Short hair relief

Disclaimer: This is a very narcissistic post. Very self serving and self centered. You can choose not read it to save yourself from the annoyance you're about to get but if you love me then okay, read on. mwah mwah! :*

Over due haircut. I've been thinking of doing something about my hair for the longest time and I only had the chance to finally cut it last Wednesday when I was in SM waiting to meet up with client after dinner. I went to the mall after work to have my facial and I couldn't wear make up that night so I didn't feel pretty. My face was bare, hair was messy, roots were showing up, face was too big, so on and so forth. I can tell you what more ugly things I can say about myself and the list goes on forever. My hair was really messy because I tied it up in a bun and couldn't wear it down. Going out with no makeup and my hair in a bun made me feel uncomfortable and unprofessional like I didn't put enough effort to look presentable so I decided to have my hair cut! It wasn't as impulsive though because I have been thinking about this haircut and plan to have my hair permed for almost a month now. In fact, I already scheduled my hair cut at a salon but I missed it because I got stuck in traffic. :/ Back to the messy hair predicament, I had no idea what hair cut I was aiming for. I just know that I was tired of my very long straight hair that I have been sporting for the past 3 years and it came to a point where I didn't know what to do to my hair anymore. I knew I had to cut it short. I wanted to see the difference in length.

When I entered, the hairstylist welcomed me and asked me what I want so I said I want to cut my hair short and I want my hair to be like hers. Her hair was ZOMG so nicely done!! The color was so nice I could have asked her to dye my hair that color if it wasn't already late. I asked the hairstylist about perming my hair and to my disappointment, they said that my hair is too light to be permed. It'll be too light to hold the curls and will easily lose the hold of my curls. So I just asked about touching up my roots and she said that my roots are too little to be touched up. I kinda felt relieved because I have been obsessing about my roots every time I look at the mirror. The only reason why I didn't want to colour my hair was because of the awkward stages of having to deal with the evil roots and I'm exactly at that stage now! It's my first time to have my hair coloured by the way so I'm basically a noob!

Long story short, I decided that I want my hair shoulder length and full bangs because my bangs was being awkward where it doesn't know if it's gonna be side or full. After haircut, I just had to contour my cheeks because it looks better in photos. hihi. I wasn't happy with what I was wearing so I also bought a top! And VOILA! I felt so fresh and almost felt like a different person. I felt so happy like it was the best decision I did that day. blahblahblahblahblah I felt more confident and self worth increased by 80%! So girls, if you feel down and ugly and/or depressed, I now understand why people find it necessary to cut their hair after a breakup. It's an instant pick me upper and I have never felt more confident in my life than I do now and I feel like I want to do a lot more to improve physically! This is such a shallow post! lol. Please forgive me!

Thanks guys for reading this very blabby post.

Face of the day:

bare face with no foundation or anything
cream eyeliner
mascara
cheeks contour
lip cream in NYX Addis Ababa (my ultimate favorite!)

xx,


Annie

Prediction for September

Two more days until September and already I am feeling so giddy about this month. September will be my "ME" month. I'm going to make it a point to really give myself importance and stop seeking for other people's approval. I want to go back to being my old self who was happy spending pretty much all the time with herself. I have been going out so much that-- this is kind of histrionic-- but I kinda miss myself. I know some people will think how is it even possible to miss yourself but I feel like I do. I need my down time or me time to keep me sane and I haven't had a decent "ME" time for 2 months.

My me time includes having to spend weekends at home alone and read books or not. HAHA Ideally, I want it to be spent that way. I love reading books and I'm in love with the idea of it but I never really get to finish my books anymore unless I get really excited about it and spend the next 4-8 hours really boring myself into the book until I finish it. Now that I recently bought an iPad mini, gave me MORE reasons to be in love with the idea of spending more alone time reading books while sipping a cup of tea in a secluded coffee shop.When in reality, I'll just be in my pjs lying down while reading ebooks and bugging my friend, Sarah, once in every 5 minutes maybe and falling asleep maybe 10 minutes after which is a complete fail. I can't even finish one book. I haven't even finished one book since that iPad mini laid in my hands. I'm either too sleepy or too tired for it so I really need to make time for it.

This month, I promise to focus on myself and with what I want to improve myself physically and i don't know, improve my attitude and outlook maybe? I won't lie and say I will do some meditations and yoga and other idealistic stuff to find "inner peace" because those stuff really bore me. I can only wish to be that girl who goes to yoga every after work to stretch and be flexible and be relaxed but I can't see myself doing that for now. I can't even stand one yoga class which is the reason why I hate it (for now. not closing any doors to it. I still want to be that girl.)

This month, the games will change. Since I read this book, my point of view changed so much. It made me realize what I have been doing. I'm not exactly saying that what I did was wrong because at that moment, it's what I wanted to do and how I wanted to play my cards but after reading this book, it suddenly changed my point of view and my perception about dating and guys or just about guys. Not necessarily dating guys but guys generally.

Year 2012 has been a little boring for my personal life and exciting for my career. I can say that this year just keeps getting more interesting. It had never been exciting and I'm looking forward to everything that will happen. One month at a time. Sometimes I hate myself for being so future oriented. Like I always worry about my future that sometimes I forget to live in the present. Sometimes I look forward so much into the future that it's all I do. Look forward to it. This month, I will make it a point to live in the moment so I can finally act on my dreams. 

Also, I recently did a social media cleansing (Sarah"s words) because I've been so hooked to it I didn't realize it was greatly affecting how I live my life. I deleted my wechat, whatsapp and line to decrease the number of social media platforms I'm engaging myself into. I left my viber because I still want to take a little advantage of technology and I think Viber is perfect because it's a little sucky for me to be addicted to it given that it ALWAYS crash and hang on my phone. This always happens and I'm not even exaggerating.

I would also like to share to you guys that law of attraction works almost like a miracle to me. Sometimes it's getting crazy! Even the littlest unimportant things I set my mind into happens! God is so good I'm so spoiled by him. I love you, God and I will never stop loving you. Alam mo yan! 

xx,

Annie

August: Reflection Month

I woke up in such a good mood today. EXTRA GOOD I must say. You may think that this is an ordinary day but this is no ordinary day for me. Nothing special happening or no big event to attend to, no big client meeting of some sort or what but immediately, I know that this day is no ordinary day. Today, I'm happy.

The moment I opened my eyes, i know that it's not an ordinary day. I woke up in such a good mood with no feeling of lack of sleep. Went straight for shower then fixed myself, got dressed, applied make up - which I don't usually have extra time to do - then had breakfast which was very yummy! I had oatmeal for breakfast which is unusual so I guess this is also one factor why I am in such a good mood. Today is not an ordinary day. Today is very special for me.

God is so good. I cant stop being thankful to Him and for Him for He never fails to lead me back to where He wants me to go. He never judge me for being who I am and for who I am not. He knows that I will fall down or be uninspired but He leads me back to the right path through the people around me or sometimes, he just works wonders by giving me beautiful days like today to appreciate all the things He have given me.

Looking back, I never imagined my life to be the way it is now. It's so different from what I have envisioned but THIS IS ALL I EVER WANTED. I am exactly where I want to be. Not really the way I imagined it but better opportunities. See? He always has His ways to give us what we want and what we deserve.

He keeps blessing me so much more than I think I deserve. I'm just really thankful for:
(1) I feel so blessed to have a perfect best friend  (hi, Sarah!) who I can't stop expressing my love to everyday (creepy).
(2) My sister Wuns whom I can never stop being thankful to God for having. She is just the bestest! Been living with her for 2 years now and I can't stress enough how lucky I am to have a sister like her who acts as my second mom and who loves me for me and for being patient with me. CANT THANK GOD ENOUGH.
(3) My family here who I feel so comfortable with now that I don't feel home sicked anymore!
(4) Allan, my friend who keeps inspiring me from Day 1. He taught me all about the law of attraction and I dont know when I started believing in it (THE SECRET) but my life just keeps getting better everyday ever since. Allan, continue inspiring other people! Whenever I'm having a very good day, I always remember him (creepy or what?) not because I am in love with him but mainly because I know that he will understand me. Being happy for no reason and being thankful for God's gift everyday and I always try to let him know that I'm having a good day and it's because he taught me about it that I am living in such a happy life.
(5) My job.
(6) My life.
(7) Myself. (LOL)
(8) Living in Cebu
(9) having new friends
(10) Getting closer to my friends
(11) My family back home
(12) My old friends
and the list can go on and on and I don't think it will ever end. I'm thankful for everything that's happening in my life and I just can't wait to live the life God wants me to live. I will do my best to achieve it and hopefully to inspire other people too.

I have been side tracked with my priorities this month of August but I'm so glad to have a little break. At least now I know how it feels and I don't ever want to go back in that position ever again.

POSITIVITY all the way.

Hope you, reader, will also have a good day. Be inspired.

xx,

Annie

Exactly how Im feeling now.

When I first listened to the song, I felt like I couldn't relate to the song. I wanted to experience the road to THERE. I wanted to experience all the hard work and the experience and gain wisdom but now I just feel like this song is the perfect song to explain how I'm feeling. I'm just so tired and so out of sync. I feel like I just want to have fun and enjoy youth and life. I feel a sense of panic that I feel this way though. Need to get back on track.

xx,

Annie

I'm thankful for July

July has got to be one of the best if not the best month of the year 2013 for me. It has opened a lot of opportunities for me to live, love and learn. It was my month and I can't wait to live the rest of the year like this.

To thank July for that awesome month, I'll be blogging all the memorable things that happened for that whole month. I love/hate blogging. I love blogging random things but hate updating it with complete photos of how my everyday went but July deserves those kind of blog posts so that one day I can look back and be reminded to not waste any moment and LIVE.

It's the month where I felt how happy it is to live life care free and how refreshing it is to be single and happy. It's the month where I just let myself be myself and ate anything I want without feeling guilty. Therefore, without doing it on purpose I consumed an excess of frozen brazo de mercedes and cripy patas this month. It's just now that I am sorting out my photos that I realize this. Ohwell, my tummy was happy but it's now suffering (if you know what I mean).

July opened my eyes to the world. July gave me opportunities to know who my real friends are and who the fake friends are or just who the unhealthy friends are, reunite with old friends and meet new people (not necessarily new friends) who helped me a lot and has inspired me to do so much for my future. I love meeting new people who helps me see what I really should be doing in my life and where do I really want to be in the years to come. I'm glad to have met this client who brought me to around and taught me things. I know this is God's way of orchestrating my life through other people. I love how God never fails to guide me. He is always there for me. I can't thank Him enough. I'm not the religious nor the spiritual type but I know who to give credits to for my accomplishments.

AWESOME JULY IN A NUTSHELL 

From left to right, top to bottom:

1. Met Noe Mae Villagonzalo of COLORismyweaponn when Say visited Cebu for an Avon event.
2. Met Say again for her one day visit to Cebu.
3. Wong, Sarah and I at Centerstage, Tomas Morato.
4. I, Sarah and Pao at Pao's birthday celebration.
5. Lovers peg in Movenpick.
6. Toblerone torte (?) at Mom and Tina's.
7. Paella at Mom and Tina's
8. Frozen Brazo de Mercedes at Mom and Tina's
9. Eggs Florentine @ Tinderbox
10. Fresh steamed oysters from Ponsyong's by Breakthrough at Iloilo. The best oysters!
 11-16. Sarah and moi <3<3<3
17. Me, Val, belle and Sarah at Quest hotel's pool.
18. us 4 again at Movenpick
19. Us 4 again, standing up this time.
20. Me at Henry hotel's lobby.
21. Me, Sarah and Timmy at Mom and Tina's
22. Annie and Jolo at Prive
23. Sarah, Jolo, I, Charles and Derek (was cut off in the photo. sorry :3) at GH
24. Sarah, Jolo and I in the car on the way home!
25. Mallow and I @ Prive


Awesome month is awesome!


xx,


Annie

On repeat over and over again

5 constant rants for JULY

The title was supposed to be 5 constant rants of my life but I don't want these rants to be my rants for the rest of my life so I decided to change it for July only. HEHE

1.) My room is such a mess. This could be the understatement of the year.
2.) My bag is so heavy.
3.) I'm so fat.
4.) I want to be organized.
5.) I am so forgetful.

MUST DO SOMETHING.

xx,

Annie