Vegas?

This frame made me think of Los Angeles or Vegas because of the palm trees and the interesting shape of the building.

Taken 2011

I feel better about our cake

Even though I was disappointed with our wedding cake, I kinda feel better after these:




Are you loving the expression on the bride's face? She's the one in green. :D

For more cake disasters, check out this hilarious site: Cake Wrecks

Photos of the day

I said I would post beautiful photos and they should come from my own collection. Just this once though, let me share pictures taken by a professional photographer... through his iPhone.

New venture

I got my reason for not quitting Facebook. This is my new baby:


I'm still amazed that we have more than 80 Likes, starting from 1... me. It touches me how the people who I haven't spoken to in the longest time are the most willing to share our page to their friends. Turns out, those dormant "Friends" are gems. :)

When I started selling clothes last year, I didn't even realize the connection to my experience as a shop girl in Zambelli. Now, the deeper I get into this hobby, the more the resemblance manifests: steaming, dressing the mannequin, "merchandising", inventory and of course, customer service. I think I'm a natural! :D

Cutting off Facebook

D'you know, I almost deactivated my Facebook account recently. I had the urge for almost a week but I didn't have access to the web every time.

I just thought... some people can live without Facebook, and they're okay. They function in society normally and have fulfilling, intimate relationships... A year ago I would have thought they're antisocial or losers. But what if they're even more normal than those of us with 1,400 friends (really??), who check Facebook even before getting to our mails?

I get the boon of social network websites, sure. It keeps us updated on our family and friends' lives right? With Facebook, years of not seeing or communicating with each other will never result in enstrangement. But...

... there was a philosopher who theorized on this which I read on a C.S. Lewis book... the larger group of people we associate with, the more impure we become. I don't know if I agree, but it makes sense. Facebook is set up for the norm... people have to "like" what you think, what you say and what you do. Otherwise, it's just bombing. We like approval. It's human nature. We like to be accepted. In the company of many people, the getting influenced, copying and changing just to get accepted will happen vis-a-vis judgment, discrimination, gossip and envy. I don't know a single person sturdy enough to remain the way s/he was before Facebook, unless s/he doesn't know how to use it.

It's a very vast topic for debate. I've had experiences with Facebook that affected my personal relationships permanently, so I know the damage it can do and it's only the tip of the iceberg. It's because everyone wants to be on Facebook and everyone wants to be seen and heard and watched. Everyone feels entitled to something that may not even be appropriate anymore.

I still consider completely removing Facebook from my life, unless somebody gives me a very good reason not to.