Collector's Edition Chapter One

I am a collector of a lot of things, books, magazines, accessories, clothes, photos, etc. I wanted to share some of them to you. Wait, not like give them out! Just wanted to share photos of my collection. I am gonna start with magazines.

this is a sampling of my magazines: Dwell, Surface, a couple of Nylon and some local magazines

I have been a fan of magazines since I was in college and have the expenses to back me up. Although I buy back issues of international fashion titles, it is all good since Philippines doesn’t have four seasons. We only have two, the dry season is equivalent to summer and wet season or when it is raining, which is similar to fall or winter. (no snow, only rain here) And even when it is actually raining, it is not cold enough to wear fall/winter clothes.

 And here are my favorites.

Domino Magazine: November 2007

 Domino Magazine, whose official tagline was "the guide to living with style" is still my favorite magazine of all time. Too bad Conde Nast had ceased production of this magazine last 2009 when they were hit by the recession.

Wallpaper*, trademarked with an asterisk (*), focused on a lot of topics, fashion, design, art, media, and everything else. 

GQ, a monthly magazine also focusing on a lot of topics. Formerly Gentlemen's Quarterly, this magazine has versions for China, Romania, and more.

Details is like GQ's little brother, primarily focused on fashion and lifestyle, Details also features reports on relevant social and political issues.

Surface magazine is an American design, lifestyle, and fashion magazine based in New York, NYC.

a couple of Style:Men picked up at Singapore

Enjoy!

Step on a Crack

I love reading books! Ever since I was younger, I would go into my school's dingy library and read whatever book they have on the shelf. During grade school, I was into Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys Books, After that, I discovered R.L. Stine's Goosebumps and had collected quite a number on my own. Over high school, I was (and still sometimes) into Danielle Steel novels. College, my reading went into hiatus with all of the projects I need to pass but every now and then, I would be reading some thriller, from John Grisham or James Patterson, or a funny novel by Carl Hiaasen.

Anyway, I have not been reading recently... I had just finished re-shelving my books and that's when I saw a James Patterson book that I had not read yet. The book was given to me by my Aunt and I was probably busy when I received it and I just stashed it together with some of my old books.

The book in question was Step on a Crack. The story introduces a certain Michael Bennett, the father of ten (10!!!) children, all adopted having different races and nationalities. His wife is Maeve Bennett, a woman of grace yet is dying of cancer (spoiler: she died in the end...) Mr. Bennett or Mike, is a homicide detective and a former hostage negotiator, is the center of the story. It involves a death of a First Lady, kidnapping at the First Lady's funeral at St. Patrick church in Manhattan, and an undercover bad guy in the police force. Anyway, I suggest you guys read it before I go into the spoil all the details in it.


Note: I had read this book in a single day, I started during the morning, all through the work day at the office when no one is looking (ha! talk about a productive Monday), and before going to bed.