Wildfire (SBTRKT Ft. Drake & Little Dragon Cover)

I miss you (Beyonce/Frank Ocean Cover)

Don't forget to check out Parables (An original) and her rendition of Justin Bieber's song, Boyfriend (Yep! You read that right. JUSTIN BIEBER. LOL.) at msxjenixe.

The E-vite i made for the birthday girl :)

Last Saturday the gang celebrated Rhea's birthday and Carmina's despedida in a 2-bedroom suite at Parque Espana Residence Hotel. The venue was perfect for a party. It had a small kitchen equipped with the necessities down to flatware. The party turned out quite well and how can it not be with free flowing alcohol and awesome food! Don't expect photos of food though coz we were all excited to eat and drink that we forgot to take pictures. Haha! We were that excited to get wasted!

 Emptied out just 3 bottles. That means we've got leftovers

for another party! Haha!

Leftovers! I highly doubt these will last... or maybe it will

since Carmina is leaving for Vegas for 2 weeks...  Haha!

'Til our next "walwalan" session! Haha!

Last Tuesday, April 16, i attended Tito Edgar and Tita Debbie's 25th Wedding Anniversary held at Nabuaville BF Resort Village. The celebration was surprisingly short but heartfelt. Tita wore a simple short-sleeved white gown while Tito dawned a Barong Tagalog. Of course, their entourage composed of their 3 children. Erika as the maid of honor while the groomsmen were Dexter and Derrick.

My thoughts: I'm amazed as to how people do it. Fall in love and then stay in love. Its a lot of work. A guest asked what the secret was in having a strong and lasting marriage and another guest jokingly answered that the groom is the one who does the laundry. Tita of course hushed them and seemed to be going along the joke. Even gesturing that they should be quiet about that "sensitive" information. Haha!

From where i was sitting, i can see clearly that they are just two people who wanted to be with each other and made it so.

Taken 3 years ago in Shangri-La Mactan

I was scouring my Facebook photos and stumbled upon this (above photo). I was like, "Damn!" LOL. I miss being THAT "fit". I can eat whatever i wantt and not gain a pound! Sadly, all good things must come to an end. But no worries. This photo got me even more motivated. I've realized i'm beginning to be more conscious of how clothes fit me and whether i look chubby in a photo. And how friends react when they see me. The resounding, "Tumaba ka!". Which i'm not very accustomed to. Don't get me wrong... there's nothing wrong with being a lil chubby but i find its not a very good look on me. Not to mention the repercussion of being out of breath ALL THE TIME. Not good.

Taken last year (October 2012) in Boracay Island, Philippines.

See the difference? It may be considered vain but feeling good has so much to do with looking good. I don't wanna look in the mirror one day and regret not making better choices. I wanna be able to live my life to the fullest without feeling out of breath. I don't want to be held back by my own body. Thinking to myself that i can do one thing but my out of shape body can't keep up. Time to get fit and be ACTIVE. :)

Snow White and Charming (2013 Piano Cover)

I love the series, Once Upon A Time. Sucker for fairy tales and happy endings right here. LOL.

I just love the score in that series. It evokes quite an emotion! Happiness and sadness all at the same time! Weird and dramatic i know but i just love listening to it over and over. I stumbled upon this You Tube channel when i was searching for the series' score. 

I loved his first one but this one is better. It kinda makes me want to learn to play piano! Haha! 

For more piano covers, visit 3HeadedMonkey.

Life, almost always... NEVER work out the way you would want it to. More often than not, failure is an abundance and success... well success is subjective but often enough feels out of reach. And each step made, gain you closer to the bottom than the top. And when you hit rock bottom... it is the worst feeling. EVER. It doesn't help that people around you just keep moving forward and you feel like you're being left behind. You keep asking yourself what you've done wrong to end up in a winding path that you never knew you took until you're there. There, exactly where you don't want to be. Where in a million years would never imagine to be. And somehow knowing that things don't always work out the way you would want to is not comforting. Seeing that everyone else's life seems to be panning out well. You ask yourself over and over What you did wrong that they did right. You beat yourself up for an elusive answer and laugh it off for today. Only to see yourself do it all over again the next day.

And you keep on threading on because you've convinced yourself that honesty is not always the best policy. You want to keep telling yourself that you're okay because in that pretty lil head of yours you think that if you say it often enough... eventually you will believe it. You give yourself every possible reason to every bad thing that has happened to your life to justify the outcome. To make sense of it all. Then that one faithful day you realize - nothing makes sense. You attempt a do over but at this point, you've already made quite a race track you no longer see where the starting line and the finish line is.

You carry on anyways. You carry on, optimistic you're going to get where you need/meant to be in no time. But you don't. You've trapped yourself in your own maze simply because you didn't take the time to see where you need to begin. Then you break. You need to. Because if you don't break, you wouldn't know how to pick up the pieces and start again.

I came across this qoute the other day on Pinterest. It made sense. It kinda supports another qoute: "If you keep doing what you've always done, you'll keep on getting what you've always got" -W.L. Bateman. I mean there's no point in expecting a different result if you keep on doing the same thing over and over without even trying to make changes. Change is good. It is inevitable. And change can only occur if you make it happen. Start small. Start somewhere. A philosophy that can be applied to life in general. May it be in your career, family or even health. Most especially health.

I have posted before that i have been aiming to lead a healthier lifestyle and that in order for me to keep with the program i will be documenting it. I haven't had rice in 4 days. 4 days! To people who are not used to eating rice everyday, this most likely wouldn't be a big deal. But not for me. Specially if you've grown up to dishes that HAS to be paired with rice like chicken adobo and sinigang to name a few. I could NEVER eat those viands without rice! It doesn't feel right! But so far so good. I guess it has something to do with mommy (my aunt) being away on vacay. CHEAT! I know... i know. True test is when she's here. She cooks a mean adobo and i could never say no to that. Haha! But i am trying. Less intake of carbs is already making me feel lighter. The problem with me before is i eat everything with rice. Even for dinners! Which is obviously the worst thing you can do to your body.
This is what breakfast usually look like. A fruit and a healthy drink. Or sometimes i make myself a filling smoothie. Depending on what i'm doing that day, this is actually enough to get me through to lunch or even beyond. By lunch time i'll be eating veggies and meat OR some pasta ( i can never give up pasta!) but i have learned to eat it in moderation. Yey me! Basically no carbs beyond 6:00 pm since i hardly do anything beyond that point.

Eating right is a START. But i know i still need to be active. Working on that one.

Wish me luck!