The special Bali edition of my Instagram Diary!

1 Beachfront hotel? YES PLEASE!

2 I love it when the tides go down!

3 Best coffee I’ve ever had!

4 In Bali, EVERYONE’S a millionaire! Exchange rate is crazy.

5 My brother Trevor and I were the backseat buddies during our Bali trip. :D

6 Finally got to taste Magnum Gold?! in Bali!

7 More from the beach in front of our hotel! The waves are endless, hence an endless amount of surfers.

8 The cute statue at the entrance of our hotel restaurant. That’s pretty much me during vacation. Haha!

9 Spontaneous shoot at a Starbucks! Super fun. :)

1 Monday night cooking resulted in okonomiyaki! Kiks was obviously still high on his recent Japan trip (which I envy with every bone in my body!), haha!

2 Tuesday morning means I have to leave the house extra early if my brother uses his car, because the one I use is coding for the day. I had a few minutes to spare by the time I got to Katipunan, so I swung by McDonald’s to grab some breakfast. Early mornings here take me back to high school days, even if the place looks very different from 8 years ago (NEARLY A DECADE ALREADY SINCE I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL???)!

3 And speaking of high school days, I found our old binder full of letters! This particular entry dated back to March 9, 2005 — we were a 4-day old couple, LOL. We started writing back in January 2005, I think?

4 I spend many an afternoon at Caffé Bene with Tricia for our work dates! I got there early, so I had the entire second floor to myself, ohohoho.

5 Make up brush set from Hot Shop by Kat Roxas-Gomez! I super appreciate this gift, as I don’t need to buy a set anymore, as I’m all, uh, set! Hahaha! A million thanks for this, as I can now indulge my girly side even further!

6 ThePowerpuff Girls! :)) Tricia, Kim, and I at Red Mango in Eastwood. Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup due to our hair colors + outfits! My pink top, Tricia’s blue nails (haha!), and Kim’s green pants! So much love. :))

7 As I count down the weeks with this Instagram diary, the closer I get to saying au revoir to Kiks for two years, as he’ll be leaving for the States to take his masters. (Sad face!) So we’ve been spending every day after school together (as if we don’t do that already), as well as on the weekends, if schedules permit.

8 FCBD last Saturday! Of course, we were in attendance. I didn’t get anything for myself as I’m strapped for cash, so instead here is a photo of my dinner at P.F. Chang’s. GOOD STUFF, GUYS.

9 Aaron at FCBD! Sorry na, may table na. Haha, nice seeing you, Aaron!

1 Kiks came back from Japan Sunday last week! One of his many things he got for me was an Instax Mini 7S! Our first Instax photo called for stamps on Line Cam.

2 Monday last week was our first day of teaching summer class in Ateneo! My class was assigned to 305 in Gonzaga, and this certain table was still alive with all the doodles! Hello to all my Ateneo ID friends!

3 Tender Blender had a meeting at Rockwell, and we bumped into Tricia! She hung out with us until RG arrived, right before our meeting started. :D

4 New case from Tricia!! It’s just like the dark gray one she gave me, except it’s a nice red!! Thank you, trin! <3

5 Nail date with Tricia after our work date earlier that day!

6 We were joined by Kiks & Kim later on for dinner at La Creperie! French toast with Nutella & strawberries? WHY YES

7 I finally bought the top from Arcobaleno in Greenhills!! YAY

8 Candy from Kiks from Japan! SO YUMMY AND SWEET

9 On the road with Kiks last Saturday, we saw this guy on the highway! Motorized scooter? On the Katipunan flyover?? HARDCORE!

Instagram Sundays turned into Instagram Whenever I Finally Find the Time To Do This Thing. Anywho, last week on Instagram!

1 Sunday with my cousins at Trinoma, and we met up at Starbucks. It forever baffles me how the barista got my name right on the first two cups, and suddenly decides my name was Leslie on the third. I ordered these all at the same time. I’m starting to feel like they’re getting names wrong on purpose!

2 Monday, I went to shoot with Tricia! She gave me my first pencil eyeliner in a long time!!! Thanks, Trin! ILY forever!

3 The next day, I helped her out with a shoot for her blog, and we met up at Starbucks, like always. I actually came in early to get some work done!

4 After the shoot, she treated me, RG, her brother Calel + his girlfriend Farrah, and her cousin Gilainne + her fiancé Justin to dinner at Borough in Podium! I finally know what our friend Kim feels like, being among couples, but it’s all good! Dinner was excellent, thanks, Tricia! <3

5 The next day, I went to Eastwood to work (where I briefly met with Tricia (again!)) for a while before RG picked her up. I roamed around a bit to relieve myself from all the stress I started to feel on my shoulders, and impulsively bought another pencil eyeliner from Prestige, which I heard was pretty awesome. WHICH IT IS

6 Churros at Xocolat after running some TBFD errands and while waiting for Karl so we could talk for a little bit about work and catch up.

7 Girlfriend duties by taking Kiks’s Mac Mini to the Apple service center. It died right before he left for Japan on the 6th (hence his absence in my Instagram feed this week, and the frequency of my hang out time with Tricia, hahaha). (I also met with Tricia that afternoon to spontaneously help out with stuff after reading a tweet she posted, LOL!)

8 Decided my bed drawers needed some vacuuming, so I cleared them out. I dug up all these old paintings on giant illustration boards that Kiks gave me some years ago!! Made my heart melt to see them all again. This particular one was the painting he gave me for our first anniversary. :)

9 I got a new tube of MAC lipstick this week which is in the loveliest deep red shade. Wearing it makes me feel so pretty, and rather vain HAHAHA!

I nearly forgot about last week’s Instagram diary!

1 Iced Classic Chocolate with my cousins Kooky on Easter Sunday to beat the heat!

2 TORN BETWEEN TWO ICE CREAMS! Starbucks Java Chip Frappuccino ice cream vs. Ben & Jerry’s Karamel Sutra. Starbucks won this time, but Ben & Jerry’s is my sure pick next time!

3 I made pancakes for breakfast the next day!

4 Work + dinner + dessert date with Tricia!

5 Redyed my hair! Finally back to being my redhead self again.

6 Visited my nephew Tripp! Such a cutie pie!

7 Accompanied Tristan to Ateneo for his soccer training. :)

8 Cibo dinner with Kiks. <3

9 Starbucks lunch with Karl prior to a meeting!

1 New blog! I have way too many, but I hope to keep this one.

2 Dinner at Café Breton with Kiks! Mmm, crepe.

3 Dessert at The Golden Spoon. Yay for free yogurt!

4 Visita Iglesia with my cousins. Say hello to my cousin Kooky’s pink Chucks! :D

5 Dunkin Donuts!!

6 Throwback Thursday calls for graduation pictures! Yes, the one on the upper right is also me, SHOCKHORROR

7 Facetime with Kiks! Training for the next couple of years.

8 Changed my phone’s wallpaper to something more normal (and not to mention cheesy), hahaha

9 Apparently, I’m an ISFJ personality type. I never really paid attention to these tests when I was in high school, so…I don’t really recall what I got when I was in high school, hahaha. But now, I’m an introvert, like most of my friends, apparently!

So Kiks & I made GODZILLA ROOOLLLLSSSSS (pardon the name, LOL) a few nights ago! It was delicious, thankyouverymuch. Check it out (and possibly be tempted to make some) here!