Another friend gets her dream

the facade

their cool living room

interesting art abound

posing beside the beautiful santo

A lot of my friends have been moving to their dream houses

Trish, one of my closest friends, just moved and I am flattered

to be the first friend guest :)

Haven't seen Trish for most part of the year

Understandably, here's the labor of love

She and her husband, Bubu , have been working on

Love the light and brightness of the space

So positive and clean

I like that they did add character pieces to keep the space warm
They incorporated a lot of storage space controlling clutter

My kind of space

I always say and believe

You can tell a lot about a person, a family

and their life with just visiting their space

And you can just tell how this dream house

Has been turned into a lovely home.

Congrats Trish & Bubu!

May you be blessed with a lot of beautiful memories in it!

My recent events

Thank you to my photographers, Ian Santos & Jovel Lorenzo

for always taking my photos when I cover events.

Here are my recent events...

The first 2 photos I was already in pain with my left arm

The 4th, I cnouldn't move my arm and our helper did my hair (never do that, first time!)

Not even a numb left arm can stop me... :)

Happy Friday!

Presenting my painting classmates

our advanced celebration of Thanksgiving

moved dessert to the living room

say cheese! me w/ my sling

interesting conversations

party ended late, no one was rushing to head home!

Been talking about my painting class for a long time

but my husband hasn't met them yet save for two of them

I would always talk about my class and classmates with much fondness

And yes, my eyes do twinkle after class

It is just rejuvenating and inspiring

I told my hubby, children , and yeah, even my Mom (who I talk to everyday for hours)

that my classmates are more mature

and therefore has a lot of wisdom to share

I think my husband was not prepared to see

that they (not all)really are much older than me

and my Mom finds it amusing that I have friends who's more like her age group

Age doesn't matter

I do enjoy talking to older people

But then again , I also have friends 2 decades younger than me

What I like about my life is that

I have interactions with all ages

Not only my kids or their friends for the young ones

but I have students I converse with regularly as well

I have friends also in their 20's still finding love or hoping to settle down

They usually ask me for advice

In their 30's,

My age group, the 40's

I have 50's, 60's, 70's, and oldest one is 90, and yes they are real friends

People I talk to, share laughs with and most importantly we share our lives

Life is really what you make of it

It throws surprises that sometimes take you aback

Which challenges you to be better

And then it also throws amazing people

who just make life all the more interesting and inspiring

And for that I would like to say thanks to.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Our painting class's Thanksgiving dinner

before guests arrive

Though we're in the Philippines and not Americans

Our painting class decided to celebrate Thanksgiving

It's a week early since several will be travelling out of the country

I think it's a good tradition to have a special day to give thanks

for the past year

Since I am the one they never ask to bring any food to class

As they always tease me I would just bother my chef husband

I decided to host a thanksgiving dinner

as my thank you for our class

And of course, I did bother my husband, hahaha...

More on the next post...

To slow me down

Been moving with a sling

Last week, started to get stiff neck

then after couldn't move my left arm

But yeah, that didn't stop me from being my usual hyper self

Even did events last week

Finally went to see a doctor and he recommended

physical therapy for my arm

Was still a lector after the consultation with the doctor

Told priest, I can't carry the Book as I can't lift my left arm

He wisely said, that's your body's way of saying slow down

Am good though, hasn't stopped me one bit, haha

Happy Thursday!

Touching base

One of the things I enjoy in covering events

Is bumping into a lot of my friends

Perfect time to touch base.

See ya!

Black and white

At an event

Hope you guys are having a good week...

Preview's fabulous November issue

w/ the Superstar on the cover

me in the salon

Preview Prefers Decor feature

Thank you to Pauline Juan and the Preview team for featuring our home in

the fabulous November issue with the Superstar as the cover

Though am not a fan of the Superstar

genius in having her in the cover and after reading the article I now understand why

she IS the Superstar of Philippine showbusiness

Hope you can grab a copy and take a peek into our home.

Happy long weekend!