It was one night when the power went out.

I was about to be dismayed when I felt the comfort of the dark, and the longer the dark stayed with me, the more cozy I felt as I have heard the sound of silence caressing my soul and reminding me of the old days, when the computer, electric bulbs, and air conditioners were not even in man’s wildest dreams.

A feeling of nostalgia. What would I be doing in my past life, during this hour of the night, when the candles are unlit , the surroundings are all quiet, and all I could hear are the wild beats of my heart?

I reached for a pen and started writing. Oh, the darkness became not only my friend but also my muse. I was filled with inspiration as I wrote poetic words as if I’ve been writing them for a long time already.
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It’s ironic. I’ve been running around today managing stuff, and packing, and delivering stuff, and I manage to sit down and answer this survey. Yes, I think I always have time for stalling. This has got to stop! Hehe

1. Name one person who made you laugh last night? Katz
2. What were you doing at 0800? In the office having overtime
3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago? Watching TV
4. What happened to you in 2006? Started beauty blogging
5. What was the last thing you said out loud? Popcorn!
6. How many beverages did you have today? just water? liters! Read the rest of this entry »

I think I’ve found the perfect voice that I would want to own if given the chance. I can’t sing, but I am a great lover of music. Well, who’s the lucky girl? It’s Sarah Bareilles.

I’m so obsessed with Sara Bareilles‘ music. Her voice enchantingly starts with low-key, and she sings her high tunes beautifully. Her voice is firm, and beautifully melancholic. In other words - I am addicted to her voice. It must be one of the beautiful voices that I’ve ever heard in my life - not in a totally aesthetic sense, but there is something about her voice that makes you feel that her voice understands and is in one with her emotions . Her voice also engages the listener to relate and feel the song- a direct stab to the heart. Her lyrics, which are self-written are also stellar, that she was able to capture the human emotion just perfectly, specially in matters of the heart. I could just listen to her two songs forever - Gravity and Between The Lines. I have been playing these songs in my mp3 player for weeks already , and it just makes me feel over and over again.

My favorite part in the song Gravity, Read the rest of this entry »

This just might be one of the jinxiest and scariest days of my life. But well, what matters most is that I survived the day!

It all started this morning when I started feeling nervous about my mineral makeover session tomorrow ( Saturday ). It’s my usual feeling prior to events such as these, as I seek reassurance from my mom that I’d do great and all, and I thought that it was just a normal feeling. I didn’t feel like packing stuff so I resolved to cram tonight.
But then, right after lunch, my forever YM chatmate Roanne pasted the news about some blast that occured in Glorietta, as she knew I was going to hold my event there. At first, I laughed it off, thinking that it was just a bomb scare - you know, the usual scares, that go away in a day, and business as usual the following day. When I opened the URL, I was shocked. 3 were killed.
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This month is all about pink, because it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Honestly, I wouldn’t know how it felt, or nor do I have any relative that has battled this dreaded sickness, but then I greatly empathize ( I am such an empath I always get teary eyed! ) with those who have battled it with great courage, as well as for those who have felt so much pain losing their loved ones with it. I don’t think I would be able to handle it courageously as other women out there if a loved one would have a problem like this, so I am all the way for awareness of Breast Cancer, and ways on how to prevent it.

This month is also associated with my favorite color, and I am definitely screaming pink right now as my own way of campaigning for this cause!

Aside from my pink, pink blog, I have also joined Dexie’s pink contest over at StyleitLess.

My official entry? Check it out! All my pink stuff! Read the rest of this entry »

This week was the most tiring week, ever. The SEMCON was such a success, and maybe a little bit too much of an information overload that it left a hole in my brain for days. I’d be talking about my great experience from it in another post, but let me blog about what I did today , as my memory is still fresh from it and I’d love to immortalize it and keep this memory.

After a quite tiring makeover session for my reseller, I had my dad drop me off to Rockwell to meet with my bestbuds, to grab a quick dinner before going to the Araneta Coliseum to watch Babyface , live in Manila. My bestbud J scored us free tickets, as she always gets free stuff for us like movie passes, products, and even discounts, but the catch was, it was 2 tickets in the patron area and 2 tickets in the Upper A area. Bestbud M asked me what seat I wanted, and since I knew M was such a senti fan, I told her that I was fine with an Upper A seat with Bestbud K. We bought food from Tokyo Tokyo , and ate hurriedly in the dark, and moving vehicle that we were in. ( Such a great meal! haha! )
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Just this morning, that I have requested the office to give me a leave, some sort of a day off ( even if this is a holiday ), I woke up and chose to remain quiet and not speaking for the first two hours as I surfed the net. Even if I’m not in my work state, I don’t think I could ever live without a computer.

Then, I chose to play a song - Sarah Bareilles’ Gravity. In my previous entry, I have expressed my affinity to this song as it touched my heart in more ways than one. I didn’t know that as I played it today, a rush of emotions came into me - it’s like a fierce energy that slowly crept into my system. Emotions. Strangely familiar, but somewhat foreign. Emotions are such common things in life , but why did I feel that I missed emotions so much?

I realized that the busy routine and path that I have chosen for myself has robbed me out of some emotions and made me focus on other things - definitely other things , that yes, I was already quite effective in making myself too busy to feel or even reflect. Success. Read the rest of this entry »

As a few numbers add to my age, the more I come into closer contact with reality - and maybe, in retrospect, I would have wanted to retain my childlike wonder with the world, because what reality is asking me to peek at right now isn’t a beautiful picture.

D’s one of the kindest people in the world, and I also respect him for great , and ethical business practices that I couldn’t be more proud of him. Sometimes, I think, if I could just be half as good as him, I’d be alive even in the jungle.

Why did I mention that? Well, because he’s the greatest friend ever, too. He gives his all to friends, and I see that trait in me as well, as I am such a friend person. He’s so kind - to the point that he’d tell some of his strategies to his friends - or so he thought, but in the end, the friend moves on and as the friend progresses, the “friend” acts as if he doesn’t know D. Whenever I’d see the picture, I’d always feel bad for D , and hate the user “friend”.
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