PMS

This post is in no way going to tell you what PMS is. It is not going to tell you scientific definitions of PMS. If you don't know what PMS is, go Google it. This is just a random post about me and my rants. 

PS: You have been warned!!

I am so excited to go to the mall after work! 1 hour 15 minutes to go. I don't know what I will do there that excites me but I just have the need to escape to a happy place. I am just so exhausted right now. Physically and emotionally. I made a sacrifice to stop eating rice, bread and anything sweet or dessert-y and oh, soft drinks and juices for Lent so I am struggling emotionally right now since I am an emotional eater. 

Oh gosh! I hate PMS. I hate hate hate PMS. This is emotional wreck. Nothing is really bothering me but it eats me up for no reason at all. It's so frustrating. 

So I am treating myself tonight to a wonderful dinner. I have choices in my mind but the top choice is to eat at Cyma. i am so addicted to their Roka Salata and Chicken Gyro. I hope this will make me feel happier and be a good enough substitute for my sweet cravings. Although I know that I will regret eating chicken gyro after because I want to eat light, I'd still order one if ever I eat there. Just because I want to. I do not want to deprive myself too much. I will devour the chicken gyro like a boss! RAWR! Oh wait! Is the wrapper of Chicken Gyro considered as bread? I hope not. If it is, I will just pretend that I didn't know to save myself from all the guilt. :p  

Writing about this made me a tad bit better. I feel my emotions lifting. YAY! Sucks so be an emotional eater. Sucks to be PMS-ing. 

My favorite combo. Roka Salata and Chicken Gyro

This, of course is a picture of what I ate that night I made this post. :)

Week 1, Day 1 Fitness Challenge

Soooooo, week one, day one, first challenge ever. How did it go? It was a complete failure. I was so excited to complete the challenge and did not see that the next things were going to happen– I stopped midway of the challenge. Like literally half of the challenge, I did not finish. I started the usual warm up and started with the fit test. After the 4th test, which was the high knees, I was totally running out of breath and for a while, I panicked and thought I was going to die. Seriously. No exaggeration. I WAS IN THE VERGE OF CRYING! So I was thinking if I should continue (and die, or not really) or stop. I knew I couldn’t continue. I sat down, waited for 2 minutes until I continue again but 10 minutes have passed and I still haven’t caught up with my breath.

I wasn’t very proud of myself. I wasn’t proud at all. In fact I am so embarrassed. I am the weakest person I know. But I remembered the girl in the video (I have yet to find out what her/their name/names is/are bwahaha) said that I will get better as the days pass.

I tried to catch my breath. Drank water. Rested in my sit then in the couch then in my sit. I was literally trying to let myself get all the energy to atleast do the stretching. BUT I COULDN’T EVEN FINISH THE EFFIN’ STRETCHING!! What is wrong with me  Really. I tried pushing myself but I knew I couldn’t do it.

I’m not losing hope though. I know that the following days will be better. I will be able to do better. I am not going to be a quitter this time. Failing once doesn’t mean that you are going to fail every time and even if you fail every time, the most important thing is you tried. And I know that in my heart, I have the will the do the challenge. This time I’m not going to quit.

xx,

Annie

Challenge Your Way to a Better You

Hey everyone!

I wrote in my old blog that this year 2012 will be my year and I mean it in every possible way. I'm thinking of ways how on to make this year different from the past 21 year of my existence and I came up with doing the things I didn't like to do and that is taking challenges. I always just stick to what's comfortable and easy, making my life boring. I did not do what I do not like doing. I stuck to what I think is interesting and that's not really a lot to mention. In short, I was plain, boring and lazy. I didn't enjoy activities that will make me tired and sweat. I could go on and on with so many activities which I did not like but it's almost impossible to enumerate because I did not like a lot of things. I'm a very impatient person and when I do not like the outcome of something, I do not exert much effort in it.

Photography is something a lot of people enjoy and I just don't know why I don't have the patience to it. I love looking at beautiful photographs in Tumblr and Pinterest. I really appreciate the beautiful scenes captured by a click of the camera that is enhanced by the patience and dedication of the photographer. There's just one thing I do not like. Taking pictures can be such a hassle for me so I usually just do not bring a camera with me. Most days and events I do not have photographs to serve as memories. This year, I am challenging myself to learn about something I'm not really interested in, guess what it is? Yes, photography.

My attempts to photography. Hihi

Maybe the lack of interest comes from the lack of knowledge. Take time to learn something. If you still don't like it  then you don't have to push yourself so hard, let go, find a new one to discover and maybe in the process you'll find something you really love doing. I'm open to new possibilities and that is what I'm doing this year because this is my year. Can be yours too!

xx,

Annie

What are you giving up for Lent?

What are you giving up for Lent? I'm curious what people are going to sacrifice for Lent, for 40 days. I concluded I'll give up sweets which are cakes and cupcakes or anything dessert-y and soft drinks/juices. I am so ashamed of myself because I did not control myself and let temptation get the best out of me. I drank Sprite. 1/4 can of it. I feel so guilty. I know that I can do without it but I gave in to temptation when I saw my brother-in-law drinking Sprite. Not that I'm blaming him, I still take full responsibility with what I have done.

To punish myself, I will add another sacrifice, I will not eat rice and bread for the remaining days of Lent which means I still has 36 days left. This will not only add to my sacrifice, this will also help me in reaching my goal weight. I will start with my 30 day challenge with my friend Char on Monday. This will also test my control and it will also help me to prove myself that I can be responsible with my words. I shall grow up and stick to everything I say even if I only say it to myself.

How hard is it to resist these?

I will make a promise to you. Every time I "cheat", I promise to make a post here. That way, everytime I do something, I will have to think first if I am willing to shout to the whole world -- or the readers of my blog in that case-- how irresponsible I am. Breaking a promise is a sign of weakness and I refuse to be weak. Ha! I can do this. And you can too. What is your Lent sacrifice?

xx,

Annie

Let's Talk About Eyeliner

Eyeliner, for me is one of the most essential make-up must-haves in every girl's kit.Why? Simply because it gives the eyes more definition making every girl more beautiful--well, for me.

When I was in high school, the only eyeliner that I knew existed was pencil eyeliners. I never used them back then. I was conservative with make up back then. I didn't like putting them on me because I don't want people to get used to my made up face making myself look 100x uglier without them on or bare faced.

In college, I heard about liquid liners and loved them ever since. I used and still uses The Body Shop's black liquid liner. I loved them to death. I thought it was the best invention in the world of eyeliners.

My  best friend introduced me to gel liners. I never really got one until I entered make up school. Now, I think it is the greatest invention in the eyeliner world. It is! I love how it glides smoothly and you have good control applying it. It applies smoothly and does not spread, does not smudge. I love applying gel liners compared to applying liquid liners where you need really steady hands to give a very smooth application because it dries out really fast and it spreads easily in a bad way. 

I use Mac's fluidline in blacktrack and it's really good! If you are new to eyeliners and want to know which eyeliner to get, get the gel formula. While pencil liners are also good in lining your lower waterline. Your make-up kit will do without liquid eyeliner. ;)

Ratings:
Mac fluidline in blacktrack: 5/5
Body shop black liquid liner: 2.5/5
Mac pencil eyeliner in Engraved: 4/5

Who is she?

Who is she? The question we always ask if we hear about someone. If you don't already know who I am, well let me introduce the most basic things about me and the rest is for you to find out.

I am Annie. 21 years old. I feel like it's the first day of class and it's the usual "introduce yourself" portion that we almost always do. I always have a hard time introducing myself because I fear that people will judge me. But I will tell you anyway. I live in Cebu now, it'll be my 8th month here on March 4. I grew up in Manila with my family, graduated in schools where I met most of the people who matters most to me.

In high school, I was always cheerful and ha d a lot of group of friends. I always thought I was the friendly type. 

In college, I realize I didn't have a lot of friends so I realized may be I'm not that friendly.

Now that I am in Cebu, I have one friend. What happened to me being friendly?

Oh, have i told you I also had a short course on make-up artistry? No? Well, yes I did. I love make-up and will sure tell you more about it.

See you soon!

xx,

Annie