i wanna walk away too
The end of February marks the anniversary of our very first concert.
The first concert that we ever attended was the Backstreet Boys' concert. Being huge BSB fans, we didn't really have to persuade Mom to let us go to the concert. In fact, Mom wanted to go as well. See how it helps to have the same taste in music as your mom? 
It was one of the best days in my life even if we did have to stand in the rain for hours. My feet were aching at the end of the day and I think my voice was sore from all that screaming but going to a Backstreet Boys concert is really worth all the blisters and sore throats that follows after the concert. They're the real deal, I'm telling you. You don't go to their concert to listen to auto-tuned voices or lip-syncing or to be awed by extravagant backdrops or glitzy costumes. It's pure vocal power.
I know the lyrics to all their songs except a few on their latest album This Is Us. Their style has somewhat changed since Unbreakable (my favorite album) and I can't say that I dig their new music.
Hope they go experiment a little but stay true to their original stuff.
C and I celebrate our BSB concert anniversary annually by scribbling the date onto the posters we collected from the concert. Good times. 
DIY tribal print nail art
These are my nails! I've been doing nail art for quite some time. I started in April or so and I've consistently been trying different styles and designs. Nail art is so fun!! I haven't found anything I've liked this much in a while. I find that it's a relax thing for me. If I have nothing to do or I'm thinking too much, I find myself doing my nails.
Of course being a newbie at this, I've had some very disastrous results some of which involved immediate removal of the nail polish. Ugh, hate it when that happens. Also, I'm not a professional at this so I don't really have the tools for painting and I don't do Konad (at least not yet). I saw these set of brushes specifically for nail art and they cost a bomb so I will not be investing in them.
I find that I can easily use things like toothpicks and skewers and my sister's old paintbrushes to paint my nails. The results aren't as nice as the ones done with professional tools and Konad stamping but I think it makes my nail art more unique. Imperfections don't really count as messing up because sometimes you kind of get a different look which can be really pretty.
If you've been seeing nail art around and find that it's a really awesome thing, do it! You can do it with your own simple tools at home like what I'm doing with the skewers and old brushes. At first it's kind of frustrating because you might think that they look bad but you'll get the hang of it and you'll be loving it and wishing you had more nails to paint. 
Maybe you're wondering:
Is it time-consuming? Do you spend a lot of money on this? Well, it really depends on what design you're doing and how many colors you want to use and whether you make a mistake and need to correct it. I spent an hour and a half on today's design which are uber cute sneakers suggested by C (my sister) who found a picture of sneaker themed nail art online. They kind of got messed up last night but I'm going to do a little damage-control later so that they're pretty again. It was well worth an hour and a half. As for the second question, I guess I buy more nail polish than I used to but I don't buy the tools so it's not an expensive hobby.
Are you ambidextrous? Can I do nail art on my right hand if I'm right-handed (vice versa)? We-ell, I'm not ambidextrous, sadly and I can't exactly paint my nails on my right hand (I'm right-handed) with designs because my left hand isn't very steady. I did try once but it wasn't nice. That's for me, though. You can try and paint nails on both of your hands and see how it goes. Who knows, you might be able to do it quite well!
What's Konad stamping? I know right! I was clueless about Konad when I first heard about it. For those who don't know what Konad is, it's nail stamping where you buy this stamping set which comes with nail polish, a stamp, design plates and a scraper to scrape the paint from the plates. Basically, what you do is paint over the image you want to stamp on your nails then scrape off the excess paint then roll your stamp over the image and stamp the image on your nail at the desired place. You can also use Konad on any sort of plastic surface. I've only done Konad stamping once and while it was pretty, I don't really fancy their designs.
What are some of the brands of nail polish that you're using now? I'll leave that for the next post
How did you start doing this nail art thingy? I was kind of inspired by my mom who suggested it first then later on I saw that my friend had watermelon nails and I kind of started thinking, Hey I wanna do this. So I did.
So there you have it! FUN FUN FUN in bottles of nail polish (I am not referring to the line by that Reb Black). I'm very into tribal inspired things nowadays so I've been trying to replicate some very genius tribal print nail art I see on the internet although sometimes I do wish that I had the proper tools to draw designs on my nails.
If you've been inspired by my post, good for you! Go have some fun. You can do it for yourself or for your friends or your kids or your family. Family fun time, I promise
shouldn’t have to give a reason why
Headline news of the day: My phone bill this month costs 77 bucks.
Since I haven't mentioned it before, I will tell you now that I barely use my phone. My phone is not my life, unlike many people who cannot bear to part with their phones even when they are in the shower.
The number of contacts on my contact list can be counted on my fingers and toes and maybe some of my sister's fingers. I am not even kidding. I have that few contacts and half of them I don't even contact. You must be thinking, that's really pathetic. I don't deny it but I'm not actually obsessed with adding numbers of people I don't really know.
I got my first phone when I was like 14 or 15 and only because I needed it to call my mom when I was at extra classes. At 14, I distinctly remember sharing a Nokia phone with my brother. Of course, he got more calls and texts than I ever did. I only had like 3 friends on the list and even then, I received a text like once a month?! I don't deny the initial excitement when you first get to use a phone and when you receive text messages, you feel SO important.
I realize that nowadays people can't live without their phones and I see kids as young as infants being allowed to use phones. Well, parents give their infants their phones to keep them busy but geez, has anyone ever heard of the word TOYS? Because kids nowadays are spoiled brats with all their flashy tech gadgets that I never even dreamed of using when I was their age. Which 10-yr-old kid doesn't have an iPad now? I think parents spoil their kids with all these gadgets. It's totally unnecessary. What ever happened to toys and books and running around a jungle gym??? Seriously.
Anyway, I can hardly be considered as someone who can't live without their phones. I know the importance of my phone but at the same time, there are times when I don't feel the need to carry my phone EVERYWHERE I go. If I'm having a lazy day, I ask my sister to bring her phone or just depend on my mom to have her phone.
Also, I have this thing about being too close to phones. The radiation can get pretty bad for me and sometimes I get headaches after being too close to my phone. Another added reason not to hang out with my phone too much.
So you see, my phone is NOT my best friend. I have trained my close friends to NOT call after 9PM or expect replies to text messages if they send texts after 9 or 10PM. I seriously don't entertain things like that after a certain hour. I sleep early and I can't be picking up your calls in the middle of the night. At one point, I was famous (maybe infamous) for not replying to text messages. That was in the early stages of owning my own phone. I often forgot to check for texts and my phone was ALWAYS on silent so essentially I never answered calls.
Over the years, I've improved on my text-reply timing. Sometimes you can expect a reply from me right away. (I prefer IM-ing more than I text and when I'm IM-ing, I like fast replies and will almost always reply to you immediately. I can't stand seeing the 'Person A is writing a reply...' on the chat box and a reply doesn't arrive until a full 5 minutes later.)
So anyway, I'm an efficient phone user now, hehe. I will answer calls and reply to texts. And only recently, I've discovered the magic of wifi. YESSS, you guessed it: you can only imagine how much wifi I've been using. And since my phone does NOT have an internet plan, I use 3g which charges me a certain fee every time I use it.
AND I adore using wifi to check my Tweets. Twitter, sadly, is my addiction. Every time I'm bored or have time to waste, I log onto Twitter through my phone. Every single time. So you can only imagine how many times that is. I'll give you a hint: it can range from about 3 to 10 times a day. You know when you're alone and you're feeling awkward and you don't want to look stupid and you try to find something to do to distract yourself from being awkwardly alone? Yes, I check my Twitter every time I'm alone in public or in a crowded area where I don't know anyone.
My frequent usage of wifi has led to the sharp increase of my phone bill. Being a less-than-moderate user of text messaging and calling, my phone bill usually does NOT even scrape past 10 bucks a month. But after using the wifi on my phone, I did realize that I was going to pay more than 10 bucks. I just didn't know how much.
Until I was asked not-too-happily by my dad, 'What have you been using this month? Your phone bill is 77 bucks!'
HAHA. Initially I thought he was going to say a hundred bucks or more. But 77? That is a record-breaking amount for me. This goes down in history. I didn't get why my dad was so pissed though. His own phone bill is more than 300 freaking bucks every month. And he won't even get me the internet plan (who the hell doesn't have an internet plan nowadays?) so is it even my fault for using the paid wifi?? AND he should be glad that I'm not like my friends whose phone bills can be as high as my dad's.
Oh, and he won't even get me an iPhone. I am NOT a fan of Apple products because they are HIGHLY overrated and overpriced but I wouldn't mind an iPhone at all. He won't even get me a new non-iPhone phone. My phone is crumbling to bits and is really effing slow but he REFUSES to get me a new phone. He won't even get my mom an iPhone even though HER phone is crumbling to bits as well. And my dad can get himself TWO frackin' iPhones and an iPhone for someone else but he can't get it for us? Whatevs, my mom and I are planning to get our own iPhones when the new one comes out this year.
I will end my post with my Paint-drawn graph of my phone bill and the usage:
i’m working it out, please don’t give in
Let's do '10 things I hate about you':
- I hate walking in to find people taking up my laptop space. It's so irritating because I hate sharing.
- I hate obnoxious talk during meals because it's sickening and I just might get up one day and hit you in the face.
- I hate it when I make effort to do something and it doesn't get recognized.
- I hate people using my room.
- I hate whiny men. They make me sick and I'd love to slap them real hard in the face just to see if that'll wake them up. I wish they'd just shut the hell up about every little thing. E.g: 'OH NO, there's a hair in my fruit! What should I do? Oh my god, there's a hair, what should I do? Should I wash it with my effing piss because I don't understand what the word 'water' means?" and repeated "I cleaned the damned room and no one appreciates it". Well, I've cleaned the house more times than you and I haven't said squat about it. So why not you stick a damned pacifier into your mouth and sulk in the corner? because no one actually likes listening to crap like that, especially from grown men. Whee~
- I hate doing my homework.
- I hate my math teacher as of two weeks ago. I don't know what her problem is but she's so uncool.
- I hate people who think they can get away with anything.
- I hate people who are big on fake apologies. Sorry, sorry, sorry. The word comes out so naturally, I'm not sure it has even crossed their minds what the word 'sorry' means. It's just an excuse to get people to slave away for you. HA-HA.
- I hate silent meals.
That was fun, maybe we should make it a weekly thing. :O
Hmm... let's move on to '10 quirky things you probably don't know about me':
- I actually like washing the dishes. Don't tell anyone!
- When I'm not reading, I'm writing.
- I nudge my sister under the table by kicking her leg (and vice versa) whenever we have secret messages to pass along. Usually we don't say it out in words but with one nudge and a roll of our eyes, we know exactly what each other mean.
- I don't like indie music; I kind of prefer mainstream music???
- I like guys who have a certain style of wearing jackets. (:
- I strongly dislike math and science and I don't know what I'm going to do in the near future.
- I love daydreaming during science class and that's where some of the brightest ideas are hatched.
- I don't like carrying my cellphone around even though it's a necessity.
- I've read Cecelia Ahern and Nicholas Sparks books but I'm sooo not a fan of theirs. No offense.
- I love my mom (even though we have grouchy days and pesky arguments) because she's really cool and she's my role model.
That was super cute and fun. You should do it too. Okay, off to study for a pop quiz thingamajig tomorrow. Oh, and to finish incomplete math homework. Ugh, refer to number 6 for both top 10 lists. Can't wait to write, blah.
i will stand by you forever
Adam Brody is so freaking cute! (: My new love. Doesn't he remind you of Jesse Eisenberg from Zombieland? C says it's because they both have curly hair. Mmm, cute! Get lost, Nick Wheeler. Come back when you've gotten rid of that awful pink bike. LOL.
This is Mom's new addiction, Enrique Iglesias. Get lost, Paul Walker. Come back when put out a record. LOL.
Mmhmm, get to the side.
Adam Levine is C's new love. Woooooo! Mmm... Can't wait for their new album.
Robert Hoffman is my grandaunt's favorite. Yes, the Step Up guy. LOL!!!
Okay, the end.
x
let me know that I’m adored
My mom is a neverending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune. ~Graycie Harmon
Who ran to help me when I fell,
And would some pretty story tell,
Or kiss the place to make it well?
My mother.
~Ann Taylor
The best conversations with mothers always take place in silence, when only the heart speaks. ~Carrie Latet
love will set you free
Images plucked from Tumblr.
Nice legs, gorgeous heels. I saw a pair of zebra print heels the other day. Mouthwatering, I tell you. Oh well, too bad I'm not getting it. I guess imagining myself in them is good enough. If only I had legs as long and slim as this person's... Lol.
Yes, I joined Tumblr last week or so. It's fun. I mean, it's mostly reblogging but that's a fun concept. I enjoy reblogging pretty stuff and inspirational words and stuff like that. I mean, it's relaxing, you know, to admire pretty pictures then reblog them. I only go in when I feel bored. I'm only following 80+ people but every time I go to sleep and wake up the next day, there's tons (!!!) of stuff on the dashboard.
And it's nice being someone unknown for a change. (: I'm not telling you what my Tumblr link is. Just enjoy the beautiful photos I'll post here. Never understood the fuss about Tumblr. Now I do. It might be a bit confusing at first because you don't know where to follow people and stuff but you'll get the hang of it pretty soon. And their blogging concept is easy to understand.
Kisses for my mom, the best person I know, will ever know. (:
P.S: Any suggestions for which charity we should blog for this coming Blogathon? (:
a smell of wine and cheap perfume
The Losers. Now that was a pretty good show if I must say so myself. I read some negative reviews about the movie but I personally found it entertaining and not quite as bad as they say it is. Went with the family so it was good company and good movie wrapped in one. Perfect!
Everyone in the cinema couldn't stop laughing throughout the entire movie. Yes, it was just plain funny and sometimes laughably corny but funny all the same. It's a bit predictable but there are some turns and some pretty intense moments which make it all the more interesting and I sound like a big fat ad but I can't help it because it's true.
I like the cast. I think they chose really suitable people to portray the characters so that helped. I mean, I still can't decide who I like best in the movie. Zoe Saldana was smoking hot but isn't she nearly always? I mean, that's why she's on the list of hottest women, right? Oh, and why are all the baddies in the movies such business-like people? What happened to those rugged bad boys and wicked guys? Look at Iron Man 2, for instance. That Justin Hammer was perpetually dressed in a clean suit just like Max in this movie.
The weapons were kinda cool and not as exaggerated as you might think. I like how everyone has their own specialty and quirkiness especially Jensen's button-cute tees - - . It makes everything more realistic. The script was well-written. I think the beauty of a movie depends mostly on the script. You can have good actors and good sets and good everything but if the script is lousy, there goes the movie. The soundtrack is also important because who doesn't like music?
Ohmyfreakinggawd, Chris Evans is nerdy hot in the movie. I always thought of him as cute (Johnny Storm from Fantastic Four *wink wink*) but when I realized that the cute geek in the movie was him, I just fell for him. Swoooon. LOL. I know my mom thinks he's pretty darned cute too. Hmm... cuter than Paul Walker?
Muahahahaha. Just maybe, hmm?
The Takers is next on our list of movies to watch.
x
i wonder when you close your eyes
Images from cartoonstock.com and jojos-cartoons.com.
I wonder if my whole life will be filled with secondhand goods. Used goods (some even rotten enough to be fed to dogs) keep dropping into my lap and I'm expected to make use of them (and I always do... until they literally die while I'm using them). Usually these used goods are important things in life. Pity these important things such as technology and daily needs have to be old and dysfunctional goods.
And I don't even complain. I've been taking it all in because I'm like that. And no one even notices that I don't complain. I might talk about it once or twice but it's all good. Only on my bad days, I feel like I've had enough of secondhand goods to last a lifetime. You might think that I'm being ungrateful because there are people out there who can't even afford things that are given to me but the thing is, I'm about the only one in the family who gets these used goods. There's about so much I can take, guys.
Justice is crooked as far as I'm concerned. In school, at home, in life? It's all the same. There will be no fairness and equality as long as we're all human. I'm seriously considering dropping out of school to become a monk. No sh*t. Sometimes I think I'm destined to be a holy person. I'd like to be at peace with the world and everyone. I'd like to do good because there's too much evil in this world. Oh, I forgot that monks don't swear. No joke then.
Oh, look, my fully DYSFUNCTIONAL laptop screen has just turned everything blue. My life rocks. Oh, and the spacebar isn't working very well. I feel blessed. I love life, indeed.
If I don't become a monk and walk down the religious path, the first thing I'll buy when I get my first paycheck will be a school book (I'll probably frame it too). Because all my school books are tattered, torn, used and ready to disintegrate. Oh, and I'll donate to charity and if I can, I will send spanking new books to kids at the orphanage. Seriously.
If life won't be fair to me, I'll be fair to life. Two wrongs don't make a right. Keep that in mind.
XOXO.
I’m sick of laying down alone with this fever
Images from Bing.
We - me, C and the brother - watched Zombieland the other day and it was pretty good though the brother disagreed. He thought it was rather dumb and well, it is kind of predictable and everything but it's a movie you'd watch again and again on rainy days. The movie had some similarities to Left 4 Dead - the weapons and the amusement park.
I really like the cast. Jesse Eisenberg as Columbus; Woody Harrelson as Tallahassee; Emma Stone as Wichita; and Abigail Breslin as Little Rock. We're a little like Columbus - the odd one out and paranoid and hygiene-conscious and all that. I have yet to overcome my fear of clowns. Woody Harrelson is the perfect cowboy for this zombie movie and he's just so funny to watch. I always liked Abigail Breslin. She's just amazing and she's not as catty as Dakota Fanning. Dakota is catty, isn't she? She's got that 'I'm so grown up and I'm so great now' look which I don't really like. And Emma Stone? I totally didn't know that she was from The House Bunny because she looks different.
Anyways, this movie deserves a 8/10 because it's not that scary and it's perfectly watchable. Go watch it if you haven't. My favorite part was when Tallahassee finally got his Twinkie. I liked the Bill Murray scene least.
Next on my must-watch movie of the month : Ironman 2.
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