Vacation Haul | 2016

The reason behind me not blogging for a while is because my family and I took a month long vacation in the Philippines. But no worries, I am back in the States, finished editing some of the photos I took and will try to publish at least once or twice a week. And I’ll probably start working on the posts sometime next week or whenever I am free, since I start working again next week. So let me start this vacation posts with this vacation haul.

These are just things that I bought and others are from my lovely friends.

Since we don’t have stable internet connection from where we are staying I decided to purchase a book instead. To be honest, I haven’t read it that much since we always go out and I always sleep instead. But one of my goal this year was to finish one book, hopefully this will be the first!

Lost Hearts by Kota Yamada

Lost Hearts by Kota Yamada

Kota Yamada is an author from Cebu, Philippines; and I first saw his account on Instagram last year. And I really loved the poetry he write and when I knew he published a book, I was eager to get it but never really got a time to do in the states nor don’t know how I could process anything on the transaction. So during our vacation I grabbed the opportunity to get the book. And Kota Yamada was so nice to answer all my query and help me to a fast phased transaction. I absolutely love every piece in this book and loved that I got a personalized note from him too!

And last January 04, me and my college friends had their annual Christmas Party which I was so lucky to be a part of it.

Zigg Brush Pens + Artline Calligraphy Pen

Always be Creating by Abbey Sy

We were all asked to give what’s on our wishlists and since I don’t know what I really want, I just added two of Abbey Sy’s Hand Lettering books and one of Michael Faudet’s. So then, I received a message the day before the party informing me that the books were all sold out, so I just added another item on my wishlist, which is a journal and a decent pen – just because I really love to doodle and write scraps. But then I was so surprised that I got this Daily Journal since I was really eyeing it the day I saw it in the bookstore, but don’t want to purchase it just because I am saving up. But hey, I am really happy that I got this book. So thank you thank you! 😀

This was from the family of my sister’s boyfriend. Pampanga is where Christmas Lanterns are made, well most of them. We even got to see the Giant Lantern Festival, I might actually write something about celebrating holidays back home when I have a chance. So anyways, they got us this lantern where we could hang it in our cars! It’s so lovely, we even tried it in my sister’s car and honestly one of my favorites!

Since I’ve mentioned favorites, this one is my favorite. Like I literally smiled and almost cried when I saw this on the bag. It’s like a visual representation of myself and what I love to do: photography and being on the computer – plus it has glasses, so I still think that this is me in a cartoon form or whatever you call it. I love it, and was so touched by the letter she gave me. Oh, this was from my college friend, she even added the photos we had which is another reason why I almost cried.

And oh, I did actually purchased a backpack from Vans before Christmas, as one of my wishlists! It’s much cheaper since I got it for only 600 PhP because it was on its yellow tag sale, which is not bad after all. I got the bag tested and used it as my carry on bag on our way back here in the US. Oh wait, I did purchase a flats and a Philippine made sandals which I absolutely love, it’s so comfortable to use and can’t wait to use it here though.

And yeah, that’s most of it from my vacation haul, I was planning to do a vlog about it instead of typing it, but I’m too shy to talk in front of the camera and will look super awkward while doing it.

By the way, how are you all? I’ll be back with few more posts and I’m already back to my regular tweeting habit ~