V : Anything You Want To Post About

A quick recap on what has happened since the last time I posted something (4 days ago).

January 21 [Friday] - Spent the first half of my day at the hospital (where I saw a lot of yummy Dr. McDreamy's and sexy residents -- okay that's embarrassing ... I needed to be there because my godmother was confined for Laparoscopy & I had to take care of her), the next quarter doing work, and for the remaining hours, I met with Rainier, Chel & Mary Grace for a night of Chinese food & booze.

January 22 & 23 [weekend] - I worked for the most part but was pretty much just situated at home, shopping online (even though I know I'm as broke as that gay Heath Ledger movie). I also finished half of my The Simple Life 4 : 'Til Death Do Us Part DVD and I lived off my new favorite cereal, Kellogg's Smorz!

January 24 [today] - OH OH OH!!! Remember the Jillian Michaels exercise routine I've started doing last Monday? I stepped on the scale today and found out that I LOST FOUR POUNDS ZOMG!!! O___O  I wasn't expecting that at all... What's weird is that I actually haven't changed my eating ways (it's still as carbohydrate-y as ever!), but I'm still right on track on my soda ban - it's been almost a month since I said goodbye to my carbonated friends. I physically don't look any different, still, but obviously that'll happen gradually. I'm just so excited because at least it's something/a start! I just want to go back to how my body looked like before I moved here because Lord knows I've gained a looot (America, why must you be so creme-filled?).

IV : Favorite Store To Buy From

I guess it's the same feeling as being into illegal substances. While Snoop Dogg has his weed, I have my crack - Sephora is my crack. <3

I discovered this wonderfully enchanted place years ago & I have been hooked ever since. I am like a little girl when I walk in its doors ... all of the pretty colors, enchanting smells, a vanity mirror every ten steps! It mesmerizes me!!!

herp a link that you can ignore / fat burners that work here / trying to make a living derp

They have the bestest deals too! The last time I bought from their site, I was sent this (pictured) massive kit filled with awesome freebies-- they also gift their " Beauty Insiders' " birthday presents! Two years ago I got 3 great lipglosses; last year I had an eyeshadow, a liner & mascara; and this year they'll be giving away Philosophy's Shampoo, Shower Gel & Bubble Bath in Vanilla Cupcake *my favorite scent : they so get me* !

III : Something You're Addicted To

HA! Thought I'd say makeup, ey?!

I love handbags! I collect them, carry them, baby them ... they are just my favorite accessory! My "addiction" actually started pretty late. I believe I was in my senior year of high school when I became obsessed. It even came to the point where I bought one every week! My 12th grade classmates even teased me about it 'cause they noticed how I would constantly switch bags so often... how cray-cray. Before I left to study here (US), I had accumulated a whole closet's worth - which I sadly had to give away because no matter how much I wanted, bringing them all to New York was impossible.

How it stared? When my Mom (aka The Instigator!) migrated here, she would send me monthly care packages that for some reason always had one, sometimes even two, purses (with a couple of acne face wash herp derp, I was a very greasy teen, herp derp); that was how my pile grew.

The one pictured? Is from The Sak & my favorite at the moment. I love how it practically goes with every outfit and I love how it could possibly be a dupe for the Balenciaga *drools* Giant City.

II : Bullet Your Whole Day

• Woke up at 9
• Checked Twitter, Tumblr & Facebook through the iTouch
• Had breakfast (1 banana & 1 hard-boiled egg) while watching the news
• Oh who am I kidding; I really watched last night's Pretty Little Liars over On Demand (half-mindfully though 'cause I was getting ready to go to the "gym" - which is really just a glorified word for "an empty space in front of our TV") 
• Met with the devil's incarnate, Jillian Michaels (30 Day Shred DVD)
• By 11ish I proceeded to SMH *Shower Hair Makeup*
• At Bank of America to deposit a check / withdraw munniez (for movies, lunch dates and hangouts later this week)
• At Singas Famous Pizza to get lunch (chicken Ceasar salad & tuna melt) & dinner for Mummeh and me (10" plain pizza)
• Going home, I almost tripped from the slushy snow because my stupid thigh muscles were so sore (I should have just went with the herbal phentermine route jkjkjk)
• Checked Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook & favorite blogs through the laptop

And here I am now, blogging at 4:45 in the afternoon. It sucks that today's 'theme' was to talk about how my day went because my today was pretty much an uneventful one. If it was bumped to tomorrow, I could've talked to you about how I saw The Green Hornet. On Thursday I could've shared my lunch & shopping date. Or if it was set during the weekends, I would've blogged about hanging out with friends & meeting high school batchmates that are in the city for vacay.

Whatever. Anyway, to make this entry a bit more interesting, here's a picture I dug from my hard drive. It doesn't have any significance (AT ALL!) with the stuff I just talked about, but like I said, I'm just inserting a random image for your viewing pleasure.

Smiles from the Cabarles, Arraiza, Opelanio & Buenaseda girls!

I : Your Photo + Five Facts

1. I am starting two challenges today - one online (this meme) and one IRL (Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred routine which promises that I could "lose up to 20 pounds in a month"). Wish me luck <3

2. It's actually a holiday where I am right now (Martin Luther King Jr Day).

3. For someone who chronically sleeps for half a day, I'm surprisingly giddy even though I only got four hours worth. There might be some truth to that Elle Woods ~~*exercise releases endorphins, endorphins make you happy*~~ phrase afterall!

4. It's only 3ish PM, but somehow I feel like I've done a lot already /laundry/ /workout/ /gave myself a mani-pedi/ /Cityville bruhaha/ /bleached my brows/ /marinated the chicken for dinner/ /bought an exam table loljk/

5. Remember that girly group from the 90's (geez, I'm so old!), Solid Harmonie? Yeah, I've been obsessively singing their songs in the shower for weeks now.

It's OK.

... to wear the same pair of pajamas four days in a row (it's freezing here & not a single drop of sweat has erupted from my pores down there, okay!)

... to finish a pint of Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough while having a "The Simple Life : Interns" marathon

Before I end this pointless entry (I need to read up on people that have managed web hosting loljk), let me post some pictures to make this less boring (?)

EWW!

CUTIEPIEEE!

<3 <3 <3

Wish I was this creative!

Side Glances Made of Win.

He's my Cherry Pie / Cool Drink of Water Such a Sweet Surprise / Tastes So Good, Make a Grown Woman Cry

I know many of you have seen this already, but this image just needs to be on my blog (moreover, on an lcd dlp projector lulz)! May I just point out the obvious? Adam Levine is one hot piece of ass. I think he did this to raise awareness for testicular cancer ... or was it pancreatic cancer? Oh wait, maybe liver disease?!? Gosh, I don't really remember - because I was too busy being distracted by the fact that he is unbelievably hot ... oh and did I mention, naked. 

The weirdest body clock...

I can haz it!

My whole schedule has been off today. Since I didn't have work (extended vacay time), my usual sleepytime of 1:30 am was replaced by 3:00 from doing gosh knows what online. If I woke up 8 hours later (because for some reason my body still thinks it's a child), I would have been fine ... but since my Mom's home (she also got an extra day out from work), I needed to wake up at the time normal people did or else suffer the wrath of her mouth.

So I got up at 7, fixed breakfast around 8 - I made (the best lulz) seafood vermicelli, and had my first meal by 9. After clearing the table & doing a little bit of picking up along the way, I plopped my tushie in my personal vortex, my computer chair, and surfed & surfed & surfed. I ran out of sites to visit by 12 so I decided to watch the newest John Lloyd movie : My Amnesia Girl (blah, but baby Lloydie was adorbsicles as always!).

Since we're both free today, I asked my Mom if she wanted to go to the city so that I could finally buy her my Christmas present for her. She has been wanting those long-chained pearl necklaces since forever! My first choice was to drop by Tiffany's (my first time to go inside the store, zomg; I felt so Hepburny) but after seeing their heart-breaking collection ($500 for cultured freshwater pearls were simply unjustifiable!), we just went with the second option : which was to get one from a much smaller jewelry chain (widely known for having the nicest customer service representative workers, jkjkjk) along Madison Ave.

Long story short, my Mom is now the proud owner of a 30-inch South Sea pearl necklace with gold lobster clasps, hee. It's sooo pretty! *I'm such a good daughter*

Oh, oh, oh! I forgot to mention about tagging my godmother along with us. Yeah. We promised her a birthday treat at her restaurant of choice and she picked The Oyster Bar. It was a very early dinner - I had the yummiest New England clam chowder with calamari & fries - so were back home by 7. After only having 4 hours of rest, and because my tummy was overloaded with scrumptiousness, I just had to doZZZe.

I woke up three hours later ... and here I am, boring you with my mindless, pictureless (promise to post some when I find my camera cable) chatter... ...

When the weather outside is frightful.

Exactly one week ago, New York was engulfed by a blizzard so strong it could give Dairy Queen a run for its money. Lame-o joke, meh. But seriously, we did get hit horribly by what we could now refer to as "The Great Snowstorm of 2010".

Positively speaking, it was a perfect, magical one - the season's first heavy snowfall; arriving the day after Christmas. But my woefully unprepared city was like a deer caught in headlights... everything that could go wrong did go wrong, and so for the next 2 or so days, we were figuratively crippled (like Acid cigars submerged in water).

Here's a little pictionary timeline I cooked up for you.

A peek at how Manhattan & Queens looked like after the 15-inch Snowmageddon.

My not so silent cries of despair on Twitter.

 

When in doubt, take yucky webcam photos.

And if all else fails, succumb to time-wasting Facebook apps.

The one that got rid of them all.

Boys, avert your eyeballs. This (review of some sort) isn't for the faint of heart; much like the price tags on Christian Louboutin shoes.

Emjoi's Soft Caress Epilator in Purple/Pink.

Several months back, I decided to try this nifty contraption that allows *gasp* unwanted hair NOT to grow for days and days *gasp*. The whole eradicating process was surprisingly pain/hassle free (and that's saying a lot since I have very sensitive skin).

What I did/do to make the procedure as easy as possible was/is to exfoliate the parts I (would) want to treat while showering - this preps and conditions the skin by eradicating extra oils, dirt and dead cells from the crevices of your skin. I would also put a bit of baby powder on the would be treated parts, a step which obviously comes after patting yourself dry.

Now for the actual procedure. Try pulling back your skin to keep it smooth and taut... and epilate away. That's really all there is to it! It takes me less than fifteen minutes to de-fuzz everything. And I mean, everything.

Hairs will start to creep back up after a week or so but they'll be noticeably finer and sparser. Clean up is simple too! The kit comes with a brush for dusting remnants away, but I would recommend double sanitizing by wiping of alcohol as there can sometimes be specks of blood stuck to it.

Day 001 of 365 : also known as < /2010 >.

I just learned that I'm going to be working tomorrow so I did the only task I promised to accomplish before the weekend ends : wash my filthy makeup brushes (a habit I hope to fully embrace this new year; I'm sooo bad at keeping my tools clean - I use them everyday but only sanitize them once every two weeks, disgUGHsting!).

I have around 60 minutes to spare while waiting for my crops to harvest... from Cityville (I'm suffering from too much addiction for that game. As my friend, Camille, would say "It's not healthy anymore!"). So I thought, ooh, why not blog... about nothing.

Earlier today I had the hugest desire to watch dumb shows. First one that came to mind was, of course, the granddaddy of them all-- Hilton <3 & Richie-Madden's The Simple Life.

After scouring my favorite streaming sites for hours, no dice. I'm quite sure that they're readily and easily available to download from one of those torrent hooha's but because I'm boyfriendless, I don't have access to that kind of ~technological~ advancement AKA InternetAndLovelife 1 / Nadine 0.

So I then opted to check the TV Guide. Voila, a Jersey Shore marathon care of MTV. I succeeded to make it past 3 episodes before my brain cells suffered from apnea. Seriously, I think I might need to make an appointment with Blue Cross now. I'm completely up for stupidity of all sorts but man, does that show borderline retardation or what!?! First of all, why for tanning's sake do these guys have to rely on a quacking landline? It's 2011, cellphones have been a society staple more than a decade ago; what gives?

And don't even get me started on the whole GTL mantra. Gym Tan Laundry? NO. More like. Ge Ta Life. Or. Guidos r Total Losers. Or better yet. Gym Then Laslas.

I get a shot right through into a bolt of blue.

How many romantic movies have you watched? What about those that made you wish you were the one living in that story? I think, ideally, most of us aspire, have been inspired and would want to use romantic plots to lead thee perfect life. But when we've watched and memorized too many cheesy lines, we automatically expect our partners to be super sweet and head over heels in love with us. We wait for the singing under the pouring rain, kissing beneath a mistletoe or a Murray Feiss lighting, running after us in a big party, shopping for us in a store we can never ever enter had it not been for them, allowing us to "be in two places at once!", naming a star after us and the most romantic thing : dying together, at old age, in love.

What makes a lasting relationship then? In my opinion, it's not doing everything together or bonding every chance you get -- nobody likes someone who cannot be happy on their own. It isn't about the lust or the erotic-filled romance, either. If there is anything I've learned from observing the many relationships I've seen through my life, it's the decision to remain committed ... to renew your love everyday. More than anything, and I know this sounds so cliche, I believe friendship is crucial. Because when the physical beauty has faded and the sensual drive is already down, there will be nothing left but utmost love that will eventually turn into friendship. Companionship. Selfless, unconditional love.