Creative Critters Art Workshop @ Sizzlers' Blends

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Creative Critters Art Workshop @ Sizzlers' Blends

Not your ordinary art workshop :)

From April 25 - May 3, 2011

* Materials and food already included

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

the newest thing that my teammates & i have at the office = romantic thai movies. pauso kasi itong officemate ko eh hahah! the only thai movie that i was able to watch (although not entirely, since i just watched it on the bus) was ong bak (huge dose of muay thai YEAH!)

the first romance thai movie that i watched = Crazy Little Thing Called Love (aka First Love). ok, honestly, i initially watched the movie because p'shone (Mario Maurer) is so gwapo haha! fortunately, it was a really good movie. it was conservative (not PDA-ish at all), but it was still surprisingly sweet. i wouldn't say that the movie is really "romantic". i prefer to call it "heart-warming" :)

and i cried a lot. (how come movies make me cry easily? darn it. haha) 

hmmm... i wonder what made me like this movie so much? the storyline is pretty simple, nothing extraordinary... is it p'nam's (the girl protagonist) one-sided feelings shown throughout the movie? or is it how p'nam was able to transform herself from being an awkward ugly duckling to a beautiful swan -- yet it still wasn't enough? or was it the regret of missing "the one that got away"?  or was is p'shone's awfully cute smile? hahaha! 

great first thai movie! more movies woohoo!

nagging thought

my mind has been loaded with so many thoughts recently. so many things to accomplish, so little time. well, i guess that's quite a bit normal by now, hihihi.


there's work (as usual),
then brainstorming & meetings for Sizzlers' Blends,
then memorizing,
then social gatherings,
then squeezing in workouts whenever possible,
among other things.


but the most nagging thought that i have at the moment is...


CONQUER THAT DAMN PLANK ALREADY! GRRR! (WHIP WHIP WHIP!)

lip ice sheer color lip conditioner

new fave lip balm! lip ice sheer color lip conditioner. the balm itself is clear, but when you apply it on your lips, it gives you lips a hint of pink. the product "changes color to a natural sheer pink according to individual lips". (it turns a darker shade of pink on me. i like it!) i'm not a lipstick person, but i want color. so this is perfect :) plus, it looks more natural than the color left by tinted balms. and the packaging is so cute and slim, so there's more precision in applying (unlike the usual thick tubes). it's also not as waxy as the usual lip balm that i use but it's still moisturizing. you can wear it on it's own, but i still prefer to apply lip gloss over it. and even when the gloss fades, the color is still there! the best part? Php 145.00. not bad, right? give it a try and see what shade of pink pops up on you!

dreaming of falling teeth

for the past two days i have been having vivid dreams. and both of them got me thinking. one dream is actually about myself, watching what i do in real life, which made me see my actions in a different perspective. but we'll leave that for now. 

the other dream is about me having falling teeth. out of all the dreams that i could remember, this is the recurring incident (my mom has a different one - struggling to climb up the ladder/stairs). it has happened many times on different phases of my life. i got curious, so i checked the net to find the meaning of this dream.

according to bellaonline.com, "Teeth are symbolic of the ability to make decisions, and problems with teeth can be related to indecisiveness." hmmm... not far-off actually.

the author of the article says that in this kind of dream, the meaning of the dream is based on how i feel about the dream. and i would have to say... 

"Are you anxious about losing the teeth? Any anxiety in dreams generally means there is something in real life that's also causing anxiety. Do you have anxiety about any changes coming up? Are you fearful about making a wrong decision?"

and there goes the "fear" again. hrrmm... i think my subconscious is really telling me something. 

hay Lord.

CoverGirl Advanced Radiance Liquid Makeup

last year i have started using mousse and liquid makeup to even out my skin tone. i use Revlon ColorStay Mineral Mousse and Revlon Beyond Natural Tinted Moisturizer alternately.

once my emptied my tinted moisturizer tube, i started looking for a new product but with the same characteristics - liquid, light on the skin, moisturizing, reasonably priced (a.k.a. drugstore product hehe), SPF would be a plus, and hopefully with a bit more coverage since tinted moisturizer is too sheer.

after searching on the net and beauty counters, i opted for CoverGirl Advanced Radiance Liquid Makeup. i must say i am loving it! 

at first i tried my usual regimen which is Physiogel moisturizer then makeup. but my face became too oily and i had minor breakouts. so i tried skipping the moisturizer (since CG Advanced Radiance already has Olay in it - which is amazing!). the finish was just right and no more breakouts :) 

first that you would notice is the pleasant scent. i do love the scent, but if you're sensitive to scented products then you might want to rethink using this. it glides easily unto skin and blends well too. yep, it has a bit more coverage than my previous tinted moisturizer, but not as much as my mousse foundation, so i can't double it up as a concealer. but that's fine, i'd want my skin to breathe anyway. the mixture of olay is really a plus :) and there's SPF 10 too. the negative comment that i have read about this product is that it makes skin "greasy". hmm... well my mineral mousse does make my skin stay matte longer. there may be an oily feel after a couple of hours with this CG liquid makeup, but nothing that oil-blotting paper or a dab of powder can't fix :)

what's stopping you?

"What is the first - perhaps the only - difference between living your dream and stagnating? The fundamental difference is fear. Fear of losing it all; fear of what another might think; fear of being less than enough."

i read this in an article from urbanmonk.net. this simple statement actually hit home.

eversince i was in college, i had bouts of uncertainty. what if i took liberal arts in college? what if i became a professional musician? what if i went into advertising? what if i became a wedding planner/event coordinator? what if i took fashion design instead? what if i worked for a fashion magazine?

a lot of what if's, right? although through the years, i have slowly found appreciation for my "craft"/work. but of course there are still times when these what if's play with my head.

so why did i continue with IT? 

everyone can feel fear. but out of the three fears stated at the beginning of this blog, i guess i could relate most to the third - fear of being less than enough. at first i thought it was fear that my earnings would dwindle drastically since i would have to start from scratch. but i realized that that's not the main reason. no matter what i do, a part of me always wants to prove myself. to prove my worth. to prove that i'm good at what i do. and since the education/training that i got is for IT, then i guess i stuck with it instead of doing something that really interests me yet i have no background/experience at all.

so yes, i have fear of being incompetent. and i haven't realized it until a few months ago. as the article said, "fear is obvious when someone holds a gun to our head, but it is harder to recognize in our everyday lives." and this "everyday life fear" is not just about one's career. it can be about a college student's choice of course. it can be about trying out for your school play. about asking someone out on a date. about traveling to a different country. or even about deciding to take culinary classes.

so what does the author think we should do?

he says we should face and take a closer look at our fears. "when we lay bare our fears, when we examine them with an honest and courageous eye - what we find are not limitations. what we find are alibis. sometimes these are unconscious. they stem from events, insults, and harsh judgements that we have taken to heart."

the article suggests a method which is pretty similar to what i do when i need to make a big decision: COST AND BENEFIT ANALYSIS (i prefer doing the PROS and CONS given the different choices)

COSTS: what is the price you pay for your decision? does it make you unhappy? what would happen 5 to 10 yrs from now if you continued your current path?

BENEFITS: what are the perks that you get with this path? support and approval from friends and family? is it less troublesome to just continue?

from there you can see the bigger picture, and it makes you more objective.  we then acknowledge the fear and take action - which, of course, is still entirely you're decision; whether the BENEFITS outweigh the COSTS and vice versa and depending on your priorities. i believe that priorities of single and married people are totally different. so ultimately, it all boils down to you. as the article said, "our purpose is our own; life is asking and we answer".