march bursting at the seams - 1st week

harrowing boracay. centerfold shoot. boracay might as well have been bora-bora. first came to boracay in january 1999. i had written then that the island was an international food court. march 2009, the shoreline has shrunk and still shrinking, the white sands have turned gray, worse than an international food court, the island has yellow cab and shakey's. the water wasn't even that inviting. jonah's fruitshakes and vegetable curry rock! discovery shores' menu marvelous! every single dish!

thanks to my boss, lunch was free and heavenly!

the centerfold talents were cool kids! what was potentially a disaster, ended up divine!

the best thing about the weekend of 07-08mar09 is that i made two new friends. millet and bahaghari saved the day for me. i am lucky that way.

fine IX - no. 3 ben sherman and the centerfold

three days of ocular on foot. a dozen sched changes. a week of fittings. and a rockin' red corner boxing day of a shoot! kristine reyes and company-ben sherman, stylist millet and lourd ramos, al de leon and tin-the makeup forum and photog-fantastic mark nicdao and the 11 individuals of this year's top agency and contenders.
merlee jayme was a knockout in red. bebot ngo's makeup TKO.
my idol from ASAP's 2007 conference, jimmy santiago wowed me with his ingenious presentation of jingle-production to a video-oriented audience. jimmy was a revelation: hip and dapper! way to go!!