almost surreal

for the life of me, i never thought that borgy manotoc, the cadness sisters (one of them was actually borgy’s girlfriend), phoemela barranda and tim yap would ever step into my house. some of them were even half-naked! it was actually for a photo shoot for just shop, a pull-out shopping magazine that comes out every 3rd weekend in the philippine daily inquirer. see, my friend katz works as a fashion assistant for stylist jenni epperson. they kinda borrowed my house, our pool to be exact, for their feb issue.

katz arrived with literally dozens of shopping bags filled with clothes, shoes and accessories that she pulled-out from different shops. the swimsuits were really nice and sexy, especially the white ones. katz offered me to try them out after the shoot, but how can i do that after someone as sexy as phoem (we're kinda tight na kasi...hehe) just wore it and posed seductively amidst the drooling eyes of my boyfriend, my friend pia’s boyfriend, my dad, our boy and all 3 of our drivers?! i mean, what would that do to my ego?

anyway, my brother king was pretty shocked when he got back from school. he got in his room only to find borgy and his girlfriend resting on his bed while waiting for their turn. i guess i forgot to tell him that his room was the dressing room for the day. being the ma-pr person that he is, he was chatting with all of them in no time. now that was a sight- my brother talking to tim yap (just calling him tim seems bitin) about his daughter kylie.

they were a really interesting bunch. borgy was quite charming. he easily talked to everyone and he gamely did all the goofy shots, like the one where he posed as a pool boy (i will post that picture soon!). phoem was surprisingly more attractive in person. i guess she just doesn’t look as good on tv. the cadness sisters were appealing in that model kind of way and tim yap was actually nice. i used to really hate him. i still do, but not that much anymore. after all, he was my guest!

having worked in a magazine, i have to admit that the shoot ran pretty smoothly. the only dead-tired person there was katz. she did all the odds and ends- from assisting in the dressing room to ordering pizza for everyone. she’s really giving a lot to her job. i guess she must really like it. anyway, check out the mag if you can. it’s coming out next friday, march 6. the clothes are really nice and our otherwise, boring pool actually looks good.