La vie est belle

Start 2014 Right

12:25 AM

2013 has been an awesome busy year. An unexpected year. I learned a lot this year and met a lot of interesting people. A great year indeed but as i was caught up in a whirlwind of work i have forgotten to take care of myself. I neglected to follow through a healthy diet and exercise. I chose to be lazy.

I found this video a few days before new year's eve. I love that this kind of video is out there to educate or in my case serve as a reminder. A busy, fast paced lifestyle is never an excuse. Here's a reminder.

This 2014, start the year right by making better choices. Granted alcohol will be very difficult to ditch altogether, but i guess i'll have to be creative. Haha! Here's to a healthy and awesome 2014!

On REPEAT: Latch by Sam Smith

5:40 PM

Latch (acoustic) by Sam Smith

The first time i heard this song on the radio, i was automatically hooked. Sam Smith's voice is just incredible. I searched for it on the internet and found the one by Disclosure featuring Sam Smith. It was a club music version which i also liked. Obviously, i like this version better. :)

Check out SamSmithWorld for more of his music.

The Quarter Life Party

12:22 AM

Yep! You read that right. QUARTER LIFE PARTY - cause my high school bestie plans to live to a hundred. LOL. Jopee's party last Saturday, August 17, became more of a reunion rather than a birthday party. Both her college and HS (that would be us) friends were there. It was a good mix of people, food and booze - what every party should have.

Jopee's UP friends

High School + Pat :)

It was a great night. Pat and I even had a turn on the microphone and sang a very off key rendition of Maroon 5's Makes Me Wonder. Haha! Guess those tequila shots did the trick. LOL.

Thank you Jopee for an awesome party. To more parties!
Cheers!

VitaWhite is Right

5:30 PM

I have finally found a whitening lotion that doesn't dry up my skin! Not that i'm obsessed with having light skin... I am however very much obsessed with having an even skin tone. And let's face it, there's no product out there that will make the lighter parts of your skin darker so you can match the darker shades on your skin... right?

I've tried SkinWhite - it works. And when i say it works i mean in just a few days you will see the difference. But it really dries up the skin to the point that i get rashes after a week of application. A friend once advised me to use Ponds whitening cream as a body lotion. Again, it was very drying. One of the reasons i don't use Ponds products aside from the fact that my skin doesn't agree with it at all. I break out every time i attempt to make my skin used to it.

Myra E's VITAWHITE hand & body lotion does the trick for me. Granted it doesn't have an immediate effect but it works. In fact, it took about two months for me to see any difference. I don't mind the wait as long as it gets the job done without giving me dry flaky skin.

Pay it Forward

11:53 PM

I couldn't have stumbled upon this video at a more opportune time. Recently, i've been commuting to and from work and most of the time i ride the bus. At one time there weren't many buses at the terminal and i ended up riding one that didn't have any available seats. A man, a total stranger, stood up and gave me his seat. There i was thinking, "Wow... may ganitong tao pa pala." I say this because its rare for people to be nice to a total stranger let alone take action when there need be. It takes less than a minute of your time to do a random act of kindness and be a blessing to someone - letting someone go ahead of you in line, giving up your seat, returning an item someone had dropped.... the possibilities are endless. Check out this video to know exactly what i'm talking about.