BERLIN P.1

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Almost a month since we left Berlin and I'm missing it already more than I have anticipated. The cold  breeze, beautiful architecture and calmness (in comparison to the Philippines) are just some of the things I 'm longing for now. Berlin compared to Amsterdam was colder by the time we visited. It was harder to walk around without wearing multiple layers of cloth, unlike in the City of Bicycles wherein having a jacket over a knitted top was enough already to survive.

These photos were taken a day after we got back from Amsterdam. But unlike the usual cold weather we had in Berlin, this day in particular was a little bearable - making it possible to be just in a dress and a winter jacket of course. 

What I was wearing:

Dress: Atmosphere | Boots: Forever21 | Watch: Daniel Wellington

Hair by Buddy Congson 

Hohenzollendamm at 3pm

Felt like Autumn

Table set-up

Spot the 2 monkeys!!

Ku'Damm at night

Friends and dark-lit rooms

Cheers to an amazing year!

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Later that day, we went over the place of Patrick's friend to have a taste of typical German Christmas dinner - duck, potatoes and braised red cabbage. It was something new to me given the fact that when my friends and I gather, we usually meet, eat and have drinks outside. Like I can't recall the time when a friend made (not order) a full course meal and invited everyone over! Patrick explained that it's more common for them to gather in a friend's place for dinner and head out after, which is quite the opposite for us.  Anyway, food was really great! Wish I took a photo but I was a tad bit shy to take my camera out while everyone else was busy devouring their meals. 

After, we headed out to Monkey Bar which was in the area of Kurfürstendamm (Ku'Damm as how they call it) which is the most popular shopping district of Berlin. It was a cool spot to chill with friends. The bar was at the topmost floor of 25hrs Hotel  and was enclosed by floor-to-ceiling glass windows. Imagine the view, it was superb! Music was great too. It wasn't too loud which made socializing with friends (without shouting) possible. 

It was a great night! Great food and conversations with friends, and awesome drinks with a view of Berlin-couldn't ask for more! 

xx,

Cheys ♥

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CITY OF BICYCLES

Sunday, January 10, 2016

just like in the postcards ♥

alleys that lead you to beautiful discoveries

I couldn't help but take a photo. Made me miss my dog, Summer, so much.

beautiful Gothic architecture

Heineken's Amsterdam's pride. Of course, this had to be photographed. 

and I thought I would just see it in the movies

What I was wearing:

Top: H&M | Leg Warmer: Forever21 | Sneakers: Stan Smith

Warm days in the Philippines got me thinking about my recent trip to Amsterdam and Berlin. Jet lag is taking its toll on me and I've been doing nothing the last days but sleep and relive the Holidays - in my imagination and dreams. To use my time on doing something different and productive today, I decided to go down, have coffee [decaf this time] and open my laptop. Finally. It took so much courage to leave that monster bed - it does nothing but eat you.

These are just some snaps I took of Amsterdam. There's just too much that I think dedicating 2 or 3 separate posts just for that 4-day getaway is necessary. This time, I narrowed it down to bicycles after coming to a realisation that I excessively photographed it. Like my camera was really filled with it. Besides, Amsterdam is a city of bicycles. I should be excused, shouldn't it? lol

Seeing these photos makes me fall in love with Amsterdam once more. Not that I haven't the moment I stepped foot on this place, but it just has this certain charisma that takes you away. Patrick and I spent hours and hours walking, getting lost in alleys and then ending up discovering new spots. Like finding egg treasures on an Easter Sunday - the more we explored, the more we were taken away.  

It's beautiful and charming, isn't it? 

xx,

Cheys ♥

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THE TROPICS

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Onesie: Eigth Mermaid

Bikini: black bough  || Gold bangle: thegypsysoul 

Top: love_deux 

Photos by: Ashley Yee

Currently spending my morning in Berlin sipping a cup of coffee and devouring some German pastries while thinking about the sea and sun back home. Winter is something new to me and the cold is something I am struggling to get adjusted to. Just can't help but miss the tropics so badly especially after seeing these photos just hanging in my laptop. And then I thought it would be nice to share it to you all before I start my Berlin posts. Yes, I am slowly getting back to blogging. School's officially done and so I don't have anything to eat my time anymore :)

I finally graduated last month and before flying to Germany I spent my last days at the beach with family and friends anticipating that for the next 3 weeks all I will be having is the cold breeze and gloomy skies. 

I was in Bacolod on the first week of December to visit Patrick for our Anniversary and my friends, Tia and Ashley, said they would take me to the beach. These photos were taken at Carbin Reef and Sumac Island in Sagay, Negros Occidental - a 2-hour drive from Bacolod. It wasn't supposed to be a photoshoot but it turned out to be one. The photos are beautiful (thanks Ashley) and I do hope you like them too!

Till then guys! Can't wait to show you Berlin :)

xx,

Cheys

MISSING

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Hello everyone! Here I am updating my blog with photos I took of Rome to summarise our 6-day vacation. It has been a long while since my last post and there's just too much to say but I want to leave the photos and captions to tell the story on my behalf. I won't go into details but if there's one thing I could say about this Roman escape, it was and will always be one of the memories that I will forever keep dearly. It is a beautiful city. Romantic and beyond enchanting.

♡

Via Condotti, Rome's famous shopping street.

The Rome-mantic streets of Rome.

Piazza Navona

Dinner by the Pantheon.

St. Peter's Basilica

Corinthian Order upclose

Beautiful gildings and dome paintings inside St. Peter's Basilica.

The Vatican from afar.

The Roman Forum

Dome cathedrals.

The Colosseo in B&W.

Piazza Venezia

Since I am here already with with hands on keyboard and heart on high with encouragement to update you guys, let me take this chance to share a tad bit of what life has been the last months. To start with, it honestly was [still is] stressful. I hardly have time for things other than school. It's difficult to explain but let me try. I go to an Interior Design school and I am on my last year in advanced class. Unlike other Universities who have two semesters in a year, we have four. Which means exams every 2/3 weeks and no breaks at all except Christmas. I wasn't on full load the last 2 years until July 2014 and the day I arrived from Europe, life has been nothing but about school. If you were wondering what our normal week looks like, think of five 3-hour classes, at least 1 defense and 3-5 design plates. My weekends are spent doing homework and there are times when I have only 4 [sometimes none] hours of sleep. Tiring. Exhausting. Draining. Just everything connected to stressful but it's my dream course/job and sometimes in life we have to set goals and choose priorities. BUT I am on my 3rd term and by July 2015 I am [hopefully] done with academics. Yay! :)

I do miss a lot about blogging to be honest. And thing I long for the most is sharing photographs with you guys. Random snapshots of anything I found interesting. Of course I miss the "OOTD's" but it's a different kind of contentment I gain from posting pictures and not having to explain why. Photographs sometimes just have to speak for themselves, don't they? Nowadays, I only post on Instagram 'cos it's the quickest and most convenient way to update about certain happenings in my life. 

Today, I am in a coffee shop currently away from the Metro recharging my batteries and the other day while I was thousands of feet in the air, I ran across some old photos from my blog. And since I have no school for 4 days, I thought it would be great to allot time editing and uploading these photos to leave you something to look on and read on. :)

There's not a day I don't think about my blog--the endless updates, tweets and uploads! But lets just say I'm on a very long hiatus now. A break which was difficult to take but is necessary. Soon, when time is right, I shall be back. I missed you guys, I just wanted to let you all know ♡

Have a great night ahead! 

xx,

TWR

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