Lasagna and Oreo Cake! Perfect meal for a 12-hour working day

Another forever favorite, Chef Tony's Country Cheddar :)

Super supreme pizza for Dad's birthday!

One of the few non-blue shirts I love and my custom made Meteor Garden necklace 

 For those who are not familiar, Meteor Garden is the first Asian drama series aired in the Philippines. Long before the Koreans invaded the Philippine TV, it was this Taiwanese drama series that started everything. The necklace was the gift of Jerry Yan to Barbie Xhiu

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All the while, I thought that I lost this necklace. When I was cleaning my things, I learned that Nanay kept it . Happiness for the hopeless romantic in me! It came so timely because my new office uniform shifted to the wing styled collar. Everything is perfect for necklaces that can break that monotonous look.

I'm finally using my favorite metallic Longchamp and my addiction to Peter pan collared blouses is becoming unstoppable. :)

Wishing everyone a Beautiful Sunday!

• July 28, 2013
• accessories

Beautiful Sunday # 66 - A little of food and fashion favorites

Lasagna and Oreo Cake! Perfect meal for a 12-hour working day

Another forever favorite, Chef Tony's Country Cheddar :)

Super supreme pizza for Dad's birthday!

One of the few non-blue shirts I love and my custom made Meteor Garden necklace 

 For those who are not familiar, Meteor Garden is the first Asian drama series aired in the Philippines. Long before the Koreans invaded the Philippine TV, it was this Taiwanese drama series that started everything. The necklace was the gift of Jerry Yan to Barbie Xhiu

Source

All the while, I thought that I lost this necklace. When I was cleaning my things, I learned that Nanay kept it . Happiness for the hopeless romantic in me! It came so timely because my new office uniform shifted to the wing styled collar. Everything is perfect for necklaces that can break that monotonous look.

I'm finally using my favorite metallic Longchamp and my addiction to Peter pan collared blouses is becoming unstoppable. :)

Wishing everyone a Beautiful Sunday!

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It's been a week since I last updated my blog. Pardon my silence because some free lance jobs kept coming last week. I have some small research jobs to finish within the week. Most of these jobs are still in the preliminary phase, so no earnings yet for me. Setting aside the modest monetary earnings, what I love about my free lance jobs are the opportunities it give me. I am able to exercise my research skills, which I have not been doing in my current position. I am able to help colleagues, friends, strangers turned clients to friends finish their masteral studies and more importantly a completed job makes me feel so accomplished. It gives me self worth, which I seldom experience these days.

If I would blog about my free lance research jobs, you will surely get bored. ;-) You wouldn't want to see theories, numbers, tables, figures and all those academic things. I've been so eager to blog but I can't think of a topic to write. :-( To break my long silence, allow me to share a little something about myself.

In case you are not interested, then you are free to skip this post. :-(

Presenting, what's inside my bag..

First and foremost, the excessive things in my bag are explained by the fact that I am a regular commuter. I transfer to three different transportation on the way to work.(jeepney-train-jeepney) My average travel time from home to work is 1.5 hours, under normal conditions. This means no traffic and no technical problems in the mass rail transit.

1. Foldable Umbrella -  A must for every commuter! My weapon against the sun and unexpected rain showers. It has to be always blue because it's my favorite color. ;-)

2.Beauty Kit - comprised of a comb with large teeth (for my long, tangled and unmanageable hair), hair clamp (to tame and hide the unruly hair), face powder (preferably Maybeline's Clear Smooth Extra), eye shadow (Human Nature's Mineral eye shadow), blush (preferably Maybeline's Cinnamon Rose), and dark brown eye brow pencil.

3. Alcohol - Another must for every commuter! I prefer those brands with moisturizer to prevent having dry skin.

4. Book - To drive away boredom and to keep me awake every morning on the way to work.

5. Wallet - of course! Small wallet for my coins and big wallet for the cards etc. etc.

6. Techie stuff - My almost defunct Nokia E63 and my iPod Nano. My iPod Nano keeps me away from boredom on the way home. I usually go home so late so reading books is no longer possible. In that case, my iPod Nano is there to save the day.

7. Rosary - To remind me of my devotion to the Blessed Mother. During times of distress and trials, this has been my constant companion and refuge.

As I am writing this post, I still have tons of paper to check. It's 6:08 pm and in a few more hours it will be Monday, a start of another work week. Things have not been good at the work place over the past days but as always, life should go on. This too shall pass.  

I hope everyone had a great weekend.

• September 25, 2011
• accessories

What's inside my bag?

It's been a week since I last updated my blog. Pardon my silence because some free lance jobs kept coming last week. I have some small research jobs to finish within the week. Most of these jobs are still in the preliminary phase, so no earnings yet for me. Setting aside the modest monetary earnings, what I love about my free lance jobs are the opportunities it give me. I am able to exercise my research skills, which I have not been doing in my current position. I am able to help colleagues, friends, strangers turned clients to friends finish their masteral studies and more importantly a completed job makes me feel so accomplished. It gives me self worth, which I seldom experience these days.

If I would blog about my free lance research jobs, you will surely get bored. ;-) You wouldn't want to see theories, numbers, tables, figures and all those academic things. I've been so eager to blog but I can't think of a topic to write. :-( To break my long silence, allow me to share a little something about myself.

In case you are not interested, then you are free to skip this post. :-(

Presenting, what's inside my bag..

First and foremost, the excessive things in my bag are explained by the fact that I am a regular commuter. I transfer to three different transportation on the way to work.(jeepney-train-jeepney) My average travel time from home to work is 1.5 hours, under normal conditions. This means no traffic and no technical problems in the mass rail transit.

1. Foldable Umbrella -  A must for every commuter! My weapon against the sun and unexpected rain showers. It has to be always blue because it's my favorite color. ;-)

2.Beauty Kit - comprised of a comb with large teeth (for my long, tangled and unmanageable hair), hair clamp (to tame and hide the unruly hair), face powder (preferably Maybeline's Clear Smooth Extra), eye shadow (Human Nature's Mineral eye shadow), blush (preferably Maybeline's Cinnamon Rose), and dark brown eye brow pencil.

3. Alcohol - Another must for every commuter! I prefer those brands with moisturizer to prevent having dry skin.

4. Book - To drive away boredom and to keep me awake every morning on the way to work.

5. Wallet - of course! Small wallet for my coins and big wallet for the cards etc. etc.

6. Techie stuff - My almost defunct Nokia E63 and my iPod Nano. My iPod Nano keeps me away from boredom on the way home. I usually go home so late so reading books is no longer possible. In that case, my iPod Nano is there to save the day.

7. Rosary - To remind me of my devotion to the Blessed Mother. During times of distress and trials, this has been my constant companion and refuge.

As I am writing this post, I still have tons of paper to check. It's 6:08 pm and in a few more hours it will be Monday, a start of another work week. Things have not been good at the work place over the past days but as always, life should go on. This too shall pass.  

I hope everyone had a great weekend.

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One thing I realized about happiness is that our own expectations and definitions change over time. When I was a kid, happiness meant being able to watch an episode of my favorite cartoon series, a cone of ice cream, acquiring scented stationery and Hello Kitty stickers,  receiving a canister of Pringles from Daddy, a Jollibee spaghetti; those simple things are more than enough to make me happy. 

When I went to school and found my own circle of friends, I wasn't aware that my definition of happiness changed and expanded. Happiness meant receiving good grades, submitting projects on time, sharing crush stories with friends, being finally allowed to go out with friends, counting saved pennies after a school year and being able to buy that dream bag equate to happiness. 

When I started working, my conditions for happiness increased and became more complicated. Happiness meant submitting expected output on time, receiving performance incentive, promotion, paid insurance premiums and bills, a fat savings account, shopping and night out with friends, a blooming love life, opportunity to travel abroad, maintaining the ideal weight and BMI, and I'm sure these requisites will continuously grow every year. 

The peculiar behavior of happiness was something my years of education never taught me. I have to learn the growing complexity of happiness as I age and venture in different things. There were days when I envy kids because they are spared from the complications of life. They are contended with simple things that life has to offer.

Though I often get exhausted with all those concerns, there are days when I found myself in bliss over priceless things. Words of appreciation from the boss, a text message from a long lost friend, receiving comments in my blog posts, an additional follower and more importantly, a new friend in the blogosphere.

When I started blogging, my only intention was to express myself through writing and possibly open the opportunity to earn money. More than my passion to write and earn, I realized that there are more priceless things that blogging offers. I never thought I would gain a family of friends in the vast world of the blogosphere. This alone is something I never realized is enough to make me happy. 

And speaking of friends in the blogosphere, today marks a memorable day in my seven months of blogging because I received my first gift from a fellow blogger 

Bird's Nest Necklace

A bird's necklace personally made by a fellow Filipina blogger named Janelle. 

Janelle of Of Pinks and Fairytales specializes in upcycling and transformation of clothes, accessories and home decors. I suggest you visit her site and explore her great artworks.

Thank you Janelle! This necklace would remind me that blogging meant more than placing my thoughts in writing. I have embarked myself to a world that counts endless opportunities of friendship and simple things that are enough to make me happy.

• June 21, 2011
• accessories

Happiness was redefined

One thing I realized about happiness is that our own expectations and definitions change over time. When I was a kid, happiness meant being able to watch an episode of my favorite cartoon series, a cone of ice cream, acquiring scented stationery and Hello Kitty stickers,  receiving a canister of Pringles from Daddy, a Jollibee spaghetti; those simple things are more than enough to make me happy. 

When I went to school and found my own circle of friends, I wasn't aware that my definition of happiness changed and expanded. Happiness meant receiving good grades, submitting projects on time, sharing crush stories with friends, being finally allowed to go out with friends, counting saved pennies after a school year and being able to buy that dream bag equate to happiness. 

When I started working, my conditions for happiness increased and became more complicated. Happiness meant submitting expected output on time, receiving performance incentive, promotion, paid insurance premiums and bills, a fat savings account, shopping and night out with friends, a blooming love life, opportunity to travel abroad, maintaining the ideal weight and BMI, and I'm sure these requisites will continuously grow every year. 

The peculiar behavior of happiness was something my years of education never taught me. I have to learn the growing complexity of happiness as I age and venture in different things. There were days when I envy kids because they are spared from the complications of life. They are contended with simple things that life has to offer.

Though I often get exhausted with all those concerns, there are days when I found myself in bliss over priceless things. Words of appreciation from the boss, a text message from a long lost friend, receiving comments in my blog posts, an additional follower and more importantly, a new friend in the blogosphere.

When I started blogging, my only intention was to express myself through writing and possibly open the opportunity to earn money. More than my passion to write and earn, I realized that there are more priceless things that blogging offers. I never thought I would gain a family of friends in the vast world of the blogosphere. This alone is something I never realized is enough to make me happy. 

And speaking of friends in the blogosphere, today marks a memorable day in my seven months of blogging because I received my first gift from a fellow blogger 

Bird's Nest Necklace

A bird's necklace personally made by a fellow Filipina blogger named Janelle. 

Janelle of Of Pinks and Fairytales specializes in upcycling and transformation of clothes, accessories and home decors. I suggest you visit her site and explore her great artworks.

Thank you Janelle! This necklace would remind me that blogging meant more than placing my thoughts in writing. I have embarked myself to a world that counts endless opportunities of friendship and simple things that are enough to make me happy.

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I have to undertake one of the most major decisions in my life and I am not ready to relate everything at this point. Identifying and weighing the pros and cons are not my favorite things to do. I have weeks to finally render my decision and a lifetime to determine whether I made the right choice.

I wanted to temporarily escape from my complicated situation. As much as I wanted to just enjoy the night away, I have to face reality and discuss that part of my life. But at the end of the day, regardless of what decision I made,  I know I can count on them. With or without an achievement, they will forever remain my true friends.

To lighten up things, I went out with my colleague and friend, Abigail. I opened up my situation and discussed my sentiments over a sumptuous meal

 Mexican rice and chicken wings from Abigail

Mexican rice, taco and ground beef for me


The place

Mexicali

I think I haven't mentioned in any of my posts that I love Mexican dishes. Nachos, burritos, quesadilla, they are my comfort foods. I really try every Mexican restaurant here in the Philippines.

It's long weekend here in the Philippines because Monday was declared as a non-working holiday. Yahoo! I was able to went out with my friend Lani too.

This picture was taken a year ago, back when I was 15 lbs lighter. Seriously, I am out of shape today and I wanted at the very least shed off the 10 unnecessary lbs. 

We had dinner and strolled the mall until closing time, that's me and Lani always. We would disregard time and the pain of our legs and feet. Lani bought a new cardigan while I was contemplating on whether to buy the button down long sleeves blouse from Benetton. (Update: I was able to buy the blouse today. The beautiful blouse didn't make me sleep Lani hahahaha!)

Aside from purchasing a new top, I am getting addicted to these kind of bracelets.

Belt Bracelets

I got this from People are People and I'm planning to buy the other styles not tomorrow .... I have to wait for the next payday! (Life of a rank and file employee ;-)

We're still on vacay mode tomorrow so I might spend the night away reading books or watching a nice movie.

Have a great weekend everyone! 

• June 19, 2011
• accessories

Twice the Fun with Food and Friends

I have to undertake one of the most major decisions in my life and I am not ready to relate everything at this point. Identifying and weighing the pros and cons are not my favorite things to do. I have weeks to finally render my decision and a lifetime to determine whether I made the right choice.

I wanted to temporarily escape from my complicated situation. As much as I wanted to just enjoy the night away, I have to face reality and discuss that part of my life. But at the end of the day, regardless of what decision I made,  I know I can count on them. With or without an achievement, they will forever remain my true friends.

To lighten up things, I went out with my colleague and friend, Abigail. I opened up my situation and discussed my sentiments over a sumptuous meal

 Mexican rice and chicken wings from Abigail

Mexican rice, taco and ground beef for me


The place

Mexicali

I think I haven't mentioned in any of my posts that I love Mexican dishes. Nachos, burritos, quesadilla, they are my comfort foods. I really try every Mexican restaurant here in the Philippines.

It's long weekend here in the Philippines because Monday was declared as a non-working holiday. Yahoo! I was able to went out with my friend Lani too.

This picture was taken a year ago, back when I was 15 lbs lighter. Seriously, I am out of shape today and I wanted at the very least shed off the 10 unnecessary lbs. 

We had dinner and strolled the mall until closing time, that's me and Lani always. We would disregard time and the pain of our legs and feet. Lani bought a new cardigan while I was contemplating on whether to buy the button down long sleeves blouse from Benetton. (Update: I was able to buy the blouse today. The beautiful blouse didn't make me sleep Lani hahahaha!)

Aside from purchasing a new top, I am getting addicted to these kind of bracelets.

Belt Bracelets

I got this from People are People and I'm planning to buy the other styles not tomorrow .... I have to wait for the next payday! (Life of a rank and file employee ;-)

We're still on vacay mode tomorrow so I might spend the night away reading books or watching a nice movie.

Have a great weekend everyone! 

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