Eye was a model for a day

I was enjoying a spontaneous Monday of coffee, book sales and girl talk when I got a call from my high school friend Marc Maligalig.

Marc: Kea, may contacts kang blue diba?
Me: Oo, Bakit?
Marc: Good! Kailangan ko!
Me: Ok, may grado yun ha!
Marc: Ok lang, ikaw naman magsusuot.
Me: Ha?
Marc: Please, please, kailangan kita, picturan ko mata mo. Nasa bahay ka lang ba?
Me: I'm out. Urgent ba?
Marc: Hindi naman, pero please kailangan kita kunan ngayon para sa blue project ko bukas.
Me: Okay sige, I'll get back to you. Uwi ako to get it, iba na kasi suot ko.
Marc. Good, good, sige, text text.

And that's all it takes for me to be a model... an eye model specifically, for just a day.

Anyone close to me  knows that I am more interested and passionate in working behind the scenes in concept shoots.Next thing I know, I was already with Marc and Poch going to Jim's house to borrow external flash and have my eye photo taken.

Four of my Highschool barkada (a.k.a. friends) were in this club called The Los Baños Camera Club. Every 2nd Tuesday of the month they have this themed contest among the members of the exclusive club and they invite guests to be the judge of the picture. Members are required to submit two entries in adherence to the theme. Every month they get to pick top 5 photos, proclaimed as winners, where their work will be shown in the club's upcoming exhibit on November of this year.


This month the theme is BLUE. Anything blue.

The Boys, all camera jargoned-up. I decided to take a photo of them exchanging lighting tips. Uploaded the dim/blurred version of this pic or else Jim will kill me that I exposed his sanctuary :)

Nikole Calimbas-Maligalig's Maternity Photo Shoot

Just as promised from my last entry here are my favorite shots from last week's Maternity Shoot

Happy Expecting Couple

Baby will be named Marcus Nikolai, derived from his parents' names

Mommy Nikki

Jersey Mommy

Boss Mommy

We didn't really have any problems with shooting Nikki because she was so game to pose and change outfits underneath the umbrella. Admittedly, we could've produced more good shots if not for the rain who seems to be fond of playing hide-and-seek with us.

We're hoping to shoot the baby once he comes out! <3

Cupcake Designing with Bonggak

Few months ago, I was playing cake designer with my kumare, Cecile (Check out her Show Cakes here) when she actually let me do the LV designs by my self!

Then few months later I actually found my self doing it for my part-time gig! So to sum up what happened for the past two days, here are the pictures:

Face-less little people

I did the hair of most of the tiny fondant people

Me putting a smile on his little fondant person's face

Happy little fondant people

Some inevitable mishaps

For Christening event

Cecile is really good sculpting every imaginable figures that can be done in a fondant!

A Baby in the Making

These go with the "baby" designs

Little fondant people on standby below:

Cupcakes waiting

We made this painstakingly one by one

Flower designs

Now, for the packaging part:

The little fondant boys and girls ready for delivery

So are the cutesy babies

Here's my personal favorite:

Cute baby in a cupcake

Cecile's Bonggak fondant pastries will soon be available in SM City Calamba, Laguna. For online orders you may check the Bonggak site!