Let me introduce you to this baby, Samanco! I first had a taste of this fish-shaped ice cream at Donday, at eat-all-you-can Korean restaurant. I loved the taste because aside from Vanilla Ice Cream, it also had red bean paste which is something I really love! (Thinking about Starbucks' Green Tea with Red Beans? I only eat the red beans because I hate tea. Lol.) I wouldn't want to go all the way to Malingap St. just to buy the fish-shaped ice cream so I felt kinda sad 'cause I only get to eat it when we go there for buffets--well, until I discovered Samanco at Mini Stop! Yay!

First off, I'm sorry dear blog if i have ignored you for some 3 weeks or so. The corporate world was trying to catch up on me and ate almost all if not all of my time. 3 weeks may seem like a short time but it was a rollercoaster of emotions for me. One day I'm happy, the next day I'm sad, tomorrow I don't know what I want. More on that later. For now, let me try to update my blog and myself on what was really up for the past 3 weeks.

Let me share a little secret. After moving here in Manila for work, I stopped all sorts of moisturizing I was doing before. It was too greasy for me to handle, especially body lotions and facial moisturizers. It seemed okay in the beginning since I didn't see any effects, I would moisturize once in a blue moon, say I'd wear a short skirt and my skin would seem really dry. 

After 3 yrs of doing this, my skin started to wrinkle and it looked and felt unhealthy. A couple of months ago, despite the greasy and uneasy feeling it brings, I started moisturizing again. A co-worker had a Human Nature Catalogue so I browsed through it and saw 2 products that I really wanted to try.

A couple of weeks ago while shopping for my sister's school supplies, I can't help but notice a wide array of shoes that were lined up in this department store that we were in. I was looking for a pair of flats for the rainy season, probably plastic ones but chanced upon these lovely babies. 

I got the title from a co-worker who always has a body butter beside her in case of "Emergency dryness". I thought of that when I thought of purchasing these giant moisturizing lotions. I always moisturize before I go to work, I skip it when I'm about to be late, but I do it most of the time. 

I also have one mini lotion in my bag in case I get super dry, which led me to think, why do we always feel dry despite the moisture that we give our body. I actually have a very oily face but I feel like my body needs more of it. I read from Helga's blog that the more you deprive your body of moisture, the more it produces oil so that it will still be moisturized.

And all of this is brought to you by our friends form Nuffnang, say hi! :)

I wish I could sing this song one day and really be around the world. But since I can't, here's one that can remind me of that goal every time it slips my mind. The other day, I was surprised because I was dloading my usual series fix and my hard drive turned red. I can't believe I've wasted 500GB on music, movies, series and porn in just a year. It usually lasts more than a year. So, either I've been dloading too much stuff or I've been idle for a lot of time for the past yr. Anyhoo, I don't have the budget yet to buy me an external hard drive so I thought of putting some of the movies I've downloaded into a DVD-R to make space for more movies, series and porn. 

Since I'll be dealing with a lot of DVDs, I went to CD-R King to look for a case and this is what I got. 

Some people say UPans are too proud of their school, it's a stereotype that most people carry with the same thinking that not all people from UP got in because of their brains but because of their connections. Comments? Bitter! Loljk. If that's what they/you think, go ahead. You probably took the exam and had a failing mark hence the accusations and assumptions? I tell you, you're better off with that. Entering UP is actually not a problem, getting out of it aka graduating is. So, if you didn't make the cut during the entrance exam, if in any case you get in by any miraculous deed, you probably won't be able to graduate anyway. On your second year you'd have an average of 3 failing major subjects, no available class to enlist for and a professor who hates your guts. The next semester will be harder, you'll get that terror prof everyone's been talking about, fail your grades because of alcohol and night outs then end up getting dismissed because of too much extra curricular activities. 

And no, I'm not in a feud with someone. I just reminisced how I used to defend the fact that I got in even if I was just your average high school dork. And that thinking brought me to this..

Ola! Today is technically Monday in the Philippines, so this is a cheat post and I'm hoping you read this EST. Yesterday was a busy day and I forgot to queue this blog post, what is there to queue anyway when I haven't even created one? Lol. 

This isn't going to be one cheesy, message of realization, full of drama post. I just want to thank my Mom for being the awesome woman that she is. 

I'm inviting you to UPBM's annual Run for Trails! Yay! This year, we will be running for Mother Nature, well we always do. I hear you want to do to? Then register! It's also a way for you to be healthy! I know you've been dying to jog and run all summer but you haven't had the time, well, this is the time to start!

I'm sorry for not being able to post consistently on this blog. I've been a little depressed lately, and I've been mulling over my existence for the past days and my birthday made it worst! I'll write about that on a different blog post, I don't want to spread bad vibes. 

So, moving on. I'm feeling quite domesticated lately, I didn't celebrate my birthday anywhere. I was thinking of getting drunk but I remember how painful it was to vomit the last time it happened. I thought, a staycation with lovey would be nice, 5 days at home with the family and the boyfriend. It was nice but I'm going back to work later. 

And before I do, I thought of sharing a recipe with you! Again if I may say, I'm feeling domesticated. Lol. It's a very simple dish that you can cook anytime, it's most ideal when it's raining! So here goes, drum roll please. Today I'll teach you how to cook, Paksiw na Tilapia! This is my first how-to on cooking so correct me if ever I say something wrong. Haha!

They say you can never have so many of two things, good friends and shoes. I'd have to agree to that. I have running shoes, hiking shoes, stilettos, pumps, boots, wedges and of course flats. 

Most guys would prefer ladies in high heels because it gives grace to one's posture (if you're wearing them the right way), adds height and of course, makes you look smokin' hot (it depends on who's wearing them. lol). After a day or so of wearing those sky-high heels, there will come a point wherein your precious feet will need to rest too. That's why I love flats.