Townhouse in Cebu - for rent! :)

Our long-time tenants have finished their long stay with us for the past 5 years. An American guy married to a sweet Cebuana have rented our townhouse for the past 5 years and they actually wanted to buy the our townhouse earlier this year. But this townhouse has its sentimental value to us, it's our first investment when we bought it in 2003 and the first fruit of our "Shangri-La labor" (Katas ng Shangri-La). Friends refer to it as the "Jollibee house" since we had it painted with bright orange a few years ago - now it's painted white. :)

Because we were busy and away, we weren't able to take care of looking for possible tenants after our tenants finished their contract last month. No one has occupied our townhouse for more than a month now. So hopefully, we can get new tenants to move in as the new year 2012 starts.

If you are interested or you know someone who would be interested, just let me know. Our townhouse is located at BF Better Homes in Lawaan 1, Talisay City, Cebu. It's just along SRP and very close to Talisay City Hall. It's also near public markets, churches, schools, and beach resorts. Here are the other information which we will be posting on different sites online:

TOWNHOUSE IN CEBU FOR RENT 

• 2-storey townhouse in BF Better Homes
• 98 sqm lot area; 186 sqm floor area
• 3 bedrooms, 2 toilet&bath, 1 maids quarter
• 1 car garage, 2 balconies
• Spacious living & dining room
• Dirty kitchen and laundry area
• Facade is now painted white (not orange like the photo above)
• Subdivision amenities: 24 hours security, basketball court, chapel
• For inquiries, please send an email to saritacarreon (at) gmail (dot) com

POSSESSED - The Conclusion (a Noytube video collab)

I love doing video collaboration projects with my friends, especially with my fellow Noytubers! Noytube is actually a community of Filipino channels on Youtube... piNOY-youTUBE = NOYTUBE... gets??? If not, click on this link and just let the video load in the background while you continue reading my blog. :)

I'm so excited to share this recent video collab of the founder of Noytube, Jason Telmo a.k.a. chinaeyes22. Jason and I started a great friendship online through Youtube. This talented director, producer, and video editor is actually making his passion his living... he works at ABS-CBN's media department and he does the promo plugs of the network. And he's one of the persons that I'd really meet up whenever I go back to the Philippines... he's my idol-bestfriend, hence we call each other "idolbes".

Jason likes to keep the Noytube community active, hence he would do video collab projects that includes characters from different parts of the world. And this recent video collab project called "POSSESSED" is just one fun series to look forward to. 

When he did the pilot episode for this series, he also asked some of us if we can do our bit and act really silly like being possessed by his character, chinaeyes22. Of course I said "yes" and fully committed myself to it. And then... he sent our different "possessed" parts. And I was like... WOOAHHH-KAYYYY... DAMMIT! Hahaha! But knowing Jason' funny touch and great abilities in video editing, I gave him my full trust. Just like the rest of the Noytubers he had asked favor from. And boy, I had soooo much fun doing my crazy bit! =)

So without much further ado, here's the the video that I'm talking about. And I would really recommend you to watch the whole of it. But if you're getting bored and wanna see my 'possessed' bit, jump to frame 3:28 until 3:36. No one has ever made me to act like this on camera... only my idolbes, Jason. So now, you can witness the silly, possessed side of Sarita. Laugh if you must. LOL!

Through The Lens of Jay Ismail

I first met Jay Ismail online through one of the modeling sites I usually frequent to where one can be connected to different creative people in the fashion, photography, and modeling industry. His sophisticated approach that goes into intricate details made me fall with his photography. Then 2010 came, and finally, we had a chance to work together. And I was able to finally meet and know more about this talented photographer from Malaysia. It was really fun working with him. And we've been very good friends since then.

When we had a quick trip to KL last June, he's one of the few people we had met up. Of course, we met up in his studio where Marl asked him thousand-and-one questions about shooting billboard (in preparation for Marl's billboard shoot with Ara Mina). This guy shoots billboards for some known brands like Ed Hardy. And of course, we had a very quick shoot again. I just love shooting with him because I KNOW that he'll do a great job with it. :)

Yesterday, he tweeted me at around 3-4AM and sent a BBM to Marl, too. He said that he woke up in a middle of a good sleep because he dreamed of something weird... that he was visiting a zoo with Marl, Selena, and me. The weirdest part of that was... he was speaking Tagalog fluently. Hahaha! So he wasn't able to go back to sleep and played with some of my old photos in his archive. And damn!!! They turned out really great and really portfolio-worthy! I totally love his work!!! Thank you, bro!

Visit his website at www.jayismail.com to view some of his great shots. But, tell me, what do you think about these shots? Leave a comment below or tweet me! :)

Where Will Happiness Strike Next?

I just cried a bucket of tears watching this new video from Coca-Cola. It's part of the project they did for the modern heroes of the Philippines -  OFWs or Overseas Filipino Workers - this Christmas. Why wouldn't I cry? I'm an OFW myself! It's a known fact among our friends and relatives that I have worked overseas and left our daughter with my mom when she was just two months old. But guess, life really has its rewards. And I'm ever so thankful for the the countless blessings that endlessly coming my way. Anyway, here's the said touching video:

Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2011

This pic ain't from this year's recent show, though. But who cares? :)

Wowww!!! It's Victoria Secret season once again. And being a self-confessed-but-not-fatally-obsessed fan of VS and all their gorgeous angels, I made sure that I wouldn't miss this year's rocking fashion show. I have always loved their annual shows. Why not?  The sexy lingerie on the winged angels' bodies, the performances of famous artists, creative concepts of the designers, and a whole lot party feel of just pure fun that would make you want to be there - onstage or among the audience - at that time! This year's performers were Kanye West, Jay-Z, Maroon 5 and Nikki Minaj. They all rocked it!!!

And I have a confession to make. Every time I watch their annual fashion shows, I would always feel so inspired and sexy as I strut in my lingerie right after a steamy, hot shower. And yes, I'd be in my 4-inch stilettos while I walk in a next-to-my-birthday-suit manner... inside the room! LOLLL!

And wanna know the reason why I stopped buying expensive lingerie? Because they always never last on my body. They would always end up to their usual J.Lo-ish destination... on the floor.  :)

Here's the Youtube link of the full show - no commercials. I hope it won't get blocked or removed. I tried embedding them here but it's not allowed to be posted on websites. So just click on the link above. I'm sure you're gonna love it, too!

December Freebies!

Yes, December is here and in a couple of weeks, it'll be Christmas! :) And yayyyy... I got my first freebies from my friends in Qingdao, Rhoda and Donna!!! They are actually working for a company that makes awesome fashion accessories for exporting to major bands.

Four years ago, they also gave me some samples of wonderful fashion accessories. I was supposed to start selling accessories in my small RTW store, which didn't last long that's why the plan to sell accessories was scraped off. I really love their accessories! I still use some of them till now. They are mostly in sets of necklaces, bracelets, rings, and earrings. I promised them that I will use this new collection for my future shoots and gigs. :)

And yes, I guess I really am a lucky girl... look at how beautiful these accessories are!!! Who wouldn't be jealous of that??!!! Even Marl is jealous! Hahaha! Thank you so much to my "vaklush" friendships... Rhoda and Donna - the unbeatable tandem hahaha!

click to appreciate it more :)

Sars The All-Arounder

Left: Me in action (with my rig) from yesterday's shoot
Top right: Vain me. Top left: My baby Nikki D.

I love being infront of the camera, strutting my stuff infront of a lens. But I also love being behind the lens and being the one behind a great production, video, or photoshoot. Lately, we've been working with some foreign models here in Beijing. While Marl is the photographer, I found myself being the one with lots of job behind the scenes - makeup artist, hair stylist, stylist, creative director, assistant/VA or lights(wo)man, and BTS videographer. And I ain't complaining! In fact, I LOVE it! :)

Watch out for my next blogs where you will be able to see the great images of the models I have worked with. :)

Sarita goes to... Summer Palace

Here's the video that I've taken my sweet time in editing of using Final Cut Pro. I've been reading quite a lot on DSLR videography and I know that I still have a loooooot of things to learn about it and the whole Final Cut Studio. And I must say, I'm proud that I was able to come up with this output. Here's a travelogue video of my trip to Summer Palace here in Bejing. Please do watch it in HD (720p) and let me know by your comments and suggestions! :) ENJOY!

The Wrong Selena

In 2008, I posted a video of my 9-year-old-then daughter Selena singing the song "And I'm Telling You" from the musical/movie Dreamgirls. It was her grand final performance in her school's contest where she won the second place. It was the first singing contest she had ever joined, so getting the second place was really a big surprise for us.

Three years later, the video is still getting views more than ever. Apparently, the fans of the famous teen star Selena Gomez have mistakingly viewed my daughter's video, thinking it was THEIR Selena's video. The comments are just soooo funny (see the comments here)! They've been debating about it and now the video is ACCIDENTALLY garnering more than 42,000 views!

Anyway, here is my daughter Selena's video when she was still 9 years old... she surely has come a long way since then. I'm so proud of my mini-me! :)

11.11.11

Woahhh! Time flies so fast indeed! I remember that I just had my birthday then suddenly now it's almost mid-November. If we don't get extended here, that means we only have six weeks left here in Beijing. My oh my!

Well, I haven't been blogging for quite some time, breaking my own promise to blog everyday about anything. But you see, I've been very very busy. Since I got my Baby Nikki D., I've always been buried with my tutorial books and videos. I somehow have learned a lot on video editing already, but I still need to learn a lot more. I know I have backlogged on lots of our adventures, but I want the current video that I'm editing right now to have the right 'treatment'. My next video is distinctively different with last video that I posted - which was actually just a test shoot for my Nikon D7000 during the China Opens 2011

But of course, even if I haven't been blogging, my daily adventures continue on Twitter. I guess, that's a good excuse to not blog so often... "I'm tweeting anyway". :)

Anyway, here are my recent photos posted by Marl on his Facebook page for his 365 Project. So if you want to get updated with his posted photos of other people, too,  better go and 'Like' Mar Silverio's page. But it's okay if you don't. You can always continue viewing them here on my blog. Be my guest! :)

Happy November!

Block Eye Peace :)

Today, I'd like to share with you a photo that hubby and I did last night after gig. Since he has loads of studio (and outdoor) lighting equipment, he's experimenting on different lighting setup almost everyday. And he's so lucky that he has a model-at-hand whenever he wants to shoot.

All for art's sake :)

What's special about this shoot is that after retouching my gig makeup to make it finer for the shoot, I realized that since hubby wants me to do this pose, I would need to paint my 2 nails with a dark color. But I don't have any dark colored nail polish as I'm not really a manicure-and-pedicure kinda kikay girl. I only have some light colored nail polishes and nail coats.

But I needed to paint them dark.


So what I did was I took a black marker pen and marked my 2 nails with it. It sure looked unattractive and blah so I put some glittery nail coat over it. Voila! Instant black nails! :)

But the problem came the next day after. I couldn't get it off since I don't have nail polish remover or acetone. So I resorted to painting the rest of my nails with a black marker but I couldn't find where I put it last night! LOL. So I had to endure performing tonight with only 2 painted nails! LOLLLLL!

All for art's sake, huh? :)