Much Respect to the Girl Who Rides

Limp dready sun dried hair 

Flakey spotty dark skin Bruises, 

battle scars and caluses 

 Welcome to my life 

 It never really occurred to me how bad my overall physical condition is, if i use "normal" girl standards. I do understand why a lot of girls don't wanna ride because of the factors stated above which you will face in all eternity.

And of course i also do understand us a few ones who loves to ride and doesn't give a flying f*ck.

Am not gonna deny, i am vain. I love to dress up, paint my nails with glitter and definitely a plus to make an effort and look presentable. But sure aint easy, with the life i've chosen to be in. 

 I probably spend more hours outdoors than most of my guy friends and most definitely spend more time in the salon than most of my girl friends just to get that dreadlock out from constantly being in front of the wind avergaging at 15-20knots most days. It may look good in photos but windblown salty sun dried hair is not really easy to deal with I tell you! 

You better give much deserved respect to the girl who rides. 

 Growing up in a society that considers dark skin to be ugly it wasn't an easy choice for me and definitely not easy to get a guy i like to even look at me, that i really had to capitalize on being smart and funny. hehe

That's why every year i make an effort to take you, like me, a rad.girl who rides, out for a good time with other girls like you. 

 A platform to encourage and empower, that you are not alone and we are all in the same boat. I say this to you, dont give up and keep on shredding, show the world what it's all about. May it be on land, water or snow, on wheels or boards. Be clad in pink, Keep on riding and don't hold back! I give my respect back to you. 

You are a girl on fire! 

Do not let the norms of society take out your flame. My love goes with you! --- 

check out the Girls on Fire on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/girlonfirekitecamp

PS: Thank you to the undying support of ROXY, DC, The Headware, Tribu, Lazy Dog Boracay, Bahari Beach Resort, David Salon for the last four years.

and to Colleen and Dom for helping out the girls this year 

Love you!

The Tooth Fairy

My impacted wisdom tooth is finally out.

hurray!

after 3 years (since it first erupted) of contemplating if it should go or not

i finally decided that now is the time!

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last week was the last haul of the wind and i didn't get to kite for the last 2 days because 

the pain was just insane that i booked a flight 

the next day and went to see a dentist in Manila.

Yes, i had to fly to Manila to get my wisdom tooth

extracted because nobody can do it here in Boracay.

The travel to and from Manila was exhausting as i am nursing a toothache

and takin the trike (tuktuk) to the port, sleepover at Bahari Kite Resort (Thank you Marc Nelson)

catch a van to kalibo at 2am, fly to manila at 530am and go the dentist at 9am.

the 530am flight was the only choice i had considering prices, its insane how can a 1 hour domestic flight cost you 7k php 1 WAY! wow! it's like going to Bali or something.

plus some flights you'd have to fly through Cebu then Manila.

now that i say is very exhausting.

and the ferries crossing to/from boracay stops at 10ish so yes, i had to sleep in union bay.

which turned out good in the end for the change of scenery away from the bright lights and hard pumping music of Station2 in Boracay.

I also got to see the new baby of Jemma and Bacchus of Mango Riders Union Bay. he is just so adorable.

I also got to hang with the kids there. it was a nice little break with an awesome sunset peaking from the clouds. sunsets from the east side of our spot is just amazing especially when there are a lot of clouds around.

I've been wishing that one day, i can spend the entire season in Asia being based in union beach instead of Bulabog beach, just to enjoy a less busy beach.

and finally work on fixing our sliders

PS: please somebody who has the same liking for sliders,
please spend some time to help me with this. 

anyways, am usually good at keeping my patience with flights but not with a toothache. 

I only had a backpack with me with water, pain killers and my Ipad (for my amusement).

i didn't bother to bring ANY clothes, as i can just ransack my old closet in Manila.

when i got in to town i went straight to the dentist and told him to hook me up with strong anesthesia for my tooth and take it out.

i really didn't feel a thing during the procedure but when the anesthesia wore offf.....

that was another story. I went back to the dentist after spending the whole day in pain just to get a prescription of stronger pain killers.

am not usually a fan of pain relievers but F*ck that, sorry for the language but it was just too much pain for me to handle at that moment.

i imagined it to be less painful. 

also am really pissed about not being able to move so much while am recovering.

am a bit bored now, i might say. 

i cannot swim, go underwater, do yoga, surf, kite or even just jump up and down. 

well, now i guess the body needs to rest for a bit and enjoy just being lazy. although, the fact that i cant really eat anything either is killing me...and i love to eat 

i've been eating oatmeal cereal for the last 2 days..ok i had a fish brochette and pita bread and hummus but it had to be cut in bits and easy to chew. and it takes me 2 hours almost to finish a skewer for dinner.

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i feel like a sick baby.

but over the 3 days that i've spent in manila,

i managed to see all the brands i work with

since am working remotely in Boracay, technically.

they don't really see me often aside from my Facebook and Instagram updates 

plus the occasional blogging.

i had a nice lunch with the awesome peeps at Roxy/DC 

while my face was still double the size after the surgery . it was quite funny and sad

to have me eating miso soup and small sushi while everyone is chowing down their tonkatsus and tempuras.

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PS: i always get extra excited when i enter this place

the next day, which was the most painful day of all, i was trotting around high on pain killers

when i met with Jeena and Jason from Headware and Tribu  - i finally saw my big mural in their office, and look, even a smaller one from my last snowboard trip from tahoe with my filipino flag

headware.

i also spotted the new package and marketing stuff for The New Body BAg which i personally adore, plus the mural of my kite friends too!!!

the new headware stuff drove me crazy! the prints are amazing!!!

And THANK GOD for DAVID's SALON! 

who gave my hair a lift as usual! 

i am so stoked to be an official endorser now for this amazing company! 

Laura is one of my favorite hair stylist,

we worked for a David's Salon AD a few years back where she dyed my hair pheonix RED!

now we are collaborating for a new look on my hair for the summer. 

I was also hoping to catch my Boss from GoPro philippines when i passed by his office, who i know is extremely busy, to personally thank him for the new GoPro 3 plus the sweet mounts he stashed me with and also for aiding me in shooting for my 2013 season movie BLUSH #2. 

and, believe it or not i thought i was gonna eat elsewhere when i was in Manila but i still ended up in Kasbah - The Fort - just because! it's so sick to hang out there and the food is really great, seriously! 

I can live with Kasbah food for life!

i had din din with my wondertwin danielle

This is when i had the fish skewer.

a lot of chatting, since we are not neighbors anymore, havent seen her since my last manila trip.

The next day, i went back to Kasbah to Have lunch with my fellow Roxy Girl, Jo who i also havent seen for ages except on TV,

coupled with a fun chat with my amazing Boss,
the lady behind Kasbah - Madonna -
who is RAD in her own sophisticated way!

a few sick plans for the next season plus many more! so watch out for that.

Am personally very excited!

this moroccan cigars were yummy but i can't chew on them so well :(

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To Summarize it,

i love all these people that i work with one way or another.

Looking back on how our partnerships started it was for a common interest

PASSION.

The BRANDS that i represent are not only good products/services but also looking at the people behind them, they have the passion to deliver to you (consumers) a product with a purpose and working with it with a lot of Passion, plus of course a genuine love for the environment and embodies an active lifestyle.

To all of you thanks for the laughs (to distract me from my aching tooth) and ideas.

Am excited for what the future brings to us! 

and also to your RAD new products
it's always to difficult to choose just one,
can i not get both? lol

PS: Thank you for the best "CARE" package in the world my Tooth Fairy, or should i say Tooth Faries!

Everyday i feel so blessed and loved!

Forgive my poor iPhone photos, i think i need to dust my lifeproof case clean

I am really high on pain killers right now...
Thanks for reading this long Post guys
and i really hope my tooth surgery gets better soonest.
i miss being in the water.

Peace.Love.Good Vs
Paula