Mango Crepe? or Mango Lumpia ;-)

            I have been craving for some nice crepes like those you get from the malls in Luzon or in SM Davao... I forgot the name of the shop... anyway, I was looking for one here in General Santos but to no avail. However... TADA! I got this lumpia looking crepe from ":suman at iba pa" here in Yumang street and it's sold for only 13 pesos.
        
            Well, it's great! it has lots of cream and mangos in the crepe wrapper. it was so creamy and soft;-) I will be back for more;-) YEY! lumpia mango crepe... go grab one, treat yourself....

today;-) sweet : blue and peach...

            I went to school with these;-) but when I arrived there... no class it's a holiday;-) so I just home and read my next assignment for my Advanced Entrepreneurship class tomorrow... My professor is amazing... i just love attending her class. After every class, I feel motivated to just pursue my dreams and have my own business...

this is the pair I wore today;-) its from Primadonna

school get up.. hope it was a hit;-)

            It's raining all day but I have to go to school... so I just wore my teaching dress and had a shawl to keep me warm.. hope this look works;-)

huh?

I went to school even there is no class today and even did my essay assignment for my MBA class... wahhh...

Inspired by Fashbook by GMA

            Lastnight, I was so inspired by what FASHBOOK host Iza Calzado said... she said that it might sound superficial to others what they did (a complete makeover for a participant ont heir show) for her but making yourself look good and fixing her up physically is more than just the outside benefit but also how it made her feel. It may boost up self confidence, self-esteem, morale, and just feel good about yourself.. everybody wants to look good and feel good...

"the time we dedicate to our skin not only plays a part in building harmony between the body and the mind. It also takes part in building our self-respect and respect of others. The way we see ourselves affects the way we see others see us. "- L'Oreal Skin-Science.com

             Before, when I was still studying and during my first five years of working, I never really cared how I look as long as I take bath and cleaned myslef before leaving the house, i was fine. I was not even conscious about my blackheads or zits;-( I know... I am more a guy before that eventually woke up to realize that I am a girl...and should attend to her needs as a girl;-) 

              I don't even know how to apply make up... I just take a bath, use clean clothes (jeans and tshirt), wash my face and I'm off to school or work, no moisturizer or anything.. I'm all that;-) 

BUT

            (this was just last October of this year) One day I just woke up and went to the grocery store to buy my stuff but instead of the usual gemicidal soap and shampoo I made it to other side of the shelves I took a body wash that's super moisturizing, whitening scrubs, body polish, and all that... It changed my usuall routine in taking a bath ( it just usually takes me 15 minutes, now its 30 minutes...) I just want to scrub myself and want to smell myself more... but htis time I want myself to smell something different... citrusy or fruity...

            I also visited one of the cosmetics shops, thefaceshop. I grabed a tripple baked pink purple eyeshadow and a lipgloss to start with. Just to check it if it goes fine with me using cosmetics. I was afraid before that I might ruin my skin using cosmetic, I heard a lot of negative stuff about people using make up;-( but it went well... as days go on, I was thinking that it will be great if I apply some eyeliner just to better the look...then the blush came.. and the facial wash off pack, the yogurt and honey pack, the primer, concealer.. and it just never stopped... I kept reading so many beauty blog about make up, cosmetics, and how to take care of your skin more and I watched tuitorials from you tube... It helped a lot

SO from this...

to this...

           I know that you might think a little has changed... but it changed me bigtime;-) I was more confident about myself specially on how I look. It boost up my self -esteem and most especially on how I deal with other people.

          It's not all about hiding imperfections but it's enhacing your natural beauty, valuing, loving, and taking care of yourself ;-)

Just arrived..

 “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”(O. Wilde)

             Every time I get the chance to travel, thanks to the promo seats offered by different carriers, I always ended up hurrying things up so I can buy all the things I need from Manila like cosmetics, bags I saw in the internet, clothes I’d die to have, and restaurants I would love to visit and try their food. I ended up stressed and so tired when I get home.

In fact, most people don’t live, but they survive each day, for they are too busy, too tired, too stressed and too worried to really enjoy the pleasures of life.

            But this time was different, I arrived at noon at our apartment somewhere in Ermita and decided to chat with my aunts, I even helped her with the wrapping of gifts. I sat for a while and just fixed my things and asked myself where I want to go and what to buy. I ended up in SM Manila which is just a 15 minute ride from our place. I headed straight to my fave Korean cosmetic shops, etude house and tony moly to get what I NEED ♥ and to claim my membership card too;-) sweet ♪ I roamed the mall for a while and sat down in one of the benches near the department store entrance. 

I took my time and just observed what was happening around me, a feast to my eyes and my mind. In front and next to where I am seated are two lovely teenager couples that where taking a break from a long day in school and just getting a breather in the mall. Still further to my left were couples not talking to each other and the girl was sulking, literally on where she is seated. UNBELIEVABLY happening right before my eyes…life... I never get to usually stop and do this but it’s an eye opener. It opened my eyes that other people live… They go out with their lovers, cry and be mad if they’re upset, wait for someone who would be so happy to talk to you, and to just sit there and enjoy the view♥ .. not like me who is so in a hurry and afraid that I might not have time to do all I want to enjoy my stay, which is ironically happening already and everytime I rush things up. I DON'T GET TO ENJOY IT BECAUSE I WAS SO INTO ACHIEVING MY GOALS I forget the journey .. buy this, go there, do this.. I thought I am already here... take your time and just enjoy it every moment of your stay;-) I can come naman anytime.. 


My friend arrived and we had a blast. We stopped over at a restaurant and had a great laugh and chat about what happened to us for during the last few months, more of a catching up with each other. We had a walk (in the dirty and polluted air of Metro Manila ;-S) and decided that we can’t get enough food so dropped by a pizza house and just ate the night away.

I went home with a full tummy and with a big heart… most people exist, that’s all… but it’s never too late to live your life;-) you can start today and make it a habit… as they say the goal and the path to your goal is one, focus on your goals and pay full attention to the journey you take to achieve your goal… Just live♥

Replenishing my beauty needs supply ♥

     These are what I got from my vacay and visit to Tony Moly and Etude House in SM Manila;-) I got the I need you Yogurt wash off pack, I need you Honey wash off pack, and the face color corset in orange mango fit. From Tony Moly, I got the Lip balm in peach and the Berry Lovely Girl Concealer.

I Need You Honey! Wash-Off Pack

P 198.00

Facial Massage pack formulated with medicinal herbs and honey to soften, nourish, and replenish skin. [Active Ingredients] Honey, Ginseng, Red Ginseng, Cactus and Angelica extracts.

   " Honey's natural antioxidant and anti-microbial properties help to protect the skin from the damage of the sun's rays, supports the skin's ability to rejuvenate and refresh depleted skin, leaving it feeling silky soft and supple. One of the most common natural skin care benefits with honey is related to treatment of minor acne acne which could be caused by hormonal changes or "heatiness in the body", as traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) would call it to refer to the imbalance of yin and yang in the body. Honey absorbs impurities from the pores on the skin, making it an ideal cleansing agent. With the wide-ranging of natural skin care recipes, , it is no wonder that there exists a huge number of honey products in the market for hair care, baby care, skin care for sunscreen, hand lotions, facial scrubs and moisturizers."

CACTUS? I know your also wondering how.. but they say cactus has a lot of benefits for the face…

Cactus extracts contain copious amounts of phytochemicals to promote increased immune function, and high levels of potent antioxidants. These antioxidants neutralize free radicals and protect against future cellular damage and premature aging. Cactus extracts have unique abilities to prevent moisture loss, a quality necessary for healthy skin. When included in skin care formulas, cactus extracts help prevent water evaporation from the epidermis (outer most layer of the skin) and acts a moisturizer. 

     It made me feel that it moisturized my skin since I slept really late (which was my last night of my stay in Manila) and I feel my face dried up, got puffy eyes with dark circles, and worse I look so pale.. like a zombie ~rawr~ 


     I first used this product a month ago and I only bought one pack. trial ♥ and it worked so well. That everytime I sleep late because of school or if the weather makes my skin dry.. I use this.. It work wonders.. it made my skin soft and supple after;-) so this time I got two packs.


     Just a piece of advice, if I may;-) try to use it before going to bed just to replenish what you lost during the busy day. Its a good product that will pamper you with its smell, the tingling feeling when you apply it relaxes you, and most importantly how it will nourish and moisturize your skin... what a great way to end your day before sleeping;-)




p.s. the rest of my beauty buys will be featured on my next posts:-)      

kikay kit..

I have been into cosmetics lately and I have been trying to get the BASICS like getting neutral colors and a little shimmer, blush that suit your complexion, eye liner, mascara, lip glosses and lipsticks (one red and one for your everyday use.. I know what you’re thinking RED? I use it when I want to feel I own the world and catch attention hehehe)♥

I have these in my kikay kit;-)

Cookie blush from etude house number 3, it’s a bit orangey since I’m not that fair and the packaging is a plus. I also have L.A colors eye shadow 6 palette in precious and mineral eyeshadow in honey bay [this are my neutrals]. I also have faceshop pink purple triple baked eyeshadow… this is my favorite and my first. I get to look sweet and ready for a date. It gives me nice shimmer and a shade of pink. One of my fave is also the IN2IT tropical eye shadow and it’s great… shimmery and you’ll look like a fairy after.. fresh eyes;-) ♥ Everbilena mascara works best for me, it think its mild and just gives me the right amount of mascara I need for the day.. not too much ♪ tony moly and etude house, both Korean cosmetics, is my beloved to go to cosmetics shop. Just love them…

By the way.. if you’re new like me I suggest that you read beauty blogs before buying your stuff from the local department store or online.. I recommend projectvanity.com by liz and she is just great, love her actually… or you can just google the name of the product your eyeing and read whether it works or not..

Tomorrow… hopefully I can get my hands on the tony moly lip essence, another blush.. a little lighter this time than what I have now. And the Café Latte morning pack that will hopefully reduce puffiness and the stress looking face.. specially now that im back to school… ♥

Back to school.. and I’m so busy with my school work at my masters class and my undergrad;-)

"Whoso neglects learning in his youth,Loses the past and is dead for the future." 

Euripides 

(484 BC - 406 BC)

L.A. Colors 6 palette [precious]

Hi there!

Yesterday me and my mom went to the nearest department store and I got to look at some make up stuff from the cosmetics section. We visited KCC of General Santos.. by the way;-]

I got the L.A Colors 6 palette PRECIOUS with these colors for 149.75 pesos which is great since I only spend using my allowance money © I got this palette since they’re budget friendly and I really fell in love with the colors.. I need these to add to my everyday make up. However, since there were no testers available at that time, I wasn’t able to test the products whether they’re ok..

                When I got home.. excited to try them © The colors were great and they look to have great pigmentation. The colors I love the deep rusty rose, milk chocolate, caramel and the milk chocolate. I was so excited with the gold color that will create a drama for these colors but I was so disheartened after trying swatching them. All colors were soft and moist. But the gold and flesh colors, it was difficult to transfer and was hard. I tried looking for some remedy for hardened eyeshadow from the net and this is what I found..

“ just scrape off the top layer with a clean finger or using your fingernail. This will reveal the moist part of the eye shadow (which is beneath that top layer). This is usually because of humidity and handling.”

                So don’t worry if you happen to buy these eye shadows that are hard and difficult to transfer. Scraping the top layer will reveal the moist part..

                I did try experimenting with the looks that I’ll get from these colors and I noticed they’re too chalky and had so much fall off. I kept sneezing all the time. Maybe because I keep on loading up so much products to get the color I want... Yes, they’re not really as pigmented as I though they are... maybe I should try getting those eye primers, guess they’ll help.

L-O-V-E..

ARTIST: Milt Gabler and Bert Kaempfert
TITLE: L-O-V-E

L is for the way you look at me
O is for the only one I see
V is very, very extraordinary
E is even more than anyone that you adore and
Love is all that I can give to you
Love is more than just a game for two
Two in love can make it
Take my heart and please don't break it
Love was made for me and you
I just this song.. hope you too guys.. blast from the past..

a happy story to share

              “When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision. "- Paolo Coelho~ The Alchemist

               I think it's time to share what happened to me and what I did to bring back what makes me alive..

               After resigning ( or getting terminated by my Account Manager~ hate it), I started looking for a job but unfortunately got no luck. I decided to leave because I was too weak to face my personal problems and I wanted to run away and never come back.. so left..

              I run away.. left Manila and went to General Santos back into the comfort and safety arms of my family.But it was never a smooth journey back to find myself and regain my confidence after loosing what I value and worked so hard to prove myself somebody of worth.

               After 3 months from the time arrived, I was getting frustrated..I thought it'll be that easy to find a job and settle here.. but I was wrong, I have to prove to them that I am somebody that they can trust and be an asset to their company.. I applied to different banks, got rejected (they say I'm too old~ I'm 27 by the way), applied to different receptionist job vacancies.. that's a NO too, they say I don't look good (how sad~)  I attended every job fair  I attended 3 or 4 job fairs.. and went to Tambler to apply for the different fishing companies.. you don't know how far that is.. an hour an half travel and that's without traffic. One day, I got so tired from travelling and applying ~I visited three companies and they're like located at the end of the world~heck! I CRIED WHEN I GOT HOME.. I was frustrated and discouraged that I am getting nowhere. I was even ok with the secretarial job or a clerical job~ after having a high paying job.. but nobody wants to hire me.... OMG!! that's really frustrating and I feel defeated.. What am I to do now?...

            Good thing, I help myself up and started reading again... I bought books and came across eat, pray, love by Elizabeth Gilbert. 

   I started eating all I want, travelled to different places near our city like Lake Sebu, Davao, and sometimes to Manila, and most especially I learned how to pray. I studied and learned the Salah. I was determined to bring myself and live again. I also started painting and making bracelets ;-) I sell them too.. Now it’s been a year and I am so different from the sha I had been. 

these are just some of the things I busied myself.. I painted shirts with monsters degins

The crocs I painted;-) sweet...

this is one of the seven falls.. 

              and of course.. davao;-)

“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it.” 
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

Now I'am a part time teacher in one of the best schools here in Gensan, I am studying and taking my masters for business administration, I work part time too for our family business and I get to still paint and make bracelets or whatever I please;-) Allah put everything in place...

                We should always fight , strive, and insist upon our happiness. I learned that it should never be dependent to anybody nor to anything. ..IT IS A PERSONAL EFFORT to keep the happiness in our hearts;-) Take time to listen to yourself, walk in the park and write about anything under the sun, celebrate every little blessing you have... the air you breathe, the daughter's laugh, and even the sight of a butterfly.. life is too short to be spent in pain, despair and frustration.. Love, love, love....

friday?

Today my mom woke me up because she thought its friday.. She was so in a hurry and asked me to accompany her to our shop since my dad would be out today for our friday prayer in the mosque. but.. it’s not Friday and so I just headed to the kitchen made my breakfast and prepared my things for school. It’s the first day high for my MBA classes and for my teaching class. 

BTW I enrolled myself in advanced entrepreneurship, business policy, and management accounting and control. AJA sha!

Those are my kids, busy doing our case study but unfortunately didn't get to finish it.. they have to submit it to me through my email. hmmm This is my Advertising Class.. some of them will be in this semester's Franchising class.. hehehe ;-) ♥

Better get ready for my classes.. toodlesss

Having a great spa while cramming…

                It’s enrolment week for my masters and I’m still not enrolled and tomorrow my class for the undergrad would already start. I still have two cases to submit to my master’s professor and two problem cases about PERT CPM and Transportation Models for my Advanced Marketing Management and Quantitative Analysis Subjects. I only have until November 15 to comply to avoid an F.. a FAILING grade..tomorrow.. OMG it’s the start of my Franchising Class. I’ll be handling fourth year kids from BS Business Administration major in Marketing Management.. Guess what? I haven’t even open my notes for my lessons tomorrow.. ARGhnesssss….

                But I just arrived from my trip and bought some of the skin care and cosmetics products I am excited about. And so… instead of doing my cases and problems.. I had created mini home spa just right inside my room.. I even invited my little sister to join me.. weeeeh what fun!

 Let me show you…

               

see... I bought the lip scrub and make up starter from Tony Moly which are great pampering products before you start applying your make up.. I also bought the I want you, you yogurt wash off pack.. and they're heaven sent.. they smell good and make your face feel so refreshingly light and soft.

The lip scrub is a hit since I have dry and chapped lips because of the dry weather. I was afraid thought that it might hurt my lips with the scrubs in it but it didn't. It helped remove dead skin, exfoliating it, leaving it soft and kissable.. mwuah xoxo

and.. yes the yogurt.. I love yogurt and I always buy that everytime I visit the mall or if the restaurant I'm dining in offers that. Its a healty alternative to ice cream;-) but now, I'll be using it to beautify me.. hehehe

"Yogurt Wash-Off Pack is a facial massage pack formulated with fruit and yogurt to soften, nourish and replenish skin"

one part of it is too much, I guess for one person so I shared it with my little sister. It was great it was cool on your face with a tingling sensation. Smells good too.. hmmmm ;-)

well that's what i have tried so far.. i'll be holding on to my next trip to sha's mini home spa.. hehehehe
hmmm.. now that Im so relaxed and pampered, I can finish my cases and problems.. toodles...

It’s my exam day.. OMG!

I was supposed to be in school at 8am. I woke up 5 in the morning, reviewed my notes and prepared my Quantitative Analysis’ set of formula. I finished around 5:40am and decided to take a power nap; I even set the alarm at 7:15am. Unfortunately, I felt into a deep sleep and woke up at 10am. What a great thing to happen during your exam day…

I am now sitting in a bench near the finance office, I haven’t paid my special exam fees... yes, it is a special exam and I missed it again.. I know what you’re thinking but we’re all guilty for this: TARDINESS.

I decided to take Masters in Business Administration and was happy to do so. It will help me keep my part time teaching job, understand better the business world and to be more so I can do more for myself, family and for my career.  I already acquired 21 units for my masters and took these subjects: Advanced Marketing Management, Business Economics, Quantitative Analysis (which I still have to take the exam), Business Leadership and Ethics, Human Resource Management, Business Environment, and Management Control and Information Systems. Can you imagine? I had those subjects in two semesters. You don’t know what I had to go through to pass those.. and why am I so in a hurry to finish? I never saw it to be that way.. let me tell you

At first, it was exciting to be back in school after six years since I graduated from college. I was so excited on my first day and expected it to be just like the old days.. I get to meet new friends in school whom I can chat with since I haven’t been with anybody here in Gensan. I can stay in school and just spend the time enjoying while learning, have my allowance. The thought of the library excites me too, I love books and just being with them puts me at ease (I can read all I want and don’t have to worry about buying them, great!!!) wrong! I was surprised that we have to do the talking and the class has to participate in the discussion all the time. We have to share our experiences, what we have learned in the field or in the office while in duty, and we had to in every subject that we are enrolled to submit a research or a term paper. IN EVERY SUBJECT... that is beyond tiring, exhausting even. The people enrolled are married, busy at work and at home, no time to stay and waste time chatting with new found friends. If they are single, I don’t know why they are so busy that they tend to forget to live a little (no BFs, no friends outside work, and no life after work hihihi). I stay in school and at the library during my free time (which is most of the time). The library is where I hang out now, not to relax and to pass time through reading but to finish my researches and cases, I haven’t even started a novel or touched a magazine! I was starting to regret this all... studying is no longer fun! I Hated it...

But...

This is where my heart belongs and feels it is home, in school.  I truly believe that everyone should never stop learning. True, it is tiring and arduous but the fruit of it is the elixir of life. I realized that one night during our classes. I was late because I had to attend to my last class in the undergrad and was so in hurry to catch up whatever the report was all about. I needed to do that since I don’t have the time to read for the exam, least I can do is to listen to the reporters for our topic every class. I was cursing on my way up the stairs and thinking I was burdening myself in enrolling four subjects at once and I have a part time job handling two classes.. I feel chock-full with schools, studying, papers, and quizzes.. from my job and my masters.. heck to all of these. When I got in and settled myself in an empty seat, I saw a book lying around near my classmate’s seat. I stared at it and, out of nowhere, I felt pleased and thrilled ,at the same time, that I am sitting there, learning so much about the field I chose and more about life, and still part of place where knowledge is wealth.

School is no fun if it isn’t that arduous and exhausting..

I maybe late but I will arrive and be there in school.. wait for me..

Life's Important Ingredient: FRIENDS

"Friends are the most important ingredient in this recipe of life." - Dior Yamasaki


When I was still working in the city, I only had one friend. (Well, if you can call it that..) He was my seatmate and my buddy. I confide with him every time I had problems, may it be financially or to silly heartaches. He practically kept me amused.

When I moved back with my parents to a new city, I was so depressed because I just lost my job, I don’t have any money, no friends to talk to and, worst, I hated my siblings for being so immature and cared less about life. I was drowned by my sadness of losing everything. The “everything” I thought to be so important; job, money, independence, and a chance to have a career envied by everybody. A Life Insurance Claims Associate in a call center? I don’t think so... ;-) so there I was alone, unhappy and insecure for being a failure.

After a month or so, I gathered myself up and summoned all the remaining me and I applied as a teacher and enrolled myself for a master degree in business administration. It was a leap of faith with no money and all I have is my self esteem that I am good enough for something. Struggling and I wanted to prove the world that I am worth something..

I met Len in one of my master’s class. She was timid and very shy; on the other hand, I was confident and always speak my mind. Nevertheless, we became friends. We helped each other in our requirements, lessons, and researches. We sometimes offend each other as a result of stress, our personal problems and our differences. After a while, we'll have a talk and pretend nothing has happened and life goes on; understanding what one is going through.

Yesterday, we went out and shopped for our girly needs: COSMETICS. We bought lipsticks, foundation, and eye shadows. It was fun and a breather after a very demanding week from school and work. We ended the day having dinner fast food restaurant and ate all we want.

We lend a hand when the other needs it, we alleviate each other's pains and we keep each other company. Friends are not only people who will stay with us when we are alone and needed a hand; they make life so much easier and the world a better place to live in. Now my adventure in this new place is rich and exciting..

With this, i would like to thank you, Len, for making my stay here a better one.

Oh hi there..

Oh Hello, I'm Sha

A year ago, I quit my high paying job and left the life the so much dreamed of in the city and followed my parents to General Santos City, a quieter, relaxed and life full of verve. 

(Nov 2, 2011) Today I'm at the cafe near our school. I was supposed to receive my pay from my part time teaching job but, unfortunately, I won't be receiving it anytime soon. I went straight to other school where I am taking my masters to set the schedule for my special exams. I was reading one of the blogs of my favorite writers any decided... yeah why not start my own and share. I dreamed of writing for a newspaper or for a local magazine but never got to do that since I got caught up with school work for my masters and for my teaching classes.

I wanted to share my thoughts and my adventures (huh?) with more than just 5 people who saw me every day. I am 27, single, and still trying to figure out what really makes my bone tickle.

My style is simple and my writing is equal parts self deprecating, silly and sarcastic. So here’s to my first blog and to my writing.. happy yippee yehey!!!