It's the middle of May and I forgot to mention that I FINALLY GRADUATED COLLEGE. Yes, no more four walls of green-colored uniforms and overbearing teachers. But hello to the real world. Yes, welcome to unemployment life (however, I'm still waiting on this job I have yet to hear from!). But enough about that. After graduation, there's this season called summer and we all know what first comes to mind with this season, BEACH. 

Fashion Illustration by Jean Yu of Anything Goes

Yuhp, the time has come to showcase the best of the best foodie places here in the Philippines, but more specifically, Cebu. I will be known for my food posts as the Lady Foodie! Hahaha. 

Now my first Lady Foodie discovery is

Summer is finally finally here. No more uniform-hugging clothing, paper works and sleepless nights. Bikinis, beach, fitness and sleep are what I need for this Summer 2014. 

Though this outfit post doesn't even get close to the summer kind of outfit vibe, these photos are loooong overdue and I needed an airport ensemble like every other blogger out there. :)

I'm very much immune to the cold atmosphere of the airport which makes me want to get and cuddle in my oversize wool jacket. Thus, for my airport outfit I opted to cover everything in my body up. Haha! By the way, I went to Manila during last year's holidays; in case you guys were wondering where I was headed to. 

I went for a more neutral color palette for my wardrobe cause I thought it was too soon to don a neon green or bright graphic tee at 6 in the morning. Though I still added a little bit of flair to my wardrobe with my zebra printed shirt that my mother just got me, which I love. And I added my favorite bowler hat, and some glasses to maybe nerdify the outfit a little bit, hahaha.

Pants from Mango, Hat from WAGW

I actually got the courage to show a bit of midriff and back. I'm not much of skin-baring style kind of person; but the top was too cute not to buy. So I thought, why not? I took a risk- in a way.

I thought of going ethnic/tribal with this ensemble because the yellow midriff top looked good "ethnic enough" to pair with my "tribal paisley" printed skated skirt. I added my favorite turquoise necklace- which always reminds me of Pocahontas and her turquoise necklace in the movie- to add more color to the outfit because I love adding colors onto colors.  So you could say this outfit was inspired a little bit of Pocahontas.

Now the back~ the back was the statement of this whole outfit. I decided to put my hair in a ponytail to emphasize the ribbon detail at the back so everyone can witness it. Haha! Adding more to skin-baring phenomena, I showed a little bit of midriff- sans abs line- and kept the shoes into a minimalistic black open-toed sandals. 

Top from Binkydoodles, Shoes from Charles and Keith

 

Till next post,

Shannen 

xx

I am totally obsessed with the red-lips frenzy nowadays. You'd find my MAC Ruby Woo in my bag all the time. I love it. I donned my first red-lips look back on the last week of December in Manila. What better way to end the year than red lips, blue striped outfit and gold shoes? 

My other obsession now is my bowler hat that I got from What A Girl Wants. The hat matches every outfit I wear, whether classic look or the grungy type. So apparently bowler hats aren't just for the hipsters huh? I just threw this ensemble on without having second thoughts. I love prints; so stripes on stripes wasn't much of a better. And adding some gold shoes to top it off, just stood me out. (I think?)

 Sidenote: I loved taking outfit shots in my aunt's neighborhood back in Manila. Clean and not-so-spacious but decent-looking roads sufficed for a little photoshoot.

Top from Mango, Skirt from SM Department, Bowler Hat from WAGW, Shoes from Cole Vintage

Shannen 

xx

Recently told you guys, I just joined the "daunting" department pageant last holiday season. So in case you guys didn't know, SYBEE is an acronym for Society of Young Business Executives & Entrepreneurs (that's a mouthful!) Of shaking feet, endless dancing and glueing falsies, pageants AREN'T glamorous. They aren't. Behind the smiles of your choices lie tiring muscles and pouring sweats to keep the show going. But enough about me whining about it, here's just a few of the outdoor BTS shots we took. I've met a lot of new people that turned to great friends. You guys should join, if given the opportunity. Sure, you'd have to wear six-inch heels all the freakin' time but the feeling of people rooting for you, shouting your name, meeting new friends and glamming up is worth more than the crown itself.

So if any of you guys are joining, email me up for advices or just to talk (haha!).

Shannen

xx