Exploring My Feminine Side: Cooking A Special Dinner for Hubby

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kitchen

Living in a society where culinary expertise, ironing techniques, and laundry strategies were not going to give you extra credits in college nor brownie points towards corporate promotions, I feel that us ladies are at a big disadvantage. I have to turn in tons of paper and clock in superb work to survive the corporate rat race. But propriety dictates that women nevertheless are suppose to do as good in the kitchen. Or is it?

Today is Valentine’s Day

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Apple iPod touch, God's Love, iPod, iPod touch, Nine West, Nine West Handbag, Nine West slingbag, Nine West totebag, St. Valentine, Valentine's Day, valentine's gifts

Which as my very good friend Dave puts, “the day when people who celebrates their birthday on November were pro-created.” LOL! Quoting history.com, Valentine’s Day started like this: “… Valentine may have been killed for attempting to help Christians escape harsh Roman prisons, where they were often beaten and tortured. According to one legend, an imprisoned Valentine actually sent the first “valentine” greeting himself after he fell in love with a young girl–possibly his jailor’s daughter–who visited him during his confinement. Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter signed “From your Valentine,”…”

Image credit: http://communio.stblogs.org/2011/02/saint-valentine-1.html

Random Musings

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Filipina MAkeup and Beauty Blo, FMBB, Review of Clinique all in one colour

As of this writing, I am nursing a migraine. I don’t know if this is caused by the laundry I just did, or the nearing time of the month, or hormones, or I just had more than enough excitement for the day. So anyway:

• Got 2 new purses courtesy of the hubster (details on a separate post)
• Unfriended and blocked 2 women from my personal Facebook account on grounds of malicious and untruthful talks about me behind my back (debating whether to make a separate post, as I’m sure a lot of people will be able to relate on this and no, this isn’t gonna be one of those hateful rants or something but rather an in-depth probing on social networking sites and how it affects real life)
• Got 2 new FREE nail polish courtesy of my uber nice seller in shades I wouldn’t have thought will fit me (reviews will be posted soon, thanks sis!)
• Scheduled a teacher conference with my 2 siblings’ advisers this Friday. I promised to satisfy their major food cravings if they turned in good grades
• What’s with number 2 today?
• Shameless plug: Please take a peek on the beauty blog where I contribute some measly reviews (http://ph.makeupandbeauty.com/clinique-all-in-one-colour/)

End of rant. Ktnxbye!

Converting your Movie/Video Files for your iPod Touch

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converting movies for iPod touch, converting movies for iPhone, converting movies for iPad, converting movies for Apple TV, converting video for iPod, converting video for iPod touch, converting video for iPad, converting video for iPhone, converting video for Apple TV, converting movies for iPod, ordinary .mp4 format to ipod support .mp4 format, mp4 video to iPod mp4 video format

This rainy afternoon, with everyone off from school and work, I turn to my little sanctuary that is my bedroom for some peace and “me” time.

After painting my toe nails (Wet n Wild nail color in Lavender Pearlescent, a little freebie gifted by my super nice online seller) and making sure there’s nothing of me that needs to be overhauled (lol!), I decided to update my iPod touch with some music videos saved away in my Western Digital external hard drive. Note: This is again, a gift. I live off other people’s kindness most of the time, I’m that pitiful

First of all, I made sure that these music files are into mp4 or MPEG-4 video file format because as far as I know, mp4 is the video file type supported by the iPod. So just imagine my shock when I got this error message:

I was like: 0_0

What the heck!?! What am I supposed to do?

Random Food Porn

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fish and fries, food porn, garden salad, Thailand food porn

I have no weight problems, but I wanna go back to my original small size (for tops).

I also want to start eating healthy; cut on carbs and calories, more on veggies and fruits.

One day during the lunch hour, I’m feeling good about myself for ordering this and sticking to this alone:

Never mind that my mouth watered at the sight of hubby’s fish and fries:

Only to find out later on, that both have the same number of calories…

I shouldn’t have added the dressings!!!

 

Moments With Hubby

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apologetic husband, purse

Hubby: (calling on my phone) Hey honey! Guess what?

Me: (sounding uninterested) What?

Hubby: (in a chirpy voice) Well, I just landed in Bangkok Airport and I’m in Duty Free! Do you have anything you want in particular?

Me: (sighs) Okay, what did you do this time?

Hubby: Seriously? Do you think I would just buy you stuff when I did something wrong? How could you even think of me that way?

Me: (silent) ~insert crickets sounds~

Hubby: Okay, I’m sorry I didn’t call last night but I’m beat, the boys lugged me around bars because this is the last time they will see me until the site project is finished, etc, etc, etc……I know I promised but…..etc, etc, etc………

Therefore:

Random Beauty

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bird, maya, Philippine sparrow, sparrow

Meet the Philippine brown sparrow, or what we call “maya”. (Alas, I’m no ornithologist; please feel free to correct me) I was drawn to her singing (or chirping) as I am surfing the net in my room. There she is, right outside my window.

Then…she spotted me….She seemed angry…(Oh yeah, angry bird!)Then she gave me…a pose?!?And another one…And yet another one…She’s working it!Just to show you how far she is from me…Isn’t she a beauty???

Spotting an Authentic Longchamp LePliage

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authenticate Longchamp Le Pliage, LC LP, Long champ Le Pliage Medium Short Handle, Longchamp, Longchamp Le Pliage

I am not a mega branded person; meaning I don’t care if my stuff is top of the line or hails from famous and well-known designer brands. As long as it is authentic, be it a local brand or not. I go for originality and quality than quantity. I have this personal belief that buying replicas or imitation brands is like encouraging unlawful copying and a point blank sign of lack of class.

If I am wanting a certain bag, let’s say from Marc Jacobs and I know that I cannot afford to part with those $$$ for a bag, then I scout the malls to look for local brands inspired by that same design. Not imitation or replicas! I would rather use a local designer’s creation than use a fake one because I feel like I am fooling myself just so I can have a “Marc Jacobs” bag.

My love affair with Longchamp bags started on my very first black LC Le Pliage Short Handle in Medium which I got from the in-flight duty free of Thai Airways. Since then, I am now always on the look out at Rustan’s and Duty Free for another LC addition.

I purposely stay away from online sellers, because even though this is the most affordable designer bag that I know, it’s still not easy to get scammed by $110.00 at the minimum. Fake LCs are all-over.

When you visit flea markets, I am sure you can spot lots of LC replicas: the distinctive shape and leather flap at the middle, and the unique folded look screams of LC. So how can we really tell an authentic LC Le Pliage from fake ones? I always receive this question so I decided to write down the important pointers I have learned to authenticate your Longchamp Le Pliage.

To a trained eye, a fake LC can be easily spotted from its tell-tale too shiny finish of the bag. An authentic one isn’t too shiny and it appears thick as it feels. It is also smooth to the touch with such pliability and softness when folded.

On top of that, the following pointers might be useful (Note: This is for a Longchamp Le Pliage Medium SH only):

Random Stuff

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accessories, bangle, braided bangle, braided brass bangle, brass bangle, Pattaya, Thailand

A braided brass bangle I got from Pattaya, Thailand.

It always slips out of my small wrists.

I love the classic and vintage-y look.

Can be worn casually or dressed up.

I hope it won’t have those greenish, moldy-like thingy which I don’t know what they’re called, because they’re ugly.

National Bible Week and Some Bible Bits

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Bible on Blackberry, Bible on iPad, Bible on iPad 2, Bible on iPod, Bible on iPod touch, Digital Bible, National Bible Week

I am a Catholic. Not a hard-core, uber religious one, but I admit there’s more room for improvement in my being one. And I want to start it by making sure to attend mass every Sunday. My mom would always say, “You have 6 days in a week all for yourself; the Lord just requires an hour of one day for you to spend with Him. He deserves more than that.” And she’s right. My bad.

So this morning, I feel so happy and blessed to be able to attend mass with my siblings, and this is the very first thing we did today. (Nothing beats the feeling of putting the Lord first before you go about your day). We went to St. Joseph’s chapel somewhere here in Laguna. We do have a chapel inside our village near a Catholic university; but mass starts at 7:00 AM and we really can’t get up that early. Sorry, God.