28 October 2012

Shopping Cart 10.29.12

Hi lovies!
I deserve a bit of spanking because I've been bad this past weeks. sick
I know that I already promised myself to quit being an impulsive buyer, and that I SHOULD ONLY BUY WHAT I NEED, and that I SHOULD STAND AS A RATIONAL BEING and be able to tell myself: "Hey, stop being an idiot... cute packaging is luring you into a flip-floppy concept of consumerism." BUT I JUST CAN'T HELP IT...  the mall and I... have this.... this... very special relationship... which is not ending anytime soon. give up

The good side of this unhealthy habit though is that I get to review stuffs for my readers, and I kinda prevent them from buying crappy items (will this make me a saint someday?). Moreover, I am providing them shopping tips, where to buy inexpensive blah blah blah, where's the latest sale on town, and what not. Likely, I think my haul posts make other girls want to go shopping, which in effect raising the retail industry, making businessmen pay more taxes, and creating a richer Philippines! Save the RP... Shop more!cheer

Ok, enough. Let me show you some of my purchases for the last two... er... three weeks. This is collective and yes, I did not spend too much money in a single mall trip. (defensive?)
Cath Kidston Iphone Book Type Case
Abreeza P295
Forever21 ring set P350 plus (er... forgot)
Forever21 Mustache Ring P280
Foerever21 Floral Brush Set P280
Forever21 Fuchsia Belt with Heart Detail P280 
Hi-low dresses from SM Lanang Ladies Wear Section P399 each
Yellow Lacy Shorts from SM Lanang Ladies Wear Section P399
Maroon Printed Shorts from Gaisano Grand P230 (GOOD BUY!)
Face masks P50-80 
Do not buy this type of jelly bag! This is a crap! 
Surplus Shop SM Manila P299
Accessories from Divisoria 
OMG! they sell very chhhheeeeaaapp accsdon't tell anyone
Eye Mask P50
Iphone Ear Plug P60 each
Bracelets P50-80 per set 
Head Bands P50-P80 each
When I went for Bar Ops, I am determined to buy Longchamp until I saw this Hello Kitty Basket Bag. Dang! What a sad turn of events.
Her name is Mandamus and I bought her for P500 after making tawaran with the Korean lady, who wants to sell it for P650. 
This is my splurge of the week. Got myself a Large LC beige bag after the Bar Ops. I NEED A FREAKING DURABLE BAG TO CARRY MY FREAKING HUGE LAW BOOKS/TRANSCRIPTS. 
Safe color to match most of my OOTD's rock on!
On sale for 20%  off, Original price was P4,000. Got it for P3,200 (good buy).
Chan-chararaaann! My fave purchase Christmas Mugs (P50 each from Gaisano Mall) to go with my favorite Chai!

I hope you enjoyed this post. Talk to you later! Bye! 

18 October 2012

Richenna PINK BROWN

I've been wondering how I would look like with pink hair that's why when someone sent me this RICHENNA BUBBLE Shampoo in PINK BROWN, I am just way too excited to color my hair yet again. PINK HAIR??? UGHHHH! That’s so cute…. 

So this is how the packaging looks like, just anime(ish). It claims to have a  "formulation with lavender and sage extract that minimizes hair damage and helps to leave your hair silky and shiny. The amino acid provides moisture for your hair to look healthy." Well I don't know much about the accuracy of that statement, but I can be your lab rabbit and see how this works. I just hope that my hair won't fall off after this experiment. 
Contents:
1)  Colorant 50g
2) Developer 50g
3) An empty pump container for mixing
4) A pair of gloves and a sheet of cape
5) Henna Therapy Condition

1. Put the mixing bottle on a flat surface and pour the colorant.
2. Add the developer.
3. Replace the foamer cap and twist it until it is tightly sealed. Mix gently by inverting the bottle until solution is well mixed.
4. Place the bottle to the hole on the box so that the dispenser is secure and won't topple. 
5. Put on the gloves and start pumping out the product. 
6. Apply ample amount on DRY HAIR starting an inch away from the roots. 

Your roots react quickly to the hair dye that’s why it’s always best to start inches away from it. After your done with the rest of your hair, you can now start coloring your roots. Using bubble hair colors are so simple. You just apply them the way you do with regular shampoo.

Caution:  Be careful  so that foam won't splatter and get into your eyes. 

7. Leave the hair for 30 minutes up to an hour. Wash your hair and apply the treatment conditioner. 

THE RESULT:
This is how my hair looks with indoor light. 
Now, here's how it looks with a little bit of sun exposure.

It is actually a relief that It did not turn out super pink.School rules say NO PINK HAIR therefore this experiment did no harm so far. 

The only con about this brand is the smell... IT SMELLS LIKE A DEAD MICKEY MOUSE! 

Will I use it again? If they have light blue shade, I am more than eager. ( INSERT big SMILE)


16 October 2012

First Beginnings and Happy Endings


At 26, I would like to say that I am moving towards that direction. But life, as we know it, takes guts and gamble. And in as much as I would have preferred to read the bulk of Santrock’s chapter on Family, Lifestyle and Parenting page wise, I cannot but be critical about it. Indeed, each part carries questions that require answering in ways more complicated than just flipping pages.
The concept of a family has been with me since the first time my father laid an eye for my mom. And since I live in a community where blood and kinship is given paramount importance, I virtually sit on a vast construct of what a family is. As an infant I was clowned upon by my parents when they taught me my first trail of words, “Charlotte, ingna Mama...ingna Papa.” Teachers way back first grade days said to me “Ang isang pamilya ay binubuo ng Tatay, Nanay at ng kanilang (mga) anak.” Another teacher, this time in my fifth grade, emphasized,
“Once the sperm meets the egg, fertilization happens and a human zygote is formed! 

Now that I have aged my adolescent years, my idea of a family also matured with me. 

This time, it no longer is about my first words to my parents, but rather my first steps away from them. The right foot I place on the exit carpet and the left foot just behind the closing door. I need to distance myself to find the avenues that are meant for me; but with this quest is the other part that longs to stay within the comforts of my home. Family for me now is the only “first word” where, if time permits, I will want to go home to.

At one point I also believed that a family is composed of a father, a mother, and their children. At present I realize that it can also exist with me and me alone. I cannot always seek the fatherly lap I used to sit on. I cannot always eat the healthy breakfast that mom used to cook. My siblings already outgrew pillow fights and Sunday mornings cannot always mean family day is up and fully activated. Sometimes, a cup of coffee spent with the Sunday magazine seems to work quite fine for me. I content myself with recollections of patintero days, grin a little in front of the mirror and work my way up to the usual long Sundays of single blessedness. And for me, It works just fine.

Even if modern science still conserves what my fifth grade teacher used to emphasized, family for me has gone beyond this basic context of biological science. Blood relations alone cannot fully cover my idea of a family. Artificial methods of conception has been advancing and adoption cases is also beginning to flourish. Family of today is not only bound by blood but also by experience. Conception is a gift but it does not anymore define good parenthood.

Again, I would like to say that now that I have aged my adolescent years, my idea of a family also matured with me. 

The concept of a family does not only bring back origins. It also 
creates the future. 
That is, from birth, to my first words, to my first kiss and my first job comes my visions of settling down and be with the family that I too will soon build.

Maybe I want a husband. The person I will spend the other side of my bed with. The one I could argue and make love with at the same time. The man who defines compromise for me and the person whom I will share half of my cup of coffee. 

Maybe two or three children will do. They're more than enough to spread noise and joys around the house. I will teach them love and respect. Cook breakfast and pack lunch for their first day of school. Read bedtime stories till they fall to sleep. Or maybe dress them up for their first prom dates.

Maybe I want a nurturing home- where parents practice democracy, and children uphold obedience. Some place where grandparents, parents and grandchildren spend Sunday mornings like patintero days. Like friends. Like family.

Maybe.

These are distinct aspects of a family cycle. They may appear discrete and too individualized, but they are more than just a way of life. 

They are life itself. 

And in as much as I would want to move forward to create a family of my own, I will still have to settle my own pieces of it. Maybe I want it now. Later, maybe not. But just like what every cycle is all about, a family starts from a family, ends with it just to start all over again.

And unlike first words, first steps and first kisses, family never fades away. 



11 October 2012

SERIOUSLY GREEDY in screaming capitals

I AM MAD! No, I am EXTREMELY MAD!

People either see me serious/flat or joyous/loud, but rarely will they encounter me in this state...furious. 

Something rough happened yesterday. Around 5:00 PM, we had a fuel delivery from the bulk depot. We did the usual routine of unloading, and few hours after new products were loaded in our tank, a flock of motorists went back enraged.

A few minutes more and the flock became even massive. My first reaction was that of fear. I locked up at the office, gathered my thoughts… I decided to call my father for a rescue, but opted to solve the “unknown issue” my own. 


I managed to snap a not so decent shot of last night's scene from the CCTV monitor. (Refer to the photo above.)  The crowd was not so overwhelming at this stage but it went triple or even quadruple in size. It was really scary that it made me an instant agoraphobic. 

However, I realized that I am the IN-CHARGE. I need to muster my strength and just play my position. I can’t just hide and pretend that I know nothing. I have no choice... I have to be brave and so I went out to confront the overpowering mob.  All of them are infuriated, some worried. They claimed that the premium fuel that we gave them ruined their vehicles. My initial reaction was full of defiance. This can’t be happening of course, we are selling legit product here and I am running a legit business for Christ’s sake! But, at the back of my mind, a part of me was agreeing with the majority.

Okay, so to stop the hearsays, we dispensed a sample fuel directly from the machine… Lo and behold, we are indeed selling a crappy piece of shit! Then and there, I felt so chicken little. 


There could be no other explanation for this. Either the hauler fooled us or the mother company is one big scumbag. I don’t know which is which, but this is for sure: SOMEONE IS SO FREAKING GREEDY.

To whomever greedy enough to risk the livelihood of others just to earn an extra piece: I just wish you a fair life and I hope you are here to see me battle the mocking eyes of others. Do know that you ruined 27 motorcycles last night and that you've caused a certain manic being a good amount of money just to make sure that everybody can move on reasonably.

I may have to cut short my ranting (I am actually sorta in a rush) but I will get back to you soon enough.

WARNING: I have a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. I will look for you, I will find you, and I will let you drink this piece of shit that you gave us. YOU FEEL ME? 



PS: Business as usual. Products are now engine-friendly... tried it myself. Never had diarrhea thus far.  




08 October 2012

THATAWKWARDMOMENT

One  of my friends suggested that I should make a blog series that shows my honed talent of :"making faces". Hence, I present (chanchara...ran) this crunkadelic enchalada of different expressions induced by "that awkward moments" phase thingy or whatchamacalit EXPERIENCES. ENJOY!

When to display this face: That awkward moment when you think you lost your cell phone but its actually in your bra.


When to display this face: That awkward moment when Bruno Mars can’t catch the Grenade for u, because he’s having a “Lazy Day”.

Alternative definition: A sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience.

When to display this face:  That awkward moment when you are about to give your man a blowjob and you realized how scary you look. 

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07 October 2012

Qui Paris!

A bright red, elegant, sophisticated down-piece would be perfect for a rendez-vous in an exclusive Parisian restaurant, paired with a chic shirt inspired by a classic beret femme. Qui Paris!


Top: Wholesale-dress.net
Shorts/belt: Sunny Side Up
Shoes: Fioni
Bag: Parfois
Studded bracelet: Penshoppe


I am Back! (Do I Hear Drum Roll?)


I’ve been absent for, what? Almost  a month?  I’ve been inactive for quite some time (the longest in my blogging history), and my reason is fair enough. The thing is, I have been preparing for my finals. My previous exam scores were not satisfactory and I want to get a decent final grade per subject. Victory loves preparation, right? I figure, I have to quit some fancy shamcy activities in my life and just focus with my books (and a little bit of nonsense once in a while whenever I have the time for it). It is a good thing that I am halfway through my readings, and that I am now entitled for a little breathing space.  What have I been up to?  Well… here, let me show you…
My life’s pretty much a routine lately.  It consists with long hours of flipping pages, a little pigging out in between, and constant self-reassurance that I can win this battle… hence, the photo of my college medal. I don’t know why, but every time I see this thingy, a tiny sensation of being invincible grows in me. Delusional perhaps, yet I need to be reminded that once in my life, I was beaten black and blue and still managed to finish the race triumphantly. 

Who loves Smurfs?? Well, I do… I CRAZY DO! In fact I have undergarments imprinted with these little blue creatures. Too childish for a 26 year old, huh? IDC!  I am actually hoping that Capcom will merge with Sanrio and weave  something out of joker Smurf and Hello Kitty. They can be lover, don’t you think? Well, I am back at playing the Smurfs Village and if you have a little time to spare, you can stop by at my village and give me a gift. You can also do that daily… if just so you wish.

Sleepless nights made me a zombie though I have to admit that I am loving what  those long torturous nights of studying did to my eyes, made me double lid! Well, I am not actually monolid, but the lack of sleep enhanced my “not so emphasized” lids. If that makes sense… I know you get it.. (evil laugh)
If you follow me on twitter/instagram, you probably came across my post talking about my plan of reading E.L James’ Fifty Shades of Grey once I am done with the entire Statutory Construction book.  I finally got the book (fify shades) yesterday and I will commence with my reading binge after I publish this post. I have a feeling that this is going to be a good read… excited!
My mailbox was in a festive mood last week. I received three mails… First, someone sent me two phones (creepy). Second, I receieved an HK Visa card, and third, stuffs from katiescache.




 
 After three weeks of being away from my usual world, (1) I did a little hauling at forever21 yesterday. I am a bit disappointed though, stuffs were not sold at the usual online prices. Nevertheless, I bought some cute stuffs WTH,  haul post is coming up soon. (2) TAKEN 2 cuddling moments at the cinema. WDA (Web Display of Affection) isn't covered by cybercrime law, is it? 

 Guess that would be all for tonight lovies. Thanks for sticking with my blogsite despite my being unreliable this past few days. I love you ya'll!!


 Ps

Camwhoring is mandatory. LOL