OH SO PRETTY the DIARIES: the DIY: "DIP" DYED HAIR (UPDATED)

I wish I could do this to my hair! I want to use purple!
OH SO PRETTY the DIARIES: the DIY: "DIP" DYED HAIR (UPDATED): *DISCLAIMER- I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL COSMETOLOGIST/HAIRDRESSER/COLORIST. THIS WAS JUST AN EXPERIMENT GONE RIGHT.* So if you saw our Can...

charging up

Spent the day with family and finally got to watch The Hunger Games. There will be busy days ahead so I'm savoring this day. Happy Easter everyone!
Easter Egg nails inspired by Michelle Phan's nail art post.

nevermind gloomy mornings

it's drizzling outside. cuddle-up-in-bed weather! But I managed to get myself out of bed and wake my muscles up! Day 4! I'd just finished doing the ZWOW #5 and some bonus stuff from bodyrock.tv. omg the burn! totally sweating like a cold bottle of water in a hot room.haha. All because I want to get a body nearly like this one:

Are you with me? Let's DO THIS!

realizations on an island

Just two days ago I was walking down the beautiful shores of Boracay, feeling the fine sand under my feet.


I almost didn't want to leave. I am determined to go back there next year and I'm bringing my family with me.
The view of the island from a view deck on one of the hills. We drove up the hill on ATV's and had to climb up this:
plus the view deck itself. It was a light cardio workout but it was totally worth it.
This is now part of my dream wall:
To have this kind of view, this kind of property. It was also on this trip that I got to experience my first plane ride, first time to go out of mainland Luzon, and to step foot on Boracay.

This trip was a mind-opening experience for me because it made me see what I could provide for my family and how it could be made possible. All thanks to the opportunity that I grabbed a year ago. I am so thankful and blessed.

on happiness

Because we are the captain of our own ship. We can choose to be either the victim or the victor. We can choose to bury ourselves in pity partying or to live life with no hang ups.

It's all up to you.

dream!

I am sending my desire out to the universe! I want to go and relax here every year!

reflex

Just months after I finally gave in and reconciled with my father, today was our first day out after sooo long. I was actually looking forward to our bonding time since I've forgiven him and he's being so supportive of me now. But I surprised myself that the old me who had a short fuse when it comes to him, came back as if from muscle memory. Sarcasm and eye-rolling all over the place. It was my front back then, my idea of self-preservation. Today it was like deja vu. Even though I know in my heart that I've forgiven him, that I'm trying to make things better by moving forward.

I'm not proud of the version of me that was with him and my sister today.