K-Pop Thrill

My little sister & i decided to watch the 2011 MNet Asian Music Awards or MAMA for short on TV last night & we ended up almost trying to explore the world of Korean Pop or K-Pop for short. Dancing to the tunes of the hottest K-Pop acts like Girls Generation who sang the Korean & English versions of their new hit single, The Boys while Super Junior sang their hearts out to their hit singles like Superman, Mr. Simple & Sorry Sorry. Come to think of it, Girls Generation is already a far cry from the first time their fans saw them while Super Junior remained down to Earth, even Cho Kyuhyun aka Marcus Cho speaks fluent Chinese since he's also a part of Super Junior-M, a Super Junior subgroup that has Henry Lau Xian Hua & Zhou Mi which sings songs not just in Korean, but also in Chinese! But the shocker is when Super Junior bagged the Album Of The Year, Park Jungsoo aka Leeteuk or Dennis Park announced that this might be his last appearance in an awards show with SJ, just because he will be enlisted in the Korean Army soon. But never mind, his fellow SJ pals will finish his unfinished business anyway. (That's weird, my little sister doesn't know the English names of all of the 13 original SJ members!)

For inspiration, just to have Sunny Lee's new blonde bob that she donned when Girls Generation released their new album of The Boys with the tittle track in Korean & English, before releasing an all-English album, my little sister told me to lose some bulge, in other words, get started to be active! I guess my little sister told me a bunch of times about that, like she could tell me to watch the 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. My little sister is just getting started to explore the world of K-Pop, i remember the time that Super Junior's Bonamana was played on the TV, my little sister & i would sing & dance to that song. I even remember last June, i even memorized the English names of the 13 original Super Junior members & it took me a week to memorize that! But somehow, it paid off since i already know their English names aside from their Korean names which is already known by the group's ELF's all over the world. Somehow, i'm even looking forward to tell my dad to buy me a 2GB Micro SD Card with adapter because i'd love to download to more K-Pop tracks! Anyway, this makes me go begging my little sister to eat Korean food at Kimchi, this time along with my mom. Us 3 girls on a Korean food thrill!

December's Bliss

December is already here, great, it will be a few days to go before Christmas & it looks like the Christmas spirit is already here. It was no surprise that Penshoppe finally released their ads featuring their newest endorser, Mario Maurer, right in time for Christmas, but maybe i was just after the silver & black-colored baseball jacket Mario wore last October for his Penshoppe Fan Con, being 1 of the newest endorsers of Penshoppe & being the 3rd international endorser of Penshoppe next to Mandy Moore who become Penshoppe's first international endorser in 2003 followed by Ed Westwick of Gossip Girl last September. (Well, i guess i want to try Ed's signature scent from Penshoppe, hope it's girl-friendly!) But the truth is, Ed & Mario are Penshoppe's first male international endorsers. We all know Ed as Chuck from Gossip Girl, right? The bad boy from NYC's Upper East Side that could always want Blair. While Mario was known for his role as Shone in A Crazy Little Thing Called Love, the hit movie that launched Mario's career not just in Thailand, but in the rest of Asia. But when Ed & Mario ended up as Penshoppe's top international endorsers, everyone just got started to go shopping at Penshoppe.

Great, i even remember the times that when i was a kid, i could always drop by at Penshoppe along with my mom, shopping for accessories & colognes. Mandy, Ed & Mario weren't their endorsers during that time because i was just a grade school kid back in the 90's when my mom & i got started to go shopping at Penshoppe. I even remember the glow-in-the-dark ring that i wore when i was in 3rd grade, i even remember the perfume spray that it's been a staple in my life as a 3rd Grader. But now, i guess i could find new staples before i had my High School life re-booted before entering college. Let's see, some new colognes that includes Ed Westwick's signature scent? Mario Maurer's silver & black-colored baseball jacket? Penshoppe Face It Make Up? Oh great, now i need to tell my mom that i want to go shopping at Penshoppe, maybe if it wasn't for their 2 new endorsers. But anyway, shopping at Penshoppe could bring back the crazy memories of Grade School, especially the times of 3rd Grade where that glow-in-the-dark ring was the start for me to tell my mom to go shopping at Penshoppe.

Winter Berries!

Ok, my mom just told me earlier that she agreed with me that i want to try the new KFC Krushers in Winter Berries (Strawberries & Blueberries), just in time for the Christmas season! Just because earlier, my little sister, my mom & i went to the mall, we had lunch at Jollibee & i had a yummy lunch composed of Grilled Pork Tenders & Blue Bubblegum University Float. (Upon my first sip of the Blue Bubblegum University Float, i could hear the loud crowd of the Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion & the Ateneo crowd during the UAAP games) After lunch, us 3 girls got started to go shopping, shopping for what we need & window-shopping for some accessories like necklaces, bracelets, earrings & watches. I found a gold-colored quilted shoulder bag, my mom said it was old-fashioned & my little sister said that she thought i was a fashionista. But i guess i found the perfect quilted bag i'm raving to have aside from the white-colored Parisian satchel bag with shoulder straps that i found last June 20, 2011 & it has my mom's approval since that was the perfect satchel bag i found for me, good thing my mom approved it!

At Goldilocks, i guess i found the perfect snack cravings, like chocolate chip cookies, assorted cake slices & the yummy muffins in either banana or blueberry. I really love to munch on a Goldilocks Blueberry Muffin, very delicious! I guess i really need some sweet cravings, like i stumble upon on the new Goldilocks Golden Tiger Roll, maybe i should tell my mom to buy that & we will give it a try!) I just already completed all 2011 issues of Candy Magazine, like i finally did it! It's just because i just bought the December 2011 issue of Candy Magazine even before it's release for the month of December! This is the first time i completed all issues of Candy Magazine like it's been since the year 2000 since i got started to read an issue of Candy Magazine. But it's been the greatest achievement of my life is to complete all issues of Candy Magazine for the year 2011. Now, the main focus is to buy the other magazines i want to buy, especially on the back issues of the magazines i'm raving to have. But anyway, this day was really insane, good thing myself, my mom & my little sister surely had fun after all. A girls' day out at the mall was fun!

June 20's Raining Sparkle

A bunch of times, i could always remember the rainy day of June 20, 2011. I could remember that day after the Kimchi smell of last Thursday, where i bought for myself an April 2011 issue of Sparkling K-Pop Magazine. Now, my favorite auntie will buy the October 2011 issue of Sparkling K-Pop Magazine & Popped Too which is the sequel to Popped. I just pulled out the Myx Mag K-Pop Special Edition issue which i bought last year on the same date of June 20 (that was during the 2nd day of Toycon 2010 where my favorite Auntie & i attended the 2nd Anime convention that was held at SM Megamall 2 months after Ozine Fest 2010) to get some references on the world of K-Pop. The weird part, i found my pink-colored Sony CD Walkman & it needs some repair & i need to buy a new pair of earphones or headphones. (Then i need to give my CD carry-all a well-reserved makeover) But somehow, the memories of June 20 remains that even it was a rainy day, a family gimik out was exciting after all on that day, even if the weather was quite unthinkable, because the clouds were gray & white & there were raindrops.

But every time i flipped the pages of Sparkling K-Pop Magazine April 2011 issue, the memories of June 20, 2011 still remains, like adding some K-Pop thrill on that day. (It's just because during that time, Marry Me, Mary was aired for the first time & A Crazy Little Thing Called Love was re-aired since it was a holiday then) That day was surely unforgettable after all, even if i bought the Sparkling April 2011 issue last week even it took me months to buy that even i discovered that issue around summer 2011. But it looks like i need to wait for my favorite Auntie to buy the Sparkling October 2011 Issue & Popped Too. (While my favorite auntie & i are looking forward for the next Anime Convention to be held at SM Megamall before this year ends!) But i guess the good memories of June 20 is like all of us in the family could have fun out even if the weather is quite unthinkable due to the gray & white rain clouds. I guess the memories of June 20, 2011 remains every time i flipped the pages of the April 2011 issue of Sparkling K-Pop Magazine. Can't wait to have the Sparkling October 2011 issue & Popped Too! 

Rain That Sparkles

I could always remember the rainy day of June 20, 2011, after what happened 5 days ago, last Thursday to be exact, after i bought the April 2011 Double-Cover issue of Sparkling K-Pop Magazine that i've been raving for since summer 2011, i could always remember the day where the magic of shopping began. Maybe it's not just about those iBox colored plastic storage containers that mom kept telling me to be organized or that long, vintage camera necklace mom promised that she will buy that for me, or even the makeup i was raving to have from Maybelline NY. Gosh, i kept remembering that day even it was just a simple family afternoon out at the mall, even the rain started to occur, but what happened last November 17? That's where the sun & the rain collide in the mid-afternoon. Wait up, about the rain of June 20? It's not just about flipping pages of Sparkling K-Pop Magazines past & present issues related to the world of Korean dramas, but after i bought the April 2011 issue, i can't wait to buy the October 2011 issue & hopefully, the past issues even it all began in 2009!

Flipping pages of Sparkling K-Pop Magazine could be great of like re-editing the June 20, 2011 moment without changing the weather since it was a rainy day back then. So, it looks like i need to buy some issues of Sparkling, but first, got to buy the October 2011 double-cover issue. Some issues of Sparkling are double-covered issues, with the coolest K-Pop sensations on both covers, suddenly, i even thought about buying Popped Too, the sequel to Popped which is still related to the world of K-Pop. But somehow, i guess P175 for a copy of Popped Too isn't just enough, maybe along with some copies of Sparkling K-Pop Magazine, life is not just like i could add a K-Pop twist to the events of June 20, 2011 even if i found out for myself that my new K-Drama Guilty Pleasure is Helena's Promise, also known as Scent Of A Woman which is about a woman's fight for life & achieving goals. Even if Helena has a life-threatening disease & she has 6 months to live, she never forgets to do everything to enjoy her life before her life draws to an end. Now, i would love to watch that series, if i was Helena, i would love to live my life, learn lessons from my mistakes, move on with my life & be in the good hands of my family & good friends before i die.

Anyway, i wish i could wear an Adidas-La Salle 2010 Team Hoodie in Green during June 20, 2011 since i found out about my cousin being bound at DLSU for college, but it's ok. The raindrops finally had some sparkle after all.

Kimchi

It all started last night when my little sister bought some take-out Kimchi from Kimchi, a food stall at Landmark after dinner, i guess she got addicted to the famous Korean side dish after she tried it. But my mom & i had a Korean dinner from Kimchi like we had some Beef & Pork BBQ, Soup, Rice, Bean Sprouts & Kimchi by the side, Pepsi was the drink of the moment since my little brother bought that for me & my mom. But the real fun begins when my little sister decided to buy some take-out Kimchi for herself. My little brother & were flabbergasted by the time my little sister bought some take-out Kimchi. But when us 3 siblings are at National Bookstore to buy some notebooks & magazines, that's where it all began. The smell of Kimchi was even brought to NBS while my little sister was checking out what notebook she would buy for herself, but since i haven't found those 2 magazines i would love to buy, i afford instead to buy the April 2011 Double-Cover issue of Sparkling K-Pop Magazine that i was even raving to have since the start of summer 2011. At least even if Sparkling K-Pop Magazine is sold at P150, i would love to buy that & read everything about the world of K-Pop, now, all i need to do is to save up some moolah to buy the October 2011 Double-Cover issue & the sequel to Popped, Popped Too.

After shopping at NBS, us 3 siblings have some cheap yet sweet dessert cravings at a McDonald's booth that sells it's famous desserts like their Sundae Fudge & Sundae Cones, i afford a Strawberry Sundae Cone for myself since it's worth P15. Yup, that was my new cheap dessert thrill after all! But when the 3 of us siblings met up with our parents at Mercury Drug, i was even craving for more desserts like Kit Kat White Chocolate & Chupa Chups Strawberries & Cream. Yes yes, guilty pleasure for sweet cravings even if the smell of Kimchi was strong & my little brother is making jokes out it for my little sister. My little sister was even craving for a Chupa Chups Lollipop, her flavor of choice? Let she decide! My little sister even told my mom last night that i should rather have some plaid tops in my wardrobe! Whoa, talk about a good suggestion to add up in my wardrobe! I know last night for us 3 siblings was crazy after all. But somehow, i was raving to have the Unica Hija Size-L Striped Cardigan in blue/light blue or black/gray, i found some total must-buys during that crazy night for us 3 siblings, maybe it all started on the strong smell of Kimchi.

Book Tales

This lands me back when i was in Freshman Year HS, during the 2nd semester, a classmate of mine which i called Katie talk about a book that she loved to read over & over again during English Class before i become a student of COLF, the book was titled, 'Charlotte's Web'. She talked about the story of the book inside the classroom, with some of us in the class, during recess, but i even found out for myself that she was the first kid in our class who finished reading 'Bridge To Terabithia'. (The shocking part, i haven't finished the book, really!) Katie was the first student of our class who finished Bridge To Terabithia, i guess she got hooked with the book after all, but whenever she talks about the books she reads in the past with my classmates before i joined in to their class, she could always talk about Charlotte's Web, so i become curious about the book if the book Katie talk about during recess is a worth reading, but it was not until last month when i found the book, but all i need to do then is to buy that for myself & read it from the start until the end, maybe whatever Katie said about the book was right after all.

Speaking of books, i was even also thinking about completing the books under the Folger's Shakespeare Library after i bought the book, 'Macbeth' which is a part of the book series which is all about the works of William Shakespeare. So, maybe i should try to buy the other books in that series after all. Should i even have the chance to buy the books that the regular High School kids in COLF read from Freshman Year to Senior Year HS would be a bright idea, but i have The Little Prince which the Freshman Year HS kids read. So, maybe this is the right time to buy 2 iBox plastic storage containers to keep the books i read during the English time with my classmates at COLF & the books the regular High School kids at COLF read. (Then, i'll also buy the books which are somewhat worth it to read like the Popped series, books from Paulo Coehlo & of course, The Twilight Saga in paperback covers), somehow, i always have the bookmarks ready, ready for some reading thrill. But it looks like i will have a library full of the books i read from the past to the present, there's a little library for me after all.

Ryuki's Mirrors Are Everywhere

Even on the first time i watched KR Ryuki on TV back then, some of my classmates at COLF & i got instantly hooked on that series during the time when i was in Freshman Year HS, at the start of the 2nd semester, i was called Ren in class since even if he's my crush in that series due to his bad boy looks with an interesting personality, my classmate who i called her Shuichi calls me Ren often. During recess, our teacher assistant even talked about KR Black since that was his favorite KR series then, while we talk about KR Ryuki, nah, it's just a KR-related conversation in class while recess anyway. But the crazy part, is whenever we see a mirror at the school's premises. That was the gateway to a different world known as Mirror World. I could even goof around to Shuichi when we are the Ladies CR, that's what i get from knowing the story of KR Ryuki after all. But in Sophomore Year HS, KR Ryuki was re-aired, i got the chance to watch the 3 episodes i missed out due to my Freshman Year HS schedule back in 2004. Coincidentally, it was aired in November, November 2004 in November 2005? I guess so.

During a Field Trip at Farmer's Plaza, that was around January 2006 after i watched the last episode of The Gransazers, our class had a field trip at Farmer's Plaza for some fun & games, first stop, a toy store! We would do is to unleash our inner artist by creating some arts & crafts. I decided to go on a glass art-like decal. But good thing, some of us in the class decide to go window-shopping for toys, that's where i stumble upon those uber-cool KR Ryuki SD Figures that i might think it's a coin bank of sorts due to it's size, but since i'm called Ren in class, i found the one in KR Dark Knight. It was even included in the list of my must-buys for the whole year of 2006 back then. Maybe if it wasn't for those crazy jokes from acting like the main KR Ryuki heroes whenever Shuichi & i see a mirror, even my tall classmate who i call Shinji could even think that Shuichi & i are 2 crazy girls in school acting like superheroes, even the main KR Ryuki hero tandem is Shinji & Ren. Haha, that was also the same thing when we could act like Max & Danny of PR Wild Force or the Thunder Brothers, Blake & Hunter of PR Ninja Storm also back in Freshman Year HS.

Oh great, those good times during my re-booted High School life, maybe watching KR Ryuki was an exciting KR series i have watched for the past decade, but at least, what's behind the mirror is a mysterious world where there are Riders who are chosen to save 2 worlds. Welcome to the world of KR Ryuki.

Scrapbook Memories

Back on the time when i was in Sophomore Year HS, all of us in the class began to create a scrapbook using unused folders & oslo paper, it wasn't a hard time for me to raid the photo box inside the storage room just to get some pics, creating a scrapbook was a fun time for us, during that time after all. I had my scrapbook created with cute decals & Anime stickers. Yup, that was those times after all. I even remember back in Freshman Year HS, during a Christmas party with my classmates & teachers, i received a photo album during the exchange gift. Not that bad after all, it can become a makeshift scrapbook after all. I even remember the crazy times in Sophomore Year HS where i could try to learn photography like Makoto Soromachi of The Gransazers, a freelance photographer with a heroic identity. Yup, i even attend photo class then where i learned the basics of photography. Now, i could even think of having a Fuji Instax Mini 7S Camera in Chocolate! Why? So i can continue filling up the pages of my scrapbook after all. I just miss the crazy times of Sophomore Year HS where i learned the basics of photography.

Oh great, i even remember the crazy times back also during my Sophomore Year HS life, i even want to buy a camera that has the Disney princesses on it, not bad for a girly camera after all so i can get the real lowdown on photography after all. Maybe i don't just collect photo albums, photos, scrapbooks, scrapbook materials, decorations & tools & 1-2 cameras (Digital, instamatic or instant) after all, i was even raving for the photo boxes since i found that on the pages of the December 2005 issue of Candy magazine. Just to store all of my photography & scrapbook thrills. Yup, all of that scrapbook & photography thrills that i learned in Sophomore Year HS will be all in a photo box. So, if i have the time to put some photos in a photo album or continue filling up the pages of my scrapbook, it will be ok if it's just 1 reach of a photo box after all. But it should be large since i have a lot to fill up like photos, scrapbook materials, scrapbook decorations, scrapbook tools, scrapbook decals, a scrapbook & photo albums. Somehow, life's best events is seen in a photograph, but the truth is, memories never fade after all.

Heroes Of Nostalgia

It's not a surprise then, but it looks like it's indeed true that i got started to remember those times that when i was a kid, i used to watch these uber-cool Super Sentai shows & the first 3 teams of the Power Rangers back in the mid to late 90's. The truth is, i suddenly have those flashbacks of myself when i was a kid, watching them kicking some serious enemy butt. Maybe the only thing i remember right now is about the first time i watched Turbo Rangers back maybe around 1995 or 1996. The weird part, did i watched the 3rd episode? That could be after i watched that again before the end of the 90's. But right now, i decided to play the opening theme of Kosoku Sentai Turborangers on YT since Friday & i feel like there are some nostalgic that came back into me after that. So i decided to watch more Super Sentai opening themes on YT from the 90's to the next generation that kicked off in the past decade. But somehow, trying to watch those Super Sentai openings from the past to the present could be worth of a nostalgic eye candy & ear candy after all.

Aside from the opening themes, i got the chance to watch the transformation scenes, whoa, totally eye candy! I even remember the time back in 2009, during the first half of 2009, i still don't have a YT account back then (i opened my YT channel around October 2009), i would upload that on my Multiply site back in the day, from several Super Sentai, Ryukendo & Power Rangers transformation scenes to some Ateneo-related video clips. But now, when i just have a YT channel, i just could put that in my favorites & my playlists after all. Back in the time when Friendster was the popular social networking site before Facebook took over it, i could rather watch out for some comments that has some Toku-related pics, mostly on Super Sentai & Kamen Rider to be posted on my Friendster comments, i could rather save the pics. There was even back in the time that i could search some of the Super Sentai tittles in my Crunchyroll account. (The only Super Sentai series i watched on CR during the past decade turned out to be Gekiranger after all!) But never mind, i remember the time Kim introduced me to the world of Gekiranger after all.

Anyway, time to turn on my nostalgia mode since i need to watch out for more some Super Sentai openings & transformation clips on YT after all.

Lessons Of Being Organized

Mom told us an unexpected happening last night, as she woke up in an early morning when she discovered that there was a centipede that is crawling on the bed where my mom & i sleeps! Yikes! But i didn't have any idea about that since yes, i'm asleep! So i guess that was the main key for me to learn a lesson in life related to the world of being organized. So, she told me last night that i need to save up some moolah & the next time that all of us in the family will go to the malls & shop for what we need, i should not forget to buy those iBox Plastic Storage Containers along with the stuff that i need to buy according to my shopping list. In other words, according to mom, don't just focus on buying magazines, accessories, clothes, school supplies & food, don't forget to buy some plastic storage containers, to keep everything organized. Just as how many times my mom could tell me about being organized. But if it wasn't for the day on where it all began, June 20, 2011, i didn't even know about planning to buy those colorful iBox plastic storage containers in different sizes. That's where it all began.

Incidentally, i remember the time when i was in Freshman Year HS, all of us in class made some decorated boxes using cardboard boxes in different shapes & some materials could be used on decorating. My creativity was put to the test back then due to that i was watching too much PR Wild Force back then. But somehow, most of my works were very good, even my classmates were jealous of my works since i'm the creative geek of the class! But on the tail-end of my Sophomore Year HS experience, before summer entered the scene, i was the one who brought home most of the decorated boxes i did when i was in Freshman Year HS. (As of that time, i'm using all of the decorated boxes that i brought home as to keep all of my trinkets & souvenirs) But now, after all of those times my mom told me to be organized, i'll save up the right amount of moolah to buy not just what i want, but also i have to buy those iBox plastic storage containers in different colors & sizes, just as what i need to keep all of my stuff & make the room clean, neat & organized, so i won't give mom a pain in the head. But thanks mom for the reminder last night.

Now, i guess i don't just shop for what i want, i will also buy those colorful iBox plastic storage containers in different sizes so i can keep my stuff in a neat way! Thanks for the reminder, mom!

It's A Super Sentai Opening Theme Treat!

It all started last night, when i got the chance to watch some Super Sentai opening themes which are worth to be eye-candy & ear-candy. I just remember the times that i could beg my favorite auntie to buy me those Super Sentai DVD's in Quiapo back in summer of 2010, as of the past decade, my favorite Super Sentai series are Abaranger, Dekaranger, Magiranger, Boukenger, Gekiranger, Go-Onger, Shinkenger, Goseiger & Gokaiger. But i need to watch first the 7 Super Sentai series which were released in the past decade, but the truth is, it's going to be a scramble of what i should watch! But the good part is, i put the opening clips of Magiranger & Boukenger on my YT channel so i can watch it if i have some time. I even found out for myself that my Korean FB friend, Jessica is a fan of Magiranger, she even plans to cosplay as Magipink if given the chance. But i found for myself one unexpected thought from last year, about the hairdo do that i donned, i found out for myself that i donned a short, thin & layered hairdo which is inspired from Inou Masumi! Like i donned his cute short bob! (Whoa!) But never mind, although it's a far cry from the hairdo that i want to don.

So i started to think about telling my favorite auntie about those Super Sentai DVD's, maybe i could tell her about that when we're going to an Anime convention at SM Megamall. The truth is, my favorite auntie & i could talk about everything related to the world of the Japanese, the Koreans & the Chinese/Taiwanese. Even while heading all the way to SM Megamall, while eating lunch on any restaurant or on the Anime convention itself. I even want to give my favorite auntie an Anime or Toku-inspired makeover that she needs. Just because she looks like some of my favorite Japanese superheroes i guess. (Now i finally knew it from the past decade!) But somehow, our routine goes first at Toy Kingdom, buying some Toku toys from the Anime section of TK that sells the coolest Toku toys. Some Toku toys are also trapped in Capsule Toys in the row of Capsule Toys Vending Machines near to the entrance of TK-SM Megamall. Then, lunch, we could decide on what resto or fast food we could go for a lunch treat, we don't want to go to the events hungry. (Tokyo Tokyo, Kimchi, Jollibee, you got it!) Then, it's time to attend to the Anime convention at SM Megamall! Shop, meet friends, have fun & in the end, time to cap that off with some light shopping & a bowl of Tutti Frutti Frozen Yoghurt.

That's the routine when my favorite auntie & i would do when we're at SM Megamall for the coolest Anime conventions. But somehow, i wish i could beg my favorite auntie to buy me my favorite Super Sentai DVD's like it's summer 2010 all over again.

Stepping Inside A Japanese Store

It all began last night, when my dad & i stepped inside Japan Home Center in Trinoma, it looks like we have just arrived in Japan. It's been a long time since the last time i go window-shopping for stuff there. But it looks like i found a few stuff, aside from the important ones i would love to buy when there's a family mall gimick. Like i was quite confused on buying the perfect eyelash curler, if it's either the classy one or the cute mini one which is colored in pink. I was even thinking about buying the brown-colored vintage aviators which i also found there. It looks like the pricey counterparts, but on a reasonable price, stylish sunnies on a rock-bottom price, nice one. But there is also another one, which turned out to be those colored crystal decals which can turn boring things into colorful things. It looks like i need to buy 2 packs each, the pink & the clear crystals & the designed ones. So maybe, the next time i go shopping at Trinoma with my family, i would rather never forget the time that i need to go shopping at either or both Japan Home Center & Saizen, they sell the coolest goodies on reasonable prices!

As of this moment, i started to list down what should i buy on JHC the next time my dad & i will go there. Maybe i bought more stuff more than he does, but i was only after the cute stuff from the stationery, beauty & toys sections. I suddenly found out for myself that December is just around the corner & i nearly forgot to buy the important must-buys aside from the ones which i newly listed it down on my shopping list. But somehow, if i bought those 3 stuff that i just found last night, it will be worth it, how about more than 3? It will be A-Ok after all, Like what i usually thought about, i wish our family mall gimick day for the month of November will be quite a far cry combining all of what happened last June 20, July 10, August 21, September 6 & October 16 of this year, but the question is when will be the date, anyway? Well, only time will tell after all. But it would be better if i bought all of the important must-buys according to my shopping list along with the ones that i found at Japan Home Center & Saizen. It would be fun if that happened, all i need to do is to keep my fingers crossed.

Somehow, i'll keep that in mind that i'll tell dad to drop by at Japan Home Center & Saizen inside True Value, we might find a bunch of must-buys not just for ourselves, but also for the home, to make mom's life better.

Few Of Mom's Jokes

Mom joked earlier when she said, 'Vic Kirk Long' it's like Vic Zhou meets Kirk Long. Or maybe in the hair, Vic's famous bedhead before he cut it short, making Maui Villanueva cry for mercy with Kirk's waves during the pre-season & the first round of the UAAP Games before his older sister creates magic to change Kirk's hairdo & hair color, from celebrity look to army look, from brunette to black to blonde. The hottest Taiwanese pop star from 1 of Taiwan's hottest pop groups meets the American-born Blue Eagle who would surprise the Ateneo gallery with his cool shots & changing hairdos for 5 straight years. Somehow, maybe i would don Vic's bedhead with Kirk's waves. Fine for me, i guess it would be better for me to don that hairdo, maybe it's just after of my mom's cheeky jokes after all. But i guess the next time my mom & i will go to the neighborhood salon for a haircut & a manicure/pedicure treatment, my hair will be cut & styled under the hands of the new hairstylist, turning it from a cursed hairdo to a Taiwanese Pop Star meets American Atenean-inspired hairdo that might smell an Ateneo-La Salle physical brawl for next year's UAAP games. Hua Ze Lei-Adam Park means Ateneo-La Salle after all. A battle of 2 different men representing 2 colors, even if 1 is portrayed by a Taiwanese pop star & 1 is portrayed by an Asian-American Power Rangers Senior Male Mainstay who makes girls go wild before Chris Tiu enters the scene.

Mom could rather pull out a funny but sometimes corny joke at home or when we had a family hangout. Few of the topics that ending up as mom's jokes are related to the Ateneo-La Salle rivalry. She could rather make a joke out of either Maui Villanueva or Nico Salva but sometimes, i don't approve some of her Blue vs. Green jokes because it might hurt either Kirk's crew or Simon's crew. But i don't mind if her jokes if it turns out to be funny like the usual brawls of Blue & Green. But the best is, mom could brag to her relatives that i know more of the UAAP Basketball scene more than my 2 younger siblings. Well, i guess on the day i will have a haircut, i will step out of the neighborhood salon donning a new hairdo, looking like when Vic Zhou decided to get Kirk Long's hairdo, so he won't make Maui Villanueva cry for mercy that he have a lost brother. But hey, i wish i could buy that watermelon or bubble gum-scented hair putty that is been sold at the neighborhood salon. Need that in case of bedhead emergencies like a slick Vic Zhou bedhead but resembling the short bob that makes Jai Reyes shine for Ateneo during the Blue Eagles' road to redemption in 2007. 

Thanks for the joke mom, i'm excited for the haircut soon. 

Anatomy Of A Quite Shopaholic

It was not until 2 days ago, once the date set the darkest day of my dear life, but now, the tables have turned. After i bought the October 2011 issue of Candy magazine & the 2nd issue of the UAAP Magazine, i forgot to find out for myself that i need to buy the 2nd issue of Rebound magazine. (Oh great, i need to buy that one for myself anyway.) The weird part, i was thinking about buying some stuff at NBS, like how i found it 2 days ago. Maybe it's more than just a magazine, it's also a notebook, confused on what notebook to buy & use as a journal, i guess i stick to the usual Orions-PR Operation Overdrive Spiral Notebook which is on a reasonable price & some metallic-colored ballpens which i really need. Like what i told to my little sister 2 days ago, i told her that i save up my moolah when i want to go shopping, but sometimes, i make some ultimate money-earning little jobs at home to help my family & at the same time, i can earn some moolah. But hey, i have so many things to buy, the truth is, i have so little time, but i will wait for the right day so i can get started on shopping for stuff.

That's weird, i will also buy the books that my former ISEP-G classmates at COLF read but i haven't read for a long time? Oh boy, i told my little sister about that 2 days ago, when we were window-shopping for books at NBS. Then, there was the shopping for toiletries & make-up at Watson's when i need to buy more nail colors, like the ones my little sister told me to try, she told me about that during the attack of the 2nd worst typhoon that attacked the Philippines since the past decade. (During the typhoon, nice one.) I was even trying to read my Cosmopolitan September 2011 issue while there was light back then. It's like this, i got started to re-fresh myself after what happened to me 5 years ago during the darkest day of my life. The weird part, i realized for myself that i was only raving for a long, vintage camera necklace, but about the colorful plastic storage containers? My mom told me to find the best one for myself, i prefer the iBox containers, after i bought 1 last June 20. Hmm, after all of that shopping, i need something to eat, but the question is where? Let me decide after all.

Let the shopping fun begins soon.

Look Four-ward On The Bright Side, Never Look Back On The Dark Side

It all began yesterday, even on the darkest day of my life 5 years ago, but it was a far cry. When all of us in the family had a gimik at Greenhills, my mom noticed all of the changes at Greenhills since the first time we walked in that place back in 2003, when i was transferred to COLF during the SY 2003-2004. The fire station changed, most of the stalls jumbled up, changing from 1 area to another, new goodies are sold but still, shopping, dining & having fun is the main key of Greenhills. Mom even told me the times that when we were little kids, we used to have a grocery day at Unimart, i was even planning to remember those times so i decided to make up a plan for that, i missed going to the grocery which is my habit, i remember the times my dad & i go to SM Hypermarket to buy the groceries. Not bad if we had a family grocery spree at Unimart for some hints of nostalgia, laughter, memories & fun moments, reliving the memories like what could mom usually do now, all of us 3 siblings are in our early 20's. Not bad to relieve the memories of our childhood years, sometimes, we need to remember the times where we are in the carefree years.

While on a late dinner at Sbarro, my mom was planning to buy an electric fan for herself. Well, it's been a plan of hers for a long time, so it looks like that will be the go signal for me to buy what i also need after i bought the October 2011 issue of Candy magazine & the 2011 edition of the UAAP Magazine, like buying the long vintage camera necklace that i found at Vida Doria, back issues of my favorite magazines, a blue-colored shawl, a large hair clamp, black-colored foot socks (so i can use my Mary Jane sneakers!) & some Ateneo goodies from Olympic Village, like the 'Bulag' (Blind) & 'Sisiw' (Chick) shirts that my little brother found while he was window-shopping for some Nike 2011 Team Gears for FEU, DLSU & ADMU. But somehow, i also need a makeover to change my look. Haircut to achieve a Vic Zhou-inspired short, thin & layered but girl-friendly bedhead bob, underarm hair removal via waxing but i don't need to scream ouch at the waxing salon. (Ok, this means i need to pray.) & a dental check up to make sure i have the healthiest pearly whites. This is it, this is what the Lei Girl needs. 

But sometimes, i could admit i was fine with short hair, but not any ordinary short hair, it was the short hair that made Vic Zhou a Taiwanese star. 

The Girl Who Cried La Salle

The phrase 'the girl who cried wolf' is so mainstream, right? But somehow, racing to the 4 days where my life will never be the same again from 5 years ago. I could remember the story from the back of my mind. A dark night, a lunar eclipse occurred, a forest where the leaves have fallen, it's fall, heading to winter. There were 2 types of guardians showed up, the archer & the eagle, but the eagle can become a human. Broken arrows & fallen feathers scattered all over the place, there were even blue-colored blood & green-colored blood dripping from the wounds of the 2 guardians. A sign that in the year 2007, La Salle will come back, to get Ateneo. I was the girl who cried La Salle in that forest, during the lunar eclipse, while i could cover my wounds as the blue-colored blood started to drip out of my wounds, flowing out thru my skin, pain started to occur. I started to run away, i won't let the archer aim an arrow on me again as the moon's red color during the eclipse started to return to it's white color. I didn't knew that will be the other story of the October 16, 2006 aftermath. A far cry from what happened on that same day, this time, tapped in to a world where TY Tang is back to get Chris Tiu & where Simon Atkins would want to get Kirk Long.

Blasting on to the present times, where i could think of having a Vic Zhou-inspired girl-friendly short, thin & layered hairdo would be better if i need to stop living to the girl i was during October 16, 2006 to be in the now & try to fixing my dear life, i was just in the stage of getting a rebound for my life. I tried everything to become a better girl, but sometimes, the ghosts of the past could rather haunt me, all the time. I don't cry if i would have a haircut at the salon, i just want to be quiet, while thinking of thoughts like flashbacks of the best events of my dear life. I was even thinking if my short, thin layered hairdo of choice can be either Vic Zhou or Henry Lau in the mind of a hardcore Pepsi drinker, never mind, i just don't want to go back to who i was in the past anyway. I don't consider my long hair on the darkest day of my life as a curse, it was just a prop. If i cut my hair short, thin & layered according to my preferences, i will be a far cry from who i am in the past. I don't cry wolf, i cry La Salle. I don't want to commit suicide, i want to have a haircut, i don't take anti-depressant pills, i take chocolates, i don't drink beer, i drink Pepsi or Gatorade, i am not Vic Zhou, i am quite Nico Salva.

It doesn't depend on that Asian pop-star inspired hairdos that Japanese superheroes & Philippine college basketball players would don like how i want to have a Vic Zhou-inspired girl-friendly bedhead that won't make my mom freak out or on finding out that Gatorade is made by the same beverage company behind Pepsi so it looks like Vic Zhou & Henry Lau will not have a tight competition between Nico Salva, Kirk Long & the Semerad twins or buying a bunch of Angry Birds goodies or even reading a Mandarin reader workbook to be the next Vic Zhou or Justin Chua or Chris Tiu. Sometimes, i would compare who i am in the past to who i am today. If the ghosts of the doomsday of my life dated 5 years ago are ready to haunt me, this is not the time to cry & run away like a scared kid. It's time to face my fears, if only i could hold on to a Toku-weapon toy that i would beg my auntie to buy it for me at Toy Kingdom's Anime section. If i was the girl who cried wolf last October 16, 2006, i will become the girl who cried La Salle in the present. There's no time for me to go back to who i am in the past. It's time for me to move out & face the ghosts of my past to stop bugging me.

The Long & Short Stories Of Hair

Been confused since last Tuesday or Wednesday about confessing to my mom & my little sister about my decision to have a haircut, cutting my hair short, thin & layered instead of the planned long, layered & thin hairdo. I don't know why, but i was quite comfortable with short hair more than long hair, maybe because of those silly daydreams that i wish i had a hairdo like Dianna Agron or a cross between Vic Zhou & Alexandria Everett. But having a short, thin & layered hairdo is like i survived a Sgt. Greg Slaughter's Honorary Ateneans Boot Camp in Ateneo, if i want to live in the now than being trapped in a classroom full of my former classmates & teachers, telling me to accept that i have no sense of cooperation, that will be resulted in endless crying & suicidal tendencies. (During that time, my hair was long back then, crap, i never planned having a haircut during the whole Junior Year HS experience.) But now, the time has come for me to say goodbye to the hairdo my mom would rather have for me & say hello to the hairdo that i've been dreaming to have since the time i found out about Vic Zhou before Nico Salva. Hello to the days of the bedhead for girls.

I just missed on the short, thin & layered hairdo i donned the whole December 2010 after i got a haircut last November 30, right timing for the Christmas season. It was 2 Christmas days in the year 2009 & 2010 where i donned a short, thin & layered hairdo which i would do is to play it with either hair gel or hair clay to achieve the famous Vic Zhou bedhead. Sometimes, i would rather toss & turn while in bed, sleeping to achieve the bedhead. My favorite auntie thinks that i looked more of an Anime character than a loser from October 16, 2006. Let me admit, on October 16, 2006, i was the long-haired loser girl whose teacher confessed to everyone at class that i have no sense of cooperation. But now, in the present year, i will be the short, thin & layered haired girl who dons Vic Zhou's hairdo who is trying to seek revenge against my former classmates & teachers who killed my old self. But my favorite auntie told me not to seek a plan for revenge since they might forgot the day that almost the god of death took me away. If that day comes on having a haircut, i would beg mom to buy me a jar of the watermelon-scented styling putty, just as what i need to achieve a bedhead.

Take a deep breath, let the hairstylist do his/her tricks on cutting my hair short.

After 5 Years, What Happened?

I started to ask myself, did i change a lot for the better? Maybe yes, maybe no, or maybe not enough. The answer is yes but not enough. I would rather wait for October 16 for that to happen, by November, all of us in the family will go to Chinatown. If the memories of 5 years ago will be a far cry from the same day 5 years ago to the same day this year, the main difference will be a quiet rainfall, from June 20, 2011. A quiet rainfall full of granted promises & birthday wishes for my little sister who turns 22. I would even think that my mom would love to grant all of the promises she kept for me, more than just the UAAP Magazine 2011 edition. More than just the latest issue of Candy Magazine, more than just colorful accessories, colorful plastic containers in different types & sizes, more than a bunch of makeup & nail colors to fill my vanity carry-all's, or even more than just a pair of either or both black-colored, closed-toe boots &/or booties which turned out to be it will be my first pair. October 16? Just a day of gimicks to celebrate my little sister's 22nd birthday. November? A day in Manila Chinatown, talk about a day in a place that we in the family would love to explore.

My little sister told me that if i want to learn Mandarin, i would rather reach for her New Practical Chinese Reader workbook & read every single page to learn more Mandarin. I could even think that October 16, 2011 will never be like October 16, 2006. No more heavy rain falls like there was just a typhoon passed by. It will be just a light rainfall even if the skies are dark, just some white skies with traces of gray skies. Oh great, this means i need to use my lavender-colored umbrella. Just because what i did last June 20 was kinda awkward because i didn't brought an umbrella along! But never mind, i would rather look forward for that weekend to come, then i will look forward for November for that Chinatown gimick as what my mom planned. There were questions that rushed into my head if i stopped living the way i am during the darkest day of my life & decided to live the way i am now. Maybe the truth is, it's a far cry. Me right now is a far cry from who i am in the darkest day of my life dated 5 years ago. If only i could compare my old self to that day to myself now with a shorter hairdo that Dianna Agron donned now. (Ok, the truth is i haven't watch I Am Number Four lately.) 

Ok, so maybe i'm still confused with the short hairdo i want to don lately. But what about donning Dianna Agron's short hairdo that she donned lately? Bright thinking. That might be the girly bedhead bob that i've been looking for as of this moment. But somehow, if could rather compare who i am in the past to who i am lately. It's a far cry after all. 

Hair-Cut!

After all of the talking about what should i do to shed out my old image from the girl i was last October 16, 2006, my mom just accepted my plan to get a haircut soon. So this means, i would rather have my hair cut short, thin & layered more than having a long hair which means i don a long hairdo during the darkest day of my life. Although this is quite unthinkable for a girl like me to do this move, i guess i have no choice after all. But it looks like i have fun more with a short, thin & layered bedhead bob than a long hair, huh? I guess i had fun being a girl who dons Vic Zhou's famous bedhead bob more than having long hair. But i quite missed the times i donned a long, thin & layered hairdo back during Freshman Year HS. The truth is, my hair grows slowly. So, i guess i have no choice but to have my hair cut under the barber's shears again, under the skilled hands of a hairstylist, cutting my hair every second to achieve the hairdo i want to have. For Vic Zhou's famous bedhead, it will take minutes to achieve the hairdo. I don't close my eyes to see how the hairstylist cut my hair, i could see how he does his work. Spray, clip, cut, every section of my hair from top to bottom, then afterwards, blow-dry & style. Ok, so this means 1 thing to keep my hairdo from getting messed up, but the styling putty. I could always have that in case of hair emergencies in case of a former classmate attack. Thanks mom for accepting my decision to have a haircut, i know you would love me to don Vic's famous bedhead more than looking at me like i was like the girl i was last 10/16/06.

Yesterday, i asked myself, 10 days after the 5th death anniversary of my old self aka the darkest day of my life that began 5 years ago, did i do everything to shed out my old self? Was it enough? If it's enough or not, why do i always have flashbacks of what happened during that day? Sometimes, i could rather cry because of what happened, it's so emotional, so painful, that was the wounds that could take a long time to heal or it will never be healed for good. I could bring those wounds for the rest of my life, until the day i die. At the start of the new decade, i did a lot of things to shed out my old self. But i guess it's not enough, even those nights i could tell my mom about what happened on that day could rather ask me if all of the things i did to shed out my old self is enough to keep me away from the troubles of the day i considered the day my old self died by a teacher who back-stabbed me at the front of everyone inside a classroom. But maybe on the day i would step inside a salon for a haircut, i would sit on a chair & let the hairstylist do what he usually does, making everyone don a new hairdo. That will be the right time for my old self to be gone, sounds of the shears, cutting every section of my hair from top to bottom is like it was the sign for me to search for my missing pieces of my puzzled life. After minutes of all of that spraying, dividing each section of my hair with big hair clips, cutting each section with a pair of barber's shears to make it stylish & blow-drying to finish the results plus some finishing details. I just saw my new self in front of the mirror.

The person who could witness all of my desperate moves to find my missing self is my mom, she could rather reject my plan of having a haircut, but what happened last night was a turn-around, i guess she could tell me to do my thing & she will tell me that it's never too late to find myself after all. She doesn't care if i could cry a lot due to my troubled life in the day i encountered the darkest day of my life. Maybe all what my mom wants to do is to continue the soul searching to find the missing links of myself. Ok mom, if i got a haircut, please buy me a styling putty which it was used on my hair last year, huh? I could always want to achieve a Vic Zhou-like hairdo. The questions is, when will be the day i will have a haircut?

First Pair Of Boots

I was thinking about right now about buying or receiving a pair of closed-toe booties & knee-length closed-toe boots. Nah, it's not because i was watching too much Sailormoon clips on YT since December of last year or what-so-ever thoughts girls thought about buying a new pair of shoes. But it would be interesting for me to buy or receive my first pair of boots &/or booties. (Color may vary, but i prefer black & brown, for the better!) I could prefer having a stylish pair of booties which are closed toe, slightly wrinkled in the middle & round toe. (Like the one that Haruka/Amara Tenoh wore when she's Sailor Uranus) But for my taste of knee-length boots, it should be lace-up like those army boots, closed toe, round toe & the heel is not really high so i won't trip. (Probably like the one that Hotaru Tomoe wore when she's Sailor Saturn, short, thin, layered bob is optional) The question is, where can i find the reasonably-priced pair of booties & boots? That will be the start of the soul-searching to find my best pair of boots & booties. Maybe i would begin that by this month. Maybe mom found me the perfect pair that i need. Maybe i was thinking about that since i need to have more pairs of different kinds of shoes in my wardrobe right now.

Aside from my first pair of boots &/or booties, i was looking forward too to have my first pair of Chuck Taylors or stylish pair of canvas sneakers to inject an school kid-like feel. The big reason why i want to have my first pair or pairs of boots &/or booties is that sometimes, i feel lazy on wearing the perfect pair of kicks whenever we in the family goes out for a day at the mall, going out for the night whenever my parents told me to join along with them or whenever we in the family could visit our relatives for special family-related events. Maybe if mom found me the best pair of either or both boots &/or booties, it will be included in the list of her promises for me. This means 1 thing for me, i could begin to ditch my old self, the old self from wearing sneakers, now, i was beginning to find several pairs of different girly-inspired shoes. (Now i need more pairs of flats, pumps, boots & booties) Maybe like the ones i found due to watching a dozen of Sailormoon clips on YT. But i guess i really need right now is my first-ever pair of booties &/or boots. But i guess for a cheap thrill, more pairs of flip-flops! Ok, now i need to buy more pairs of girly-inspired shoes to match my outfits.

As If I Don't Remember Who I Am During SY 2006-2007

It all happened last March 16, 2011, my mom & i decided to drop by at COLF to pay my little brother's unpaid school fees so he can graduate, it was a day before my birthday & i feel quite nervous heading to my former school. But as i walk on the concrete road on my former school, like it was an ordinary day like i used to do when i was still schooling at COLF. Suddenly, the cashier at the school registrar could ask me about if i still remember my former classmates, mentioning names of my former classmates. I said i don't remember all of them, i said 'Ateneo brainwashed me.' It's just because i don't want to find out for myself that the ghosts of my past life in COLF haunt me, even if i'm in my Adidas or Nike-Ateneo Team Gears. But i guess if my former COLF classmates could haunt me, i don't know what to, should i cry? Or should i face it? That was the question with still the answer haven't found. It's not like if i could beg my auntie a bunch of times about the DVD's that i want to watch, especially Boukenger. She could rather slap the Boukenger DVD on my face, telling me not to attend a class reunion & waste my time watching Boukenger. The best punchline ever? She could say, "Count how many time Mitsuomi Takahashi does a worried look all over this series & think that's you."

Mom could love to keep promises on me just to be happy, she was trying to shed out the old image i brought to who i was since October 16, 2006. Trying to get a new hairdo, wearing girly shoes like i'm recently want to have my first pair of closed-toe booties to buying several magazines of several interests. But i feel to myself that the ghosts of my past student life could haunt me, telling me to attend some class reunions to show up at COLF at the school's new location. Do you think i should do that? Yes or no. But i would only go to COLF if my parents are up to pay my unpaid school fees. It's not just about this is the right time for me to go back to my student life in a new turn, but it's also the right time to face the fears of the past. Should i press the panic button? Maybe i should. But after all of that tension, it's time to take a deep breath. Life for me right now is like the several rainy days of this year, like the rainy day of June 20, 2011. Yup, life for me as of the moment is like the rainy day of 1 day i just could not forget. But the truth is, no material thing can cover up the darkest day of my life back 5 years ago. The thing that can cover that up, is just a smile.

Revealed Promises

Surprise, surprise! The promises mom kept for me are revealed! But not all promises, some are top secret, while some are just too common, everybody in the family knows it. So maybe this weekend, mom might buy me 1 of the few too-common promises, which is the UAAP Magazine 2011 edition. But maybe what's new in the promise list, a Cover Girl Wetslicks Lipgloss? Oh, she said she will just buy it for me instead. (Still, it's Shade #415/Crush) Now, it's more than 5, it's 6, if should it heads to 10, it should be all below P1000. (It's called 10 promises below P1000) So, maybe i should watch out for my mom keeping promises for me. You guys want to know why my mom's been doing this for me? Maybe i was just trying to escape the trouble of my life back in the day of October 16, 2006. Maybe there's a reason why mom does this, it's not just because i want to be happy again after a traumatic incident back in the past which happened 5 years ago, it's just because she could love to see me smile like nothing happened 5 years ago, like the darkest day of my life didn't happen at all.

Sometimes, i could think that i bought selected flavors of Eng Bee Tin Hopia (Ube, Mongo, Ube-Cheese, Ube-Pastillias, Choco Peanut & Mocha-Ccino) & a can or bottle of Pepsi as a snack. Mom is planning to have a family tour to Chinatown in Binondo for the 5 of us in the family. I was thinking of that since i was getting started to learn Mandarin, learning how to use chopsticks & a small ladle-like spoon which the Chinese use on soups when eating like when i could urge myself on having a hot bowl of Paotsin Laksa & begging my mom to get a haircut that i deserved to have, Vic Zhou meets Alexandria Everett. Wearing my orange-colored Meteor Garden tee, first pair of jeans given to me by my mom & a pair of comfy kicks like a nice pair of sneakers. (White Knit DLSU Green Archers Jacket optional, got to beg my cousin & auntie for that!) I know it's a few days away from the 5th year anniversary of the death of my old self. If my hair is already long, thin & layered, maybe i should learn on how to use a pair of hair chopsticks. Mom had more promises to me, if she could grant all of it, i don't have to blame myself what happened to me in the past. Instead, i could just smile it off instead.

The truth is, i don't want to accept what i did on the darkest day of my life 5 years ago, i wish i could think that didn't happen. But when the ghosts of the darkest day of my life back 5 years ago are back to haunt me, should i run away & cry or just show up like i entered on a big-time makeover session of my life.  

List Of Promises

So dad finally kept his promises & he granted it when he bought a new pair of earphones & a TV remote from CD-R King yesterday, now, it's my mom & *gulp* my little sister's turn to keep their promises, making it real. My mom has a lot of promises for me, even on the week racing to Ateneo's historical 4-peat in the UAAP. But among of all the promises that mom kept for me, the 2nd cheap promises aside from the nail colors which is quite below P50 that is reasonable, having a carry all that my mom bought from Landmark-Makati for my nail colors & tools filled. The 2nd cheapest promise? Oh yes, the UAAP Magazine, now on it's 2nd year, it's giving honor to the best student-athletes of the UAAP. Most of the promises that mom kept for me are in the type of the cheap thrill finds that mostly found on department stores & boutiques in malls! If i could only remember what i did from June to September of this year on most days i go to the mall with my family, i could buy mostly on my important needs before the optional ones. (I window shop for the optional ones so i can save up some moolah to buy that soon.) Come this month of October, here i go again.

3 more issues of Candy magazine to go for this year & it's finally complete. This will be the first time i completed a year of 11 issues for Candy magazine. So that's why i'm always saving up my P100 to buy 1 issue, it's now a habit after all. I could admit that the expensive promise i would know is from my little sister, a Nike-Ateneo 2010 or 2011 Team Gear (Shirt & Jacket). Oh great, what a piggy bank-breaker after all. But the cheap promises belong to my mom after all. Yup, i mentioned it here a lot, so i don't need to say it all over again. Never mind, i knew it all. I could even mind that i would love to receive a Pocky & Pretz all-occasion gift boxes & a 1.5 bottle of Gatorade Blue Bolt of Tropical Fruit, like the frenzy of Freshman Year, Sophomore Year & Junior Year in High School, trying out Asian snacks. It looks like now, i'm going to do it before i prep myself up, counting the days that my freedom draws to an end as i go to Senior Year HS. (Pepsi is a good option after all, finding out that Pepsi & Gatorade are both created by Pepsi Cola Co. So, it looks like Vic Zhou & Nico Salva are under 1 beverage company, right? Right.)

Somehow, i would love to see my little sister & my mom keep their promises & making it real, right? Yup, i would love too. 

Mom's Many Promises

On the day Ateneo won their 4th straight championship, giving them another mark in the UAAP's History Books, my mom gave me a pair of bedroom slippers, she told me that i should not use that whenever we go out in the family. But the truth is, that might be the sign for mom that she will grant all of the promises she kept for me. Like she could buy me a long, vintage camera necklace from Vida Doria, colorful iBox plastic storage container & a 2011 issue of the UAAP Magazine. (The thing is, if she bought all of it in 1 day, i would pull out a smile in my face.) Mom even promised that she will buy me a Lipice Sheer Color Lip Balm. If she could bought all of what she promised for me, i would love to create a real smile on my face. Maybe the next time we go malling with my family, maybe i should ditch the ponytail & go with the cute pigtails. (Time to try a new hairdo after all, it's just because i haven't go with the pigtails for a very long time.) But hey, i guess if mom can't do it in 1 day, she might grant all of the promises she kept for me, before this year ends. I hope mom will keep all of her promises to me, no matter what.

I would rather think that if June 20, 2011 will be repeated now it's another rainy season, but the rule is more than just the latest issue of Candy magazine & a colorful plastic storage container, many add-on's to watch out for, so little time. I could rather think that i would love to enjoy a quiet rainy day by going to the malls with my family! Now another college basketball season draws to an end, i could go back to basics like going to the malls with my family, shopping for what i need. Just because Christmas is just around the corner, my mom & i would get started on decorating, pulling out the Christmas Decors from the antique storage box. I might look forward for a customized, more-than-the-traditional Christmas Tree that mom & dad are planning to create since i haven't seen a Christmas Tree quite for a long time since in my teen years. I would get started on being organized, while i would wait for the right time to get a haircut, targeting a long, thin & layered hairdo. But for now, i hope my mom could keep all of the promises she told to me & making it for real before this year ends.

The Itch For A New Haircut & A Continuing Story

After i watched this week's episode of ANTM All-Stars aka ANTM Cycle 17, i admit that i want to have Alexandria Everett's new hairdo, she admits that she doesn't got a haircut last cycle, which turned out to be Cycle 16. Even ANTM's resident creative director Jay Manuel admits that Alex should get a haircut last cycle. God, that was the hairdo i could always crave for, but my mom doesn't want that for me because i will end up looking a boy, but sometimes i don't care about that since i was looking for a new hairdo that fits me well, aside from the long, layered & thin for the girls, like me. So, it's like i found the best hairdo i was craving for, even if mom doesn't like it a lot. So, who could accept me in that hairdo huh? Maybe my favorite auntie, she could rather think i look like more of an Anime character than a boring girl. No more bad hair days after all, so i would love to have to have a haircut, i swear to myself i will have Alex's hairdo, no matter what, all i want to have is when i show mom about Alex's new hairdo, she must say the big YES to me to get that hairdo. But maybe i would stick to the hairdo my mom wants for me, Alex's hairdo will be for next year i guess.

It's been 2 days after my mom told me that she promised me that she will buy me the long vintage camera necklace from Vida Doria, it's quite cheap anyway. I thought i want to buy that along with a magazine like the latest issue of Candy magazine, the 2nd issue of Rebound magazine & the 2011 edition of the UAAP Magazine & an iBox colored plastic storage container (size & color may vary) If i would love to have the June 20, 2011 story to continue. I also planned to buy a Sterling Glee Spiral notebook (design may vary) as a diary of mine. I know this is crazy, but i could know that the story of June 20, 2011 will continue. Mom could love keeping promises to me, i wish she could make it real, no matter what. The unforgettable times i went to the mall with my family & it ended up unforgettable was on June 20 & September 8, all on this year. But i started to think which of the shopping dates from June to September will be unforgettable as if i was getting started to create a story about myself going to shop for what i need. I said i want to continue the June 20, 2011 story until the end of this year. So i didn't even know that i was getting started to edit the story, wow, a story about myself, hitting the malls with my family, shopping for what we need.

Even if it began on a rainy day even it was a holiday which fell on the first day of the week that most people hate while waiting for the weekend, that's where the story begins, anyway, i could start to write up the story, but the tittle is not yet finalized. Anyway, i do love creating stories probably on the experiences i had whenever i go to the malls with my family. Whoa, talk about shopping stories. Ok, 3 months to go, October, November & December. 3 more Candy magazine issues to go & i completed all 2011 issues. Mom, don't forget to keep your promises, i won't stop reminding you on that.

Mom's Promise

Mom's promise from yesterday was like it blew me away, she told me that she will buy me a long, vintage camera necklace at Vida Doria which is worth P250, the truth is, i was eying to buy that since the time i saw that on a hanging rack full of accessories which the young & the old of women will love to buy & use. So i would love to buy that for myself, but i guess mom will buy that for me like what she did to buy the September 2011 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine on a crazy Thursday where there were some thrills & a spill. (Yeah, an embarrassing spill on a donut restaurant.) But somehow, it would be better if mom bought that necklace along with a latest copy of Candy Magazine, a Sterling Glee Spiral Notebook which i will use as a diary & an iBox colored plastic storage container. Do i even smell some June 20, 2011 deja vu if that happened? Oh boy, i cannot wait for that to happen since i would love to give what happened last June 20, 2011 a major, major re-boot as if what happened on that day is the beginning of a story, now, the story needs to be continued until i found it's happy ending even it's a story related to my shopping habit. 

I nearly forgot, maybe aside from the 3 remaining issues of Candy Magazine just because i'm on my way to complete all of the 2011 issues of the mentioned magazine that girls love, i would also love to buy the 2nd issue of Rebound magazine & the 2011 edition of the UAAP Magazine. So, 3 remaining issues of Candy, 1 more issue of Rebound & 1 2011 edition of the UAAP Magazine, wow. So, maybe mom would love to keep a bunch of promises for me, huh? Well, she should rather keep it so i can be a happy girl. I was like how can i handle myself shopping for several magazines, a notebook, a colored plastic storage container, a vintage necklace & some beauty products. (Food & drinks, oh i need to think about that since i'm raving for some Asian food like Pocky, Collon, Korean Pop Rice Crackers & some Pepsi too!) Mom even wants to go out since she would love to go out of the house along with me, strolling at the mall, window-shopping or shopping for what we need. (It would be better if all of us in the family would be at the mall on 1 lazy weekend, shopping for what we need!) But somehow, i hope mom keeps her promise.

Mom, hope you keep your promise to buy me a vintage camera necklace, you said that yesterday so keep that as a promise, ok? Hope she knows this, just because she promised me yesterday after all!

In A Rain's Repeat

During yesterday's typhoon surge, even on a brownout where everything is dark except that lights are from the candles lit, i was trying to read my Cosmopolitan September 2011 issue, it's just because i was thinking of buying a Lipice Sheer Color Lip Balm. (It goes on clear, but it changes to become a unique pink shade!) But all the time, it's been since the start of the 2nd half of this year when i was thinking about a June 20, 2011 repeat? But i even think that it will be more than just a latest copy of Candy magazine & a colorful plastic storage container. So, i was thinking about the add-on's like a cute vintage, long, bronze-colored vintage camera necklace from Vida Doria which is worth P250, i saw that last February 2011 during the 3-day sale at SM City North EDSA. (Hmm, more add-on's? Oh, i would love to have that!) Mom said earlier that she would rather buy that for me, i hope she will, even i found that on a shop where mom buys her clothes often, i was raving for the accessories instead, especially the vintage-inspired ones. So mom, i wish you could keep your promise since i was raving for that for a very long time! Somehow, i wish it will be just like June 20, 2011 all over again, maybe even better.

Anyway, my little sister & i talked about nail colors, she told me to buy a baby pink-colored nail polish, i saw her coloring her nails using the nail colors that i got now. So, maybe aside from the baby pink nail color, i would love to buy black, like i used to color on my nails back when i was in Junior Year HS. (Must-buy nail colors: baby pink, black, dark violet, pastel colors) The best destination to buy nail colors & other nail tools is at Watson's. I would even try to buy a new nail file, hope it's a decorated one. I would try to complete the 5 neon-colored Chic nail colors according to my cravings of Japanese superheroes. Oh well, i would rather beg to my favorite auntie about buying me some DVD's of my favorite Japanese superheroes, probably Super Sentai & Kamen Rider & Popped's sequel, Popped Too. For now, i'll just be careful on what should i buy so i won't be an impulse shopper. But suddenly, i just thought about buying Pocky since i haven't eaten any Pocky for a very long time. I was even trying a Pocky knock-off called Lucky when i found that at Mercury Drug in Waltermart-Makati last August, i even want to try some yummy Meiji snacks like it's just like Junior Year HS all over again. Ok, got to buy some Pocky now.

Anyway, if the events of June 20, 2011 will be repeated even on a different mall or at the same mall where it all began, it will be more than just a latest copy of Candy magazine & a colorful plastic storage container, maybe mom will buy the vintage camera necklace that i would love to have, maybe i bought the nail colors i raved to have at Watsons & maybe i bought the lip balm that i was raving to try, just to have a unique pink shade. (Lip gloss quite not included.) As i keep my fingers crossed, hope that it will be a quiet rainy day when i would wish June 20, 2011 will be repeated again, but in a different way, a different location & a quite similar or different plot.

Popped Again?

It looks like the book for certified K-Pop fans just had a sequel, Popped Too. It looks like i would rather beg my favorite auntie to buy that again for me since she was also the one who bought the first Popped book for me before the end of summer 2011. (That was around May 2011.) Somehow, maybe i'll get started to save up some moolah to buy more stuff, like the April 2011 double-cover back issue of Sparkling K-Pop magazine which i was raving for since the start of summer 2011. But for those who could be curious what chapter i stopped after i read Popped Book 1 since May 2011, i got to admit i was on Chapter 14 anyway. So maybe i decided to tell this to my auntie to buy me Popped Too so i can have a fun time on reading a book &/or a magazine to beat a lazy day. (If only i could recover the pink-colored iBox that contains some of my stuff, hey, i guess i bought that along with the June 2011 issue of Candy magazine on a rainy Monday holiday back in June 2011! Wow, talk about June 20, 2011, it's a good day even the weather was rainy & gloomy.) But anyway, i'm eying to buy the Popped Book 2 soon!

Yes, i kept begging my dad until now to buy me a new pair of earphones since it's been a week of no music. It's either the pink lollipop swirl detail or the violet, white & silver crystal tear-drop detail, 2 of my choices, maybe i prefer the 2nd mentioned detail since dad even said it's like a pair of dangling earrings. (That would be perfect whenever i listen to some K-Pop, J-Pop & C-Pop tunes on my MP4 Player!) Ok, so with 2 K-Pop related stuff that i really need to buy before the end of this year, i would love to beg mom next weekend when we go shopping to buy me the 2011 issue of the UAAP Magazine. 3 more issues to go before i complete all 2011 issues of Candy magazine while i was trying to think up of a plan of buying the April 2011 back issue of Sparkling K-Pop magazine & Popped Too & the deadline is before the end of this year. So maybe dad fulfilled his promise to me that he will buy a new pair of earphones for me, hope he will, even though the month of September draws to an end by next Saturday. Well, can't wait for October!

Dual Colors

Go blue for Ateneo or go green for La Salle, it's about a color of choice, even if i would have an Adidas-La Salle Centennial Jacket, DLSU Green Archers White Knit Hoodie & the Nike-Ateneo 2010 Team Shirt & Team Jacket. Sometimes, i don't care if i show up to my favorite auntie in outfits that has the colors of either ADMU or DLSU. She could try to ask me if i will leave Ateneo for La Salle, but i said no, i will still be at Ateneo even i have a relative studying at La Salle. I don't even care even if i would have my long hair braided like Tiffany Atentido from last Saturday's Cheerdance Competition. (Decide, soon to be Honorary La Sallite/long-time Honorary Atenean: You will don Shan Chai's braided pigtails, have it on & release it after a week, you will look like Adam Park's hairdo circa Power Rangers Turbo. Now get in to your DLSU or ADMU gear & move out!) But when it comes on showing up to my favorite auntie, i would rather explain of why i decided to don the curls. I should say, "Uh, i watched Power Rangers Turbo & i decided to steal my mom's curlers, have it on & when i unravel it, i look like my PR crush, but i look cute because i'm a girl!" Ugh, what a crazy explanation.

My little sister could call me Lei, but she never called me Justin. If only i could try to buy curlers & look more girly in curls. I would even think that those long conversations between myself & my auntie during family affairs could even put me on a better side of things. She could buy my favorite DVD's while i would think of what i will give to her for her birthday in December. She could buy me an Overdrive Tracker that could be my very first PR Operation Overdrive toy in a year or 2. (I could play that when i don't want to spend a lazy day when the 3 people of our family is out for school & work while my mom & i would stay at home & not act as lazy peeps.) Maybe i would try to buy all of those PR Operation Overdrive toys at Toy Kingdom since that is 1 of my favorite PR series that was aired during the past decade. (I've watched that every weekend back in 2009 before the tension of the UAAP Games) Maybe my auntie would buy me the Overdrive Tracker 1st before the other PROO toys, as she would love to bring back the smile in my face after the darkness of 5 years ago. She would say this upon buying the Overdrive Tracker: "Consider the Overdrive Tracker as your lucky charm, every time you cannot escape the trouble of your past, try to press a number & maybe a hero answered your call."

Sometimes i would rather compare who i was in the past to who i am now. 2 different personalities, 1 person, it was me. The old me died tragically in an emotional way while the new me was resurrected by accident. Like i would rather do while being stuck in the PGH Hallway during my grandma's nostalgic visit is to play on my Overdrive Tracker while i'm in my Adidas-La Salle Centennial Jacket. 

Semestral Break Bliss

Yup, October is just around the corner & this means Semestral Break is just around the corner, so it looks like there will be some days where students take a break from all of the tension at school, before the 2nd semester kicks off by November. So it looks like i was quite excited for that, but somehow, all of us in the family have some plans for sem break, like planning a return trip at PGH for my Grandma. It all happened during that night field trip last Sunday, after we passed by at DLSU. Dad even thought that he's planning to bring Grandma back to PGH to bring back good memories, i just want to join along so i can know about Grandma's past job. Even if i could dream about those box of DLSU Goodies like i would love to have since this year is the Centennial Year of DLSU. The diary that i got yesterday is just a filler in a 5-division notebook. So maybe by next month, i would love to buy a notebook or maybe i should raid the black attache case to find some of dad's unused notebooks so i can use it as a diary, time to save up some money, anyway. I would love to spend it instead on the 3 remaining issues of Candy Magazine so i can complete all of the 2011 issues. 

I would rather do something like earning some moolah to buy some stuff, maybe mom would love to buy me the 2011 issue of the UAAP Magazine since i would rave to read that if i bought that, hope the price is just like the price of the 2010 issue. Anyway, i nearly forgot to say that if i would use some of my dad's unused notebooks, even i would use his steno notebooks as a diary, i would rather make a cover collage, time to release my creative juices to be exact. It's been a habit when i was in Junior Year HS to re-use school supplies, i somehow saved a lot of moolah! I was even planning to go to Saizen & buy the 2 types of lip glosses that i would love to use. Mom was even planning to go out to Greenhills to shop, i would even plan up for a family gimmick in Makati after last Sunday, even it was a short time. My mom & i would often be the ones who would shop for what we need. Right now, aside from the 2 lip glosses that i would love to buy at Saizen, i need to buy 3 more Chic Neon nail colors. Talk about a superhero color thrill. But it's time for me to doze off the tension from UAAP Season 74, in other words: back to basics.

With semestral break just around the corner, i would rather do is to do something to cover up the trouble i entered 5 years ago. Just because by next month, it will be the 5th year of the time i entered the darkest day of my life. Sometimes i could wish that didn't happen, but it happened. It's time for me to do something just to run away from the troubles of the past. Anyway, where is my Adidas-La Salle Centennial Jacket?

Vanity Kit Fillers

Now this is quite a continuation from yesterday's entry, now this time, it's about how can i fill up my pink-colored vanity kit carry-all, it's been almost empty for a year or just about this year after i discard some make-up, now it needs a new fill. The biggest plan i would do is to secretly stealing my dad's Clean & Clear Face Powder, like how come dad's using that? Maybe i would get started on having his vanity kit aka his green-colored Lacoste handbag filled with new fillers, which are boy-friendly. In other words, like i would steal my dad's face powder, buy the 2 types of lip glosses at Saizen & buying a refill for my pink-colored mini face powder. Maybe if i would have the chance, i would go to Watson's & check out more make-up that i need, like buying an eyeliner pencil so i won't bother borrowing my little sister's eyeliner. God, i remember the time after we dropped by at a relative's house in Alabang, by the evening, we landed at Waltermart Makati & we girls which is myself, my mom & my little sister & my little brother, the lone boy of the pack went shopping for beauty goodies at Robinsons Department Store, my little sister bought a lipstick with ready-to-use lip gloss, she told me that she's sharing it to me. That's good.

The carry-all for make-up is different from the carry-all for the nail colors, tools & other nail-related products like the nail polish remover. Maybe after the Cover Girl Wetslicks Lip Gloss which i will have in February 2012, the next Cover Girl cosmetics i would try to request to my mom's friend would be Cover Girl Smoky Shadow Blast eyeshadow in Tempest Blue. It's like it reminds me of the time i was window-shopping at the Maybelline NY Kiosk in Landmark Trinoma & i would buy all of the Holiday Glam collection for their Fruity Jelly Lip Gloss, even the ones that has a free hair pin with gems & even the Volume Boost Hello Kitty Limited Edition Mascara imported from Japan! That would beg me to buy both of what i found at the Maybelline NY Kiosk even if mom would try to braid my hair, have it on & when i unravel it, i got curls that i don't even need to buy curlers, but if i would love to buy curlers, it's ok with me. God, i was even thinking of what i would love to fill in my pink-colored vanity kit, so it will be just like how i would used to be when i was in high school. I would only request Cover Girl makeup to my mom's friend in the US. 

Now, as the month of October rolls out & semestral break is just around the corner, it's time for me to get started to be organized. But when it comes on filling up a vanity kit, it's not easy. But it's time for me to shed out the old image of myself from the outside to the inside & open up to a new me inside & out. But actually, no makeup can cover up the darkest day of my life which will fall on it's 5th year next month. The only thing i could cover that darkest day of my life up is just a real smile.

Pleasure In A Lip Gloss

If only i realized that when i got a re-start in high school back in 2003, that's where i began to know more about using a lip gloss. But i still have the lemon-flavored roll-on lip gloss from Freshman Year HS. (I remember back in the time, maybe around Sophomore Year or Junior Year HS, i could pair that with a mint lip balm. Just because i do use the lip balm & the lip gloss more than the balm-color-gloss 3-step rule since i'm no lipstick freak.) So maybe, i might have more lip balms & lip glosses than any other cosmetic that i would rather fill in my semi-empty pink-colored vanity carry-all. So, i said this a bunch of times that i should wait for February 2012 to have the Cover Girl Wetslicks Lip Gloss in Shade# 415/Crush. But maybe for now, i would save up some moolah to buy the 2 types of lip glosses that i found at Saizen last December 2010. (Tall Wand/Tube & Mini Cellphone Charm) The shade? Either pink or caramel, somehow, both are worth P88 anyway. Unless if i would do something to have my pink-colored vanity carry-all filled up with some cosmetics, like i would give it a shot to steal my dad's Clean & Clear Oil-Control Pressed Powder. Only a girl can use that often than a boy!

Come to think of it, i'm not a make-up freak, but since i'm a girl, i remember the times when i was in Freshman Year & Sophomore Year HS, i would don myself in face powder, lip balm & lip gloss often, but in Junior Year HS, i just slick on some lip balm instead. But when it comes on using makeup while i would wait when will i go home-schooling for Senior Year HS, i was even thinking about of more must-fills in my pink-colored vanity kit carry-all. Like the eyeliner that once Jessica Kim & i talked on FB back last summer. (The reason why Jess & i talked about that is because she would love to use an eyeliner to release her inner Visual Kei aka J-Rock Idol in her. I would rather use an eyeliner pencil to add drama in my eyes, far from a black-eye from an Ateneo-La Salle game gone physical!) Now, to make sure my pink-colored vanity kit carry-all filled up again after it surpassed 7 years even it's quite damaged & ending it's 1 year drought, got to have it filled. I would buy a refill for my pink-colored mini face powder, secretly steal dad's Clean & Clear face powder, buy the 2 lip glosses at Saizen & buy a tinted moisturizer.

Yesterday, i listed down what are the selected Cover Girl cosmetics i would love to have after the CG Wetslicks Lip Gloss, i was even thinking about what will i have next! (Hmm, maybe it's the Smoky Shadow Blast Eyeshadow Stick or the CG Smoothers Tinted Moisturizer, Concealer & Face Powder, maybe i would go with the eyeshadow first. The shade? It's like there's some smoke in Katipunan Avenue, in Ateneo, there's some blue smoke in ADMU.) But first, i would rather spent a little on lip balms & lip glosses, like the ones found in Saizen & good ol' reliable brands like Chapstick & Nivea Lip Care. So this means, my pink-colored vanity kit carry-all is filled with makeup that is reasonable while some? Uh, thanks dad. (You could always know that sometimes, your grooming products that you bought would rather be used by a 23-year-old girl who would rather drink coffee than beer on nights with your buds like how girls do, coffee fanatics. Now i need my Starbucks fix now, i'll make a Cafe Mocha go Venti & order a big chocolate chip cookie that i last ate back in Sophomore Year HS!)

Anyway, i would think about of planning to buy a refill for the mini pink face powder. Somehow, i would get started on filling up my pink-colored vanity kit carry-all after all. But for now, let me try to buy 2 matching lip glosses at Saizen to match the lip balm that i also bought there last December 2010.