Christmas Wish List

YAY! It's time yet for another wish list making! Favorite thing to write. Hihihoho.

So for this year, I don't really know what to include in my list since I don't know what I want but after much thought about it, here's the list.

What's a wishlist without make up? Hihi.

Number one on my list is no other than..................

Urban Decay Naked Palette

Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette

.............again. This has been on my lists again and again. Can someone be an angel and give me this already??


Next on my list is MAC Candy Yum Yum.

MAC Candy Yum Yum

Nothing can instantly lift my mood more than a bright lipstick and a made up face. :) That's just so shallow but I as I said before that I work better if I feel good about myself and feeling beautiful enhances my work performance as well. (crazy!!) Candy Yum Yum is a bright pink matte lipstick! That's hitting 2 birds with one lipstick stone! I LOVE BRIGHTS AND MATTE LIPSTICKS. PERFECT!! I'm in lust.

Since it's so hard to get MAC Candy Yum Yum, my other option, not that it's my second choice or what but I would also love to get a NARS Schiap! HAY LIFE!

NARS Schiap

So that's just now for my make up lust. Not too much make up for now because I'm trying to make use of all my make up first before I go crazy buying new stuff.

In other news, I'm now obsessed with watches!! I want a gold watch!!!! Or any kind of watch perhaps but let's keep this wish list realistic, shall we?

Casio Gold Round watch

Swatch Charcoal Medal Yellow

Michael Kors Mid- Size Golden Stainless Steel and Acetate Bradshaw Chronograph Watch

Candles

Scented Candles

Anything from Coach especially those that have stars!! :) <3

BATH ROBES.

xx,


Annie 

If there's a will, there's a way

I know I already said this gazillion times but this time, I'm REALLY going to give it a shot. I have been meaning to hit the gym again for quite some time now but since my work doesn't permit me to do so (yes, I work 'til late hours), I always have an excuse why I can't do it.

But I can not just say no to it anymore because my body badly needs it and if there is going to be that one person who can help me, that person should be me so I am going to set 3 hours of my time after 5 at work to excuse myself and go to the gym and just come back to work after. Anyway, I really need to pump it up to get energized for work.

3 hours. Just enough time to leave from work, get to the gym, and come back to work again.

Hi gym, see you on Monday, November 5. I promise.

:*

xx,

Annie

The Future

One of the things I'm most scared about is my future. There's something about the future that I keep wanting to know more about yet I'm so scared of it. I guess I'm just one of those people who worry too much about it.

I keep picturing a future that even I, is scared if I will actually be able to fulfill it. I don't ask too much though, I just want a happy family who will be there for me. Doesn't anybody like this?

Karma is a bitch though.

I'm sure that I will have to face the consequences of my actions now and I quote the very popular Filipino saying "Kung ano ang tinanim, yun din ang aanihin".

Just another rant.

GADGETS

I just feel the itch to write something down without anything particular in my mind. I guess sometimes I am just being random.

Random updates:

My Blackberry broke down for the second time since I got it. 

I'm using a Blackberry Torch 9800 and it's a touch and slide phone and one of the down fall of slide phones are the durability of it's flex cable. Mine got broken last year December and it's broken again now. I tried to look for a repair shop here in SM Cebu to have it fixed but they don't have spare parts for it so I will just send my phone to my friend, GH queen, Zel. I will have it sent to her via air freight so she can fix it and send it back to me again.

RANDOM RANT: I feel so incomplete without my Blackberry. I love BBM and I chat with my girlfriends all the time so now I feel extremely weird without it. I have a temporary phone and I like it and all but sometimes I get so frustrated when I text with a keypad instead of a qwerty pad that I just want to throw it away. Been using qwerty phones for almost 5 years I think so it frustrates me when I have to press the freaking keypads but I love to use it when I am driving. It's easier to use for texting than a qwerty phone.


Here's my new phone by the way.

SAMSUNG GT-E1200T

White

I love it's new look. We have a lot of this phone because it's what we use as our company phone since the battery life is so amazing. It can last for 3 to 4 days before the battery goes empty. Perfect for the drivers who go out of town.Plus, it's so cheap. It's only PHP 899 so I also got one for me when I went to SM yesterday. It's actually the company's extra cellphone and I'm just borrowing it until my Blackberry gets fixed.

Hi Zel, please help me get it fixed ASAP.

Speaking of gadgets. I randomly bought an iTouch 4 two weeks ago. I just thought I want to call my friends and my family back home using Face Time so I went in and bought one just like that. I'm not fond of buying new gadgets but for this time, I did not bother to give it much thought because I will just end up not buying it. I only bought an 8gb since I only plan to use it for Face Time. It's with me for two weeks now and it still doesn't have any songs or games in it but I do have some of the most basic apps I use frequently like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and the like.

I know that this is not a good time to buy an iTouch because the new iTouch 5 is releasing soon (if it's not released yet) but I just couldn't wait. I'll just sell my old new iTouch if I ever decide to get the new iTouch or an iPhone 5.

iTouch 5th gen

the colors are so cute.

Doesn't it looks sooooooo nice? It looks so sleek and chic. I love the green color! If you are here for the technical stuff, just forget it because I do not have any idea on the specs. I'm just after how it looks. Yes, I'm one of those people who buy gadgets just because it looks nice. I'm the most un-techy person ever.

Since I got my iTouch, I have been trying to convince my girlfriend soulmate close friend, Sarah to buy one so we can video chat through Face Time and I'm super glad she bought an iPad yesterday. So now that we cannot "BBM", we "iMessage" and "Face Time" each other. I type BBM, iMessgae and Face Time like they are verbs but you get what I mean. ;)

Sarah and I "Face Time-ing"

I am still currently addicted to Face Time. So if ever you have Face Time and is bored (and is a friend of mine), call me! YAY! 

Going back to Blackberry, I'm actually quite discouraged with Blackberry and is thinking of switching to iPhone 5 but I cannot imagine my life without it. I love my Blackberry and I think all the other BB users understand me, or not. It's just that my social life is surrounded around it. 

THINGS I WILL MISS:

1.) Chatting with my friends Tiff and Zel about the most random things happening to us. 

2.) Sending voice notes to Sarah, Jolo and Zel. 

3.) Receiving emails through my phone faster than I check my email in my PC.

4.) Updating pictures in BBM whenever I feel like camwhoring. (This seldom happens though.)

5.) All my personal and work contacts are in my phone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Please forgive me but I will post some vain pictures of yours truly I took using the front camera of my new toy (iTouch).

FRINGED! 

Had my hair cut almost 2 weeks ago. Haven't had my hair cut for almost a year before this one. Decided at the last minute that I want a fringe so I asked the stylist to give me one. It's in an awkward stage now where it doesn't look good I don't know what to do with it when I'm sweaty. (hihi) It's supposed to be full bangs but I just put it sideways since I kind of feel awkward when it covers my forehead and cover my eyes.

A bit too made up for work. :p

I just wear a head band to put up my awkward fringe. :p Been taking time to apply make up at work because oddly, I feel that I work better if I feel like I look better. It enhances my work performance. WEIRD. There must be some psychological explanation to this.

Enough randomness. 

Bye.

Annie

I'm in love

Can't stop singing to this song and feel in love. It lifts my mood up.

xx,

Annie

Hello, World!

My inability to write posts for this blog is due to my inability to manage my time properly. I have 0 skills in time management.

If you follow me on twitter, you'd probably feel my absence in the World Wide Web. I used to tweet A LOT. Like a LOT but ever since I got so busy with work, I didn't even have time to check on my twitter. Weird for someone who used to be a twitter addict. I check my twitter when I wake up, when I have free time, when I'm bored, driving, stuck in traffic and before I sleep. So being absent there (twitter) only means that I have my plate full right now.

At the same time I lost time for my blog and twitter is also the same time I felt like I lost myself because this is what I loved doing. Sharing myself to my blog and rereading it when I have free time so I can look back on the times and remember how I felt on that special moment. I guess that's what bloggers feel that's why they feel so passionate (spend time) writing posts and publishing them.

I can only blame myself for what I have turned into now, a slave to my work and I am now a monster and I am not complaining at all because I tell myself that love what I am doing. I just get so burnt out sometimes for doing so much and stressing over work so much I feel like I don't even have time to breathe anymore and I know that I am the only one to blame because I failed to delegate tasks to my co-workers. I fail to train the people under me because:

1.) I assume they already know the task because they will only use their common sense (which is not the case. Apparently, you have to tell them everything they need to do.).
2.) I get pissed off very easily if I don't get the quotations I ask them to do right away so I tend to just do it myself.

Failure to delegate work is my failure to be a good manager since I am supposed to teach them how everything works but I still feel obligated to have to do everything. I like knowing everything from the start to the end but I am not perfect and I don't expect myself to be at a lot of places at the same time and it frustrates me, so much. Sometimes I let loose and just breathe but most of the time I push myself so hard.

I think I need to give more time to myself as I feel like I lost myself in the process. I know it's supposed to be hard for the first part of starting up a business but I know I should never lose myself while being at it because it's something I want to see myself doing in the long run and be happy with it and not continue to be the person I am right now who sends hate every morning or who spends hours complaining about how inefficient the workers are or how uncooperative my workmates are like I am so good at it. I throw a fit at almost everything and never do something about it because I just expect them to understand me that I am undergoing a lot of stress and pressure.

I want to make a good working environment for the people who works for me so that they will feel happy waking up working everyday. For now, that is my goal. In order for me to reach my goal, I must first solve my (internal) issues.

For someone obsessed with making lists, here is my list to my plan of being a healthier me. I actually don't have a list yet. :p Will work on a draft list but definitely going to start scratching off things to do on my list of 101 things to do in 1001 and definitely will work on my time management skills and also some organizational ideas.


xx,

Annie

PS: Missed doing this.

MMF Tempered Glass is NOW OPEN

The newest glass processing company in Cebu is now open and fully operational. We cater to your tempered glass needs in the whole Philippines. We are located in Talisay City, Cebu, Philippines.

 For business inquiries, call (032)-4622120 and look for yours truly! :)

Annie

Crazy Crazy

When was the last time I had free time in my hands to actually write something worth reading? I don't remember. But this one is an exception. I'm not supposed to blog right now, I'm supposed to finish the heaps load of work I'm piled with but instead I am here writing since I can't concentrate on work. I'm having a serious mental block right now. I do not know where to start because I'm just preoccupied with a lot of stuff right now. Plus I'm a bit pressured because my sister's coming over to check the works I should be finished by now. GAAAH!

Not that i'm not doing anything at work. It's just that there are so much stuff to do I can't even start with the other stuff I need to finish. :|

Blahblahblah totally ranting.

My best friend, Mallow came here to visit last Sunday to Wednesday and it felt like the best four days of my life. Eksaherada. Maybe I just miss having friends around. I miss going out at night and just hanging out. I am so burnt out from work lately.

What the fuck is wrong with me? Seriously?

I think something is seriously wrong with me. Took the weekend off by going to the beach with my friend Nica and her cousins but all the time I was dreaming of work. SERIOUSLY ALL THE TIME. I dream of work while taking my afternoon naps and at night I still dream about work. OMG.

It's not fun at all. :(

Things I buy a lot of but don't really use

There are things we like to always but but do not really use. I have a lot of these. The things I always use, I don't buy much of but I buy plenty of those I think I will use but don't really do.

To give a few examples are:

1.) Make up
Yes, I don't use much make up and even if I do, I still think I have more than enough makeup to use for myself but I can never really stop buying.

2.) Accessories
I can't help myself eyeing those cutesy little stud earrings whenever I drop by Accessorize to see what's new in their stores. They just have the cutest accessories ever. That's heaven for me. I always want to buy those little stud earrings in set in stores like Accessorize, Forever 21, H&M and etc. I look at them and can't help myself from buying thinking how cute it is and how good it will look on me so I go ahead and buy a set or two. In reality, I don't really wear earrings on a daily basis. I only wear it whenever I remember and that's very seldom.

3.) Books
This post was mainly inspired by my desire to buy more books. I'm in love with buying books. Yes, you read that right, BUYING. Just buying. Hihi. I buy books thinking I'll read them but then it piles up and I never get to read a lot of them since I am extremely busy and always have something else better to do. Well, except if I'm totally glued to the book then I make all the time for my books. I have tons of unread books back at home and I even brought most of them here in Cebu thinking I'll read them but then I buy more and it accumulates. Now, I have a book shelf of books I haven't read yet. :s

(Picture to follow.)

I'm in love with the idea of reading books, I just wish I can really find time for it.

Two days before the weekend and I'm off to paradise!

See you soon.

xx,

Annie

Keep Calm and Drink Coffee

Grabbed from Jaclyn Young of Housewifed!

Truly applies to me. I'm always so restless and always sleepy at work without coffee. I really want a cup right now but I just finished eating breakfast and drinking a large cup of hot chocolate. I thought drinking hot chocolate is as good as a replacement for a hot cup of coffee since it's the same concept, a delish drink in a hot cup of mug. I thought it'll be just like placebo effect but nothing beats the aroma from a steaming hot cup of coffee. Nothing like it. Can't wait to drink it later!! MUST SAVE MYSELF FROM SLEEPINESS!


Oh! Jaclyn is a friend I met from Char. I just met her yesterday but I feel like I have known her a long time already that's why I consider her a friend already :)

Check out her blog! I enjoy reading it a lot!

http://housewifed.blogspot.com/

xx,

Annie

How many times?

How many times have I told myself to stick with my diet?
How many times have I told myself to follow a workout routine?
How many times have I told myself that this is really it is?
How many times have I told myself that I'll be successful this time?

:(

Super ashamed of my failure.

MUST. START. HEALTHY. LIVING. NOW!

Why can't I be a fitness freak?? Why? :(( It's definitely one of my frustrations in life. I just can't find the time to start working out as a routine because I'm just so tired ALL the time and if I ever have free time, I just find time to catch up on sleep or do something relaxing like get a massage or blog and I'm not just making excuses, or am I?

One day I'll make time for you so better wait for me. We'll work out sometime. Just not this time yet.

Xx,

Annie

Life Choices

I'm currently very stressed out again. I thought that I will get over and done with this but seems like here it is again.

Why have I never thought of taking up something more challenging as my course in college? Why have I never thought of taking up say, engineering? I have always been so sure I'll end up working for my family business which is a clothing manufacturing company that is why I never bothered to take my college seriously.

I have always been happy go lucky. Never gave a single thought about my future. What I'll do in the future and where I'll work is not something I was interested in. I was so sure I will end up helping my family out with the family business and a lot of say that I don't need to take up a business course to be able to learn about it so I never bothered to take up something related to it. Instead, I insisted on taking up Psychology as my course because that is what I wanted. I wanted to know more about the human mind and how they think and why they think that way because I was curious. I never thought about if it is what I wanted to pursue in the future.

Twist of fate came on my last term in college, around February. I was offered a job in Cebu to be a manager of a glass processing company and I thought, why not? I did not think much about it. The only things I considered were:

A.) I hated the commute when I took my OJT so I never want to experience commuting to work every single weekday.
          I live in Valenzuela and it's no secret that it's very far from the corporate world of Makati where most offices are located or maybe Ortigas. It will take me almost or more than 2 hours to commute to work plus another almost or more than 2 hours to go back home. OH NO. I will die. I had my OJT (On-The-Job training) on one of my last few terms in school in Accenture in Cubao. Cubao is considered close to Valenzuela already compared to Ortigas or Makati so I was so glad I got accepted there. Official office hours was 9-6 but it was flexi(ble) time, meaning you can be a little bit late as long as you adjust your office hours. If you get in at 10, then you'll have to go home at 7 to complete your 8 hours a day work. Back to what I was saying... I had to leave home at 6:30AM just to get to office at 9 something AM. That's more than 2 and a half hour of (bus) commute to Cubao. Don't get me started with MRT which will take me more time to fall in line and blahblahblahblah....

I just hate the commute. Okay?

So it was either I suffer travelling to work or I work in the family business which I realized is also not something I wanted to do because...

b.) I wanted to grow as a person.

Somehow I don't see myself grow as a person if I work in the family business because I'll get too comfortable with my parents and sisters as my boss. I'll just sit around, play computer, have an easy life, not moving forward, spending my parent's money on everything I want, etc.

This, I realized only later in my life. I wished I realized this before I started college so I could've given myself more challenge in choosing the course that I want. Not that I'm saying BS-Psych was not challenging but I am pretty sure engineering will be so much more challenging.

WHY DID I NEVER EVER THINK ABOUT TAKING UP ENGINEERING FOR COLLEGE?

I know the answer but I want to ask anyway. Because it's not a girl thing and no (majority of the) girl(s) will ever think about taking up engineering if they don't have any background.

Oh well, it could have been so much easier for me now if I took up something related to machines/electronics. Life will be so much easier if we can see our future so we can prepare for it like taking the right course in college.

That was enough blabbing. My hand kinda hurt now.

I was not done blabbing yet!!!

As I was saying, I was not able to fully contemplate about the situation, me moving miles across the country. My thoughts were generally:
 
a.) Hey, cool! I'll live above my office, I don't need to commute from Valenzuela to Makati anymore.
b.) Oh cooler, I'll have my own car to drive around the city and to work (future office at that time and currently my present office).
c.) Coolest! I'll have my own room!
d.) I'll be a manager and I'll be powerful.
e.) I'll have greater opportunity to grow as a person rather than to be dependent to my family like how I used to be.
f.) I'll be rich!!!

NEVER THOUGHT OF:

a.) I'll be away from my family.
b.) I'll be away from my friends. What's the use of your own car if you cannot use it to go out and lakwatsa anyway??
c.) I don't even have friends. :|
d.) I left practically my whole life in Manila.
e.) Everything is new here in Cebu.
f.) I just graduated college, I don't know a single thing about business what more managing a business?
             
 I didn't realize that to be a manager is a BIG responsibility until I was here for about 3 months already and when I finally realized it, I was so close to crying and had thoughts of going back home but I know I couldn't do that and I wouldn't do that. I will not quit with what I have started. I just have to face this with courage and strength. I have to believe in myself that I can do this and that I am not alone. What was I thinking exactly when I said yes to the offer? I don't remember giving much thought about it. I was just glad I have a job that's not bad  very good for a fresh grad student and all the shallow reasons I stated above.


I am just thankful for my bosses for believing so much in me and for sticking up to me. I just know that the future will be bright because I believe in Him.



xx,

Annie

Happy Independence Day

Cutesy Google banner surprised me when I opened the browser. Don't you feel the Independence Day vibe with this? I do! HAHA! CUTE! I just don't feel like we have to "feel" the vibe of Independence day because who celebrates it anyway?

That's just about it, HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY to all you "independent" girls and boys out there! Especially to my BFF, Mallow who's so independent at 22. WALEY haha


xx,

Annie

Bye, Summer

This Week's Playlist

Past few weeks has been so stressful and thanks to music for giving me good vibes!

These are the songs I love listening to while on my way to work. 

1. ) Drive By - Train

2. ) Nothing - The Script

3.) Jet Lag - Simple Plan

4.) Summer Paradise - Simple Plan

xx,

Annie

Busier than a Bee

With the rate of my business busy-ness (wtf I spelled busy-ness as business and realized later on that I spelled business. then I realized maybe that's why business is spelled like that because it's supposed to keep you busy.), I'm almost incapable to keep a blog anymore. I don't even have time for myself anymore! But I'm not in anyway complaining. I just wish time will fast forward to when my time will be stable and I know everything about my work already. How to operate the machine, what to do when there are problems, how to troubleshoot, how to balance the process, how to have perfect product, etc. Oh, and of course to be good in sales

These past few days had been the busiest days of my life ever! We've been trying to hit the deadline, which was the first day of machine testing. Overtime for 3-4 days. It was tiring but fulfilling that I can finally see what we've all been working hard for. Right now, our only problem is we are undermanned and when we are able to finally get enough competitive skilled workers, then we'll surely be able to work smoothly.

Yesterday was the plant's soft opening. First day of machine testing and everything went smoothly well but it was stressful since we don't have a systematic system yet. We have yet to work on that. OHH, I need a FREAKING secretary please!! FOR HIRE! URGENT! I'm not superwoman!! I cannot handle everything in the office and in the plant operation. I am most grateful for my sister's secretary who has been helping me take orders and fax documents to customers and I am also grateful for "my" employees who had been sooo hardworking and working their assess off every single day. My highest respect to all of them. They look 5 years more ngarag at the end of the day than when they come to work in the morning but they almost never complain.


We had food catered too yesterday from Roland's Store which was our favorite carinderia. Ate Rose, owner of the carinderia, big time carinderia, cooks food really deliciously!! The never ending Rico's lechon was present too and tasted so good. Never fails.

You think everything went smoothly so we were all happy but we're not because we received a very bad news in the afternoon. Ahia Steve (my brother in law/boss) received a phone call in the afternoon and his dad passed away. :( We were all shock and I can see in his eyes that he was grieving. So the family has to go home to Manila for the funeral. :( SO sad that this has to happen.

He passed away just after we operate the machine so Ahia Steve has a theory that his dad was only waiting for everything to be okay before he went away.. So sad. I know we aren't really close to each other and I don't know much about him but it makes me sad thinking about it. I can feel the grievance in the office right now. :( I know that Xiao Jie feels sad for the boss too.

As you are reading this, let us take a moment to pray for the soul of uncle Manuel Chu, may you rest in peace. My deepest condolence to the family.

That leaves me to continue the training by myself and I dont know why but I just don't trust myself with important things like this. I feel like I'm incapable to absorb everything efficiently. Like I will always do something wrong. I always have to quadruple (or more) check myself to see if I executed things correctly. I always check the job orders that I do gazillion times before I send them out and still check it every other time after I send it out. GEE! Good luck to me!!!

I can only wish for me to absorb and learn EVERYTHING before Xiao Jie, the Chinese engineer leaves for China. It doesn't help that he can ONLY speak Mandarin and I am not even close to being fluent in Mandarin. I wish that I can guess what he's saying at least 90% correct.

Hay life! No pain, no gain. Nobody becomes successful sleeping in bed. I'm so stressed I want to cry!

I'm wishing the Chu family to have a solemn and peaceful funeral for uncle Chu and may God bless him with his presence that his soul may rest in peace and may he watch over us with his holy presence.

xx,

Annie

On the loop: Chill Thursday

This song never fail to relax me. Listen if you want good vibes.

xx,

Annie

Update: Summer Bucket List

At the start of this year's summer, I made a summer bucket list. And so far these are the updates.

• Make a DIY  cropped shirt
• I am halfway there. Started to make one for the beach trip but ended up not finishing it. MUST FINISH.
• Did it but was not happy with the outcome hehehe (SEPT 30, 2013)
• Buy a nice denim short
• From Forever 21. They aren't exactly nice but it is a denim short. So it should be fine.
• Lose 10 lbs 
• Surprise!! I did not lose any weight! Not yet. This might be forever in my list!! :s
• It's already September 30, 2013 and I still havent lost any weight yet. In fact I managed to gain about 10 lbs!!! Since writing of this summer bucket list. or probably even 15 lbs. :s 
• Go to the beach at least 3 times
• First: Holy Week Up North
• Second: Shangri-La Mactan with an Old Friend
• Third: Movenpick (have yet to post pictures)
• Take really cool pictures
• I think I did fairly good considering that I don't really like taking pictures at all. I can go on vacation and not take pictures and this time, I am trying to take a picture of almost anything I see. Especially food!
• Cut and color my hair
• Still broke and lazy. Hehe
• Finally able to color my hair for the first time sometime July 2013 and cut it short. LOVE LOVE LOVE the result!
• Make Pumpkin Leche Flan March 17, 2012

For the other 3 I have not accomplished yet, I still have a few days to go! 

xx,

Annie

Past Few Weeks

I know I said I wanted to join Nuffnang's contest, "My Sexy Revolution Starts Now" because it's just so ME. But then I got busy, no time to work on it and then one boring day, I tried to search the entries for the contest and saw a lot of entries that were really good and I realized a lot of things:

1. I'm not the only one who is suffering from body image issues. A lot of the girls are actually like me! 
2. There are more women who have tried a lot of diet and failed too.
3. Women People are superficial. HEHE! Everybody wants to be beautiful, if you can do something about it, why not? Don't we all do the same? Don't tell me you don't because why is it that you wake up everyday and try to dress up into something beautiful? Simply because you want to look good. Everybody does.

So I decided to not join the contest anymore because:

1. I'm lazy.
2. They have more interesting stories than I do.
3. I'm not competitive enough.
4. I just want to blog about random tings I like to blog about.
5. I'll just join some other contests next time. 

So now that I have one less topic to write about. Which I don't really care because I still have so much to write about. I completely lost effort in completing the 30 day blog challenge, but I will finish it even though it completely lost the whole point of finishing it in 30 days. Some topics were just plain boring, redundant and things I don't really feel like talking about. (That was me trying to make an excuse why I failed to complete the challenge.) 

Anyway, my sister, Patricia/Caps/Kapo is now back in Manila. The airport scene was so dramatic. We all sent her to the airport to say goodbye and she cried. I nearly cried too but I had to stop myself because there were a lot of people there and I was so shy to be all dramatic but deep inside, I cried. I will definitely miss her. 

Oh well, I'm back to being alone most of the time. :/ It's totally fine but sometimes it gets boring. HUHU

I wanted to post photos I took with my phone so badly but I keep forgetting was too busy and now that I remembered have free time, I can now blog about it. YAY!

Boring picture but it's rare that I have one of these just because. 

I don't eat much instant noodles because they are high in calories, high in sodium and unhealthy. So not worth the guilt! Next, please. 

Old Town White Coffee supply from Kk, the Singaporean guy.

I don't know if this actually tastes good because when I drink it, I put only half of the packet in my cup because I'm trying to cut off on calories and I don't get to enjoy the full flavor of the coffee. :( The last time I tried making this using the full packet, it was good but I don't remember the smell/taste anymore!

Improvising much. 

My Snickers melted from the summer heat and I wanted to eat it so bad so we tied it in the aircon with a cable tie. The Snickers gone, the cable tie still connected yo the aircon.


Remember: MUST REMOVE THE CABLE TIE!

Mommy visited le daughters!

Celebrated Mother's day with my mom! (DUH?) I am so happy I got to celebrate mother's day with my mom because we live ±351 miles away (distance of Manila and Cebu. Information easily Google-able. I know Google-able doesn't even exist but I like to use it. ) from each other and she recently visited us for almost 2 weeks. SO HAPPY!!

Look how cool my eyeglasses are! They're EYEglasses not SUNglasses!

Random Rants: Bye Caps and Sore Throat

My sister is leaving in a few hours and I cant be any more sad. She has been my company for a month and a half and we've been partners in crime. I cant wait to spend time with her again. Time that's long enough to actually makes it hard to leave and not just my random visit here and there. Oh well. The not-so-perks of living away from your family.

I am used to the fact that I am almost always alone and I'm actually not used to having a parent around anymore but being around your family still feels different. This is totally seperation anxiety.

My sister came here with a goal and I have never been so proud of her for what she have achieved. Grabe! Three thumbs up to her for being able to keep both her eyes on the prize. She's not reached her goal yet but she is definitely on her way there. A bit far yet, but definitely, I tell you, she'll get there. With the dedication she showed, I never respected her this much and all I want is for her to be happy all the time even if her happiness includes having new things all the time. Yes, she is kinda materialistic, I think, and she will surely hate me for this. :p But I want you to know that if only I am well off, I will give you what you want. Right now, I'm still so far to being there so just stop sulking every other hour and grow up first, okay? To cut the long story short, I love you. Good luck in college. Always keep in touch with me. I will miss you.

It doesn't help that writing this is making me cry because it makes my already sore throat hurts more. Ugh. I hate having sore throats. It leads you to getting all kind of illness. Last time I checked, I got hospitalized for a sore throat gone bad. :s yikes!

What do I do?? I'm panicking. Aside from the usual fever it will give you on the first few days, I now have to nurse my random headaches, one of which is i am currently feeling. Haaay. Life. I hate this feeling. I hate having to worry about my sore throat getting worse. I dont know what to do to make it go away. I've religiously been drinking Ki Pa Koa  Pei Pa Koa(chinese medicine) and gargling water with salt but it's still there. I have also been drinking lots of warm water but somehow it doesnt get better. My head feels heavy and my throat is sore. I am totally ranting now and is repeating myself endlessly and I am aware of that, mind you.

More Reasons to Say WOW to Sun!

I super want to blog something right now but my mind just says no. I have so much stuff that I want to blog about like my recent trip to the beach, this week's FOTW and the photos I want to share for the past 2 weeks but the photos are not yet with me because a.) it's still in my sister's camera, b.) It's still in my cellphone and I'm too tired to transfer, edit, etc!

I want to join the Nuffnang's contest, "My Sexy Revolution Starts Now". As soon as I read the e-mail about it, I told myself that I have to do it. It fits me perfectly!!! Hihi. I planned to do it tonight but I have some other things to finish first.

As I was looking through my mail for the "My Sexy Revolution Starts Now" e-mail, I just came across this and it really made me WOW! 

OMG! Wow talaga. Napa wow talaga ako, promise! Now, I'm thinking of getting a sun line! I have been thinking of getting a sun prepaid sim so I can call my shobe more often but then I saw this and I'm definitely getting one soon! I hope. :) I keep 2 phones anyway. But I don't have an extra sim card since I use my iPhone for the apps but now I have a reason to switch to Sun! Yay!

Oh, so there! Ended up having something to share. :)

xx,

Annie

FOTW: Maybelline Baby Lips

I did not own a single lip balm for the longest time and the last time I went make up shopping with my sister (check out the haul here), I decided to get one. I got the Maybelline baby lips lipbalm with SPF 15 and all I can say now is that I CAN”T LIVE WITHOUT IT anymore! It's so moisturizing!!

You know when they say that you’ll never know the importance of something until it’s gone? I feel that way with my lip balm. Few weeks ago I organized my lipsticks so I put all my lip products in one place including everything in my makeup kit so I left my lip balm there also. I left it for 2 days. OMG. I felt so uncomfortable without it! My lips felt dry and mind you, licking your lips with your tongue won’t help you, it will just make your lips drier. I didn’t lick my lips, I am just trying to remind you. Ha! Anyway, my lips felt dry and heavy and uncomfortable. Really. Believe me because that’s how I feel right as I’m typing this because OMG can you believe it? I left it again today. I will buy lots of it the next time I visit the mall so I can keep one in my bag, one in the car, in the office, at home and an extra. Okay, you get it. I feel so uncomfortable right now and that’s when I knew that this is a favorite! Not just for the week but forever for a very long time unless I forget to apply lip balm everyday for a very long time and get used to the feeling without it.
What is your favorite lip balm? I want to try others too!

Xx,

Annie

Makeup Kit for Starters/Drug Store Make Up Haul

I don't usually go makeup shopping since I always just stick with the basics, brown eye shadow, good highlighter, eyeliner, mascara, lipstick and I'm good to go. My makeup collection consists of the most basic stuff you need for an everyday makeup look. I don't buy much drugstore makeup because I'm afraid of wasting my money if I don't get satisfied with what I paid for, kahit 100 pesos yan or 50 pesos, nakakahinayang if I will not use the product much. 


I always go to the makeup section to check out the makeup though, but I always end up not buying. :p Kuripot talaga ako and I can't do much about it. 


This summer, my sister, Patricia came here to visit me and I figured she should start building her makeup kit for the most basic makeup products for everyday use so off we went to SM department store. I felt so happy makeup shopping! For me, it's like hitting two birds with one stone. I get to shop for makeup products I'd like to try plus I get to help my sister pick out products for her makeup kit. :)


Since I'm a kilay fan,  I picked out an eyebrow kit I've been meaning to try! 

Wet n' Wild Ultimate Brow Kit Php399.00

My friend, Val uses this so I wanted to try this out also since I'm looking for a new brow powder to replace my who-knows-how-old Body shop brow kit. 

For me, this brow kit is a bit too dark but pigmentation is really good!!! I'd give this a 5/5 rating if it weren't a bit too dark for me. I look kind of weird and different with darker brows. 

My mom with someone who looks so much like me! hehe I look so different with thicker brows.

Used the brow kit in this picture.

Another makeup line I wanted to try out is Elf cosmetics. I bought Elf peachy keen blush since I don't have a peach blush. I wanted to try this out.

Elf peachy keen blush Php249.50

I love it! This is perfect for summer! It gives my skin an instant glow although it doesn't give my face much color. I use this as a highlighter instead. How do I explain it? It gives a very light peachy glow and oh, it has a little gold shimmer in it which explains the glow I kept repeating. :p So there, it's a peachy gold color, perfect for dark skin tones.

K. I will stop saying "I've been meaning to try this next item....." but they all are! This is my chance to buy these without feeling guilty since I will not keep them. These makeup are my younger sister's. :) 

Cover Girl Sheerly Nudes 265, Php450

This palette is good for everyday use, perfect for school to give that no makeup look. It gives a light color that is not so obvious but it makes a difference. Perfect for "no makeup look".

Cover Girl Wetslicks AmazeMint in Merry Berry, Php375

If you are a mint lover, you'll love this.

*COVERGIRL Wetslicks Amazemint isn't just a lip gloss, it's a smile treatment! Crest Peppermint Oil provides a minty-breath sensation while the gloss itself gives a dazzling high shine without all that "sticky."

It's cool on the lips, which I like but what I don't like is that it feels a little heavy on the lips. I am not sure if it's me, since I don't usually wear lip gloss, or it's this lip gloss. The shade matches my natural lip color but of course it will not look natural since it has gloss. (DUH?? me, DUH???) Why did I have to state the obvious? LOL.


Picked out 2 lip sticks from Cover Girl's LipPerfection Lip Color line. 

405 Fairytale, Php395

Cover Girl Fairytale without Flash

Cover Girl Fairytale with Flash

 It's a beautiful shade of pink. I must say that I really love this lipstick. It's definitely one of the drugstore brands that I'm going to repurchase! 

300 Flame, Php395

L-R: Flame, Fairytale

Flame is a reddish pink shade, pinkish red shade. I can't decide if it's more on the pink or it's more on the red shade but it is a beautiful bright lip color that you can always wear to stand out in the crowd! I love wearing bright colored lipsticks to give my mood a lift. It's an instant pick me upper. I feel happy because the bright shade gives off such a positive vibe. Don't you think? :)


The next items are finally the stuff I bought for yours truly. Finally. 

Maybelline baby lips, php 99.00 each

I badly needed one. I don't know why this is such a staple in every girl's makeup kit yet I didn't own one for the longest time. Now that I got one, I don't know how I can't live without it!

Wet n' Wild white eyeliner, php 119.00

I needed a white eyeliner to line my lower lash line to brighten my eyes! 





*from Cover Girl's website

That wraps up my sister's makeup kit for starters! Hope you enjoyed it!






xx,


Annie

Favorite of the week: Payphone

Been on repeat the whole week. <3

xx,

Annie

Shangri-la Mactan with an Old Friend

Last April 28, I was supposed to go to Boracay but ended up not going. I went to Shangrila Mactan instead to meet up with a special friend. :) I went with my sister, Patricia to meet up with my college friend after my work.

On the way to Shang. 

Wore my Boracay clothes and accessories. Yes, I bought some stuff for the beach. :p 

Taking my own picture. Hihi

Kapo, love <3

Let me introduce to you my special friend...

Tiffany! 

Haven't seen this girl for more than a year!

Wonderful beach!

Giant Chess

We're so hot it burns your eyes :p

We had dinner at Tea of Spring inside Shangri-La Mactan. Ordered for Fried rice with scallops and Sea Bass with brown sauce. We didn't want to order a lot of food because we just finished eating pizza and shake for snack just a few hours (probably an hour) before we had dinner. Believe it or not, we still had left overs. The food was superb! I want to go back soon! 

Yummy Chinese food at the Tea of Spring 

Thanks, Tiff for the dinner! :) 

My sister and I went home after dinner at around 10 pm and I was very sleepy on the way home. I dozed off in the car and I even slept at the sofa at home and woke up at 2am to clean myself and change into my jammies. I was so tired that day but it was fun catching up with an old friend. I don't know why but we, our barkada, never go out of town together. I wish someday, our barkada can all go to an out of town trip. That should be in my bucket list: Go on an out of town trip with your college barkada. Hihi. 

I don't know how to end this post so I'll just say bye!

xx,

Annie