Sunday Currently | 21
August 04, 2019 • Personal, Sunday Currently
Reading
Some random marketing materials from all over the web... and my planner.
Some random marketing materials from all over the web... and my planner.
Writing
A skeleton for the last pitch deck I'm doing
Listening
Sound of the rain outside and DOTA sound effects from my cousin's PC
Smelling
UCC 3 in 1 coffee. GIRL, MASARAP SIYA! Tastes like brewed.
Wishing
I have more time rest before I moved on to my next adventure. NAKS! And by next adventure, I mean my new job which I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
Hoping
I get to finish all my requirements before start date! Fast fact: I haven't done any basic job requirement for the last 7-8 years. Feels like I'm starting from scratch like a fresh grad. :P
Wearing
A tiedye shirt from Heft and black leggings.
Loving
This UCC coffee i'm drinking!
UCC 3 in 1 coffee. GIRL, MASARAP SIYA! Tastes like brewed.
Wishing
I have more time rest before I moved on to my next adventure. NAKS! And by next adventure, I mean my new job which I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
Hoping
I get to finish all my requirements before start date! Fast fact: I haven't done any basic job requirement for the last 7-8 years. Feels like I'm starting from scratch like a fresh grad. :P
Thinking
How should I formats RU's socmed calendar? Haha! Hey, yes ROUND UP's back! Please check out the website and follow us on instagram and like on facebook!Wearing
A tiedye shirt from Heft and black leggings.
Loving
This UCC coffee i'm drinking!
Wanting
A new pair of vans. Veggie Tan Leather Nude. Please. ---- STILL
And that Hufflepuff Luggage and Hogwarts Duffle bag!
A new pair of vans. Veggie Tan Leather Nude. Please. ---- STILL
And that Hufflepuff Luggage and Hogwarts Duffle bag!
Needing
New wardrobe. AND FAST.
Feeling
A little sleepy. It's bed weather!
Clicking
All my folders. Removing all ahensya related folders. Hihi.
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How's your Sunday going?
New wardrobe. AND FAST.
Feeling
A little sleepy. It's bed weather!
Clicking
All my folders. Removing all ahensya related folders. Hihi.
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How's your Sunday going?
Dear Avery,
It's been awhile since I had the time to write to you. It's probably because we've been spending more time together and you've progressed a lot. AND also, work has not been smooth sailing the past few weeks. I'm really sorry.
I remember writing to you so we can track your speech progress and other new things you learned to do, but it's been months since you stopped your OT classes. You've started going to playschool too!
It's still a struggle to wake you up in the morning, but you are enjoying school so much! You are not like the other kids who starts to throw tantrums at the school door because they don't want parents leaving them. You, you push me away and say "Bye!" the minute your teachers says "Goodmorning, Avery!" And as soon as I pick you up from school, you always, ALWAYS tell me that you had so much or too much fun!
That's what I've always wanted for you and will always want for you anak, to be happy. To be happy in everything that you do and to be happy with all the people in your life.
I may not be able to provide you with a conventional family, but do know that Mommy will always work her hardest to make you happy. Remember that.
One day (and hoping that is in the really really distant future) you will find out how hard it is to be happy or even maintain a decent smile on your face. I want you to go back to this. Go back to the simplest things that make you happy.
When life gives you a hard time and it seems like it's going nowhere ---- Stop, breathe and remember that I love you. And as I always say, Laban lang!
I love you, my princess.
Finished Game of Thrones (S1 - S7) and now I can't wait for Season 8!
April 14, 2019 • Game of Thrones, Personal, Random
WARNING: If you haven't watched the series --- THERE ARE MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD.
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FINALLY joined the bandwagon!
For the past few weeks I have spent all (no mommy duty) hours watching Game of Thrones Season 1 to Season 7. Since the Season 8 hype (may pa-countdown sila sa facebook guyz), my cousin has been telling me to start watching it so I can make it just in time for the last season which will premiere on April. (UPDATE: TOMORROW!)
I always ask him --- Is it worth my time? and I was answered with "Oo naman, grabe ka nga mag marathon ng K-drama noh?" Fair. HAHA. And so I gave in.
It all started with a 16gb USB with 2 seasons in it --- and the rest were nights and weekends of not leaving the house and sleeping for just 2 hours a day.
WHY DID I NOT WATCH THIS BEFORE? --- Oh right! I started watching it back in 2015, but stopped because I cringed at Cersei's and Jaime's incest scene. HAHA! But hell, I should've endured it because this show is just.... WOW. You know nothing until you've watched it. Yiiiieeee, may pa pun intented na akong ganon?
I am no expert critic, so this is more of a reaction / opinion / i just want to say it type of thing, so bear with me. I mean come on, try watching all seasons in all that short time --- it's a rollercoaster. Old fans had the time (time from one season to another) to let it all sink in and mourn every death of a character --- I didn't! I mean COME ON, they will kill every character you fall in love with!
I also didn't have the time to chika with other fans and try to make sense of all the deaths --- and MY GULAY, there are A LOT. I had to absorb and dissect everything all at once. Sometime I pause scenes and do a little bit of research, just to make sure I understood what was happening correctly.
Watching it and knowing all seven seasons are already there and no waiting, it was like a race! One episode is not just enough and just like that in (more or less) 3 weeks I finished all 67 episodes!
I also didn't have the time to chika with other fans and try to make sense of all the deaths --- and MY GULAY, there are A LOT. I had to absorb and dissect everything all at once. Sometime I pause scenes and do a little bit of research, just to make sure I understood what was happening correctly.
Watching it and knowing all seven seasons are already there and no waiting, it was like a race! One episode is not just enough and just like that in (more or less) 3 weeks I finished all 67 episodes!
Reaction # 1: WHY THE F KILL KAHL DROGO. HUHU.
Season 1 was a development of so many characters I had a hard time memorizing or understanding. All I knew was that there were houses and that each had a certain kind of power over Westeros. The Baratheons and Lannisters on the throne, the Starks in the North and the last 2 Targaryen's exiled in some land in the east. There were A LOT of good character and story development in Westeros, but I was more interested in what was happening Essos. I expected so much from Jason Mamoa's character before watching GOT. Who wouldn't? He did not disappoint. BUTTTTT WHHHHYYYY KILL HIM? Huhu.
After finishing Season 1, it took a day for me to process. I really thought Kahl Drogo was going to stay for a long time. But sadly, no. :(
Reaction # 2: Melisandre you a B*)(#&!$(*#!!!!
Can I just say how irritated I was with Melisandre? Love her look, fiery and all, but hate her. Love her outfits, but hate her. Why the hell would your burn a child alive? THAT was probably the most disturbing death in the whole show.
BUTTTTT, gotta admit, how she tried to redeem herself in Season 7 was pretty neat. BUTTTT then AGAIN, she burned a child ALIVE. So no. Still do not like her.
I just love how Jon Snow innocently fell in love with her, but I think he was still more of a "gotta honor my oath" type of man. Also, we all knew she had to die because since Season 1, I (WE ALL) knew Jon was meant to have this thing for Daenerys ---- And of course she had to be killed right in front of him. -_-
Also, love the fact that they ended up together in real life and how Rose Leslie (Ygritte) asked Kit Harrington (Jon Snow) not to read his GOT lines inside the house. How cute is that???
BUTTTTT, gotta admit, how she tried to redeem herself in Season 7 was pretty neat. BUTTTT then AGAIN, she burned a child ALIVE. So no. Still do not like her.
Reaction # 3: Jon Snow & Ygritte
I just love how Jon Snow innocently fell in love with her, but I think he was still more of a "gotta honor my oath" type of man. Also, we all knew she had to die because since Season 1, I (WE ALL) knew Jon was meant to have this thing for Daenerys ---- And of course she had to be killed right in front of him. -_-
Also, love the fact that they ended up together in real life and how Rose Leslie (Ygritte) asked Kit Harrington (Jon Snow) not to read his GOT lines inside the house. How cute is that???
Reaction # 4: Why does all of Daenerys' scenes give me goosebumps? HAHA!
From that time she went out in a see through dress to present herself to Kahl Drogo, to being a bad-ass Khaleesi, to several scenes she walked out from the fire unharmed and all those freeing the slaves scene were all too powerful. After every scene, I would always tell my cousin "Bakit g na g ako lagi after all her scenes" Haha! All her scenes made a lot of impact not just at the time of it, but to the whole series. The development of her strong character was something your would always watch out for in every season. Wonder how powerful she's gonna get in the last season...
Reaction # 5: Iwan Rheon was a revelation!
I've been a fan of Iwan Rheon since he played Simon Bellamy in Misfits. |
| SAVE ME BARRY! |
Ramsay Bolton was a heartless bastard and man, he played it REALLY well. Hated his character, but still love him because he'll always be Simon/Barry to me. :P
Reaction # 5: There are so many Harry Potter people in this series and I love it!
People who are close to me know how much I'm in love with Harry Potter. Seeing the actors of Nymphadora Tonks, Filch and so much more in this series was something I was looking forward to. It was a breath of fresh air watching them play a different role.
Reaction # 5: I have grown to love the characters I hated in the start!
Ugh. The weird emotions and feels that GOT give you! All them characters I hated from the start are the very same characters you learn to love as you watch the series. Character growth and development is definitely one of the things that make this show super great.
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Season 8 Episode 1 is AIRING TOMORROW AND I CANNOT WAIIIITTTTTTTTT.
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Need a recap, check out this video:
Life Lately | Hello, 2019
March 01, 2019 • Life Lately, Personal
Life lately? I'm tired, but alive. I'm exhausted, but again, alive and still trying to make it.
My 2018 was like a Japanese rice ball wrapped in bad decisions, rolled in a bed of failed "new beginnings" and topped with financial difficulties.
I intended to end 2018 by leaving that bad serving of bento, wishing for a better serving in 2019. However, as they say in the books and movies, fate has a funny way of showing you "it's going to be alright." Too dramatic for you? Well, let me start by sharing with you how I celebrated my holidays last year.
For the first time ever, Avery and I celebrated Christmas with my Tita Marvi. We had a simple samgyupsal and shabu shabu for Noche Buena. It was a pretty fun celebration. Small, but we were genuinely happy because everybody spoke, shared stories and no one was acting out of character. I woke up the next day with a 39 degree fever and flu. Eventually, Avery caught the virus and we were both in an out of the hospital during the last week of December 2018. On the 31st however, durung Avery's second trip to the ER, she was advised to be confined.
My daughter and I said hello to 2019 with a take out box from Alex III for me and a bottle of milk, dextrose and bunch of other medicines for her.
We were discharged 5 days later and it just kind of went downhill from there. Avery's confinement came of as a financial surprise, but I was more surprised when I found out I wasn't eligible to use my Philhealth. Talk about being unprepared or just plain malas.
Mid January, things started to pick up a little. Office was toxic after the holidays, but we did find the time to unwine A BIT before January ended.
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| 2 Day Event at Taal Vista Hotel, Tagaytay |
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| Synergy at Bakasyunan, Zambales |
Just when I thought things were just about to get better, I received a 4:00 AM call from my Tita Marvi's phone. This was when I was just supposed to get ready for a set up for another event. I literally opened my eyes about a minute before my phone started ringing. It was my Tito on the phone. He was shouting. He was panicking. My heart stopped when I saw my phone ringing at that hour. Something happened to Tita Marvi. I knew that feeling. I knew, because I had the very same type of call about seven years ago. Same time of the day -- informing me my mom was gone.
Tito Jon said it was a heart attack, but an hour later, my cousin called back. Just when I saw his name in my caller ID, I already knew what he was going to say. Tita Marvi has left us.
I originally planned to make this blog post a bit long. I wanted to share how short life is and how we should learn to forgive and value everyone around us, but my eyes are too watery to even finish, my mind is too tired to think and my heart is too heavy to finish on a tone I originally planned to.
Bottomline, FAMILY IS EVERYTHING. Love them. Show it to them.
If there is one thing I have learned in all the passing loved ones in my life ---
It is the regret that death brings upon us that is always more painful.
Put that in mind and maybe, just maybe, you wouldn't be wishing for a reset button.
DIY Explosive (Reddish Orange/Brown) Hair Below Php500
February 23, 2019 • Hairventure, Products
For 2018, I focused on getting cold tones for my hair (ash, blue, green hues) and so for 2019, I planned to go back to the other side of the color wheel starting with my go to color --- red. But, I didn't want it to be just red or like really wild red, cause then it'll be harder to remove again.
I wanted to go for a ginger-ish, brownish red which is usually found on drugstore/common box dyes that uses developpers --- and as I've said on my IG, I've only been using organic/keratin/vegan hair dyes since October 2018 because my hair is already severely damaged. Luckily, one of my favorite local everything hair shop -- @hue.nicorn -- launched their own line of bio-organic dyes!
I wanted to go for a ginger-ish, brownish red which is usually found on drugstore/common box dyes that uses developpers --- and as I've said on my IG, I've only been using organic/keratin/vegan hair dyes since October 2018 because my hair is already severely damaged. Luckily, one of my favorite local everything hair shop -- @hue.nicorn -- launched their own line of bio-organic dyes!
I immediately got the shade EXPLOSIVE knowing it would be more vibrant on my blonde hair since as said on their IG, it's formulation can be used on unbleached hair. Anyhoo, the bio organic dye comes in a 200ml plastic container and its costs Php300. I only ordered one since I guessed the 200ml pack should be enough for my shoulder length hair.
Here's the state of my damaged hair before I did the coloring session. I had ashy blonde hair (maintained by Purple Keratin) and very dark roots.
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| Forgive my tutchang hair. HAHA! |
When I use semi-permanent dyes that are creme/keratin based, I no longer do my usual routine of putting in VCO since the dyes usually have their own conditioning properties. I just make sure I have clean, damp or dry hair. Personally, i prefer doing it on dry hair --- I have no (scientific) explanation for this, but somehow it stains my hair better when applied on dry hair.
I wasn't able to take photos of my coloring session because I was so much in the zone during the application. The consistency of the dye was so perfect (as if I mixed it myself) it was so easy to put it on. It also had strong pigmentation which immediately gives your hair that instant color.
For semi permanent dyes --- those that don't have chemicals that could harm the hair, I let it stay on my hair for hours. In this case, I had it on my hair for about 3 hours and voila...
BUT, a day after I wasn't satisfied with it's one color look and wanted more depth. I had this Chroma Celloshine in the shade Magenta on stock --- which I was planning for another color, but thought this might be it.
It was a very bright & neon pink concoction which scared me --- pink not being my color and all. What I did was mix it with a lot of white colored keratin (or you can do this with any white conditioner) After coming up with the color consistency that did not scare me, I applied it again on dry hair. This time only concentrating on the roots.
Chroma Celloshine is also highly pigmented however, I am not a fan of the smell and since it's really just colored hair treatment, it doesn't stay on the hair long
But it did give my hair a certain depth for a few days :) One amazing thing about Chroma Celloshine also is that it's super cheap! If you want to try out loud colors, but not quite sure if you can wear it for a long time, I highly suggest using this. Lots of sellers have them on Shopee for Php65. All in all, I only spent Php365 for the hair color, include shipping and it's still under Php500!
What do you think of my new hair color? What color should I do next?
Comment and share away!
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Products used:
Chroma Celloshine from Shopee
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