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true colors

self portraits 

Photos by my friend, Colin Lewis.

These were all impromptu. We were just going to have our shoot for our Lighting Condition plate in Photography class, but then we had an idea of using ourselves as each other’s subjects. And these photos were the result. Thank you Colin!

Yours truly,  Chels.

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ChelsXVIII

My 18th birthday celebration at The Lounge, Tomas Morato QC.

Turning 18 won’t be as exciting as I expected it to be without this little debut that I had a week before my actual birthday. Super mixed emotions that night and all of my kalokohan sa buhay got revealed. 

I made this celebration like my “mini-concert” because I missed performing so much and I really wanted to have a concert of my own (my dream since I was a kid because of Hannah Montana, lol)

some gifts:

Mariza was the one who gave me this gift.

Feeling like a Dangerous Woman with this gift from Cherie.

the guests:

CFAD friends

UST Tigersharks Teammates

Siena HS friends

This has become the most memorable night of my life. I really had a great time with everybody who came. I’m thankful for my mom, dad and Heart for letting me have this event even though I didn’t want to have a debut. I love you!

Yours Truly, Chels.

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this is my revival

Selena Gomez: Revival Tour (Manila, Philippines)

While I was getting ready for Selena Gomez’s concert here in the Philippines, although I like the make up that I did to my face, I didn’t like my hair. Lol. Everybody kept on telling me to have a haircut and dye it again because it doesn’t look good on me anymore. At first, I thought “ano ba pake niyo, buhok ko ‘to eh” but then I realized how much of a hassle my hair is for me, it’s way too heavy and long which makes me very uncomfortable. So, after this picture was taken, I decided to cut my own hair (for like 5-8 minutes), I started with the bangs, and did a little layering on the sides (just like Selena’s new hair! Selena was really my hair peg, ever since I was in 4th grade). I felt like I needed a revival of my own. 

I went to the concert with my cousin, Ate Tricia. We were super excited to watch Selena perform live! We even listened to her whole album on the way to MOA Arena.

The show started at around 8:45pm with Darren Espanto opening up with his singles including one cover.

We were seated at the Upper Box area in the arena, almost at the center of th stage, so yeah, we liked our view from here. Hehe.

“sneeeepcheeet!” | via Patricia Dominguez on Snapchat

                                    The aesthetics, production and everything were perfect! Selena slayed her every performance!

Thank you Selena Gomez and MMI for bring the Revival Tour to the Philippines. 

Yours Truly, Chels.

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lately i’ve been...

…I’ve been singing my heart out.

Here’s my musical journey throughout the first two semesters I’ve spent in UST:

1. CFAD HIMIG General Assembly 2015

2. CFAD Week 2016: HIMIG SPACEBAR

3. MUSIKAT General Assembly 2015

4. CFAD Week 2016:  TAMAGUCCI Fashion Show

5. SOAR: CFAD One Shade Anniversary Concert

6. UST CFAD Touchpoint’s Adball: The Premiere

7. CFAD Recognition Day 2016 (no photo)

8. CFAD Week 2016: Leagued With Legends (no photo)

Singing is really my passion. Before I started this school year, my first year in college, I was worried about how am I going to continue doing what I love to do since grade school, which is performing. I joined my college and even univ-wide organizations so that I can showcase my talent… and they did recognize me. Despite my hassle and stressful schedule, of course I would never refuse an offer to perform. I even sang in debut parties of my friends last year and this year. I also were able to pass the auditions and reach the Elimination rounds for MUSIKAT’s Thomasian Idol.

No words can describe how thankful I am for my orgs, CFAD HIMIG, Touchpoint, CFAD Student Council, and MUSIKAT for giving me opportunities to perform for their events. And also to my friends and family who are always there to support me (and taking pictures and videos of my performances hehe). It has been a music-filled school year!

I hope for the next years to come, I can still continue doing this and uhm idk, level up maybe? lol

Yours Truly,  Chels.

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all in my head

i Can hardly see your eyes 

but i love How it sparkles at night 

your voice sinks Into my skin

the melody Nourishes my soul 

and my heart craves for mOre

and for some reason, this free verse poem of mine has a “part two”, i found it written in one of my notebooks for school, i can’t remember when i wrote this though, so here it goes:

i get kind of heCtic inside

wHenever I see you

if you oNly knew

the things that flow through my mind

Yours Truly,  Chels.

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11:11

here i am curled up in my bed

gathering thoughts inside of my head

thinking ‘bout the moonlight

thinking ‘bout food to bite

staring at the night sky

waiting for something to get by

all these stars i see

like them i want to be free

-hcmcd.

i don’t even know what- i guess i’m just hungry

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Summer 2015. Batangas. I decided to go on a "social media hiatus" since it's also the Holy Week. It was one of the best week ever. I get to think about life and have some quality time with my family. It's good to get your minf off of things sometimes. You get to enjoy nature and everything it is that is around you. Yes, gadgets and other technologies help us in our everyday lives but a little too much of something is always not good. It was nice to give my iPod and my phone a break for a while. After the week, I don't feel quite dependent on it anymore. And it's good.

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https://soundcloud.com/hanchelsduran/one-last-time-by-ariana-grande-cover