Celebrity Collage by MyHeritage

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basking in the Camotes SUN

basking in the Camotes Sun

What Toni Rose Means

You are a seeker. You often find yourself restless – and you have a lot of questions about life. You tend to travel often, to fairly random locations. You’re most comfortable when you’re far away from home. You are quite passionate and easily tempted. Your impulses sometimes get you into trouble. You are well rounded, with a complete perspective on life. You are solid and dependable. You are loyal, and people can count on you. At times, you can be a bit too serious. You tend to put too much pressure on yourself. You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people. You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts. You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals. You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It’s easy to get you excited… which can be a good or bad thing. You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don’t stick with any one thing for very long. You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start. You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You’re always up to something. You have a ton of energy, and most people can’t handle you. You’re very intense. You definitely are a handful, and you’re likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun. You are the total package – suave, sexy, smart, and strong. You have the whole world under your spell, and you can influence almost everyone you know. You don’t always resist your urges to crush the weak. Just remember, they don’t have as much going for them as you do. You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together. At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together.

having coffee with gengs

(l-r:) quennie, meh, shalimar and karo

Starbucks…

I go to STARBUCKS because of my addiction!

white chocolate mocha blended coffee frappacino was my initial Starbucks addiction

sometimes, i’d get the hot white chocolate mocha blended coffee

now, my latest Starbucks love is the “Iced Caramel Machiato” i simply love it..

“you are nothing short of

my everything.”

LOVE IS……

Love is a slow kiss goodnight, It’s anticipation.
Love is flirting ourtageously and still remembering that the person at your side is not obligated to do anything, It’s respect.
Love is an imperfection in your self not bothering you, it’s acceptance.
Love is passing up an opportunity because the time isn’t right yet, It’s patience.
Love is a back massage that starts above the hairline and ends around the insoles, it’s exploration.
Love does not have to say, “lets make love,” because you know what the other person wants, it understands.
Love is being given an honest chance to say no when you thought you were committed, it’s consideration.
Love is both of you remembering protection, it’s responsibility.
Love is saying the perfect phrase to make a solemn embrace dissolve into giggles, it’s humor.
Love is being told “stop and i’ll kill you.” It’s desire.
Love is reviewing the damage to your living room and realizing personal effects are strewn in a clockwise pattern from the front door the to bedroom, it’s abandonment.
Love is seeing what your love really looks like for the first time, it’s truth.
Love is knowing what time it is and not caring, it’s joy.
Love is the arms around you tightening their embrace, it’s ecstacy.
Love is seeing a new side of a person you thought you knew, it’s renewal.
Love is telling a person if you have to leave, you will let them sleep, and being told they would rather be woken, it’s tenderness.
Love is waking up to find the subject of the dream you were having asleep on your shoulder, it’s where fantasy meets reality.
Love is being there to wake your lover slowly, it’s sensuousness.
Love belatedly knows why you bothered to buy a queen-sized bed three years ago, it’s practicality.
Love is two people only taking up a third of a queen-sized bed, it’s closeness.
Love knows you gave the extra set of keys to your apartment to the right person, its trust.
Love is saying good-bye and knowing you will be back by mutual consent, its faith.
Love is stretching your arms and discovering the real meaning of the word “sore” it’s a lesson in human frailty.
Love is opening your medicine cabinet finding your tube of toothpaste turned into a prezel, it’s adaptation.
Love is sitting at the window, looking out and remembering who you were with the night before, it’s reflection.
Love is hearing the weather forecast for a winter storm and wishing you could spend it in bed with your lover, it’s loneliness.
Love is stories that will never be told, it’s personal.

If God Had Wanted Us to Wear Flat Shoes…

“If God had wanted us to wear flat shoe Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman once famously observed, “he wouldn’t have invented Manolo Blahnik.” And if you were lucky enough to be at the Design Museum at 28 Shad Thames in London last summer, you got to see the famous Blahnik sketches and meet the man himself. Born in Santa Cruz de la Palma in the Canary Islands, Blahnik absorbed the playfulness and color of his native land. Indeed, exotic locales would continue to inform his work throughout his career. For example, his boutique in New York is graced with Kuba cloth from the Congo, and in 1991 he designed shoes inspired by the Masai for Christian Dior Haute Couture. In his childhood, he admired famed fashion photographer Cecil Beaton. “I was possessed by Cecil Beaton all through my youth,” Blahnik says. “I loved his photographs, his drawings, and especially his diaries. He was at the center of a world which held a huge attraction for me.” At the University of Geneva, he studied architecture and literature. In Paris, he studied art. But fate already had a plan for young Blahnik. Thinking he would be a set designer, he showed his theater designs to Vogue editor Diana Vreeland. “Young man, do things. Do accessories. Do shoes,” she was said to have directed. Blahnik’s first collaboration was with designer Ossie Clark in 1971. Soon Bianca Jagger would be riding into Studio 54 on a white horse (literally) and dancing the night away in Blahnik stilettos. Now the designer, along with his sister and business partner Evangelina, have built a veritable empire, selling over 30,000 pairs of shoes a year at Neiman Marcus alone. The list of stars devoted to the shoe designer is seemingly endless: Jennifer Aniston married Brad Pitt in four inch Blahnik stilettos; Suzanne Somers hocks her wares on HSN in Blahnik stilettos (even at one point riding an exercise bike in the pricey shoes); model Kate Moss is said to have declared there are only three things she can’t do without—diamond earrings, jeans, and Manolo Blahniks; Joan Rivers once remarked, “You just put on your Manolos, and you automatically find yourself saying ‘hi, sailor’ to every man that walks by.” But all the buzz lately has really been caused by one little television show on HBO: Sex and the City. Carrie Bradshaw (played by Sarah Jessica Parker) is hopelessly in love with the shoes and seems always to be buying yet another pair. In one episode, she sends out “staying single invitations,” so she can get gifts like those who have bridal and baby showers. Where did she register? Blahniks’ New York boutique, of course. In another episode, she pleads with a mugger, “You can take my Fendi baguette, you can take my ring and my watch, but don’t take my Manolo Blahniks.” Another level of the man’s mystique comes, of course, from his famous sketches. Like Andy Warhol, who captured our postmodern fancies with his pop art, so Blahnik shows us something of glamour, fashion, fantasy with the sexy curves, phallic lines, and fanciful color in his artwork. The drawings speak to us of love and sex and power and champagne and diamonds and the St. Regis, tenth floor. Blahnik’s influences are diverse: Francois Truffaut, Jean-Luc Goddard, Pedro Almodovar, the new Frank Gehry building, Luchino Visconti (his favorite director), Marlene Dietrich walking across the desert in heels in Morocco (supposedly his earliest “shoe memory”), Paloma Picasso (a close friend, “family really”), Tina Chow, and Francisco de Zurbarán (his favorite painter). Now a true fashion icon, Blahnik enjoys the good life. He has an apartment inLondon and a home in Bath. His recent collaborations have been with such giants as Calvin Klein, Isaac Mizrahi and John Galliano. Despite international acclaim, however, he still crafts each shoe himself, and out of hundreds of prototypes designed each season, in one of four small factories on the outskirts of Milan, only eighty-five shoes appear in each finished collection. Manolo Blahnik shoes may be expensive, exclusive, creative, and of fine quality, but, let’s face it, what keeps us doling out thousands of dollars per pair comes down to one simple fact: my god, but they’re sexy as hell.

WHY SO MANY OF US DELAY HAPPINESS?

We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another.

Then we are frustrated that the kids aren’t old enough and we’ll be more content when they are.

After that, we’re frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with.

We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.

We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation, when we retire.

The truth is, there’s no better time to be happy than right now.

If not now, when?

Your life will always be filled with challenges.

It’s best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway.

One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred D Souza. He said,

“For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin – real life.

But there was always some obstacle in the way, Something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, or a debt to be paid.

Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my “life”.

This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness.

Happiness is the way. So, treasure every moment that you have and treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time…and remember that time waits for no one.

So, stop waiting until you finish school,

· until you go back to school,

· until you lose ten pounds,

· until you gain ten pounds,

· until you have kids,

· until your kids leave the house,

· until you start work,

· until you retire,

· until you get married,

· until you get divorced,

· until Friday night, until Sunday morning,

· until you get a new car or home,

· until your car or home is paid off,

· until spring,

· until summer,

· until fall,

· until winter,

· until you are off welfare,

· until the first or fifteenth,

· until your song comes on,

· until you’ve had a drink,

· until you’ve sobered up,

· until you die,

· until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy.

Happiness is a journey, not a destination.



Sex and the City 2 [coming out in May2010]

life :P

life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass.

It’s learning to dance in the rain.

It’s singing in the car when you don’t even know all the words.

It’s giving your whole heart to someone even if you’re a little scared.

It’s about taking risks and making life worth living because

every minute you waste is a minute you’ll never get back.”

~i read this short article somewhere and decided to post it…~

what about love? (by lemar)

“What About Love?”

What if I took my time to love you?
What if I put no one above you?
What if I did the things
That really mattered?
What if I ran through
Hoops of disaster?

No one would care if
We never made it
We’re in this alone
So why don’t we face it
There is no room to
Blame one another
We just need time to
Forgive each other

[Chorus:]
What about love?
What about feeling?
What about all the things that make life worth living?
What about faith?
What about trust?
And tell me baby…what about us?

How can I give this
Love a new beginning?
How can I stop the rain?
It’s never ending
How do I keep my soul believing?
Memories of how we
Should be keep calling

[Chorus]

I’ll take the rivers rise
I’ll take the happy times
I’ll take the moments of disaster

[Chorus]

Starbucks Break with Gengs

chill out

peachy and babydoll

babydoll and genevieve

muah self

me and genevieve

I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing

I could stay awake just to hear you breathing
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
While you’re far away dreaming
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
I could stay lost in this moment forever
Every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure

Don’t want to close my eyes
I don’t want to fall asleep
Cause Id miss you baby
And I don’t want to miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I’d still miss you baby
And I don’t want to miss a thing

Lying close to you feeling your heart beating
And I’m wondering what you’re dreaming
Wondering if its me youre seeing
Then I kiss your eyes
And thank God were together
I just want to stay with you in this moment forever
Forever and ever

Don’t want to close my eyes
I don’t want to fall asleep
Cause I’d miss you baby
And I don’t want to miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I’d still miss you baby
And I dont want to miss a thing

I don’t want to miss one smile
I don’t want to miss one kiss
I just want to be with you
Right here with you, just like this
I just want to hold you close
Feel your heart so close to mine
And just stay here in this moment
For all the rest of time

Don’t want to close my eyes
I don’t want to fall asleep
Cause I’d miss you baby
And I don’t want to miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I’d still miss you baby
And I don’t want to miss a thing

Don’t want to close my eyes
I don’t want to fall asleep
I don’t want to miss a thing

I Don\’t Want To Miss A Thing by Aerosmith

A Date

A Date

( a man’s story)

After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, “I love you but I that this woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you. The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my MOTHER, who has been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my works and my three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally.

That night, I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie. “What’s wrong, are you well?”, she asked. My mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night call or surprise invitation is a sign of bad news. “I thought it would be pleasant to have a date with you,” I responded. “Just the two of us.” She thought about it for a moment, and then said, “I would like that very much.”

That Friday after work as I drove over to pick her up, I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I noticed that she too, seemed to be nervous about our date. She waited at the door with her coat on. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary. She smiled from a face that was radiant as an angel’s. “I told my friends that I am going out with my son and they were impressed,” she said, as she got into the car. “They can’t wait to hear about our meeting.”

We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant, was very nice and cozy. My mother took my arm as if she were the First Lady. After we sat down, I had to read the menu. Large print, halfway through the entries, I lifted my eyes and saw my mom sitting there staring at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips. “It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were small,” she said. “Then it’s time that you relax and let me return the favor,” I responded.

During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation – nothing extraordinary, but catching up on recent events of each other’s lives. We talked so much that we missed the movie. As we arrived at her house later, she said, “I’ll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you.” I agreed.

“How was your dinner date? “ asked my wife when I got home. “Very nice, much more so that I could have imagined,” I answered. A few days later, my mother died of a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I wasn’t able to do anything for her.

Sometime later, I received an envelope with a copy of a restaurant receipt from the same place mother and I dined. An attached note said: “ I paid this bill in advance. I wasn’t sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two plates – one for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night meant for me. I love you, son.”

At that moment, I understood the importance of saying “I LOVE YOU” in time. And to give our loved ones the time they deserve. Nothing in life is more important than God and your family. Give them the time they deserve, because things cannot be put off till “some other time”.

my cake’s day

way you love me…

Way you Love Me (Faith Hill)

If I could grant
You one wish
I’d wish you could see the way you kiss
Ooh, I love watching you
Baby
When you’re driving me crazy

Ooh, I love the way you
Love the way you love me
There’s nowhere else I’d rather be
Ooh, to feel the way I feel with your arms around me
I only wish that you could see the way you love me
The way you love me

It’s not right
It’s not fair
What you’re missing over there
Someday I’ll find a way to show you
Just how lucky I am to know you

Ooh, I love the way you
Love the way you love me
There’s nowhere else I’d rather be
Ooh, to feel the way I feel with your arms around me
I only wish that you could see the way you love me
The way you love me

You’re the million reasons why
There’s love reflecting in my eyes

Ooh, I love the way you
Love the way you love me
There’s nowhere else I’d rather be
Ooh, to feel the way I feel with your arms around me
I only wish that you could see the way you love me
The way you love me
The way you love me

Ooh, the way you love me
The way you love me