How’s that for a nurse’s cap!

I asked Ms. Meg, the HR person for the Nursing division about the uniform for the training and she said as long as it’s all white, that’ll be fine. So, do you think I can wear this?

Haha! I really would like to wear something like this everyday! Those heels will DEFINITELY cut the circulation to my toes but they’re so cute that I totally wouldn’t mind!

Marion Cotillard at the Oscars

Marion Cotillard at a recent event:

Both are from Jean Paul Gaultier. The girl lurves herself some fishy! I’m not too thrilled about the second outfit first of all because it’s in peach and second because she has done the scaly look at the Oscars and though she pulled that look off like no one else can, I don’t think she can do the same look twice and only weeks apart… NOT loving it

Both photos from FabSugar.com

… I finally got to exercise a few muscles and sweat under the sun.

After ranting for a good two months about my application at a certain hospital, they finally sent me a text message last Friday asking me to come in for my physical exam yesterday (Monday). Off I went, expecting to be done before lunchtime, after all, how long can a simple chest x-ray, blood extraction, and specimen collection, take? But no. Oh no, no, no. Things should be far more difficult and complicated. After going to and from 3 separate buildings, having all the paperwork and fees taken care of, waiting for people to do their jobs, I accomplished almost everything at 4 pm, all ready to lay on the cold cement and sleep right then and there. I hadn’t slept the night before because my sleep-wake pattern is in a different time zone.

Today was no different. Still with not much sleep, still had to go back and forth… fixing, submitting, a seemingly endless number of paperwork.

GAH. I’m just about ready to crash as I’m typing this…

Photo from thefunhunt.blogspot.com

Update: I got in! :p I feel bad for those who got eliminated because of some *very* minor health problems. One very intelligent girl was deemed “unfit to work” because of mild asthma, one has her clearance on hold because of a slightly above normal platelet count… I thought I wouldn’t get in because they had me repeat my chest x-ray. Anyhoo I’m so excited! Thanks to everyone who sent congratulatory messages! *hugs*

Here’s another Geek-chic item that totally knocked my socks off… an Illuminating Wifi Detector Shirt! (Yes, it can really tell you the strength of the current signal in the area you’re in)

Now I’ll know (and so will other people around me) where the good wifi signal’s at without having to open my lappie or fidget around looking for a keychain wifi detector. My only complaints about this are: 1, it doesnt come in a more form-fitting shirt for women and 2, that it can’t tell if the wi-fi is free. Cool, huh? It’s selling for $29.99 and I will surely take this over a MNG plain tank (I’m not paying that much moolah for a plain racerback tank with “MNG” at the back, hun!) Check out ThinkGeek.com action photos and product details!

After neglecting my Polyvore account for 6 months, I revisited it today and was reminded of why I stayed up til 6 a.m. looking for items and putting outfits together. When I logged on, I was surprised to find out that a few people took notice of some of the outfits I put together and made them their favorite! Feels good! Anyway, here are my favorites out of the bunch I made 6 months ago. Will post new ones every now and then.

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I kind of built the last two outfits from the boots because at the time I was OBSESSED with flat, slouchy, knee high boots. How I wish I can wear boots here in Manila everyday without having everyone stare at me like I’m some madwoman.

One of the sites I love to browse through every now and then is Etsy. Though I don’t think I will be buying anything from there anytime soon (because the shipping cost will be more expensive than the actual item), I still like to look at the stuff there because the fresh ideas applied to your everyday fashion accessories, items for the home, etc. is just so inspiring.  It’s so much better than browsing through Multiply online stores because of the wealth of unique items.

My favorite gallery is “Geekery”.  I adore the humor and creativity evident in each of the items in this gallery.  My sense of style has always been a little quirky so I think most of the stuff under “geekery” will fit quite well in my wardrobe.  Here are some of my favorites:

Circuit Board Bookmarks (not really a fashion accessory but they’re just so cute hihi!)

Fantastic Four Pendant:

Sudoku Pendant:

Ribcage Pendant: (The nurse in me LURVES this, but I think not many of you will share the same sentiment. hehe!)

Wiimote Earrings:

Stormtrooper Cufflinks:

Red Mushroom Earrings:

The following items are my favorites. They are all from Molecular Muse’s shop at Etsy:

Serotonin Molecule Earrings :

Caffeine Molecule Necklace :

Heehee! Me likey.

Back in college, whenever we’d have to present something as a group, I always volunteered to make the Powerpoint presentation or the output paper lay-out. Not that I believed I was the only one who could do it well, but because I genuinely enjoyed doing the lay-outs and graphics. I’d nitpick to no end about the font size, the image placements, and all the other elements that it takes me about thrice as long to be done with it. One thing I never did, unless it was ABSOLUTELY necessary (which means presentation’s in 30 minutes and absolutely nothing has been started as far as the Powerpoint presentation is concerned), was to use the built-in templates. Hated them. Too plain… too familiar. I want something different, exciting, fun, colorful, dynamic! If I were still in college, I’d be squealing with delight upon discovery of this site: The Powerpoint Templates

Check out some of their templates:

How I wish I can make some sort of presentation right now so I can use these!

In addition to the Ice Jewelry by the same designer mentioned in the previous post, here are more temporary jewelry made out of other unconventional materials:

The whole point of this Temporary Jewellery collection, according to Katharine Ludwig, is to emphasize that wealth, beauty, and status, things that are usually associated with jewelry, disappear (or dissolve) easily when they’re not being taken care of.

The water soluble yarn necklace looked appealing to me… that is, until I found out it was made out of water-soluble yarn.

More eccentric/philosophical pieces in her site. Check out the Organ Bottle accesories (water bottles shaped like human organs - stomach, kidneys), Sugar bowl and spoon (yes, they’re made out of sugar!), Memory Scarf, and the Pigment shirts (which are kind of cool, really!).

A new concept in jewelry making, Katharina Ludwig presents the Ice Jewellery Collection. These are your regular silver and gold jewelry but instead of mounting diamonds or other precious stones on them, you put ice. Real ice. Melting ice.

The following are photos and descriptions taken from Katharina Ludwig’s site:

If water itself is worn as a jewel the preciousness of water is enhanced. Put on the body it will melt by the body warmth. What will stay is just the core of it and the marks the ice leave at your skin.

Ice Earrings:

One with pigments, which leave traces on your clothes, while the earring is melting, the jewel appears on your shoulder instead on your ear.

The other one gathers a bit of water after melting in a little cup

Ice Ring

A ring with a stone out of ice. When the stone melts in contains some drops of water in a cup.

Ice Necklaces:

A chain guided in a special way and frozen into ice cubes and shapes, melted the chain extends to its full size.

Ooooo-kay now… why do you have that look on your face? The look that says “ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH THIS?!”? Hmm?? Hmm??

So imagine how long the necklace chain will be after that whole block of ice has melted. Or how wet your shirt will be after those earrings have melted. Or how crinkly your fingers will be after that ring has melted… So many problems about this concept and I can’t even think of ONE reason why I would like to buy it. Will YOU buy this if it were to be made available in the market?