Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Kelly Clarkson - American Idol's rules, not linked a record company.

Kelly Clarkson American Idol gives back that sent entertainment penn liveKelly Clarkson, shortly following the completion of the 1st season of American Idol, she was accused of working with a record company.

American Idol's rules stated that a contestant (including Kelly Clarkson)was not allowed to compete on the program if they had been linked to a record company.

However, Kelly Clarkson was cleared of all allegations, as she had only had a contract in order to conduct demonstration work.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Wedding Attire

Every OC bride wants her guests to follow the prescribed attire for her wedding, right? But Filipinos are known to be adamant when it comes to this part of the wedding. State a Semi Formal attire and you'll get guests wearing jeans, rubber shoes and shirts and casual blouses. State a Formal Attire and you'll see some guests wearing short sleeved polo and black rubber shoes comouflaging as leather shoes (This one we experienced in our wedding.) And state Strictly Formal and you'll get guests wearing cocktail dresses. See the pattern here? Filipinos almost always dress a step down of the prescribed attire! To defend the guests' side, especially the women, only a few stores carry cocktail and formal dresses that it sometimes so taxing to look for one thus resulting to being underdressed in a wedding. I experienced scourging two malls last week looking for the perfect "wedding chick" attire for W@W Anniversary Party and I have gathered a list of stores where one can buy that perfect wedding attire.

1. Kirei
This is where I got my beautiful cocktail dress. Very feminine and wedding chick if I may say so myself! This store specializes in cocktail and formal dresses that you can spend hours looking at their collection. Prepare to spend P1,200-P2,000 plus for a dress here. They also have accessories.

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Me and Jay at the W@W Party

2. Lhasa
This is my next favorite store to shop for cocktail dresses. Why? because they are cheap yet pretty! You can get a cocktail dress here for as low as P800 since their market are teens and young adult. Their deesigns are trendy too. But don't expect them to last for a long time. Remember that cheap can equal to low quality. But if you intend to wear it only for a couple (meaning, two or three times tops) of times then dresses in Lhasa will do.

3. Sari Sari
Sari Sari also specializes in selling cocktail and formal dresses. They even have shoes to match the dresses they sell. Unfortunately, their dresses are also costly just like in Kirei. Actually, some are even more expensive! So prepare to spend a lot if you are planning to buy a dress here. But the upside is they have a lot of designs ranging from the classic to the trend today so you have more to choose from.

4. Karimadon
I thought Kirei and Karimadon are sister stores but apparently I was mistaken. They also carry a lot of cocktail and formal dresses here. But their designs are not as trendy and as many as Kirrei and Sari Sari. A bit pricey, too.

5. Shapes
Shapes clothes range from casual to Semi Formal. Unfortunately, their cocktail dresses are limited in designs usually just ranging from the usual tube and sleeveless types. A bit pricey too from P1,00-P1,600 considering their simple designs. Usually, you can also see those kind of dresses inside the department stores of malls so don't expect to be a stand out if you are sporting a dress from Shapes.

6. Petit Monde
I was dissapointed when I went to look for a dress in Petit Monde. Instead of a lot of coctail dresses what I saw are a lot of summer dresses. Don't expect a lot of designs here to choose from. Actually, their designs can be a little oudated com to think of it.

7. Forever 21
If you want a dress on the daring side, get one from Forever 21. But if you want a decent one then think twice if you don't want the bride to shoot daggers at you. As expected, I didn't find my dream dress here. Very pricey too. I think they have a dress worth P3,000-P5,000 in this store.

So before turning up as a wedding guest nightmare, scourge these stores first. You might find your wedding chick attire here just like I did.


Wedding Attire

Every OC bride wants her guests to follow the prescribed attire for her wedding, right? But Filipinos are known to be adamant when it comes to this part of the wedding. State a Semi Formal attire and you'll get guests wearing jeans, rubber shoes and shirts and casual blouses. State a Formal Attire and you'll see some guests wearing short sleeved polo and black rubber shoes comouflaging as leather shoes (This one we experienced in our wedding.) And state Strictly Formal and you'll get guests wearing cocktail dresses. See the pattern here? Filipinos almost always dress a step down of the prescribed attire! To defend the guests' side, especially the women, only a few stores carry cocktail and formal dresses that it sometimes so taxing to look for one thus resulting to being underdressed in a wedding. I experienced scourging two malls last week looking for the perfect "wedding chick" attire for W@W Anniversary Party and I have gathered a list of stores where one can buy that perfect wedding attire.

1. Kirei
This is where I got my beautiful cocktail dress. Very feminine and wedding chick if I may say so myself! This store specializes in cocktail and formal dresses that you can spend hours looking at their collection. Prepare to spend P1,200-P2,000 plus for a dress here. They also have accessories.

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Me and Jay at the W@W Party

2. Lhasa
This is my next favorite store to shop for cocktail dresses. Why? because they are cheap yet pretty! You can get a cocktail dress here for as low as P800 since their market are teens and young adult. Their deesigns are trendy too. But don't expect them to last for a long time. Remember that cheap can equal to low quality. But if you intend to wear it only for a couple (meaning, two or three times tops) of times then dresses in Lhasa will do.

3. Sari Sari
Sari Sari also specializes in selling cocktail and formal dresses. They even have shoes to match the dresses they sell. Unfortunately, their dresses are also costly just like in Kirei. Actually, some are even more expensive! So prepare to spend a lot if you are planning to buy a dress here. But the upside is they have a lot of designs ranging from the classic to the trend today so you have more to choose from.

4. Karimadon
I thought Kirei and Karimadon are sister stores but apparently I was mistaken. They also carry a lot of cocktail and formal dresses here. But their designs are not as trendy and as many as Kirrei and Sari Sari. A bit pricey, too.

5. Shapes
Shapes clothes range from casual to Semi Formal. Unfortunately, their cocktail dresses are limited in designs usually just ranging from the usual tube and sleeveless types. A bit pricey too from P1,00-P1,600 considering their simple designs. Usually, you can also see those kind of dresses inside the department stores of malls so don't expect to be a stand out if you are sporting a dress from Shapes.

6. Petit Monde
I was dissapointed when I went to look for a dress in Petit Monde. Instead of a lot of coctail dresses what I saw are a lot of summer dresses. Don't expect a lot of designs here to choose from. Actually, their designs can be a little oudated com to think of it.

7. Forever 21
If you want a dress on the daring side, get one from Forever 21. But if you want a decent one then think twice if you don't want the bride to shoot daggers at you. As expected, I didn't find my dream dress here. Very pricey too. I think they have a dress worth P3,000-P5,000 in this store.

So before turning up as a wedding guest nightmare, scourge these stores first. You might find your wedding chick attire here just like I did.


Thursday, March 19, 2009

Kelly Clarkson - Song performances on American Idol

Kelly ClarksonSongs performances of Kelly clarkson on American Idol as below table result

Original audition: "Express Yourself" (Madonna) and "At Last" (Etta James)

Round Song Choice Original Artist Theme (if any) Result
Top 121 "Respect" Aretha Franklin Hollywood round 1 Safe
Top 65 "I Say a Little Prayer" Dionne Warwick Hollywood round 2 Safe
Top 45 "Save The Best For Last" Vanessa L. Williams Hollywood round 3 Safe
Top 30 "Respect" Aretha Franklin Semi-final group 2 Safe
Top 10 "You're All I Need to Get By" Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell Motown Safe
Top 8 "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" Aretha Franklin 1960s week Safe
Top 7 "Don't Play That Song" Aretha Franklin 1970s week Safe
Top 6 "Stuff Like That There" Betty Hutton Big Band week Safe
Top 5 "Walk on By" Dionne Warwick Burt Bacharach week Safe
Top 4 "It's Raining Men"
"I Surrender"
Weather Girls
Céline Dion
1980s week
1990s week
Safe
Top 3 "Think Twice"
"Without You"
Céline Dion
Badfinger
Judge's Week Safe
Top 2 "Respect"
"Before Your Love"
"A Moment Like This"
Aretha Franklin
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
Singer's Choice Week Safe
Finale "A Moment Like This" Kelly Clarkson Winner's single Winner

Monday, March 16, 2009

New Wedding Hair Accesories

A new and hot hair accessory is now available for brides! Meet the stone encrusted headbands from Jennifer Behr's collection! Headbands have always been a good hair accessory choice for brides but this new collection of Jennifer Behr has put the hair accessory to a new level. Decorated with swarovsky crystals, this head piece can be worn on your wedding or any formal party you may attend to in the future. But this headband is not for the on a budget bride since the price range for these beauties are from $200 to $600! You may purchase this beautiful stone encrusted piece online since I think it is still not available in the country. Only actress Anne Curtis is known to have one in the Philippines as of date!

Some photos to drool on:

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*** all images from Jennifer Behr's site



New Wedding Hair Accesories

A new and hot hair accessory is now available for brides! Meet the stone encrusted headbands from Jennifer Behr's collection! Headbands have always been a good hair accessory choice for brides but this new collection of Jennifer Behr has put the hair accessory to a new level. Decorated with swarovsky crystals, this head piece can be worn on your wedding or any formal party you may attend to in the future. But this headband is not for the on a budget bride since the price range for these beauties are from $200 to $600! You may purchase this beautiful stone encrusted piece online since I think it is still not available in the country. Only actress Anne Curtis is known to have one in the Philippines as of date!

Some photos to drool on:

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*** all images from Jennifer Behr's site



Sunday, March 15, 2009

A Fairy Tale Wedding

Almost every bride wants to feel like a princess/queen on her wedding day thus the theme A Fairy Tale Wedding is one of the most popular wedding themes there is. Venues have started to cater on this whimsical theme by having ballrooms designed in Italian and French architecture. One famous venue for this theme is Fernbrook Gardens.

Some shots:

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from Smart Shots blog

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from Smart Shots blog

A Fairy Tale Wedding is also very popular abroad that Hong Kong Disneyland has jumped into the band wagon and started offerings its castle for this kind of wedding. Check out their packages here.

Fernbrook Gardens is located at Daang Hari, Las Piñas, Metro Manila.

A Fairy Tale Wedding

Almost every bride wants to feel like a princess/queen on her wedding day thus the theme A Fairy Tale Wedding is one of the most popular wedding themes there is. Venues have started to cater on this whimsical theme by having ballrooms designed in Italian and French architecture. One famous venue for this theme is Fernbrook Gardens.

Some shots:

fernbrook

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from Smart Shots blog

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from Smart Shots blog

A Fairy Tale Wedding is also very popular abroad that Hong Kong Disneyland has jumped into the band wagon and started offerings its castle for this kind of wedding. Check out their packages here.

Fernbrook Gardens is located at Daang Hari, Las Piñas, Metro Manila.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Kelly Clarkson - Debut album, Thankful

ws Kelly Clarkson zoomWhen Kelly Clarkson released her debut album, Thankful as a single in October 2002, it set a record on the United States Billboard Hot 100 chart when it rose from #52 to #1.

Kelly Clarkson debut album, Thankful 's achievement was largely due to the impact from Idol as the CD single managed to sell 236,000 copies in its 1st week of sales in the United States it spent 5 weeks at #1 in Canada.

WOW.

:)

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

The Reason

I have been a bride that rainy yet beautiful November 9 when I walked down the aisle of St. Francis of Assisi in Quezon City to the waiting arms of my handsome and loving fiance. We started the preparations for the much awaited wedding February 2008 but I haven't thought of documenting my escapades and adventures in putting together my dream wedding. I have been a writer since grade school and I maintained a blog for three years so why haven't I made a blog dedicated to the most important and much awaited day of my life? Well I only have one reason and that is putting together a wedding is very, very stressful that it drained all the creative juices in me. Yes, you may argue that it is just for a day but a wedding is very detailed oriented. Heck, you even have to decide if you will be putting your monogram in your napkin or not!

So after four months of being married, I create this blog for the sole purpose of sharing everything that I have learned and researched during my nine months of wedding preparations. This blog is dedicated to all the Pinay bride to bes out there that aim and strive to have their perfect wedding. Here's to a happy and hopefully stressfree preps! Cheers!

happy preps



The Reason

I have been a bride that rainy yet beautiful November 9 when I walked down the aisle of St. Francis of Assisi in Quezon City to the waiting arms of my handsome and loving fiance. We started the preparations for the much awaited wedding February 2008 but I haven't thought of documenting my escapades and adventures in putting together my dream wedding. I have been a writer since grade school and I maintained a blog for three years so why haven't I made a blog dedicated to the most important and much awaited day of my life? Well I only have one reason and that is putting together a wedding is very, very stressful that it drained all the creative juices in me. Yes, you may argue that it is just for a day but a wedding is very detailed oriented. Heck, you even have to decide if you will be putting your monogram in your napkin or not!

So after four months of being married, I create this blog for the sole purpose of sharing everything that I have learned and researched during my nine months of wedding preparations. This blog is dedicated to all the Pinay bride to bes out there that aim and strive to have their perfect wedding. Here's to a happy and hopefully stressfree preps! Cheers!

happy preps



Friday, March 6, 2009

Kelly Clarkson - The First Season of American Idol

Kelly ClarksonOn September 4, 2002 Kelly Clarkson won the first season of American Idol. She was earning 58% of the vote to 42% for Justin Guarini.

Choking back tears, Kelly Clarkson performed the ballad "A Moment Like This", the song written for the winner of American Idol, which would subsequently appear on her debut album, Thankful.

The song's music video was filmed at Pantages Theater in Hollywood, and incorporated short scenes of Kelly Clarkson performing on American Idol.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Kelly Clarkson - Prefer Music than Scholarships

Kelly Clarkson PictureUpon high school graduation, Kelly Clarkson was offered full scholarships to The University of Texas at Austin, University of North Texas, and Berklee.

But Kelly Clarkson decided against college b/cuz Clarkson had "already written so much music and wanted to try on [Clarkson] own. And [Clarkson] figured you're never too old to go to college."