larger than life

this is my brother RYLLE. Of course, i love him like crazy. Dad gave him a bike for christmas, he fell once but he didn't cry. That's my strong little guy.:)

3 in 1

No it's not like the coffee we prepare when we're on the go. It's just my 3 shoe purchases in 1 week. Dads gonna kill me. haha!:D

from diviDiva

multi-colored platform doll shoes

from meisic

brogues from primadonna

Bianca Manalo for Gadgets Magazine November

Gadgets Magazine November Issue with Bianca Manalo
Photographer Paul Ticzon
Make-up by Jo Paul Ticzon
Hair by Donn Donato
Styling M.R. Gavin
Art Direction Benjamin Arnold and Michelle Callanta-Toledo

Cover dress by Anthony Ramirez
Accessories by Forever21

Shot at Attic Studios

the grinch has gift ideas

Little by little, Christmas seemed to drift away. When I was a kid, I loved Christmas. I wake up early on the 25th to see a pool of gifts that are as high as half the height of the Christmas tree. Me and my cousins would sit on the floor as our aunt calls out our names for the gifts. They also tell us lies that we receive these gifts because we've been good boys and girls for the past year. Now Christmas is just another holiday that we get to rest or skip work, or at least have a valid reason not be at the office. Christmas for adults are not the same. Now I check the gifts underneath our tree and the only ones I see are for my brother and the other kids at home. It's not as many as it had been before. Well, I am not saying I hate Christmas because of the gifts or not getting gifts but because I have to keep up with the fact that I have to spend it with less a person than last year. mom. She's not the most joyous mom, nor the best cook who makes noche buena, she sleeps on the night of the noche buena and new year. We order food, no one really cooks. So the only thing that will be different now is that she won't be there, no one will be sleeping away Christmas eve or the new year. No matter how invisible mom is during the holidays, I am still happy that she's there. Her presence was warm and makes me feel like I have these people who loves me.

Now, the holidays are just people at the mall trying to grab every sale item. It makes me sick to my stomach, I hate too many people walking around bumping you as you can smell how sweaty they were. Sadly, these people knows only one thing about christmas: gifts.

They never realize how the others didn't want any material thing. Sometimes, a person only need a hug, a smile, a prayer, a push... a spark of hope.

Young, Wild and Free: a photo diary

It's been a while since I spent time with myself.. and with friends.

This time we hit Tali Beach in Batangas for a 2day adventure.

But before goin to bats, we stopped by Paseo de Sta.Rosa

to have late lunch/early dinner.

They have awesome sizzling blue marlin here!

I can be an ambassador for Batangas actually, I love Bats!

Anilao, Mabini and now Nasugbu, well, specifically, Tali!:)

Here are some photos of the beaches we went to:

you can cliff dive/ cliff jump here.

I tried goin' down there but t'was too deep!

here's our little hidden island.

here's the view from above.

Tali, actually, is a subdivision where it's sort of surrounded by

the sea. Every street has its own part of the beach, so wherever you are

you will always have your little space alone with your thoughts.

we went looking for the perfect spot, here's one.

but when the night came, we had to eat (above photo) fried tilapia! YUUUMMM!..

...and we need to drink, so we went to the beach and boozed up!

we also had a very unlikely visitor. the "madam" of all the roaches according to Peter!

clever! haha!:D

This is the way to the pub beach, it's pretty and you can go snorkeling,

there we're fishes, and I mean lots of em!

while we we're here, a fisherman sold us lobsters! big ass lobsters!:)

its 500pesos for two! what a bargain! and it's fresh!

here's our group pic at the pub beach, see,

we're the only ones there!

we stayed for a while on this beach, it was really rocky but the

WHITE sand is amazing. It is really white!

and oh, heres another pic of the cliff diving spot!

It's breath taking! and Prince and I gotta have a photo there!

after the whole day of trying to find the perfect spot,

we landed on this amazing hidden island with a cave that's just waist deep!

here's our really blurry photo inside the cave!

everyone got their perfect spot, some spent some time under the sun and many

we're trying to hide from it! c'mon! it's the beach!

here's my fab girls, i love them to death!

there we're ruins of the thing that blocks the waves (sorry i forgot what they are called)

It was beautiful and it helps you walk in the middle of the sea! oh yeah! no swimming needed, just walking on those rocks!:)

before leaving the beach to have early dinner I had a

picture taken with my comet, also, my bikini partner!:)

back at our house, Ry cooked dinner. chicken wings, tilapia and adobo

while AC prepared onion rings (which didn't even get to dinner) and buttered lobster!

crispy chicken wings!

this is the best-seller!

onion rings!

sold-out!

and the star of the night, Lobster!:)

and we're ready for battle!:)

I can never ask for more with my friends, they never

fail to make me happy. I sometimes wish it can be like college where

we can spend time together everyday, but distance makes the heart

grow fonder and I love them more as time passes.

They keep me sane and insane, they are my happy pill.

that space is for aveline, whom we wish will be back soon to join us for another trip!:)