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Chief and I decided to go to the mall last friday to do some grocery. I was excited to go since I have been inside the house in the last 3 weeks. I was really excited and I even dressed well ---for grocery--- because I wanted to feel good and beautiful, this is apart from not being able to dress up for some time since I was always home. We decided to walk a little bit before shopping since its been some time since we really went there for leisure and just to look around . We walked very slow because I get tired easily. Went to American Eagle Outfitters. They were on sale so I bought under wears. I loved their under wears since I discovered it early this year. very comfortable, sexy and fits me well. Of course because of the sale--It was about 70% OFF!! I hoarded. After that, we started walking again and that's when I started to feel really weak, white spots on my vision and out of breath. I did not tell Chief because I didn't want to scare him and I was also worrie

A Villa situated at the very famous Palm Jumeirah - Dubai, U.A.E. I did the design interiors of this villa back 2011. This is one of the projects I am very proud of. There were many limitations for this project. No wall can be altered and I had to work on the current situation o the house, some fixtures were already bought and had to be used, some furnitures to be used etc.etc..   Client is a British Family. This is one of those projects I did for LSD with pointers and guidance from my two seniors.  Let's walk around the house per level. We'll start with the GF: This is the Entrance Hall. The wall behind the painting was originally not there. It was proposed to separate the Dining Room from this big hall. It is a backlit alabaster and the opening on the top is a glass wall from the Gym with the view of this hall. Im sure you can recognize the designer pieces I used from Minotti and B&B Italia. Another view of the entrance hall and from the door on the left

This is one of the offices I designed before the end of 2011. I did the this project from layout to design to visuals with few pointers from one of my seniors. Here's the layout: The Entrance with the view of the reception area as you enter the office. The Company logo can be seen through the glass door entrance. The Reception. A bench seat for the guests on one side and the reception counter on the other. Corridor / Gallery. Those little screens on the wall are iPads that will showcase what the company does. At the end of this hall is a tree branch sitting on white pebbles.  The back office for staff. Simple office design based on client's requirements. I did have a view of the meeting room and I will update this post later to complete the views. The client loved the design. Made me happy. But then the project did not push through at the moment because there was a revision of the company budget that time. They will get back to

Okay, medyo wala ako sa mood mag-English. Mas ma-eexpres ko ang aking damdamin kung magtatagalog ako kaya eto na mga sister..gow! Eto na nga.. excited ang lola.. bakit kamo?? Eh kasi magkikita kami ng mga sisters (not biological) sa saturday..dyan oh.. sa mall malapit sa bahay. Sa mga hindi nakaka-alam ang weekend namin dito and all other MIddle East country eh Friday-Satuday kasi Muslim Country. Yung iba may pasok na pag satuday and isa kami sa mga mapapalad na may two days off. Maikling intro kwento: Si Jasmine at si Che ang imimeet ko sa saturday. Sila ay dalawa sa apat na considered na kapatid ko nang maputna ako dito sa Dubai. We shared a studio flat (217), lima kaming nag-gagandahang dilag that time. Ako, Si Au (ang aming madam at sa kanya nakapangalan ang flat kaya sa kanya kami nagbabayad sya ngayon ay nasa napakalamig at sosyal na.... Finland!!!!! charot! kung maka introduce parang beauty pageant lang! ), Si Kirs (na nasa Pinas na with her adorable daughter

This is our latest project that I recently worked on with LSD. A 5-Bedroom Villa located at Emirates Hills, Dubai. I worked on the visuals for this project using Sketchup 8 and Vray. I had a little design input but the layout and overall was my senior's. Modeling + Design + Rendering done in 1.5 Days. Can be improved with more time. As an update, the client loved it and hopefully they sign the contract. If that happens, we will work on the improvements and more detailed design. Me looking forward to that ( clapping my hands with quietly due to excitement :P). May I present you the visuals we showed our clients: This is the daytime view showing the ground floor interior. It is the initial render and since we really want to do a good presentation we did a night view with all the effects of lighting. There are some differences between the two images since we have improved and added things on the night view. Due to the lack of time ( we finished 6:oo am the fol

I joined a new design house back August 2010. It's called Light Space Design.. It is a boutique design studio led by two amazing (in my opinion) designers. I have learned so much from these two guys and still continue learning. I am their Senior Designer and Office Manager, A tough position combing the two. In the last (almost) 3 years that I've been with this company they have given opportunities to design projects with their guidance,  I will be featuring each of my favorites as we go along. Let's start with Mahajan Villa. A 3-Bedroom Villa in an exclusive community in Dubai owned by an Indian family. This was the very first project that the guys just let me do whatever I want and wear my hair down. I was nervous. It turned out well and the client loved the design.. WHEW! Though now looking at these images, I know a lot of improvements can be done. I did this project in a short span of time.. designing and visuals all together. I was given a layout done by one of

I AM SO EXCITED! So much has happened in my life and I can't wait to share about it.  Let's start with each of my interests that we will be talking about starting today.....shall we??? First, I traveled in the last two years. Last December 'til January I was in Italy, It was my very first Europe Trip. I've been everywhere in the US from East Coast, and to West Coast. Been to Canada too ..Toronto and Quebec, some Asian Countries like South Korea, a connecting flight stop over at Hong Kong and Singapore, but this is the first time I've been to Europe. I will post a separate blog about this since there's so much to talka bout.  Oh, and I went to Thailand also two years ago..I'll post something about that too. It was a fun trip. Second, I've transferred to a new company, still in Dubai, but smaller. A Design Boutique. I love working for this company. Learned so much from my two talented seniors. My Architecture has developed and improved so