I told myself that I won’t settle for anything less than Boracay, but alas, my newfound schedule has prevented me from going to my favorite place in this country. Give it time, when I can afford to fly there whenever I want, I would definitely go there as much as I can. Hard work needs to be on the spotlight right now.

A few weeks ago, my friends and I decided to spend a quiet weekend at the beach since summer was almost over, and around the Independence Day holiday is usually when the sun shines the brightest one last time before it gives way to dark clouds to reign the sky. Twas decided a few days prior to the holiday, so almost every resort was fully booked already, and upon a recommendation of a friend, we were able to book at Palm Beach, which is near Virgin Beach, a resort that I’ve been to last May.
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I’m more than fulfilled from my trip last weekend as I got to realize alot of things.

The sound of the waves make me take a deep breathe and thank God I’m alive. It is such cheerful music that greets me everytime I visit the sea. It also seeps away every trace of

The sight of sea and sand greets me home, rewards my sight, and tells me that all my hard work has paid off.

It is just the perfect ambience that makes me reaffirm, and stop denying that I love life. Yes, I realized that I love my life, I have tons of things to be thankful for, and I must go forward, reach for my dreams, and never take an obstacle as a reason to stop.

I’m glad to have had a silent retreat to my sanctuary before I shed off a year from my life soon. It reminded me that the spirit does not age, as I can keep on dreaming and living child-like and very much in awe of the world.

I gotta say, I love the view. It’s perfect. I’m seeing beautiful things.

It was Saturday, and after a hyper me enjoying my tense-filled makeup class ( I pressure myself too much, I know ), and a very happy Saturday afternoon watching Sex and the City with my girls from makeup school, I was ready for a quiet, relaxing evening with friend S, who is like an older sister to me. Boy it feels great to have a gorgeous and headturner for a sister! As I met her at Greenbelt 3, she drove for us to Ortigas, as she promised me that I’d enjoy her hang out place, as well as the company of her good friends. I was game for a new experience, and off we went to find Amethyst Street, to Mozu Cafe.

Mozu Cafe at the ground floor of Linden Suites Tower II, at the back of the building. It’s very near UA&P, so it was really a quiet Saturday night after all since this isn’t the usual hang out spots in Ortigas like El Pueblo or Metrowalk. It also striked me as a secret hang out spot because of the location. We entered a very cozy cafe , met Topher, one of the owners of the place and S’s friend, and ordered our dinner as we were starving. I got myself Pomodoro pasta, S got Carbonara, and I asked to get us Salpicao because I have been craving for it all afternoon, hoping they’d have it in the menu ( and there it was! ) Read the rest of this entry »

I’m admittedly a pig-eater because when I was a kid, I’ve been training like hell in the swimming pool for 4-5 hours a day, that triggered a hefty appetite after. Yes, twice or thrice the usual amount of food kids eat. And I’m afraid I’ve taken it with me as I grew up. I binge eat whenever I’m stressed.

And makeup school is no exception. Don’t get me wrong, I have loads of fun, and my energies are at its all time high whenever I go to class - it’s my passion and I’m happiest whenever it’s Saturday, but it’s also draining since I don’t get me a good breakfast as I rush to school very early in the morning.

So I pigout during lunchtime. Great suggestion of my classmate L, to eat at Ebun, which was right beside Kitchen in Greenbelt 3. Just because we’ve maxed out our CC’s and our cash outflow are just in its all time high because of our expenses for school, we were opting for something more affordable but still equally yummy.
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Sex and The City has got to be the movie of the year. I’ve never seen this much groups of friends watching movies together. We were a group of seven girls ( straight from makeup class ), and my friend tells me his boss’ was a group of 14 who watched it! I think , more than a movie for lovers, Sex and the City is ultimately the girl-friend flick of the year.

Fabulous, breath-stopping clothes, laugh-out loud jokes, and tore-my-heart heartbreaks, Sex and the City drives me to a quiet reflection on how happy I am to have really good friends to be with me thick and thin.

Life isn’t perfect in any way, one might want to give up at one point in one’s life, but the existence of wonderful support systems are just the driving forces to look on the brighter side and fight. Fight for one’s space in the world, fight for one’s happiness in this only life we’re given to live. Friends are blessings that God gave us to help us see the beauty of breathing and looking at the world with Prada shades, through good times, and bad times.
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…is that it’s asking me to melt my frozen heart. The warmth of summer has made me forget my heart’s pleas of being able to beat again, as I walked the earth too silently. Without heartbeats.

Now as I wake up, I see water. I see damp surroundings. Gray skies. All asking me to thaw this heart of mine. And feel. To keep me warm. To revive my spirit. To regain my soul. To keep me alive.

It’s hard to ignore what it is asking from me because I’m freezing. And surprisingly, I don’t mind at all.

…well, I’m not going to talk about the new Anson’s actually. I’m going to talk about its NEW and super high-tech carpark!

We were on the way to Glorietta when my dad suddenly asked, “Where are we parking?”, I mumbled, “the usual.”, and he said, “well, you’re the usual is already nonexistent. There’s no Parksquare 2 anymore.” Okay, I cannot be blamed for not knowing because (1) I don’t drive, and (2) if ever I frequent Makati, I commute because it’s so expensive to use a car to go to Makati ( gosh, the prices for gasoline are way ridiculous already and I could go to Glorietta for a mere 25 bucks by LRT and MRT ! ).

Anyway, going back, we decided to park at Anson’s building, the latest project of Ayala Malls. My dad parked there yesterday while he was waiting for me to finish shopping for makeup school supplies. We were in such shock when after the guard checking the car, my dad had to stop on the card slot, virtually “stamp” his thumb for a fingerprint record, as the card slot took a picture of our car, as it released the parking card! All I could say - high tech, hi tech, and reason enough to charge fifty bucks flat rate? I really hope they’d lower it a bit though! Fifty’s a bit too step for mall parking - I’d take it if they would build a bridge connecting Anson’s and Landmark at least, so that we wouldn’t have to cross the street to go to Landmark. Pfft.
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Twas one Saturday night while I was eating a deelish pizza from Sandy’s when Phoebe smsed me giddily ( well, at least that was the vibe! ), calling me beef girl ( well, I really am! ) , swearing that I’d love Pepper Steak’s Shimofuri Steak because it just melted in her mouth. Considering tender, and melt-in-your-mouth beef are so rare, she quickly invited me for dinner Wednesday night to anticipate my “disoriented moment,” as my teeth would sink in that steak. Good thing we pushed thru, along with my friends Didi and Fran, it was indeed a Pepper Lunch night for all of us!

Also present were Jayvee, Juned, and AJ, fresh from an event ( with Fritz joining us later ). As expected, there was a queue outside the resto, but it was a fast-moving one, so we didn’t have any problem with looking for seats.

Well, enough stalling, I’m going to start rambling about my food. One, two, three, go!
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Today’s a good day as I hear really, really good news! David Cook wins American Idol! Wooo!

Regrets, regrets for I haven’t followed American Idol this season.

David Cook’s voice is phenomenal, his style nothing close to ordinary.

I’d actually pay to watch this guy sing live.

Watch this guy go big. Make crowds roar. Make hearts flutter.

He is so far the only American Idol winner that I actually like ! Hahaha!

Congratulations to my bet, David Cook!

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One night, when I was hanging out with a guy friend of mine I haven’t heard from since highschool, he told me, ” If I were THAT depressed, I would’ve dated her.”

Right then and there, inexplainable frustration welled inside of me as I could not help but blurt out, “So, what happens when you’re not depressed anymore, you leave that girl? So how about her? Did you know that maybe she would have been so attached to you ? How could you let go just that fast? How could you? ”

Okay, I’ve officially made my friend feel like he was the devil. He finished his drink and did not say a word.
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