Gave me a break

Summer Palace, Beijing, China

It's just today that I got to update my blog especially about the recent vacation I had with my mom in China, specifically, in Macau and Beijing. If you ask me how was it, I'll tell you that it was the most stressful journey I've experienced in my life. Truly, language barrier gave us a bit of hell especially when we were in Beijing. I never wished to be Chinese but when we were there I wished that I knew their language before I sat foot in their land. Lots of them even in the city don't know English, as well as the staffs from our checked-in hotel hardly speak the universal language we know best. It was tough almost everyday as communication is vital to our lives. It was such an effort to let them know what we wanna say. But no matter how difficult it was in speaking to them, I could say that, still, we managed to have a good time by going to the itineraries as planned. Not everything on my list we had a chance to see, but what we saw were enough to let China have a mark in our memories. It was a beautiful and interesting country to see. With that being said, I have the urge to go back there again as I haven't had enough of exploring what that country can offer. I mean, this is actually the first time I complemented a country this much, so believe what I said was true. Going there is highly recommendable for everyone--- but don't forget to learn a little bit of Mandarin for your convenience.

St. Paul Ruins, Macau, SAR China

And how can I not mention about Macau. Of course, it's a place to be for shopping and casino... shoot! that's cliche already. Well, I haven't been in Hong Kong but I believe that going there and in Macau look almost the same. You can even go back and forth to those countries if you please--- for there are available ferries to take you there. Although we lack of time to experience the latter I have known of that privileged and thought of sharing it with you. Anyway, there was also difficulty in communicating with the local people but it was incomparable when we were in Beijing. I think it shouldn't be a surprise since there are hotels and casinos everywhere so it's expected that staffs are able to speak English. It was to our advantage. Because of the people there are able to speak English and Macau is a small city we had gone to all the tourist spots of our priority. But I should say that our mode of transportation was pretty much not budget-friendly for we only used Taxis to go around the city--- in Beijing too--- and it was costly. I say if you have enough pocket money to pay cabs in a country where people and the road signs are all alien to you then it's somewhat an acceptable option than let yourself go nuts in talking to people you can't properly speak with and read maps that's painful to understand. It was the soft option we know to lessen the burden and be able to enjoy the trip. In the end, our stay can still be considered worthwhile.

Investing on interesting novels

I think last week while I accompanied my mom to get her NBI Clearance at Rob Manila I also got to look for interesting books to read at National Bookstore. I bought two interesting novels that defied my frugality. Seriously I wished to buy 'The Night Circus' by Erin Morgenstern but it's a big book that costs almost P800, I chickened out. But come to think of it, if I buy that then I wouldn't have the two books I have now. I'm thinking after I finished those two next up will be that. Anyway I bought "Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett, and "One Day" by David Nichols. I'm still reading the previous, and I can't find dull moments in it. It's a wonder why i don't feel sleepy reading when there's still no endearing scenes going on in my chapter so far. It's simply a page-turner. I still haven't started on  David Nichol's cuz I don't want to mixed up the stories like I'm warped about what had been going on, I often get that so I'll just stick to one. But I already can't wait to read that cuz I'm somewhat getting the idea that it must be like "Love in the Time of Cholera" in the sense that the (potential) budding romance between a guy and a girl was cut-short cuz of some circumstances then after a long time of not seeing each other in the end they will be reunited by fate and will finally be forever in each others embrace. I find that kind of setup very romantic, makes my heart all giddy. But it has to wait.

I don't like it, but I need it

There's a new tea in town. It's called Noyu from Taiwan. As it says in the product's website that it's an "exotic" drink. Right, exotic for it's not easy to like its taste. It's so much different from any kind of bottled tea drinks in the market. It's not made sweet but healthy.

courtesy of breakpointbrands.com

Ever since I started becoming conscious about calorie in-take I usually if not always checking the Nutrition Facts of the food and drink that I'm about to purchase. I learned from reading online and watching The Biggest Loser TV program that calorie is the source of people getting weight if not burned. So its advisable for those weight-watchers to drink less calorie beverage, which means banning yourself from soda, that's with exaggeration. But here's a breakthough about tea drinks which are packed with nutrients and health benefits in each bottle. With its low calorie content, it's perfect to be part of your diet. The downside is getting used to the taste, apart from that it's nothing else. But mind you, a 500 mL bottle costs around P40, it's double the price of other tea drinks in the market. Shoot! of course it'll be since it's imported, the P20+++ I'm referring to are local brands. Anyway I'm only starting to appreciate the drink especially after realizing how it curbed my appetite unknowingly. I'm not sure though if all of the bottles contain something that can curb appetite, but in the flavor Honey Lemon Chamomile Green Tea it can. I wonder if it was the taste that's sour with  something unexplainable in it that makes me not want to eat  or not feel eating at all, but the fact that I can go on with my life smoothly without the constant food temptation in my head is what I've hoped for for a long time. That benefit is my favorite, but thinking about going through the pain of drinking something you're not accustomed to was a challenge that makes me want to say enough of it. I wish I'll continue drinking it for a long time as long as it can still help me with my weight problem.

I've got my requests from Korea

MISA Cho Bo Yang Emulsion courtesy of Misshaus.com

And so Jay (Mom's Korean client/friend) came back to Manila last week, which meant that we finally received all of our requests. Thank goodness we have her cuz the things we couldn't usually buy in the country will never be a problem to us anymore. Like me, I'm totally in love with their ginseng, and mixed nuts teas.  I also love their pumpkin tea but I didn't request for a pack last time cuz I thought of having a break on that for now. But I'll comeback for it next time. Not only the teas she brought to us, our ordered skin care products as well. Like products from Missha and The Face Shop she bought all the way from Korea. Actually I wasn't really requesting for the emulsion that she got for me, anyway when I told mom what I like I only said that for as long as there is something like Korean ginseng in it, I wasn't specific since even if I would want to the name of my previous moisturizer was written in, was it Chinese or Japanese? Yeah, the writings wasn't even in Korean, and absolutely not in English. It sucked though. And so that's how it goes, I only said the content that it should have, and that's it. Until now whenever I check for that product in The Face Shop's website I still couldn't find it there. Eventually I've decided to move on without knowing its name, at least I'm sure that it exists cuz the facial wash that she bought for us was in the same name in which my new found favorite was under--- the same skin care collection. The emulsion I've mentioned previously  was MISA Cho Bo Yang Emulsion. My gosh! it's nice that the Missha website has the information and picture of that product. Apparently I knew the name through their website since the bottle was written in either Chinese or Japanese characters. But that wasn't a problem, what's important is how it can deliver well. It didn't disappoint. Right now I paused from using my night cream and serum, just that, and I am totally fine. I like the product cuz it's not too oily nor dry on your face, and your face looks healthier to look at. Maybe it's the ginseng, oh how I love their ginseng. However, going to the opposite end, I find the bottle heavy and I'm thinking how many was its content inside that thick and covered body of it? I'm kinda doubting it wasn't full or just less than enough of the cream since the bottle already occupied the space. I'm thinking it's not a very practical skin care product to buy, but if you are really satisfied with its effect then there's no regret in investing. Me, I like it, but if without mom buying me that product, I can't have it not until she changed her mind. Now regarding the facial wash of the same name as my previous moisturizer from The Face Shop, I say that... um... I don't know, it was alright, I didn't get an allergy or anything... I  didn't see anything new to touch nor feel. I think their moisturizer is better.

Before I leave I wanna tell you something more convenient when you buy stuff from abroad. That it's cheaper to buy almost anything at the airport of whatever country you're in because they don't have tax. They don't tax the item that you  purchase at the airport stores but as far as I know you are not allowed to open the things that are prohibited if you don't have them checked-in, like liquids. I've learned that, should I say 'trick', since Jay only buys our skin care products at their airport before going back to the Philippines to cost us less than the price we get if we buy them in the country or theres.

Yes, I'm not overweight!

Since we're not busy here in the office I had all the time to browse the net. One thing I had in mind is to check if I'm overweight, I found a site in which I think is quite reliable for me to believe it.  It's not that I just believed it after realizing I wasn't overweight, no, I checked other sites that's about this BMI thing, they speak the same regarding the matter so I'm sharing it on my blog.

I've highlighted the result of my BMI and the category where I belong. See that? I say it's not much to be happy about, I see there that I'm still healthy, but look at it, I'm almost at the end margin of that category. It's worrying me that I'm closer to being overweight. Wish my weight will drop down... I wish.

Now you wanna know your BMI? You can check it here. Enjoy!

I am 128 lbs.

I felt like an anvil flopped on my head realizing my current weight. I couldn't accept that after all the trying to reduce my weight in the past, still, they're not enough. I know it's also my fault that it happened. I tried to put down my weight but in the end--- after some days or weeks--- I'd go back eating garbage. Such a disappointment. I remember back in High School I was only weighing 100-110 lbs. I don't have flabby stomach back then, I wasn't even fat ever. But now, things have changed as you grow older, I believe. If you weren't looking after yourself, you'll fall apart after seeing what you see in yourself is someone you kinda don't like. I hate it. Man, I wanna lose weight so badly that it's killing me. It's disheartening that I feel so down right now. Writing this makes me sick.

Since yesterday, I bought this weighing scale to finally keep track of my weight loss or gain anytime I please. I've decided I should by my own cuz I can't go to the hospital or clinic just to check my weight, if I did I couldn't do it often. At least this way, whenever I thought of checking I could unpack my weighing scale from its box, and that's it.

Next is my ab exercise machine. I just ordered Ab Swing II, actually. I did it the moment I woke up from sleep this afternoon. It cost a little much, but I've kept an amount of money for this day to come, so I'm ready. It'll arrive this Wednesday, so, probably I could start exercising the day after or this weekend. I hope in two weeks time I could see best results on my tummy and weight.

I know discipline is the key to success, I don't wanna keep promising myself that I should do this and shouldn't do that raa raa, all I wanna do is take care of myself from now on.

Novels to read.

Please Lord give me the strength to read all the books on my list. Amen.

You might think I'm a slow reader if I say I'm just about to finish reading the novel I've mentioned in my previous entry... was it last week? Sorry. Anyway, I'm not rushing myself to finish a novel then move to another like in one sitting per day you know. It's not like some reading homework I remember back in college in which I gotta speed read the whole thick with almost tiny font size of a book or photocopied materials, not for this. Reading novels supposedly done while you unwind, chill. When my mood's like that I read without care of time, I just read. Ah! maybe depending on the scenes of the chapters, when they're not dull and has too satiating drama going on, I could finish the earliest. If the scenes are otherwise, I tend to get sleepy or lazy to turn the pages, so I usually pause until my strength has recovered.

In terms of books, I usually go for the romance genre, doesn't matter if it's drama, psychological, history or what not, for as long as there's a love story involve, I'm very much into it.  Must be a girl thing why I have wide appreciation for such.

While browsing the net, I yahoo-ed some sites where they could recommend good books to read. Luckily, I found one, I thought it's reliable so I depended on it, it's here. In reference to the list of recommended books from that site I've decided to read the following: Speak by Laurie Anderson, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. I choose them cuz they involve crimes, social and psychological issues, something that might sound scandalous, I guess. I think the books I'm picking nowadays are continuation of the genre of the book I'm currently reading, does it make sense?

All the way from Korea---- instant drinks.

I'm back working on an entry cuz something noteworthy happened today. I've mentioned before my mom's Korean client/friend, you remember? She brought all the goodies we've asked of her when she was about to leave the country to go back to her homeland, to rest, to simply have a break from stress. I think she just arrived today and then had to come over to our office to give all our requested items from her. She bought everything as expected. Actually most of the items are from my request cuz I enjoyed their instant stuff. Like of course their Korean Red Ginseng tea. I like drinking that tea cuz I can sleep well all night long after drink, and whenever I wake up the next morning, I don't have anxieties. Also, this I'm not very sure but I think it's somewhat helping me with my diet, like I don't feel bloated and heavy in my stomach. For the instant Pumpkin soup/tea, I like the taste of it the moment I had a sip from a free-tasting kiosk at a grocery store back in Korea. The mom of my mom's Korean client/friend even gave us a couple of sachets of that pumpkin soup/tea, I had a worthwhile eating time with that soup/tea which I truly enjoyed. Now I have a small box all for myself, I'll savor it more. There's another instant soup/tea that was given to us, this assorted nuts soup/tea was not my request but she bought a box for her 'pasalubong'. I've used a sachet to try and see if I'll like it which I did. But I think the pumpkin soup/tea is what I like more. Lastly, it's my mom's request this time, she asked for a BB Cream from Missha. As we all know Missha is very known for BB Creams. Mom's just newly introduced to BB Creams, I hope she'll like it.

Love it!

Yesterday I had a run to Waltermart to buy something I've been wanting to try lately. They're not something big but it's just lip gloss and lotion.

Actually it was Chapstick I had in mind for my lips because I sort of can't live without painting my lips lately. Finally, I learned the importance of wearing lip gloss or lip balm, and sometimes lipstick. I like to see and feel my lips soft and smooth, of course not chappy. Unfortunately, it wasn't the brand I'm supposedly going to buy, it's another. I purchased Lip Ice Sheer Color (Strawberry flavor) from Watson's. I had a change of mind cuz I was caught interested in the word 'sheer' in that lip gloss. Said to myself, "Sheer? Will it make my lips a little glittery or something?" It's not the glitters that I'm after, I just thought of that cuz sometimes sheer and glitter are interchangeable, but actually the effect is different from each other. I hoped that there will be no glitters stuck on my lips but sheerness that radiates for supple lips. Found out, yeah, the sheer color of the lip gloss is exactly what I'm requiring for. I'm thinking it will be my favorite lip gloss from now on. I'm so happy!

As for the lotion, I've been carefully scrutinizing this Dove Cream Oil Shea Butter Body Lotion for a couple of months now. Several times I pass this lotion in the supermarket but I'm always doubting if the lotion will really do good on my skin. First of all, I'm not a fan of Dove except for their deodorant which I'm using ever since, but in terms of their soap and body wash, I hate them. I'm thinking that maybe this lotion will not be worth my spending. It was until I don't know what twist of fate that was, that made me saw the product online while browsing for some drugstore stuff reviews online. And so I scanned the reviews for this specific lotion, carefully. I'm surprised that almost everybody loves it. It indicates that the lotion is a best buy. Actually to even make sure that they are accurate I even browsed to another website so to be sure about it. It has amazing reviews again. There, I give up on being unfair for the brand. To give Dove another chance to prove that another of their products is for my liking, yesterday I grab a hand for the lotion I'm talking about.

image courtesy of c4.soap.com

I tried it after I wash up that night. Seriously, I'm not so thrilled about the scent of shea butter but after learning its goodness to our skin, that fascinated me. I wasn't aware that it can make your skin so soft and smooth. I didn't notice when I used Palmer's lotion, also with shea butter. But I know the latter wasn't a bad product at all, it's me who's stupid for not observing what it does on my skin. Anyway, at that time the sale's lady promoted to me so well this lotion, said it will help me get rid of my stretchmarks, so that's where I focused and that is where the product suck cuz nothing happened to my stretchmarks, still there. But then eventually I realize that maybe it's true, no cream nor lotion or anything that will eliminate your stretchmarks unless you undergo laser surgery.  I already given up on that long ago. Going back, since I am all into shea butter now cuz I'm crazy for a baby soft skin, that, I'm a bit forcing myself to live with the product from now on. The scent isn't detestable it's me who's fastidious. But you know what, I'd love to recommend maybe any lotion with shea butter in it like this Dove lotion I'm using, I guarantee that it will really softens your skin. Like me, you might also want to touch your skin everytime, you just gotta see it for yourself.

A little blog updating to do

Well I've decided to add few gadgets on this blog, the links for my recommended novels and mangas, also the gadget for my popular posts--- which I don't get why they became my popular posts mind you. Anyway it's my lists of novels and mangas that are important as I've--- hopefully--- made up my mind to seriously go back from reading from now on. On the lists are not everything I've read before but as of the moment were all that I can remember. It's so easy to update them anytime so I'm not bothered if the lists are short.

Seriously, maybe what's making me lazy finishing the books I read are the e-books. Maybe tangible books are more appealing to me, but I'm wishing that if I motivate myself e-books won't be difficult to love in time. I see convenience in e-books, not only you could get most of the books you're looking for for free, you can also download all that you want to your heart's content. But reading in front of a monitor screen with all the writings without graphics is a bit tedious to me, especially when the scene gets boring, slow phased, and really no development in the story after some minutes or even hours of reading. I know you'll feel the same in books but... it's hard to explain. I find that books are more interesting than e-books, unless when we speak of manga. Manga, I guess will read it online cuz there's no way for me to buy expensive serialized books regardless--- maybe when I get rich and decided to make a collection of manga I might change my mind though. Besides, it's on the screen where I started to read my first manga, and I don't feel tediousness cuz it's a graphic book. I like reading manga on screen, period---- but I wish e-books will too.

image courtesy of www.mangagate.com

This is the title that started it all, my interest in reading manga. Ever since then I'm not sure now how many titles which I have good and bad reviews I've finished reading at present. They're so many I even forget every details in the story already, all I'm sure about is if the title is one of my favorites, or just ok or worse or simply not my type. For sure, the manga above is one of the bests so far.

Before I leave I wanna share with you the book of my interest right now. It's entitled, The Pact: A Love Story by Jodi Picoult.

image courtesy of www.harpercollins.com

I choose this book cuz the summary intrigued me. If you know me then you should know that the way to make we want a certain title is to make me curious about it, yes. Also, for a change I'm reading a genre that's kinda new to me, like there's a suicide thing going on in the story, how do you categorize that, is it thriller? Maybe it's also under psychological. I haven't read anything like it before, in a novel that is, but in watching movies with themes like that I'm so immune for a long time. I say I like anything with suspense I just hope I'll find it in the story, don't let me down.

Do bundle wrapping for your suitcase

I went to Female Network website while waiting for my turn to go to the bathroom. When I'm there I immediately choose to start my browsing in the Travel and Leisure tab. From there I saw one article entitled, "How To Pack a Suitcase." It's a very interesting article especially for me who enjoys traveling--- I know you are too--- that's why the information that the writer inputted are just right for a stress-free packing of things you wanna take with you when you jet-set to your destination.

The article is so informative that the writer even put a link  to where you can learn bundle wrapping. And you don't have to sweat to learn how--- if you feel lazy reading--- since the site provided a step by step image on how to do that. You can take a look down below:

How to Bundle Wrap

 How I wish the next time I go on a break I would be a pro in packing my suitcase.


Pic credits: www.onebag.com

No more bad hair day

I rarely use conditioner before cuz I was lazy to put another routine to do on my hair every bath time. It was just recently when I started to value it. Like shampoo I put a dollop of conditioner unto my hair everyday. I feel that if I miss the shampooing part I'd feel uncomfortable the whole day, like I worried that my hair would stink or I'd get an awful oily hair which apparently signifies that this person didn't take a bath today. That sucks! That's why I always make sure I step outside with a clean-shampooed hair. But that's not the only case now, conditioner has become one of my essentials cuz I have frizzy, tangled and rough hair with just a shampoo. I realize that everytime I forget to use a conditioner my hair wouldn't be normal, that's free from all hair damages I mean. As I observed what a conditioner can do to my hair, I eventually make use of that together with my shampoo without miss, especially when I'm going out.

Yes, I know it's a bad habit of mine to always wash my hair clean, I read that it could lose the natural oil generating factor in your hair dadada... sorry about that, I only read by heart one of the few reasons why washing your hair everyday is not a good idea.
 

Anyway, right now my fave is Cream Silk Volume Up Conditioner, I've never liked a conditioner like this before. For me, every problem I have with my hair are solved cuz of it. I can't help to not comment about the awesomeness of this conditioner that I decided to share it with you.

This conditioner is for soft and smooth hair, sure thing works. Plus, I've mentioned that I usually have frizzy, tangled and rough hair, right? I don't worry about those problems anymore. All I can enjoy is the softness and smoothness of my hair. I feel that... it's like every treatment that a bottle of Cream Silk Conditioner has you'll find it all in just one bottle of this Volume Up Conditioner. I'm thrilled that ever since I use it I'm not having, literally, a bad hair day.

Real androgynous beauty

I don't know to you but to me I've got no issue about the gay invasion in the society. I mean, let's face it, gays are everywhere only that it's just 'now' that they became more open to express themselves for who they are. Oftentimes, there's still gender inequality for those narrow-minded ones but I guess these are the people who are oldies you know what I mean? They are the people who live in the past and that they probably find it hard to accept the fast changing world most of the time. I say to just give them our full-understanding anyway everybody's entitled for their own opinion.

Moving on, while I was browsing the net not long ago, I bumped into an article about a magazine cover that's banned for its racy topless model. I've provided the picture of the cover of that magazine, Dossier. If you wanna know where I read the article go check it here. So what do you think? Should this be ban or not? Seriously at first look my absolute answer would be yes to ban the cover cuz it's unacceptable to let models flaunt their boobies without them censored. That was my initial reaction since I thought that on the cover was a female posing with her bare naked chest out. Unfortunately I was fooled by the look of that male model. Yes, he's a guy but let's just say gay. I wanna put bi but I'm not sure about the use of that word so I went for the most common term instead. I agree that it's fine if male models would pose half naked on the cover of a magazine or on billboards or whichever print-outs you could think of but that doesn't apply to females. So if you see the model, Andrej Pejic, as a girl in the picture, it's gotta be a total ban but since he's born male then there's no universal law that could prevent him from posing that way on the cover of a magazine. But still no matter how many times I look at it the picture is so decieving that I always see a female model there. Since his chest area wasn't toned up to give them a little bit of beefiness, I immediately thought that his breasts are like that of a female that maybe lack the gift on that body part. Not to focus on his chest alone, but as you look at him you could see a feminine face and expression, don't you think so? It's not a wonder why I sided the prohibition for the publishing of that magazine issue. The picture is like I'm trying an optical illusion game or something that could usually make me flip.

I think this is prior to his magazine cover controversy, but if you remember what Rihanna is wearing during the recent Grammy Awards you should know that it was an off the runway wedding gown modeled by this gender-bending Andrej Pejic. I watched his video on youtube while he walked the dress on the catwalk, he was more beautiful than a female bride. He's even more beautiful wearing the gown than Rihanna, yes.

 To make sure you know what I'm talking about here are the pics for reference.

You know, I'm thinking he is 100% taking estrogen pills or something to make his body become more womanly. I heard male who wants to look female can somehow achieve what they desire, that's apart from surgery I'm talking about. With his body as slender as a female model I wasn't amazed for getting that even though he said he stopped going to the gym to keep his built the way it is. Sure it's true he may not be holding weights, dumbbells, or barbels, but it's also with the help of some form of estrogen medication that gave his body femininity. His body's form is not an absolute gift cuz I know he had to do some working out there but with his face prettier than a flower that's his gift I'm jealous about.

If you're that curious about this dude, or this 'femiman' as what the industry would categorize him, the video is there for you to see. So how do you find him?

Pics from yahoo.shine + yahoo images

Beauty in gold

I think I'm in love with this collection. Though I've only tried two out of five, I'm still saying that I guarantee you'll love it too. So far since completing to buy the collection costs a hefty amount--- they don't come cheap--- I only buy one item per one go to the supermarket. Not that I intend to buy everything anyway, I think I'll stick with the day cream cuz I like that it puts a glow on my face all-day. In addition to that, as far as I notice it, my face won't get oily, the product sticks well on my face, matte finish... with a little dab of face powder that is. The moment I spread the day cream I see that it's like an illuminating cream or lotion where the angles on your face when hit by light would shine in a lovely way. I guess putting this day cream on on a weekend while doing some errands is just fine even without you having to put on a foundation or whatsoever. Anyway, I still use it before I dab my face powder cuz I like the matte-look. How ever you wanna put the day cream on your face depends on you cuz I think both ways, as they promise, will give you radiant-looking facial skin.

I've consumed the whole bottle of the serum, I told myself I'm not going to buy that anymore. If you ask me, I love how it works but it's so hard to pump the cap to get the serum inside the bottle, plus, after that you'll see the tube that you only got a pea size of it after that hard pressing you made, I see that it's ridiculous. I don't wanna put pressure on my fingertips every night just to get less of what's enough of what I should get. Moving on to the bright side, I said I like it cuz I always wake up in the morning having a fresh and radiant-looking facial skin, if I compare it when I'm not using that but just my cleanser. It doesn't make my face oily in the morning as well. Another thing, what's also nice about the serum is that, even without putting on the day cream the next morning, your face will still radiates, although your facial skin will produce oil if (maybe) you have oily skin.

I've decided that the Pond's Gold Radiance Day Cream will be part of my make-up essentials for a long time--- for these reasons:  that it's easy to pump, doesn't make my face oily than usual, and exudes healthy glowing facial skin.

Losing a mascara

Too bad that I'm losing my favorite mascara cuz the tube is almost empty, and I don't have that exact spare. My, my how it's hard for me to think about where the hell will I able to find a sort of replica of that eyelash effect. You see, I've never liked putting on a mascara, I don't see the sense, until we came to Korea, bought this 4D Mascara at Missha, and since then mascara became part of my make-up essentials. I've had a voluminous mascara from The Face Shop, I bought that cuz I thought of finally disposing the one I have from Missha, but then eventually I went back using that cuz the lash effect on my eyes is lovelier than that of The Face Shop. Now whatabout this 4D Mascara I'm talking about? Actually, it's also a voluminous mascara--- it's my preference--- but what it does on my lashes is that, whenever I apply it my lashes will look thick and probably, longer. It's the thickness effect that I'm crazy about since I'm not much into lashes that have bits of gaps in-between the strands, you know what I mean? I like that my lashes will be like how your natural lashes would look like, by adding that mascara your lashes will be fuller and yes, thicker, like I said. It should kinda look like you've put an eyeliner on your upper lash line, that's what I always want to achieve. I wonder what other brands of  mascara will give me what I'm looking, I still have to look. Until then, all I gotta do is explore some brands that might fit well to my needs.

Sally Hansen extra strength hair remover lotion

I shouldn't be posting this entry right now, but I've got nothing to do so I thought of maybe writing something would be best to kill some time before my oat meal that I prepared for my breakfast will not be too hot to eat. 

Alright, I have this in watermelon scent, that comes in a pink bottle, same size just like in the picture. I haven't consumed its content, anyway, I'm only using it to get rid of my mustache--- yes, I'm one of the many who has girl mustache (unfortunately). But I know most girls have it, I've read that. It's like a few can only have perfect none blemish or hairless pits in the entire world. Goes to show that, also, women have mustache too. Some would remove them every week or two just like doing it on their legs, pits and you know their private areas. I haven't tried using the product on my legs cuz I use Veet for that. But I've tried this on my pits, I eventually return from plucking cuz using this hair remover lotion darkens my underarms. Shaving is also no-good for me, cuz I'm lazy shaving almost everyday, and when the pit-hair start to grow and you didn't shave, it's a cranky day for me since the hair would prick my skin on that area, it's uncomfortable. If only I have big bucks I would have been doing some laser hair removal treatment a long time ago but for now plucking is my last resort cuz removing your pit-hair will take a week or two for regrowth. 

Going back to this product, I say that it's pretty effective in taking-off my girl mustache. I just have to put a little pea of that lotion on that area, let it sit there for a couple of minutes, then wipe them using a towel soaked in a lukewarm water, that's it. In my case, I don't count the minutes to know it's ready to take-off, all I do is I put the lotion first, then boil the water on the stove, when the water screams that it's already hot, that's the time I pour the water in a basin, soak the towel and remove the application. Through that, I don't have to watch over for the cue, the kettle will tell that for me. One wipe of the towel, you can see that your hair are instantly detached from your skin. For hair regrowth, you'll notice it after a week or two. I just have one reminder, that in applying the lotion, you should be very gentle on it for it can irritate your skin. The lotion is like an acid that can hurt your skin especially if you wipe the area over and over again. By the way, I put baby-oil so the area won't get a little rough in the coming days, there are instances that it happens so just to keep you in mind, use it if you like.

Lastly, talk about the scent of the lotion, I know you won't like it, unless you're like me who can stand such funky odor. You know the smell of re-bonding chemicals put on your hair when you go to a salon to treat them? That's how strong the smell of this product is. There's a  hint of watermelon (depending on the scent of your choice), but the chemicals are much stronger, so if you can't stand it then it's good that I gave you a notice about it.

Done a little skin care shopping at hypermarket

I only bought three items from Hypermarket cuz I really need supplies for my skin care, I'm having gradual scarcity recently. With those items that cost me over 1K, I hope that those new stuff I bought would work nicely good on my skin. Cuz if not, I would feel so damn sad for buying useless things, I'm crossing my fingers that I could give positive reviews on the Aveeno Pomegranate Body Wash and Ponds Gold Radiance Youthful Glow Day Cream next time. Also, I've decided that I will continuously drink this Athena powdered milk from now on-- that's my third item I'm talking about--- cuz I feel like I see the good benefits in drinking it, I'm not sure though but I'm still observing.

July 1, it's a date!

I can't wait till this day to come. Not only it's my birthday but also the premier of the much awaited flick, Transformers (3): Dark of the Moon. Man, I was stupid before that I didn't watch the first two installment on the big screen.. alright I'm a dope, I'm okay with that... but this time I'm not gonna miss anything about this movie anymore. I said I'm not a fan of science-fiction type of movies, but this is an exception for it made my heart skip a beat. Yeah, I'm not lying.

But how is it going to be if Megan Fox is not in it? Maybe it won't hurt the movie if this new gal will take over the original Transformers babe. I see that Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is hot but for me it's still Megan who's hotter. Like I said, if Rosie might not surpass the bombshell reputation of Megan in this movie per se, I think the movie won't go stumbling down at the box office--- the girls are just a plus anyway--- the action and thrill in the movie is so much more important, and the intensity of the fighting robots is just so mesmerizing. See, even me who's not into this suddenly became a converted fan... I'm not an absolute anti you know--- from time to time I still appreciate action/ science-fiction movies.

I JUST CAN'T WAIT! Period.

At Switchfoot Concert

We were here last night. Boy was I happy that even for just a day or night I had a break from my usual mundane life. I had a blast watching the band. I had the most wonderful night at the concert cuz they're a cool band and their audience are pumped up and participating in every song they sing. The hall was so alive... I feel so alive even though we've waited for a couple of hours standing at the entrance before they finally let all of us in. When they (Switchfoot) started to perform, I totally forgot how my feet are almost numb from a long time standing. I felt replenished and energized. With this small voice I could still shout out in participation like any other. It was a very good show cuz even the band is lively and charismatic that they've made the energy of the venue the way it was last night. They're an awesome band!

We didn't manage to get a pic with the band cuz we're only at the bleacher--- General Admission only. But even though we're not sitting at the VIP or at the Ringside which I thought are the best seats, I'm still contented, at least I can still see clear glimpse of them since we're kinda near the stage. See my pic, that's our distance to the stage--- not so bad for me.

I wanted to end this entry in a joyful note but I can't forget how sometime before the beginning of the concert a couple somewhat ticked me off. I know the evil side of me will loom in a cue if they'll insist to line before us when we stood in that line first. They fell in line later, so it's only right that they walk at the end of our line and not choose where they want to be. Me and my friend (Monique), stayed firm to our belief that we should fight for our personal space cuz we earned it by standing there longer than they did. So I say no chance that anyone will take it from us. I know my friend would agree to me cuz she feels the same way. I thank God that we didn't find an enemy in that petty problem cuz as planned we didn't let the couple line where they shouldn't be, and that's good. I don't wanna cause a scene anyway. But if I have to, and I'm right, I would.

Domino's Pizza no more

Have you heard that Domino's Pizza has its new name? It's Angel's Pizza now. I've learned about it yesterday when a sales person came to our office to promote their products. Since they're under promotion they give out coupons to get good deal of pizza and other menus at a convenient price. But you gotta have this sort of membership first to avail their coupons. Anyway, it's only Php399. And for as long as you haven't consumed all the coupons you can buy their menus using the coupon of your choice. Like there's a buy one get one of their biggest size pizza, or you can add another coupon of one free pizza to make your order three. You can also combine the coupons for whichever menu you wanna order and you won't have to pay a big amount, maybe just for one order is what you'll pay for the whole bunch of orders--- thanks to the coupons.

Anyway, talk about the taste of their pizza, is not my absolute favorite. I find their pizza tasteless like there's something lacking in which I can't tell what it is. But I agreed to mom that we should get the coupons for food convenience. I'm also giving this pizza chain a chance to prove to me that their pizza is for my liking, and would turn my thoughts around.

Peeling day

Days of absence, and now I'm back for my new entry. How is it going?

Today is my peeling day. You know, me exfoliating my skin. The products in the picture are what I use on my face and body. This morning I've already exfoliated my facial skin through The Face Shop's Peeling Day. Tonight, it's my body's turn, I use aspirin and honey by the way. I've read before that sugar and honey is also a good alternative, but I haven't tried that (yet).

Just so you know, in order to make your skin look radiant, it's necessary to exfoliate once or twice a week. But I don't recommend you doing more than two times per week cuz there's a price to pay if your skin suddenly breaks out. Remember I've been there, I had pimples in the past couple of months cuz of over-exfoliating. You don't wanna beat my record, right? So I think twice a week should be enough.

Not only exfoliating will make your skin glow but also make it feel and look soft and smooth, and definitely clean. Why don't you try it? You'll understand what I mean better if you do that.

Now, just to make sure that you won't fall apart when you see your face break out when you try to exfoliate, I guess I should recommend you to buy any antibacterial medicine in the drugstore. Me, I use Clindamycin. But of course, you don't have to buy that if you don't like, you can have your options for yourself.

Gave it a try

Yesterday I've finally gotten rid of the face mask from The Face Shop that I had for free back when we were shopping in their store in Korea.

This is the product I'm talking about. You know, I'm not a believer of any sheet masks in the market. Am I weird that I couldn't see their beauty benefits? I prefer cream peel-off masks. I think that one works in removing impurities and can brighten up your facial skin tone. Also, it's convenient to use cuz it usually comes in a tube size bottle like your favorite facial foam. Unlike the sheet mask, you only use it once then dispose it afterward. If you think about it, per sheet mask costs like maybe over a hundred pesos while the biggest tube size peel-off mask let's say more or less nine hundred pesos. If you compare the duration of the mask's usability then definitely the peel-off mask will win, cuz you can use the mask several times since you only take a pea or more enough to cover your whole face, and that's it. On the other hand, if you buy several sheet masks maybe you can only get eight to nine sheets, and then it's gone for good after one use. It's very inconvenient. Like I said, go for the peel-off mask instead.

Not long ago I went to a salon to have my mani. I choose this nail polish in which color I'm not sure of. But as I see it, it looks somewhat red to pink in color. Back when I was a teenager I already have this nail polish cuz sometime before I used to play the mani/pedicurist of my own self. I would put the nail polish on my nails but would always mess up. Until there was a point in time where I've given up on my hopes in acquiring that skill. I couldn't go regularly to a salon to have them done for me cuz mom's disagreeing on it, thought I was still young for that, and I'm back in staying natural. I kept my nail polish in my cabinet for a long time, one of them is what I have in the picture. It seems that the nail polish is still alright, although it took three coatings to get that look. If you ask me the color, no the 'name' of the color, it's says in the bottle that it's Naughty Marietta. Anyway, it's a cheap nail polish of mine.The manicurist told me that it's okay to use cheap nail polish especially for me who gets my manicure every week, and my pedicure maybe two weeks, cuz I change colors everytime. You know, using cheap nail polish mean it's low in quality like it can peel-off easily, and I think the smell is overwhelming and there are times that the nail polish takes some minutes to dry. Of course, it's the other way around if you use some little pricey brands. If weren't for those stocks, I wouldn't be wearing cheap nail polish ever again. But I'm not too picky, so I'm determined to finish them all up... not dispose them.

Continuation...

I've pulled out the MP3 background this morning cuz I decided.. my mood decided that for me. Right now, I'm using the PC in the office when I saw that my banner is a bit width-short. Tonight I'll make an adjustment still. Finally, the slideshow gadget is working, and I'm hooked to it. I'll fix my slideshow later as well. Hopefully by tomorrow I could make my blog assignments all checked. Yeah, hopefully.

Improvements

I did few additions on my blog, I put a virtual clock and a background music. And oh! this afternoon I organized my links too. I hope my visitors won't mind the this and that of my own idea. But you think I've had enough? Nah, there's more. Like I want my blog header title to have a little bit of adjustment still, and a background image maybe. Also, to shrink the size of my background music tab. Can I all do that? Not tonight.

Alright, I'll call this a night now. Till next time. Bye!

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Yeah, right. I had an idea that before I retire to bed I decided to finish my banner, so here you go. It's done.

New color, awful color

This afternoon I had to go to a salon to color my hair. I requested for the darker brown tone but looks like she didn't give me what I wanted. I'm so disappointed.

See my new hair color. It's a bit reddish to me. I don't like it cuz I wanted it brown. I'm upset cuz the color was, for me, a stand-out hue. I feel that my hair color looks artificial. I said I purposely want it brown cuz I know that it will blend well on my skin tone, it will look like the color was inborn on me. Not that! I even said to almost everybody that I look like a kpop idol. You know, if you see youngsters in Korea who are in boy and girl groups, most of the time that color is what they have. Great to them, awful to me.

I deep breathe in and out as I type this to see the good and not dwell in what's bad. As I briefly contemplated, I say that maybe this meltdown is just an initial reaction, that in the coming days I'll see the beauty of this hair color, finally.  Why don't I give it a rest for awhile before I tantrum? But I'm just scared that I'll find it hard to let people see me having this ugly hair color. You know that people can be terribly blunt sometimes, I'm sensitive that's why I kinda worry on how will I take them.

Anyway, it's not only the hair color I'm mad about, also the amateurish way the color was distributed on my hair. I think that the color is more on top of my head and less on the half until to the ends of my hair. OMG! that's not normal to me. I'm a classic. I don't experiment much on anything, especially on my crown and glory.

Okay, fine. I won't explode much anymore, I'll let it sit on my hair for a week before I rant again. I'll inform the hairdresser about her unsatisfactory work after a week of no improvement on my comment.

You know the only consolation I have on my hair is its shininess. Ultimate Shine of Lush is really fab.

OMG! The tattoos are real?!

I rushed in posting this blog entry cuz of my bewilderment to the realization I had while I was scanning a blog site awhile ago.

Why don't you watch Lady Gaga's recent music video first, and while you're at it, why don't you spot the so called, "Zombie Guy" in the video. It's the part where he and Lady Gaga were all covered with skeletal tattoos while wearing tuxedos. See that now? The model there was a big surprise. I was kinda shock to learn that those inks were real. All along, I was thinking that they're all henna to add another flavor to the already avant-garde video. I wasn't expecting it, really.

If not for this blog, I wouldn't have any idea about it. And I didn't expect myself to log-in in my blogger account for release. Maybe I'm this way cuz I couldn't believe that any person would do drastic tattooing like that on their body. I feel like it's hard to live life with those permanent inks cuz you can't be so well-rounded in what you do if you have that, don't you think so?

By the way, his name is Rick Genest. He's a model. Thank goodness he's a model cuz he's not going to be accepted in the corporate field with that look. But even the modeling industry has certain rules too, where they have limitation to a model's qualification even physically. Some designers wouldn't book you with that kind of strange look, others would cuz they find it edgy and one of a kind. But that can only be the designers whose clothing line is under those archetypes. The downside is that it's impossible to be versatile.

 If you ask me, I appreciate how he looks.

 He's the guy on the left-side before his complete transformation. What do you think? To me, he looks ordinary, like some guys on the street whose forgettable. But look at him now,

he got charisma and the swag. He's totally rocking the look. On the flip-side, it's too bad if one day he gotten tired of that look and decides to go back to being a normal dude but can't cuz it's fixed. Anyway, it looks like what I just said was nonsense cuz I feel that he's enjoying and embracing his being. He's making a name for himself that way, he has something to celebrate.

*Pics credit yahoo images.

Lush from yesterday

I'm back to give you my thoughts on the two Lush items I told you about last night. It's just this morning when I took a bath that I've finally used the products. I say that Honey I Washed The Kids is  guaranteed recommendable for you if you shop in their store. I swear, you'll gonna miss something in your life if you went to Lush and forget to buy that soap. It's not only me who gave a remarkable reaction to the soap, almost each and everyone who tried it. Now I understand how they feel, they didn't lie to the readers. As far as I know, the soap can be cut into small pieces depending on the size you wanna use when you take a bath. Me, I didn't bother cutting, I just used the chunk as it is. The scent is not strong, actually it's gentle and sweet. It's the smell of honey that you'll sniff on the soap and on your body. I also scent something creamy as I smell myself while I write this entry--- I just can't tell if that's still honey or the other ingredients. In the soaping part during my bath, I saw that the soap isn't so bubbly or foamy like any other soaps around. I don't have a problem with that, what's important is that, after rinse, I like that the feel of my body is clean-dry. You know the sound of a clean plate when you rinse it and then kinda scratch the center with your fingertip? You'll have that sound close to that with this soap, which I also like. You know me, I don't like to use a soap that after rinse I still feel like the soap is still on my body. I understand that it's a moisturizing soap but it doesn't matter. One product that I'm talking about is Dove. I used it once then never again. What I also like with that Lush soap is that the scent remains with you after bath, right now I could still smell, Honey I Washed The Kids on me, which is one of my qualifications for a perfect soap. However, I still couldn't determine if that's my number one soap at present cuz part of me keeps saying that Dei Colli Fiorentini Tuscan Lavander soap holds that spot in my heart.

And how about the solid shampoo? Ah! that's the Ultimate Shine. Sure it can really make your hair shiny like you had your cellophane treatment at a salon. But my problem is, it made my hair a little tangle-prone after bath and in the process of combing them. Now that my hair is air-dry, I see that they're shiny but dull. I'm kinda uncomfortable to feel my hair right now, with all honesty. Maybe the Sunsilk Co-creation Smooth and Manageable Shampoo (the pink bottle), is better. I can't conclude my thoughts on this solid shampoo this way (at least for now) since I still have more shampooing times to go. Anyway, talk about the scent,  I don't smell it on my hair right now. I mean, there's a teeny weeny touch of scent to your hair when you sniff them but it's not overwhelming in a good or bad way. I don't know to you, but as for me, I like that my hair is obviously scented--- better if that never wears off for days. Since I don't smell anything, I wish that for the rest of the day my hair won't stink, cuz if it does, it's a crime comitted to me.

Shop stuff

Finally, I get to shop almost all the items that I wanted. I'm so happy, although not so satisfied but enough not to frown. When will I have my own Lush haul? I actually dream of having an entry that's all about my Lush shopping ever since I learned about the awesomeness of their products. The brand has numerous followers around the world, and most of them they make their own Lush haul, I kinda got envious so I said I want to have my own version too. Awhile ago, me and mom went to Lush in Glorietta, I have all the items in mind, but when we're there, I saw that not everything I planned to buy are available. The seller said that what I'm looking for are out of stock. In the end, I only got two soaps, one is for bath and the other is a solid shampoo. I'll let you see them later on, I'll include in this entry all the items I purchased today.

There's still more, alright. I also visited the Skin Food stall in SM Makati to look for the colors of nail polish that caught my eye through their website. I wish to buy about three nail polish there, but I only have one from the choices in that stall. What I wanted, they don't have stocks. But that's just fine cuz the color I really wanna wear for this week is the color I bought from there.

Yippie! the ice cream I crave for is finally served. Not that the ice cream is my main target but the Reese's chocolate that's its flavor. If you can remember, I mentioned before that I'm super mouthwatering that day for that chocolate, it's just today that we get to buy my request. I wasn't upset that I had to wait for this long cuz I know mom will soon provide. Today is the day I'm talking about. There's a reason for cheers!....so CHEERS!





Okay now, before I wrap this night, I'll leave you with some pictures I took for you to see my Lush items as well us my new colored-fingernails.

Told you, I only got two items that cost me for just over Php800. What are they?

This is the most popular (as far as I know), Honey I Washed The Kids. I think you should try it too, the smell is so great. I'll tell you the effect on me of this soap next time. And,

 

Ultimate Shine. Obviously, the product will make your hair shine, I mean glossier, like that. I'll tell you  if it will shine very well on my hair, but that's going to be on my next blog post.

Lastly, the time now to show you the color of my nail polish for the week. See now? Since it's summer, it's just perfect for the season. Plus, I'm more appreciative of bright colors lately, that it didn't become impossible for me to want to have this orange-ee color for this week. Yes, it's bright, it's cute and makes you feel younger. That's how I feel, maybe you'll feel the same when you color your nails with that hue like mine.

Is it a calling?

Man, one of my batchmates in college linked to me a site for writers where there's an on-going application if you wanna take part in their business. Sounds great to me since I've been wanting to have an affiliation to any legitimate sites where writing is a weapon. But now that I saw the site and scanned their requirements, I felt I'm having cold feet. What should I do? I'm scared. I feel like I can't even be compared to the writers who qualified. I don't write formally. How I write is like how you see on this blog. Will this manner of writing be acceptable? I'm worried. But ever since my teen years I've been writing stuff, although most of them I only keep to myself. Apparently, it's like a rare opportunity to read my craft, I'm ashamed if anyone gets a peek. I know I should change, and be confident to myself.

It's just comforting that she said that your work will still be reviewed by the editors, good thing to me cuz I don't want people to see my writing in its ugliest form with lots of terrible errors, grammar wise. Since there are editors to proof-read my work I should be at ease.

So what's the verdict? Hmm.. literally I'm having a long thinking right at this moment. Ah! Final answer, I'm game on! But I'll start my application tomorrow since I'm overwhelmed still. I'll go back to that site again, and give it a try after tonight. It's gotta be now or never.

PS. Thanks Maech for the lucrative opportunity. I fret that I don't quality, but we'll see. *deep breath*

Concert in attendance

I just wanna express my joy cuz my friend messaged me that she already bought a ticket for me for the Switchfoot concert on the 30th. I'm excited. It's my first time to watch a concert, as in. I'll tell you the feeling when I made an entry about it. That's coming soon. Alright, gotta go.

Quest for a 10 year entry visa

That's my multiple entry US visa! You know it's understandable that I hid personal information about me, right? That's why I used black shading for those very important parts. Anyway, my purpose as to why I posted my visa is to tell you my story in getting that. By the way, as you can also see, I squared red the parts that (maybe) you should know in what type of visa you are holding in your passport. In my case, I'm lucky to have the Multiple entry one. Seriously, I usually say this in some related conversation that having a multiple entry visa, if not an American passport, is your ticket to the world. They've said this to me, and I believe them that if you have that visa, it's easier for you to get any visas in the world. Perhaps, that's why I would sometimes hear people saying it's hard to get a US visa. Some have already given up, others would pursue despite several denials that they've got in their application. I kinda understand them in a way cuz I also see the US  as the land of promise. Even I, myself would wanna stay there if not for good, at least for some time.

So, how did I get my visa? Simple. Remember my previous entry about my US and supposedly Mexico tour? I applied for a US visa so I could join the tour. For me, it's less troublesome to get a US visa if you're participating in a tour to the US, obviously. Why is it less of a burden? If you are touring, especially in the US or in Europe, you have the impression that you came from a good family, someone who 'can-afford' as what they call it, and we all know traveling to those farther places or anywhere is indulgence and definitely, a status-symbol. So I say, it's easier that way cuz that's one thing. I observed that in applying for this visa it's A MUST that you exude a professional-person vibe, or that coming from an affluent family. It's alright if you're not under those categories but if you have to fake it, do it well (although I'm not sure if you can get away with it). Anyway, faking your acts to look personable has a downfall, that is if your look isn't equivalent to your documents. Meaning, you have to have sufficient documents that will prove that you are who you are. I mean if you act rich, you have to prepare papers that will prove to them that you are really rich. As to how will you be able to do that? It's up to you. But just make sure they're bona fide. In my case, to prove that I came from a good family--- which I'm embarrassed to say--- I used my mom's documents like her properties since it's obvious that at my age I still couldn't afford to get them out of my earnings. Yes, it's alright to use your parents properties since what's theirs is yours since you're their son or daughter. If you're like me, it's also important that you have a trust fund that your parents have for you in the bank, plus you gotta have an ATM and if you're that utterly rich, then, a credit card. See what I mean now? Another, if you're working already, like me, you gotta have your ITR to prove that you're not a loafer and a nuisance  financially. It's great if you have good earnings provided in your ITR. It will show that you're the type who can buy what you want through your own funds. Hmm... what else? An Employee's Cert. is another. It will state there who you are in your company, and it's a plus if it states that you are somebody there. Since I'm in a tour, it's totally important that you have your itinerary with you, don't ever ever forget that, alright? Well, only if you apply as a tourist. Hmm.. I think that's it.

While the President and CEO of Broadway Travel briefed me about my upcoming interview, that's where I learned the three important stages in your visa application. These are: your application, interview, and documents. She said that the application and documents are not so important in a way, but you gotta bring them with you. Now, what you have to nail is the one-on-one interview. It's like if you divide the three to become 100% then, application 25%, documents 25%, and then interview is 50%. See how big the difference if you do well in your interview? Your interview with the interviewer is the most crucial part in your visa application. Believe me, my interviewer didn't even touch my documents during the interview. We were looking like we're just having a good conversation. See what I mean? You gotta be conversational with him or her. It will show how sure you are in your application and maybe also prove that you can speak English. I guess, fluency isn't that necessary for as long as you can speak their language even in an average way. They'll forgive you for that. It's important that you are honest to the interviewer and most especially confident to yourself. I said that cuz it's a way for the interviewer not to scrutinize you even more, to the point of scanning your papers and asking you questions again and again. The more you are honest and confident, then you can have a short grilling with your interviewer, trust me, that's what I did. Ah! of course, don't forget to smile, alright? Show the friendly side of you somehow. The end of the interview marks the verdict of your fate in your visa application.The interviewer will tell you right before you exit if you got approved or not. If you're approved then the interviewer will say some lines that you got it, and they won't return your passport. You'll wait for it to be delivered in the mailing address you've provided. Or, if you got denied, again, the interviewer will state some lines telling you that you didn't make it while handing over to you your passport and a green paper that's telling you what you need to know in your next application, if you still wanna try. Don't expect the interviewer to tell where you went wrong cuz they will not tell you, you'll just have to figure it out.

There, that's it! I hope my experience may help you in acing your US visa application. Good luck!

New theme is WHITE

I'm not completely satisfied about my layout, but I'll stick with this for awhile. I just can't stand dark hues that much cuz it makes me feel gloomier when I'm already like that. You know, to tell you the truth my right arm's a bit achy now cuz I've been looking around the web in search for the perfect layout. Sure, here I go again showing the perfectionist in me, that's why of all the themes I saw for so many hours only few I see better but weren't great for my liking. Those few, in the end, turns out to be having useless codes. I don't know, there's always error I get when I tried to applied the code here. I guess either the code had been expired or I was simply slow. Eventually, I ended up finding designs here as in right here in blogger, like what I have now. How do you find it? Ok? or what?

Possibly touring--- I'm so ready

Phew! Here I am hoping to have my tour--- the tour I've been dreaming of since November of last year. Just when I'm almost over to this madness about the tour that won't materialize cuz of some delay and hassle, here they are again e-mailing mom about the update on the tour that I'm potentially in. You think I should still hope anew? It's just that its so frustrating and disappointing whenever it won't happen--- you waited and all, then suddenly there's bad news etc.

On my part, there's no problem anymore. I have my US visa and I'm almost done with the payment-- mom will have her full-payment for me if the tour will push-through. 

You see, the tour I'm supposedly be participating in is the US-Mex tour, unfortunately it'll only be in the US soon. As per update to us by Broadway Travel, the tour will be Vacationer Escapades which will mainly tour Los Angeles and Las Vegas, for only six days. I'm not accurate yet about the news why they canceled the Mexico tour, but I heard that there's some hostility going on at the border of US-Mexico recently. As what I heard from mom--- since she had been there before me--- that from Mexico they've crossed the border going to the US in Texas. So if you think about it, possibly somewhere there there must be something going-on that will only trouble our entry in the US if worse comes to worst.    

I okay-ed the tour cuz I'm afraid the next same tour which is planned in October might not be for me anymore. That will terribly break my heart for sure, so there's no other way but to decide now. Besides, mom is very interested in the Baltic cruise perhaps somewhere in September but the catch is if we go for it, then our plan to watch the World Olympics will be canceled.Sadly, if that happens, oh my! I gotta have to wait another four years again to catch that international event in the flesh. You see, I already made up my mind, between the two, I went for the cruise. Anyway, why am I talking about that? Going back, I said I agreed to the US tour this May--- without the Mexico tour--- cuz I might still have a chance to travel, third quarter of this year.