Goodbye 2012, Hello New Year!

2012 is my year of positivity. I had great experiences with good friends, learned new things, improved on a lot of my hobbies and so much more. Compared to the previous years 2008 to 2011, 2012 is a complete transformation from too much drama and negativity to positivity and peace! Well not world peace, but peace of mind.

Before the year ends, I decided to share some happy moments I had for 2012.

Things That Make Me Happy #3: Christmas Hangover!

Though I practically locked myself in my room this holiday season, I feel well rested.. well duh, how can I not feel rested when all I did was eat, sleep, play, read, and watch dramas for 4 days straight? Currently I am preparing myself for another 4 day isolation therapy for this coming New Year hahaha!

I haven't been posting anything but my Happy series lately. I've been meaning to start a new art work on Sai or some polymer clay charms but I had second thoughts since I wouldn't put it down until I finish drawing/crafting again wahahaha! Lazy daisy~!

I'll try to post some artworks in between, for now here's another random dose of positivity.

 Glitter Santa! Isn't he the cutest wine bottle topper?

Things That Make Me Happy #2: Christmas Spirit

What a busy week hmm month(?)... I was more busy doing Christmas related activities at work rather than my actual tasks now I have a buttload ton of tasks to do. It's so stressful I almost forgot about my Happy blog series. Too much negativity around me. Good thing I remembered about my little goal of making a weekly list of things that make me happy. I really need a good dose of positivity right now. I choose to be happy! ^__^

Was I this awkward?

My grandmother's special mass is over, we decided not to go to the US to visit our grandmother so that we can hold a little service for our relatives here in the Philippines. Although, to be honest... I wanted to go and see her, but I can't be selfish, I'm not the only one who loved her.

I made a short video/slideshow for her, it was quite funny when I was adding music to the presentation, I couldn't use the usual songs people use for funerals like Somewhere In Time or Hindi Kita Malilimutan or The Prayer, they were too sad! My grand mother was the happiest person I know. She always had parties... costume parties to be exact. I've heard numerous stories of her and her "conquests" about her boyfriends/crushes, yes, it's not just one. I've heard stories of her dissing her boyfriend because he wanted to marry her.. hahaha! She didn't want any responsibility of taking care of her husband. HAHAHA! I also found a recognition award she won included in her photo album for being the Most Energetic and Cheerful Participant of 2011 hahaha.  Only fun upbeat songs suit my grandmother. :) She lived her life well.

The actual certificate is with me.

In memory of Lola Piang

I just found out that my grandmother passed away, It should be a sad thing but all my memories of her are happy memories, I can't help but smile each time I think of her. Though we lived miles away from each other, I always heard about her funny adventures. She was such a pleasant person, always smiling, throwing her cute costume parties with her friends and loved ones.

I decided to have an impromptu dose of positivity dedicated to my family and my dearest lola Piang:

Positive Energy, Things That Make Me Happy

I stumbled upon a very inspiring blog (Color Me Katie) while I was on a break. I don't know how to describe how I am drawn in... she has something that I wish I had, her lifestyle, the choices she can make when it comes to decorating her room/house, the confidence she has to take random people "unknowingly" interacting with her street art. I wish I didn't care what people say, just like her.

As soon as you see Katie Sokoler's blog, ton's of fun, colors and positivity welcome you. This is why I will attempt to do a little "What Made Me Happy" series inspireby by Katie's posts. A dose of positive energy every now and then wouldn't hurt. Also, I get to be more confident in taking pictures since I would be posting more photos of things that make me happy :) I should definitely make this a new year's resolution.

Things that made me happy this week,

The mess I made during my art attacks... more like an art revolution on my table.

Hello Clay, We Meet Again - Work In Progress

A few more days before Christmas and here I am trying to cram my Christmas gift project. Last year, I used Air Dry Clay, this year I revisited my polymer clay stash. I think I think I prefer polymer clay over air dry clay, despite the extra step of baking it. Air Dry Clay is too messy for me and I have to work fast, and I feel pressured because my clay is drying... =__=

Blog Character, A Chibified Me

I'm still in search for a good chibi version of me, I haven't found my own drawing style I can recreate more than once. I need more practice... So far I've been trying to copy some pictures and making it my own as practice so I can find the particular style I'm comfortable with. I'm not sure if I'm the only one who's like this but ever since I learned how to draw, I tried to copy something and learn while I copy what I'm drawing and when I'm comfortable doing a certain look or style. I try to incorporate it in most of my drawings until I master it. >_<

My First Gel Nail Polish experience

I was finally able to try gel polish! Although I can't/won't say where I got it because I'm not 100% happy about the application. Just sharing my first time.

Looks like I have to upgrade my photo storage, I couldn't upload anymore as I have reached the 1 gb limit so I posted the picture through instagram. I hope my gel nail poslish would really last long :)

Digital Art Bucket List: Chibi me...

I have a digital art bucket list that I would like to accomplish... someday. Well, like all my hobbies, I haven't set a deadline for the bucket list. I would like to take my time in challenging myself with these mini goals. I'll put my bucket list in a different post, for now I'll share my first attempt at crossing out one of the things I've listed:

"Create a chibi representation of myself" Chibi is Japanese (slang) for "small child" or "short person" (source). Japanese caricatures.

 I present to you a drawing of myself while working (at home~).

Water Droplet photos

I totally loving the glass and rainx trick I learned... I took more water droplet shots but this time using a glass sheet, from a picture frame and a black microwavable container (lol).

Hope you like the photos, The red pictures came out nice, I used my red laptop sleeve for the back ground teehee... For the multicolored ones, I used my blanket LOL!

More practice shots

Double post for today, I think I got what I wanted today. While browsing some macro photos of beads I came across this site: Photographing Water Droplets. The first part of the explained how the photographer used a piece of glass and rain.x to get a stunning water droplet shot and I happened to have rain.x for my car~! I immediately took out my rain.x and tried it on my mirror, here are the shots I got ^__^

A beady day :)

After that stressful lunch, I lost interest in watching my K-dramas or my Anime series but I was really bored so I decided to practice my photography. I recently revived my ear piercings, thanks to my friend who gave me pearl earrings that magically rid me of my allergies. I couldn't wear any type of earring because my ears somehow became sensitive, even hypoallergenic earrings for babies would make my ears burn and itch. Can you imagine how happy I was when the pearl earrings didn't give me rashes on my ears? After several days of wearing the earrings I tried wearing some of the earrings I had since high school, and yes, I kept all my earrings even though they weren't valuable. Just like my mom who kept my first pair of earrings in her jewelry box, which was kept in a safety deposit box until the day she died ^__^

Oh no, I was emotionally side tracked hahaha, but it's such a touching thing for my mom to do, right? I'll post about it some other time ^__^

So before I get sidetracked again, here are some pictures I took, they aren't exactly what I wanted but the pictures at least made my day.

New Color Preference: Mermaid Colors

I was chatting with a friend about my recent color preferences and realized that I've been leaning towards the mermaid colors, or whatever you call it hahaha! My last color phase was pink, orange and corals... I was in denial about my love for pink during that time. =_=

Anyway, I suddenly wanted to draw something that had mermaid colors in it and well I did the obvious and drew a mermaid. =___=

It's still a work in progress but I'm absolutely happy about how it turned out.

Nendoroid Sakura Shinguji

She's here!!!! I'm so happy I pre-ordered her. I had to buy her since I loved the anime so much and I can never forget the 2nd ending song of the Anime~ Kanna is so cute!!!

It's been a while since I posted about nendoroids huh? I was supposed to sell my previous nendoroids until I saw Sakura... it's such a classic anime that I couldn't resist buying her >_<

I hope they release more Sakura Taisen Nendoroids, if there's a Nendo version of Kanna or Sumire, I would definitely buy it.. both =_=. Kanna is actually my fave character from the series but Sakura is the lead so I had to buy her *cough* *trying to justify the expense* *cough*

Nail Polish Haul After Math

After buying 7 new shades of nail polishes I ended up using an old nail polish instead. It's actually my bad habit when I buy go on a mall rage for nail polishes. I buy two or more colors and I get overwhelmed so I use an old nail polish =_= It always happens even if I am really excited about my new nail polish.

Sassy Color Nail Polish Haul

I dropped by Watson's this afternoon to check out the Revlon counter for the Just Bitten balm stains but I didn't see the shade I wanted, so I ended up at the Nail Polish Aisle =__= I was surprised to see the Sassy Colors display, Watson's only displayed less than 10 colors in really small bottles several months ago and now they had an overwhelming display of choices. Unfortunately, my mall rage kicked in and I ended up buying 7 shades, but it's a great deal! 18 pesos for amazing shades!

Trying SUPER hard to take an artsy shot (but failing miserably)

Alice... As Promised.

I did promise to post the whole picture of my version of a sedated Alice, which I submitted for a digital art contest at work, 2 posts ago. I was quite busy with work for the past few days and I wasn't able to post anything. Since the contest is done, I was finally able to sign my name on it ^_^

I won first place!

I won!

Remember my last post? I entered a photo contest in our company and won first place for the minimalist category and second place for the digital art category.

Remember my macro shot of a syringe? I also entered it in the contest~! Unfortunately my Alice in Wonderland digital art only won 2nd place... BUT

I'm still happy ^__^

What Kept Me Busy for the Past Few Days

At last I completed my biggest drawing project ever, at least for me. It took me several days to finish this >_< I'm not that good at putting backgrounds behind my drawings so I kinda struggled. I also had to redo the inking and coloring and everything else =_= huhuhuhu.

I've been thinking whether I should enter this in a certain digital art contest. Well it's not some high profile contest though but I'm worried that my art would be a dead giveaway that I made it, I think we're supposed to keep quiet about our works until someone wins. I'm still contemplating whether to enter. Well, tomorrow's the deadline for the entries so I still have a few hours to think.

Until I decide to join, I'll just post a portion of my work =_= (If I don't join tom, I'll post the full picutre).

I added a filter since I felt that the original picture was lacking something... I'm not sure what looked better.

With an antique-ish filter

Random: If Your Drawing Will Come to Life...

I just had to share. I feel quite giddy for the past few weeks, must be the otome games I've been playing. I'm so addicted to the games lately. In line with my current addiction to otome games and drawing, I was drawn to this artwork... Hihihi Imagine those bishies coming to life and taking over the world Har har har!

Source

If I can draw better... I would draw some hot bishie GWAHAHAHA!

Rant: Stuck!

I hate doing hair on my artworks.. I hate it so much!!! At the moment I have several "HAIRLESS" artworks in progress.

I know what to do... I know what I want my work to look like but for some reason it never turns out the way I want it to!!! arrrgggghh It's so frustrating!

One thing I'm absolutely proud about myself is my being a super fast learner. As long as I have the right tools, I can learn whatever I want to learn. But NOOOOOO... I've tried reading all the tutorials I could find and I have my ancient drawing tablet and SAI and I still can't manage to color hair properly! Bleaaauuurrrrrgghhh... =_=


*shakes fist*

= End of Rant =

"Thin-spiration" part two

I read something about Multiply converting to an e-commerce site instead of a blog site several days ago and I went through some of my albums and saw pictures of myself during my sister's wedding... All I can say is:

What the h*** happened?!

SAI: Work in progress

I decided to draw today, I needed to practice. I don't think I can finish this in one art attack session though... however I think I feel more comfortable using my tablet compared to when I first started.

Well here's a sneak peek of my latest artwork... I really hope I can finish it:

A Rant Against Spam

When I started my blog here at Blogger.com, I never really intended to earn money from it although honestly, it would be a plus for me if it did. I don't mind if my blog doesn't attract readers since this is a personal blog and not a niche blog.

Every thing I blog about is personal and random. I don't write any product reviews like the beauty bloggers do because I am not confident in doing reviews. I may have voiced out my opinions on some purchases I had but I wouldn't consider them as reviews, just random thoughts. I could do some reviews, but at the moment, I don't feel like I am in the right position to write reviews. So I'll just leave it to our beauty bloggers or tech bloggers.

My First Successful Digital Art

I wasn't able to finish my last digital art... I kinda stopped at her hair and I lost interest. This time I'm quite proud of myself (hihi) since I was able to finish a drawing in one session! I think I'm starting to find my style. I was a little too OC drawing my previous works so it took me a while to finish. This time I didn't care that much if my details were a bit messy.

I guess I did learn something in the watercolor workshop I went to several months ago.

It's definitely a big improvement from my last artworks, right? ^___^

Levitation Photography

I don't usually feature other blogs here but I'm totally in love with the photos by Natsumi Hayashi in her webpage yowayowacamera.com.

Quote from her webpage:

Natsumi Hayashi
Lives in Tokyo with two cats.
Photographs mainly levitating self-portraits (and cats not levitating).
yowayowa is a Japanese term meaning "weak" or "feeble."
Since I'm yowayowa, it's really heavy to carry SLR cameras around.

She takes beautiful shots. Considering the photographs are "self portraits" I'm totally amazed by her photographs. Other levitation shots are done by taking a shot of the background, a shot of the person standing on something and then Photoshop comes in. Natsumi Hayashi shares how she takes these amazing self portraits in her website: first, with a self timer and second with a friend. ^_^ Jump Jump Jump until you get a great shot!

Out of the Box

"Literally" out of the box.

Last night I was so frustrated. I couldn't find a perfect Nendoroid display case. I would've bought it from ebay if there were display cases available but they were our of stock. I remembered I was able to buy a make-shift display case in Daiso so I decided to pay Daiso near my place. I couldn't find the display cases I wanted from daiso but I was able to find super cute bottles for 88 PHP (approx. 2 USD).

Muwahahahaha~!

Miku and Ui look so lost! Waaaa so cute~! Saber is trying to escape! Hahahaha~! The nendoroids with weird/cute faces would look perfect in the bottles... unfortunately Kirino looks out of place T^T

I only have 5 nendoroids in my collection so far but I don't think I'd buy more of these bottles if I had more nendoroids. I can't stack them because of the lids and the bottom. But hey, they look so cute!!! *Kirino Face*

Random: Can't get over it~

I really can't get over this artwork from http://www.dahliart.jp, Takenaka's Illustration Portfolio

Doesn't it look like Lee Yoon Ji in Dream High? >_< I know, I know this is so last year but I remembered it again when I saw new updates in dahlia.jp (I love love love love the artwork!)

Personal: Mother's Day

Last sunday, my sister and I went to the salon to get our hair done. My sister wanted a change in her hair cut and I wanted my hair dyed black. Since my sister knew the owners of the salon we went to, she chatted with them first and made me get my hair color first.

When my sisters haircut was done... I was really surprised and speechless, she looked so much like our mom. She told me she was thinking about getting the same hair our mom had before she died. Our mom died in 1986, with super short curly hair. I think that was the fad at that time, I wouldn't really know I was only 4 at that time. BUT..  I remember my mom being the trendy mother during family gatherings ^_^ My sister's the same.

My sister told me when she was visiting my aunts in LA, she playfully wore a wig that looked like my mom's hair do, 2 of my aunts were brought to tears because my sister looked like her. My aunts are so cute :) I guess seeing  my sister looking like my mom is a Mother's day reminder for me.. hehe

Ma, if you can read this, We're okay ^_^ S, is doing a great job being a sister and a mom to me ^_^ we won't bully papsie that much. ^__^

Happy Mother's day!

New Hobby: Needle Tatting?

Yes... I picked up a new craft. It's called needle tatting. I did mention about this 2 years ago in a hobby related post. I finally got the right needles for it. I bought my needle set on ebay.

What made me pursue the new hobby?

I saw some jewelry posts from a blog I follow. I liked her purchases from that online store. I browsed through the seller and rather than being interested in the accessories being sold... I was more intrigued by how the accessories were made. I knew it was needle tatting... erm but I'm not 100% sure about it.

I think it's the same for my other hobbies. I'm more interested in how they were made instead of the accessory itself. I hardly wear any accessories. I don't wear watches, bracelets, earrings.. necklaces and so on. My ears are sensitive even to hypo-allergenic earrings T^T

Anyway, I received my needle set today and I almost immediately attempted (Immediately after work =_= geez..) the basic stitches. It takes a while to get used to. Crochet is a little more natural for me to do. The finger work for needle tatting is a lot different from crochet. The needle moves for crochet and for needle tatting, you loop the thread around the needle. It's difficult to describe... well the hand movements for needle tatting is very similar to knitting. Oh!! It's similar to casting on with one needle!

Here's failed attempt #6 and a finish product.

Dangerous Packaging and Chronic Clumsiness

I'm not sure if anyone noticed but the Packaging for the Nail Polish Remover and the Lip and Eye make up remover looks dangerously the same...

Even the pink nail polish remover looks 'similar' to the mascara remover

Last night, while I was in a food coma and getting ready to sleep. I went over my "work area" (can't call it a vanity) and reached for my Lip and Eye Make up remover which was beside my Nail Polish remover. I noticed that I almost grabbed the bottle of Nail polish remover instead of the make up remover.

Of course I wont blame it all on the packaging. I was born a clutz and my room is branded (by my own brother) as a pigsty. *Sigh* maybe it's just my clumsiness after all..

I found my foundation shade~!

For the past few weeks, I have been banning myself from going to the mall to check out the newly renovated beauty section at Shangri la. Unfortunately, I had run some errands at the mall... And yes.. I couldn't help myself.

I made a beeline for the MAC stall and checked out the Mineralize Satin Finish Foundation in NC40. It's a perfect match! I was so happy about it but I've always been drooling over Shu Uemura's Face architect so I decided to visit the Shu Uemura kiosk and I ended up buying my first ever Shu Uemura product!

Please forgive the blurry shot, I was too excited.

Lemming for lipsticks

I think my curiosity for make up products have reached a new level. I've started exploring the colorful world of lipsticks... However, when I attended a make up workshop last February, the instructor told me that I tend to be a little conservative when it comes to putting color on my face.

Unlike most girls, I'm uncomfortable being in the spotlight. I'm not saying that I don't like being the center of attention though. This is the main reason why I don't like trying new things out like wearing a skirt or a dress or even putting on lipstick. I usually go for the subtle things that make people wonder what's different about me.

Here in the Philippines erm... (maybe not the just in the Philippines... I'm not sure) or a least where ever I go...When I wear a dress, or a skirt or put on something out of the ordinary there will ALWAYS be some who would shout out something like "WOW! Saan ang party!?" *Wow! where's the party!?* or "Uy! May date!!!" *roughly translated as: You have a date!* (*coughs*).

Random Post: Bad Blogger

Happy Easter~!

I've been neglecting my blog again >_<  I've noticed that every time I'm on a shopping ban I tend to neglect my blog a bit.

Warning: This is a lengthy post... Lot's of stuff to talk about. Hauls, Workshops and financial problems.

CHEATER: 

Anyway, I decided to make my shopping habit my sacrifice for Lent. Unfortunately, I did cheat a bit but I didn't post it on my blog immediately because I was ashamed HAHAHA.. erm I mean Huhuhu...

Here's my cheat haul... Not so much.. The sales lady was in a really good mood so she gave me the freebie pillow even though my haul was below 2k.

 I bought a red orange lippy, the Be Clear Toner, the Milk talk strawberry body wash (I wanna drink this =_= smells so good), and finally the Blue nail polish remover from etude.. =_= erm... I'm too lazy to stand up and grab the items I bought to check for the exact product names... (Lazy vacation mode) Grr... Ok fine:

How Long Has It Been?

How long has it been since I played a video game? I used to consider myself a gamer before, but today, I couldn't even play a game for more than an hour without getting tired of it. Have I finally outgrown playing video games? Was it also something I let go in a previous chapter of my life?

I've been playing some games though, but not like the MMO's or the RPG's I played before. I can only play games that I can finish in less than an hour.

Honestly, It's a little frustrating. I don't want to consider gaming as the most important thing in that 'previous chapter' but I can't deny that it's what kept me 99% busy those days. Maybe 95%? I think I got tired of playing  in the middle of the chapter...

I have always considered gaming as part of my identity... Something that kept me different from most girls. It's really annoying that even before this 'previous chapter' that I've been repeating in this post... I have always been lemming for the newest RPG. Any Final Fantasy Series, any RPG with cute characters, anything with anime looking graphics or even an old game. I could play an old game over and over without eating or sleeping. Now, it's different. I feel different. Everything is changing...

Unfortunately, It is the one thing I miss the most from that previous chapter of my life. Whether I want that part of my identity back... I still haven't decided yet.

Dissecting Etude's Happy Teatime Peach Tea Cleansing Foam

I thought I was finally done with my first tube of the cleanser today but I discovered there was a whole lot of product left in the tube when I dissected it.

At the Parking Lot

I've been driving for a few weeks now, it isn't as life changing as I thought it would be. I still have a lot to learn like parking or driving at steep roads...

I think I'm reverting to my old apathetic self. Not caring about issues and losing interest in a lot of stuff/people. Or maybe this is the side effect of my 1 month shopping ban challenge? I don't feel 'empty' if that's what it seems like... It's more of being too lazy to care.

I haven't had any art related posts since my last digital artwork, which I haven't even finished. I haven't had the time to do any art related activities... I practically forced myself to do some nail art this week...

I'm currently adjusting my sleep, I've been sleeping late (any time past 12 mn) for the past three years because of video games and an unhealthy relationship. This time I'm trying to sleep before 10:30 pm. I've been sleeping well since I started. Although I feel like my time for myself is limited to Driving to work, working, driving home and sleeping. I just need to adjust.

I've been waking up early as well. I'm able to choose the easiest parking slot to park every morning because I wake up early. I still need to move to a different slot though, so that my car wont be exposed to the heat of summer.

Home

I was only gone for a week and I was only a few blocks away from home and my room feels different. Why did I feel more at home when I was staying at my sister's house? Was it because I didn't have to deal with my evil step mother or my negative aunt?

I slept better when I was at my sister's house.

I can't explain what's different with me right now. I don't feel 100% at ease in my room right now. Though I'm absolutely sleepy, I can't sleep. I could nap 2 to 3 times a day at my sister's house and still fall asleep at night. Last night I only got 4 hours of sleep, I'm exhausted but I really can't sleep.

Maybe I should consider moving out, soon? I wonder if I could afford it right now? Maybe not...

Skin Food's Carrot Nail Balm plus 1 month shopping ban

I bought the Carrot Balm from Skin Food a few months ago because of a REALLY bad nail art job I got from a random salon. A few days after I got my nails done, my cuticles peeled like crazy. All my fingers had super dry cuticles that were peeling that no lotion or hand cream could do the trick. I even tried putting sunflower oil on my cuticles every now and then... to no avail...

I didn't take good photo's again :(

I took a chance at the Skin Food shop near my office and got my self the Carrot Nail Balm. I was amazed when I tried it on my cuticles. It worked on my dry cuticles. I used it around 2-3 days and the peeling stopped.

Personal - Can't sleep

So I decided to post a random entry.. (long post)

2012 has been eventful so far, happy but confusing at the same time. I've been going through some life events for the past few months, mostly happy moments.

Driving:

My dad has been teaching me how to drive, and 2 weeks ago I started driving alone to work. I go to the office 3 times a week and work from home for 2 days... I have been driving alone for around 8 days now. 6 days driving to work,1 day going to the grocery and the other driving to Makati for my haircut...

For the 8 days of driving alone, I think I've been able to experience a lot of normal driving situations like driving  in heavy traffic in the highway, driving at night... driving in the rain during heavy traffic, driving in the rain during heavy traffic at night... I hate night driving. I hate the rain. I like traffic because I don't have to drive fast but I hate going home late...

I also had my first passenger (other than my dad) last Friday... I was so stressed about it, but my passenger was talkative enough that I forgot about being stressed and having hyper acidity that night.

What the $#% was I thinking!!!!?

I made a mistake and chose a hairstyle that wasn't suited for my face! ARGH!!

Evidence of the tragedy of my wrong choices! (Of course I tried to smile to lessen the horridness of my bad decision) *SOBS*

Artsy Fartsy Update: Lips

I'm almost done!!!

I think I REALLY improved drawing lips, I'm so excited about finishing this project of mine.. I still need to master drawing  the eyes and the hair and the correct facial proportions... I think I drew the nose a little too long this time...

I wanted her to look a little doll like.. but I can't seem to execute what I wanted... I still need a little more practice in drawing.

Work in Progress: Practicing Digital Art

I've been posting too much make up related entries lately so I wanted to do something artsy fartsy today. ^_^

I started another Digital Art drawing using SAI.

I posted this picture on my FB, hoping to find some one who could give me some tips... unfortunately it's not much of a hot topic like my finding-a-1k-bill-in-an-old-wallet-status. Oh yeah, I found a crispy 1k bill in an old wallet (made my day).

New Hobby(?) Resin Charms and a Mini Rant

I've been thinking about playing around with resin for a long time, probably as long as I have been making polymer clay charms or since I stumbled upon Snowfern's website.

Should I pick up another hobby? Every time I see some resin jewelry tutorials I spend 2-3 hours drooling over the things I can make with resin like:

• miniature cups
• realistic miniature fruit jams, sauces, soups...
• miniature plates
• my own rhinestones <-- this makes me the most excited... all I need is the shiny back
• Some charms
• my own beads

I already have the molds for it or I can already create my own silicone molds... All I need is the resin. I wish it was locally available.

Majolica Majorca's Puff de Cheek~

I actually bought these two last year, but I haven't been putting on the blush regularly since I still suck at putting on blush. When the MMJ attendant put the blush on my cheeks my friend and I were surprised on how pretty it looked on me.. but when I do it on myself.. meh... huhuhu

Puff de Cheek in Apricot Macaron

Super Cute earrings @?!

I bought some earrings during my lunch break at Terranova 2 weeks ago. They were on sale~! I really didn't want to buy anything but 4 pairs of super cute earrings at 145 Php, why not! It was such a deal...

I got all these for 290 Php~! 8 pairs!!!

I'm so happy about my !, @, and ? earrings... I want to wear all but I have super sensitive ears so I have to train my ears for a while..

Crazy about K-Fashion

Recently, I've been lurking about online Korean fashion shops for clothes and some shoes. I normally dress as simple/basic as possible, since I hate dislike being the center of attention. I get uneasy when I know people are watching me.

There's something really different about K-Fashion. their clothes are easier to relate to than Japanese fashion (at least for me). It's really interesting how the Japanese and the Koreans put so much thought in what they wear... No matter how much layers or how loose their clothes are, they still look sexy in the outfits. I wish I can be like that...

Anyway, My sister and I went to Greenhills to shop for cheap clothes (and to check out the Apple Peel for my iTouch). I wasn't able to buy my gadget, however I was able to buy a few items that you wouldn't normally see in my closet.

Package Received: Lycee Eyedrops and Dolly Wink Eyeliner

Last week, when I cried out of frustration, like literally cried because I have an @#$@$ of a team lead who has a reading comprehension deficiency and practically FORCED me to follow his orders, just because he's the 'TEAM LEAD". I noticed that my gel liner was not tear/emo proof...

As much as I love my gel liner, for making it easy to apply my newly acquired skill of putting on eyeliner and tight lining... I had to look for an alternative. I heard that the Dolly Wink Eyeliner is the "Holy Grail" eyeliner for some of the bloggers I follow so I looked around and bought myself the black pencil eyeliner and the Rohto Lycee Eye drops for Contacts from Geisha's Secret.

The delivery was quick. I got my package 48 hours after I paid. I paid on a Sunday and got my package Tuesday morning. The seller was a no nonsense type of seller as well.

Forgotten Etude Haul

I bought these last year. I was almost running out of my Happy Teatime cleanser (which I love to death) so I went over to etude to buy another tube. The peach one wasn't available so I bought the Lemon Tea cleanser. I also bought some of the products on my wish list like the Magic Bubble Peeling Mousse, the goodbye pore ever primer and the nail polish remover.

The wonder pore toner is a freebie~

I'm really disappointed about the Magic Bubble Peeling Mousse. I saw something similar at watsons for 1,500 Php (35 USD), and I thought I'd get the Etude version instead because it was cheaper. Supposedly, the product is for exfoliating, you put a certain amount on your skin, rub your skin a bit and you'll rub off bits of your dead skin... When I dispense some product, there's always some residue left on the nozzle... when you leave the bottle for a while, the left over mousse evaporates upward and gets stuck on the cap. When I tried to clean the bottle cap, the same bits, that was supposed to be the dead skin, came off the plastic bottle  cap.. :( (I think I should put a separate entry for this?).

Self Esteem

Just a random entry...

I can relate to this picture >_<

I think I'm doing it wrong. I don't want to be a girl who can go out of the house without make up on. I'm starting to feel like that.

EDIT: I don't want to be a girl who CAN'T go out of the house without make up on. >_< Waa.

Does it mean my self esteem is lower? Is my confidence dependent on make up?

This needs to change...

Photography: Sunsets

I think I'm getting better at taking sunset photos using my Satio (Camera Phone)... I wish I could bring my DSLR all the time to capture the great view out my office.

Everyday there's a great picture out our office windows... If it weren't too much of an effort to bring my camera everyday, I would.

Anyway here are some pictures I took while walking around with my officemate Lieo.

Super Duper Late post!

=_= Even though I'm 11 days late... Happy New Year! Hihihi! I've a big backlog of posts, I'm a bit lazy to organize all my photos but I'll edit them.. eventually.. Muwahahaha

Since I'm lazy... I'll settle for some of my instagram photos of something personal, My room.. ^__^

This is my favorite spot in my room (aside from my bed):