6 Things I Love

Just replying to a tag from my fellow kikay nars Cindy. And because I am bored, and my thoughts are too scattered to form a single coherent entry. In random order:


1. Books. This is a picture of my then meager collection, taken around May 2008 I think. Yes, I love Chuck Palahniuk. I was fortunate enough to be living with a cousin who's a book shopaholic because I don't have to buy a lot of books.












2. Food. This is a picture of Pepper Lunch's Beef Pepper Rice. I am just craving for this but really, I love to eat anything and everything.






3. Nintendo DS. I actually own the crimson red model but only because the metallic rose one (as shown in this picture) was not available at that time. This baby was a passing-the-local-boards-slash-welcome-home gift from the parents last year and this really saved me from boredom on the first few days that I didn't have an internet connection. Nowadays I don't get to play it that much, because of number 1 love and number 4, which is..


4. Google Reader. I lurk a lot of beauty blogs lately because of my enormous amounts of freetime, and this nifty little program (software? whatever hahaha) makes it easier for me. Now my bookmarks are not that cluttered anymore, I don't have to click on each and every blog link to know whether a certain blogger has updated her blog or not because google reader shows me when this happens, and marks certain posts as unread or new. I know my explanation is sort of unclear but really everyone should try this because it is an incredible time-saver! Plus I can access my subscriptions (aka the blogs that I stalk/follow LOL) on another computer because it works just like an email account. I think I should have just said this in the first place LOL



5. Make up. It's an expensive hobby and since I do not get paid for this pseudo job I have, I have to satisfy myself with gawking at other peoples' make up stashes and hauls. I am not complaining though, because I do have make up stuff to play with, it's just that I WANT MORE!!! LOL





6. Scrub suits. This is one of the few things to love about my profession. Ironically this is one of the reasons why I didn't want to take up nursing in the first place because I am a fan of dressing up but after my first shift (and night out LOL) in these things, I realized how comfy they are and maybe they're not as bad as I thought. I still wouldn't wear this say, when going out or on gimik nights, but really I sometimes I don't mind being robbed of the opportunity to dress up for work anymore.

My First Attempt at an EOTD Entry

And it was harder than it looks. I actually made two looks, did a different color for each eye. But that's not the hardest part, photographing my creations and the stuff I used was. I know what you're thinking, I mean how hard could taking pictures of make up and one's self be? But I found it so frustrating, the colors not showing up the way I want them too, the camera's flash washing out all the colors, and the pictures too dark when I turned the flash off. Maybe I should have used a base to make the colors pop out more and I should have used more eyeshadow. LOL.

Shades of orange on the left (your left LOL), pink on the right

Yep it gets worse. I really suck at taking pictures :(



4 sunset palette for the orange eye, some random makeup palette for the pink eye, both from Lancome. Yay for free makeup samples!

I don't have a black pencil liner so i just used the black metallic eyeshadow on the random Lancome palette on the bottom lash line of both eyes, then applied the darkest orange and pink color on top of it. Skipped the mascara so that removing the eye make up afterwards won't be too difficult. I know, I need more practice. I usually use two colors when doing eye makeup and this is the first time that I tried 4. I tried to empasize my outer v, just like what Maui and the youtube tutorial girls usually do, but obviously I failed to do that. No, it's not the camera and my faulty picture-taking skills' fault this time.

Barbie Session's EOTD

Yep that's me but I was not the one who did the EOTD. I, together with my friend Cindy came over to our friend Maui's house today for a barbie session. It's basically a kikay session, but we just wanted to kikay it a bit more by calling it a such. Hahaha. Anyway, Maui did a fantastic job in doing our eye make up and I learned loads. I learned that I need more kikay tools, and that paint brushes are a great and cheaper alternative to the ones used for eye make up application.



Maui first primed my lids with Urban Decay Primer Potion. Then she used about 4 shades of green from the Coastal Scents Matte Pallette, black eyeshadow for the crease, and a neutral color to highlight the browbone. Oh, and the shimmery yellow/gold Mac eyeshadow for the inner corners. Then Wet n' Wild liquid eyeliner on the lashline, then Maybelline Lash Stilleto on my lashes.

My lips are usually dark and both the upper and lower ones are each a slightly different color from the other. Maui remedied that with RCMA foundation (yes on my lips, which is not as icky as you think), a nude lipliner (didn't see what brand it is), Bare Essentuals Buxom Lips in Bunny, and voila! Hello nude pink lips! I forgot to take picture though, and I wish I had because well it looks real nice and it goes really well with my eye make up.

I was sorry that I forgot my camera at home, so I wasn't able to take pictures of Maui the make up guru in action (hehehe), Cindy's eye make up (which was awesome as well), and the make up tools.

Testing 1-2-3 and Getting To Know You

Yay a blogger account finally! I can now stalk/bloghop and post comments easily without having to log in and out of my livejournal! Hehehe I would still be keeping my LJ though, because my friends update theirs from time to time, and I have had it since 2003 so I can't really just abandon it or something. I am still too lazy to change the layout, put up a chatbox, etc etc, so for now I will be answering this survey thing because I have been tagged by Cindy, and I love surveys! Hehehe

1. What time did you get up this morning? 10 am I think

2. How do you like your steak? well done with gravy, A1 sauce, and.. rice. Fo realz. Hahaha

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Final Destination 4. Nearly gave me a heart attack. Hahaha

4. What is your favorite TV show? CSI, Grey's Anatomy, House, Scrubs, Ugly Betty, American Idol, and the Disney Channel tween show line up.

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Anywhere as long as there's an internet connection and food. Hahahaha

6. What did you have for breakfast? Coffee

7. What is your favorite cuisine? Italian..

8. What foods do you dislike? I eat anything and everything. Hahaha

9. Favorite place to eat? The oh my sisig booth at shopwise. Hahahaha kidding

10. Favorite dressing? Whatevs. Hahaha not really a salad person

11. What kind of vehicle do you drive? Don't got one.

12. What are your favorite clothes? I'm into kimono blouses and empire cut stuff because i have a big tummy :D

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? I'm in an anywhere-but-here phase right now

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? 1/2 full i guess

15. Where would you want to retire? Haven't thought about it yet

16. Favorite time of day? Early morning, because it's usually quiet and the whole house smells like coffee :D

17. Where were you born? Philippines

18. What is your favorite sport to watch? Cheerleading? Hahaha

19. Who do you think will not tag you back? Dunno

20. Person you expect to tag you back first? dunno either

21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this? Hmm my blogger stalkees I guess :D

22. Bird watcher? Nope

23. Are you a morning person or a night person? Night I guess

24. Do you have any pets? None

25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? I have blogger account now yay! Hahaha

26. What did you want to be when you were little? A nun

27. What is your best childhood memory? hmm can't think of one right now

28. Are you a cat or dog person? Dog

29. Are you married? Nope

30. Always wear your seat belt? Yep when I'm in the front seat

31. Been in a car accident? Nope

32. Any pet peeves? Salesladies who follow me around when I'm shopping.

33. Favorite Pizza Toppings? Cheese

34. Favorite Flower? Stargazers

35. Favorite ice cream? Ben and Jerry's Cookie Dough

36. Favorite fast food restaurant? KFC. hahaha

37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? I passed on my first try :D

38. From whom did you get your last email? An online buddy from the girltalk forums :D

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Definitely mac! hehe

40. Do anything spontaneous lately? A nightcap with our senior nurse and co-volunteers :D

41. Like your job? I think I'm getting there, because of the super comfortable scrubs and sneakers

42. Broccoli? Sure why not

43. What was your favorite vacation? Again, anywhere but here

44. Last person you went out to dinner with? The AIF girls!

45. What are you listening to right now? Brighter Than Sunshine - Aqualung "Let the rain fall I don't care, I'm yours and suddenly you're mine..."

46. What is your favorite color? Blue

47. How many tattoos do you have? none

48. How many are you tagging for this quiz? none

49. What time did you finish this quiz? 7:14 pm

50. Coffee drinker? Tagging everyone and anyone who wants to do this :D