Olay Regenerist Works!

When I was sent the beautifully packaged Olay Regenerist line from the folks at P&G by Campaigns PR (thanks Diet!) I couldn't persuade my mom to send it over to me here in the US. First, the line came with a pretty Aranaz bag and my mom has been buying Aranaz bags for the longest time. Whenever my dad had official visits to heads of state when he was in the military service, my mom would send him off with pretty beaded Aranaz bags to give to the wives! So yes, the wives of the Sultan of Brunei and the wife of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia have Aranaz bags in their closet!

Second, we've grown up with Olay. My Lola Imas used it exclusively, and while my mom would end up experimenting with various brands, Olay has been a constant on her beauty bureau. I happily gave the package to my mom for her to enjoy.

So when we got another package full of P&G goodies (Pantene, Head & Shoulders and Olay products), I told my mom to send it over to me, since my sister Trina will be coming over this February.



Guess what she tells me. She says, I should just buy here since I can get the same products here anyway. Then she goes on to share, that all her friends have complimented her on her skin and she generously parted with her secret -- it's all because she started using Olay Regenerist. So no, she will be keeping everything in the package for herself, jeez!

Well, when my mom won't give up something, not even for me - her first born, then it's proof that she's got something good! Hahaha! Thanks P&G and Campaigns PR!

The UNAROSA Clutch Collection

The first month of the year is almost over, but for sure, there still are places to go, and people to see for the rest of the year! Birthdays, parties, and celebrations call for dressing up and what better way to glam up an outfit than with a pretty clutch from Unarosa's Clutch Collection...


Slip On Clutch croc-P1,590
Slip On Clutch snake-P1,760
Slip On Clutch patent-P1,590


Wrist Clutch-P795


Bejeweled Clutch weave-P1,760
Bejeweled Clutch patent-P1,760


Classic Croc-P965

Available in UNAROSA Shangri-La Plaza, SM Megamall, The Block and Shoppesville Greenhills

Stephen Sprouse: Rock on Mars On The Radar!

If you haven't put your name down on the waiting list yet at Louis Vuitton for the second edition of the Graffiti collection, I suggest you start making your move to Sprouse up your bag closet!

If not, then just visit the Sprouse retrospective at Deitch Projects's Wooster Street Gallery should you be in New York from this month until the end of February 2009. Otherwise, just get yourself the Stephen Sprouse book, for $65 you've got something interesting to place on your coffee table!

Read all about my Sprouseian adventure here!



My editor Cecile says this story made it to the front page of the paper. Woot woo! Now I can say I've made it to the front page of a major daily! Heehee!

Thanks Grace for scanning this article! =)

It's A Bird! It's A Plane! It's Both!

Dear Hubby and I live right by the Hudson. As in literally a stone's throw from the water. We wake up each morning to the sight of it, a calm and steady river occasionally punctuated by scenes of tugboats passing by, the NY Ferry ferrying commuters across, and jet skiers chasing after each other during the summer. When we walk by the river, we'd just normally see ducks, geese and sea gulls sunning themselves on the abandoned docks when there are no boats to watch.

It's always been uneventful really. Except for that one time when the Hudson receded and the water was so shallow that we could see the river bed for a good half a mile from the boardwalk. I told Dear Hubby, "What if there's a tsunami coming?" And I got really freaked out, not realizing tsunamis don't really happen in rivers haha.

Other than that, a major happening would really just be cruise ships coming to dock on the West Side Highway. I always hoped I would get to see something exciting happen on the Hudson. Well guess what! Apparently, a bird strike caused a US Airways plane to make an emergency landing on the Hudson at around 3 this afternoon. Just a few hundred feet away from our apartment!

Oh my! It's a good thing all passengers were able to leave the plane safely! The pilot and his crew really did an amazing job, it's nothing short of a miracle!



Up until this evening, ambulance trucks, police cars and news vans were at the ferry terminal still monitoring the scene. The residents in our area must have had quite a thrill seeing all these happening in our normally boring neighborhood!

Now I will never look at those birds by the river the same way again!

(Photos from Tama/Getty and Eric Thayer/Reuters)

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