E U N I C E N A

last week.. went to Manila to buy fabrics and other stuff i need for my store.

on my way back to immigration the jeep happened to pass by the post office ─ Manila post office.

throwback: when dad was working abroad... mom would carry us

and bring us to the post office to get my dad's letters or send him hers.

so when the jeep made his turn, i decided to stop by for a minute and take a look at it once again.

i remember the time when brother and I used to play in front of the P O S T O F F I C E.

we would sit on the steps of the stairs and do what kids do.

brother and I grew close together. i can even call us ─ best friends.

what i love about him is... he's a real guy.

real, in a sense, that you can talk to him about anything without faking himself about his opinion and whatnot..

he loves to draw people closer to God without scaring them.

without making you feel that you are not good enough.

looking at the post office and thinking of my brother made me remember

about a story of how an evangelist invited a young boy to attend a crusade but refused the invitation.

it was about a famous evangelist who was in town to hold an evangelistic crusade.

On the way to the stadium where the crusade was being held,

the evangelist wanted to stop at the post office and mail a letter.

But he got hopelessly lost and finally decided to ask someone for directions.

He noticed a little boy walking on the sidewalk, so he pulled over and said,

The little boy said, "Sure. Turn around and go back down the street to the first light,

"Thank you very much, young man," said the evangelist.

"By the way," he added, handling a boy an announcement for the crusade,

"Fat chance," said the little boy. "You can't even find the post office."

Fortunately for us, we don't have to find Jesus. Jesus finds us.

there will be just some other ppl who would help us on our way to deeply knowing Christ.

but still Jesus does everything for us to find him.

He's there since the beginning. He knows about what's to happen and how long we'll live.

He knows when we'll call him and when are we going to surrender and serve him.

In Luke fifteen, Jesus describes us as 'lost sheep'.

bet you know the story where as a shepherd with a flock of one hundred sheep,

he leaves the ninety nine in order to go out and find the one that has gone astray.

that's how Jesus loves his children. He could leave the others just to get one back.

He never wants us to fall in to sins and set apart from him.

and we don't have to find our way back to the fold. Jesus is pursuing us.

All we need to do is stop running and let him take us back.

we might fall so deep into things that blind us..

might be something that could set us apart from worshiping and giving him back the glory.

but let us always remember that God will never leave us and will never forget about us.

it may look like we're sooo doooomed and that life is a mess.

but turn that mess into a message.. God is there to lift us up.

happy friday night everyone.

leaving work in a bit.

deusvobiscum.

it was crazy hot last Saturday at Nayong Pilipino.

but still.. dowd and I chose to stay there after the shoot.

we were actually looking for a place we could use for the next shoot.

NP still looks the same. just the way it was before.

the only difference was.. ang daming tao.

sat down for a while. and saw this manong selling ice cream.

went up to him. bought two cups.

one for me. and of course, one for my dowd. eep!

while holding the cups.. walking to where my dowd was sitting..

I smiled and remembered this story I once read about a girl and her ice cream cone.

"A girl from the Midwest made a trip to Hollywood to see the sights

and hopefully to catch a glimpse of a real movie star.

One afternoon, she visited Beverly Hills and went into an ice cream shop to get an ice cream cone.

She put in her order and then suddenly realized that the person standing next to her at the counter was

none other than Paul Newman. [sumalangit nawa ang kanyang kaluluwa]

She couldn't believe it! Her heart leapt.

But she tried to keep her composure. She didn't want to act like an ignorant hillbilly.

She didn't want to embarrass herself in front of someone like Paul Newman.

So she tried not to stare or show any emotion.

She paid the cashier, turned and walked calmly out of the store.

When she got outside, she took a deep breath and suddenly realized

that she had walked out of the store without her ice cream cone.

Oh no! She must have left it on the counter.

Now she was going to have to go back in and

get her ice cream cone in front of Paul Newman!

She just couldn't do that!

So she decided to wait outside the store until Mr. Newman had left the counter.

When she noticed he was no longer there,

she walked back into the store to retrieve her ice cream cone.

But when she got to the counter, she felt a tap on her shoulder from behind.

She turned around and.... IT WAS PAUL NEWMAN!

Flashing his famous smile, he said,

'Miss, if you're looking for your ice cream cone... you put it in your purse.'"

ohsnap!

it happened to me before.

I had a huge crush on this guy and every time he'd stand near me

or talk to me.. I couldn't control myself and be soooo kilig!

and ended up like sobrang pahiya.

can't eat. can't talk in front of him. at sobrang pawis. [talk about pasmado]

No matter how hard we try, we all end up looking pretty foolish from time to time.

We can try to look "cool" or totally in control, but down deep we struggle with

fears, worries, lack of confidence, low self-esteem.

And sometimes we let those things drag us down and

keep us from experiencing all that God wants for us.

Scripture encourages us to let go of our pride and

to humble ourselves to become a servant

[which can be a pretty embarrassing thing for some people].

Peter was embarrassed when he saw Jesus acting like a servant and

wanting to wash his dirty feet.

But think of how Jesus felt.

He was God, yet he was kneeling down and doing the job of a slave.

It didn't matter to him if what people may think of him.

We may look pretty foolish sometimes as Christians,

but "we are fools for Christ!" [first corinthians four ten]

Thanks Vicky. I always love working with you.
and it was really nice to meet you, Joseph.


akissofloveunicena.

i sooo love this black sheer button down top, i got thrifted.

and this wedge from asianvogue.
so even under the heat..
still tried to keep a not-so-affected-look against the sun.



we were a having a shoot with drewmanji.. haha. talk about myx!
so while waiting for him.. grabbed the cam and took my clothes story. yay!
salamat team!

awkward face is awkward.
but still posting this photo. eep!

wearing the top I reconstructed ─ see the sleeves and the pocket?
lovin' the bowler hat my friend gave me, the onesixeight leggings and my asianvogue wedges.

saturday [604], dowd and I wandered around the walled city again.
we missed the old days.. ...
building stories against the walls of this city. meet my match!
drinking sodas. dewmanji!
munching peanuts. oh happy!

went to quioria after this another-brick-in-the-wall moment.
stopped by the near Jollibee.
and had my first photo with Mr. Bee. yay!

if there would be something that's hard for me to photograph.. it's the sky.



i don't know why but there's this kind of feeling that it always looks perfect.
every click you make, when you check your photo you would always have this smile on your face
because it looks so beautiful.
[which makes it hard for me to retouch the photo. yay!]

on another note: lemme share you who my sole mate is..



i think, he was my first brown boots I got thrifted.
I found him when I was still in college.
since then, he became my trusted friend.



he never leaves me and always tries to look his best.
i love him as well as the buttons on him.. which kinda look like pennies.