FORGET COOL

This is how I wear a baseball shirt. A very simple and clean casual look. I don't think I have to name brands lol. Anyway this summer is pretty much a bummer since I haven't been out lately nor have I hit the beach. Forever a lifeless loser on the internet. 

Enough about how life's been sucking up everything bout me but more of this look. Paired a 3/4's baseball shirt with shorts and typical sneakers, Keds and a snap back. I don't usually wear caps like these nor do I even wear caps. 

 I still have a necklace and a hair tie on this photo. Do you think I'm "swaggin" it out? Hnnnnnng, you must know that I'm kidding.

And that snap back isn't mine, it's my brother's of course.

So that's it for this look but but but, this post doesn't end here. I still have more to blog about(or not) But without further ado I shall begin my rants or shall I say blabbering. Summer is coming to an end but not for me! And now the real question is, what do I do? Where does my life go from here? Will I be online 24/7? Would I get a job?(and by that, I'd probably be a gas station girl cause I'm too over qualified, I mean under qualified to get a decent job) And no, I won't resort to being a "call center agent". That is at the bottom of my list. I cannot to talk to strangers trying to solve their problems when in fact I can't solve my own. Nor can I be on a sales department, I know I'm good at sales talking my parents into buying me stuff(insert evil laugh) but ughh other that, no. I will still continue pursuing what I always loved but not now, when the time is right. When I'm responsible enough according to my parents but I keep wondering when will I ever be but the good news kicks in! I don't have to go back to my previous sucky school. Yes, I hate San Carlos specifically CAFA, no wait I love CAFA. I hate Interior Design teachers there hnnnnng, die die die. I hate you, I hate you all. The bitterness has already gotten into me ever since my second year began.

I surely can't wait to be living the life in Manila but I'm not saying it's happening this year or the next but it will come, someday *laughs.

Thanks for reading my conspicuously self centered blog haha.

KILLER TREK

 Last weekend, my sister was invited by a friend that they go mountain climbing/trekking, she then wanted me to come and I also brought Mark with me since I don't really know who we're going with. We left Cebu at 6pm and got at Mantal...(something) place in Dalaguete at 10pm, we ate dinner there and started our trek to Osmena Peak, the scary part was we were trekking at night and it was very dark and stupid us, we didn't bring any flash light or emergency light but then luckily, someone let us borrow theirs. Whew so we had one speck of light for the whole trek with us. It took us two hours to get to the peak after that we set up our tents for camp.

 We woke up at 5am, thinking that there would be a beautiful sunrise ahead of us but then there's this huge thick fog that's covering everything so we couldn't see a thing. /face palm. You would also notice our that we clearly do not know how to set up a tent, yes we are amateurs. Well hello, I've never set up a tent in my whole life and neither did my buddies, I mean they probably have but that was years ago but at least we survived the night without it collapsing fully *laughs.

After breakfast my sister and I wanted to go home already cause we didn't plan on going with them to Kawasan falls because we weren't equipped enough but then we didn't have a choice cause we have no idea how to get to a bus station and the only way out of that peak is going trekking with them. So we just went with them to Kawasan. At first, it was all fun and exciting but then when we had like 2 hours of trekking we got tired and more tired and my legs were starting to shake and it really was exhausting for all of us. Good thing, we had a stop over at some random place and there was this old lady that sells Buco juice and we were able to spend minutes to rest then we continued our journey towards the falls. All in all, it was a 6 hour trek from Osmena peak to Kawasan falls and if you're from Cebu you would know that we trekked from Dalaguete all the way to Badian.

When we got to the falls, it was all worth it. It was also our first time to go to Kawasan and what a beauty it was. I mean really the waters were turquoise blue so purdyyyyy! I call it the killer trek because literally we almost died. It was my first time trekking and it was already on an extreme level, sensei(our guide) didn't inform us we'd have to trek that far but it really was a great experience. Mountain climbing slashed off my bucket list.

All photos taken from GoPro, gladly I didn't bring my DSLR or else it would probably die.

NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE

The National Day of Service is a program of the Mormon helping hands or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Each year, we dedicate a day in serving other people by any means. This year we had a feeding program at Alaska, Basak Mambaling. We were able to feed 421 children excluding the adults.

We had games to entertain the kids and gave them a small knowledge about how to handle or how their homes should be like for a more peaceful one. I also noticed that most kids are short-tempered they probably got this due to the examples of their parents.

 I had fun especially bringing with me my camera and every time I shoot an aim all these kids would just run to me and make wacky poses then they'd circle me and look at the photo I took them. Sort of got me thinking of taking photos of children in Haiti or something just like this blogger I just discovered, you should go check her out too. Click this.

Indeed, it was a day of service.

BANANARIFIC

Last Tuesday, April 9, 2013 we had a photo shoot for Bananarific (a product and brand ambassadors shoot). Bananarific is an upcoming business by Entrepreneur students of the University of San Carlos they will be selling different healthy food products that would contain banana, it is very healthy and affordable. Here are some behind the scene photos from our shoot.

Models(Brand Ambassadors): Katherine Somosot, Jessika Knight & Serimi Kono

HMUA: Raisa Bercede

Stylist: Tina Monsanto of Stich in the City, assisted by Jess Alegarbes 

Studio set up: Mangga Studio

Photographer: (me) Monica Posadas

Videographer: Mark Ambalong 

Here are some sample shots but I wouldn't want to release more photos yet until the client tells me to. Well apparently, I am still incapable of releasing since I don't have anything to show you guys cause lately, I've been having this photoshop dilemma with editing photos, I'm using raw as my file format and I can't open it until I get my photoshop plug ins updated and that would be so much easier if my photoshop was bought and is not the cracked/hacked/pirated version of it. I mean who could afford such pricey software? Unless you're really doing it as a business, you need a licensed one. Anyway since it's a hacked version, I'm pretty sure there's still a way to crack the camera raw plug ins. There must be a way cause if not I can be summed up in two words, DEAD MEAT.

All three ambassadors are indeed, very pretty. They are quite a natural although we had some trouble with the commercial shoot and it will be released this June, right before school starts so keep posted and wait for their Facebook page and hit the like button (y). 

And if anyone of you wants to book me too, you can personally message me on Facebook for all sorts of different events and shoots. 

Blue shirt, red beanie

Why hello there blogger. These are my most recent photos taken by my sister, Laura and these were shot last night. I just needed a new DP for Twitter and IG. Second one is actually candid, I was still fixing my beanie then click goes the camera and first one is not properly focused, ba dum tss.

Anyway, I just uploaded these photos so my post won't be that dull. It is the final week of school. Everybody's meeting deadlines and taking exams, that's for the college people cause my younger siblings are so chill now since school just ended for them. By the end of this sem, I won't be seeing two of my friends because one's leaving for America and other's one not quite sure yet what she wants to do about her life (I am too). Although my un-sureness of what I wanna do with my life, I still will be continuing what I have started cause it really would be a waste if I'd just flush them all in the toilet, that was 2 years of my life so I've decided to just let it be but if I really were to decide what I wanna do with my studies, I really really wanna graduate interior design, I just love everything about this particular field but it seems as if at this point, I have nothing but slothfulness,  I need inspiration and I don't think I'll get that if I just stay where I am today. I'd like to study in a different city but my choices are limited, as if I can go out of the country to study. Other than USC, schools that offer ID are in Manila which are UST and PSID, I don't know if there are any other but those are just my two choices. I know for sure my parents won't let me, I mean like how would they even trust me enough to be on my own when here in Cebu, I'm not showing any diligence. I know, it's really my fault too but then, you know I just need a new environment to start it all off. If and only if I could cause I really would.

Last week my brother, Aaron just got home from his mission. Yay! After two years of not seeing, we finally meet again and as we all know it, summer is coming our way and I'm stoked! Wishing for an awesome one. I already made some plans and hopefully they might turn out good and productive too! I'll probably be taking photography lessons/workshop with the Anne Lorraine Uy though I'm not quite sure yet since I'll be taking AutoCAD classes too. I bet this is gonna be one real productive summer...or not. I mean like summer is just the best season to slack off and do nothing, it's sort of like a rest day/month/season too. You don't have to wake up early for classes which is just awesome for me since I've been bound to waking up two hours earlier before my class starts and viola! Waking up at noon.(Although a very much waste of time but then ahhhh sleep).

And I just hope everything falls into place.

ANITO ANITA

For our final plate in Furniture Design, we were asked to group ourselves and make our own furniture. We made different sketches and decided we'd make a throne for a mermaid. Thus, we made the frame like a clam shell and it lights up and stuff like that, it was one brilliant idea. Although, after doing study and sketches on furniture our teacher will choose one from our designs and unfortunately, he didn't choose Ariel's throne but instead he choose this. A conversation chair made of indigenous Filipino materials.

This is our scale model for our furniture and we named it "Anito Anita". Why? Because the material used for the backrest is Nito hence the name Anito and  since it has a twin chair, we named the other one Anita. Simple. My fellow designers are Roxy Viajar, Maique Villegas and Dianne Estuart.

Unfortunately, we didn't pass it on time which broke our hearts and my super freak out moment in the CAFA lobby when the clock stroke 5 and our furniture wasn't still in sight which sort of got me attention and no, I'm not an attention seeking whore, it's just too painful that all our hard work goes to waste, I wish Roxy was there when it happened so I'd have a "freak-out buddy" since my other two fellow group mates went to the factory so I was alone in CAFA. Sigh. It's not entirely our fault because (1)Our furniture maker said it's on process every time we check (2)We gave them a 2 weeks span to make this (3)They are lazy (4)They made it the day of the deadline. It got delivered in CAFA at around 6:30 and the deadline time was at 5:00 so I guess we're getting a 4.0 on this but I really hope our teacher won't be that hard on us and just accept our furniture and grade it like everybody else's. Why are so unlucky all the time.                                    

Anyway, this is for sale just PM me on Facebook or anywhere else. We can also go for bidding if there are actually avid buyers but I'm pretty there won't be. Ha.

V-DAY

 Note that this is an overdue post, very overdue.

Last year, we didn't have a uniform exception for Valentines day but recently, we were allowed to wear civilian. I don't know what's the big deal cause I'm not really a fan of it. Anyway, this is what a wore on V-day.

 

This photo was supposedly a test shot but it looked pretty good except for the part where my hands look retarded. I just love photos with a little hair action(or more).

And yes, it is girly not because it's valentines but because my friend traded my jeans for this skirt when I arrived at her dorm. My original outfit was just very simple, the usual get up to school but then it turned out to be this oh-so girly outfit.

Top & skirt from Forever21, loafers from CottonOn and bag from H&M. Only accessory for this outfit was my name necklace. I didn't wear this outfit because I have date or something. I spent my day like any other. Went in my class then after class chilled for a bit at Tea Religion with my friend, Roxy and just thought how pathetic we were for studying that day haha.

Well a lot of people asked me, what I got or where's my boyfriend taking me. We didn't plan anything nor did he plan anything cause we're both a "valentines grinch" and I'm not really into those cheesy stuff especially receiving a stuffed toy. I prefer FOOD. Thank you *laughs.