What an awesome August sale that our fave fashion mecca had last weekend! Forever 21 is really the fashionable retail brand that we go to nowadays for practicality and the oh so stylish apparels that they produced. Clothes from Forever 21 is really for the young, hip and who embraces edgy fashion. Since the brand arrived in our shores a year ago, I knew that I had to pay a visit and that visit made me fell in love with their men's line. Also, it made me switched to my "go-to fashion saver" brand during what we call "fashion emergency". Here's a peak of the awesome sale in SM Makati last weekend:


Shades from all sizes and colors were on 30% off. I didn't get one because I just purchased three pairs last July for my Boracay trip and that day my focus was on hoarding clothes on sale.






Crazy lines

Thank you Forever 21 for landing in our soil and bringing us an uber chic street fashion within our reach! And watch out for their upcoming sales and events by liking them on Facebook it's Forever21 Philippines and following them on twitter it's @forever21ph.

It may sound so "mababaw" but this was the first time I saw a pool that your legs can be seen from outside like this:


Guess where is this? This cool swimming pool is from acclaimed "six-star" hotel Maxims in Newport City near Terminal3. I found this pool area so uber cool but apparently I did't get a chance to get dip in the pool for when this photo was taken I was covering the ala amazing race of Miss Resorts World Manila 2011. That day should be perfect to experience the pool for it was extremely humid that day.



Short Note: One of Miss Resorts World Manila's pre-pageant activity was to race around Resorts World Mall, Maxims hotel and the Star Cruises and Genting office and there were challenges waiting for them. One of them was to get ten (10) flowers dipped in the pool, again these 10 flowers should be gotten one by one and it's a bit hard because they had to swim or to walk inside the pool, that's like doing a cardio.

This quick trip in Resorts World Property gave me something I did for the first time:



It's my first time to play casino, though this was a mock only. The place where the photo was taken is where casino dealers are being trained before they will be sent to "real" casino. Now, I pray that someone will sponsor me to stay in Maxims hotel even just an overnight will do so I get to experience their so cool swimming pool. Wink, Wink.

Boracay is not a new place for me and for my friends, we've been here so many times but just recently in one of the rainy months (thank God, it was so sunny when we re-discover Boracay for five days), me, my dear friend Jairo and his hubby went to the best tropical island in the world to celebrate Jairo's birthday and for me it's my much needed vacay. When I got there, I noticed that there are a lot of new restos, cafes and bars lining up in the long stretch of that purest and whitest sand. It was July but it feels like summer for it's a bit crowded.

Our first night post dinner in Cocomangas bar in Station1 and about to enjoy the infamous illusion shaker mixed drink

The birthday gal in a fedora hat, denim cut-offs, flip-flops and Audrey Hepburn loose top

In Summer Place, lots of exotics and foreigners on this bar

Inside Epic Bar- the interior is so nice, it's mostly in white. During our visit, Epic bar offers "buy one take one" on their beers and standard cocktails

Our Day 2 officially starts with this:

At Jonah's, I had vanilla milkshake, I always visit Jonah's everytime I'm in Boracay

Aside from the nightlife, warm people, relaxing sound of the seawaves, what I truly love and admire in Boracay is it's whitest and powdery sand, so perfect!


Waiting for the breathtaking sunset while sipping some mojitos and getting some tan

Boracay sunset

The following days and nights were typically the same, enjoying our food especially in the "dampa" area and the eat-all-you can in a Mongolian restaurant and drinking alcohol til dawn in the seashores (sorry, no photos taken). The most exciting part of this trip was exploring the other side of the island through island hopping and some snorkeling. We went to the crocodile island, then snorkeling where you have to pay 20 pesos (so cheap and that includes free gaggles) and you would see the wonders of the underworld then last stop is Puka beach where the sand is made of crashed "puka" shells (from the local rom-com flick). Boracay is really a haven for some RnR and a dose of party without breaking your bank! We would definitely come back, hopefully we make it this summer 2012.

Mongolian dinner by the sand w/ Ronald and me in Zara v-neck shirt and boardshorts from SPF

About to leave the island to see the other side


In Puka beach, so lovely here very secluded