I had a semi-lousy day yesterday, salvaged only by a sleepover with my favorite girl friends. Half the day was spent arguing with my boyfriend while I waited for my sister for over an hour at the grocery. The searing summer heat did nothing to improve my mood. But I didn’t want everyone to see that I was annoyed, so I slipped on a pair of sunglasses as soon as I stepped outside and wham! Instead of pissed, I looked glamorous (okay maybe not, but I didn’t look angry, at the very least).
Funny how sunglasses can change your look, and sometimes even your mood, in a split second. One moment, you’re an angry young punk, and in the next, a sophisticated could-be rock star. Just with a pair of giant sunglasses! Before, I never used to wear them (I like seeing colors for what they are, and I don’t usually like talking to people when I can’t see their eyes unless I’m wearing sunglasses too), but the scorching sun made it necessary for me to bring a pair wherever I am.
A sunny day in California with my dad
For sunglasses, it’s hard to beat the classic styles of Ray-Ban. My brother loves his Wayfarers, while my boyfriend uses Aviators to protect his eyes from the sun’s glare when he’s out on flights. I like Wayfarers too, but recently, I’ve been lusting over their Jackie O. shades. I think they’re the perfect summer sunglasses.
Classic Jackie O. shades
As promised, I’m holding another contest this week. Want your own pair of Jackie O. or Aviator Ray-Bans? Read on for details! (To people who read the entry earlier, I changed the mechanics to make them simpler).
As I said, it’s easier to hide how you’re feeling when you’re wearing a pair of sunglasses. But more than that, sunglasses complete a look as well: they can make you look mysterious, glamorous, seductive. If you’re lucky, sunglasses can make you look better than you really do (haha). But sunglasses, more than anything, are there to protect your eyes (or if you’re Quinn from Glee, your reputation).
Quinn's key to being popular: sunglasses
Make sure that you’re wearing original sunglasses with real UV protection, not some ripoff from a tiangge because they’ll only damage your peepers (the dark tint fools your eyes into adjusting, but it’s only superficial protection).
Love sunglasses for the summer, but don’t have an original pair/or simply want a new one? Send in your entry and win a pair of Ray-Bans? All you have to do is send a photo of yourself!
1. Take/pick a photo of you wearing sunglasses. The theme? “My favorite summer look.” Be as creative as you can be. Show yourself in your favorite summer destination, by the pool, hanging out with friends, etc.
2. Join the official Ray-Ban Philippines Facebook Fan Page.
3. Upload your photo on the Facebook wall so it’ll be part of the Fan Photos album. (Click the photo icon, attach the photo. Click share). The photos must be on the Ray-Ban Philippines Facebook Fan Page album or it will not be counted.
4. When it’s done uploading, copy and paste the link on my comments box on this entry. Remember, if it’s not in my comments, I will not check it. It will not be considered an entry for this contest. Don’t forget to leave your whole name and email address, or I won’t have a way to contact you!
5. In the comment, also tell me about the photo. Where were you when it was taken? What’s your summer sunglasses story?
6. I will choose the best photo based on the links sent to me. One lucky winner will take home a brand-new pair of Ray-Bans (Jackie O. if a girl, Aviators if a guy. Unless you ask otherwise, of course) courtesy of Frank Briones and Thinline Advertising. The winner will pick up the sunglasses from the Thinline Advertising upon notification.
7. Deadline is noontime on Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 12 noon.
Good luck!
P.S. I’m screening the comments because you guys will be sharing links; I need to make sure I’m not getting spammed for this entry. Hope you don’t mind the delays! But don’t worry, I’m checking your entries regularly 
I wonder how you’ll look with Jackie O.’s
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I took this photo a month ago, I believe it’s a “Santino” inspired photo, my brother said it’s like a girl version of santino, because I was looking up..
Patricia Maria Coll
7705 JB Roxas Street Olympia Makati City
0916 323 7620, patty_mariacoll@yahoo.com
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This photo was taken last summer at Puerto Galera during our Island Hopping
When we got back inside the boat to reutrn to White Beach, i accidentally sat on the glasses 
You probably know what happened. Anyway, I love this photo because it explains what summer is for me — Fun and full of Good Vibes 
Izelle Valenzuela
7 MH Del Pilar Street, Palasan, Valenzuela City
09238608641
zel_prep08@yahoo.com
Galera with my workmates. Seems like it all happened just last week… No wait, it did.
Good times.
This is me peeing by the coconut tree (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5070079&op=1&o=global&view=global&subj=585340966&id=522372714), and then contemplating the indignity (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=151731&id=585340966#!/photo.php?pid=3749126&id=585340966).
It was an awesome weekend full of fun, food, firedancing, Guesstures, and going out of the radar with great company.
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I took it during our christmas vacation last year at palawan beach sentosa in singapore, this photo is inspired by one of my favorite actor SHANE WEST in one of the scene in the movie “A WALK TO REMEMBER” …
Theodor Extremadura
skyterror@rocketmail.com
+63906-579-0085
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stolen shot in singapore sentosa beach..last christmas vacation.one of my favorite movie and hollywood actor leonardo dicaprio in the movie “THE BEACH” same photos on his movie ads.! [^_^]v
Cairo Extremadura
extreme_cai@yahoo.com
+63915-5648-445
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May 2009. Subic, Philippines. It was the summer when I got my first taste of a real beachside vacation. All the elements were present: gentle breeze, bright sun, sandy beach, rolling waves, marshmallows, my sunglasses, and a stress-free mind. For those perfect 30 minutes I spent staring into the waves behind the gentle purple tint of my sunglasses, it was then that I realized
“This is a vacation. Nobody will take this moment away from me.”
As long as I had my shades on and my marshmallows aplenty, the summer wouldn’t end until I said it could.
Potenciano A. Salvador
9 Siniguelas St. Project 2 Quezon City
0905-668-2054 bob53817@yahoo.com
“Love-locked Down on a Sunday Morning”
It was one Hot Sunday Morning when I decided to wear my boyfriend’s rockin’ Aviator Sunglasses. I did some poses and my boyfriend suddenly said “Don’t move, I’ll take a picture of you”! Luckily, he captured a nice photo of me. A rockin’ photo and aviator sunglasses ready to beat the heat this summer! =)
My Entry for Win a pair of Ray-Ban Jackie O. or Aviator sunglasses courtesy of Thinline Advertising. http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/photo.php?pid=3473129&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=409623490505&aid=-1&id=753641066
Porsha Sabrina M. Sideco
porsh_05@yahoo.com / porshizle7@gmail.com
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El Nino can be such a killer but it can also be a good excuse to wear a knitted fedora and some hip sunglasses while strolling the shopping districts. This photo was taken inside a summer-y booth that sprouted along High Street some time in February. We got curious and before I knew it, my friend got into Annie Leibovitz mode and started snapping my pictures. This is my favorite among the gazillion pictures she took. Proof that whether it’s on the beach, by the pool down the sandbar or in the heart of the
bustling metropolis, there’s simply no escaping summer fun.
Joseph Mirro
mizteryouze@yahoo.com
heres my link
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it was taken in ilocos baluarte have you heard of it?it was a place or a park owned by chavit singson.There a lot of animals of different species one way to enjoy summer is not only in the beach but also in the park or zoo.well i hope i’ll win
marvis velasquez
arvism141@yahoo.com
Photo taken outside the Capitol Building in Washington D.C.
The nice thing about going on vacations is you get to learn and experience things that you can’t get by reading books or watching movies. Eat food you’ll soon miss and crave for, meet new people who will be characters in the story of your life.
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Photo taken outside the Capitol Building in Washington D.C.
The nice thing about going on vacations is you get to learn and experience things that you can’t get by reading books or watching movies. Eat food you’ll soon miss and crave for, meet new people who will be characters in the story of your life.
nadine_pena@yahoo.com
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Here is my link
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The photo was taken in Summer 2009 in front of Notre Dame in Paris. My family loves Paris so much and had been pinching our annual budget to save for our next Parisian summer (this should include a short trip to Disneyland where everyone has the right to be a child again, including me!!!). Everything in Paris is majestic and I am keen to open my daughter’s awareness to the beauty and goodness of the Parisian culture! You can obviously see in the pic how she enjoys the place!
Rency Marquez
rency_e_marquez@yahoo.com
Link to my photo: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5188254&l=3e10898d14&id=699178241
This photo was taken during a spur-of-the-moment lunch picnic in a random park/cemetery in Bradford, England in April 2007 after a long, tiring day of volunteering for the campaign against the racist British National Party. Strange place for a picnic, I know, but the place was so beautiful and my co-volunteers and I had so much fun and shared lots of laughs! Looking at this photo warms my heart and reminds of the most unforgettable summer I’ve ever had. That was the summer when I flew out of the country for the first time, lived thousands of miles away from home for months, regularly interacted with people from different cultures, had so many life-changing experiences and realized that I wanted to be a lawyer who helped others, with or without money, and well, met the love of my life.
Bianca here is my entry: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Makati-Philippines/Ray-Ban-Philippines-Official-Site/409623490505?v=wall#!/photo.php?pid=5338864&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=409623490505&aid=-1&id=543825728
Taken in Club Paradise, Palawan taken in 2006. This trip was a gift to me by my husband. Back then, we had this radical dream of living in Palawan and today..we’ve made this dream a reality. Years later, we have moved to Puerto Princesa, Palawan with our 2 year old son! I need those avaitor raybans to keep my summer look fab as always
Monica Eleazar-Manzano
monica.eleazar@gmail.com
My entry http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=54789&op=1&o=all&view=all&subj=409623490505&aid=-1&oid=409623490505&id=543825728
Taken in Club Paradise, Palawan taken in 2006. This trip was a gift to me by my husband. Back then, we had this radical dream of living in Palawan and today..we’ve made this dream a reality. Years later, we have moved to Puerto Princesa, Palawan with our 2 year old son! I need those avaitor raybans to keep my summer look fab as always
Monica Eleazar-Manzano
monica.eleazar@gmail.com
Link to my entry: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=866607&o=all&op=1&view=all&subj=409623490505&aid=-1&id=1529800223
This photo was taken during our Road trip last January 2010. This was in Caleruega Church in Nasugbu, Batangas. The panoramic view is just fantastic. It has some of the most breathtaking sceneries.
Link to my photo contest entry: http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs412.snc3/24912_1409131427004_1194024621_1235222_6839154_n.jpg
It was my first time to visit Boracay Island and I had a wonderful vacation! The sea water is so clear you can see fishes swimming even when the water is at your knee level. And hey, let’s not forget that summertime is the most dangerous season for our peepers that’s why I did not forget my stylish sunglasses.
Given the chance, we would have opted to just sit and relax, gaze into the horizon, wait for the sunset, while sipping our favorite drinks…
Here’s my link:
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This was taken last week during our class tour at the ruins of Magsingal Church in Ilocos, Sur. It was very hot and the tour was getting kind of boring so me and my classmates decided to take funny pictures of ourselves around the place.
My favorite thing about this picture are my dad’s aviators
He bought this pair during the nineties and it still looks awesome!
I’m too shy to show my face but I think it’s worth sharing this photo
I took this photo before swimming in a pool… The summer sky is so bright and blue, don’t leave home without your Ray-bans 
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This photo is made a year ago during our visit to Cam Sur.I made it funny and make it as a magazine cover for my profile pic at friendster..i hope i can go back again in that place,it was like a boracay in Bicol
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Summer only means one thing, Boracay! The sun in your head, the sand on your feet and the sea in front of you; all telling you that you are at the right place at the right time. So here is a 2008 photo of me and my girlfriend just having fun with our camera while enjoying the sun. While the green algae may be a bit of a letdown, it actually plays a role as a bleaching agent. That is why Boracay sands are so white and so fine.
This one:
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was taken last 2009 together with our friends. We are actually in a floatee somwhere in the Diniwid Beach of Boracay waiting for our turn to ride in the Flying Fish. I can’t wait to return there this coming April and re-live all the Boracay fun i had and hopefully, wearing one of Ray-Ban’s awesome aviator sunglasses!
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Summer only means one thing, Boracay! The sun in your head, the sand on your feet and the sea in front of you; all telling you that you are at the right place at the right time. So here is a 2008 photo of me and my girlfriend just having fun with our camera while enjoying the sun. While the green algae may be a bit of a letdown, it actually plays a role as a bleaching agent. That is why Boracay sands are so white and so fine.
This one:
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was taken last 2009 together with our friends. We are actually in a floatee somwhere in the Diniwid Beach of Boracay waiting for our turn to ride in the Flying Fish. I can’t wait to return there this coming April and re-live all the Boracay fun i had and hopefully, wearing one of Ray-Ban’s awesome aviator sunglasses!
Name: Joverick Karl Tibunsay
E-mail : joverick_tibunsay@yahoo.com
Unlike most people, we are not a avid fans of beaches. We like bora but the idea of going there when everybody is there does not really excite us.
What we love about summer are the fiestas and festivals that abound in the months of April and May. Our favorite? The colorful Pahiyas festival in Lucban every May. Our our engagement shoot,we brought our wedding team to Quezon. It was raining. It was crowded. It was fun! We did not forget to a vintage aviators to make our hot pictures cooler than ever!
I uploaded a lot of pics because it is ashame to post just when when there are so many cool summer pictures taken that day.
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http://stl99.multiply.com/photos/album/4#photo=55 this picture was taken in 2005 in boracay. our friends from south africa went here with us to bora for a week. things that i love about this picture is the beach, poker, happy hour drinks and of course its so much fun while doing it with friends. the funny thing is when the waiter served our drinks he said “good luck sir” of course we asked why then he just smiled. around 8 o clock my friends and i were rolling around the sand and crawling our way back to our hotel. good times!
http://stl99.multiply.com/photos/album/8#photo=1 this picture was taken around 2006 at the airport on the way to bohol. my friend jim just came home here for vacation from NZ where he was studying. one of his “pasalubong” is an absinthe which is 89.9% alcohol (absinthe used to be illegal in the USA. im not sure about here because i saw absinthe but its 55% alcohol only)
I can almost feel the scorch of the sun!
Yes,summer is almost here. While most people would already be hanging out of town, people like me (who still have work… even on holidays) I can’t just easily go out of town and relax. So instead, why not enjoy what’s offered here around the metro? Like what we do every weekend..This picture was taken in Fort open field for a 6-weeks sports camp where people can enjoy playing frisbee,flag football, volleyball,yoga, hip-hop and a whole lot more!
The sun can truly be scorching at times but as long as I packed my sunscreen, a cap and my shades- there’s nothing more but to enjoy the sports you love with the best people around! Ah yes, this is my summer glass story!
Just another reason how you can enjoy your summer around the metro (with your shades of course!)
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rosa ferrer
ferrerr93@yahoo.com
http://stl99.multiply.com/photos/album/10/STAR_STRUCKED this picture was taken one summer day while i was strolling around Beverly Center in Los Angeles, Ca. I was shopping in forever 21 when this guy started looking at me. he is the only one in the store looking at me so i thought he knew who i was. after i finished shopping i walked around the mall and the guy was still following me with his eyes i can feel it but after awhile he was gone. as i was waiting for the elevator a girl approached me and she said hi michelle my cousin is one of your biggest fan. omg!!! he really looks starstrucked as he was speechless. i introduced myself then offered him a handshake and he said his name was stephen. he politely asked me if he can take a photo with me. of course i said yes. after taking the photo he was still blushing. he asked my fanmail so he can send this photo to me this is how i got this photo. the elevator door opened i said goodbye.
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My closest friends and I had the best summer vacation ever last year, a few days after our college graduation. Here’s a photo of us at a beach in Bolinao, Pangasinan. We took the craziest and hottest photos with this Havaianas float, which my friend Marielle brought, and this photo is proof. We all donned a pair of sunglasses to complete our beach looks! (That’s me in a Lolita-inspired pair.)
The day before that we went to Bangus Festival in Dagupan and the day after, we went to Baguio. We had such an awesome week.
I don’t get to see much of them often since we’ve gone separate ways — most of us went to med school while some have gone corporate or to law school — but looking through our pictures last summer always brings back the happy memories.
One of the best thing in my life can be told in this picture alone. After graduating college with honors, my dad decided to throw in a surprise grad gift for me which entails a trip to Caramoan, Camarines Sur with my friends and a brand new shades as well. I was really surprised when my dad gave me this grad gift because as much I hate to admit (giving gifts is not much a tradition in our fam). To have this gift is definitely a big gesture coming from my parents and I am definitely grateful for such a big surprise they gave me. Yes, It’s one gift I’ve never expected to come but it came.
Caramoan is definitely a beautiful place, even for someone like me who’d rather stay at home at dig the ps3. A once in a while getaway to such haven will definitely leave u rested and chillax before even remembering the real world.
Everytime I go and look back at this picture, I’ll always remember to just relax and take things easy.
Because life is definitely good!
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My favorite summer look would always the free-spirited, good vibe, beach-y look. Don’t you just wish summer just go on and on and on… forever?
Sun, sand, beach, sunscreen, swimsuit, sarong, sunglass– check check check check, all check!
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To whom it may concern;
please delete my personal info.
Thankyou