11.30.2011

B-TRIBE NIGHT OUT

Hey guys, check out this adorble video Fold made of our bday surprise for Christine at Subspace:



 =)

11.22.2011

PEACOCKS LONDON STYLING ADVENTURE

photo by bj pascual. super thanks for the spontaneous photo shoot.

Cheska, Ziggy and I were recently invited by Peacocks to style some of their store mannequins. So last saturday the three of us headed to SM Southmall, which is where their first store is located. We were given one mannequin each to style. It was an incredibly fun experience working with two of my favorite people to come up with our individual looks. I learned a lot, especially how difficult it is to actually put clothes on a mannequin.

The Peacocks storefront

11.15.2011

NIVEA KISSMARK


Last tuesday I was invited by Nivea to Seventh High at The Fort for their KissMark event. It was to promote their line of lip balms, and featured a dating game with Mark Alejandro, Online Cosmo Philippines Hunk for November. Too bad I decided to take a walk around BHS, because when I got back, the event was over. So sorry, Nivea!

Anyways click the link below to check out more photos from that night

10.28.2011

MARIO MAURER INVADES MANILA

I was invited by Penshoppe to attend the Fan Conference for Mario Maurer, the Thai actor who is the brand's latest endorser. It was held at The PICC and the event was hosted by VJ Utt. Blush, the first Pan-Asian girl group also graced us with performances. Also present during the event were Penshoppe brand ambassadors Victor Basa, Mikael Daez and Solenn Heussaff.

Check out more photos after the break

10.26.2011

PHILIPPINE FASHION WEEK S/S 2012: BENCH

PHILIPPINE FASHION WEEK S/S 2012: KASHIECA


 Bea Alonzo opening the show with a bang,

The collection to me had a very Wes Anderson feel to it.
It had a lot nautical nods as well, which I can't help but love. 

PHILIPPINE FASHION WEEK S/S 2012: HUMAN

Incredibly playful and fun collection. I especially love the festive "dia de los muertos" styling.
Thumbs up, definitely.

10.13.2011

PHOTOS FROM THE ESQUIRE PHILIPPINES LAUNCH PARTY


Oct. 5
The Peninsula Manila

I think we ended up spending most of our time at the lobby during the event because it was packed to the brim with people. Again, after a few drinks I totally forgot that I even brought a camera. Anyway, here are the more decent pictures from the night. Congratulations on the Esquire team for a wonderful event and also an amazing first issue!

10.11.2011

NIGHTS LIKE THIS, YOU WILL NEVER BE ALONE

 Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo are members of electro pop group Icona Pop.
They hail from Sweden, where it seems like pooping out amazing pop music is their national passtime. Their recently released EP features gems like Manners, but my favorite would have to be their the latest single, Night Like This, which you listen to below:

 Amazing Right?

Find out more about them over at their website

9.28.2011

BEHIND THE SCENES PHOTOS OF THE GARAGE MAGAZINE OCT 2011 COVER SHOOT

Gerald Anderson for Garage Magazine (October 2011)
  
 A few weeks ago BJ asked me if I wanted to help out in the shoot for Garage's October cover. It was on a Sunday and thankfully the weather was very cooperative. It's always amazing watching these masters at work. As always, great job BJ, Eldzs & Fold, and Rey + Garage Team!

9.22.2011

REVLON MAKEOVER WEEKEND


 Last Sunday I was invited by Revlon to have a free hair makeover at their main office, which was coincidentally just around the corner from where I live. Being a hair color virgin, I jumped at the chance to finally get myself blondified. Luckily, my appointment was at the same time as my sister, BJ Pascual, Ziggy Savella and some other friends.

9.15.2011

STREET DAPPER KINGS 2011

Congratulations to Ziggy, David and all the other guys who are part of this year's Garage Street Dapper Kings!

9.09.2011

I'VE GOT MAIL

This arrived in the mail a few days ago. Thanks Rocel Roque and Penshoppe! They're lovely!

INCASE: PLAYGROUND

  
Great Job, boys!

Video: Fold Canela 
Art Direction: Eldzs Mejia Production 
Manager: Debbie Lupango 
Shoot Assistant: Teri Bautista 
Model: Robbie Becroft 
Special thanks to: Peewee Bisnon 

Music: M83's Midnight City 

C&E Productions, September 2011

8.30.2011

KUVVA: A NEW WALLPAPER EVERYDAY

A pretty simple concept, but amazing nonetheless, Kuvva (PC and Mac) is an application that changes you desktop wallpaper each day. Each week the application features a different artist, who provides a set of 7 high res images for use. This week's images are c/o Raymond Lemstra whose artwork resembles robot-like faces, which i find really wonderful.

SUBSPACE


Last saturday, despite the ghastly weather, some friends and I decided to visit this much talked about place in Ortigas called Subspace. It's by Wilmer Lopez and Thor Balanon, who also own furniture, etc. store called Space Encounters (which I have yet to visit but am dying to do so one of these days). When I arrived, all i could say was "wow". The place is gorgeous! And of course they were playing k-pop music which just made the place even more adorable. They serve coffee, tea, pastries and sandwiches, which were actually pretty good.

Anyway, check out the photos from that lovely evening after the cut: 

8.25.2011

AIDEN

So last tuesday evening, my sister and her husband welcomed a brand new member to their family:

Meet Aiden Joachim Thoss
Isn't he the cutest thing ever? 
Photo by my sister Kristel


Congratulations Kath and Sonny!
I can't believe I'm an uncle now.

8.13.2011

FETISH FLAIR MOTION EDITORIAL (METRO MAGAZINE 08/11 )

Great job, guys!


Metro Magazine August 2011

Video: Fold Canela
Styling and Art Direction: Eldzs Mejia
Lighting and Photography: BJ Pascual
Make up: Paolo Maranan of Paul and Joe Beaute
Hair: Jay Wee
Models: Fatima Rabago and Renan
Music: The XX's Infinity (Flufftronix Remix)

8.09.2011

MARINA IS BACK

And she's brought along a new friend.

Meet Electra Heart

8.05.2011

LIKE CRAZY


This Sundance darling feels like this year's 500 Days of Summer, but more understated and personal. It stars Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones, and it "explores how a couple faces the real challenges of being together and of being apart." In it, a British student (Jones) falls in love with her American classmate (Yelchin), but are then forced to separate when she has complications with her visa. They then embark on a long distance relationship, and try their best to overcome the barrier and make the relationship work.

Really looking forward to this. And do I hope they screen it at our local cinemas.

7.28.2011

NEW MOOS

So this morning I was surprised to find out that the Moo cards I ordered a few weeks ago have arrived!

2ND'S AT BONIFACIO HIGH STREET

So yesterday because of the supposed thunderstorm, we were allowed to leave the office earlier than usual. And so my sisters and a cousin of mine decided to go out for some dinner to catch up. 2nd's is this semi-new restaurant in Bonifacio High Street. It is where Mag:net used to be, in the same building as Nike and Agave.

I wasn't expecting the place to be so gorgeous! Lots of browns and whites! (which are my favorite colors btw)


Film cannisters! and books! This is how I imagine my dream house would look like. (sister not included)

And I haven't even gotten to the food yet.
The Mac & Cheese something something. Really really good!


Fish and Chips. It was only ok for me. But then again, I was never a Fish and Chips fan so maybe you guys would like it. 


Duck on Mashed Potato (Not what it's actually called)


Uhh... I think that's chicken. Also very good! 

Shepherd's Pie! Yum!

We also ordered the steak, but didn't get to take a photo because I decided to go for a walk around High Street before it arrived and when I got back it was gone. And I'm really sorry about the very vague description of the dishes because I forgot to take a photo of the menu so there. But anyway, you guys should really check this place out. You won't be disappointed.

2nd's
2nd Floor Quadrant 3
Bonifacio High Street
Taguig
(02) 846-5293


7.19.2011

THE NEW PENSHOPPE

So this morning I went to Penshoppe's relaunch of their first ever boutique in the country, located at SM North Edsa. It also happens to be the first of their stores to sport their brand new retail look. I must say I really like this new direction. Special mention must really be given to their new drool-worthy collection of shoes.

7.18.2011

TAKE A TRIP DOWN MEMOLANE

Memolane is a new service that aggregates all your online social activities into one timeline. Think of it as a chronological diary for all the things you have liked, tweeted, posted, and uploaded. 

The interface is very clean and intuitive.

The services that are supported as of this writing include: Facebook (including pages), Twitter, Flickr, Picasa, Last.Fm, Foursquare, Instagram, Tripit, Youtube, Myspace, Vimeo, Wordpress, as well as RSS feeds for your blogs such as Tumblr or Blogger. Google+ is not supported as of now unfortunately. One other nice things about it is you can individually set privacy settings for each service, either to public, friends only, or private.



You guys can check it out yourself over at www.memolane.com, and while you're at you can check out my memolane at http://memolane.com/marklim


7.12.2011

FITBIT


Although the Fitbit has been available for years, I had only discovered this rather curious piece of technology quite recently. This little gizmo can apparently track your activities via a clip-on device called the tracker which, when synced to the included cradle/charger, would then present to you some lovely looking charts and graphs about your physical activity for the day, such as calories burned, how many steps you have taken, among other things.


Another great thing about it is the fact that the tracker can wirelessly sync with the cradle, which happens automatically when the two devices are a few feet away from each other. You can even wear it to sleep, which would then allow it to give you information about your sleeping habits. The battery is said to last for a minimum of 3 days.


!!!
the fitbit online dashboard - where you can check your data 
(image source: cultofmac)
(colorful graphs make me really giddy for some reason)

I am so tempted to get one!

The Fitbit ($99) is unfortunately US only for now now, although there is always the option to order at Amazon and have it shipped here in the Philippines via Johnny Air Cargo.

7.11.2011

PENSHOPPE x STATUS MAGAZINE: CATWALK CORNER



Alyssa Lapid
Toff Tiozon
Valerie Chua
Bianca Igancio
Miko Carreon
Mark Lim

photos by: Everywhereweshoot
video by: Aljan Lorenzo
produced by: Dan Buenaventura
make-up by: Raymond Kho
hair by: Armando Sierra and Dana Velenzo

www.statusmagonline.com

So here's the video of the shoot we did for Status Magazine's July issue, featuring Penshoppe's Holiday 2011 collection. I'm still not used to being in front of a video camera. Behind it is really more my element. haha


7.10.2011

BIPOLAR GAMING


So I've been playing these two games for the past couple of weeks, and they can't be any more different from each other. On one hand, you have Child of Eden, a Kinect game that is all about pretty colors and wonderful music (by Genki Rockets no less). You really can't help but get swept away while playing. This is probably the first game that makes me feel really really really happy for some reason.

Then you have Mortal Kombat, probably one of the goriest of gaming franchises. This latest installment is essentially a reboot of sorts, retelling the events of the first three games, with some changes to the plot. One unexpected change from the game is that, because of Raiden's interference with the timeline, it is Sub-Zero who turns into a cyborg and not Smoke.

Cyber Sub-Zero: A Sub-Zero that can teleport!

Anyway, check out the trailers for both games below


Child of Eden Trailer



Mortal Kombat "Kombat Kontinues" Trailer

7.08.2011

STATUS JULY 2011

Top (L-R): Toff Tiozon, Yours Truly, BJ Pascual
Bottom (L-R): Fredison Lo, Pauline Prieto

Me and a bunch of friends are featured in the July issue of Status Magazine
Do us a favor and go grab a copy =)
And for those of you who are not in the Philippines, you can get yourself a digital copy over at Zinio

Special thanks to Dan and Kevin of Status for this opportunity!

LESS TUMBLR, MORE BLOGGER.

Hello again.
It's been ages since i last touched this blog. Starting today, I'm promising myself to post here more often. So I guess that's it for now.


"I Took A Little Something"

Posting this video for no particular reason other than I love me some Florrie.

-ML

3.24.2011

PHOTOS FROM GARAGE MAGAZINE'S YOUNG TALENTS 2011 PARTY

It was a very fun night with my favorite people, two of which were part of the crop of young talents this year. Congratulations, BJ Pascual and Cheska Nolasco! Also, very special thanks to Rey Ilagan for the invite.
(Note to self: prime lens = not very good for indoor events photography, especially the very crowded events. )