Reinventing myself

I am stressed. I travel a total of 3-4 hours every day going to work and going home. I hate it. I hate that I don’t see my friends that often, I hate that there’s no convenient alternative.

Since there is not convenient alternative, I’ve decided to shower myself with nice things because I deserve it. No one in this planet have the right to tell me how to handle my money because no one in this planet knows how hard I work to earn it. I have every right to spend it the way I want to. I don’t owe anyone any explanation.


Anyway, these are the things that made me happy for the month of March :)

These items are from SM. If you're patient and you really try hard, there are a lot of good finds in SM.

I've been trying the feminine thingy. I think I want to be feminine for a change. I like this whole color blocking thing. I want to play with prints next time. I think I've been reading too much itscamilleco.com. Hahaha. 

This is how I wore it. The top and shorts are both from SM, the shoes are from Janylin, I bought the Longchamp Le Pliage online, the accessories are from my grandmother :)

Since I've been so kikay lately, I've been addicted to nail polish. Moreover, I've been addicted to Face Shop! I bought my BB Cream for Php1,495.00 and boy it was awesome. I also buy my nail polish from Face Shop. It's not as expensive as OPI or Sally Hansen, but the quality isn't bad. The Php95.00 nail polish will last you 3 days without chipping. Not bad huh? 

This is what I bought yesterday. I forgot to add the eyebrow liner in this picture. All of it cost me Php2005.00 only. Very reasonable :) Plus there's free lip gloss and soaps :) 

I am very proud that I do my own nails now :)

I think this is the only relevant thing I can share to you right now. Hahaha. 

Till next post :)

The Hunger Games

I have nothing really to write about. I think it’s more of I haven’t updated my blog in weeks that I feel the urgency to write something. I don’t have much to share really except for the fact that I finished reading The Hunger Games trilogy last week and I think it is awesome.

The tributes from the 12 districts of Panem for the 74th Annual Hunger Games

photo courtesy of http://collider.com/the-hunger-games-tributes-cast/90436/

I liked the trilogy very much. I think it’s the fact that I like Katniss (protagonist/lead female) because I want to be like her. I want to be that person whose actions can make a difference. It’s a revolution. It’s dystopian fiction. It’s sorta bloody. Not really romantic.

I like how the story ended in the third book that even if they sort of lived happily ever after, the aftermath of being tributes during the 74^th and 75^th Hunger Games still hunted them. Peeta (protagonist/lead male) still gets aftershock from the hijacking that was done to him at the Capitol, Katniss still afraid that their kids might have to go through it as well. It strikes fear because history repeats itself. It goes to show that even if everything turned out fine, there is no way anyone can forget a traumatic experience like that.

What’s my point? My point is no one lives happily ever after. My point is don’t give unsolicited advice telling people that it’s going to be over soon or move-on, what’s traumatic for them might be tolerable for you and you don’t know that because you didn’t experience it firsthand.

Anyway, after reading The Hunger Games trilogy, I feel like starting a rebellion. The question to ponder though is (1) who am I going to rebel against?; and (2) who is my enemy? I think the Philippine politics has been a circus you don’t really know anymore.

These characters play a crucial role in the lives of Katniss and Peeta

photo courtesy of http://popspoken.com/2012/02/22/movies-were-piped-up-for-the-hunger-games/

The first installment of the movie will be shown on the 23^rd of March here in the Philippines. I hope it will be good and I hope that there wouldn’t be much alterations just to make it marketable because it’s already as good as it is. I don’t mind if they don’t focus on some characters anymore like the Avoxes or the prep team. I also hope that they don't turn it into a sappy overly romantic film because the book wasn't even like that.

Twilight was excruciating to watch because Kristin Stewart was a horrible actress. Jennifer Lawrence on the other hand is a good actress, you can watch the trailer and feel her emotions during the reaping. The academy awards would agree with me on this opinion because she wouldn’t be nominated for best actress if she wasn’t good. 

Pet = family

I still can’t get over the fact that our house pet passed away. I thought it would be easy because you know, she’s a dog. I just feel so depressed over it. I bathe her the other day, fed her and gave her water to drink yesterday morning before going to work. She was fine. I know she was. She gave me that teary-eyed look, the one that you give when you don’t want other people to leave.

This was taken Christmas of 2011. My youngest sister Marj was holding her. 

It makes me really sad. Duchess is our house pet. She’s sweet and she’s part of the family. I still can’t comprehend the sudden turn of events. Now there will be no one to welcome me home with a bark when I arrive. No one to feed in the morning. It was really quite this morning. I feel really depressed.

A pet is someone who makes you smile when you get home, a responsibility you wanted to have. A pet relieves your daily stress. Duchess cheers me up when I am annoyed with the world. She always give me that eye to eye contact whenever I talk to her, like she understands.

She was our baby

I will surely miss you Duchess :'(

Updated birthday wish list

I've already announced in my Facebook account and twitter that I've already received my iPhone 4S from Globe. I will now officially take it off my birthday wish list.

Waiting and boredom

I don't like waiting. I hate it. I'm blogging about it.

The art of procrastinating

Procrastination is an art. Yes it is. It is the art of not boring yourself when you're at work. It is the art of not stressing yourself out over something really important and due soon. Like right now, I am procrastinating and it's a masterpiece. 

Been a while since I updated my blog and I feel like the last time I updated it was last year. Oh well. I am so annoyed that I don’t put pictures in my blog entry, it looks dead and boring. My Blackberry is not really a device that takes good picture and there’s no point in uploading ugly pictures. I want and Iphone4S and I really do hope that my application does not get rejected.

Anyway, have you ever felt that you have so many things to do, deadlines to meet, and at the end of the day you weren’t able to anything because you were contemplating on how you’re going to do all those things? So at the end of the day, you end up doing nothing, and your work just keeps on piling up. I’ve been in that situation since last week. I have 8 industries to study, 2 weeks to do it, and I haven’t really started yet.

To cheer me up, I am making a birthday wish list even if my birthday is 3 months from now. It doesn’t even belong the 1^st quarter of the year.

Wish list:

Savings

Engagement Ring (because I want to be a fiancee) 

LV NeverFull PM (because every woman needs a big and signature bag)

Iphone 4S (The perfect gadget. Plus it's the last product that Steve Jobs laid his hands on)

Elizabeth Arden Green Tea

Estee Lauder Pleasures (My favorite scent)

Sephora Deluxe Anti-Bacterial Brush Set

Ok. This wish list is not yet final. I might add something but it is also likely that this is the priority list. 

Oh well, I need to get back to work now. 

Till next post :)

To a better year :)

I am sure that I started the year right. I welcomed 2012 with Paulo, then after that we went to Leigh’s place with Allan and welcomed the first sunrise of the year. We did the traditional predictions activity and I think this time we got confused between predictions and goals. Hahaha. I and my friends shared our first meal of the year together at Pancake House.

The barkada goals for 2012 are kinda expensive. Here’s a list:

Ø  Go to the following places:

o   Anawangin, Boracay, Palawan, or Cebu

o   Bangkok or HongKong

o   Hangout with the rest of the friends that we haven’t communicated for a while

o   Do sports activities (competitive badminton, competitive Frisbee, etc.)

o   Join a fun run

o   Re-instate the rotating monthly restaurant thing

There are also individual predictions. I will edit the stuff that I will be listing because some of it are inside jokes and it’s not meant to be seen by others. Hahaha

Predictions 2012:

Allan:

Ø  Pass the CFA

Ø  Will go clubbing once a month

Ø  Will be drunk on his sister’s wedding

Ø  Win in the casino

Ø  Buy stocks in mining (Philex or Lepanto)

Leigh:

Ø  Will be a guest in Showtime

Ø  Will have a full time work by February

Ø  Will achieve her weight loss goal by April (150lbs)

Ø  Will have significant savings by the end of 2012. (50K)

Paulo:

Ø  Will propose by 2012

Ø  Will have a car by 2012

Ø  Will continue studies

Ø  Will gain muscles

Ø  Will hug Leo while drunk

Ø  Get drunk and dance bad romance or hairspray

Marianne:

Ø  Invest in the stock market

Ø  Stay in First Philec

Ø  Participate in a CosPlay

Ø  Start planning for a wedding

I find it quite funny that all our individual predictions/goals consist of us investing or saving up while our barkada goal is kinda costly. Haha.

Let us see what 2012 has in store for all of us.

“I see a star, you see a dot in the sky” – Torgo 2012

It is all about perspective.

Happy New Year everyone!