Day 16 What do people notice about you?

Day 16 of the 30 day blog challenge.

If you've seen me in person, you'll have to agree that it's my height. It's always one of the first thing people notice about me. I used to hate my height because I'm too tall for the boys I liked in high school and I can't wear high heels everyday. I used to love wearing high heels back when I was 14 years old but since I grew this tall, I try not to wear them anymore just because I don't like getting comments about being too tall in my heels. Not that I don't like my height, I just don't want to get too much attention. Maybe if I was thinner, it will probably be okay since I have a model height but since I'm chubs, I don't like people to notice how "big" I am. That's how they call me and I hate being called a big girl. I don't like it. I receive it as a negative comment. Like when I used to go to Arangke with my mom during Sundays, the fish tinderos always comments on my height and tell me I am like a basketball player, if only I am thinner then they might have compared me with a model instead. Did I make a point? I don't know. Maybe I just have some body image issues and I hate myself for this.

I'm 5'6" tall by the way. Not too tall but not the average height here in the Philippines where the average height of the girls are 5'2"-5'4".

xx,

Annie

Day 15 What do you dislike most about yourself?

Day 15 of the 30 day blog challenge.

I dislike that I can never stick to my diet. I always tell myself I will start eating healthy and avoid eating junks only to end up devouring packs of chips.
I dislike that people find me immature.
I dislike that I always procrastinate.
I dislike that I tend to forget things very easily.
I dislike that I'm not determined with the goals I set for myself. I tend to always slack off.

xx,

Annie

Day 14 What do you like most about yourself?

I like that I can forgive a person easily and no matter how angry I am with a person, I still manage to forgive and forget. 

I like that I can shift my mood from being so angry to being  fine again. 

I like it also that I have a very happy disposition in life and I don't let negative things get to me. 

I like that I do very good with entertaining myself (not green). I can find things that I love doing and not get bored. 

I like that I listen to criticisms and try to improve myself.

I llike how serious I am with life now.

xx,

Annie

Day 13: Have you ever had your heart broken? Have you ever broken a heart?

At this age, I think it's normal to have had your heart broken. We all went through that. I remember getting my heart so broken I even posted a blog in multiply while crying saying how my heart was so broken and pouring my heart out in that post. It sure made me feel better, after all, writing is a very good way to vent out your deepest emotions. I went through all the stages of break up --denial, anger, bargaining (yes, I went through that), depression and finally, acceptance. I'm glad I do good with moving on, if you know what I mean. I'm not the one to be depressed for a very long time. I had my share of break up stories too, every time I cope up differently.

I remember this particular event that I got my heart so broken it bothered me so much. I can say that it was one of the worst times of my life. I felt betrayed, cheated, deserted, like my whole world fell over me and I'm not even exaggerating. Looking back, I still feel a little hatred but what's the point? I will never forget those days. If I ever get to sit down and talk to that person someday, I will promise to give myself a revenge and slap that person hard enough for him/her to forget his/her name. I'm so mad I want to curse.

Anyway, no, I did not get my heart broken by a lover, I realized that having your heart broken by your friends is so much worse than being it broken by a lover. Believe me.

About breaking a heart, I know I did and I'm sorry. Although I admit there were times I feel happy I did. I guess that's my only guard against those who wants to break mine. Hoho :)

xx,

Annie

Day 12 If you could wish for anything that would come true, what would you wish for?

Like seriously? I wish to win the US lottery and invest my money in a business where it'll will continuously grow and I never have to bother about working and buy whatever I can.

I want to be a billionaire and not care about working anymore!!!

So shallow but I'm not so game for anything serious right now. My mind is just so tired and I just want to get it over with this blog challenge.

Doesn't mean I was lying though, isn't that everybody's dream? If not, well I belong to the majority anyway.


xx,

Annie

Day 11: Who can't you live without?

A no brainer question. My family. I just know that whatever happens, we'll stick with each other til the end. 

x,

Annie

Day 10: A dream for the future

Dreams are vague. People think dreams don't come true only because they don't make it happen. If we work hard enough then the world will help you achieve it. Sounds familiar? It's called Law of Attraction.

I have a lot of dreams. For myself, for my love one, for my family, for our country and for the universe.

You may not want to read this entry anymore because I have the same dream as a lot of people out there. Live life, fall in love, be swept away off my feet, marry the knight in shining armor, live happily ever after. We all want that? Who doesn't?

I admit that I am a very selfish person. I think about myself most of the time, what will benefit me most and what will make me happy. I try everything that will make me prettier.  Don't judge me. Everybody is like me. Everybody is superficial in their own way. Everybody likes to be beautiful because it is what is socially acceptable.

My dream is for the world to be less harsh to people who doesn't belong to what the society dictates as beautiful. My dream actually is for the society to stop dictating what is beautiful. So what if her chest is flat? what if her hair is not silky smooth? So what if her nose is flat? So what if she has bulges? So what? It doesn't make her less of a person than you. Your hair might be a little frizzy, so what? Who cares anyway? But of course, people should always try to make themselves look presentable.

My dream is for all the people to be nice. Stop hating and start appreciating. I just hate it when people do bad things to other people just to let them down, bring them down or just to make them feel bad. Mind your own business, people.

My dream is for all the people to get what they wish for or at least to get what He sets us up for. I dream for world peace. I dream for poverty to stop. I dream for a better future for the children of our generation. I dream for corruption to stop. I have a lot of dreams actually, I just can't straighten my thoughts right now so yeah, that's it.

What's your dream?

xx,

Annie

Day 09: Hopes, Dreams and Plans for the Next 365 days

Day 9 of the 30 day blog challenge.

I honestly have big hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days. Some of them are too serious and/or ambitious I'm not sure I can share it yet. Most of them are work related and self-improvement.

You can actually check my 101 in 1001 challenge. They're practically the same except for the duration of the time.

Warning: This will be a serious post.

My hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days. 


I suddenly don't feel comfortable writing down all my hopes, dreams and plans anymore. I think it's too personal and everything I write down will somehow, someday be used against me. :s So I will just list down some of my shallow plans for the next 365 days.

Work related

• Excel in work
• Learn more about business
• Overcome fear in doing sales call
• Focus more on work
• Earn a lot of money for the company
• Make my boss happy and make them feel that they made a right decision to give me this position
• Make a lot of business contacts
• Master the art of sales

Self

• Learn basic photography
• Reach my target weight
• Read more
• Work out regularly
• Make new friends
• Update blog regularly
• Be a better writer
• Be more involved in the society
• Discover nature
• Change bad habits
• Be a better person
• Save money
• Be happy
• Make people around me happy
• Take cool pictures
• Speak fluent  Cebuano
• Speak fluent Mandarin
• Discover more of Cebu (restaurants, culture, places)
• Make the most out of the next 365 days

I wish I can come up with a more interesting post but it's really just that right now. I wish the next 365 days will be interesting!! 

xx,

Annie

Day 08: What's in my handbag/purse

Day 8 of my 30 day blog challenge.

I'm a little behind with all these everyday posts. :))

This is what my bag used to look like before I decided that it needs to be organized. Poor bag.

I try my best to make my bag as organized as possible but it gets messy as days pass. Well anyway, this is the bag I use everyday. I love this bag so much. I can put as much things as I want and I still manage to find my things easily without having to rummage to the mess inside. Unlike all the other bags I used which takes me so much time looking for something-- I seem to always have a hard time locating my room keys, car key, parking tickets and things I need to get while walking.  But with this bag, I can easily locate my things in a snap.

Bag my lovely sister gave me :) Been using this almost everyday since I received it. 

Of course, these are the items I decided that should stay in my purse, after decluttering.

1.) Case for my eyeglasses.
I don't even know why I bring this with me since I wear my eyeglasses all the time. I just like carrying a lot of things with me, in case of emergencies.

Oh, now I remember, I bring this with me so I can bring my eyeglasses with me for when I wear contact lenses which happens only 1/10 of the time. I only wear contact lenses on special occasions.

2.) Makeup kit.
I don't always bring a makeup kit with me because I do my makeup at home but this was the makeup I brought with me when my family went to Ilocos last holy week.

3.) Wallet
I am not physically attracted with my wallet because I personally like small cutesy wallets rather than these long wallets. I actually have a reason for not replacing this though. It's because it gives me more money! This wallet was a "despedida" gift from my sister Joanna before I left for Cebu and I noticed that it never runs out of money. Have you ever had a wallet like that? Whenever I spend, money just finds it way back to me. :) It's such a lucky charm so I don't want to replace it just yet. Maybe I'll just keep 2 wallets. :)

4.) Lotion
I almost always have a lotion or hand salve with me but i don't use it much but I don't want to remove it either. I wonder why I keep irrelevant stuff in my purse? hmm. I just feel like I'm going to need it on days I feel my hands or elbows are extra dry.

And I have more than 1. Others did not make it to the picture though.

5.) Wide tooth comb
Very handy.

6.) iPhone
Since I got back my Blackberry, my iPhone has become an extra phone again but I still bring it with me wherever because I use it as an iPod and for Twitter, YouTube and Instagram. It doesn't have a simcard because I don't like maintaining 2 numbers.

7.) Blackberry
I personally like iPhone better but Blackberry keeps me updated all the time. I need it's BB service for my work so I can receive emails all the time even when I'm on-the-go. Oh, and I love BBM.

8.) Planner
Pat gave me this planner last Christmas. Thank you!! I love bringing my planner everywhere with me. You never know when you'll need it.

I bring my chargers with me most of the time

9.) Chargers
I bring my phone chargers with me most of the time because we all know how smart phones' battery life are.

10.) Junks/Receipts

We all have accumulated receipts that piles up.

11.) Camera

Camera and video cam in 1. I love taking videos. :)
PS I don't know how to fix the orientation of this picture. This will do. :p

I almost forgot my camera since this was what I used to take the pictures of the items above. Hihi. :">
I don't love taking pictures but I made a promise to myself to give photography a chance. I always bring this with me but I still forget to use this to take pictures. I love taking food photos using my phone though. I love Instagram-ing food. I think everybody loves taking pictures of food. Just an observation.

What's in yours?

xx,

Annie

Day 07: My Worst Habit

I skipped the day 6 post which is the "A song that makes you cry (or nearly) because I honestly can't think of any song that makes me cry or nearly.

Day 07 of the 30 day blog challenge.

My worst habit would unquestionably be binge eating. I'm a self confessed binge eater. I binge every time I can which is most of the time. There's even one point in my life --which was only late last year that I thought of going to a psychologist. A legit psychologist, I mean. Hehe.

Photo from here

Of course, I would have recognized the symptoms for I am a BS-Psych grad so I made a great effort to stop doing it though I still binge eat most of the time occasionally. Which greatly explain why I seem to be always on a diet but never succeeds. I always binge eat in the middle of my diet. I always use my number one excuse, PMS, to binge eat. I can eat a pack of Cheetos in a day, alone. I'll open it at night while watching TV and eat away the bag of chips until I finish 2/3 of it then finish the remaining left the morning after right before breakfast.

Photo from Frito Lay

I always make excuse for me to do it. PMS, been on a diet too long, don't want to deprive myself too much and a whole lot of irrelevant excuses.

I binge eat a lot. Chips, chocolates, bread or just about anything. I don't stop eating until I feel uncomfortable. I still eat even if I don't feel hungry. I just eat and eat until I feel so full I want to vomit. GRR!

But of course I will not let myself do this everyday so as hard as it is, I still try to live healthy. I TRY to exercise and eat proportionally but once I have an excuse to binge, I do it. I wish I can stop doing it because it feels good at the moment but I always feel so bad after. Like slash wrist bad.

And that's my worst habit. I wish I can completely stay away from this.

What's yours?


xx,

Annie

Day 05: Your Dream House

Day 5 of my 30 day blog challenge.

I've been dreading to do this post just because I want it to be as close as the dream house on my mind. If only I know how to do cad drawings then I'll do it just to show you what my dream house looks like. Since that is not yet possible, I just grabbed photos online to show you what my dream house is like.

1.) Walk-in closet
Isn't it every girl's dream?

Photo from here

Photo from here

It would be cool if my walk in closet would also house my vanity room where I can put all my make up, oh! My dream house would also house my dream vanity right? hihi. I'd kill LOVE to have my dream vanity. Have you ever watched the Youtubers show us their make up collection? I super want a huge collection like that. Although that would be such a waste of money since make up does expire.

If you haven't seen a video like that, let me grab a video for you. Hmm..

Elle Fowler, Allthatglitters21 in Youtube's make up collection and Vanity

These girls are so lucky. I want a room and a house like that! I am a follower of the Fowler sisters and I've seen their rooms and apartment tours. I die. But of course, this is my dream house after all, and my dream house would be much more spacious than what they have. Lol

This would be perfect for my vanity
Photo from here

Knowing myself, even if it is a dream house, it is still my dream house so I will not allow myself to waste so much money on that much make up. I'm still very realistic even in my dreams. maybe 2/3 of her collection will be fine with me. :D

2.) Bedroom 

I want a big spacious bedroom with heavily carpeted floors and plushy chairs with a large LCD TV wall mounted and a surround system.  I want my bedroom to be surrounded with pink. My bed, king size with comforters so soft you would never want to leave bed ever again. 

Something that looks like this
Photo from here

But more of like this but much more spacious.
photo from here 

I can just imagine myself walking around my dream bed room with pink fluffy bedroom slippers on and a pink bath robe. I'm girly girl like that. I love everything pink.

Red Plush Chair for $895
Click here

In love with this.
Credits here

3.) Bathroom 

I want a simple pink bathroom. I don't want it to be overly done. Just a simple bathroom with a bath tub, a separate shower, toilet seat (DUH!), sink in white. Even if I'm in love with color pink, I wouldn't want a bathroom with pink toilet seats. That's just too much!! 

Pink bathroom
photo from here

I want a place to hold my candles near the tub so I can light some candles while taking a warm bath with foam. hihi. I want an iHome inside the bath room so I can play classical and instrumental music to relax my mind. 

4.) Living Room

You would think I'll decorate my living room with pink but I'm not that crazy. I want my living room to be simple and to look clean all the time. So the theme of my living room will be minimalism, where less is more. 

Photos from here

5.) Kitchen

I want a big kitchen! I love love love love cooking and (want to learn) baking. I don't cook everyday but I want a very nice kitchen that's so nice it's like it's inviting you to cook every time. A kitchen complete with all the kitchen equipment a kitchen could ever have. Refrigerator, oven, blender, juicer, baking pans, etc.

Photos from here

I want a "bar" in the middle of my kitchen where I can prepare food at the bar and just hand over the food to the counter to the person at the other side. 

Ikea's kitchen design

photo from here

If you know Judy from itsJudysLife and her husband Benji from BenjiManTV, maybe you know how their kitchen looks like and I actually like their kitchen and how everything was placed. If you don't, you might want to check this video out. 

I watch their videos once in a while especially while I'm (stationary) biking because they have long vlogs and are entertaining. I don't get bored with my exercise. :)

6.) Garden and Pool
I have no idea what I want yet. How big it will be and what the pool will look like. For now, I'll just leave as a mystery. ;)

So there. I never thought I'd enjoy writing this post as much as I did.

What's your dream house like?

xx,


Annie

Day 04: Something you are OCD about

Day 4 of my 30 day blog challenge.

This was supposed to go up on April 4 but I went to Manila for a week long vacation because of Holy Week. I took the time off from any work and things I usually do and spent the break off with my family and :"> hihi.

It's so hard to think of something I'm OCD about since I'm not really an OC type of person. I can just get away with everything. That's one of the reason why my room, is still messy right now every time. You can simply tell that I'm not super organized with my things especially when you take a peek to my bag. There's a jungle there!

Sneak peek

My messy make up bag when I traveled to Singapore

Then I remembered that there may be something I am OCD about. Eyebrows! I can't stand seeing messy eyebrows. They're my biggest pet peeves!! Whenever I see people with unruly eyebrows, I feel like the need to go and pull them with tweezers. I'm so rude!! :p

Anyway, my brows are not always perfectly threaded but I always pull the excess hairs once they show themselves and when it gets unmanageable, I visit a threading salon. I do not always go to a salon to have it fixed because I'm kuripot like that. I try to do whatever I can and just visit the expert when I can't do anything about it anymore.

I'm quite OCD about lining my brows too. I TRY to make it look as perfect as it can. I find that it always end up not pantay but I try to practice a lot. I practice everyday. I find that it's best when I use my favorite eyebrow pencil ever, Shu Uemura Hard Pencils. I get a lot of compliments about my eyebrows most of the time when I use this. hihi!! :">

that's it pansit!

xx,


Annie

Day 03: A Photo Taken Over 10 Years Ago of You

Day 3 of the 30 day blog challenge.

Photo of a photo.

12 years old Annie

Kausuhan ng pagpapapicture sa studio nung hindi pa nauuso ang mga digicam at usong uso ang pagpapapicture ng nasa studio at pinamimigay sa mga kaklase. Naku, kahiya naman kung pinamigay ko 'to noon. hihi.

Picture of me when I was in grade 6. Grabbed this from my friend, Rad's facebook. He took a photo of this from my best friend's photo album and posted it on Facebook!!! @#$%^&*!! So much for revealing all those embarrassing pictures. Hihi. I'm a little late bloomer, this is what I looked like while all my other 12 year old friends were very lovely in their studio pictures. Hi Joyce and Cyrille, you both made me look like an ugly ducking!!

Although embarrassing, it's still so cute to look at old pictures and remember your young self and remember who you were and who you became and also think of who you will be. 

xx,

Annie

Day 02: 20 of My Favorite Things

Day 2 of my 30 day blog challenge.

20 of my favorite things

1. Fried chicken

My most favorite food. 'nuf said.

2. Benefit 10

The best contour kit ever. It works magic on me every time. I stopped using my Benefit 10 powder when I bought my matte bronzer but it's just not the same. I feel different when I use this as my contour and the highlight is just a bonus. It highlights but is not so shimmery! Two thumbs up. 

3. Mac Please Me Matte Lipstick

I love love love this lip stick. it's baby pink and it's matte ad it last for hours on my lips. No need to retouch so much.

4. Mac Fluid line Black Track

5. Shu Uemura Loose Powder
Mattifies my face for a long period of time. I get less oily throughout the whole day.

6. Shu Uemura Eyebrow Pencil

This has to be my favorite eyebrow pencil because I learned drawing my brows with this and til now, I can't perfect my brows using other products. LOL

7. Braids

My lazy go to hairstyle.

8. Dress

My lazy go to outfit. This is true. I hate wearing jeans because they are such a hassle to wear so if I'm feeling lazy to pull jeans on, I just get a dress and I'm done. 

9. Sandals

I love cute flat sandals. Since I don't feel comfortable wearing high heels, I love looking for cute flat sandals that I can wear with just about any outfit.

10. Stud Earrings

I used to love dangling earrings but I guess that as we mature, our preferences change. I super love collecting stud earrings from Accessorize, Forever 21, H&M. They come in 5 pairs a set. I love it because they're cheap and you get a lot. 

11. Denim shorts

Who doesn't love denim shorts anyway?

12. Cheetos cheese flavor

Among all the other Cheetos flavors, I especially love the cheese flavor. I love spicy food but they're hot is too hot for me and the jalapeno is just not my cup of tea but the cheese flavor is just perfect for my taste buds. It's not too salty yet it's so flavorful. I can finish a big pack in one sitting. Yes, sometimes my appetite surprises me. 

13. iPhone

I love my iPhone because it's so handy. If you don't already know, I love tweeting and watching YouTube videos and my phone gives me the convenience to do it without having to open a laptop. I use it all the time. For music, for texting, calling, tweeting, watching YouTube videos, etc. I still find it very handy and useful even if I'm not fan of the game apps.

14. Longchamp tote bags

They're big and spacious and you can fit SO much in it. 

15. Books

I love reading and books are my companion on a boring day.

16. Khiel's face products
I have never tried other products that worked this well for me. It keeps me from having pimple and bad skin days. They are pricey but worth it although they really hurt my pockets (or my conscience to ask my parents or my sister to buy for me). Hihi. I find that other products irritates my skin and leave me with red, blotchy face. No likey. :( so I end up just going back to what works for me.

17. Starbucks Green Tea Frap

As much as I can, I try to avoid from calorie packed frappuccinos. I just feel so guilty drinking it. I feel like I'm drinking fat straight from the cup. :s But if I were to choose a drink to indulge in, I'll choose Starbucks' green tea frap most of the time. Light frap (skim milk) with no whip cream.  But I can still taste fat with every sip. :(

18. Toms

I super love my overused Gold Toms. I used it almost every school day of my last term in school. I just can't stop using it. It seriously went well with all outfit that I'm wearing. Jeans, leggings, shorts, dresses. Everything almost everything except cocktail dresses or more formal attires. It's overused and a bit dirty now but I still love it and I don't use it as much anymore because I want the shoes to last me longer. heehee. I'm weird like that.

19. Sling bags

I'm more into sling bags than to girly girl shoulder bags. I find that they're easier to carry around and they look kinda cool too.

20. Coffee

I don't know how I survived years without it. I just recently found my love for coffee and I'm glad I did. They're my instant pick me uppers!

What are your 20 most favorite things?

xx,

Annie

Day 01: A Photo that Makes You Happy

Day 01 of the 30 day blog challenge.

Me and baby KC, July 2011

This photo was taken when I first moved here to Cebu! Meet baby KC. She's the prettiest thing on Earth. She's a very sweet and intelligent baby. I love her so much! :D She never fails to make me smile and amaze me. She's one reason why I love living here in Cebu because she totally brightens up my day every time I see her. I want to tell you a lot of things about her like how she amazes all the people around her with her sweet giggles and bubbly personality but I will just leave it here. :)


xx,

Annie

30 Days Challenge

I am getting lazier and lazier to update my blog so i'm setting myself up for a 30 day blogging challenge. I will start this April 1. I hope my busy schedule won't stop me from posting everyday. If I can't do it everyday, I promise to do it anytime I can. Anybody up for it? Here's the list. 


Day 1    A photo that makes you happy
Day 2    20 of my favorite things
Day 3    A photo taken over 10 years ago of you
Day 4    Something you are OCD about
Day 5    Your dream house
Day 6    A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 7    My worst habit
Day 8    What’s in my handbag/purse
Day 9    Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 10  A dream for the future
Day 11  Who can’t you live without?
Day 12  If you could wish for anything that would come true, what would you wish for?
Day 13  Have you ever had your heart broken? Have you ever broken a heart?
Day 14  What do you like most about yourself?
Day 15  What do you dislike most about yourself?
Day 16  What do people notice about you?
Day 17  What’s something you wish you could say to someone?
Day 18  Whom do you admire the most?
Day 19  What is your goal in life?
Day 20  What are the 10 most significant events in your life?
Day 21  If you died tomorrow, what’s one thing you’d regret not doing?
Day 22  What’s an inside joke you have with someone?
Day 23  Two months ago, where were you and what were you doing?
Day 24  Do you have saved text messages?  If so, who are they from and why do you still have them?
Day 25  Write 5 messages to 5 different people without using names.
Day 26  What’s something you’re really excited for?
Day 27  What do you feel guilty for doing?
Day 28  Tattoos.  If you have one, post it and its story.  If not, what do you want?
Day 29  Picture of your makeup collection
Day 30  When were the happiest days of your life?

I got this list from SuperKitty's blog.


xx,


Annie