Holler.

I have a confession to make- I slept at 4 am watching the AlDub concert on YouTube. No denying the pair has chemistry but I still am baffled as to the HUGE popularity of their loveteam. I tried watching the Kalyeserye chuva online cos I really want to get what all the fuss pero parang hindi ko talaga siya ma-gets. My cousin who watches this religiously said that you'd have to watch it from the start to 'get it.' After watching the concert last, I think I just might. Haha!

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Remember my friend who died last June? Her father also died just last week. Very sad news and I'm affected because I also knew him and he's my father's friend, too. This friend of mine, we were not very close but we were neighbors and she's my client too so we still get to talk to each other once in a while. Her death was so sudden and that's when you suddenly feel that life is really short. Ako, feeling ko hindi ko kaya when my parents will leave us and it is not a matter of if but when. I love life but I don't think I can handle such heartache and so I would always prefer to leave this world before any of my parents do. But now I'm changing my mind. I don't want to be selfish. I don't want to subject my parents to such heartache. After what happened to Mang Raul, I don't think I'd want my parents to undergo such sorrow.

Ang lungkot. I feel sad, most especially for the wife. Two losses in a year, plus she has to stay strong for the grandchild. I will include them in my prayers. There's a reason for everything. I hope this family find their silver lining.

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Joining two bazaars this year- high five to me! I'm excited but at the same time SO scared about it- scared that I won't recover and ROI on my investment, scared that I won't be able to meet the demand. I'm just praying that I'll be able to sell everything and more! Natatakot ako cos my pouches aren't here yet :( Packaging is a big factor and my philosophy this year: meron lang only if they ask. Kami rin kasi nangagarag. Kaya in my pictures I didn't include the pouches. But I hope and pray I still get to sell plenty this year :) This is for New York 2016 (totoo na talaga 'to, hehe).

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Two of my friends have been abroad this month and that means... pasalubong!

stash from Europe

stash from Thailand

Huzzah! I can't wait to try the loofah soap and also can't wait to make my own loofah soap :)

I also bought craft supplies from Deovir. Waaah! I will post my harbat next time together with my projects. I spent almost 700 worth of craft supplies in a heartbeat, without thinking... eh I couldn't get myself to buy a pair of flats from Payless. Priorities. Ha.

So there pader. And that's what's up with me lately. Not much, I know but that's how I roll. Pizzout.

Wanted: Good TV Series To 'Ship Anew

I used to loooooove fall cos it meant my favorite TV series are coming back with a new season. Ah, those were the days. But most of the series I loved so dearly were already canceled or have already concluded. Boo. I don't think I'll be watching Scandal's last season- boring na. And also Bones has become, um, I don't know, it's just that aside from the crime-solving aspect of the show I've had it with the characters' lives's stories. They're now all happy and have settled down- where's the drama? The kilig? Wala na eh. 

Ergo, Scream Queens. Just finished watching episode 5 and I'm still undecided whether or not to watch episode 6. A little contrived if you ask me. If ever I decide to continue watching, it's because it sort of reminds me of the whole Gossip Girl dynamics.

The Queen Bee

and her minions

but Chanel Oberlin isn't Blair Waldorf. Blair's minions want to be like her but they don't want to overthrow her. Chanel's minions want to be her as in get rid of her and take her place. But you get what I mean by the Gossip Girl dynamics thing. 

And this guy reminds me of Dan Humphrey...

during his curly, feeling-bad-ass days which is not a good thing. Man, why no eye candy? 

I think I'm just going to re-watch Gossip Girl, Smallville and Dawson's Creek this production season. 

2015 Reading Challenge: The Elite

It's been a while since I last posted a book (non) review. I've been busy with "production" and my handy dandy Kendall is not salvageable anymore so even in my downtime, I can't do any reading done. Well, sometimes I use my phone when I'm on the train but it's just not the same. Plus, the ereader app drains my phone's juice quickly. So anyway, for this I'm thankful for audiobooks :) I finished two audiobooks the past week HUZZAH! Now I'm only 13 books behind my goal.

I liked Kiera Cass's first book of The Selection series, The Selection and I thought well, I would definitely love the second book as well cos, love triangles. Haha. So I had my hopes up which I should have known better not to do.

The gist is from 35 "contestants," the number has been whittled down to six. Originally, America was only in it for the money and she also successfully formed an alliance with Prince Maxon being his "insider." Of course at that first meeting medyo gets ko na type ni Prince Maxon si America. She'd feed him information regarding the girls which made her sort of spend a lot of time with him which sort of made her eventually fall for the prince. America's now a member of The Elite.

To make things exciting, Aspen, America's boyfriend before the entered The Selection entered the army and is now stationed in the castle (castle nga ba?) and *surprise! surprise!* sometimes, outside America's room. How convenient.

So here's why I sort of didn't like The Elite as much as the first book. Everyone's so indecisive. America went into this thing all reluctant and just after a few months, she begins to fall for Maxon. Well that happens when you're cooped up inside a space without much interaction from anyone else- think PBB. When she's with Maxon, she feels she wants to spend the rest of her life with him; but, when she's with Aspen, she feels the exact same way with him. Anubeh.

The same goes with Aspen. He broke off with America so she'd enter The Selection, knowing fully well that means if ever America's wins the thing, they can never be together. So now here he is a member of the king's army, within the king's walls, near America, he decides to pursue her. Tapos ngayon magseselos- selos siya?

And Prince Maxon. Isa pang pabebe. Haha. I mean, if he likes America, why not choose her? He knows she also sort of likes her and while the poor prince doesn't know his rival is just around the corner (parang Christmas lang), he gets the upper hand in this situation. Why not decide, once and for all, to choose America so they can live happily ever after? It's so easy for Aspen to fade into the background once he chooses America. America only remembers Aspen when she's with him. Eh kung bakuran na ni Maxon, wala na yun.

So I'm frustrated. Lahat sila urong-sulong. Nevertheless, I still will read The One. Tingnan nga natin ano ba talagang pinaglalaban nila.

Ilabas Niyo Ako Dito!!!

Speed bagal mode as always. RAWR. 

I'm supposed to email Christmas product emailer by tomorrow and guess what... I'm not yet done. It is essential that I wake up early tomorrow so I could start production early and get a lot of things done. That emailer has to be disseminated by October 15 (deadliest deadline, kumbaga). 

You see, I, too, am a social being. I need social interaction. So I am very easy to coax out of my bubble by friends and family when it comes to lakwatsa, well, maybe except if its crunch time. So when Jo texted that she's in Manila, I replied right away- that I'm free Friday ☺ Isasabay ko na ang "shopping" sa pleasure.

Lunch at this new ramen place in Lucky Chinatown, Ramen Kuroda.

Kuro Chashumen  aka Kyusyu Tonkotsu Garlic Flavor

gyoza

We were lucky to have stumbled upon the place just in time before most of the people swarmed into the newly-opened ramen place. Both of us ordered the Kuro Chashumen which is exactly the same as the Kuro Ramen except it has four (or five, I can't remember) slices of tonkotsu versus Kuro Ramen's one, measly piece of pork slice. With only a 50-peso difference, siempre we opted na for the one with more sahog. And of course, gyoza.

Ze verdict: umm, it was okay. I found the broth too rich to the point na nakakasuya na. Maybe what Jo and I could have done was order a bowl of ramen, gyoza and a rice meal with ulam. Even with gyoza in between spoonful (and chopstikicks) of ramen (and COKE!), hindi nawala yung umay. It was okay but there are other choices, I'd pick the other ramen places I've tried. 

And today (SUNDAY!), I asked mommy and AD to take me out, for the sake of my sanity ☺ I want to go somewhere that's not Megamall, Glorietta or Divisoria. We went to UP Town Center.

Original plan was lunch at Silantro but we were Number 15 in line which could mean lunch at 3pm, so we had to look for another. We ended up in Backyard Kitchen + Brew. Food was center-served, to share. I had no idea what AD ordered but here are some pictures

perdón the crappy image quality

I didn't like the chicken dishes we ordered. I liked the pork belly bbq dish and the salad with tinapa flakes achuchuchu. I should've ordered burger instead. Laging nasa huli ang pagsisisi. LOL.

Coffee after lunch, supposedly in our favorite coffee place but deviated a little from our usual and had coffee in St Marc's and AD ordered churros from La Lola. I feel like I've betrayed Sancho's, my original churrería place, by saying that La Lola has better churros than them. Sorry, Sancho! 

Best churros in the metro, so far. Although Casino Español's chocolate is richer and thicker. 

So ayan, paano pa ako papayat niyan? 

So my dear blog, I bid you adieu while I try to go to bed early. Early daw. Okay, fine. Baboo!