2011-11-16T16:55:00.001-08:00

Last Saturday, I went out to have dinner & dessert with one of my best friends, partner in crime and food buddy. We eat like there's no tomorrow.

It was her birthday last week so I really wanted to somewhat celebrate it with her even though our original plan of driving to San Diego for a food trip fell through (rain check on that!).

We went to have some ramen for dinner in one of the best places to get ramen-- Foo Foo Tei. Food photos can be seen on my food blog. Afterwards we had dessert at 85 °C bakery which I think is the asian version of Porto's. It was pretty much a party in my tummy the whole Saturday.

It was already getting dark when we took this but I still wanted to get an outfit post.

Printed top ($7), Blue Heart skirt ($5) from Forever 21 during their BOGO sale so I reduced the price to the amount I actually got them for; Red orange blazer from New York & Company (~$10 which I got on sale 3 years back so I really don't remember how much I got it for )

Scarves and Scarves

2011-11-13T14:16:00.001-08:00

Here are the scarves that I got from San Francisco.

3 infinity scarves costing roughly around $7 each and the little furry scarf with the bunny for around $6. I'm in love with scarves right now. I used to buy jackets&sweaters alot but maybe that shifted to buying scarves now.

I'm ready for the cold weather!

Bay Weekend

2011-11-09T17:13:00.000-08:00

It was Maggie's (my roommate) uncle's birthday and he wanted to celebrate it in the Bay area. I do love San Francisco so I jumped in too. Me and Maggie took our own separate car and had started driving after work on Friday. Maggie took the first half and I took the other half. We drove all the way to San Jose and crashed at my friend place.

The next morning, we drove up to Chinatown to have lunch and we met up with the rest of the group in Berkeley. Maggie's uncle and his girlfriend gave us a little tour inside the UC Berkeley campus. There was a game that day in San Francisco so Berkeley was pretty dead. We found this amusing statue of one of the head coaches of the Bears who was blindfolded for the game.

On Sunday, we drove to San Francisco and walked around the city. Can you see Lombard Street in the photo? Since I scaled the image to a smaller size, you can't really see it but it's there on the very end/top of that street.

We ended up in Chinatown again to do some shopping. You can't believe my happiness to find they sell different infinity scarves here. I've been looking for good cheap ones since last year. I just found my spot! I ended up buying 3 infinity scarves and 1 cute furry scarf, as well as some plates for our apartment.

We did the touristy thing and went to Fisherman's Wharf as well. Honestly I wanted to show Maggie around Haight and Castro but there really wasn't any time left since we had to drive back so that we could be back at work the next day.

Since we felt our trip was too short, we're thinking we might go back again soon. Until then San Francisco!

Modeling at a Gallery Opening

2011-11-04T13:37:00.000-07:00

SPANK! and Chubby Bunny are doing a fashion show together at the Sweet Streets event in Culver City. I've been to a couple of Sweet Streets exhibitions and I love the artist they usually feature. They were looking for models so I thought, "Why not?". Their fashion style is my kind of style so I didn't think it would be hard to pull of for me. I submitted my entry and there it is: Model Search Winners. It's a little crazy for me cause I know I'm going to be so nervous on that day. However right now, I'm just savoring the idea that I worked on this myself and got chosen. I get to "model" for the first time in my life. So, for those out here in LA area on the 19th of November, come drop by Culver City for the Sweet Streets event!
I'm off to San Francisco tonight. Ta-ta for now!

My Sexy Halloween

2011-11-02T01:20:00.000-07:00

I had such an interesting and fun Halloween weekend. I went to West Hollywood to Cinefamily's Disco Dracula at the Silent Movie Theatre. The theatre felt like a huge house party with booze and balloons all over. I met a couple of interesting people that night. To my surprise, I found out that one of people I met with wasn't kidding when he said he co-wrote the screenplay one of Michael Cera's films (I'd rather not disclose who it is) and acted in several films. Believe me, my jaw dropped the next day when I googled that person's name up.

For those who know me, I always fall under "CUTE" to the point I get tired of it sometimes. This Halloween, I decided to dress up as a sexy sailor. Emphasis on the sexy part. I thought I pulled it off pretty well, although I think the dress fit me better in person than on the photos.

On Halloween, I went to work as Minnie Mouse. I didn't think anyone would dress up because last year, no one didn't. The new people in our company did and they really went all out. I wish I had known! I safely dressed up in something I knew wouldn't look stupid if no one had dressed up. Luckily, we all got free lunch from the branch manager cause we were in costume.

Ja!

Pumpkin Carving: Boo and the Angry Bird

2011-10-28T01:41:00.000-07:00

Me and my roommate decided to pumpkin carve this Halloween. This was my first time carving a pumpkin so I was really excited. Can you see my excitement???

I decided to do Boo from Super Mario Bros. Maggie (my roommate) decided to an Angry Bird since she's so fond of that game. I like how we both ended up choosing characters from games.

I feel so proud. They both turned out awesome! This was from the first night we carved them.

Here's my pumpkin 2 days after.

You can see it's slightly rotting and sagging already. I wished it would last till Halloween but that doesn't seem the case. Halloween is just up around the corner though. I'm sure it'll be fun!

Peek-a-boo

2011-10-27T01:25:00.000-07:00

Here's a better view of the parts my hair that are bleached. The color is a bit on the yellow orange side. I don't really care. I think it gives a spunk to my hair and it only peeks out when I fix my hair a certain way. ^^

A Little Bleach

2011-10-24T01:04:00.000-07:00

My friend Anna was dyeing her hair and had some leftover bleach (L'Oreal Quick Blue Bleach) that she was going to throw away. I thought that I might as well use it since I might dye my hair again soon. If it comes out ugly, I could always dye anyways. Thanks to Anna for her leftovers and putting the bleach on for me! Well, my idea was to do something under that will just show off a little color, especially when my hair is up. Think Rogue of X-Men but with the color under.

I thought it would come out blonde but I guess since my hair is dark brown with an auburn tint, the bleach only lightened it. My roots turned blonde though. Maybe I'll show it next time.

Mismatched Match (of Socks)

2011-10-22T02:32:00.000-07:00

This is what I wore to Soleil's birthday party. I was originally planning to wear a pink wig and a dress but due to some circumstances, I decided to save the wig for some other time and opted out of the dress because I wanted to jump around like a kid in the castle.

Blue shirt from 168 mall Philippines($2) , Pink shorts from 168 mall ($3), Pair of redand white striped socks from 168 mall ($2), Pair of black and white striped socks from 168 ($2), T.U.K. creepers from Endless($65)

Princess' Castle

2011-10-19T10:23:00.000-07:00

It was my friend Anna's daughter Soleil's birthday party last Saturday. I came a little early to help with whatever I could, and I got dibs on the jumper too!

The party was themed for her favorite Disney princess, Snow White.

Her birthday cake looked awesome with the Seven Dwarfs encircling Snow White.

And here's our favorite ~~brat~~ princess looking cute as ever!

Happy Birthday Soleil!

Alala

2011-10-16T19:16:00.000-07:00

These are a few photos I took from CSS' show at the Filter Culture Collide block party last Sunday. I'm so glad I moved my ass and drove to Echo Park. CSS performs awesome live and watching Lovefoxxx was just too much fun. Her batwoman costume was really cute-- too bad she didn't keep it on for long.

Creepers for Keeps

2011-10-12T23:11:00.000-07:00

It finally arrived!

After much thought, I decided on these new kicks. I've seen much more (colorful) designs in Asian stores online but the sad part was that it's not easily available here in the US. Shipping costs and time would have been too troublesome. This T.U.K. creeper design I believe is from an older season and is probably discontinued since I was able to browse through the T.U.K. catalog in a shop in Bellflower and neither Fall 2011 or Spring 2012 had this. I was quite disappointed because I really liked the lace trimming on it. I found it online at Endless and was happy to find out that they had some sizes still. I'm such an Amazon fangirl. Endless is affiliated with Amazon. They offer free two-day shipping both ways and they don't charge tax to California. Aside from free shipping and no tax, they treat their customers well, just as I'd expect from Amazon. Let's just say I was misinformed about the sizing that I had to return my first pair and order again (they don't do exchanges, only refunds which come 2-3 weeks later) that the next customer representative gave me a promotional certificate/discount. All that trouble saved me some money at least, and I'm very satisfied with the service I got as well as the shoe itself!

The shoes are pretty hard and heavy. The hardness of the leather will eventually be better after wearing it quite a bit., I don't think the weight will change though. I was even raising my legs up and down trying to exercise my legs and turn them into some sort of leg weights! (^_^)'

T.U.K. Lace Up Creeper ($65)