I've been lusting for different pairs of shoes for the past 3 months, but not spending on them for I'm saving up for something bigger come October. I haven't had any decent pair of doll shoes (which is prolly my comfort foot wear) for the past 3 months. And I've just been looking through a few pairs that will be worth my hard-earned moolah. By the way, I got over the Punchdrunk Panda skimmers I've been lusting for quite a while. I was on the verge of purchasing a pair then I tried to fit the one with the Sushi design and it didn't fit quite well. Darn.

So, here's a few of the one's I've been wanting to buy after that big save-up in October. Are they reasonable?

1. Oxford Shoes (P 1,450)


2. Floral Striped Fabric Oxfords ( P820)



That's it! I'm not really big on shoes, i'd rather spend on lenses. Meh.

I have 2 weeks of blog entries which require photos (yes, it's a must or else!) that are still waiting in the queue. Unfortunately, my card reader was  included together with my sister's baggage when she traveled back to Baguio. I rely on that card reader, emphasis on rely, because I have lost almost all of the cables/cords of my devices (camera, phone, etc>) and I put that card reader into some heavy work almost all the time. I've considered purchasing a new one but change my mind eventually because it's not practical.

I have lot's of photos I want to share with all of you! Unfortunately though, that has to wait. Sigh.

So now, I'm backlogged and I don't feel good about it. I feel like procrastinating, and this blog is the best avenue to do so! And now, I'm left with this crappy post just so I can have a valid reason to procrastinate. Heh.

I still haven't bought the pair of skimmers that I was dying to get since my last post. Just to remind that someone, aherm, or whoever is kind enough to get me a pair, I'm still shit out of luck! I had a new writing job, a side line, just so I can add up to my income and buy luxury (yes, I consider this luxury!) items like a pair of skimmers. Unfortunately, there area lot of bills to pay and finances to, erm, finance!

At this point, I'm still drooling over the photos and trying to wear them in my dreams. It's not really that I don't have the money to buy them at P1,100., just that I don't think I need them at this point. I'd rather save the money for future needs (rainy season, got to be ready), or get them as a gift from someone! Haha! It's more of a want, not a need sort of thing. But, but, but, wait! I got more, if that someone is not buying me those pairs because of the batch 1 designs, look they now have batch 2! I particularly like the retro design:

Retro

..and the sushi design! Hmm! Nomnomnom! They seem so comfy!

Sushi

Oh Punchdrunk Panda Skimmers, why'd you have to be so irresistible? Oh, someone, come hurry and buy me a pair!

Photos are from here.

Excuse me for the title, but I do think I am when it comes to taking care of my nails! My high school, being a very conservative catholic school, didn't allow us girls to apply nail polish during school days. The clear polish is not an exception for we have the head of the ladies' disciplinary whatever and she checks on us everyday.

Just a bit of background on my high school, we weren't also allowed to wear colorful or loud head bands and ponytails for the school believed it's not proper for a girl to do that because it attracts attention. We weren't also allowed to wear bracelets, earrings and accessories that are not religiously affiliated, say for example, a bracelet with a crucifix in it.Oh, high school life. You were oh so mean, but I love you anyway.

So, in college, I let it all out. I wore every color, may it be in the form of clothing, shoes, accessories and even nail polish for that matter.

I love getting my nails done sans the part where I have to wait for around 20 minutes for them to completely dry up. Yes, 2o t 30 freakin' minutes because I had college at Baguio (cold weather, hello!), the oh so lovely Baguio. I'm a bit clumsy that's why I have to wait in one place 'til they dry or I'll end up not having the perfect nails.

After quite sometime, I experimented with my own nails and started doing the cleaning and the polishing myself. I figured out that it's not to practical to have my nails done every week because I basically tire out of each color for, say 2-3 days. So, I bought my own manicure and pedicure kit. My Grandma even bought me the Nail Care Set from Revlon, but I don't know how to use it properly. I'd rather do it manually, but I still have the kit, though. Gramma even bought me more of those, I couldn't reject them for she feels like she's already a part of my growing adult self and it'd hurt her more if I reject her gifts. I'm trying my best to learn how to use these mechanical things, though.

Moving on, I was good with polishing my nails. College thought me all of those, but sadly, I was missing something and that was considering my nails' health condition. I wasn't taking care of them the proper way, I polished them week after week not even considering that they have to have enough sunlight and moisture.

See, as a young college student, I use to experiment with different colors. My favorite was pussy red:

My favorite nail polish color!

It was my all-time nail polish color, or, it was rather my default nail polish color. I've tried several things with my nails as well, nail art and such, I even had the manual nail art! Are you familiar with it? If not, lemme show you this photo.

Manual nail art!

See, it's really simple. Just takes time and patience! And almost all designs involve flowers or stripes.

And the result? I have dry nails up until this moment. I'm trying to revive my nails natural color that's why for almost 3 weeks now, I haven't had Nail polish in them even if I wanted to. I'm still trying to give them a rest, to catch up for the endless nail polish I've been laying on them for almost 4 years now.

Actually, I'm already giddy to put on nail polish at this point so I just resorted to this blog to remind myself that I have to take care of my nails! It's now or never!

Have you watched the 2010 Samsung UAAP Cheerdance Competition? If yes, we owned it! If no, we still did! Haha! I'm just proud, you guys. Since last year, I admit FEU could've been a good competitor, but I still think UP should've been the champion. And that is coming from an old (meaning retired) cheer leader. I'd have to discuss this into another blog, though. Nevertheless, now is the perfect time to regain the bragging right that should have been ours in the first place. I'm just proud that even if we do suck at basketball, we're still number one when it comes to cheerdance! I've also got a video if you haven't seen it yet just so you can be left awed and you can close your mouth while watching! :)

Unibersidad ng Pilipinas (photo is from here)

Again, congratulations to the UP Pep Squad!

I headed to mini-stop to grab a bite to eat when suddenly my usual plastic cup became a very colorful paper cup. I don't have anything against paper cups since it's more eco-friendly than plastic ones, but look what they got:

Ateneo

..they have UAAP dedicated cups! How cool is that? The first time I got one was the one for Ateneo, after that of course i opted for my own choice and got the one for UP, the La Salle then FEU. I wanted to keep them thinking that mini-stop might not release any of these next year but meh, I'm too lazy to do so. I'll just print out the pictures later in life.

So, the drink basically comes with any meal. It's more expensive by P5 because it's slightly bigger than the cups that usually come with the meal. I feel like endorsing for mini-stop since it has become my tambayan, being a few feet away from the office.


Here are some of the photos of the other cups, they got cute designs too.

FEU!

La Salle