Hitsuzen Bacolod organized a matsuri / Japanese festival at the Bacolod NGC yesterday. They were joined by two more cosplay groups so I was really overwhelmed with how many they were for the event. Got to meet the rest of the gang again after almost 5 months or so.
It's my first Christmas away from my family. Most of my cousins have already migrated to Canada and Christmas isn't complete without them. I spent the holiday at CJ's and the whole night I've been waiting for something to happen. I don't know what precisely but I just felt like it wasn't the 25th yet.
Anyhow, I wouldn't let it ruin my Christmas because there's nothing else that I could do but to just enjoy the festivity. I baked a Cappuccino Cake for our Noche Buena. It was my first time to bake something on my own and I was hella scared on how it would turn out. Thank God the cake was delicious. :)) Anyway, here's the recipe that I used as requested.
Anyhow, I wouldn't let it ruin my Christmas because there's nothing else that I could do but to just enjoy the festivity. I baked a Cappuccino Cake for our Noche Buena. It was my first time to bake something on my own and I was hella scared on how it would turn out. Thank God the cake was delicious. :)) Anyway, here's the recipe that I used as requested.
Shot a Kimi Ni Todoke Cosplay earlier with Mark Tumbagahan and Lisl Ubas. I haven't seen the anime series and haven't been to the location before so I wasn't that confident with how the project would go. But thanks to our friend Yumi because she helped us around their subdivision so we had the best places to shoot at. Mac and Lisl wasn't that difficult to work with at all. The were both so cute! so kawaii! So despite all my doubts about this project, I'm so happy that everything went well.
I always have this thing about shooting cosplays. Unlike casual portraiture, I find it very challenging. I would say that a good photo really depends on how the artist portraits the character. It's a tricky job and not a thing that anyone could just do.
I always have this thing about shooting cosplays. Unlike casual portraiture, I find it very challenging. I would say that a good photo really depends on how the artist portraits the character. It's a tricky job and not a thing that anyone could just do.
My boyfriend's sister-in-law has been baking these days and that somehow encouraged me to bake as well. Mom has taught me a few and earlier today, I got to bake her own cookie recipe. CJ and I had fun creaming the butter. I forgot to soften it beforehand so we had to cut it into tiny little pieces. :)) it took us a while though. We had a few arguments whether the cookie dough was too big or what. I swear, its fun to bake with your partner.
We played with the aperture while waiting for the cookies to bake. We took these at f/1.8.
We went to the Anglesey (?) Abbey sometime last August. It was such a frustration that photography isn't allowed inside the Abbey. They have a nice garden and it indeed gave justice to my mom's praises. However, was almost autumn when we came there so most of the plants were already starting to wither. But nonetheless, the place made me feel like I'm in a secret garden. I can even imagine people strolling around in their gowns and cute umbrellas. It was such a dreamy place and I'm happy that they were able to preserve almost everything.
Last Saturday was my step-sister's wedding and the reception was at St. Giles House Hotel in Norwich. My parents booked a room for me for the night because obviously, I'm too old to share a room with them :)) I was a bit tipsy that after the wonderful reception so I made a few silly things like taking lots of mirror photos.
I love how modern my room was with all the beautiful patterns on the walls and on the curtains. My parent's got a vintage-inspired suite room that has antique-looking gigantic furnitures so tall that I can hide in their. Even claustrophobic kids can stay there for a month.
And they have Crabtree and Evelyn for toiletries!
and being my curious self, I took a few photos in the room.
Took photos of Amber while watching X Factor. I hate how the lights at home tint the photos red - especially in my room. :(
Oct. 29, 2010
Went to London to meet the lovely Jenny. Meet her in tumblr who by, awesome, coincidence is from my hometown and is also here in England.
We tried the London Dungeon but the queue went on for an hour an a quarter even with our priority tickets!!!
But it was just okay as it gave us ample time to talk about ourselves and certain things. The dungeon was great though I would have wanted for more scary antics and such. Jen was so jumpy and we both screamed by crazy kittens. :)) We went to this chamber where they used to sentence criminals in the old times. The judge suddenly appeared from the second floor of the chamber and that made Jenny jump. We were both laughing while the mini-show started so this guy called us to walk up into the platform. He said that we're witches and the judge sentenced us to be drowned in the river. :)) good thing it wasn't real. hahaha!
After an awesome experience at the dungeon, we then headed to China Town for lunch. We had Chinese buffet then Jenny bought some Filipino stuff for her family.
This is Amber, a 4-months-old female Cocker Spaniel. She loves to run around the garden and sleep on my lap. Yes, she sleeps a lot. She's such a darling and so far, haven't done anything to upset us. :)
She loves hanging around our sun room. She would sleep on the carpet the whole day. But of course, we couldn't just let her do that.