Hi to all my fellow bloggers. I’ve been inactive for the past months due to the usual stuff (school, personal, etc). I’ve visited my blog just this day and successfully opened this account.Â
Clearly, a lot has happened while I’m gone. The text post looks different, a LOT has changed. Well, everything changed.
Three weeks or so after posting my Part 3 Iloilo Vacation post, my dad received a very tragic news. My grandfather died. So is my blogging aura. Hopefully, I’ll be back on track this summer vacation. Thinking about posting fashion stuff here, who knows?
I really hate closures. I’ll just leave this here.
I'll write this post in tagalog. BECAUSE I FREAKIN' WANT TO! This is the last post of my vacation and I hope you guys will read it.
New Year, bagong taon! Sa totoo lang, di na ako naniniwala sa New Years's Resolution o kaya yung pagtalon. Ilang beses ko ng ginawa yun pero wala pa din namang pagbabago sa height ko. Wag na. Sayang lang effort ko.
Di ko masyado naenjoy yung New Year kasi sobrang kati ng mata ko1 Promise. Pakiramdam ko magkakasore eyes na ako e. Pero THANK GOD, hindi. SImpleng celebration lang yung nangyari pero masaya kasi kasama ko yung pamilya ko. I mean, minsan lang kami umuwi sa Iloilo, minsan ko lang sila makita at makasama, hindi mo pa ba maeenjoy yung minsang pagkikita namin?
Medyo nakakatuwa nga lang kasi nung New Year's eve, ilang beses nawalan ng power. Yung mga photo sa baba kinunan lang gamit yung flash ng camera namin, pero hindi halata! Ang cute nito kasi kaakbay ko si lola.
Ang sarap ng mga hinanda nila tita. Tumulong ako kay Tita Pang sa pagluluto ng pancit. Kaso di ko din msyadong nagustuhan kasi may liver. Lasanglasa yung atay kaya hindi ako kumain. Puro sweets yung handa: may graham, macaroni salad, cake.
Gusto ko pa sanang kumain kaso naisip ko baka magkaroon ako ng diabetes sa sobrang tamis ng kakainin ko, kaya wag nalang. Akala ko pa naman kinabuksan nun pwede pa akong kumain ng graham, pero unfortunately, hindi. Instead, nesquick yung ininom ko.
Yung mga photo kasama sila lolo at lola yung itetreasure ko lalo. They were 92 and 91 years old and Ih ope umabot pa sila ng 100 years. Hindi na ako tanda ni lolo, hindi nya na ako kilala pero pinapaalala sa kanya if ever kausap nya si daddy. Medyo masakit sa loob pero wala akong magagawa. Gusto ko kausapin kasi kailangan pang mag Ilonggo at dapat lakasan yung boses. E hindi ko kaya, di ako marunong. Dun ko narealize na hanggang bata pa sila, dapat ipaktia lahat ng pagmamahal sa kanila.Â
JANUARY 1, 2015. First day of the year pero last day na namin yun sa Iloilo. 10:20 Am ang flight namin pabalik ng Manila. Maaga kami nagising nung araw na yun. Humalik ako ng paalam kila lolo at lola. Nung paghalik ko kay lolo, saka nya lang ako naalala. Masaya na nakakalungkot. Kita ko yung lungkot sa mata ni lolo, ang bigat sa pakiramdam. May sinabi siya sa akin pero hindi ko maintidhan, umoo nalang ako.Â
Nung pagalis namin, kumaway pa ako kay lolo. Kumaway naman siya pabalik sa akin.
Dumiretso kami sa bahay ni Tita Pang sa may Lambunao. Napaluha si Tita pagatid namin sa kanya, di ko talaga kayang makitang may umiiyak sa amin. Ano ba naman yan, Vanna!
Dumiretso kami sa bahay nila Tito Daddy. Kumain kami ngbreakfast dun, ang dami ko na namang kinain. Buena mano pa ako sa mocha cake hahaha pakiramdam ko tumaba ako. After kumain, hinatid na kami ni tito paairport.Â
Maaraw sa Panay ISland nung umalis kami. Ang ganda ng mga clouds. Ang dami kong picture nun. Buti nalang hindi delayed ang flight, THANK YOU PHILIPPINE Â AIRLINES! TAPOS MAY FREE LIGHT SNACK PA SILA.Â
Nakakdismaya nga lang kasi pagdating sa Luzon, maulap na. Makulimlim. Nung malapit na kami sa Maynila at bumaba na yung altitude ng eroplano dun ko nakita yung mga bahay. Ang ganda pag nasa taas ka, pero pagbaba mo, puro basura puro kalat.
Overall, masaya ako sa bakasyon namin ngayon. I'm looking forward to our next trip home.
We had arrived on my grandparent's house at around 5:30 PM. Our cousins and aunties were waiting for us. We ate dinner and at around 8:00 PM, our family's annual Christmas party started.
We have this tradition which the cousins will be separated into two groups GIRLS and BOYS. The boys were higher in number and were more creative when it comes to presentations.Â
We, the girls, just sang songs. It's a good thing my confidence has boosted up since my last vacation HAHA. The boys, with their most awaited presentation, had done a dance routine. Obviously, they won.
SUNDAY:
Our family held a mini-celebration on church. After eating, a mini pictorial was held. I love to took a lot of photos of them because one day when I go back, I'll make them see their differences since 2014.
My cousins were mocking me because of my height (as you can see in the photos). But yeah, whatever.
Going to Iloilo City was may favorite part of the whole vacation because I can finally see my favorite cousins HAHAHA (their manang (ate)Â has favoritism *oops*). I like talking to them and told them to talk to me in Ilonggo rather than in tagalog. It would be nice knowing three languages!Â
I only remember the eating a lot of foods that day. Oh my, I was bloated.
The next morning, we traveled back to Caninguan to celebrate New Year 2015.
It's been two years since I had my vacation in my father's hometown, Iloilo, and I'm so excited to see my relatives there. Our flight from Manila to Roxas was dated December 26, 2014 at 10:00 in the morning. It's an hour ride from our home to NAIA Terminal 3 but my father decided to leave at 4 AM to avoid traffic and we must be on the boarding gate 2 hours before the flight.Â
At first, I thought everything will be smooth. We used the Self-Service check in to avoid the hassle of falling in line with the hundreds of passengers in the airport that day. It only took us 10 minutes to get our boarding pass. At around 7:00 AM we were already waiting for our flight.Â
An hour before our boarding time, I was really excited to board the plane. Unfortunately, Â our flight was delayed for 2 hours! WHY YOU DO THIS CEBU PACIFIC! That being said, we can't do anything about it but to wait.
We arrived at Roxas City at around 1:30 in the afternoon. Â We then rented a tricycle to the Roxas City Terminal to have a ride to Passi City, Iloilo. The ride lasts for an hour and thirty minutes.
On our arrival, my uncle and auntie were waiting and our journey to Caninguan, Iloilo had started.
I can honestly feel the Christmas spirit this month, especially today! Our class has celebrated its Christmas Party; A lot of games, foods, and gifts were given this day!
Our professor has brought her DSLR camera and some props for a mini photo booth. Here are some of the photos I grabbed from my professors post!
 We also had a mini-class picture pictorial!
(The photo was blurry; my apologies)
Anyway, an exchange gift happened. Luckily, I got my professor's gift! I got 5 pairs of these Dior inspired earrings and I'm so happy!Â
Hello everyone! How are you guys? It's been a while since I last posted a Life Lately entry. Life has been great lately!Despite of all the school stuff, I can still manage to see the positive sides of whatever happened to me. Looks like my life's perspective has changed!
There are a lot of school stuff since preliminary examinations are coming! We are flodded by assignments, quizzes, seatworks and recitations!
Our Circuits professor had demanded us to make our laboratory reports by engineering lettering instead of a computerized one.Â
My aunt from California has arrived here in the Philippines last November 27 and she gave us a huge bag of chocolate minis! Yum!
Our college had celebrated its last college week. I haven't gone to it though because I didn't participated in any events. I just don't want to.
Enoying walking lately. It gives me relaxation plus it exercises my legs!
Started doing planking yesterderday for twenty seconds. My thighs and tummy hurts but better get it going! Road to fitness started yesterday!
The experiences I had this month is really unforgettable! A lot had happened and I hope that next year will be twice as much fun!
Lastly, Adrian and I celebrated our monthsary yesterday, December 4. We haven't bond that day because of my classes but he surprised me with this gift! He made the packaging which is really cute, with his hand made bow and pink/blue color combination! The gift inside was two pieces of Goya Dark Chocolate, which are my absolute fave! He had also written a cute message with his "face" drawing complete with his curly hair in a piece of paper. His small surprises made me love him even more.
All the photos were taken from my INSTAGRAM account. Let's follow each other there!
A week before the birthday of Adrian's youngest brother, Zayo, his mother has invited me to Zay's 8th birthday and baptism at their church at Calamba. I was excited and nervous because this is the first time I visited their church.
Finding the perfect gift was the hardest part, really. Adrian and I had gone shopping, in fact, I had done all the shopping because he was busy looking for the toy cars at the mall. BOYS. And here's our gift.Â
It was a simple celebration but it was filled with joy because their closest friends, church mates, and family were complete.Â
Here are the only photos I took because I was too busy chatting with his family and church mates. Other photos were blurry and he's on the view because I was walking behind him as he's taking me to a tour of the church.
Our college week has celebrated its last official college week last November 20-22, 2014. Its last event was the pageant which I'll be talking about in this post.
First off, I tagged Adrian along. (This deserves to be bolded. Thank you so much for accompanying me, babe!)
This is my first time to attend such event since my first year in college and it's because one of my friends has participated, Vera (which I had already mentioned in my birthday post), and we have to show our support!Â
We had arrived at the school gymnasium at around 6:30 in the evening. My first plan was to arrived late but it turned out that the organizers were still preparing and decorating the stage.
While waiting for the program to start, Adrian and I decided to take a lot of selfies. Which for all we know, failed.
Reasons:
The lightning isn't good.
The camera didn't captured our smiles.
His eyes were *slightly* not in its normal shape. (sorry for this, babe)
The program had started at about 8:30 P.M. Unfortunately, I only captured 3-5 photos because I am too busy cheering for Vera.
The program started with the contestants with their mask on, dancing. Exclusive of all the commercials, the program featured the contestants wearing their casual wear, swimwear, and ball gowns.
At around 10:30 PM, we decided to go home because Adrian has to be ready for their church early in the morning and I'm quite sleepy too!Â
Overall, the experience was fun. I received a text from Vera that she won two awards! Hurrah!
 Cheering for my friends for what they love and they're good at, makes me happy too!
New Stuff from Camie Juan x Kalm Cosmetics Giveaway!
I know you guys heard about Camie Juan or saw her on several magazines she's been featured on. She's the person behind the blog Wild Spirit and it's definitely a blog worth visiting! Well, she had collaborated with Kalm Cosmetics to host a giveaway and guess what? I WON!!!!!!!!! ♥
She made me choose between four sets and I instinctively picked the Travel Essentials sets from Real Techniques by Sam and Nic Chapman which consists of three brushes and a 2-in-1 case stand.Â
According to the packaging,
Our travel essentials provide everything you need to create flawless looks at home and away (which is really good!):
look pixel perfect even in harsh light
ultra plush bristles
Anyway, here are the brushes:
Essential Foundation Brush: build flawless custom coverage with liquid foundation or concealer
Multi task Brush: for effortless application of powder, blush, and bronzer
Domed Shadow Brush: tapered design smoothly shades and defines eyes
I tested the brushes on my face and I can say that it's really smooth unlike the other brushes I had used before.
I'm really excited on using these brushes in the near future! ♥Â
So I decided to make these Top Five series in my blog just to make it more active plus this might help you know me more.Â
Let's start with...
Top #5:Â The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
First off, let's clear things out. I HATE ROMANTIC MOVIES but Breaking Dawn Part Two is an exception. I am not a fan of the whole twilight saga series. This all started when I was in my third year high school, when I borrowed the book and finished it. I was, at first, curious if how many things did the movie writers changed on the movie but I was caught off guard with all the intense fighting scenes and the plot twist at the end of the movie caught me. Yes, I knew that's coming but to be honest, the goosebumps had made me forgot all about that.Â
Top #4: THE PRINCESS DIARIES
Ahh the childhood memories! My parents used to buy those pirated CD's with a lot of movies to choose from and that's when I got addicted to Anne Hathaway/Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi and Fat Louie (that cat!). That's when all the fantasies of being a secret princess started.
Top #3: BLENDED
Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore's chemistry never gets old! I had first love them on 50 first dates but love them even more on this movie! "We are blended..."
Top #2: NOW YOU SEE ME
The suspense and the mystery killed me on this movie. The tricks and the twist in the end made me sat on the edge of my seat and left me in shock. AS soon as the movie finished, I just wished for more. I'm so happy that there will be a part two of this movie! I'll definitely wait for that.
Top #1: RV
All hail to the great Robin Williams because this movie had never EVER failed to make me laugh even though I had already watched it for 10 times or more (see? I don't know!). This road comedy film got the top of my list because of it's amazing story, it's a freaking COMEDY film, and there's the little Peeta(Josh Hutcherson) with all his bling blings before he was sent to District 12.
Well, unfortunately this is the end of my top five list but there are still a lot of great movies out there such as Sherlock Holmes, The Hunger Games, World War Z, Mean Girls, etc..
I highly recommend you guys to watch these movies when you're out of movie ideas and want to just chill out! xx
Hello everyone! It's been a week since the second semester has started and I can feel the pressure already.
Yes, I'm halfway through out my course but that also means I'll be on my majoring. The subjects this semester wasn't easy, let me assure you that. Maths and Science subjects everywhere!Â
This is a short post and will only be an update. Anyway, our college week is coming! It will be held on November 20-22 which is really exciting.
In case you guys haven't noticed, I changed my theme. It feels too girly and pinkish; which I don't really like. I'm on dilemma of finding a new theme or just changing my background image.
The beginning of a new semester is fast approaching and I woke up today realized that there are only two days left of my semestral break. That made me feel a lot of emotions: excitement, happiness, and fear. However, I'm just glad I made it this far.
I've been thinking and worrying a lot since last week because of the enrollment period. I already got my grades last Tuesday, November 4, and all my hard work had paid off, I passed every single subject last semester! It feels good knowing that everything resulted well.
My mom, fortunately, had accompanied me to enroll earlier. After the successful enrollment, she invited me to go to a mall nearby for some window shopping. I tried some sunglasses, look at the clothes, and just walking around the store.
Saw these stuff when I turned around after looking at the bears
Then my mom pulled me into the baby clothes section with an interest of buying a dress for her friend's one year old baby. While she's looking at those cute little clothes, I decided to get away and look around.
There are something about mugs and clocks that fascinates me. The graphics in the mugs made me happy just by looking at them, as well as looking at the different designs and colors of the clocks. My fascination ended when a salesman talked me to get a card for the store that I repeatedly refused but he keeps on insisting to make me get one, that ended up him asking if I was still in college. My mood quickly changed so, I'm so sorry, I left him and go back to my mom. Going back to her was a good thing because I then, got attracted to these large teddy bears.
Told ya' they're cute!
Sometimes, I wish that I can go back ten years ago when I don't have to worry about college, friends, relationship, and these grown up stuff that I needed to handle. But then, again, that wouldn't possible so I just need to keep going forward.
How should I begin this post with? Well, we(I) have been waiting for this moment to come for weeks and I’ve been thinking about where we’ll spent this day and what cool things should we do but something happen therefore all of those plans were swept away.
Despite of that, this is our fourth anniversary therefore that shouldn’t stop us from celebrating it. We started our day walking around SM Calamba. For lunch, we ate at McDonald’s. While window shopping, we ate our favourite ice cream and ate some pizzas. After some time, we decided to fool around at Quantum.
There’s this PISO game wherein you’ll drop a Piso on the slot and you’ll guess where the coin was hidden among the three cups. Fortunately, Adrian got P10.00 from his P1.00, not bad. We played Tekken and we took turns to play. I beat at least 5 out of 15 rounds by just pushing random buttons which made Adrian laugh. The basketball game had made my arms exhausted plus I can’t see the ring that much so I needed to make my feet in a tip-toe form which then result to my arms and feet tired but we made it through the second round so that’s a good thing!
After making me drained with these games, we sat down for about 15 minutes and he asked me to visit his church at Villa Zenaida. I accepted the invitation since I wanted to see where his family spent their Sundays.
We go there by riding a tricycle, walking, and crossing the road. Luckily, the weather was good at that time. I would like to take some photos but I decided not to and just enjoy the surroundings with my eyes. We reached Villa Zenaida and I immediately saw the church and it was astonishing. It looks really elegant with the surrounding trees and its structure. I told him that I’m already contented just by looking at it from meters away. I’m not yet ready to visit the inside of the church but maybe in the near future, I will. Who knows?
I told him at SM that I would like to visit “Bahay ni Rizal” but he refused at first but after visiting his church he told me that we can go stopover the historical house. I was really excited! The outside of the house was filled with tricycles waiting for some pasaheros. The drivers won’t stop calling you and ask “San kayo?(Where will you go?)” even though you’re not looking at them. That really irritated me because THEY WON’T STOP.
We took a spree around the house and then we decided to sit outside. That’s when we took a lot of photos of ourselves (which are also the ONLY PHOTOS we have for the whole date).  After spending almost half an hour in the house, we visited the nearby church and the park. Well , we’ve spent the whole date walking which I really enjoyed. He bombarded my phone with these candid photos of me so I took a lot of him too!
 The whole day was enjoyable and was indeed unforgettable. It’s one of my ideal dates and would really be blissful to do this all over again in the future.
Four years of happiness, love, care, and sometimes, problems but it will be all worth it. I know.
My birthday was celebrated with my family but a post birthday celebration was celebrated with le boyfie, Adrian.Â
The photo above was taken inside the bus while we're travelling to Alabang. We met at 10:00 and finally settled for a ride to Alabang at about 10:30 A.M. Commuting to Alabang was a bit scary knowing that it was my first time to commute without my family but I trusted him so much that being with him through out the travel I feel safe.
As soon as we arrived at StarMall, we then walked to Festival Mall. I thought it will be a long walk but it didn't! A 15-20 minute walk, which depends on your pace of course, had solved the trick.Â
We then played at Tom's World located at the third floor of the mall. I had so much fun shooting aliens, robots, and playing the samurai stuff. It was worth the the money! For lunch, we ate at KFC and we're really full! We watched the movie "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and as soon as I saw Megan Fox I knew that the movie is good. I was not disappointed because it freaking is!Â
Anyway, the festival cinema has this promo which features a buy one, take one javakula so we grabbed the opportunity and bought one! The drink has this little starfish at the top, I almost don't want to drink it.
The film was good and it was about 4:00 pm when it finished. We decided to go back to StarMall and buy some clothes! THRIFT SHOPPING! I had bought 3 floral pants and two tops which only cost HIM P500.00 while he bought 3 shirts for P500.00 too.Â
It was about 6:00 pm when we seated at the bus to home.Â
The day was tiring yet so fun and memorable! I hope this will happen again in the near future. I now need to save money more than ever!
Turned 18: Does that mean I'm officially a lady now?
Turning 18 was a not a big deal for me though II was about 2 years ago because my friends and ex-classmates were all turning into the legal age. It was just this year that I realized that I don't need to have a glamorous debut party or anything extravagant for my birthday.
It's the week of my birthday and I won't deny that I got really excited. The thought of being 18 gives me shivers and mixed emotions. I haven't planned any party to celebrate my special day, instead I prayed for heaps of cash to be deposited in my bank account. I'm planning to buy tons of clothes, beauty products, shoes, and whatever I want with the cash I will received. Yes, those were all playing in my mind even before going to sleep. Unfortunately, our midterm was placed on the same week as my birthday therefore I can't enjoy the rest of my day because of an exam of a major subject the next day.
Luckily, I have this close circle of friends which I had known for about 3-10 years. I'm blessed to have each and every single one of them!
This gifts were given the day before my birthday. The brownies were from my college friends while the Forever 21 bag was from Vera. It was really funny by just knowing that they will give me these stuff before my birthday. I heard Vera talking about an 'ambagan' but then I pretended that I didn't hear everything for the sake of the surprise gift they'll give. I'm still a good friend because of that, right?
August 21, 2014 (BIRTHDAY)
I guess I was excited since I woke up early, at around 7:00 AM. I had watched Carrie and it again, gave me chills. Fortunately, dad woke up at around 10:00 AM and told me to get ready since we'll be eating at SM as a celebration.Â
I was so excited that I wore a red sweater, folded up to my elbows, a black and white leggings and a 3-inch heels. Just so you know, I swore a lot of times not to wear heels again. Spent my birthday celebration with aching feet. Harsh. Just as I wished, I got cash which is worth 3K  but I seriously want more. Spent the two thousand pesos to buy a new cellphone, MyPhone Agua Rio, since I've been searching it on the net for days and I seriously want a new cellphone though my former phone was  just bought a year ago.Â
A lot had happened after that. We got home at around 2:00 in the afternoon and I hurriedly rest (the aching feet ugh). After resting, I texted Adrian to meet for just a while. I then decided to visit Yel since she texted me that she misses me at that same afternoon.Â
And then this happened...
Yel and Sey had surprised me (totally) with a cake! A chocolate cake! I was really touched and I wish I could hug them for about an hour to thank their effort! Love my best friends to the highest level. I treated them to Jollibee as a thanks!
P.S. I was supposed to review for our major exam that night when they surprised me. Though they disturbed me on studying, I got 93% on that exam! Such a lucky day.
Hello fellow bloggers! As all of you know, I've gone inactive here on my tumblr account and been active on my wordpress blog. After a few months, I've discovered that wordpress is not my thing and decided to be back here, again.Â
I'll be redecorating my blog here and will change my URL too!
