I took a nap at 7:30 pm with baby. We woke at 10 and I decided to sneak a few more bags into the dumpster.
Filled an ENTIRE GARBAGE BAG with just BRAS-
How the HELL did I accumulate that many brassieres?!
I didn’t throw away this strange one I bought in Amsterdam over a decade ago. There used to be a little handmade exotic undies shop in the same building as my apartment. It no longer fits me, but it’s a souvenir- of what, I don’t know.
Another bag was filled with flip flops and shoes from at least a decade ago… I still have tens of dozens of more pairs of shoes to weed through. Imelda Marcos doesn’t have anything on me- except that she was more organized and had HELP.
The third bag was just old blue jean mini skirts, probably circa 2008-2009. Some were so short I have no idea how I sat down without my bits and pieces poking out. NEVER wearing that again- some looked brand new- OUT they went.
I found silk duvets and beautiful cotton linens and duvet covers- that had been folded and put into boxes AND SHOVED INTO A CORNER in that back room sooo long ago that I’d forgotten I owned them.
I found over the knee boots, from France, Italy, Spain, Brazil- most of them leather, all of them designer. Circa 2007-2009.
I noticed that my expensive clothing collection stops around the same time that I acquired R. I guess having a boy toy vs having nice things isn’t mutually exclusive. After 2010, I started my “Earth Mama” phase. I wore less makeup, became more nature girl.
He built all the raised veggie boxes in the yard and installed a small greenhouse for me. We acquired more dogs and I had a baby. I quit going out when I met him and my drinking (which wasn’t a lot before- I am not a big drinker) dwindled to nearly nothing. My house started to get renovated in earnest (he’s big about doing ‘projects’ with me).
I remember one year, early in our relationship, when I took him to NYC to meet my ‘famous’ friends. He was not impressed. In fact, he was kind of like the little kid from the story “The Emperor’s New Clothes”. He found them shallow and strange and unreal- totally turned him off. They, on the other hand, LOVED him because he was so ‘strong and silent’- which meant, he didn’t fall for their bullshit.
That opened my eyes, too… in a very good way. I am glad I am throwing most of my past away. There are plenty of good memories, but a lot of them are also painful ones. There’s something really awful about living a life/working in the public eye and around people who only value a person for their body of work and/or BODY/FACE/BEAUTY. It’s an empty existence- like chasing a ghost. It’s only fun until the next party, next show, next role, next next next…
Someone wrote to me and wanted to help me eBay my stuff- Nope, no, noooo. If I need, I will do it myself. (I actually was one of the first ambassadors for eBay, many years ago when it first began. I helped write the first how-to use eBay book).
People can dumpster dive my dumpster if they want. They can pick my trash. I’m focused on THROWING THINGS AWAY… nothing else. Holding ONTO stuff, with the intention of selling it later, is one of the reasons why I am IN the situation that I am in now.
Time to feng shui my life. NOW.
If you don’t mind, what were you doing before you settled down with R?
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I am a television and radio psychic
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🙂 I used to produce shows for TV too 😀
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omg we may know the same people in Manila!!
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I started really young – 19? I was with Maalaala mo kaya for my internship where I worked with lots of great people and then I went to Australia for vacay.. When I came back I worked at bank before joining ABS-CBN’s cable network where I produced shows for MYX – the local music channel (MTV’s rival). 😀
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Do you Romeo Candido? He’s a Canadian balikbayan who did stuff for that station and MTV Canada
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Nope. I left the industry in 2009 when I went to Doha. 😀
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I may not know a lot of people in the field but it was a great experience! 😀 Glam life!
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I spent most of my time in Manila going to parties and fetes and drinking more than people should.
Was WAY too much ‘society’ for me.
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when I was in Manila last I did something for abs-cbn
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What show? 😀
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He did a ton of things for that station can’t remember offhand
He also made a big horror film w and aswang
My show was directed by him and co starred Carlos Celdran
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Ang Kababaihan ng Malolos?
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lol Im in the credits of film, they used me as the advisor for how the psychic had to act lol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ang_Pamana:_The_Inheritance
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and this is my pal carlos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Celdran
he’s always in trouble with the catholic church lol
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😀 So you’re famous!!! 😀 I’ll look for a copy and watch it! 🙂
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lol NOT.
I’m infamous for a few things, but never that. *shudder*
I just have eclectic friends that I read for.
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I attended one of Carlos Celdran’s Intramuros tour many years ago. He’s a talented artist and very intelligent too.. I think he knows history better than famous historians here.. haha 🙂
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he’s sooo awesome at what he does. Throws great dinner parties, too- he was one of my bffs when I was there
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There’s another movie starred by Carlos Celdran. It’s about manila. I can’t remember the title! 😀
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my cousin Bong Antonio has been doing a lot of horror movies lately, too- they’ve been coming to all the film festivals all over the US
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