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that saved the earthlings. Maligayang pasko at manigong bagong taon.

WEEKEND SUMMARY

First went to my ninang Linda's funeral. We all miss her so very much.

Ate at CPK. Try the new pear and gorgonzola pizza. It's serendipity baby!(old taco bell commercial). Oh!! and we eat out at least once a week in an effort to stimulate the economy and not because we are careless and irresponsible.

Then we went to Eya's parent's 35th anniversary.

then we went out for a little thrift shopping. Below is nirvana for some, but for others, it's a five foot pile of used clothes. I've found great items there including selvedge denim and o.g. chambray wrangler collared in mint condition. Not to mention a guns and roses tee from 1988 also in immaculate condition. The best thing about this pile is that everything there is a buck. Yes, 50 pesos depending on the exchange rate.

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NEIL HARTMANN x HONEYEE BLOG

One of the most prolific photographers in the snowboard industry has finally arrived. I mean Neil Hartman’s been there but now he’s really really there. And by there, I mean in the Honeyee 100 day blog relay. Do you remember when I said the sartorialist was the first blog I visit before any blog, well in succeeding order, honeyee is the very second. I enjoyed the last 100 days with Shinsuke Takizawa (neighborhood), Hirofumi Kiyonaga (soph), and Hiroshi Fujiwara (Japan’s current living emperor). I can talk about Shinsuke’s blog until I exhaust every brain cell in your grape but that would be a completely separate post or maybe a whole different blog dedicated to that topic alone. But back to the subject at hand, I am very animated for Neil Hartman getting tangled with only the best and most prominent elites in the world of aesthetic design development. Not to mention that he is one of the very few photographers that shoot Nikon with persistence (I can relate) and that in the honeyee blogroll, he’s physically slotted right next to Nigo and Yoco Morimoto. Nigo (just won GQ Japan's 'men of the year' uhm like..today). uhm. Wow. That’s all I have to say about that. Make sure you check out his website too and add him to your big list of…. or list of big inspiration.

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LONGEVITY

“Trees bright and green turn yellow brown, autumn caught em See all them leaves must fall down” -Andre 3000

One of the things true about this life is that change will come. Political, and the more important social changes will take place in their season within life’s mysterious timeline. Permanence or even prolonged existence will never be guaranteed or assured and those are laws above and beyond our control. Let me lighten up the conversation and take it to a more shallow level. Fashion for instance is always in constant revolution and even more on the avant-garde side of fashion because they’re the ones who steer style clear from the norm, mean, or the expected. Due to this actuality, many consumers choke on their concepts because it’s just not what people expect or know as the standard. I will probably never venture too far off from the industry’s hidden guidelines and standards (as a consumer as well as a designer) except in the interest of functionality and endurance. Certain things like denim, military outerwear, and chucks have defied the changes and still are being utilized today as actual guidelines and standards. I personally love denim and what I love to sport with my denim is my chucks. Over 750 million pairs sold and i.m.o.p.o., the best template for a shoe (alongside a desert boot). Visvim understood that concept, took the chucks as a template, and ran away with it producing and releasing their Kiefer line a while back. So check out these leaked images of the new white distressed leather Kiefer High from Hiroki Nakamura. So buttery and light to the eyes, yet super heavy on the wallet. Just like girls and lechon, good to the taste but super bad for the heart. What I’m trying to get across is that chucks will continue to be a big impact in the future as much as it was a hulking impact in the past. Longevity.



“seasons change and mad things rearrange”. -Lauryn Hill

photos courtesy of slamxhype
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the monochromator X somegiant

A gracious thanks to monochromator for putting me on blast in her blog. I'm not going to lie but i have great taste in high heels not for me (you children) but for my woman. Well, her blog could almost be a culminating destination for individuals that have a slight to an uncontrollable degree of a fetish for heels. Not only high end but avant-garde stuff also found here. aaaand I have to mention that her images are somewhat under saturated to say the least. She pulls it off just fine though. Well, all the best to monochromator, and I hope we get to see more of her real persona aside from the free goodies of info she unleashes.

feeling foreign

I always loved the uncharted. We stepped on Mexico (literally speaking) and the experience was very authentic. Cabo was not as venomous as Ensinada due to commercialization which almost made me feel like I never left the U.S. It had some degree of that ideal American getaway which isn't really for me. I recommend losing 10 lbs before boarding the cruise (btw) because whether you're a Filipino or not, you will want to rip the cruise liner off through their gourmet meals and deserts. Get the upper hand and eat 200 dollars worth of food every single day. Overall, it was decent. Then we came home stateside and Pacquiao stepped on Mexico (figuratively speaking) in a not so good way.

Cabo







Ensinada


and speaking of foreign, the new Foreign Exchange album is out so listen and release your frustrations.



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