charmed life♥

Let me be the first to greet you: "Kung Hei Fat Choi or Kio Hee Huat Tsi!"  I grew up having tikoy every  Chinese new year... especially my Lolo has Chinese friends in Divisoria where he used to buy stuffs for his store back then.  I remember that before the Chinese New year he would go to Tabora in Divisoria and when he gets home he has tikoy, hopia and peking duck pasalubong for me... It has been a tradition that we eat tikoy and pancit together to celebrate the Chinese New Year.  We don't have Chinese blood... but being a chinita like my grandparents i was often mistaken as a Chinese especially in my college days... I have more Chinese friends than pinoy friends in College... and they taught me a couple of Chinese words... I can count from 1 to 10... Tosha is thank you... Ni hao ma is hello... Sui - Beautiful, Pai kwa - Pangit...Aya for Kuya, Achie for ate, Shobe and Shoti for younger sister and brother.   Every one of us embraced some of the Chin...

Gingersnaps ♥ Leyte t-shirts will soon be available at Gingersnaps stores...  Charity photo shoot was done after the final rehearsal last Saturday, January 25th.   Wacky shot: Winners of Gingersnaps model search (L to R) Nicholas, Lulu, Jacob, Lance, David, Jolijin, Ystelle, Iya & Ananda the girls The boys The kids enjoyed every moment of the photo shoot...   Lance with the famous Director Robby Carmona Kids with PR man Mr. Frank Briones

Really meaning to watch this concert... but my December was a super toxic month...  Wasn't able to squeeze the concert of Ms. Lea Salonga which was held last Dec. 6 and 7 on my schedule.  Good thing that they did a repeat!   I also have a playlist of all Lea Salonga's songs... we're on the same generation: both 70's babies...   I remember watching her and Gerard during I Love Lea show... I even sang her song "I am but a small voice" in my school's singing contest when I was in grade 3.  Back then... i think most of the girls my age really look up to her and dreams having the same voice as hers... Come me in!   When she was cast in Miss Saigon... I bought the CD of the play.. and was lucky enough to watch her perform Kim when they brought the play here in Manila. Aside from that I love her songs: Bakit labis kitang mahal, Reflection, Journey and others...  The Playlist concert was a blast!  I really enjoyed it!...

I'm 42! I can't imagine... But I am proud of it!  I don't lie about my age... and honestly I don't feel "old"... (and others say I don't look my age...they thought I'm still on my late 20's... hahaha-*wink) Though there are times, I feel that my body starts to age... But I try to move more and stay healthy... "Health is Wealth." The good thing about getting older: hmmm... I think I am more wiser and matured in handling things and situations...  At 42:  21 years in service in Sta.Lucia Realty (started working January 11, 1993 I was 21 then, even celebrated my 22nd birthday at work);  I have a 2 year old online store Fabulousity by Chiq♥ Have already experienced doing an AVP for one of our projects here in Sta.Lucia; Became a lead vocalist of band and performed for our company's events and my brother's wedding; Lots of nephews and nieces... family and friends what truly cares and loves me... What more can I a...

Grabbed from Mark Nicdao's Instagram The long wait is over!  I'm so happy to share that our Lance was one of the 10 new face of Gingersnaps!  Out of 4,000+ entries Lance or Jean Clarence was 1 of the 50 called back last Saturday January 11.  It was a great experience for Lance. (He's a shy boy, so we really wanted to boost his confidence)  He enjoyed the VTR and photo shoot a lot.  He even told his mommy that he will tell his teachers and classmates to view his photo on facebook.   Casting call: Jean Clarence F. Santos (Lance) Date/time: January 11, 2014 (8:00am) Place: DPIXL studio, Makati City Judges: Frank Briones, Pam Quinones, Mark Nicdao, Robby Carmona, Gingersnaps After seeing the list of judges: my initial reaction was... WOW!  They are all well-known personalities!   The kids were properly taken cared of during the shoot.  When we arrived at the venue, Lance was given a coloring book and color....

Love, Love, Love!!! Statement jewelry are still very much in trend this year... Like the Lanvin statement necklaces: Happy, Cool, Sexy and LOVE!  To open up the year my store offers this gorgeous stack bracelet: LOVE stack bracelet (part of my Pre-Spring/Summer 2014).  It's a 4 piece bracelet: Love chain, Mini pearls, Bow chain, Black with crystals and pink gems. This stack bracelet is only available for Pre-order at Fabulousity by Chiq♥ .  So what are you waiting for? Order now!!!  Always remember my shops mantra:  Be FAB... Make a STATEMENT... Wear Fabulousity by Chiq♥

When I checked my Facebook this afternoon, I saw a link shared by one of my friends regarding a girl who lost her bag including her phone in Makati and the following day: the alleged thief took selfies on her phone which is automatically linked to her dropbox account.  Same scenario with the volunteer at Vilamor airbase who lost her phone and the taker took selfies of himself.  Well I guess I should download this application to my Iphone and Ipad: "wala naman mawawala"...  So what is a  DROPBOX?  Dropbox is a free online storage for photos, documents and videos... you easily share them also using the same application. If you already have a Dropbox account you need not sign up for another.  All you have to do is to download the apps on the Itunes apps store and sign in.  Your photos will automatically uploaded to your Dropbox once you have an internet connection.  At the same time you can also access your Dropbox on your desktop.  N...