A Deecoded Life

Food, Beauty, Travel & Lifestyle Blog

Heering Accessorize 2009

by

Last week, I joined a contest in Elle Magazine via their Facebook group and won a pair of tickets to the finale of Heering Accessorize 2009 – the world championship in fashion mixing and drink designing. Mixologists create a Heering cocktail inspired by a haute couture dress and designers create a Heering cocktail dress inspired […]

Archie Picks Veronica

by

For seventy years, Archie has been torn between two best friends – rich brunette Veronica and blonde girl-next-door Betty. When word got out that he was finally planning to marry one of them, I wished it would be Betty. I have always liked Betty more than Ronnie for the same reason that I preferred Elizabeth […]

Bintan Lagoon Resort {Deetour}

by

I did not want to go initially, but Cate was so convincing that in the end, I found myself in a ferry boat that took less than an hour to bring us to Bintan Lagoon Resort in Indonesia for an overnight stay starting yesterday. I’m glad I went, though! The view was breathtakingly beautiful. The resort […]

Photofunia

by

I visited Photofunia for the first time and had a blast creating photos. this one’s my fave… my picture looks like it really belongs! here’s another billboard I’ve always called this particular pic “Vogue” and now it really is! I really ought to be an actress are my eyes as bleary as Sirius Black’s? ooh… […]

Weng Feliciano, Meet Weng Feliciano

by

I had a funny encounter in Facebook today. Apparently I am acquainted with two people from different parts of the world who have the same first and last name. Well, nickname, actually, since the guy is named Roel and the girl is named Rowena. What a funny coincidence though.

Another Marriage Proposal

by

Here we go again! I’ve been avoiding logging into Skype to get away from pervs and weirdos, but when I finally log in again today to talk to Tina, I got another one: Below are some of the weirder opening lines I’ve encountered and ignored from different social networking sites. “Hey I saw your profile […]

Kate and Leopold {Movie Review}

by

Yes, my Jackman-ia is not yet over, and I’ve spent the past days researching about him and downloading his pictures to use as my laptop’s wallpaper and watching his movies. I watched X-Men 1 and 2 online and found a DVD of Kate and Leopold in the library on the day I got retrenched. Let’s […]

Banana Cue and Barbeque Day

by

Gelle has always said that she has never tried banana cue the ZC way, as she put it, that is, having them grilled and slathered with margarine and sugar, so we thought about making some at home. Unfortunately we could not find any saging na saba in the market or the grocery stores, but luckily, […]

Recession Victim

by

“I need to have a quick word with you.” These words are seemingly harmless enough and should not have sliced into my heart and caused me to send off this text message to my friend Cate with trembling hands: “My boss wants to talk to me. I’m nervous about this.” My fears were not unfounded, […]