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Sunday, March 13th, 2011
I never thought I’d say this but there will be no more hair straightening for me. It’s time to embrace the natural curls!
I’m one of those persons who think a straight hair is easier to manage and is generally better. But I have natural waves in my hair. For me to have a straight hair, I go to a salon to get a straightening service. It would have been fine to pay for this service except that my scalp always gets irritated by the solution/chemical being used to straighten my hair. I am done with that! I don’t want to end up frying my scalp.
So I figured why not I start embracing my curls? Why not appreciate what I have and just take care of it so it won’t get all frizzy and unmanageable?
That’s what I am doing from now on. No more straightening for me and I am embracing the curls that I am born with!
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Yay! I was given an award by the ever friendly Honney! Thanks, sis!
Here are the rules for receiving this award:
1. Thank and link back the person who gave you this award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Award 15 great bloggers you know.
4. Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award.
There’s not much blog awards circling around the blogging world these days so I appreciate any of these awards that come my way 
Anyway, here are 7 Things About Me…
- I’m in my 30′s now.
- I love blogging. But I’ll give up my blogs to just read and read if I have the means to do so! Shocking, isn’t it? It seems all I did was blog for the past five years. A good book is still enough to pull me away from my blogs, though.
- I value my family more than any other relationship I have. At the end of the day, we always come back to our family and they’re the ones who will stand by us no matter what.
- I don’t know how to swim. I almost drowned when I was a little kid and that’s the end of swimming for me. I do love hitting the beach and staying in resorts but I still have a fear of drowning.
- I have a thing for notebooks, journals, notepads, wallets, purses and sling bags.
- I procrastinate a lot!
I am trying to kick this bad habit away but I still find myself doing it from time to time. Good thing this year had a good start for me.
- I believe in the power of a sincere prayer.
I will post the recipients of this award in another post. Can’t think of the complete list yet.
Thanks again, Honney!
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
I get addicted to a certain thing easily. Oops, before you get the wrong idea, let me clarify that… nothing illegal, okay?! I get addicted to games, books, characters, tv shows, food, etc. You get my drift, I know.
This is the very reason why I didn’t want to start playing any game in Facebook. You know how it can hook you in no time at all! My sister introduced me to Pet Society. I love the idea of decorating rooms and dressing up a pet. Would you believe that in a week I surpassed the scores of my siblings who’ve been playing the game for months? Oh yes, I was that addicted to it right away!
The past two days now the new game I’ve been addicted to is Bubble Islands. It’s a simple game wherein you burst the bubbles of same colors. The little girl taught me how to play the game. And needless to say, I got hooked after finishing the first level! I spent so many hours this morning just playing it and not doing anything else
But I turned off Facebook an hour ago. No more games for now! I stil have a lot to do and I will prioritized that. Enough slacking off!
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Sunday, February 20th, 2011
I have so many plans for this year. I think I’ve written about it in the end of 2010 and beginning of 2011. One of my plans is to lose weight. I know. I know. You are tired of reading about this. Don’t worry, you are not alone. I am tired of hearing about it from myself, too! I’ve been telling myself and everyone around me that I will lose weight. It’s been years and instead of losing, I am gaining unwanted pounds.
The key to my ultimate weight loss is rice. Actually, NO rice! I eat a lot because there’s rice. If there’s no rice in my meals, I won’t be eating as much.
I will make this promise now.
I swear by March 1st I will cut my rice to half. I cup of rice for lunch and half cup of rice for dinner. I will endure the hunger pains. I will turn my back on the desire to eat more.
Then on June 1st, NO more rice for me! That’s my vow.
I need to impose this on myself so that I will lose weight. And so that before I reach my 35th birthday, I will be living a healthy life.
Saturday, February 19th, 2011
One of my dreams is to go on a backpacking trip by myself. I am not as adventurous as others so the destination I have in mind is Japan first. Then if I have the resources, I would want to explore Italy and Spain.
Don’t get me wrong. I love traveling with my family. I would always want to share special memories with them. But a part of me has always wanted to do some things by my lonesome. Just to try out being on my own. I guess all the years of being a part of a big group of people has this effect on me of wanting to spend sometime alone.
I would be great to do it before I turn 35. I would like that very much!
Friday, February 18th, 2011
You read it right. I’ve been Coke-less for the past 14 months now. Yey!!! I stopped drinking Coke (with which I was addicted to) and all kinds of softdrinks on January 1, 2010. I thought I couldn’t make it. Imagine, I drank coke for lunch and dinner every single day in 2009. Do you know that Sakto bottle? I think that’s 8 ounces. I would drink that at least 3 times a day back then. Sometimes more! I also got addicted to rootbeer.
I am thankful that I was able to stop the bad habit. My grandma died from complications due to her diabetes. It kinda gave me an idea that if I didn’t stop with the softdrinks, I’d end up the same way. It motivated me to stop. Plus, there’s a great side to this story of mine… you see, I was not the only one who got addicted to softdrinks. Even my dad, my siblings and our little girl. Can you imagine how many bottles we consumed in a day? When I stopped, they stopped as well. They still drink occasionally. But not as much as we used to.
I plan to continue to be softdrink-less for the rest of my life. I hope I can do it and I won’t go back to the bad habit! If only I can do this with rice…
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
What’s your idea of the perfect Sunday?
A perfect Sunday for me is one spent with the family. Simple meals throughout the day, talking nonstop with my siblings and seeing my dad and my brother enjoying a game on TV and not butting heads for once. Plus, a day without Hazel being told off for being naughty. Hahaha!
A perfect Sunday can also mean not working for me and just lazing around the house and reading a great novel. It can also be a day of movie marathon with my sisters!
What is your idea of a perfect Sunday?
Sunday, January 16th, 2011
I was talking to my sisters last night about how a dominant mother usually ends up with a weak son. I’ve seen them around. I know men who are exactly like that. Weak men who has a very controlling mother. They see their fathers acquiescing to their mothers most of the time and have known only meekness from men towards women. They end up becoming weak men. Spineless. With low self-esteem. I am not saying all men with dominant mothers are like that. I am just saying that most end up being weak because they are used to women being the strong one.
Also, I am not saying that it’s not right for a man to acquiesce to a woman’s demands. It is very sweet of a man to do that. But not all the time. I think that’s tantamount to giving the woman so much power over him. He’d end up always relying on what the woman needs and wants and he giving in all the time.
I told my sisters that it was a fear I had. I am a dominant person. I think it comes with being the eldest. Growing up, I didn’t see my mom lording over my dad. But I did see my dad giving in to some of my mom’s demands. Me, on the other hand, grew up with almost everyone giving in to my requests and demands. I am the eldest child and grandchild (maternal side). So you can only imagine how much power I wield over the parents and grandparents. I used to fear that I would end up marrying a man who would just be a doormat to me. It’s mean of me to think of it that way but you’ve seen men like these. I used to tell friends that I would find a man who will dominate me. Someone who won’t be giving in to my every demand but would make some demands himself. Someone who can control my impulsiveness.
Some women might find this weird. I know some women want men who will give in to their every request and demand. That’s not me. Life will be utterly boring if everything you want will be given to you easily. And when the one person with whom you want to be equal with will just be giving in all the time.
Don’t you think?
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