Good Vibes: Justice - D.A.N.C.E.

The video is awesome--illustrator's definitely a genius. I just ♥ this song. Super catchy that it's almost impossible not to move your feet and break down to the beat. Never fails to cheer me and my happy feet up! :)

Do the D.A.N.C.E.

1, 2, 3, 4, fight

Stick to the B.E.A.T.

Get ready to ignite

You are such a P.Y.T.

Catching all the lights

Just easy as ABC

That's how you make it right

*According to an interview, this song was a tribute to Michael Jackson since Justice themselves are big MJ fans.

*D.A.N.C.E. was nominated for "Video of the Year" at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards; Justice was nominated for Best Dance Recording (for D.A.N.C.E.) and Best Short Form Music Video at the 50th Grammy Awards.

happy monday!

what happens when a yogini is also a water baby?

paddle surfing is brought to a new level of fun! paddling to the deep end, raising our arms up into the sky and going through the motions of the sun salutations turned out to be a total workout. yoga on a paddle board must be the closest thing to walking on water. when it was time to do our headstands, we were conquering the fear of falling all over again. but as you can imagine, falling in the blue sea is quite a treat!

oh, and coming up in a headstand while technically floating on water, is exhilarating. you should try it ;)

happy monday!


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Listening to: Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma

Hanging Out: Afternoon Delight

The girls and I can't get enough of Ola's mouth-watering treats. It's nice to sit, hang-out, drink and eat eat eat (and did i say eat?) in this place. Meet Ola's adorable owner and baker Lei Osit and her delightful enthusiasm to feed us her divine specialties.

Happy Girl Ink: What inspired you to start Ola?
Lei Osit: My Mom. It's an extension of our kitchen. Originally it was supposed to be a salad and juice bar because i love juices! But we included food and pastries.
HPI: Favorite juice in the list?
LO: The Morning After: papaya+orange+cucumber best when nursing a hang-over :)
HPI: Why Ola?
LO: It's hawaiian because my name is hawaiian! :) It means healthy or life or alive.
HPI: Baking or cooking?
LO: Baking!
HPI: What's baking now? :)
LO: I'm famous for my carrot, walnut and pineapple cake, the Aloha! And Mahalo a dome cake of banana, pecan nuts and kahlua with a thin layer of light buttermilk frosting with dessicated coconut.
HPI: Yummy!!! Bestseller?
LO: Tuna Melt Sandwich with Spinach.
HPI: And your ingredients are home-grown...
LO: Yes! From the wheatgrass, to the tarragon for tea, some veggies all came from our backyard.
HPI: Any Halloween Special?
LO: Pumpkin Pie!
HPI: And you're going as?
LO(giggles): Betty from the Flintstones.
HPI: Okay, now let's eat that cake!

Thanks Lei! Ola is located on the ground floor of E-mall in Brgy. Ambulong Station 3, Boracay Island.

Funtivity: French Lessons

Last Saturday, the girls and I gathered in Lei's sun-drenched garden and indulged ourselves in the enchanting, romantic and rather complicated language of the French. Pauline, our very patient teacher taught us how to use verbs like: manger (eat), croire (believe) and my favorite, dormir (sleep). Our goal is to be able to speak conversational French, yes, someday. And while we haven't found the translation for: "I know, right?" I'll keep on practicing my favorite phrase so far:

Je crois en l'amour. :-)

Nicole, Lei, Pauline and Jof in the perfect classroom setting.


Pauline writes some phrases.


What's learning French without Le Cafe?

Good Vibes: Hey Mama Wolf - Devendra Banhart

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Hey Mama Wolf - Devendra Banhart

When I'm in the woods I know what to call you now
When I'm in the woods I know what to call you now

Hey mama wolf
Hey mama wolf

Well maybe the mountains know what to call you now
Maybe the mountains know what to call you now

Hey mama wolf
Hey mama wolf

When I'm in a womb, I know what to call you now
And when a belly blooms I know what to call you now

Hey mama wolf
Hey mama wolf

Well I can say Marie, I know what to call you now
Swimming in the sea I know what to call you now
And when you swim with me I know what to call you now
And when you're under me I know what to call you now

Hey mama wolf

~*~

Start listening to this song and notice yourself humming the drone and imagining the wilderness with a hint of the strange, the maternal and the romantic. Don't worry he usually has that effect on us, mere mortals. It's just the inner wandering, beautiful, psychedelic minstrel in him i guess.

~*~

OK guys, meet the man who brought about Mama Wolf's howl...

Funtivity: Into the sunset

we took out the paddle boards that afternoon and paddled out into the sunset. i've seen hundreds of days like this and yet each time the sky turns pink i still look up in wonder :)