NEW TATTOO

Last week I finally got myself inked! My friend Niche gave me a pretty awesome discount from Whiplash Tattoo as a Christmas gift. It took me a while before I decided what to get. I'll be seeing it on my body forever (unless I'll have it erased which I learned is possible now thanks to science) so I planned for it carefully. Whiplash Tattoo has a really good artist! Although I'm cool with pain, his hand wasn't so heavy so it didn't really hurt that much except when he was doing the crossbone right in the middle. I was playing Pokemon White 2 to take my mind off the pain. I was battling the Elite Four and I forgot to buy Revives and Full Restores due to stress. Good thing my Hydreigon survived til the very end. Lol going back to the tattoo, I got the Crossbone in the middle because that's one of my favorite and also one of our most-sold designs. I got "Bone Thug" right across my chest as a reminder of my day-by-day struggles in my past life and how making bones gave me a new direction. Inspiration came from 2pac's "Definition of A Thug N*gga" where he talks about living the daily struggles to get money for food. I'm planning to get my body inked with more bones this year! Very excited! And just to answer back the sneers from some close-minded people who said I'm posing to be a gangster, talk to my long middle finger. I honestly don't give a fuck about what others think of me. So tired of all these labels the society stamp on you. Life's too short to worry about talkshits. I do what I do. I wear what I wear. I like what I like.

photos by Anton Aguila

The good guys from Whiplash Tattoo gave me 1000 PHP worth of gift check to give away! Since I'm not the kind of blogger who gives away things, I'll just give it to the first person to email me who's planning to get inked soon. If anyone's interested (and who will really use the gift checks) email me at pauljatayna@gmail.com. Please make sure you use them cos I don't want them to go to waste!

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PRAY FOR PARIS

Forest shirt from Pray For Paris

Overbite Cap from OS

Featherfin Necklace from OS

I've been obsessing about this shirt ever since it arrived. It's my favorite design from Pray For Paris and it looks really cool close-up. Make sure to check out the Forest shirt and the rest of Pray For Paris's designs on their official site!

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SHUTTHEFUCKUP

Oceanglider Aviator Cap from OS

Mooneye necklace from OS

Sweater from Long Clothing

Varsity Jacket from 21Men

Trousers from Unisex

Rev Man Boots from The Damned via Solestruck

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Post-christmas Post

Beanie from Long Clothing

Oversize Bart shirt from Destroy Culture via Lah'Lah'Land

Tartan apron skirt from Proudrace

Zip-up pants from Gian Romano

Mooneye necklace from OS Accessories

Cheap ass rings

Champion metal boots from KTZ via Solestruck

The entire christmas holiday was very hectic for me. But fun events first. We had a huge Panty Monsters party at Future Bar on the 22nd called "Survivors of the End of the World". I spinned mostly 90's to 00's hits along with my dj partner Jelly. We call ourselves Peanut Butter & Jelly when we play together! 

I was managing store orders for our store partners in Taiwan during the last few days before christmas. Then I got stuck at home on the eve of 24th so I decided to spend christmas eve alone with Buck (my puppy). I ordered some Chinese food (thank you North Park) and watched Charlie Brown Christmas Special and Pitch Perfect. It's my first time to spend christmas eve alone so it was a little refreshing, but definitely not something I would do all over again. 

Right after that I had to prepare all the clothes for the Solestruck X Gold Dot Manila shoot. Solestruck team came to Manila to shoot their spring 2013 campaign including brands like Jeffrey Campbell, Depression, Underground, and of course Manila's own Gold Dot. I co-styled it with my good friend Karl and with my assistant/model Bruce. The lookbook isn't out yet but you can view the teaser video here. To be honest it was a really cool experience because we all know how BIG Solestruck is. I feel so honored to get to work with them-most especially with the great mind behind their success, Ty McBride. He's so sweet and so funny! Can't wait to see him again this year!

If you notice I wear normal plain clothes when I work. On normal working days I don't really dress up because I get distracted very easily!

Nowadays my instagram is becoming my new bestfriend. since I got tired bringing my huge ass SLR with me everywhere I go. You can follow me here!

2013 welcomed us with Hyoyeon from Girls Generation wearing OS's Ribcage Harness for their new music video, "I Got A Boy"! 

I think it's a sign that this year's gonna be twice as much as 2012. Very excited for the days to come! We're currently in the works for our Fall/Winter 2013 collection. There'll be new lines of products for all you bone thugs. You guys better watch out xx

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What happened last week!

Pharoah tee from WIA via AMPM Studio

Thrifted turquoise sweater

Trousers from Unisex by JP Singson

Leggings from Proudrace

Champion Metal boots from KTZ via Solestruck

Overbite cap from OS Accessories

Featherfin necklace from OS Accessories

Seagnome earring from OS Accessories

all photos by Anton Aguila

Last week was very intense! There was a lot of things-to-do on my list. Last Monday was my birthday and I was supposed to take a break and just chill but we were rushing all the deliveries from our *very successful* online Christmas sale for OS. It was all good though! I ended the day receiving a big surprise-new iPhone 4S from OS! I know I know iPhone 5 would've be better but I'm not really into gadgets so 4S is already good enough for me. If I were to buy a phone for myself I'd probably just get a basic Blackberry or something like that. Anyway I also just recently joined Instagram (lol I feel so kewl now). 

Come follow me guys! My first photo was Buck, of course. 

We had a very pretty visitor all the way from Japan! Maya Kibbel is extremely beautiful and extremely talented. She's also extremely wild and craaaazy. I swear. She's pretty popular too. She's in Nylon Japan's It Girl list this year. Maya came to Manila to shoot for Gold Dot's latest collection. One of the sets was in our house so I joined in and helped a little bit with styling.

alternate photo by Gabby Cantero

Come Friday I was featured in a local newspaper called Philippine Star in their Young Star section for their article "Class of 2012" where they chose a couple of kids who made quite an impact this year. They divided the group into high school cliques (leaders, jocks, band geeks, artists, etc).  I got placed in the "Artists" group along with a few friends. It felt right because my real-life high school clique was mostly composed of creative minds who didn't seem to fit into any crowd. We called ourselves "Rejects" because we felt like we didn't belong to the other groups. Anyway, the feature was really sweet. Thanks Raymond and the rest of the Young Star group! I wore my favorite KTZ shirt because it always looks cool in photos.

Come Friday night I went to my Korean friend Roy Back's birthday hotel party. He's been in the Philippines for 7 years now! That would be his last birthday party here for the meantime because he has to go back to Korea and serve for the military. I'm gonna miss that guy! I don't have any photos of the party because I was so fuuuuuccckkiiinn wasted that night. Probably one of my favorite parties this year!

Last Saturday and Sunday it was the biannual Bloggers United bazaar where the local bloggers come out of their internet shell to meet the people who read their blogs and sell them used clothes and sh*t. Haha just kidding! But seriously, it was a very fun two-day experience. I got to meet a lot of people who actually want to take a picture with me. In my head I always ask "why???" because I don't consider myself a popular guy. Anyway I did my routine: stand up, say hi to the person, smile at the camera, and say "thank you". I'm really a very shy guy. Next time I promise I will do my best to interact more. Big thanks to Aisa, Ana, and Melai for organizing the event and for inviting me again.

The one on the left is a letter filled with Lisa Frank stickers that I got from a very sweet girl named Mocha. She fits her name perfectly! If you're reading this, thank you very much. ;)

Me and Mocha doing my cover-my-face pose.

Then on Sunday night I and my friends hang out with Maya. It was her last night in Manila so we wanted to make it a little bit special. I will not go into details with what happened that night because it was just too crazy, but I hope she enjoyed what we all did. haha! And again, no photos. I was too f*cked up to function.

What a week! I don't know how to end this post so I'll just end it with my current favorite chill track from the new Deftones album.

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