Anonymous asked: HI! I'm an incoming sophomore (Adver) and I just want to ask about the things that we'll do. What are the things that we need to have etc.? Thank you! God Bless :D

Hello! For Advertising Arts sophomores, you don’t really need anything much. The usual sketch pads, illustration boards, watercolors, poster paints, color pencils and others will still be needed. But that depends on whoever your professors will be. You will have Figure Drawing classes (just like Techniques class but it focuses more on Anatomy). You will also have Design Workshop, your first-ever computer class! And Photography, of course :) Just have fun and listen to whatever your professors tell in class because that’s basically what you will need. Glad to be of help! You should have asked off anon so I can greet you at Beato! :D

Photos from a party my friends and I attended back in 2011. It love how it looks so alive and fun and “Fiamma-ish”. Haha! I want to take more party photos like these. So more party, I guess?

Photographed by Grace de Luna and Melvin Piscasio

My schedule for the upcoming school year’s first sem. I had the chance to choose my classes this semester (Perks of being an irregular, I must say. But this is just me looking at the brighter side of things~). I decided to go for a 5-day sched because… well, I really have my reason but it’s kind of embarrassing so I’d rather not share. Haha! I also chose classes in other blocks so I could meet other people. I can’t believe I’m saying this but I’m really looking forward to go to school again.

Photo (used as background) by Stefany Alves

Went overboard the emotional scale today. I was feeling incredibly fragile and vulnerable and I don’t even know why. I guess I really shouldn’t be but I’m just too sad so I can’t redeem myself. I was really mad at myself for being too weak and sensitive and wimpy and too emotional. Why couldn’t I just suck it all up and act like nothing’s happening? Why do I have to be all sensitive about it? What turned out to be not that much of a big deal becomes something else all thanks to me being stupid. I wish I was stronger in handling these kind of things.

So I went home today and the rain was pouring really hard. I had to walk under the rain all the way home because I didn’t have any umbrella with me. I was soaking wet. And you know what? I cried. I cried really hard just like how the rain poured. I have never felt more alone than ever.

I’m the kind of person who always wants mementos for every moment that I would consider special or life-changing or whatever. I guess that’s one of the reasons why I love taking photos. But there are times when I get really really lazy to bring my camera. Most of the time, I wish I have a smaller pocket-friendly one that I can always bring along, minus the bothering weight. During that moments, my phone comes into action.

I actually have all these photos stored in my phone but I never get to share it to anyone. It may not look like it but photos from my phone are actually like sentences from my diary. Each photo tells a story, and maybe even a deeper meaning behind it.

My blockmate, David, during our last fieldwork for NSTP at Montalban, Rizal. That day, we taught kids about their rights as children in a way that they will understand, through artworks and child-friendly examples.

A Strikeout burger from Zark’s Burgers at Taft. I ate there with some of my blockfriends last Valentines’ Day.

Home-made Mango Nutella crepe during a foodie bonding with One SHADE friends. Vaughn put this together for me.

Home-made strawberry cheesecake made by my brother, Vaughn. Too bad I didn’t get to taste it (I was too full with all the crepe and other sweets we had) but it looked so delicious.

Vanz walking along the sidewalks of UP Diliman. This was when we decided to take a mini-break from the shoot that we were doing that day.

My brother, Vaughn, during the One SHADE officers shoot. I will always be proud of my brother. He has so much heart for all things. I wish I had the same drive in life.

A batch of mini strawberry shortcakes from Sugar Stop Pastries that I gave to my dance students last February. They made me feel so young and happy again so I decided to give them a little treat. Plus, they even won second place so it’s a good reason to celebrate.

A self-portrait I drew back in the province. I’m trying to practice my drawing skills since I really should be. I think I really suck at drawing.

A piece of Rold Gold Pretzel. It was love at first sight… or taste, I should say!

This is how we ate lunch back in the province. We were too many and everyone’s kind of too lazy to wash the dishes after eating so we got some banana leaves from the backyard and laid it at the table. I don’t know about you but I think the food tastes better whenever we eat like this!

The henna tattoo I had when we went to CWC. It lasted for only two weeks.

This is what I eat most of the time now, oatmeal. I’m trying to lose weight these past few days because I think I need to.

My new pet cat. He’s a boy and he’s black and white. He’s still young and he likes playing a lot.

Happy Lemon during my movie date with my forever best girl friends, Mariel and Andy.

Watched “21 Jump Street” at TriNoma with Mariel and Andy. It was a cool movie and it was really funny. Plus, Johnny Depp’s cameo is really really epic.

Looking back at these photos, I was really happy on how they turned out and how they remind me so much of things that happened during those days that I took them. I think I will be doing this more often.

And thanks to the wonders of Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom, it looks more like it’s really trying to look like that app people use to take photos nowadays. (See what I did there? Haha.) Thanks to Elisa, because I really got inspired with her “pretentious instagram” posts.