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Archive for December, 2009
Officially on state of Depression!
Author: macoste22 Dec
From this…
To this…
I still have few that I still have to put ribbons on… oh I hate recession!
Now tell me… who won’t be depressed with this piles of garbage in your room and knowing that you are officially bankrupt???
I need a second job ASAP! Anyone hiring for someone to wrap presents this Holidays???
Macappleboy
Victorian Style Gift Wrapping
Author: macoste21 Dec
Last year, I dedicated my Annual Gift Wrapping Festival to my recent trip to the USA. It was Fall Season that time and I got inspired with how the leaves changes its colors and fall from its branches. It was an amazing experience!
This year, I actually don’t have clear idea on what would influence my Christmas theme for gift wrapping. Nothing that significant happened this year except for my birthday trip to Hongkong.
Last July, Cee and I flew in to Hongkong to celebrate my birthday. We were supposed to visit tourist attractions that time since it’s Cee’s first time in HK but due to weather condition (SO HOT!), we decided to just stay in the mall and shop until rheumatism kicks in!
It was just a four-day event and we celebrated it in a theme… There was a day that we both wore blue, stripes and checkered. Checks or Plaids are so hip that time.. you can almost see everyone wearing checkered polos, trench coats, dress etc. It was like Burberry is the only place to shop that month.
When I was doing my early Christmas Shopping in October, I run into Wrap Shop and saw this fabulous checkered ribbon. It looks sophisticated, fab and the most important thing it’s on SALE!
Checks and plaids makes me think of Britain and Scotland. It’s so glamorous and sophisticated. This is why I decided to horde all their stocks of that pattern and match it up with maroon colored ribbon on a glittered mocha colored wrapper.
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is my version of a Classic Victorian Gift Wrapping Style.
Macappleboy
An Essensuals Christmas Gift
Author: macoste21 Dec
A fabulous Christmas Gift from Toni & Guy…
See you in January!
Macappleboy
so tired and stressed out
Author: macoste21 Dec
I know.. I know…
Haven’t post anything for 20 days already… I’ve been so very busy… busy at work… personal stuffs… attending parties and Holiday rush…
Let me just give you some run down on what happened these past few weeks..
I don’t have enough photos ‘coz my camera is not working fine anymore…
Got my first Starbucks (before December and I’m on my fourth already)
Our Department’s Christmas Party…
Company’s Party
Shopping for Christmas Gifts
Of course when doing Shopping… there’s dining
Helped in making our Department’s recycled lantern… actually I just wove the ribbon made of coconut leaves…
Hair Pampering
Gift Wrapping
Actually, I spent most of my days in the mall trying to find gifts for my friends and my family. Up until now, I’m not done with my Christmas shopping and gift wrapping. It’s so hard to work on a budget during Holiday Season.
Oh recession!
Macappleboy
Upper East
Author: macoste1 Dec
You’ve got to be kidding me!
This new restaurant in Makati is making a buzz right now in Twitter and please with this kind of introduction on their website, I’m sure a lot of eyebrows will be at least 5 inches high for quite a while.
This is UPPER EAST, the new restaurant that turns your concept of fine dining over on its ear.
A word to the wise: UPPER EAST is not for those sans chutzpah and those unwilling to pay for the price for a taste of New York style.
Run by the chefs and students of AHA Philippines, UPPER EAST’s interiors are done in modern chic, urban classic, design reminiscent of New York’s Upper East Side apartments. Wooden chandeliers complete the picture of a restaurant that may just be too chic for its clients.
From the regular menu of American classic and fusion, to weekly specials from different world cuisines, to fine wines from all over the world, you can expect only the very best offerings from AHA’s culinary expertise delivered to your table.
Just don’t expect to dine whenever you want to.
After all, UPPER EAST is not always open for business. We close our doors when we want to, and we certainly won’t wait around for guests who, frankly, need to get a move on. No lunch is served after 1 p.m. and no dinner after 9 p.m.
UPPER EAST is not for the weak of heart. Expect to be serenaded, as you sip your wine and savor every bite of your meal, by the screaming and ranting of our compulsive Executive Chef for whom incompetence is a crime, set against a sonic backdrop of AHA students sobbing and scrambling to do his bidding.
UPPER EAST is not for scrooges and stiffs. We tolerate sharing, although it’s not exactly de rigeur, is it? As for splitting? The fine is set at P250, not including our wait staff looking down their noses at you.
This is the UPPER EAST experience. And this is the price you pay… if you can get in.
I think the person behind this uproarious article achieved his goal… to catch some attention. And with that, I can see myself having a power lunch one of these days at this cozy hysterical place.
Macappleboy
