Hooray for Jiro Shirakawa!!!

I know...
Here I go again...
My last few posts here have either been somewhat related to or have been about Jiro Shirakawa...
Well guess what, with the photo above, I'm sure you've figured out by now that this one still is about Jiro Shirakawa!!! Hahahaha!!!

The Barefoot Baklesa congratulates Jiro Shirakawa for bringing home the top prize in this year's Mossimo Bikini Summit, held last Saturday at the Skydome in SM North EDSA.

for more photos of the said tilt, check out Vince Lopez's multiply site by clicking on the link. Thanks for sharing, Vince!


thus spake the Barefoot Baklesa

Jiro Shirakawa "Knows it!!!"

"I've seen him, and he was good looking -in a cute sense- then... I never realized he was going to be this good looking now.", whispered the Barefoot Baklesa to a friend and Mossimo Bikini Summit 2009 organizer last Saturday, who was nice enough to introduce Jiro personally when they made their appearance at Guilly's in Bora after it got cancelled due to a freakish summer storm in the island.

To which he answered, "He is that good looking, and he knows it!!!" followed by what seems to be a curious grin... Not reading too much into that -and having seen Jiro around in certain circles and work incidences, but never actually getting introduced to him formally- he does strike me as a "walang masamang tinapay" kind of guy; who can pretty much get along with anyone.

On the other hand, i don't think photos could do this boy justice. Oh yeah, here I am again with my Japonois persuasions...

I remember a certain younger Brent Javier having this kind of effect on people back in the earlier days of the Mossimo Bikini Summit. And they have been saying this boy is going places and can be the next big thing, the way Brent had been [note the word: had]. Let's not jinx it by sprinkling Brent's karma in his modelling way, okay?

Here's wishing Jiro the best this coming Saturday.

Oh yeah, The 2009 Mossimo Bikini Summit will be held on the 23rd of May, Saturday, 8:00pm, at the Skydome, SM North EDSA.

thus spake the Barefoot Baklesa

the 2009 mossimo bikini summit gets blown over by a summer storm

This just in, as the Barefoot Baklesa was enjoying a round of drinks at Guilly's in Bora, the male finalists of this year's Mossimo Bikini Summit have decided to make an appearance. Just earlier, the long awaited search was brought to a grinding halt when the set-up for the said event lost it's footing against what Mother Nature brought in [as in within 20 minutes, the stage for the event was not fit for performance]...Thus the event was cancelled and moved to next saturday with the metropolis as the new venue -well, that's what couturier Eric Pineda told him personally...

But let us rewind the clock a few hours:

the barefoot baklesa suddenly found himself in a van heading for the Caticlan Port in Malay, Aklan from the de los Reyes ancestral house [Balay de los Reyes] in San Jose, Antique no more than thirteen hours ago...

Upon docking in Boracay Island late that afternoon, I realized that the 2009 Mossimo Bikini Summit was to have their finals that evening at Fairways and Blue Water -which is on the other side of the island. Of course, the Barefoot Baklesa was thinking of the really cute Andrei Endique and his "bishounen" bet: Jiro Shirakawa. Hahahahaha!!!

After getting freshened-up, we decided to take a stroll along the beach -that was around sunset- when a freakish summer storm blew in on one side. With camera on hand, I was able to take a shot of the dark clouds as they blew in... And as mother nature surprised us on one side, she was letting the sunshine out with the sunset just flawlessly descending into the sea which also made a pretty picture...



speaking of what should have made a pretty picture, as I was introduced to the guys by Mr. Eric Pineda [he designed and executed some of the swimsuit sets for this year], I forgot to have my picture taken with them!!! Argh!!!

thus spake the Barefoot Baklesa