I've been meaning to blog about my recent travels when I have time on the internet, but because of my being the biggest sloth in town, I always just end up browsing instead. To get back with my inexcusable absence, let me give you a glimpse of our Social Recreation fieldtrip to Mambukal Resort last February.

Some awesome silhouette shots by Gia while Jahno and I were doing ziplining.

I love Gia's precision in taking these photos. They're really pretty motion photos.

That's me and Jahno rowing. I didn't know how incredibly deep the waters were until I was on it. Imagine rowing on a two feet wide canoe over twelve feet deep water. Yikes.

That's Gia, Flora, and some other classmates rowing a four-seat version.

As for the events of my summer, well, so far there are.... none. I'm in Samar for my Lolo's funeral. It's such a sad reunion. The house feels different without him. I will be back soon though for my summer internship. I can't wait to share to you both my misadventures and adventures while in it. Have a good summer break, everyone!

Ladies and gents, the nineteen year old pose. Inspired by one of the bloggers I frequent the most, Rainy. I hope you don't mind me copying your pose in a fail attempt to look a little more decent in this post.

So today I just turned nineteen and I have a lot of people to thank for it. Thank you, most especially, to that person who made this day special by unexpectedly sending me a handwritten letter by mail and a package I will perhaps hold dearly in the nights to come; to the people who made me feel even more special by performing the Palmolive dance craze just because I requested for it; to the people who continue to make me feel special by telling me how better their days become just because I exist; to the family I am most proud of about my existence. Thank you, thank you. There are no words beautiful enough to even begin to explain how awesome my friends and family are. I love them so much it's severely abnormal.

I am beautiful. I am bold. I am sexy. I am smart. I am nineteen. But only because they exist - my friends and family. Without them, I am absolutely nothing.

Guess who's enjoying her very own .info domain right now? This girl.

It feels so... I can't even... I can't.. I want to... Right now, all I really wanna do is scream. My plans are finally coming to life, piece by piece. I've always wanted to own a domain, this is, of course much thanks to Jen, who's been so patient about me claiming my prize for her giveaway. Also, as you can see, I've changed my layout into something much more... colorful. Pink is the color of the month... to symbolize cheekiness, happiness, love, gay-ness?

But of course. You should see my face right now, I look exactly like this. There are no words good enough to explain the feeling.

Anyhooo, yes, my birth month is nearing, and so I'm cooking some good stuff for my blog now that I have officially registered my own domain for one year. One freaking year can you believe it? Cause really, I can't.

But for now, I do hope you guys enjoy your Holy Week Celebration, while I slump on my couch as I work my ass off for the approaching schoolwork deadlines. So many things to be done, so little time. Ciao for now.

I've been such a huge anti-socialnetworkingsite lately. My facebook is dead silent, tweeting has become a weekly ritual rather than daily (at least), and my promises on revamping this blog and claiming my .info domain prize soon is almost becoming so impossible to fulfill.

But you see, it's good cause I'm beginning to dole out more time on my extra curricular whereabouts. My school duties are doing better than ever. Though I'm still crossing my fingers for better grades this semester.

My lovelife is... not a lovelife. Eitherway it's enough reason for me to smile a little more often that usual. Let's just say I'm in those days where... uhm.. I can always uhhh... tell someone how my days were. It's good to have someone tell you it's going to be better tomorrow when you've had a rough day.

source: http://weheartit.com/entry/53780226/

Here's to knowing what you need to be happy. I know what I need - a good amount of sleep, a cup of coffee in a beautiful morning, tons of good vibes from people around me and, someone always there to lean on. Who says you have to be in love to be happy?

There is that moment, perhaps in one of your random normal days, when you stare at empty space, and ask yourself, "Who am I?"

Sometimes I forget I should think of myself as someone who is worth something - anything. Do you know that feeling? When you just feel so small, so incredibly worthless, that despite wanting so bad to grow back to your normal useful self, you just curl up, and disappear into space instead?

source http://weheartit.com/entry/51512086

I'm sad. I'm weak. I'm scared. I'm empty. I'm as light as a group of clouds floating in vast space. Right now, I want to be anyone else but myself.

This is my ideal weekend. I lie on my bed whole day stoke and feeling all swoony as I turn countless pages of Veronica Roth's Divergent (which I got from my awesome friend Stella as a present, a million thanks to her), unable to stop myself. I am usually a slow reader, I spent about a week on The Hunger Games, a month on the whole Trilogy. But It's only been twenty freaking four hours and I'm halfway through it.

grabbed from dontbotherlovingme

The plot

Set in a futuristic dystopia, Beatrice seeks to break free from her homogeneous society that divides people based on human traits; the five factions being, Abnegation (the Selfless), Erudite (the Intelligent), Candor (the Honest), Amity (the Peaceful), and Dauntless (the Brave). Born in an Abnegation Family, she doubts herself, admits on not being selfless enough and questions her belongingness to her faction origin. She undergoes the aptitude tests, which later reveal that she is something much different from the others, dangerous even. Scrambling for self identity, she leaves her faction and joins the faction of the Dauntless, where she falls for a young man, and discovers something much stronger than fear.

On being Hunger Games-like

I'm not gonna talk about which I prefer more. Cause honestly, and I mean it in the Candor-est way possible, I like love them both equally. I love that THG is moving on a slowly but surely pace. But I also love Divergent's fast paced and irresistible action packed scenes. In THG, it's mostly Katniss talking to herself, so that you understand only her character really well, in a more personal level. But in Divergent, you get to know more people, because Tris is often surrounded with a lot of different characters.

grabbed from dontbotherlovingme

Also, everybody knows how much of a futuristic Dystopian fanatic I am. I can say that THG is set on a more realistic future world. When I was on my first few pages, I couldn't stop scoffing at the idea of the divided factions, not to mention the kind loyalty they each have for their own chosen one. I found it silly. At first, only at first. When I start venturing into more pages, I realize it could be possible - Amity, Dauntless, Abnegation, Erudite, and Candor happening in the future. So the feeling isn't like when I was reading THG, when it was instantly "OMG THIS FEELS LIKE IT COULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE". In Divergent, it took me a few more pages to connect the present world to the future world it presents in a realistic scope.

The ending

I'm not gonna talk about it yet. I'm a few chapters away from actually finishing it. So I'm just writing this part to let everybody know that though this seems impossible, I'd love to see some Tris-Eric romance go on. I'm so weird. But of course I'd still be rooting for Four. 

Film adaptation jitters

grabbed from thedauntlessavox

All I can say is, Shailene Woodley is absolutely perfect for Tris. I read about her being cast for the role, so I google and youtube her instantly, a few seconds on my search engine and I fall inlove with her. I love that they cast someone who's actually new in mainstream films this time. I mean, Jennifer Lawrence was perfect, but I feel like it was a safe choice. I mean, it would've given the production extra points if they cast someone actually new and was able to pull it off.

So Tris is the reason Woodley wasn't cast for Katniss when she auditioned. She would've been perfect for THG too, but I can't imagine Divergent with a different Tris.

As for Tobias/Four's character. I think it's time for Lucas Till to take on his first lead role. He's ripe and hot enough.

It's been such a busy week for me. I've been doing a lot of job searching for our upcoming internship this summer. It's making my neophyte self quite anxious. But my inner goddess is somewhere in heaven jumping up and down with pompoms in both hands. I can't wait to get my hands on those advertising agency errands!

Today was a tiring sunbaked day. We had to walk a kilometer or two downtown to literally count billboards and posters for our Advertising class. It was so much fun doing a lot of strolling counting things up the sky like idiots lol. But my highlight of the day?

Tadaaa! After weeks of being milktea-deprived, I finally got to experience euphoric joy once again with the newest Milktea shop here in Iloilo, Bon Appetea. Their Wintermelon is just, pure heaven.

After enjoying the joy of Milktea, we did some more strolling and eating. Then we went over a tarpaulin printing shop to print our friend's (a Miss Iloilo Dinagyang Pageant Contestant) support tarpaulin, and guess what graced my presence? A poster on their glass door saying they're hiring a lay-out artist (preferrably female). And I was like what the fck I want it so badly I thought of skipping school for a while. The guys (their current layout artists) saw some of my works and they were like, asking me questions about my love for layouting.

I was this close to getting hired. I wanted a job badly cause I've been doing part time job hunting for 2PM's upcoming concert I so badly want to watch. But then reality struck on me. It struck so hard I wanted to cry right then and there. Where I currently live is an hour and a half ride away from the shop. And it's impossible for me to travel everyday when I have this thing called school. It's so depressing I wanna die right now.

But oh well, I had milktea today so who cares. And I still have two months to dream on about that 2PM concert. So help me God.

I'm a bit too busy to blog about anything right now. But I just can't contain the excitement. I recently won a domain giveaway hosted by Jen on her blog So-Glamorous. I will be relinking soon, and revamping this site too! I can't wait!

In the mean time, I'm announcing a very short hiatus. Gimme about 2-3 weeks to code all my stuff again. I'll definitely be back with a .info domain to blow your minds! Love you guys!

There's not much to post about - for now, at least. But here's a picture of me and my sister's awesome led lightboard wishing you guys a Happy 2013 before going out somewhere for the night!

We spent the eve out an open field everybody calls the NGC or the New Government Center, waiting for a countdown to a full fifteen minute fireworks display. And I must say, it was breathtaking.

It was our first time spending New Year's Eve outside, and it was so much fun just lying on the damp grass under the night sky, with food and umbrellas and live band - and booze, to top it all of. We did it picnic style, just like all the other people who decided to spend their eve there, too. Some even brought tents with them. How awesome, right? We may be spending next year's New Years Eve the same way, cause we had so much fun.

That, up there is the best photo I'd taken that night. Forgive the grainy quality I was using camera phone, as per usual. But I really love that photo I just had to post it here.

This was how the NGC looked like that night. Too many lights and fireworks and food and booze. I just enjoyed everything about that night. It was, by far the most memorable New Year's Eve we've spent here in Bacolod. I'm never gonna regret suggesting the idea muahaha.

Anyway, so this was how I spent New Year's Eve. I'd love to hear how you spent yours. Comment them on this post! 

PS. As for the Winter Wonderland Giveaway, I would like to congratulate Kristen de Vera for winnning! And of course thank everyone who participated in my very first giveaway. There will be more soon, so I hope you stay tuned. As for now, I'm currently working on a new skin for the freshly dawned year. I'll be releasing it maybe mid-January. Thank you, for being a part of my 2012 everybody! I hope you have a blast this 2013. Please know that I love you all so dearly, despite the lack of tags and comments from me.

I'm not so fond of blogging stuff like these, but since an awesome friend draggedtagged me into this, okay fine I'll cooperate. Just forgive my boring randomness. So here goes.

Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note, with 25 list of anything random about you. It can be a fact, a habit, a goal, or just anything else under the sun. Next, tag 5 people you want to know more, plus the person who tagged you. Game? Here goes mine.. 

    

one I'd die for a cup of coffee on a desert

two I hate dogs or any hairy animal

three I hit my head on hard cement and made myself bleed so much in an accident once

four four is my favorite number, though it means death in chinese

five I wanna do bungee jumping someday

six I can sit in front of my laptop whole day just doing graphics

seven I'm not so fond of shoes and bags, I spend more on clothes

eight Over half of my wardrobes are bought from thrift stores (ukay ukay)

nine I have five awesome siblings

ten I love reading about Hitler, or any oppression related shenanigans

eleven Some random days, I find it hard to smile

twelve I could live three days without drinking water

thirteen I hate the number thirteen

fourteen I was fourteen when I had my first kiss

fifteen I think most, if not all, of the ills of this world would come to an end if only people learned how to shut up and do their own thing

sixteen I am a huge overthinker

seventeen I enjoy rainy days the most

eighteen I was born to be inlove with John Krasinski for the rest of my life

nineteen I enjoy sad songs more

twenty My biggest dream is to be able to direct or write a movie

twentyone I want the world to end with a Zombie Apocalypse

twentytwo was my Mom's age when she first got pregnant

twentythree Movies are my number one lifetime pursuits

twentyfour I love everything Indie!

twentyfive is the age I wanna marry and get pregnant with my first baby

So there you go, my random twenty five. I wanna get back, so now I'm definitely tagging Shy, Michelle,  Gilbert, Valerie, and Athena! I hope you post yours. Oh and  don't forget to tag me once you've done it! I'd definitely want to read. Thank you to the awesome Joanne for tagging me.

PS. We're currently moderating your entries for the Winter Wonderland Giveaway! The name of the lucky winner will be announced on or before the end of 2012. Stay tuned!

In the mean time I'm currently joining this awesome giveaway by Jen. I definitely wanna win that domain spot. You can join by going here. She has awesome prizes in store for the lucky winner!