In A Frenzy

So. School resumes tomorrow. For everybody else at school, that is. Well, it should for me too but I haven't enrolled myself yet since my transcripts are still far away from home (meanwhile I've been calling the people from Silliman tirelessly since Monday, crossing my fingers they would just mail them to me already). Sigh. If only it were that simple. But anyway, this isn't gonna bring me down because while I was sitting around, trying to be patient with aformentioned-school-enclosed-in-a-parenthesis, I managed to wriggle in a book series in-between the supposedly busy schedule of a maid of honor. I read the whole Iron Fey Series (Iron King, Iron Daughter, Iron Queen and Iron Knight) by Julie Kagawa. And I just want to say one thing: BEST CONCLUSION FOR A SERIES YET. Okay, six things then. The series I read was of four books, about faeries (yes! finally, no more leeches!), lore, adventure and love. Oh my gosh, I'm starting to remember it and my eyes are welling up again. A huge mass of emotion is inside my kidneys right now. Dazed, confused, happy, sad. Je nais sais quoi! It was such a great end, but I'm so sad it has to come to an end... I can't help it, even as I'm typing this, I am struggling between externally giggling or wincing or just outrightly laughing and my mother might as well think I'm going nuttier than a fruitcake. But fear not, I am completely able to hold my sentiments at bay when the situation calls for it.

Anywho, I think I'm quite done with my ranting now. I might as well leave you an image to chew on while I'm gone.

Spook you up

Random Thinking.

i miss you long hair >_<

My mother is picking up dad in MLA, then they'll be heading home and the real wedding planning will commence. Will be really busy over the month. With the wedding, with school, with everything. Might as well enjoy this moment of freedom for today. Not that I don't like schools or weddings, it's just.. they're very consuming... in a happy way I guess. But that means I won't be able to blog as often as I want. Which is sad. BOO. Well, I hope everyone's having a great week so far. Have plans for weekend, any one?

My First EVER Fashion Post.

Okay, I'm gonna give you a little background on me and fashion. We have neither history or chemistry (that I know of) and the only thing I know of our current relationship is it doesn't exist. I would love to show you pictures but I'm going to spare you of the crazy visuals. Ha! Not if I can, so here we go with the scary--possibly scarring--visuals.

Okay. I don't think I can go on from here so I'm not gonna post any more pictures of myself. Instead I'll show you pictures of my better and more fashion inclined family members. Debbie ~ my sixteen year old younger sister. I grabbed this off her lookbook and her facebook. MUAHAHAHA.

Abby - Yes, they're both Bees. But I can't call myself Sarbie or not even Pendie. LOL. But here she is! She's nineteen, designs clothes and is the owner of her own boutique in our city. 

 

Mother - So of course my mother won't miss out on this cuz she's the one who takes us out for shopping.

that's her in the middle

Anywho. I didn't promise you a fashion revolutionizing post so I owe you none. This rather turned out to be a Family post so I'll have to end it with the classic girls in the family photo.

I thank God everyday for the wonderful family I'm in! It's more than the physical appearance but the heart they have.

La Vie En Rose (another imageheavy)

Hullo. thar. Some of you new comers might be wondering, "Where in the world is that strange music coming from?" Well if you mean the obviously foreign (unless you're French) song, then yes, I'm to blame. I've fallen in love with it since Edith Piaf was introduced to me by Sabrina from the movie, yep you guessed right, Sabrina (1954). But fortunately for you, I'm not going to rant about my blog's music for the whole of this post. Instead Imma show you my now pink room, who was decorated by none other than Ate Gigi, who surprised me when she draped my room pink.

this is ohsum. kawaii~ my sister deb's selling them for her entrepreneurship class

 i want to switch back to a windows7 os. huhuhu

 dont try to be cute. those days are far behind you. hahaha

 yeah, my mother gave this hair thing to me the other day, i like it :D

 check out my study desk :D plenty of things but no studying happening here.

 this here is bumblebee. my <3

me self portrait sketch. with a slightly bigger than actual mouth

 shouldave used water color instead of acrylic huhuhuhu

 pandas and geishas.

 a close family from church gave this to us. it came with a family inside that resembled us :D

 my green, leather bible :D

Liebster Award!

Yay! So okay, I got this Liebster award which is supposedly awarded to up and coming bloggers who have less than 200 followers. "Liebster", according to my friend's blog, is German for sweetest, kindest, nicest, dearest, beloved, lovely, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing and welcome.

I actually got nominated by two wonderful people (Anne and Lmyx) but since Anne nominated me first, so I'm going to answer her questions, hehehe. But thank you both for being so generous and wonderful :D

There are rules to being able to accept the reward, and yeah, here they are:

    ♥ Each person tagged must post 11 things about themselves

    ♥ They must also answer the 11 questions the tagger has set for them

    ♥ They must create 11 more questions to ask bloggers they have decided to tag

    ♥ They must then choose 11 bloggers to tag with less than 200 followers

    ♥ These lucky bloggers must be told

    ♥ There are no tag back

     Okay. So here I go:

1 } I love old people music. Gimme Frank Sinatra, Doris Day and Dean Martin over Britney Spears, Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga any day.

2 } I love reading and fall in love with fictional characters like Jimmy Foster (So Over You), Augustus Waters (The Fault in Our Stars) and recently, Patrick Hayward (Fissure).

3 } 1 had braces for sometime in highschool, I whined to take them off when I entered college.

4 } I like watching covers on YouTube and NigaHiga and even Kevjumba (before his language became too intolerable to me)

5 } I like old men. No, definitely not that way. I like them because they look cute when they're old and wrinkly, wise and pleased with their lives. I also have a profound respect for them.

6 } I like guys who have a profound respect for women. And those who suit up like the Barnicles (minus gay part)

7 } I like to sing in the shower for HOURS. Literally my concert haven.

8 } I like listening to French songs even though I don't always understand them. But the whistling in French songs keeps me happy and jiggling.

9 } I don't do romance, boyfriends and dating. Unless they're fictional. Ask me to join a roleplay, YES. Ask me out on a date, DEFINITE NO. Well, not until I'm done with school, anyway.

10 } One mental image I have of myself is one who's principled. But that's kindof ironic since another mental image I have of myself is lack of discipline. Sigh.

11 } Yes, I'm really thinking out of the box to answer this :D


           Questions pour moi:

♥ What is your favorite red matte lipstick? - Is it safe to say that I don't have any. Red doesn't look very good on me. I prefer nude colors :D

♥ What are your beauty essentials? - Recently, BB Cream, Cheek tint, Nude lipstick and Brown Eye Shadow.

♥ What is the best foundation you have tried? - Hm. I'm not very good with make up. I've tried Mac, Revlon and Loreal but I am in no position to even try guessing which one I liked best (because, simply put, I'm a make up noob)

♥ If you have to bring only one beauty product, what will it be? Why? - Hm. BB Cream, definitely. Because it has everything!

♥ Give one of your beauty pet peeves - I hate washing off make up at the end of the day but I do it anyway because I don't want acne. Sigh.

♥ Give one of your unforgettable makeup boo-boos (mistake). - Wearing eyeshadow below my eyes that made me look like I'd taken a punch. Tsktsktsk

♥ Who is your favorite beauty blogger/guru? - I will be safe with this one and go with Wendy Nguyen.

♥ If you have a chance to cast Mr. Christian Grey, who will it be? Why? - I don't even know what Grey looks like (I'm no fan of the genre) but I'm going to say Gaspard Ulliel (because I like the Frenchies? LOL)

♥ Do you have a hidden talent? Care to share? :) - If I shared it, it wouldn't be so hidden :D muahahah

♥ Do you believe in love at first sight? If yes, why? - No,love needs time, love needs truth. I believe in attraction at first sight, but love at first sight? C'est ne pas pour moi, merci.

♥ Words you live by. - True Love Waits and John 14:6

           Questions pour vous:

1 } If you were a word, what word would you be?

2 } If you were stuck in an island in the middle of the Pacific, the items (five) you'd have in your bag would be:

3 } What song lyrics represent what you're feeling right now?

4 } Please share a funny story. (I know this isn't the question, but please do answer!)

5 } Who are/is the most creative blogger(s) you've stumbled upon?

6 } What is your least favorite social networking site and why?

7 } What's you're favorite pick up line?

8 } If you and the person you hate the most (of the opposite gender) were the only people on earth and the continuance of the human race depended on you mating, will you save the human race?

9 } Which do you prefer: apples or mangoes?

10 } What is your favorite book?

11 } Who is the person you look up to the most and why?

           TAG, you're IT!

 Yowa @ The Pudding Cup
 Gilbert @ Stronger Than Ever 
 Aian @ Radiate Magic
 Elle @ Life as told by Elle
 Chikage @ Mocha Claire
 Vanessa @ Take A Deep Breath
 Fira @ Owl Hazel
 Eka @ The Turtle Pirate
 Dhia @ Dhia.name
 Shy @ Oh Falling Star
 Love Always @ Love Always 

       this is fun :D

OH MY POTATO. (WARNING: Image heavy!)

Gasp. Gasp. Gasp! I've got bad news. But something incredible and awesome and ridiculous and too-good-to-be-true-but-is happened to me today! Proof that I've got friends in high places! THANK YOU LORD! THANK YOU ANGELS!

You should guess what it is.. Meanwhile I'll tell you the bad news drumroll please.

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I GOT A "D" ON MY MICROBIOLOGY.

BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, I DIDN'T FAIL IT SO IT'S ALL GOOD.

NOT TO MENTION IT EARLIER, BUT I'M MENTIONING IT NOW, I FAILED NOTHING SO VICTORY DANCE (A.K. PELVIC THRUSTING IN JUMPSUIT) oh yeah!

 I SMSED MY MOM , PEGGY AND MANY OTHER PEOPLES I COULD CONTACT.

AND ON THE WAY TO CHURCH...

 WHY THIS EXAGGERATEDLY ENTHUSIASTIC?! WELL, SCHOOL, THIS PAST FEW MONTHS HASN'T BEEN VERY GOOD WITH ME

BUT AFTER I GOT MY GRADES AND EVERYTHING, I WENT HOME LIKE A PROUD SCHOOL KAISER. WHATEVER THAT MEANS.

OVERJOYED! GLORY TO GOD!

I'm getting less creative with titles.

I'm getting straight to the point. I'm going to sing this song at my mother's wedding in November. A song that made me say "I'm gonna sing this during my vows when I get married" when I first heard it streaming out of Ptr. John's car's stereo. I literally swoon over the video because Ronan Keating is such a stud (can you believe I'm saying this to someone possibly over the age of forty? Sacre bleu!) Did I mention I've memorized each time he closes and reopens his eyes for the dramatic moments of the song too? My church mates laugh at my bizarre character every time we watch this as we realized that this oddly brings out the woman in me. The giggling, over the top, lunatic woman in me. I cannot sort out how I feel about Ronan Keating. Maybe it's the good looks. Gee, good looks really does blot out senses. Ladies, be careful of the wolves in sheep's clothing! In this case, I'm going to have to hope for a non-hot husband so I don't get confused. ROFL. This is crazy. Anyway, I'm happy that PJ and I will have the chance to sing this awesomely romantic song for my mom and dad. My voice isn't that impressive, but I'm thankful for it and give glory to God through it! The lyrics are also very nice and the video, cool and romantic.

Another thing that got me giddy this week is that we've finalized summer vacation plans! I'm not big on traveling but it's a whole new different story when I go somewhere nice with the people that mean much to me. So the family and string of family friends, a.k.a the UdaFancuLitErz (Minus the Erz this time, so just the udafanculits) are going on another wildly fun vacation next year! Destination where? Drumroll, please! Singapore AND Malaysia! WOOT WOOT! Thanks to a large credit card limit and a hardworking mother of two, we were able to book 14 (yes, we're this big of a vacationing family) roundtrip tickets to Singapore at 80% off! How can this be possible? Well, if you're hardworking enough to check for CebuPacificAirlines promo updates and continuously mention it to God daily, then its not impossible! Meanwhile, if you're from the Philippines, you can check their heavy trafficked  site and maybe you'll get lucky because by the time I'm done with this post, it's very possible that they''re still not done with their At-TEN-tion promo (10php fare domestic and international flights, tax and other fees excluded) Go visit them now: Just checked. It's not running  anymore. Sorry guys. But if you still want to check it out, go to their site: http://www.cebupacificair.com/

 You've got to do something with this conspicuous crowd. Yeah, we wore Boracay shirts on our last day cuz we're corny like that :D Je regrette rien!

 I will be blogging about the trip or I'll keep a journal. whichever works.

This will be my first time abroad and what the more fun I'll have because I will be with my family and friends! We're starting to save and we're hoping God will grant my mom favor in her work so we'll be able to afford Singapore and its overpricedness. Instead of gifts at Christmas, we're suggesting to take money instead. Everybody's excited and all hyped up! I'm thinking of selling some of my stuff (my violin hopefully, but we've found good use for it at church) so we can hoard more money. But I don't think we'll be able to save that huge of amount as of the moment because there's a huge wedding coming up this November that we're really investing alot (time and moneywise) on. I've also decided that I would stop acting like an immature spoiled brat and joyfully do this for my mom and dad as an act of love--yepp, labor of love. 

So this is it for me. Busy, my transcripts from Silliman U still aren't here and I'm beginning to worry I might be enrolling late this semester because of it. I'm also getting my first sem grades tomorrow. Praying I didn't fail anything but if I did, I hope my mother remembers she has three children instead of two. *GULP* Wish me good grades everyone!

Meanwhile I saw this pic with Ate Rebekah. I miss you and your squealing when we rode rock n roll and you telling me you want WOH-TAH (water)! COME BACK SOON! (even though she probably wont see this. but gah!)

Ze Busy Lady (of honor) Life

I've been fairly busy with the wedding, fasting, training, dining and practicing these past few days. The wedding's happening soon--november 11 soon--and my mother's trying to make me work between making the invites and morally supporting her during fittings. Not to mention the cake tastings and florist talks. Remind me again to decline maid of honor request in the future (ha! As if any).

Fasting. Plenty of things to fast for. Six meals, a rewarded and joyful spirit. It was worth it, got to examine myself and where I am in my relationship with the Lord. Humbling and strengthening. Yes, I felt strong in my weakness, praise God!


The training. We had missionaries from California train us with a two-minute soul-wining technique, or so they say. It was very encouraging and it reminded me how blessed I am to have been born in a country that not only accept God, but embraces Him. In most states in the US, they cant even pray for their food without being driven out by the restaurant owners.

Another training that I had was with our youth pastor when he took me and a church brotha to speak with the young people at a school about true love and waiting. I was really honored and glad for the experience, aside from it philosophically improving me, it helped with my stuttering problem.

Dining. Birthdays, so many of them this week. People I am blessed to have in my life. God bless them too for being such wonderful people!

Practicing for Friday when we launch a REBELUTION / BATTLECRY under a group that fights against bacteria immorality and illegal drugs otherwise known as the KAPATID. The group is active in Mindanao and infiltrates campuses in our area. We'll have a one hour program that consists of singing, dancing and theatrics for everyone. We'll be touring campuses until probably the start of next year.

So that's what's kept me from posting often. Okay fine. I also was addicted to playing Bible Quiz and that's what's really taken most of my time for posting.

So I'm up from my hysterically depressing state of temporal sadness. Life goes on! And why I why should I let it get the better of me? Such a tiny thing. I should definitely expand my wishlist! Or maybe it's me. Is it possible that I let it pass by because I like my own solitude? Ha, not one bit. Well, whatever that was, that's one tiny bit of immaturity I'm glad to see going away.

Grave Expectations by Sarah Chickens

Sigh. Well, that went well. I know you probably think by now that I have worse moodswings than half of the people in my country. I'm not one to deny the obvious so I'm just going go out of my way to sulk, wallow and probably hide in some hole right now. Au revoir, tous les monde!

What exactly happened? Easy answer. The inevitable. Hmm as you know a certain couple in my family is getting hitched and I'm supposed to make the invites in exchange for something in my wishlist. Correction! The ONLY item in my wishlist. I thought we'd talked about it and I convinced myself into believing that delusion. Only to have that delusion hit me right in the face, ruining my face and shattering my hopes (the face part was a figure of speech but the hope part I kid you not)

I was fancying them invites to be nothing less than unscrutinizable even to those who have meticulous eyes to detail. I kept mentioning said member of wishlist and mother avoided the topic endlessly until I, finalement, manage to get it out of her. It wasn't happening, what I wanted. In my forlorn solitude, I Patrick Haywarded on- -goodness not them- -myself.

Wells. I dont blame them. I blame myself. My heart is shattered, but its all my fault because I got my hopes up too high. I dont want that many things in life. I'm not sure about things. I talk about traveling but I'm not even sure where I'm going to go. Rarely do I give myself to certainty. If I could help it, I wouldn't have given myself over. Gah, this oddly sounds like a sappy love story. Perhaps Patrick Hayward and I are related. Perish the thought! I wouldn't have chosen what he chose in the end though. Gah I'm disappointed of how the Patrick Chronicles ended. Less dramatic than what I feel right now but since we're talking about despair at the moment...

Well I wont be bothering you guys any more than I already have tonight. Must retire for the night, bonne nuit!

BUT BEFORE I GO. I'm sharing a perfectly unrelated Patrick Hayward. When Joseph tried to cleanse Pat from his 'stack of socks that have been fermenting in a jar of formaldehyde' smelling self-->

Nevermind that we were both fully clothed, or that I was showering with my adult brother. . . this is so wrong on so many levels.

P.S
Perhaps you're wondering if I would continue making the invites. Yes since I'm 3/4 done and I love my family even in my Patrick mode. But even while he sulked, he loved his family despite the circumstances. Hmm perhaps we really arn't too different, Pat and I. So yeah. I would have a different kind of joy, hopefully it will satiate the void that its predecessor left. How dramatic.

P.P.S
Title is pun intended! (needless to say)

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Everything's fine and I've let go. Because this is really immature, to get all that worked up for a single thing. I'm not even that materialistic. Or at least I think so.

BON DIEU! RESPIRE PAS SI FORT! *dies*

Okay, Why so overdramatic? Well I just feel like posting overdramatic random stuff today, so deal with me. Hmm.. is it that time of the month? Non, non, non. It's a different time of the month! A time of the month where I ran around being so pleased and ecstatic and totally unmanageable (good thing the sane parent and sisters are gone, they would have whacked my head by now).

Oh by the way I'm going to randomly tell you about the randomly occurring thought I get whenever my grandmother visits. (she is, by the way, here at the moment). Well it was a month ago that I realize how much I connect with my grandmama. I started singing You Don't Know Me by Ray Charles and she sang along. THAT made my day! It got me screaming in glee and waltzing my beautiful grandmama around the house because I was so ran over with happiness that I couldn't contain it. Aside from that, we sang alot of Frankie S., Dean Martin and Doris. Yes, I admit it. I love crooners, TCM and everything 1930-50s. In big bold letters. Ack, fine. Saying that is kindof an understatement but I'm not forcing you to get what I feel right now. I get some kind of hormonal rush when I listen to old songs and to hear someone in my household sing it with me, I get that happy feeling in the pits of my diaphragm. K to the B. Kilig to the beeswhackin' bones!

 

Onto other random things.

I saw this video on youtube and to say that I loled is the biggest understatement of the century. As you might have read if you'd bothered to read the post below, I finished Graceling yesterday and had a sudden impulse to youtube (verb) the book trailer. And this is what I found. How delightful!

POST POST.

Why hello there wonderful people of the internet! Has it been a day? How are you and your beautiful, happy selves? Why am I typing like a shamefully optimistic madwoman in the world? Well for one, I'm happy that I'm finally a nonslave of school and that I was able to finish three books today. Well I started reading Fissure by Nicole Williams two weeks ago but because of the book diet I put myself on (not to mention stuck through), I was held from it until yesternight. I resumed from page 49 and read til a minute before midnight and continued the morning after. When I finished that, I immediately moved onto the sequel Fusion. I was appalled that the author wrote a 136 page sequel to a 236 page start.

 So I managed that quickly and read my third book for that day, Graceling. 

I had mixed emotions for that book and all about it you could read in my book review blog (if I just come around to review all three books in one day--but I'm feeling extremely lazy at the moment).

Anywho, I finished them books at around half past five in the afternoon and shamelessly  ran (literally because no one was home) to shower before going to church for our weekly intercessory meet. Well that was my day, hope yours was as interesting as mine!

Verses for Weddings

Hey ~ My mom and dad's getting married. LOL. I know that sounds absurd so I'm gonna rephrase that. My mom's going to get married to my stepdad this October. The funny thing is, everything's done in like... almost a whim. Okay, they've been engaged for more than three yrs and has been together for six but... The wedding wasn't all that expected to happen this year, this month, right here. But anyway, it's happening and my mom's given me the role of the maid of horror honor and additionally, I'm supposed to make the invites. I'm trying to get my mother to say yes to "Save the date!" instead of some other corny line like "you are cordially invited to..." No answer from her yet. So for the meantime the only progress I can make is with the verses. 

There are a bunch of matrimonial verses in the Bible but I've decided to narrow my options down to five:

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7

Love knows no limit to its endurance
no end to its trust,
Love still stands
when all else has fallen.
1 Corinthians 13:7-8

For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh. Ephesians 5:31

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11

And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. Colossians 3:14

my mother's ring. dad. mom.

Emotera Goddess' Awesome Giveaway!

I'm joining this giveaway by Emotera Goddess who's from the same city as me. And I've decided to go for the food goodie she's offered. Because food is awesome and I like to think of myself as a foodie. Oh my gosh! Did I mention how excited I am? This is the second giveaway I've joined, ever. And she's doing this because she's reached the one year mark and she's generous, like most of the people from my city. *wink, wink* and it's great to celebrate by giving stuff away ~ <3

Anywho, she's got five things to giveaway. A one year hosting and domain (that I've already got so I won't be applying for); Boyong's Special Bagoong; Cetaphil Daily Advance Ultra Hydrating Lotion; Cetaphil Gentle Cleanser (that I also use) and of course, the free eat all you can at Chino's Deli!

Interested? Well, why dont you try your luck with it too by clicking here to get to her blog! Good luck!

BOOM BAM!

Just something I made a while back :D

Boracay 2012

This isn't really recent. T'was a week into classes when I should've gone to school instead of an extended vacation. But yeah, REBELS. Hahaha! but my purpose for posting this up is... I just wanted to uhh... reminisce? I guess, for the mean time. Boracay's an awesome way to hang out (especially with this huge of a crowd). Had great family and friends bonding moments. I would post more pics but I'm lazy. Muhahaha. I thank God for providing us the time and the finances to thrive! I cant help praise the Big Guy up There for the awesome things He created! So yeah, I think its fitting if I call this an opportunity to praise God for the beautiful Earth He created instead of a vacation.

I was with my family, our pastors and their families and yeah. Was it awesome? it definitely was! It's my third time on the island but what made this trip extra special was that I was with one crazy crowd. I'm definitely challenging you to plan a trip like this if you haven't tried it. You won't regret it! (but of course, I hope it wont be at the expense of anyone missing their first week of classes. that would be a ridiculously sad downer ;D)

Meanwhile, anyone else been there? What did you like about it?