Nestle Fitnesse 14-Day Challenge Photoshoot

Finally, after more than a month of being declared as winners of the challenge, Team Earthlingorgeousness, posed and smiled and modeled the dresses we each won. Earth, Belle and Wena had their measurements taken and had another photo shoot last month going around the designer stores. I was not able to join them because I was away on vacation. I had my fitting just yesterday (good thing the measurements I sent to Kate Torralba were that accurate) and the Hermes belt hugs my upper hips just perfectly.

The shoot was done at the Parallax Studios in Makati and our make-up was done by Omar Ermita (Shu Uemura), hair was done by Ara Fernando and her assistant and the pictures were shot by Wes Villarica. Our stylist for the shoot, Isha Andaya, was uberfriendly and pretty too. The shoot lasted for a little more than 4 hours. It was tiring but we enjoyed it. And oh, I loved my make-up. I'm a Shu Uemura convert (I am crushing on the lipstick used on my lips BG945).

Here are some of the pics we took (these aren't the official ones yet). Watch out for the release of the chosen pics in the Nestle website and circulations and other publicity features.

While Wena and Earth were getting ready for their shoot, me and Belle were busy taking our pictures. Here's one in front of the mirror:

And here's another one of me...(the make-up artist calls me Baby Beyonce! LOL!)

It was fun. I would do it in a heart beat all over again. Only, I'd pose better.

CONTEST: Do You Want A Belle de Jour Planner?

Happy New Year everyone! To kickoff the year, I am holding a giveaway in exchange for your comments (too blunt eh). :-) Hmmmmm, I decided to do this because I won for myself another Belle de Jour planner courtesy of Spot.Ph. I already have bought this very same planner and have started using it for a couple of days already. So far, I love the savings tracker, travel plans page and of course the coupons among others.

Here are the details for this contest:

1. This contest is open to all Philippine residents and readers of my blog. You do not have to necessarily be a follower to join. You get 2 extra entries if you are a follower.

2. Click this LINK and leave a COMMENT. Just comment about giving me more encouragement and push to continue with my training or anything you wanted to share with me about keeping fit and maintaining an active lifestyle. If you are joining the Century Tuna Superbods Run, you can leave a comment as well. Who knows we can be running buddies in the future?

3. On January 30, I will be randomly choosing the winner and will be sending the planner to your doorsteps through a courier. You might lag behind planning if you win this but hey better late than never...

4. You may leave as many comments as you like HERE and every comment will be considered as one entry to my little giveaway.

5. Please do not forget to leave your name and email address so I can contact you in case you will be the winner.

NOTE: Please feel free to repost this contest details. If you do, you get 2 additional entries.

It's as easy as that...what are you waiting for? Show me some love now! :-)

This Morning's Run: A PhotoBlog Entry

We started our morning run here. This is near the ever famous Santuario de San Antonio Parish in McKinley Road. The dawn is still breaking and we had cool morning weather.

After taking a picture of the marker, we were set to run the road and break up some sweat.

Until we had to stop because I felt a little cramping. For picture's sake I had to smile. LOL!

This picture was taken near the intersection of McKinley and Fort Bonifacio. See how the tall trees transitioned to tall buildings. It's almost like coming out of a jungle into a city.

Walking back to the road near the American Cemetery. We retraced the Timex Run route.

This was taken outside the cemetery. The cleanest and most organized one I have ever seen in the country.

The white crosses lined up. It felt eerie but it was a sight to behold. The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines occupies 152 acres on a prominent plateau, visible at a distance from the east, south and west. It contains the largest number of graves of our military dead of World War II, a total of 17,202, most of whom lost their lives in operations in New Guinea and the Philippines. The headstones are aligned in 11 plots forming a generally circular pattern, set among masses of a wide variety of tropical trees and shrubbery.

The cemetery is open daily to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. except December 25 and January 1. It is open on host country holidays. When the cemetery is open to the public, a staff member is on duty in the Visitor Building to answer questions and escort relatives to grave and memorial sites.

I have not a single idea what I was doing here when Uncle Don snapped the shutter. I think I was admiring the view or I was just in plain sullen mood. Whatever! I think this is a pretty picture.

And yes, the favorite pose lately...

I may not be able to run anymore tomorrow, well at least outdoors. I will make it a point to squeeze some gym time though. Gotta make sure the lazy ass is moving before the fasting I'm about to join in a couple of days.