tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57349712558188524432024-03-06T03:14:39.255+08:00via lascivia.addictions.obsessions.sentiments.passions.Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07349355039768582362noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734971255818852443.post-55922257658295900292013-06-08T15:07:00.001+08:002013-07-04T23:42:06.479+08:00ParanoiaDoes it scare you that people can track you easily just by typing your name in a search bar?<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It just dawned on me how easy it is to be a stalker these days...</span></i></div>
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I did a little check, I typed my name in and it came up with 2,720 results! (I haven't even used my whole name yet; no limiters too -- slightly geeky stuff)<br />
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I know that the 2,720 results are not all about me but it scared me that the first page of the search bar contained 90% of information related to me. My parents, my siblings, pictures, social networks... some contained personal info too.<br />
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With the continuous advancement of technology, I can't keep track of all the websites I've used since I started using computers. So, I did what any sane person would do...<br />
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<i>it's not like I'm a celebrity people are searching the net for </i><b>:P</b></div>
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Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07349355039768582362noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734971255818852443.post-42475087048158226752013-03-12T16:08:00.001+08:002013-07-04T23:46:48.771+08:00sleep and puppy talkthere is always a day in a year when you can't wait to do the things you've been wanting to do...<br />
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Summer vacation is just around the corner and I just can't wait to sleep. Sleepless nights just for fun, seeing friends haven't seen for a while, being under the sun by the beach... *blinks rapidly*<br />
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Typing about summer is getting me depressed...<br />
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And speaking of depressed, I've been giving away my doggy's babies for the past week.<br />
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I had 5 of these tiny babies and I've found three families for three of the 5... can't decide about the last two, but I think I'm keeping them. ;)<br />
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They're fun to have around especially after a long day in medschool (extended dependence). :P <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am very thankful that I stumbled upon the video of this amazing 12 year old. I remember I was searching for lectures on "neoplasia" (~related to cancer) and I eventually clicked one of her videos, which was her talking about cancer.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I went here in hopes to learn more in the art of helping people in the best way I can.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been searching for MONTHS for a storage for all the vanity xt piling up on my table.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was supposed to pay for it myself but my parents gave it to me as a gift for getting through first year in post-grad studies hahaha</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The day I got this, I moved all my things into it... I stayed up late just to finish. <b>:D</b></span></div>
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Baguio, it's easy to dress up. Because of the climate, you could wear whatever you want </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(layering galore!)</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">:P</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For concrete examples, check this out:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://baguiostreetfashion.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">BAGUIO STREET FASHION</a></span></b></i><br />
<i><b>*discovered this blog last week*</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hate layering when I travel to warm places, so I have some pieces reserved perfect for warm weather.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dressing up to travel was rejuvenating enough already. <b>:P</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">[So, no ceilings, no floors <b>:P</b>]</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">whatever-comes-to-mind <b>FAVE STUFF</b> of 2011</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I don't even think I reached 10 but that's all for my 2011 list :D</div><br />
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My one problem with my nail polish collection: It keeps growing <b>>_<</b></div>
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<b>I just can't control myself.</b><br />
<b>Who would have thought the world would have so many colors???</b></div>
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Besides my lack of self control, I don't know how to store them now especially since they wouldn't fit in my old 10inches by 4inches basket <b>:s</b></div>
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So I had to resort to using an old shoe box that I have kept away and never used -- stupid pack rat me.</div>
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It's so heavy and my vanity drawers do not have any space for this so I had to store it inside my closet, above the shelves.</div>
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I have to label it like that to avoid accidents <b>:s </b>especially when someone would go around my room and look for stuff.</div>
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If you have any suggestions on how I could store these things better, <i>please</i> do tell.</div>
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...and I am changing my blog title <b>:P </b>just coz it's a new year <b>:D</b></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>It is the time of the year</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>to start fresh -- out with the old and in with the new <b>:P</b></i></span></div><b><br />
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So, I cleared out some clothes from my overflowing <b>CLOSET</b> with simple reasons:<br />
1. does not fit me anymore (too big or too small -- stop thinking it'll fit you someday)<br />
2. does not look good (stop justifying to yourself that you look good with it in a certain light -- if a tiny voice in your head tells your it's fugly, it is!)<br />
3. have never worn it for more than a year (yes, many of us are guilty of this)<br />
4. damaged (that can't be repaired -- if it's something that you've never gotten around to repairing or getting repaired, just give it up)<br />
5. not comfortable (itchy but looks good? throw it away; hurts but looks good? don't suffer anymore)<br />
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Really, when an <b><i>organized me</i></b> fought with the <b><i>pack rat me</i></b>, it was easier to give the clothes away. Once I placed it in the "never returning to my closet" pile, I forgot about it anyway.<br />
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For <b>make-up and skin care products</b>, I dumped some too:<br />
1. <i>expired</i> (for some of my unlabeled products, I consulted: checkcosmetic.net)<br />
2. <i>funky-smelling</i> even though it still isn't past its expiry date<br />
3. <i>a change in the product</i> that isn't comfortable for you even if it still isn't expired: it irritates you now even though it didn't before; weird tasting -- for lipgloss, lipstick, etc -- I don't eat it but I noticed it tastes weird so I threw it out; color change -- white to beige (creams, etc) or clear liquid to cloudy liquid (like in toners, etc)<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some people were out waiting for the final 10-second countdown to 2012 while some were laughing and sharing stories with their family just before they noticed the fireworks starting out the window...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>where was I?</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Laying on a couch -- back aching, heart pounding and woozy -- I thought I was going to have a heart attack! -- funny but it may have been true: heart attack in my early 20's.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What a way to ruin a New Year's Eve Party.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I woke up 5 minutes before 12 midnight and slowly walked to the window and watched the fireworks coz I still felt pain in various places.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I heard my family say: "Happy New Year Geli!" and I could only whisper a very unhappy-sounding "Happy New Year".</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But -- besides that, I'm just glad my family was there -- with a doctor and a nurse that I could have easily called in case my body wanted to cause a scene just before the fireworks were lighted.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, 'nuff drama! <b>:P</b> I still had fun -- <i>the next morning </i>-- with lots of food (again) and fun!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It provides slight comfort for those sh*tty days in life.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">One time, I walked into 7-Eleven after two weeks of sleep deprivation. I picked up some energy drinks (ironic, <b>:P</b>) and when I got to the counter, I had a hard time trying to understand what the cashier was asking me. Hahaha! Talk about weirdo.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">She ended up laughing it off with me when I apologized for staring into space.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Even though I love sleep very much, I'm going to give it up for this. <b>:)</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...I have to find another favorite activity in life.</span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Have you guys met "BOO", the famous Pomeranian?</span></b></div>
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<b>SOOO CUTE! :D</b></div>
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Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07349355039768582362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734971255818852443.post-83354116925380159462011-05-28T21:15:00.000+08:002011-05-28T21:15:14.570+08:00puppy love?<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My family isn't exactly the type I imagined to spoil a dog.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2nd, my brother, bought a [Pomeranian X Miniature Poodle] last month and brought it -- well, her -- home...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And last week, though I don't admit it (because I don't believe in boredom), I guess I was bored that I ended up making a dog dress/shirt. Hahahaha!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There are some things in life that makes you wonder why you did it (kidding! <b>:P</b>)... There are some things in life that are achieved only when your mind and heart are in it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So... I decided I will still be a student for the next many many years of my life until an exam decides that I can be called a "<i>doctor</i>".</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...at some point, I preferred to be "unemployed" than to be "student" but after a month being a bum, I guess I'm not ready to work just yet. I know I can help everyone (includes family, etc) more if I learn more...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...who stops learning from life anyway? <b>:)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Why?<br />
</span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Well, it includes: (1) Friends, (2) Others and (3) Family</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Though (4) Self was almost neglected (but since sleep was kind enough to be there for four hours at most), I'm contented.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">During a late night chat, a friend asked me: "Why are you so hyper tonight?"<br />
I think I overwhelmed him with all the laughing icons and excessive addition of letters to emphasize emotional overflow<br />
(a likely example: waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!! *5 laughing icons*).<br />
I answered: "I feel great! It's weird that I feel stressed but happy." <b>:D</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On one night of the week, I traveled and stayed out overnight (not to party, I assure you) a city away from where I live to be with my best friend who needed a best friend at that time. We all go through troubles in life and no matter how strong we perceive (or even if others think so too) ourselves to be, we all need a moment -- even if it was just a few minutes -- to give way to the pressure and let someone else be strong for you.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I don't really know what hit me to volunteer for <i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.gk1world.com/">GK (Gawad Kalinga)</a> </i>last Saturday (for a med mission) -- my last volunteer for GK was 4 years ago, which seems like decades away to me now. I was assigned to be in the 'youth development' (I think is what they call it) part of the med mission -- this simply involves playing with the kids and prevent them from distracting the doctors assessing people and the mothers waiting for their turn. I was there to help but it seemed they helped me more (psychologically and emotionally).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And on family day, I cooked for the house:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">basing on one of my favorite chefs' -- Chef John of FoodWishes.com -- videos</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2008/11/simple-beef-pot-roast-with-prep-cook.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Click here for his simple pot roast video</i>. <b>:)</b></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We all know Filipinos love rice, hahaha, so I added the supposed mashed potatoes and turned it to potato cubes and added it into the pot roast.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Though it's not a perfect week (what <i>is </i>a perfect week anyway?),<br />
I'm happy. <b>:)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For the love of beef,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Why do I think these are awesome?</i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1. Lots and lots of colors!<br />
<i>I say it like I have all the colors. Hahahaha. </i><b>:P</b><i> I just have 5 at the moment (the ones you see in the photo above).</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2. Doesn't chip or fade easily.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3. Sometimes, you don't need a top coat. <b>:P</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4. Relatively cheaper compared to other Korean brands (TheFaceShop, SkinFood).<br />
<i>Though I think Etude House have the same prices (but I don't own any yet so let's exclude it for now).</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5. Available in the Philippines! <b>:D </b>(that is always comforting to know)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>I bought this from "Nail Up" in Robinsons Place Manila (P. Faura wing).</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><br />
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</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Instead of names, these babies are coded (numbers, sometimes letters):</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(from left to right)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>319 (gray) >> 729 (yellow green) >> 630 (deep green) >> 54 (beige) >> M68 (sky blue? haha)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I really can't prove number 1 to you. You'll just have to go and see the colors they have. <b>:)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For number 2, let's just say I can wear one of these colors and won't need to take it off even after 5 days 'cause it still looks great (despite my activity-filled life: laboratory, house chores, etc <b>:P</b>).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">One time, I came up with this design on a sleepover with my bestfriends:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I used 630 (the deep green one) as a base and used other brands for the designs. This design stayed on my hand for more than a week -- <i>WITHOUT</i> a top coat! I forgot to layer on a top coat, actually, hahahaha.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I usually do nail designs at night then let it dry very well (overnight) then layer on a top coat in the morning. But on that day, my bestfriends slept over and I forgot the top coat.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I traveled to Baguio that weekend and I still had it when I came back to Manila the next week after it was created. It never chipped! I swear!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It faded at the ends though (the normal fading -- the polish looks thinner -- you get when you have your nail polish on for more than a week).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another year has ended and welcoming the new one feels like seeing a clean slate. <b>:)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For any mistakes of the past, let's learn and forgive.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For all the happy memories of last year, may we draw strength from them and stand through any future conflict.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the sad ones, may they be a reminder that no matter how hard it was, we got through it anyway.</span></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BTW, i went home for the holidays.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought I'd share how my hometown looks like <b>:P</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What the heck am I talking about???</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was getting tired of having to fix my hair everyday, so...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This happened.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had my hair shaved off. <b>:P</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b></b>[It's #3 on hair clippers, in case you want to know. <b>:P</b>]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I spent my Halloween in Baguio.<br />
In the morning, I went to the market with my auntie and my best friend, <b>SJ</b>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">[I wish <b>CA </b>was with us. It was quite a weekend.]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I don't really have any ghost story to share this time of the year.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Halloween-themed nail art! <b>:P</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtY6HDpTelZ7orAC5Lku5K9BQd_5m4vxP0yUgzuwAJyd3Sa09Jbi5IOyasDZ6T3ZWciV_Df9dz61GmThjke0KIBX0FOgABVVJyMWDvjTXOtjnDmt_ZGKFH5wZyzCx5tD7H_Bxcl1iGUcM/s1600/Halloween1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtY6HDpTelZ7orAC5Lku5K9BQd_5m4vxP0yUgzuwAJyd3Sa09Jbi5IOyasDZ6T3ZWciV_Df9dz61GmThjke0KIBX0FOgABVVJyMWDvjTXOtjnDmt_ZGKFH5wZyzCx5tD7H_Bxcl1iGUcM/s320/Halloween1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Why is one nail diff'rent on each hand?</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I started with just that, actually. I wanted to paint all my nails with a night scene. <b>:P</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b></b>Quite ambitious. Hahaha.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When I realized it would take me hours to get all my nails to each have a night scene, I decided to do this, and just apply <i>cracking nail polish </i>on my other nails. <b>:P</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My left hand pinky finger has a night scene with silhouettes of buildings and a full moon (partially covered by silver clouds) while my right hand pinky finger has a night scene with silhouettes of dead trees and a full moon (also partially covered with silver clouds).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was fun to paint the night scenes but really time consuming so this was when I enjoyed the convenience of having a cracking nail polish. <b>:)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9959/swign.png" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div>Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07349355039768582362noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734971255818852443.post-66531580400020192762010-10-31T23:00:00.002+08:002012-01-16T22:28:56.299+08:00touring but not a tourist<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I came back to Baguio (hometown) for a short holiday. A day before traveling back home, my friend, <b>SJ</b>, and I were chatting and the conversation went to</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"Why don't you come with me to Baguio then?" (I asked)</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"...I'll think about it."</span></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A few minutes before she logged out, she sent me an SMS: "I'm going to Baguio with you!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So, I guess she obtained parents' permission and whatever.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The next day, we met up and took the bus to Baguio. Before falling asleep, she turned to me and said:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"I want to experience Baguio in a different way -- not the normal tourist's thing."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Her statement reminded me of myself whenever I travel. I don't ever want the normal stuff that people do on tours. I want to experience it the way locals do. I guess not everyone is into the drop-by-tourist-site-and-take-lots-of-pictures-then-leave. <b>:) </b>That's not so bad but straying from the usual path leads you to discovering new treasures -- this doesn't just apply to traveling.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So, we arrived in Baguio 3:30AM on Halloween and we were greeted by the cold air of the morning. We took a cab home and buried ourselves under thick blankets until nine in the morning. My auntie told me she was going to the market, so I shook <b>SJ </b>awake so we could go with my auntie.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>In my checklist, these are things that should be experienced when in Baguio...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1. HAVE COFFEE WHILE WATCHING THE SUNRISE.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2. VISIT THE MARKET! -- Try looking through the <i>ukay-ukay</i> too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3. GO OUT AND SEE BURNHAM IN THE MORNING (full of activity).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4. HAVE A MEAL IN JACK's/50's DINER/SIZZLING PLATE.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">5. HAVE COFFEE WHILE WATCHING THE SUNSET.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">6. FIND A HIGH PLACE WHERE YOU CAN WATCH THE LIGHTS OF THE CITY AT NIGHT -- SM is good enough. <b>:)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">7. GATHER AROUND A FIRE WHILE TELLING STORIES.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">8. TRY TAKING A BATH WITHOUT HEATING THE WATER (hahaha -- even I don't put up with the pure cold water <b>:P</b>).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">well, the next two are just optional...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">9. If you like 'partying', visit the bars, etc.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">10. For Catholics (or interested tourists) go to Baguio Cathedral. It is a landmark of the city, after all.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">HAPPY HALLOWEEN!</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">**photos are shot by SJ, edited by me**</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img src="http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9959/swign.png" /> </span></div>Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07349355039768582362noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734971255818852443.post-70785043214515333772010-10-18T21:29:00.001+08:002011-05-06T21:54:03.440+08:00Nail Enlightenment<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've admitted it before but I sure will admit it again:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am a late bloomer.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I dunno if I can still call myself that. I've always been a fashion advocate since I was in Grade 4 (when I realized I loved everything that had to do with fashion)... BUT! At that time, I didn't know the science of it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Get it?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Like in photography... I may love it but years ago, I wouldn't know how to produce the type of pictures that I admire.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[As of now, I'm still learning stuff on both. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">:P</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">]</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...but this is what I mean with nails too. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I admired people who put an effort on their nails but I never wanted them on myself. Why? I was weird that way. I liked dresses and stuff but you'd never be able to make me wear one.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am still weird like that. Hahaha.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The only nail stuff I owned exactly a year ago (OCTOBER 2009) was a cheap purple and blue polish I bought from the supermaket and a </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Caronia clear</span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> top coat.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two months later, my collection started growing...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are the cheaper ones of the collection... and the three on the left side are the first nailstuff I owned. I later bought two more (again, from the supermarket) -- the brown and the red.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hated wearing polish though, coz they chipped and cracked especially when I was careless of what I did. I did cleaning and laundry with these cheap polishes so I hated painting my nails coz after a day or two (if I was lucky), I would have to take it off coz it looked like sh*t. Hahaha.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since I wasn't a fan, I was reluctant of buying more expensive nail polishes but I gave in once and decided to try.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I first bought the </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elianto Navy</span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A really dark blue ~ almost black (something random: reminds me of my elementary school uniform </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">:P</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">). With the </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Caronia clear</span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> as the top coat, I discovered it didn't chip and crack as easily as the cheap ones I got from the supermarket.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">15PHP</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (~0.3$)</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> vs. 99PHP </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(~2$)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's the price difference. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">:P</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I learned splurging a little is worth it. Hahaha. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">:P </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I bought more of the not so cheap ones and loved coloring my nails. I figured it would last longer if I used a more expensive clear top coat too... so I bought this:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, I proved that thought right... My nails didn't chip for a week. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">:)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I'm too busy to bother myself with my nails, it could last more than a week without chipping but with the normal polish fading.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But that's bad, </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">:P</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b></b>My mother's favorite lady who does her nails told me not to leave polish more than 5-7 days. You have to take it off and re-do (if you really like a certain color/design).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you're on a tight budget but still want longer-lasting nail colors: you may buy cheaper nail colors but make sure to splurge a little on the top coat. The clear top coat will prevent the cheaper nail polish from chipping</span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">:)</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, my collection didn't stop growing there...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but I don't have pics of it now... so maybe, next time </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">:)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have to get back to studying. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">:P</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img src="http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9959/swign.png" /></span></div>Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07349355039768582362noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734971255818852443.post-38262182461409469802010-04-17T20:53:00.002+08:002010-04-17T20:55:08.174+08:00Ms Jehan, thank you thank you thank you!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I received a package around March 31 from South Korea and it surprised my mother.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"Who sent you a package from Korea???"</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...and I just went, "ehh..he..he..hehe.." with my Bugs Bunny expression. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">:P</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_T8rJom3HCW5qSmMoxh8CL5VvG4fVL2qUuK1l2tImF2sHV4S2TPkHN11vRd1WaojjzuIPWDRmyHn6XWk1FRbMbTkltSTyAwPhIhRD9vehLAl52ZwFruDd7H5qYcKSV9RFknGvesEjns/s1600/DSC00560.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_T8rJom3HCW5qSmMoxh8CL5VvG4fVL2qUuK1l2tImF2sHV4S2TPkHN11vRd1WaojjzuIPWDRmyHn6XWk1FRbMbTkltSTyAwPhIhRD9vehLAl52ZwFruDd7H5qYcKSV9RFknGvesEjns/s200/DSC00560.JPG" width="200" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1vSc4Tce4kGTEseI4l-5XK9ztSj67NLRPmEh99J51Vxde-kdWU93jTMVOOKzqs3AexL2xvIjEsY7Pge7mMKpxLOUzkHnYd3pVRvU_yDA0Zu1nj4YMeIkaseMubOThg-oW8GLkCclrAU/s1600/DSC00563.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1vSc4Tce4kGTEseI4l-5XK9ztSj67NLRPmEh99J51Vxde-kdWU93jTMVOOKzqs3AexL2xvIjEsY7Pge7mMKpxLOUzkHnYd3pVRvU_yDA0Zu1nj4YMeIkaseMubOThg-oW8GLkCclrAU/s200/DSC00563.JPG" width="200" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">But after she saw the contents of the package, I explained to her how I met Ms Jehan thru </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">blogger</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If you haven't visited her site yet, </span><b><i><a href="http://jehankimaddiction.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">click here</span></a></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">She made sure that all the stuff are "Made in Korea". <b>:D</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The colored cards makes me want to go back to school to try it out. <b>:D<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">I am sooo looking forward to using it!</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFOnjj1-s2vAaL0WgPzglBVr54HW5Sc3qgDokqoCGe4U7ryQTl6hz6ANcj35mb9pERyjtjeAnR3U6ssbU9636j58lUGjcuPmU0ns7BE7yJPzGrm9APqnY62xzcZIcagfamL3MSRGE2ng/s1600/DSC00582.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFOnjj1-s2vAaL0WgPzglBVr54HW5Sc3qgDokqoCGe4U7ryQTl6hz6ANcj35mb9pERyjtjeAnR3U6ssbU9636j58lUGjcuPmU0ns7BE7yJPzGrm9APqnY62xzcZIcagfamL3MSRGE2ng/s320/DSC00582.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">~pretty colors~</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...but seriously, this package would never be complete without the letter:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thank you thank you thank you~! <b>:D</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">More blogging years ahead! <b>:)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img src="http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9959/swign.png" /></span></div>Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07349355039768582362noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734971255818852443.post-32645028990271595372010-04-15T22:40:00.004+08:002012-01-10T23:10:36.851+08:00Flat Top Brushes<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As of now, I own two flat top makeup brushes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The first one I purchased from Sophie&Christine of </span><a href="http://beautyandminerals.multiply.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">B&M</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> (linked if interested). </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">:)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">They sell the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Charm </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">brushes</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> ~ which are great and reasonably priced. I definitely recommend checking out the mineral makeup too (Monave).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSkoPHMrRIuF7yPMHqy8bnfAOQbbn7wfou_DItsuTzKOwsiomM6QWJoc8z9HCgebQhp60dDRjyoRtxh81E-Two_Uuyn3VOfp3q_7_hmTRDO3WdHT2d7k3dk96LTbRkfPj_mW1kAaLNmf4/s1600/DSC08615.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSkoPHMrRIuF7yPMHqy8bnfAOQbbn7wfou_DItsuTzKOwsiomM6QWJoc8z9HCgebQhp60dDRjyoRtxh81E-Two_Uuyn3VOfp3q_7_hmTRDO3WdHT2d7k3dk96LTbRkfPj_mW1kAaLNmf4/s320/DSC08615.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Charm flat top brush (top); Charm duo fiber brush (bottom)</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>-- will review the duo fiber next time --</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The second flat top, I purchased recently...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The famous EDM flat top brush. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">:)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I bought it from </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ebay.ph</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, seller: </span><a href="http://myworld.ebay.ph/organice07?ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:PH:1181"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">organice07</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. I'm not sure if she still has the EDM flat top and kabuki brushes. These stuff sell like candy. It took me four tries to get one actually and from different sellers (multiply and ebay).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Before I buy, I ask what's the difference between a flat top and a kabuki brush... and I always get the same answer. So I think I should share the knowledge with you in case you were kept in the dark all these days/weeks/months/years of <i>kalandian</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The <i>kabuki brush</i> is used for light to medium coverage (heavy is achievable but takes a lot of layering and time). The <i>flat top brush</i>, on the other hand, is used for medium to heavy coverage. <b>:) </b>The flat top picks up more product than kabuki and it's usually used with powder products.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">[I feel so knowledgeable <b>:P </b>though I'm not.]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Lemme review the pretty brushes:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i><b>Charm </b></i><b>flat top </b>(500php from B&M): I remember how excited I was to receive this (what a noob, <b>:P</b>).<br />
It disappointed me the first time though. It shed and bled like <i>maaaaaaad</i> during washing and makeup application. It annoyed me more whenever I picked the hairs off of my face. I gave it a chance though, I kept using it with a firm belief that the shedding will lessen to a tolerable degree... but during the fifth washing, it shed a large clump of hair. I stared at the drain it went into for a while and wondered if it was my fault. I wasn't tugging the hairs or anything. I wasn't even rough in any way. When it dried, it looked weird coz it lost a big clump of hair somewhere near the side. I gave up on it after that -- thinking that all the Charm flat tops were like that -- it turned out that it was a defect.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The second flat top I received was waaaaaaaay better. It did shed a few hairs but not as bad as the first one. I was told that animal hair really sheds. I've been using the second flat top for almost two months, I think. It's been great and it doesn't shed on my face but it sheds one or two during washing.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I like the thick handle coz it gives great control but I'm not very fond of pink. The color will grow on me someday. <b>:P</b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i>Everyday Minerals</i> flat top </b>(550php from organice07): this brush is suuuper soft. I can't deny that. It hasn't shed a single hair since I received it. It's slightly smaller than the Charm flat top that's why gripping it needed some adjusting since I was used to the Charm's thick handle. I think I tend to use more product with the EDM flat top though. Now I know why it's one of the favorites of MMU users. <b>:)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've always had a belief that if my material things are not arranged the way it should be, my personal life would follow. So if my things are all over the place, most likely, my relationships/events/mind-setting would be a mess too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No one has ever pushed me to dump this mentality, so I think I'm doing fine. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">:) </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No need to call for professional help. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">:P</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>What has this got to do with this post?</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted to rant about <i>The Body Shop</i> facial brush.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSIbgvJr77n1KXWLKnd3mh1uSqkDYANA9X_2idTzWULPZHTYRTewqA-4RwH8gR-MbzjeamaCMzNqqX_h8pXqV70-Bm_g3BkJSMCbGO1mHPmBJng68IrgJoYc_6x7j7AslDjECJ7dzOUM/s1600-h/DSC01278.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpSIbgvJr77n1KXWLKnd3mh1uSqkDYANA9X_2idTzWULPZHTYRTewqA-4RwH8gR-MbzjeamaCMzNqqX_h8pXqV70-Bm_g3BkJSMCbGO1mHPmBJng68IrgJoYc_6x7j7AslDjECJ7dzOUM/s320/DSC01278.JPG" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...and this facial brush has got something to do with my being OC.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How? I'm not satisfied with just washing my face with just a gentle cleanser then exfoliating after a day of being exposed to the pollution of Manila (Philippines) or even after a day of wearing makeup... </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and</span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> being exposed to the pollution of Manila. I felt like my cleansing routine lacked something.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I needed to feel "cleaner".</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On weekends, The Body Shop in Greenbelt... I don't know if I got this info right... but the lady says that they're products are 10% off...?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When the saleslady failed to convince me to buy a kabuki brush, I wandered towards the wall where facial cleansers were and I saw this tiny brush, that didn't even fill half of my palm.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguj75vXPBn0CA79HpYvPnDcdWjFSh5k1QhZiBcx7glRsp6SOaqn6h6Sw44FYnJgneCfpoz10Cj5wTH42QTkyY0XH-ihM1-fgIQuf9gwzUJpvdqtwGZH73yVUF09AqA3ojWtRohQCsY2fI/s1600-h/DSC01273.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguj75vXPBn0CA79HpYvPnDcdWjFSh5k1QhZiBcx7glRsp6SOaqn6h6Sw44FYnJgneCfpoz10Cj5wTH42QTkyY0XH-ihM1-fgIQuf9gwzUJpvdqtwGZH73yVUF09AqA3ojWtRohQCsY2fI/s320/DSC01273.JPG" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I got home, I gave it a try.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How I did it?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I poured some facial cleanser on the brush, washed my face with water and knowing I have sensitive skin, I started brushing my face with it like it was a cotton ball -- but I soon felt it wasn't.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course not~ the bristles are nylon-like. Since I already hurt one side of my face, I gave it another try, but this time on the other side. I was waaay more gentle this time -- that's when I appreciated the brush's purpose! <b>:D</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next day, yes, the <i>next day</i>, I used it <i>again</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[I know it's bad to exfoliate everyday...<b>:/</b>].</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>(1)</b> I washed my face first with something uber gentle<br />
(I used Olay Sensitive).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>(2)</b> I let my face dry a bit then used a thicker facial cleanser<br />
(I used Pond's) and spread it on my dry face.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>(3) </b>Then I wet the brush until I was sure all the bristles were damp.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>(4)</b> Placed a bit of cleanser on the bristles and...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>(5) </b>...started brushing my face -- veeery gently.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...gradually added pressure when my skin gets used to it.<br />
I count my strokes on each region of my face -- right cheek, left cheek, forehead, chin and around the nose.<br />
15 gentle strokes each and 10 more (with a bit more pressure).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>(6)</b> After that, I wash all the froth (<b>:P</b>) off my face.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>(7)</b> Then I rinse the brush too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Note: Let the brush completely dry before storing it in its cover.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I applied moisturizer liberally to counteract the drying effect though. After that week, I've used it once (sometimes, twice) a week. <b>:D<br />
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I like using this brush with a thick/viscous cleanser (like Pond's) than a watery/less viscous kind (like Olay).<br />
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For dry to normal skin-types, I actually recommend using it two days in a row the first time so you could feel the effect but make sure you use moisturizer right after. <b>;)</b><br />
For oilier skin types, <i>never</i> use it days in a row, it'll aggravate your oil glands into thinking your skin's too dry and it'll produce more oil.<br />
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<i><b> On the safer side of life</b></i>, it is still recommended to exfoliate <i>once a week...</i></span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">I think we should all stick to that, </span>:P</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img src="http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9959/swign.png" /></span></div>Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07349355039768582362noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734971255818852443.post-4136699017186067392010-03-14T14:19:00.018+08:002012-01-06T19:42:03.036+08:00Saturday Discoveries<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I haven't had a real weekend since March began.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...but after two weeks of locking myself up and studying, I needed to go out... even if it meant not studying for half a day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yesterday, my aunt and her daughter suggested we go there for breakfast. I agreed because I was curious... after all, they were raving about it last weekend.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">he Salcedo Community Market is in a park in Makati where a lot of stalls are lined up and in each stall, they sell what they want to sell, mostly food and drinks </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">:P </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">but I've seen a stall with bags, a stall for promoting program or whatever too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...of course, we were there for the food. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">:D</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'm glad we were there in the morning and the lighting was good. My camera had a good morning exercise.</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> :D</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The market is actually a showcase of different foods from everywhere. There's French, Malaysian, Mediterranean and of course, Filipino [and don't think it's just one type of Filipino food, think North to South of the Philippine map]. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">:D</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> One famous Filipino food would be Lechon -- there was cow ('twas my first time to see that) and pig. I didn't want to shock the people who aren't used to seeing animals on a large stick so I didn't take a photo of those.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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these are japanese cakes, in case you were wondering <b>:P</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3RU-TKXLVPESQLxMzjCgZgiIv-ED4cnQUvXDvli2pEnfYwlyPFjvg-_phqjDlfHo7zpufejhYYQnvxSNcKDRvxmM468rNoW5kMnnpMPhCXlJzovxB-Cpq-yhBSJr4VYPkoHjX_tclo2k/s1600-h/jap+cakes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3RU-TKXLVPESQLxMzjCgZgiIv-ED4cnQUvXDvli2pEnfYwlyPFjvg-_phqjDlfHo7zpufejhYYQnvxSNcKDRvxmM468rNoW5kMnnpMPhCXlJzovxB-Cpq-yhBSJr4VYPkoHjX_tclo2k/s320/jap+cakes.jpg" /></a><br />
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Walking around the market... shaded by trees... you actually forget you're in the city.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Well... not until you look up and you see the tall buildings surrounding the area. <b>:D<br />
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We had breakfast in the picnic area (as I mentioned, it's in a park) -- there were tables and chairs and we stayed there for a while. We were about to leave when <b><i>Sharon Cuneta</i></b> arrived with her kid and the media men tailing her.<br />
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[Sharon Cuneta is a singer/actress in the Philippines -- now she's a host in her self-titled show, Sharon. Anyone watched <i>Caregiver</i>?]<br />
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That afternoon [at this point, we haven't returned home yet so I haven't studied yet], we went around to scout for a couch. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I realized I'm drawn to odd pieces.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I like this lamp. If you don't, oh well. <b>:P</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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We found a few candidates for the perfect sofa -- sofabed, actually.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The winner, I guess, is the one below.<br />
Comfy, soft, pretty -- and definitely fits the "Asian" theme of the house that it will be staying in.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img src="http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9959/swign.png" /></span></div>Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07349355039768582362noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734971255818852443.post-88962325129530065712010-03-11T21:37:00.003+08:002012-01-06T19:35:34.447+08:00a story of falling in love<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I don't remember when I first fell in love with the camera.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It fascinated me to stay behind it [though my interest of being the subject later developed, </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">:P</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">].</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I didn't know the science of it -- I still don't, actually. I think it's funny that with a big love for the art, I own an obsolete point and shoot camera. Though in the world of gadgets it may be obsolete, it has been part of my development as an enthusiast.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It has been one of my goals to own one of those fancy-looking cameras that professionals carry around but borrowing and holding one in my hands was already fulfilling enough. Though I wish I could do better, I was contented with the pictures that my camera produced. The years we've been together -- I guess -- makes it more connected to me. Even when a better camera is offered to be borrowed, I feel I can shoot better with my old and handy one.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's a Sony DSC-T9, by the way. <b>:P</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My dad bought this for the family four of five years ago. I was there when he selected it among the others inside a glass box in the Sony Shop. It was one of the latest models at that time -- with the image stabilizing feature. <b>:P</b></span><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b></b>It was just beautiful and my dad and I (with no professional knowledge of the latest cameras that time) were captivated by it. It didn't take too long, actually, my dad soon asked the salesman to box one for us.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Two years ago, when I needed a camera for my classes -- like Biology (with live specimens and stuff) -- I asked to borrow it. It slowly began to be established as mine since I didn't return it whenever I went back home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Just last year, a week before my birthday, the T9's flash bulb busted and I never had the time to get it replaced and I know it'd cost me a chunk of my allowance. </span><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">:(</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So for the week of my birthday until January 2, 2010, I borrowed a new family camera for night shots coz the T9 couldn't shoot at night -- sometimes, day too -- without a flash. <b>:(</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sadly, until now, I never got around to getting the flash bulb repaired. There just isn't a Sony Service Center that's really accessible. My blogging decreased since that month too. It wasn't just because I was busy but I couldn't blog without pictures. I guess I was used to having one or two pics in my entries and I'm not that fond of taking pictures from the internet.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsSkotlhavbVeKjVgczKvuhErQsrdYcmd7wAgCbx7Z-HGc04J81ro2K51-ufR8eMOjHvJAdr-ZhPRmL9JXQYUMFzaPMKRfcnYz0crLItNUWwJDNb_0Z0-TzUdfCcD5UQI1mN9kVGGab6s/s1600-h/Sony-T9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsSkotlhavbVeKjVgczKvuhErQsrdYcmd7wAgCbx7Z-HGc04J81ro2K51-ufR8eMOjHvJAdr-ZhPRmL9JXQYUMFzaPMKRfcnYz0crLItNUWwJDNb_0Z0-TzUdfCcD5UQI1mN9kVGGab6s/s320/Sony-T9.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"><b>Ironic, yes, I'm not fond of taking pics from the net but here's a pic of the camera that I pulled out from <i>dcviews.com </i>back when it was new. :P Hahahaha!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I still love the T9 but it isn't as useful to me as it was before.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Everything tends to age -- even gadgets age too. <b>^^</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Why did I suddenly post about this? Well, I was browsing my Photo folder in my laptop and I found some old photos -- that were produced, I proudly say, by the <b><i>Sony DSC-T9 </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">and I</span></b>. <b>:)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>:P</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I appreciate you reaching this point of this entry.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><i>I'm actually talkative so I turn out to be type-ative too</i></b>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">:P</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Hoping to blog again soon,<br />
</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img src="http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9959/swign.png" /></span></div>Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07349355039768582362noreply@blogger.com9