OOTD - Boracay in Kenneth Cole

Swimsuit - Kenneth Cole
Black Tube Top - Landmark
Black Swimming Shorts - Landmark
Hat - *D'mall Boracay
Shades - Gai Sano (Roxas)

Like I mentioned before, I was at Boracay last October 22-24. It was a wonderful treat for me after a week (or more like a month!)  long of super hard work at the school where I'm teaching. I was with my students during that time even in Bora so I'm in super conservative dress up mode. LOL. Actually, even if my students weren't there, I'd still wear THIS much at the beach. Yes, still a bit body conscious so I'm wearing black shorts and black tube top coz my Kenneth Cole Swimsuit reveals too much cleavage.. even for me! LOL!

Anyway just a back story of this swimsuit-- I got this when I went to the States last 2010. I was at Ross' (of all places!) and found this cute "Tankini" - Tank Top Swim Wear with matching bikini. (Yeah I'm wearing the bikini but you won't catch me just wearing only that! Shy ako.. haha) Anyway, when I saw the print and that the brand was Kenneth Cole, I was very happy! I don't normally wear these colors but I'm glad I got it coz its a very generous print. It hides a lot of "flaws" LOL!

So thanks to Kenneth Cole Swimwear, I was able to enjoy my Boracay Vacation without worrying or be conscious about my body figure. Isn't great to finally find a swimsuit that suits you? I wouldn't have posted this here if I weren't happy with what I was wearing - promise!The weather here in metro manila had a summer-like feel lately plus the PFW SS 2012 shows also helped in giving the illusion that summer is here na!  So coffeeholics, have you found the perfect swimsuit already? What would you prefer to wear for summer? Tankini, 2 piece, or a 1 piece suit? Do share your summer wear thoughts na!

mwah,

Roxas City Accessory Finds

I know its Philippine Fashion Week and I should be posting the PFW event that I attended the other day but I just want to insert this personal post of one of my "finds" during my one week stay at Roxas City. Yes, I have been out of town because I attended a major work related event with my students (being their teacher companion, coach, and trainer and all) last week at Roxas City. This is one of the major reasons why October has been a super busy month for me in real life so my online life (which means blogging!) had to be slightly pushed back on the shelf. Like I've mentioned before, I'm a Teacher by Day and Blogger by Night. So my day job comes first. All of the hard work (me and my students'!) paid off as we emerged victors of the event and our school snagged the Top award in Academics and Athletics. We give all praise and glory to God coz we definitely know we wouldn't have arrived this far if it weren't for His favor and grace to our school. 

Of course despite being very busy as a teacher there, the fashion blogger in me couldn't help checking out the stuff being sold at Capiz Gymnasium, Roxas City where all the pasalubongs or local souvenirs can be bought. Besides the traditional t-shirts with "Roxas City" imprinted on it, I found myself fascinated with all the locally made products being sold there. It was very hard to resist but I ended up buying a few! Here are some of the stuff that you can see and buy there at very affordable prices!!!

Kindly look for this stall at Capiz Gymnasium at Roxas City for cool souvenirs!

Very affordable earrings being sold there! I SUPER LOVE the capis earrings!
Wanna know how much? Punta kayo dun and buy na to find out! hihi!

I'm thinking that this would look great with candles!
Or would this float on water? It would definitely look pretty floating on a pool of water!

Novel Christmas Tree Decors!
They would definitely look pretty and delicate like snowflakes on your Christmas Tree this Holidays!

Other cool knick knacks such as jewelry cases, picture frames, and Christmas decors all made in Capis and in the Philippines!

The christmas angels look sooo cute! Love the colors!

Of course I ended up buying several of these coz they were TOO pretty to NOT buy!
Plus these are perfect gifts that I can give to my kikay friends! hehe..
My bestfriend and coteacher bought the ONLY gold one though.. >__<
But I was able to buy 2 sets of the three other colors. 

So Coffeeholics, doncha think these are pretty? And all of this from Roxas City! This is just one of the few Roxas City related posts that I will be blogging about.  And for my coffeeholic readers, IF given a choice, which colored capiz earring do you prefer -- transparent, blue, or red? I'm cookin' something so let this be a poll of sorts. Do let me know! Oh and if you have been to Roxas City as well, do share your experiences with us!

Now segway is over, back to PFW fever!

Mwah, 

Summer at the BEACH!!!!

Its been a while since I was able to post here. I apologize and blame it on my jam packed erratic summer schedule! And yes, I feel wonderful to be able to say that. Its been ages since I actually went out somewhere worthwhile during the summer. For several years already, I stay cooped up in my house busy with summer work and basically lazing about. In fact there were times when I didn't even go swimming! But this 2010, I made up for all those years of being cooped up!

 The very first major outing that I went to during the summer was at one of the beautiful beaches at Aurora Quezon. I forgot the exact name of the place but it was sooooo pretty that just watching the beautiful panoramic view soothed out all the aches and pains of the whole school year that just went by. LOL. It was indeed a refreshing experience!

Getting there was tough! We had to travel through unpaved rocky rough paths to arrive at this picture perfect beach paradise. I was pretty shocked to find that there were places like these on this part of the Philippines! I had always thought that the best beaches in our country were only those near Boracay or Palawan. I was with some friends and family when we went there and we all felt that this beach was the Perfect Find! There were also a lot of nearby corral where you could actually walk and wade towards it and explore... and some of the fish and sea urchins and star fish found there were quite unusual!

Me, I ended up lying and relaxing on the sand under the cool shade of the palm trees by the seashore. No I didnt really swim. Just being able to relax and listen to the wonderful soothing sound of the ocean on the beach was heaven to me! Definitely this is a relaxing place that I would like to go back to next summer. :)