Hijab Tutorial no.1

also edited the pics in a square format 

so you can share on your instagram and other accounts! :-)

My brother's engagement

 my handsome brother

 dad and kuya

 kuya and his future mother-in-law

 ....and she's engaged!

 Tish & I

 with the moms

 Tish & I

Tish and her friends

Alhamdulillah, my brother's finally engaged to his ever so beautiful fiancee (mA), Tisha--my long-time friend, soulmate, my "twin", my future sis-in-law!  :-)

Midnight cravings

well, here's what i had.

I've had my little brother sleep with me at jam's house a couple of times already, and tonight's another night. Jam would usually go down to the kitchen in the middle of the night when he's hungry. I decided to join him tonight, and of course i had to bring this little kid along. I had a piece of bread and a chocolate spread, while my 1yr old brother HAD RICE for midnight snack. His own choice, by the way. haha

P,L,L ♥

Adieu,

xx Mara

Home is where the heart is.

Finally back home. It was a beautiful sunday spent with family. My evening, too, has set the mood just right. My time to just lock myself in this small room and finally lay in a big bed and take a rest from my 2-week vacay. I brought my uke home, too. :-) if you know me, you'll know that just by these things, i find my own satisfaction… tonight's amazing. away from everything else, just me and my own little world. just how i pictured it out to be.

Peace, Light, & Love

Goodnight,

xxMara

Airport Drama.

I dunno why but i've always associated airports with drama. People parting ways, people getting excited for reunions, people getting pissed at airport staff because of some inconvenience they encounter, or maybe they're just simply grumpy for lack of sleep, passengers who are in a rush because they're about to miss their flight or have already missed them, etc. Right? Everything here has drama, including my photos which i purposely set in black and white. ;-P (thanks to my DSLR connector, i can easily transfer my photos to my iPhone or laptop  while waiting for my 10:15 flight)

Im going home. 

Peace, Light & Love.

Adieu,

xx Mara

the wicked witch

Peace, Love & Light,

xx Mara

WIIICKED!

"Wicked" the musical casts its spell in Manila!

First time I watched this was two years ago in Singapore with my 2 best friends, Regine & Kristel. We never really had plans of going to Singapore, but when i knew Wicked was there, i really asked them to come with me since we have been longing to go somewhere out-of-town, so we took the chance. I was stoked last year when i found out Manila's running Wicked for a few weeks. I wasn't so sure about watching Manila's show, not because I was able to watch it already -- watching broadway shows even if  i have to repeat a show a million times is one of my greatest dreams in life -- i had second doubts, because I knew by that time i was gonna be back in my hometown. So i didn't really stress it out. 

Last week of January, I had to be summoned in Manila by some people for WHD work. My dad's sister and his aunt had tickets to Manila by the 7th of February, to watch Wicked. Unfortunately for my aunt, she had to attend an important class, so she had to give away her ticket. Haaah ^_^ So yeah, i extended my stay in Manila, and if it weren't for my aunt, i wouldn't be able to watch Wicked again. :-) She was also the reason why i was able to watch another broadway musical called "Phantom Of The Opera" I owe her my broadway experiences! I loooove the theatre SO MUCH, i can sing and act, so it frustrates me how i never really pursued my broadway dreams. hahaha ;p 

i JUST had to be in "Green & Black" to match colours with the Wicked Witch!  

My 2 wicked tickets! I had kept my Singapore ticket in my wallet, safe and secured for a very long time. I intend to keep 'em for a lifetime, in shaa Allah. :-)

Im the type of person who would never spend too much on material things such as expensive designer bags, shoes, dresses if I had extra money. I mean, they're amazing creations by brilliant people, but I dunno personally, id be disgusted with myself if bought one for me hihi. I mean it's okay for me to buy one IF i had extra money for my loved ones, like my mom (whom i know will definitely refuse to receive one from me because she knows it's wasted money instead of buying other things in a similar amount. haha) I think i got it from my family who would never spend too much for such flashy things because i guess we know it'll be worthless in the end, we can't take them to our graves. ;-p haha one thing my husband is very lucky of. ;-)  Lol! Anyway, I'm just saying.. if opportunities like this ever came, I should never hesitate to go for it. FOR ME, travelling, exploring good restaurants and awesome food, watching and experiencing shows like this, these are the things in life that are worthy of your money, because they're precious MEMORIES. something you can keep even until you grow old. 

Peace, Light & Love,

Adieu!

Mara xx

Project Pie

Project Pie @ Blue Bay Walk 

i love artsy interiors :p

1 for each of us :p

it was originally Jam's plan to try Project Pie (i guess he's found out about it through its super hypes shared via instagram posts) but it was impromptu, and we couldn't find it at first and he decided to not put that much effort into it. Since i haven't met up with my best friends Reg & Kristel during my stay here, i thought of asking them out for lunch and coincidentally, ended up eating here. ;-) haha

Peace, Light & Love,

Adieu!

Mara xx