Thursday, November 21, 2013

UPDATED: Sponsor A Noche Buena for Typhoon Haiyan Victims

UPDATE:

We moved our fundraising site from Fundrazr.com to YouCaring.com due to additional charges by Fundrazr. As much as possible, we want to minimize on that so we could maximize the donations we can give to the victims.



We also revamped our Facebook page so please like and share: www.facebook.com/SponsorANocheBuena. On this page, you can see how you can help. We are open to partnering with companies that are interested to sponsor or offer discounted items for the Noche Buena and holiday baskets. You may also send us clothes and toys as donations. 


For Philippines-based individuals, you can sponsor a Noche Buena and a Basket of Hope for one family affected by typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) with only Php 500. Please see the photo below for more info.


I hope you can support this endeavor. Thank you in advance. Let's keep praying and helping our brothers and sisters who have been affected by the super typhoon. May God continue to bless us all.

Charity Garage Sale for Typhoon Haiyan Victims

Last Sunday, November 17, my friends and I had a garage sale for the benefit of the victims of super typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda). We rummaged our own closets to sell our stuff, including the branded ones. A lot of our friends came to bring stuff and to help out in assisting shoppers. Here's the cool poster made by our friend Chris Roxas, a graphic artist and owner of XS Designs.


The garage sale was held at Farah Ramos' residence in Parang, Marikina at 12nn to 6p.m. A lot of shoppers from the neighborhood came to support our cause. We had so much fun during the garage sale. Our friends from OOTDfied (follow them on IG, @OOTDfied) online clothing store also sold brand new clothes at affordable prices. Another friend also sold really yummy chicharon from Bulacan.

 photo IMG_5274_zps10b01de0.jpg
 photo IMG_5277_zps5f87e9c9.jpg
OOTDfied
 photo IMG_5270_zps3ba77529.jpg
 photo IMG_5275_zps5e161716.jpg
 photo IMG_5269_zpsb0af030f.jpg
 photo IMG_5283_zpsa55f586e.jpg
 photo IMG_5286_zps5ef3ee66.jpg
playing with the costume haha
 photo IMG_5267_zps25695411.jpg

At the end of the day, we earned a total of Php 6,700 -- not bad for half a day of selling. Since a lot more stuff were left, we'll be holding another garage sale at the same venue next week. Besides that, we'll also have a one-day online flash sale of our pre-loved branded items via www.heywhereyou.com. The date of the sale shall be announced soon. And we're doing all of these for our fellow Filipinos who were struck by typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda).

Let's keep praying for the victims of the typhoon. They need us now so let's not get tired of helping them in any way we can.

 photo IMG_5307_zpsea01e729.jpg


xoxo,

city girl

Monday, November 18, 2013

Sponsor A Noche Buena for Typhoon Haiyan Victims


Please support our project for the victims of typhoon Haiyan. We are raising money so we can hold a Christmas party for the typhoon victims in one of the affected communities in Northern Iloilo in Panay Island, Philippines. We plan to have a simple yet meaningful Christmas feast for the victims to give them hope and make them happy, most especially because it will be hard for them to feel the spirit of Christmas with what happened to them. Besides having an early "Noche Buena", we'll be also giving away holiday baskets to the families and toys for the kids. We really hope you could support this cause.

For your donations, visit https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/2des6. Please also like and share our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/SponsorANocheBuena.


Sponsor A Noche Buena initiative, a disaster relief project in partnership with Sigma Alpha Nu, a Sorority of University of the Philippines, aims to help provide holiday gift baskets to 1,000 families who are victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. 
Typhoon Haiyan is said to beone of the biggest and most destructive natural calamity that hit the Philippines in the recent years. This disaster is feared to have taken at least 2,000 lives (as of this writing), left thousands injured and missing, hundreds of thousands homeless and at least 2 million people in need of food, water, and medicine. These numbers are expected to soar as search and rescue continue.
This cause was started by a facebook group "Sponsor A Noche Buena" launched by Kei Obusan, who wondered how Christmas will be spent by these people in this very upsetting condition. In the Philippines, Noche Buena is a special Filipino tradition where families get together on Christmas eve to share food and gifts. Imagine being homeless at a time when the rest of the world are celebrating in fancy clothes giving grand gifts to each other. Imagine those children who are out in the cold desperately finding comfort in their temporary shelter. This project is for those people who deserve to be given a spark of hope. A little gift from us who are very fortunate to have Internet running and clean water to drink anytime we want. 
Each "basket of hope" will be filled with some typical noche buena items, some toys for the kids, a letter of kindness from the volunteers and donors, and other stuff that we can give to (hopefully) lighten the burden that the victims are going through. At $10, you can already sponsor a basket that can bring joy to these families.
This campaign will serve as a launchpad to invite partnerships, companies or individuals with the heart of gold who are willing to sacrifice their $10 for the affected families of this calamity. 
Your help is needed. Share your blessings! Thank you. 



Thursday, November 7, 2013

It's Been a Fun Halloween!

Last year, I attended two Halloween parties as a Lego. I really spent a couple of days working on the costume myself. And I was glad it turned out well. Everybody loved it!:)

 photo 580560_10151999144016369_514263222_n_zps1cb3192f.jpg

This year's Halloween, I didn't have much time to crate a costume. The night before Halloween, I just rummaged through my closet to come up with one. I got a couple of parties to attend as I have enlisted me and my friends in Prive, Aracama, Urbn, and Hyve. That same night, our CrossFit community also had a Halloween party at Melting Pot somewhere in San Juan.

 photo photo-2copy_zps99fce540.jpg
braids, false lashes, red lipstick (Mac Russian Red)

 photo IMG_4754_zps10fc54c9.jpg
collared shirt, black dress, high striped socks, pumps


From 10pm to 12mn, I was at Melting Pot with my CrossFit coaches and friends. Almost everyone seemed to put an effort in putting together a Halloween costume. Here are some of our photos there:

 photo IMG_4753_zps6b4c4467.jpg
Denise as sexy devil; Oneal & Lu-ann as "Wicked"
 photo IMG_4752_zps25966339.jpg
Bugsy Lising as Zeus
 photo IMG_4755_zpsbec2b09e.jpg
Kim as a boy and she looked like Ian Veneracion (peg: That's my Tomboy haha)
 photo IMG_4756_zpsdaba4038.jpg
Power couple: Gene and Chelsea as god/goddess
 photo IMG_4758_zps64d39fe6.jpg
My friend Jigz/Dos really freaked me out!
 photo IMG_4763_zps0fe376bd.jpg
Khalil also scared me!
 photo IMG_4764_zps4d226d43.jpg
The Alvarez family came as zombies and here are the parents: Tito Jino & Tita Annie
 photo IMG_4864_zps0eb2591b.jpg
Cat is scary too!
 photo IMG_4872_zps493c5da9.jpg
the morning crew w/ the zombie fam
 photo IMG_4873_zps1ee5931b.jpg
father and son zombies
 photo IMG_4860_zpsd77f4b75.jpg
the wicked girls kidnapped a god w/ abs! LOL!
 photo IMG_4874_zps485487d5.jpg
with the Facebook giraffe, Batgirl, Cleopatra, and Zeus
 photo IMG_4902_zps2c27c833.jpg
the girls and the fake abs haha

At 12:30, I arrived at The Fort Strip and lined up at Prive. The line for guest list was crazy long. We didn't book a table because we didn't plan about staying in just one bar/club for the night. Good thing, my friend Che came with Raf Rosell so managed to get in at Urbn hassle-free. I heard they already stopped guest list entrance there at 12 but we still made it in by 1:30. It was crazy fun in Urbn. I bumped into a lot of friends/acquaintances there.

 photo IMG_4769_zps1592a861.jpg
bumped into Bianca and Skevie in Fort Strip (also came from the Alpha Strike party)
 photo IMG_4771_zps28219a37.jpg
with Che and Raf (thanks Raf for getting us in Urbn hassle-free!)
 photo IMG_4781_zpsfebe6a5f.jpg
our Nth photo together haha! Daniel and co-models as Magic Mike
 photo IMG_4876_zpsd12ee62c.jpg
lovin' the vibe in Urbn
 photo IMG_4879_zps6e8592b6.jpg
the girls at Urbn
 photo IMG_4877_zpsabc40ecb.jpg
Grace as Ms. Officer


At 3pm, we moved to Aracama. It wasn't as crowded anymore. But at 12mn, it was really full that my friend didn't notice someone opened her bag and got her wallet and cellphone. Anyway, nothing much was happening at Aracama that time so we left at 4am.

 photo IMG_4791_zpse7580d3b.jpg
group pic in Aracama's photo booth :)
 photo IMG_4792_zps788623a2.jpg
Joshua as Freddie Kruger and Faith as corpse bride

On November 2, my friends and I had a Halloween get-together and we also had to be in costumes. It was just a house party so we were kinda lazy to dress up. But even though we're not in grand costumes, we still ended up laughing at each others' costumes. LOL!
 photo IMG_4943_zps5f9ea1e5.png
If you've seen, "She's the One" of Star Cinema, you'll know who I am
 photo IMG_4926_zps60386906.jpg
Cent as Capt America and Maze as Anabelle's doll
 photo IMG_4919_zpscdef0903.jpg
Sabs as Britney Spears
 photo IMG_4917_zpsac4ab164.jpg
Grace as a goddess (our theme was "movies" but she forgot haha)
 photo IMG_4916_zps5c3f4a1f.jpg
Pam as Lilo
 photo IMG_4920_zpsc015422c.jpg
Pam and Jerik as Brangelina
 photo IMG_4972_zps174cc2ae.jpg
the famous pose of the South peeps :))
 photo IMG_4951_zps4c6eac26.jpg
group pic without me (more guests came after)
 photo IMG_4975_zpse57f68aa.jpg
with my crazy girl friends
 photo IMG_4932_zps6019fc6b.jpg
Girl in the Rain and the Other Woman (peg: Star Cinema movies haha)
 photo IMG_4957_zps7f864fb2.jpg
Since Josh and Michael didn't have costumes, they became Maddox & Pax (Brangelina's adopted Asian kids) LOL!
 photo IMG_4947_zps6434d5b1.jpg
And I really exerted effort finding an app that puts rain effect :))

Halloween is indeed one of the craziest events of the year!:)

Thursday, November 21, 2013

UPDATED: Sponsor A Noche Buena for Typhoon Haiyan Victims

UPDATE:

We moved our fundraising site from Fundrazr.com to YouCaring.com due to additional charges by Fundrazr. As much as possible, we want to minimize on that so we could maximize the donations we can give to the victims.



We also revamped our Facebook page so please like and share: www.facebook.com/SponsorANocheBuena. On this page, you can see how you can help. We are open to partnering with companies that are interested to sponsor or offer discounted items for the Noche Buena and holiday baskets. You may also send us clothes and toys as donations. 


For Philippines-based individuals, you can sponsor a Noche Buena and a Basket of Hope for one family affected by typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) with only Php 500. Please see the photo below for more info.


I hope you can support this endeavor. Thank you in advance. Let's keep praying and helping our brothers and sisters who have been affected by the super typhoon. May God continue to bless us all.

Charity Garage Sale for Typhoon Haiyan Victims

Last Sunday, November 17, my friends and I had a garage sale for the benefit of the victims of super typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda). We rummaged our own closets to sell our stuff, including the branded ones. A lot of our friends came to bring stuff and to help out in assisting shoppers. Here's the cool poster made by our friend Chris Roxas, a graphic artist and owner of XS Designs.


The garage sale was held at Farah Ramos' residence in Parang, Marikina at 12nn to 6p.m. A lot of shoppers from the neighborhood came to support our cause. We had so much fun during the garage sale. Our friends from OOTDfied (follow them on IG, @OOTDfied) online clothing store also sold brand new clothes at affordable prices. Another friend also sold really yummy chicharon from Bulacan.

 photo IMG_5274_zps10b01de0.jpg
 photo IMG_5277_zps5f87e9c9.jpg
OOTDfied
 photo IMG_5270_zps3ba77529.jpg
 photo IMG_5275_zps5e161716.jpg
 photo IMG_5269_zpsb0af030f.jpg
 photo IMG_5283_zpsa55f586e.jpg
 photo IMG_5286_zps5ef3ee66.jpg
playing with the costume haha
 photo IMG_5267_zps25695411.jpg

At the end of the day, we earned a total of Php 6,700 -- not bad for half a day of selling. Since a lot more stuff were left, we'll be holding another garage sale at the same venue next week. Besides that, we'll also have a one-day online flash sale of our pre-loved branded items via www.heywhereyou.com. The date of the sale shall be announced soon. And we're doing all of these for our fellow Filipinos who were struck by typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda).

Let's keep praying for the victims of the typhoon. They need us now so let's not get tired of helping them in any way we can.

 photo IMG_5307_zpsea01e729.jpg


xoxo,

city girl

Monday, November 18, 2013

Sponsor A Noche Buena for Typhoon Haiyan Victims


Please support our project for the victims of typhoon Haiyan. We are raising money so we can hold a Christmas party for the typhoon victims in one of the affected communities in Northern Iloilo in Panay Island, Philippines. We plan to have a simple yet meaningful Christmas feast for the victims to give them hope and make them happy, most especially because it will be hard for them to feel the spirit of Christmas with what happened to them. Besides having an early "Noche Buena", we'll be also giving away holiday baskets to the families and toys for the kids. We really hope you could support this cause.

For your donations, visit https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/2des6. Please also like and share our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/SponsorANocheBuena.


Sponsor A Noche Buena initiative, a disaster relief project in partnership with Sigma Alpha Nu, a Sorority of University of the Philippines, aims to help provide holiday gift baskets to 1,000 families who are victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. 
Typhoon Haiyan is said to beone of the biggest and most destructive natural calamity that hit the Philippines in the recent years. This disaster is feared to have taken at least 2,000 lives (as of this writing), left thousands injured and missing, hundreds of thousands homeless and at least 2 million people in need of food, water, and medicine. These numbers are expected to soar as search and rescue continue.
This cause was started by a facebook group "Sponsor A Noche Buena" launched by Kei Obusan, who wondered how Christmas will be spent by these people in this very upsetting condition. In the Philippines, Noche Buena is a special Filipino tradition where families get together on Christmas eve to share food and gifts. Imagine being homeless at a time when the rest of the world are celebrating in fancy clothes giving grand gifts to each other. Imagine those children who are out in the cold desperately finding comfort in their temporary shelter. This project is for those people who deserve to be given a spark of hope. A little gift from us who are very fortunate to have Internet running and clean water to drink anytime we want. 
Each "basket of hope" will be filled with some typical noche buena items, some toys for the kids, a letter of kindness from the volunteers and donors, and other stuff that we can give to (hopefully) lighten the burden that the victims are going through. At $10, you can already sponsor a basket that can bring joy to these families.
This campaign will serve as a launchpad to invite partnerships, companies or individuals with the heart of gold who are willing to sacrifice their $10 for the affected families of this calamity. 
Your help is needed. Share your blessings! Thank you. 



Thursday, November 7, 2013

It's Been a Fun Halloween!

Last year, I attended two Halloween parties as a Lego. I really spent a couple of days working on the costume myself. And I was glad it turned out well. Everybody loved it!:)

 photo 580560_10151999144016369_514263222_n_zps1cb3192f.jpg

This year's Halloween, I didn't have much time to crate a costume. The night before Halloween, I just rummaged through my closet to come up with one. I got a couple of parties to attend as I have enlisted me and my friends in Prive, Aracama, Urbn, and Hyve. That same night, our CrossFit community also had a Halloween party at Melting Pot somewhere in San Juan.

 photo photo-2copy_zps99fce540.jpg
braids, false lashes, red lipstick (Mac Russian Red)

 photo IMG_4754_zps10fc54c9.jpg
collared shirt, black dress, high striped socks, pumps


From 10pm to 12mn, I was at Melting Pot with my CrossFit coaches and friends. Almost everyone seemed to put an effort in putting together a Halloween costume. Here are some of our photos there:

 photo IMG_4753_zps6b4c4467.jpg
Denise as sexy devil; Oneal & Lu-ann as "Wicked"
 photo IMG_4752_zps25966339.jpg
Bugsy Lising as Zeus
 photo IMG_4755_zpsbec2b09e.jpg
Kim as a boy and she looked like Ian Veneracion (peg: That's my Tomboy haha)
 photo IMG_4756_zpsdaba4038.jpg
Power couple: Gene and Chelsea as god/goddess
 photo IMG_4758_zps64d39fe6.jpg
My friend Jigz/Dos really freaked me out!
 photo IMG_4763_zps0fe376bd.jpg
Khalil also scared me!
 photo IMG_4764_zps4d226d43.jpg
The Alvarez family came as zombies and here are the parents: Tito Jino & Tita Annie
 photo IMG_4864_zps0eb2591b.jpg
Cat is scary too!
 photo IMG_4872_zps493c5da9.jpg
the morning crew w/ the zombie fam
 photo IMG_4873_zps1ee5931b.jpg
father and son zombies
 photo IMG_4860_zpsd77f4b75.jpg
the wicked girls kidnapped a god w/ abs! LOL!
 photo IMG_4874_zps485487d5.jpg
with the Facebook giraffe, Batgirl, Cleopatra, and Zeus
 photo IMG_4902_zps2c27c833.jpg
the girls and the fake abs haha

At 12:30, I arrived at The Fort Strip and lined up at Prive. The line for guest list was crazy long. We didn't book a table because we didn't plan about staying in just one bar/club for the night. Good thing, my friend Che came with Raf Rosell so managed to get in at Urbn hassle-free. I heard they already stopped guest list entrance there at 12 but we still made it in by 1:30. It was crazy fun in Urbn. I bumped into a lot of friends/acquaintances there.

 photo IMG_4769_zps1592a861.jpg
bumped into Bianca and Skevie in Fort Strip (also came from the Alpha Strike party)
 photo IMG_4771_zps28219a37.jpg
with Che and Raf (thanks Raf for getting us in Urbn hassle-free!)
 photo IMG_4781_zpsfebe6a5f.jpg
our Nth photo together haha! Daniel and co-models as Magic Mike
 photo IMG_4876_zpsd12ee62c.jpg
lovin' the vibe in Urbn
 photo IMG_4879_zps6e8592b6.jpg
the girls at Urbn
 photo IMG_4877_zpsabc40ecb.jpg
Grace as Ms. Officer


At 3pm, we moved to Aracama. It wasn't as crowded anymore. But at 12mn, it was really full that my friend didn't notice someone opened her bag and got her wallet and cellphone. Anyway, nothing much was happening at Aracama that time so we left at 4am.

 photo IMG_4791_zpse7580d3b.jpg
group pic in Aracama's photo booth :)
 photo IMG_4792_zps788623a2.jpg
Joshua as Freddie Kruger and Faith as corpse bride

On November 2, my friends and I had a Halloween get-together and we also had to be in costumes. It was just a house party so we were kinda lazy to dress up. But even though we're not in grand costumes, we still ended up laughing at each others' costumes. LOL!
 photo IMG_4943_zps5f9ea1e5.png
If you've seen, "She's the One" of Star Cinema, you'll know who I am
 photo IMG_4926_zps60386906.jpg
Cent as Capt America and Maze as Anabelle's doll
 photo IMG_4919_zpscdef0903.jpg
Sabs as Britney Spears
 photo IMG_4917_zpsac4ab164.jpg
Grace as a goddess (our theme was "movies" but she forgot haha)
 photo IMG_4916_zps5c3f4a1f.jpg
Pam as Lilo
 photo IMG_4920_zpsc015422c.jpg
Pam and Jerik as Brangelina
 photo IMG_4972_zps174cc2ae.jpg
the famous pose of the South peeps :))
 photo IMG_4951_zps4c6eac26.jpg
group pic without me (more guests came after)
 photo IMG_4975_zpse57f68aa.jpg
with my crazy girl friends
 photo IMG_4932_zps6019fc6b.jpg
Girl in the Rain and the Other Woman (peg: Star Cinema movies haha)
 photo IMG_4957_zps7f864fb2.jpg
Since Josh and Michael didn't have costumes, they became Maddox & Pax (Brangelina's adopted Asian kids) LOL!
 photo IMG_4947_zps6434d5b1.jpg
And I really exerted effort finding an app that puts rain effect :))

Halloween is indeed one of the craziest events of the year!:)