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Sarah and I on our next lives

I don't know when it started but I can't believe that I've turned into a cat lady.

I was never an animal person. My friends with pets know this because I'm one of those annoying friends who harass their pets semi-physically by shoo-ing them away and verbally abuse them telling them how ugly they are (the pets) which always ends up with my friends secretly hating me. :3

But the wheel has turned and everything has changed because I super find cats adorable and I want to own one. I can not wait for me to become an official cat lady when I finally have my own cat only God knows when.

Recap for the past months. A lot of things happened and they happened so quickly. The lifestyle of people nowadays are so fast paced that even the events are so fast I can't cope.

To summarize everything that happened, I'm just happy to be where I am now. I'm happy for the things that have happened to me in the past because as cliche as it sounds, they made me, uhhhmm I hate to say this but, stronger and wiser.

I'm happy. :) and I think that's what's most important. Isn't that our purpose in life more than to be financially wealthy. HAHA

xx,

Annie

Blogging Hiatus

I've been on a hiatus because surprisingly, I've been really busy with real life. Makes me miss my virtual life (as if I have one. lol)

July started really well. My week has been really good since this Monday and until today I'm still in this happy bubble. I don't think anyone can ever burst it and kill my vibe. I'm just too happy and been really lucky lately.

July is my month. Claiming it!!

New month's resolution: Use 3G less so I wont get extra charges on my phone bill!!!! MUST RESIST.

xx,

Annie

Couldn't have said it better. 

Too cheeseballs for words. 

Throwback Thursday to 23

It has not been a month since I turned 24. Turning 24 did put a lot of pressure on me. A year older and should be a year wiser and I hope I am. I assure you I am.

Looking back on the year that was, I can say that 23 has been exciting for me. Really really exciting. It was a year of being single, carefree, (emotionally) independent, emotionally shattering and all kinds of roller coaster.

23 was the best year of my life yet. I felt most alive when I was 23. 23 made me feel how happy it is to be alive.

In 23, I learned gratitude. I learned contentment. I learned that you don't need a lot to be happy. I learned that meeting new interesting people makes your life interesting as well. I learned that to be really happy, you need a best friend who will support you in whatever it is that you want to do even if it may sound stupid because she trusts you enough to know what is correct. I learned to be understanding. I learned that it's okay if you don't have a lot of friends. Quality is always greater than quantity. I learned that having fake friendship will people is just as bad as wasting your time doing nothing or may be way worse. I learned that I can not put up with people's bullshit and to stand up on what I believe in. I learned to slow down. I learned to control my emotions. I learned to take things slowly. I learned to be cautious. I learned to be mature. The most important thing I learned when I was 23 was that we are our conscious effort to be who we are. We are who we want to be and we can be who we want to be by our conscious effort to be that person and that we should always continue to be the best version of ourselves. That the only person we should be better than is the person we were yesterday.

I used to think that people are born to be this person and she is that person because she is that person but social psychology explains so much on who a person is.

In my conscious efforts, I also learned how to be organized which is one of the things I'm most happy about. I am still not the most organized person in the world but I am better than I was before and I still try to be better than I am today. I will never stop doing this.

I learned how to be more uptight. Being uptight makes me happy. It makes me feel in control. I wish one day I will have to bid my carefree days goodbye and look back and see how much fun I had when I was younger. Sometimes I'm too uptight and worry too much that I worry for non sense things. This is one trait I wish to loosen up a bit this 24, to let go of the things that doesn't matter.

I also learned that when you want something, it is not enough to just want it because you have to get up and kick your ass to get what you want!!!! Wanting something hard enough is one thing and I admire people who are passionate and who wants to achieve their goals but acting on your dreams is another. This 24, I promise myself to start achieving these goals. To start materializing these ideas. I spent 3 years of my official grown up life learning and I think it is time to go and get it. I'm more ready for you than ever, dear life. I am no longer afraid to fall down because I know I will be able to get up and stand again. One of the reasons that was holding me back of getting what I want is because of my fear for failure and now the only fear that I have is not moving forward. My only fear is that I will stop having the drive to push myself.

There are so much more that I learned this year that it is impossible to list down everything but to cut it short, year 23 has been nothing but great. Really really great. 

Thanks, 23. For being awesome. I'm nothing but grateful.

<3

P.S. I also met this awesome person who has been nothing but amazing. Thanks, 23 for giving me that. 

xx,

Annie

Birthday Wish List 2014

...and things to be grateful for.

Birthday wishlist in random order.

TANGIBLE THINGS 

1.) Personalized Tote Bag by Sarah V. Got a sketch from the fab Sarah V.

      What is a more thoughtful gift than the gift of custom made by a very talented person? 

2.) Coffee maker  from the fab Sarah V.

      For my office coffee drinking purpose. I don't know if this will be very useful though because I drink my coffee once a day on a normal day which I drink during breakfast.

3.) Nars The Multiple matte bronzing stick

4.) Real techniques face brush set

     Now if you are a friend of mine in real life and wants to get me this as a gift and has no clue where to get it, let me help you. This can be bought online from instagram shops (check @es_online) and WAGW in Ayala Cebu also (used to) sell this. If it's no longer available in the aforementioned, please be a better friend and do your research too! 

5.) Shu Uemura eyebrow pencil (HARD)  again, from the fab Sarah V. I'm spoiled I know.

6.) UCC coffee beans/grounds or a any other good coffee beans.

     If you are not sure if it is good, send it to me so I can give it a try. Remind me to remind you if they are good. 

7.) Concealer (any brand. please recommend a good one. I'm so out of the makeup game lately)

      My eye bags will be forever grateful to you.

8.) Benefit Porefessional

      Just to add to my stash. A real hoarder hoards.

9.) Organizational Stuff

      I'm kind of addicted to organizational stuff lately.

10.) Nike Flyknits

      Now, if you really love me that much and would want to extend your great appreciatiIon for my existence, please buy me a nice pair of Flyknits or any other cute pair of running shoes. I will love you forever. 

11.) Water jugs/jars

       I love water jugs and can't get enough of them. I love drinking water so trust in me when I say that this will be a useful gift.

12.) Exercise shorts

       For the runner wannabe in me. Got a bunch of yoga clothes which makes my heart so happy! 

13.) Samsung Galaxy Note Tab 

       Although I have a feeling that Samsung will release a newer, nicer tab soon. I still want a Samsung Tab.

14.) iPhone 5s or a 5c

       I cannot decide which I like more. The sleek and chic one or the cute one. I'm just crazy that I want to switch my current gadgets. I actually want a Samsung tab an Apple phone and I currently have a Samsung phone and an Apple tab. I wish that I would just be content with what I have instead of  wanting things that I don't have. LOL Got a free phone again! <3

INTANGIBLE THINGS

I'm not even sure if it is grammatically correct to call it things if it is intangible. Anyway, you get me so stop being a grammar Nazi.

15.) Reach my goal weight before my birthday.

      Maybe a little too much to wish for but a girl can dream, right? If ever I get pass my birthday without reaching it, I am not in a hurry! I dedicate this year my healthy eating year and I promise myself to dedicate myself into planning out my meals and eating healthier and cleaner meals. No more YOLO-ing when it comes to food. I'll always remember when to be adventurous still. Don't worry, I won't turn KJ on you if we eat out. I promise. I can never say NO to a good meal with friends. :D

16.) Become a better version of myself.

       It is always my goal to become a better version of myself every day. That's why I dedicate myself into reading things that interests me. Which varies. One day I'm interested in makeup, the other days I'm interested in organization, business, computers, architecture, talking about other people (HAHAHA) or just reading a bunch of things out of Thought Catalog (which was my favorite website but I'd like to think we lost it. They've been posting really nonsense and useless stuff lately). Every day is a chance to grow. Talking to new people makes us grow. Experiencing new things and doing things you don't normally do. I always try to challenge myself because I hate having a comfortable and boring life. 

17.) Become richer!!!

      Don't we all want to be richer? Sure (I presume) that we all get our monthly salary (if you work) but I hope I do get a chance to grow my money elsewhere. The idea and opportunity, I hope to have this year! :) 

18.) Lifestyle change. 

      A healthier lifestyle maybe. I know that it has been one of my forever rant that I want to start running but I know that one day I will get there! I hope we'll have more cross fit sessions because it helps me to be more active. Sometimes I get lazy to workout at home. :p

19.) Meet new interesting people, mentors and connections

      I love meeting new clients and people older than me because more than the business that they give me, I love when they share their wisdom to me. I learn so much from people who are much older than me. I love them and hopefully meet more mentors this year. It's one of the things that I appreciate most in my work. Meeting people who are so generous with their knowledge and share them to me.

20.) New life challenges that I wish to surpass

      I love new challenges and I hope never to live a boring day in my life ever again! I hate having boring days. Like today.

I cannot believe I'm growing a year older again in a few days but I'm very thankful for everything He has given me. My life is not perfect but I'm very grateful for it and I think that's what matters most.

A

      

Confessions of a Drama Queen: Social Life Rant

Maybe I should not dwell on it too much but it so much annoys me that I am stuck here living a social life so different from what I was used to. I have always been an extrovert and for the past 2 years, I tried so much to reach out to different kind of people to make friends and meet new acquaintances. I don't know if it's the city or the people in it or the people I meet but I don't see myself fitting in and for the first time in 2 years, I kind of give up already. I wholeheartedly accepted that I am no longer living a sociable life and that I choose to be anti-social and spend weekends at home socializing with my bff through text/call/whatsapp/twitter. It is actually more fun than me trying to go out and socializing with new people who will only judge me for who I am not. It is so easy to judge other people as it is human nature to be judgmental. I know because I myself is guilty of this and I consider myself an average person. I just hate being judged by people for my preferences and for how I am. It makes me sad and mad at the same time. I know that I'm not even supposed to care about those people but I do. But I'll get over it in no time. I just need some drama in my life so I choose to care for now.

The truth is......

I still believe in love. Every girl does. I still wait for the one who will be smitten by my presence and who will do everything to sweep me off my feet. Right now, I may have lost all hope in finding the one but I still believe that one day, he will come to my life and let me realize why it never worked out with other people. The truth is there's a hopeless romantic inside me waiting to come out of its shell.

Someone who I will care enough for to hurt me and fight for. Someone worthy. I might be a little too idealistic but I know that one day I will meet him.

xx,

Annie

Last Week: First week of September

I made a pledge to myself to LIVE. I refuse to just exist. So starting thi sSeptember, I will make sure to make my life more interesting than how I have lived my life for the past 23 years. I want to try new things and gain a lot of experiences. I want to live a "YOLO" (You Only Live Once) life. Not that I'll be wasting my time getting drunk on alcohol and being wasted not remembering how last night went but I will grab at any chance to LIVE.

This relates to all aspect of my life be it personal, work, social, physical, emotional, psychological, etc etc. My point is that I want to live and try everything before the time comes that I won't be able to do these things anymore. What age more appropriate to do these stuff than now.

I will list down the things I did weekly here in my blog so that one day I can look back and remember what i did in the past and if I was content with the things I did or what else I wanted to do to stop living a routinary lifestyle.

Last week

Sunday (August 25) - Had lunch a Cafe Sarree with the family and impromptu photoshoot. We took a lot of photos that were so nice it made my heart so happy! Had champorado for snack!

Monday (August 26) Bruncher (Breakfast, lunch and dinner) with the family at Tinderbox. Ordered so much that we were surprised with the bill. Went to look at the lot for the future house! The view was breath taking we were all so excited to move to the new "place". We are a little bit too excited because the lot is not even for sale yet.

Tuesday (August 27) - Went out with my client from Manila. Ate dinner at Phat Pho then drinks at Barcode. Saw my friend whom I haven't seen for a year.

Wednesday (August 28) - Went out with the same client for drinks because he had dinner. Had facial appointment and while killing time I decided to have my hair cut. Drinks at Politics.

Thursday (August 29) - Met up again with my client. It's his last night tonight! Had dinner at a cafe. Ordered my ever favorite Buttermilk Fried Chicken with biscuits and gravy. I swear to the constellations that this is my ultimate favorite food as of the moment. We were also with my client's steel supplier. Drinks at Distillery after. By this day, I was already super tired from all the going out at night that I was really tired and sleepy already at 12mn and after 2 amaretto sours. I love amaretto sour! Distillery have pretty nice amaretto sours.

Friday (August 30) - Stayed home to get my much awaited rest night. Slept early!

Saturday (August 31) - Dinner at Mr India with Emmie, Stan, Vanna and JV plus Jon this time. Went to La Vie Parisienne only to find that the place was full so Emmie just bought pastries and we went to IT park to look for a place. All the other places were full and we ended up in Irie. Had one drink before I met up with Val. Val and I went to Dozo to get my new favorite drink, the GPS! We wouldve went to Cable car but the place was packed. Went home at 1am because we wanted to just chill and we're not up for staying out too late.

Sunday (September 1) - Slept in til 12nn reading Why Men Love Bitches in between waking up, reading, falling asleep then waking up and reading again then falling asleep again. Had lunch at Luy's Classic Tea house. Went to S&R after then watched Conjuring at home with the family. Conjuring is too mainstream. I don't get what the hype was all about. It wasn't even scary at all. Had massage with the best masseur, Cleo! What a great night ender!

Monday (September 2) - Today should be the first day of my fitness week but I ended up talking to my best friend on the phone for 2 hours. I miss her so much. Planned to go out for drinks only to end up eating dinner at Phat Pho then grabbed a drink at Dozo then frozen brazo at La Marea after. So much for dieting.

Tuesday (September 3) - Spent the night at my room watching The Devil Wears Prada, (still) reading Why Men Love Bitches and watching Friends with Benefits.

Wednesday (September 4) - Went to Ayala after work to eat Champorado at Tablea! They have the yummiest champorado ever. I'm not even exaggerating. Pigged out the whole day and so I promised Sarah that I will diet the next day and I put our friendship at stake by telling her our friendship will be over if I pig out today. Which is effective because every time I think of food, I remember her and how our friendship means to me. BWAHAHA.

I wish to fill these updates with more workout updates which as of the moment have none. I hope I will be so obsessed with fitness that it'll be all I ever talk about.

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

5 before 25

5 bags I wish to have before I reach 25!!! 1 and a quarter year left. Yikes. I feel old.

Not in order.

1.) A Chanel mini flap bag

2.) A Prada (any Prada bag will be very much appreciated by moi)

3.) A Givenchy Nightingale 

Givenchy Nightingale photo from here

4.) A Balenciaga

Balenciaga Classic City Dune

5.) A Rebecca Minkoff mini mac bag. 

Mini Mac
Photo from here

The Secret is to believe that I will have all of these bags before I reach my 25th year mark in this world and so I believe. <3

I kind of regret buying my colorful Coach bags when I should have just got myself classics. What was I thinking? /wrist!! oh well, the more bags, the better. A girl can never have too much bag can she? 

xx,

Annie

Sarah Luzarraga

The only thing I regret with my friendship with Sarah is that I have not been close to her earlier. We have known each other's existence since college but only after I moved here to Cebu that we got really close.


I mean how could we have wasted so much college years not knowing each other? College could have been waaaaaay cooler if I had known her earlier. She is just so adorable it's impossible not to love her.

Janine, Joe and Dainie's joint birthday party
March 2010

Janine, Joe and Dainie's joint birthday party
March 2010
Photos from Nica's Facebook

We have had pictures taken together but we only knew each other by name and never really got to talk to each other.

Boracay 2010
April 27, 2010

Boracay 2010
April 27, 2010

The days before I discovered the wonders of makeup. Was such makeup newbies at that time. I didn'y even know that filling your eyebrows can make a whole lot of difference.

Boracay 2010
April 27, 2010

It wasn't until late 2010 that we got the chance to kind of know each other.

Psychos grad party October 2010

Blockmates grad party 2010

CAS, February 2011

Sarah, as my makeup guinea pig makeup model, Feb 2011

But it was only when I moved here to Cebu that we got really close!! Thanks to BBM and my cuteness she can't help but want to be my friend! No! But really, I don't know how or when we started sending bbms to each other almost everyday. I think it really started when we had our VNG (Voice Note Group) sending our voice notes almost everyday that got us really close to each other. After the BBM, there was Face Time, iMessage, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Viber, Wechat and now SNAPCHAT!

We are literally (virtually) inseparable. If there is one person who knows me more than myself, it would be Sarah. She totally knows when I'm having PMS (more than I would know) and she totally knows how to pick me up when I'm down. She is also the number one supporter, friend, sister, sulsulera, kontrabida, fitness buddy (ANYARE NA TE!?!?) that I have and I hope that a year from now, that still won't change. I know that close friends come and go but she is one friend I would want to keep constant.

But even before the BBM sessions, we were already friends before I came to Cebu. We used to hangout with the ex boyfriends and we used to talk about this one "friend" we used to hate. BITCH FITS about her (the "friend") all the time. That's what really started our friendship then and then I used to invite her and *** to eat out all the time because I wanted to hear stories about ***. hihi.

Now, we talk about ANYTHING UNDER THE SUN AND THE MOON AND THE UNIVERSE. We kind of talk about about almost everything if not everything.

Last time I saw her was December 2012 when we had lunch in Robinson's Ermita. We were supposed to go to Boracay last May 2013 for the labor day but then she had to cancel the last minute because of work. #grownupproblems

Exactly one week from now, Sarah will come here to Cebu to visit moi and we already have itineraries planned out and a lot more good things shall happen when she comes here because this is how our conversation goes nowadays and weeks before and even months before next week comes:

NOT VERBATIM.

ANNIE: I want to color my hair.
SARAH: Me too. Let's pacolor our hair when I go there.
ANNIE: Okay.

ANNIE: I will buy an iPad mini, please accompany me to buy when you come here.
SARAH: Okay.
ANNIE: OMG I'm so excited to buy my iPad mini and I want to buy it with you so you can help me choose.
SARAH: I should totally help you decide because there are A LOT (sarcastic) of designs to choose from.

ANNIE: I want to decorate my room. Please help me decorate my room.
SARAH: okay!
ANNIE: I'll shop for organization stuff later.
SARAH: Wait for me to go there so we could shop together for your organization stuff!

ANNIE: You know, maybe I should just stop breathing and just breathe again when you come here. :))))

Because we totally want to do a lot of things together when she comes over! I AM SO EXCITED FOR HER TO COME OVER CAN I JUST TYPE HERE? asdfghjkl!!!!!!! :D :D :D

Sarah, if you are reading this, I really CAN NOT WAIT for you to come over. We have totally gone cray and our friendship is so cheesy I bet it makes other people cringe but I don't care cos I love you this much



































































































































































































(to infinity and beyond)




xx,

Annie

I want to TRY to not be ME

For once in my life I finally want to do something about my life instead of just ranting all the time. Ranting is boring but most of the time it's what get through us life so thanks for my friends who had been putting up with my random rants mostly work related and mostly about the most non sense stuff about well, hating the world? If that even made sense.

I've been liking to do some things I have never liked to do. For one, I want to start doing exercises. I have been dreading exercise my whole life and now, I finally want to do it. There was only this one time during my senior year in high school that I really gave exercising a chance. If you call dancing your ass off an exercise then yes, that was my only shot at trying to exercise. There are actually quite a lot of things that I want to do that never really liked but is willing to give a chance. I always seem to just stick to what I'm used to do and be boring and not really discovering new things.

Working out: I want to give time to fitness for a lot of reasons with my health as the number 1. I have been feeling a lot of different feelings/ailments that I'm not supposed to feel at such a young age and I'm thinking that maybe it has something to do with my sedentary lifestyle. Since I don't get any exercise at all. I'm guessing that I only do more or less a hundred steps the whole on a normal day. That's just crazy! I don't blame my body for being this weak. MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

Watching TV series: I never never never really liked watching tv. Maybe my adhd (not really) has something to do about it but I always get bored watching tv series. The only tv show that I watched from it's season 1 until the end is 90210 and The Carrie Diaries (still waiting or season 2). I know I am missing out on quite a lot of tv series that my friends are always raving about like TVD, PLL, Hannibal (Hi, Sarah) and etc so I'm actually trying to add this past time to the things I could do when I am bored. Since I found out about Youtube and all the amazing videos I can watch in it like makeup tutorials, vlogs, etc, this has been my favorite past time after I finish going through all my social media news feed. Don't judge me for being so nosy. I know you all are too! 

Sneakers: Fit flops is the greatest invention in the slippers/sandals industry. I always resort to wearing it if I don't feel like dressing up or want comfortable foot wear. Hihi.

Blogging: I want to come back to blogging but I want to blog more relevant stuff than my usual rant posts. My blog is such a cloud of negativity. I am not surprised I don't have much hits because who would want to read a blog full of negativity anyway? I want it to have more sense and more of what is really happening in my life and I want it to be more colorful and have more pictures. Out with the Annie last year whose past was so dark and boring. In with the cheerful Annie who always has good news to share! Are you ready? YES I AM.

Taking pictures: I just want to capture more out of everything in pictures. Back in my freshman years in college, my friends and I used to be addicted in taking pictures, even the most randomest pictures, and then we post it on Multiply. I REGRET NOT SAVING ALL MY MULTIPLY PICTURES :( I think I lost half of my college memories in digital with the lost of multiply. I thought I could just go back anytime and just grab or look at it there anytime but I was COMPLETELY wrong. Multiply decided to shut down the whole site and when you go to multiply, it will all just be like this:

Just like Friendster, Multiply took all of our memories, JUST. LIKE. THAT. 

I hope Facebook will never have to face these kinds of problem and that just gave me an idea to personally save all the photos with myself (ofcourse) in it. *mental note* Maybe I should a lot a few days for that. Since we're talking about Facebook, I'm now back on Facebook and I miss chatting with my friends. The reason why I deactivated it was because I was spending too much time in it (not completely this but let's just put it this way) and at times when I tried to go back, I always felt alienated with it like I no longer belonged in it. (DRAMA QUEEN right here) Now that I'm back, I can now chat with my friends again. Especially Princess, my friend from Japan and Marj, my high school friend, who I only get to chat with (most of the time) on Facebook since we are no longer in that stage where we are text-y to each other but Facebook felt fine. Do you get what I mean? Do I even make sense? 

I just wish I get myself a nice point and shoot camera though. I am totally into taking pictures and looking at beautiful photos again. :) I'm not really particular when it comes to gadgets because I don't consider myself techy and I do not know much about cameras so yeah, a nice point and shoot camera will do.

Socialize more: I kinda went through a stage where I didn't like to socialize much and a fun weekend meant staying at home and resting since I was so stressed at work the whole week or pretty much just because that was my routine, I felt so comfortable with it that going out did not sound as exciting at all.  I did not want to go out and socialize because I feared rejection and I feared that Cebuanos wouldn't want to be friends with me or talk to me that much because I did not know how to speak Bisaya. I want to socialize more now and meet new people because people are just so interesting aren't they? I just need to make myself look equally interesting as well. How to do that exactly, I really don't know how. So good luck to me. 

There are quite a few more things that I'm not really into but would like to try to do and see if I get interested to these stuff like:

Play PS3 games and be hooked.

Join fun runs and actually run and not just walk.

Wear sneakers (again) I used to wear a lot of sneakers back in college and I even collected Chuck Taylors back then but I stopped wearing them after college.

Do art?? (maybe?) Not really on this one because I don't have any creative juice in my body

Post blog posts with lots of photos for visual stimulation (CHOS)

BE MORE FUN

Be less self centered. (really. HAHA) 

Be technically advanced

xx,

Annie

I recently colored my hair and it's lighter now. I like it but I miss my dark hair. Thinking if I should go red or go back to black.

The one who needs to organize her life

I have been very disorganized in all aspects of my life and now, I want to do something about it. I feel like I haven't been living my life in its full potential like I have been missing out on a lot of things I should be doing instead of..... what is it that I don to waste my precious time everyday? Instagram? Twitter? Well, I have been spending a lot of time in social media looking at what other people are up to. Very nosy. This social media hype is a gift and a curse at the same time.

It has been a gift to me because I can see other people's healthy lifestyles and I want to do the same. I feel inspired every time I see other people eating healthy food and go to the gym and work out or anything health related. It just makes me want to live a healthier lifestyle.

Recently, I have been following fitness, weight loss accounts in Instagram and I have yet to really research (by that I mean search the www) on clean eating/ healthy eating. I'm planning to go healthy grocery shopping tonight so I should research NOW.

It has also been a curse for me because I waste all my time looking at the news feed I never actually do something like really workout. I always just want to do it but I never actually do it.

That's why I'm going to try once again to make it a habit since I know the first time is always the hardest but once you get the hang of it, it will never feel like a chore ever again. I know because I have been in this state before, I just have to kick start it again. I will workout straight for 21 days and eat healthy food because they say that you need to do something for 21 days straight to make something a habit. I don't plan to workout everyday for the rest of my chubby life until I reach sexiness but it's a good start just to motivate my very lazy self who is so used to her sedentary lifestyle after college graduation! Since we talking about graduation! It has been 2 years since my college graduation!

June 25, 2011 Graduation with Ken, Sarah, Lala and Kenno 

I cannot believe it has been 2 years since I moved here to Cebu. My life has changed so much since then. I am so much more responsible now than I ever was in college and I miss those times. Who doesn't miss college? HAHA Why can't I move on from college anyway? HAHA I'm just saying that being grown up comes with hell lots of responsibilities that I never imagined I will have this early in my life. I'm so excited though. I'm also glad that I am forced to have these responsibilities or I would have wasted 2 years of my life not doing anything about my life and probably partying my ass off every weekend drinking alcohol, trying to be cool, trying to fit in, making myself be surrounded with fake happiness that is going out to clubs with the latest songs blasting off the speakers.

I think that this is God's way to bring me to the right path. He knows me very well.

I kind of miss Manila though. I miss going out at night stuck in heavy traffic and feeling bad for being late again and trying to get somewhere faster. I miss going out every day and going to my friends' house and picking them up to get somewhere else and just spend time together doing practically nothing but be together.

I love how my life is now though but I could love it more so I have do something more worthwhile than drowning myself with social media and that is also why I chose to deactivate my Facebook to cut out on my social media participation since I tend to be hyper on them. Forgive me, they're the closest I can get to having a social life, okay?

Lunch break and I'm so hungry so I guess I'll end this post here.

xx,

Annie

Most ridiculous haircut ever

Ever since I found out from my mom's book which have a lot of predictions that this December (Lunar Calendar), a BIG change is bound to happen to me and I will be depressed about it, I got so paranoid and couldn't stop thinking about it. Almost every move I make, decisions I make or everything, I relate it to that prediction. Also, I went to a manghuhula last November and she had the same predictions that this year is all about changes and that a BIG change is going to happen this February and I shall be ready for it. I was so shocked that I cried when she (fortune teller) told me about it. I guess I can never escape the inevitable.

So I tried to make my own "changes".  I went to SM yesterday to have my hair cut and while at it, decided that I want a full bangs again like the last one I got when I had my last haircut and this was what I got.....

January 29, 2013

This is my usual office photo

OH MY 

I had to post 3 photos to show you that it wasn't just about a bad angle or whatever. I look ridiculous!!! I couldn't care less though because I have so much more important things to worry about and give importance to like my mom. Please pray for my mom that she will be fine. She needs all the prayers. She had a surgery today and the results will come out in 5 days and we hope that everything will be okay. I'm more worried about my mom more than anything else because I know she's upset about her situation and I can't take it that she's upset. Okay. Enough with that. I just cant take myself to write about something so sad and depressing. I really really really hope that everything will be okay. 

xx,

Annie

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