Drink Up 2014, OneVibePH, The Chainsmokers in Manila

May 24 - Drink Up 2014 (Manila) at The Forum grounds

I didn't really know about this. On the day of the event I woke up to a message from a friend giving me free passes. Of course, I went with him to check it out. So there's a concert happening. It was Urbandub and other local bands on the earlier part of the night, then some DJs started playing EDM late at night. I've tried a lot of beer flavors and of course, my favorite stop would be my friend's own, Brotzeit. Our RFID bands were loaded with tokens worth Php 1500 I guess, and that's what we used to buy food and drinks within the event grounds. I was able to appreciate the event 'cause I got familiarized with different brands and types of liquor, particularly beer. I'm not actually a beer drinker 'cause I don't like its taste, but I liked the flavored beers that I've tried such as the strawberry beer of Xavierbeer from Baguio, and of course, my all-time favorite, Affensaft (mango-flavored) from Brotzeit.

strawberry beer!

the trial set

my Liquor 101 professor :))

Brotzeit's customers

me, Mags, and Edward, the man behind Brotzeit

June 11 - One Vibe PH at SM MOA Concert Grounds

It's the celebration of Philippine Independence as the clock struck 12. Bottles of beer were sold for only Php 1 and there were a lot of freebies from different booths of brands who supported the event. Besides having Apl.De.Ap, the event became bigger because of Laidback Luke. Got VIP access from Viber and extra free passes from Vans. It was fun because I got to see a lot of friends, and our "barkada" was almost complete that night. But since we're already feeling the signs of ageing, we left at 2am and had early breakfast at Rufo's Famous Tapa in Blue Wave, Macapagal. Of course, we all ordered tapa.:))

what's wrong in this picture? LOL!

food trip

June 13 - The Chainsmokers Selfie Tour in Republiq Club, Manila

Again, I didn't know about this. I got dragged by my friends who told me they already got me listed and there's no more backing out. And I was like, "Who are The Chainsmokers?" Then they showed me the music video of the "Selfie" song. HAHA! Anyway, they produced good music; and the concert was generally fun. However, there were some parts that I got a bit bored. Well, it's probably because I was too sleepy and not really prepared to party that night, most especially because I stayed up late the previous night as well. Anyway, after their set was a birthday celebration for DJ Ace Ramos. After the candle blowing, we left the event 'cause we were really sleepy.

please excuse the quality 'cause I failed to bring my camera

with my friends: Aris from Bacolod and Keigh from Iloilo

my guy friends: Dinand, Puch, Joshua

"but first, let me take a selfie"

done!

I sometimes feel too old for these parties and I can feel my body giving up as well. Now I really appreciate staying home and getting a lot of sleep. Haha.


xoxo,

city girl

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!:)

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.

braids, false lashes, red lipstick (Mac Russian Red)

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:

Denise as sexy devil; Oneal & Lu-ann as "Wicked"

Bugsy Lising as Zeus

Kim as a boy and she looked like Ian Veneracion (peg: That's my Tomboy haha)

Power couple: Gene and Chelsea as god/goddess

My friend Jigz/Dos really freaked me out!

Khalil also scared me!

The Alvarez family came as zombies and here are the parents: Tito Jino & Tita Annie

Cat is scary too!

the morning crew w/ the zombie fam

father and son zombies

the wicked girls kidnapped a god w/ abs! LOL!

with the Facebook giraffe, Batgirl, Cleopatra, and Zeus

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.

bumped into Bianca and Skevie in Fort Strip (also came from the Alpha Strike party)

with Che and Raf (thanks Raf for getting us in Urbn hassle-free!)

our Nth photo together haha! Daniel and co-models as Magic Mike

lovin' the vibe in Urbn

the girls at Urbn

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.

group pic in Aracama's photo booth :)

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!

If you've seen, "She's the One" of Star Cinema, you'll know who I am

Cent as Capt America and Maze as Anabelle's doll

Sabs as Britney Spears

Grace as a goddess (our theme was "movies" but she forgot haha)

Pam as Lilo

Pam and Jerik as Brangelina

the famous pose of the South peeps :))

group pic without me (more guests came after)

with my crazy girl friends

Girl in the Rain and the Other Woman (peg: Star Cinema movies haha)

Since Josh and Michael didn't have costumes, they became Maddox & Pax (Brangelina's adopted Asian kids) LOL!

And I really exerted effort finding an app that puts rain effect :))

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