Body image Once upon a time in a third world country far far away, there lived a little Filipino girl who dreamed of becoming a ballerina.  Everything was going swimmingly until I turned 12, and as normal for island girls I hit puberty- hips tits, ass and all.  I still remember my Russian teacher pinch my thigh and told me in no uncertain terms how my body was all wrong for ballet and that I needed to be better, stronger and work harder than the other girls cuz I was short and cur...

Not since LSD and flower power have braids been so in!

Everyone from  the Hills girls to La Lohan to that uber fashionista and HBIC Nicole Richie have been spotted rocking the braids.

 

 

 

 

Here's some tips on how to make braids look cool and moder...

I love traveling. 

 

Adore it.  I would rather travel than eat, but not shop.  This must be delineated!

 

This weekend courtesy of the Bings (Helen you're my homegurrl!), I accompanied Stanford & Co. to Dublin.  

I'll blog more about the city and all the juicy details (the shopping/the bros/the hos) later, but first a quick note on how to pack for weekend trips.

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Patrick Dephrey's new show.

  

He's a secret lover cuz well i have a boyfriend he's married and he doesn't know about our affair.

Grey's Anatomy and What they have to say..

On Pain: Maybe we like the pain. Maybe we're wired that way. Because without it, I don't know; maybe we just wouldn't feel real. What's that saying? Why do I keep hitting myself with a hammer? Because it feels so good when I stop. On In...

 drinking coffee/lattes at Coupas watching the wannabe Zuckers shake their binary asses for money ...I mean funding. hopping on the Margeurite and checking out the Stanford Shopping Center.  Stanford U has the honor of being the only university in the world with its own mall!  And not just any mall; it hosts Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdales, Tiffany & Co, Loui...

Now I like to pretend I'm an intellectual.  I try to approach problems from a logical, deductively reasoned stand point.  So I tried to apply my perfect SAT score/Stanford and Oxford educated brain towards a problem many women spend countless time, money and effort, but surprisingly little brain power, trying to solve:

 

How to be beautiful?

 

 

The first step, however, is, "what is beauty?&qu...

I have a confession to make.

 

I'm  a huge fake.   Outwardly I'm a your typical Stanford student.  Bleeding heart liberal, overly concerned with Darfur and get wet at the thought of Chomsky and Rawles but in reality?  I spend more time trolling gossip girl website trying to find out if those cool ass boots serena has on come in heels.

 

(for your info, no they don't come in heels but they are fabulous, und...

Update your winter wardrobe for spring for under a 100 bucks!

 So are you broke from the exorbitant amounts of tequila and bikinis bought for spring break?  Yeah me too.   Target bikinis maybe be cheap but when you need what 6 of them since you're in a bikini everyday for a week and half; it's still a pretty penny.  And the booze.   Damn since when was there a cactus shortage?  There's got to be some reasonable explanation why tequil...