10 Top Things that I want to do before I die....

1. Yoga School/Ashram in India
2. Live in Italy
3. Live in Asia
4. Save the Dolphins and Whales
5. Travel across the world for a year
6. Yoga photography in Angkor Wat, Cambodia
7. Meet Anthony Bourdain
8. Meet the Dali Lama
9. Get a Tattoo by a monk 
10. Surf the waves in the most incredible oceans in the world

On a Monday morning...

Pondering fashion.

I love these...

These looks are a breath of fresh air....

Ladies that I adore...

 

Shannyn Sossamon - I love her style. She is a mother, actress, dancer, drummer and beautiful eclectic mix of French, Hawaiian, Dutch, Irish, Filipino and German.

 

Rachel Zoe - I'd Die and Love her styling expertise! I enjoy her over sized accessories, bell bottom jeans, baggy or flowy shirts and beautiful dresses.

 

Grace Jones - She exudes the F from FIERCE!! Enough said...

 

Tina Chow - The fashion icon in the 70's and 80's who played with friends such as Malahno Blahnik, Andy Warhol, who were the staples of Studio 54 and amongst others alike. Tina Chow was born to a Japanese mother and German father. She married Mr. Chow, the owner of Chow restaurants. Tina Chow had sexual affairs with Richard Gere and a bisexual French fashion arbiter Kim d’Estainville. 

From d’Estainville, she contracted HIV, becoming one of the first heterosexual women to become infected with the disease that would eventually end her life.

 

Edie Sedgwick - In spite of her troubled life and experienced resurgence, I adore her angelic beauty and then innovative style.

Sade - Simply the best! 

Poetry: Once upon a thought...

Sometimes I feel that my world has come crashing down before me.  Loosing control of the situation and feeling the ultimate harsh conveyance of what was said. Words so descructive that can shatter a soul. Breaking my spirit into tiny little pieces that molds into a box without any windows. Feeling stuck in a hard place but cannot break free, only feeling each pieces of my faulty existence in the dusk.

Then I think to myself, only I can allow this. So, should I stay or should I go?

My birthday food extravaganza...

This week started off with a nice brownie tray at the office from a good friend, Leslie.

A home cooked lunch with my parents eating lumpia, pancit and crispy pata....a deep fried Filipino delicacy of a front/ hind leg of a pig including the knuckles. Each scrumptious bite is so sinful! 

Then Sushi dinner from my girlfriends, Amber, Shana, Sara and Monika.

Another Tuesday lunch from a new Pinay friend from work.

A homemade Italian Red Wine dinner from my musical chef, which I regret not taking any photos of the baked chicken with red sauce from scratch baked with Parmesan and Mozzarella cheese...YUM YUM in my TUM!!

A nice Raku dinner gift from the boss (noted on my Wednesday blog)

A nice Sammy's Wood fire Shrimp Salad, Duck Tacos and Wine dinner with a good friend, who will remain anonymous since she had a nice surprise in one of our bellies.  Or I should say, I knew but she found out the next day.... :-) 

Today is Natalie's wonderful treat to Ping Pang Pong's Dim Sum at the Gold Coast Casino.

It boggles my mind how this venue is the only one that has amazing fresh Dim Sum and clean environment--and of all places in a casino.

So, I take a bite of my favorite dim sum, fried crab ball, which is my ultimate weak spot for anything that's fried. I turn the bitten side around and noticed that my crab ball was shaped as a heart. I had to capture my bite at love.

Many thanks to all that made my birthday week so special with food, which is the way to my heart.

Yoga

My single leg wheel pose looks fierce and strong! But deep down inside me, I knew that going into the posture was not purely natural and that I needed more practice. What am I doing in this posture anyway? Should I be proud? By the look of it, yes. It's a posture that is vigorous, however re-visiting my passion and to practice continuously will only make myself proud. A daily practice with love and I will relentlessly do so until a union occurs between the mind, body and spirit.