My boyfriend playfully (and I use the term loosely) scolds me whenever I look back at grievances other people have done to me, saying I should stop living in the past and memories shouldn't hurt me anymore. But I can't help it if certain things affected me so much that I can still remember - vividly - the feelings I felt when I first felt them, months (and years, even) after. They're not all bad memories, anyway. There are a lot of good memories too, but I guess pain leaves deeper marks than happiness.

Whew, what an emo introduction. Whatever. I'm getting cheese fries. 

I don't know, but I guess now is a good time as any to remember my favorite TV show in the world.

I'll make this short and sweet since I've written about How I Met Your Mother a LOT of times already (I even have watercolor paintings inspired by the show, of which this one is my favorite), but I just wanted to highlight here my favorites.


The Yellow Umbrella

"The great moments of your life won't necessarily be the things you do. They'll also be the things that happen to you. Now I'm not saying you can't take action to affect the outcome of your life. You have to take action. And you will! But never forget that on any day, you could step out the front door and your whole life could change forever. You see, the Universe has a plan kids, and that plan is always in motion. A butterfly flaps its wings and it starts to rain. It's a scary thought, but it's also kind of wonderful. All these little parts of the machine constantly working... Making sure that you end up exactly where you're supposed to be, exactly when you're supposed to be there. The right place, at the right time."

Like it blows my mind how I landed my previous job AND my current job, as well as my missed connections with Miah that could've made us meet years ago. Should've, could've, would've, but things happened the way they're supposed to happen. Amazing.

How I felt about Last Forever
My reaction post about the controversial finale

#LegenWaitForItDaryKrissyParty
My 28th birthday How I Met Your Mother-inspired party

The stuff legendary parties are made of
How I made my 28th birthday How I Met Your Mother-inspired party happen

28 for 28th
Some of my favorite quotes from the show

Thank you, Ted Mosby, Marshall Eriksen, Robin Scherbatsky, Barney Stinson, Lily Aldrin, and Tracy McConnell. Thank you, MacLaren's. You don't know the impact of your show to my life but I am so grateful to you for bringing these characters to life. Thank you, Ed, for introducing this show to me. I am grateful you're my friend, and I'm grateful I listened to you when you told me that I MUST watch this show.

From this post:

"An affirmation of hopefulness and optimism... A valentine to things like friendship and love." No sweeter words from the creators could have been spoken. Thank you, Carter and Craig.

As you know, I had the idea for a How I Met Your Mother-themed birthday party about three weeks ago. I'm a very passionate person and I'm so enthusiastic about things I love; couple that with my wanting to channel my feelings over the imminent finale of my favorite TV show in all the world, and you got the perfect spell to make my personal level of excitement really go up the charts.

I wanted to make it more difficult for myself give myself a hard time give it a handmade-feel so I made sure to DIY as much as I could. That meant refraining from getting digital images online and printing them. 

While my favorite TV show is How I Met Your Mother, I am so glad my sister's is Art Attack. She got most of the ideas for this legendary project from that show, like this reworking of The Bro Code to make my guest book!

I'm proud to say that since I already have most of these materials at home, I spent less than P1,000 for everything. It was very, very tempting to shop for cute stuff, though! Like this 3D puzzle of the Empire State Building I would have liked to make into a replica of the GNB Building:

I know I wouldn't have much use for it after the party though, so I put it back and got cardboard instead.

The How I Met Your Music soundtrack was played all night, together with my favorite songs from Fun, One Direction, Train, and Imagine Dragons. We also watched the last two episodes!

Would you like to hire me as an event stylist? Kidding! Or not.

Half the fun I felt was preparing everything and putting together many different elements from the show. And even though some of my friends don't watch the show, they're still considerate and thoughtful enough to think of presents fitting for the theme. And of course, a party will never be successful without the most important part: the guests! Watch out for my next post. ;)

It all started as a joke.

I was chatting with my friends Ed and Jonas about the inevitable end of the greatest and my most favorite show on Earth, How I Met Your Mother. We talked about how extremely sad we will be when the finale airs because there'll be no future episodes to look forward to, which eventually led to Jonas suggesting we put up a support group and watch the finale together. He said we should refrain from watching it by ourselves, like that episode where the MacLaren's gang tried their hardest not to see the Superbowl results as it has been their tradition to watch it together. I countered that it would be too difficult, so I said maybe we can just hold a viewing party the following weekend so we can watch it for possibly the nth time and then talk about our feelings. Everyone agreed.

There was only one problem: my birthday falls on that same weekend.

I want to celebrate my birthday and the greatest show in the world, so the solution: have a How I Met Your Mother-themed birthday party!

I LOVE theme parties but occasions for having them are few and far between. On my 24th birthday, my party's theme was Pink Positive, and it is one of my favorite birthday celebrations ever! I can see it being topped by this one, though.

These moments are going to be stories someday, and I want a kickass story about my 28th birthday!

I know that I have less than three weeks to prepare, but psh, details schmetails. I work in PR - I make the impossible possible!

There are a LOT to be done, though. Good thing I have my friend Ed, my expansive knowledge about the show, and Pinterest to help me!

My aim is not only to celebrate HIMYM, but also to not alienate my guests who have never seen an episode of the show. Hah. I will DIY 83% of the party decors and props, so I am going to be really, really busy! I don't mind, because it's going to be legen-wait for it-dary! Legendary!

Other people have complained about how Ted is just a whiny hopeless romantic sap. Maybe he is. But then again, I have never related to any other fictional character as much as I related to him. Sigh. I just love the show and the characters so much!

There are some theories pointing out that How I Met Your Mother will end tragically. Well, I hope Ted gets to live a long life with The Mother. He deserves to be happy. But, well, however the creators Cartey Bays and Craig Thomas chose to end it, I'm sure it is real, poetic, and beautiful. 

Can you help me come up with a nice hashtag for this party? So far I have #Celebrate28, #HaveYouMetKrissy, and #LegenwaitforitdaryKrissyParty. Thoughts?

Hoo boy. Advanced happy birthday to me! Celebratory high five!

Wherever you are in the world today, I hope you had a lovely Christmas with the people you hold most dear. ♥

There must be something in the water air because I know it's just not me - everyone gets reflective as the year draws to a close. As I get ready to say goodbye to 2014 and welcome 2015 (and my new planner/ journal!), I look back on the months that passed and determine which things I'd like to change and things I'd want to remain the same, whether I was able to accomplish the goals I set for myself at the beginning of the year, and whether I like this version of myself I am turning out to be.

Earlier today I bought myself this app for the iPhone to jump-start my writing whenever I encounter writer's block. I have about fifty unused notebooks and journals in my room but I have taken to typing my thoughts down on my phone's Notes. I don't know why I am doing this. Convenience? Ease? Undecipherable penmanship? Either way this system works for me, and I figured if I make use of writing prompts I can even have more ideas to blog about (like what I am doing now). Sometimes the (non-suicidal/ non-violent) voices in my head get too noisy that I need one topic to resonate more so I can stick with it, lest I get wayward and not arrive at something cohesive nor coherent.

So. Back to the app. As the name implies, Creative Writing Prompts gives starting lines and writing prompts to help inspire the writer. The first prompt I got is highlighted in bold:

For the last three days I could do nothing but think about choices, possibilities, and second chances.

As what I was jarringly reminded of by my Uncle's passing, life is too short and we're only here for a limited amount of time. If there is anything I regret about Kuya's death, it's that I feel like I didn't tell him enough how much I loved him. Ever since he left, my close-knit family became even tighter, with all of us clutching to one another for support. Hugs and kisses became even more frequent, and no shortage of I love you's was had. I want to make the most out of the time I have left so I say yes to all possibilities, sometimes without even giving myself time to think first before I leap. In the split second of hesitation where doubt starts to creep in, I've had already said yes. This has, admittedly, caused me some trouble as well, but what is life without a little risk?

Meanwhile, recent occurrences also made me rethink my life choices and question whether a second chance is a viable option. I've crashed and burned several times already and truth be told, I'm getting a little tired. Maybe the truth is that I was meant to tread a different path all along? One that leads to the exact same path I used to trudge, but one I sadly and regrettably wandered from? I don't know. I pray I get an answer soon, and I hope it's a yes.


This is a watercolor painting I worked on all Sunday afternoon while watching the first season of How I Met Your Mother for the nth time. For those not familiar with the scene (but WHY?), it's from the finale, where Ted finally meets The Mother at the Farhampton station.

It was a long road. You might even say it was really, really, really long. But difficult? Nah. It was life. Things happen in life. Things fall apart. Things get put back together. When I think how lucky I am to wake up next to your mom every morning, I can't help but be amazed at how easy it all really was. 

All I had to do was get out of the apartment for a couple hours so Uncle Marshall could propose to Aunt Lily, go to the bar, meet your Aunt Robin, convince your Aunt Robin to fall in love with me, break up with your Aunt Robin, go on the rebound, go get a rebound tattoo, go get the rebound tattoo removed, meet Stella, convince Stella to fall in love with me, get engaged, get left at the altar, get fired, get beat up by a goat, get a job as a professor, teach the wrong class, date the wrong girl, date the wrong girl again, date the wrong girl a few times actually, let Uncle Barney fall in love with Aunt Robin, let Aunt Robin fall in love with Uncle Barney, book the wedding band, go to their wedding, make sure their wedding actually happened, leave a little early, be in the right place at the right time, and somehow, summon the guts to do the stupidest, most impossible thing in the world: Walk up to that beautiful girl standing under the yellow umbrella... and start talking. 

See? Easy. And that, kids, is how I met your mother.

(It was so difficult and my skills weren't at par with what I envisioned; I almost gave up, but all efforts paid off when I finally finished it and when Carter Bays, one of the show's creators, called my painting "lovely." LOVELY.)

When you think about it, all of Ted's choices and missteps led to him finding the right girl at the right time. Now I know it's fiction but still. Isn't fiction inspired by life? Am I above thinking things like this don't happen in real life? I don't know, I guess I'm just too much of a hopeless romantic, but I'd like to believe that the same will happen for me. "It's funny how sometimes, you just find things," and I'm sure it'll be worth the wait.

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Sticks and stones may break your bones but TV shows and books will crush your soul to a million pieces.

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Much has been said about the finale of How I Met Your Mother. When I first saw it yesterday amidst a box of tissues, I felt it was a perfect and satisfying ending. Without spoiling the show, I immediately sent messages to my friends who also watch it because I couldn't contain my *feels*. However, after thinking about it and talking it out to some friends who didn't like it, I thought that hey, maybe these are just graduation goggles and my over-all feelings about the show is just clouding my judgment.

I watched the two-part finale again earlier today, and nope, not graduation goggles.

Except for Barney's flaky character development, I liked it. However flawed and imperfect the ending was [and ugly some of their wigs were], I still found it apt and satisfying. I said before that I just want Ted to be happy and in the end that's what happened, even though it was something we theorized but not really what we expected. He has come full circle, and although it took quite a while (nine seasons with the last two of them feeling like duds TBH) what's important (to me at least, because he's the fictional character I can relate to the most) is that he got there.

So yeah, much has been said about the finale, but I think my favorite so far is this Thought Catalog article. You should also check out Josh Radnor's interview here. I love his work and I wish he comes up with more movies.

I'll probably be able to write more about my *feelings* in the future, but at the moment these are my initial thoughts. How I Met Your Mother is the TV show I talked about the most in this blog, and now that it's gone, I don't think something else will replace its hole in my heart anytime soon.

More than all the friendship and love lessons from Ted, Barney, Robin, Lily, and Marshall, the show's format really stuck with me because, like what I wrote on my calligraphy postcard, it's a constant reminder that "these moments will be stories one day," and I have to make the most out of it so I can have a great life full of great stories.


Oh MacLaren's gang, thank you for this beautiful crazy awesome wonderful ride. I will miss all of you so much.


Now I'm experiencing birthday blues (which is weird because I don't normally get birthday blues; I get new year blues) but I mustn't let it get to me. Back to preparing for my party!

The past week has been a blur of spending quality time with my family, badminton games (with me being a spectator only, of course), catching up with friends-I-miss-so-much, eating out with friends-I-never-get-tired-of-even-if-we-see-each-other-everyday until my tummy gets almost ready to burst from too much food and laughter, and shopping for *ehem* essentials like toiletries and groceries and a new bag.

Now I love shoes, bags, and other pretty thingamajigs, but I don't think it can compare with my love for books. I learned how to read at a very early age because I wanted to read the bedtime stories my Grandma used to read me myself. Once I felt how it was like to be transported to another dimension just by flipping a page, there was no turning back. Before I became known as Miss Plant-Myself-in-Front-of-the-Computer, I was Miss Bury-My-Nose-in-a-Book first and foremost!

August always either makes me very happy or very sad (explanation why it is so on my next post, hopefully) but I still eagerly await for it because National Bookstore and Powerbooks hold their annual BIG sale from the latter part of July until the most part of August! I swear I can stay there for hours and even more so during sales as I cannot decide which books to get! A couple of weeks ago I got Nina Garcia's The Little Black Book of Style for only P445, and that was only because it was the first book I was able to grab before my friend rushed me out of the store! Tsk. I know I should be saving up because our trip to Singapore is only a couple of months away(!) but who can resist the lure of books? Not me, apparently.

Earlier, I read from Bookmarked that today is the last day of reservation for Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins' last book for The Hunger Games trilogy. The book will be released worldwide on August 25 and reserving a copy guarantees a free Mockingjay shirt. I am embarrassed to admit this, but I haven't actually read The Hunger Games and Catching Fire (the first two books in the trilogy) yet. I have been meaning to do so - mainly because it was recommended by my Sinister Sister Jinna - but because I was busy with complicated matters like those of my heart's I never found the time to pick my copy. Now that I have more than enough time in my hands again I figured this is the best time to get started. So, after work today I trooped to the National Bookstore branch at the UP - Ayala Technohub (with my good friends/ officemates Frank and Mich) and reserved myself a copy. I also wanted to get the first book but they didn't have the hardbound ones anymore. The Mockingjay I reserved is a hardbound copy and I wanted my books to be uniform so I decided to go to another NBS branch at Commonwealth Avenue to see whether they have it. See how passionate I am about doing things once I set my mind to it? :D

The NBS branch in Commonwealth is one of my favorites as it has two floors, like a big, sprawling library full of wonderful books. I am not kidding when I say I spent over an hour browsing the shelves. I did manage to get a hardbound copy of The Hunger Games but I decided to look around a bit more since I had the whole afternoon free.

Practicality started to wriggle its rear in my mind though. I would save P400 if I get the paperback instead of the hardbound copy. I mulled it over while walking through the store but it proved even more unhelpful.

Mike Gayle's The To-Do List

Narnia Chronology: An Interactive Timeline

I walked around the store in circles debating with myself whether I should get them or not. I have the cash, yes, but as Mich said, "Having more than enough money does not mean you should spend all of it." The temptation of whipping out the plastic card was almost too irresistible, but after a few breaths (and a little heartbreak) I put the books down and paid for just the paperback copy of The Hunger Games. Yes, practicality won over that, as well. I can get the two other books some other time.

On my way out of the store though, I stopped dead on my tracks when I saw this:

I recognize that opportunities like this are very rare.

Neil Patrick Harris as playboy Barney (sidenote: he and his partner are having twins by a surrogate mother soon!) is just perfect! I love love love How I Met Your Mother (an HIMYM-inspired post here before I started watching the series) and have been eyeing the Amazon listings of tie-up books for quite some time now! This reinforces what Paulo Coelho in one of my favorite books The Alchemist said, when you really want something, the universe conspires in helping you achieve it. You can't argue with that ;)

Read any good books lately? :)

Insert long and winding introduction here. These are the things that made my week.

This was sent to me by The Body Shop last week but I'm including it in this list because this is what I used every day. Full review to be posted soon but for now, can I just say how I LOVE its color and how it moisturizes my lips?

I made an internal big WHOOP! when I finally got my copy from Fully Booked in Greenbelt as I've been wanting one ever since I saw the cover online. I love How I Met Your Mother and I feel like watching its last season beginning September 23 will feel like breaking up with a long-time partner. I'm preparing the tissues as early as now.

After more than a year, I finally got my Samsung NC110 a case so she'll be safe and secure whenever I lug her to and from the office! This was a commissioned piece by Meream, whose handmade works I am a huge fan of. I love the "tiny town" fabric and the itty bitty purple buttons.

I attended the Shiseido Ibuki event last Thursday and it was definitely a one-of-a-kind experience! I will share more information about what happened at the event in a future post.

New skincare regimen I can't wait to try, mostly after seeing how Sophie swears by it!

Yep, always a worthy addition to a "what made my week" list. ♥

Ralph plus Mike doing what he does best: make fun of me. That pose is kind of a private joke that has already become public.

Last Friday, Mike and I went to Fort to have breakfast in the Toast Box branch at Ralph's office building. I love the smell of toast and tea or coffee in the morning. And even though these two always make fun of me (in a good-natured way, not in a mean way), I really appreciate how close we've become in the past few months. :)

See? Mike loves making fun of me.

Come lunchtime, I was also able to drag Gerick and Rica to Cafe Juanita with us. I love when my friends from different fields come together and become friends, too.

Tegan and Sara Live in Manila One of the most awesome news I've heard this month!

VIP tickets that include Meet and Greet passes(!!!) have been sold out already so I'll just sit in my corner for a while and cry (ノД`)・゜・。I am willing to forego watching Sugar Ray (and miss out on seeing my sixth grade self's crush Mark McGrath in the flesh) and Matchbox Twenty just to have enough monies for Tegan and Sara huhu. Thanks, Lorraine, for introducing me to their music!

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Call me the biggest loser in the land, but yesterday was my first time to watch this 2009 movie. LOVED IT. Flint Lockwood speaks to my soul.

Well... If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Photo taken during the despedida party we had for Tita Tits last night. She will be migrating to the US soon, thus leaving our carpool service. She's always been nice to me so I'm going to miss greeting her good morning every work-day, but I wish her all the best.

My Charm makeup brushes and J&C Super Clean Solutions Makeup Brush Cleaner

Having nothing better to do this lazy rainy afternoon, I decided to give my brushes the TLC they badly needed. My foundation and concealer brushes are the ones who've gotten the most abuse so I made sure to give them a good dose of deep cleaning.

I bleed glitter

While waiting for the brushes to dry, I whipped out some of my latest makeup and did product shots for future reviews. I love this palette because the colors and micro-glitters are so pretty! Very inexpensive, too! Will reveal the brand when I post my review.

Aaand that's it. Wish you all a bright and sunny week ahead!

... for my family. Theirs is a love that keeps on giving. The support they have shown and are showing every hour of my life has been outstanding. Really, words are not enough to express how grateful I am to God for giving them to me. It's true that we cannot choose the family we're born into, but if I have the choice, I would still gladly choose to be a Cruz.

... for all my friends who've been there for me, no matter what. This blog post will not be enough to name each and everyone of you, so: friends from when I was still very young; friends from all levels of school; friends I met in the workplace; friends I met through friends; friends I met via different online groups/ message boards; friends I met through blogging, you are all proof that one can meet friends ANYWHERE. Thank you for the gift of friendship; you are all my angels without wings.

... for the gift of writing. As I said in a previous post, I express myself best through writing. If I didn't have writing as an outlet, I think I would've gone insane! I never imagined my blog would attract readers I haven't met personally, let alone followers and subscribers who always leave the sweetest messages. Thank you for letting me express my creative side and for appreciating the things I post. It has been a very fulfilling journey, and I don't have intentions of stopping anytime soon.

... for the gift of education. My parents have always instilled in me that education [aside from morals and dignity] is the one thing no one can take away. I have always been a conscientious student, thanks as well to all my former teachers, instructors, and professors. I believe that education does not stop when you leave the classroom and I am thankful that I have met people I consider my mentors even when I have already left the academe.

... for the people who broke my heart, not only in the romantic sense of the word. They have shown me that fragile as I think I am, I also have a strong spirit that they cannot easily break. I may have been damaged, but I am far from destroyed.

... for words of wisdom thrown my way just when I need them. Just last night while I was distraught, a friend told me, "Not because you are nice doesn't mean other people will be nice to you as well. The world does not work that way." with much conviction that I couldn't help but agree with him.

... for modern technology for letting me enjoy e-mails, Facebook, blogging, and Twitter. You have made my life so much easier, my world smaller [since almost everyone is almost at reach], and my social circle wider.

... for the gift of awe, curiosity and sense of wonder. I am a person who never gets tired of learning. I have always been inquisitive and insatiable when it comes to trying to acquire more knowledge and wisdom.

... for the opportunity to travel, take pictures, and create new memories. These are just some of the ways I can enrich my mind and my life, and I am grateful I can do it while I am still young and able. Someday, when I am old, gray, brittle-boned (but still fabulous), I will look back at the photos of our Singapore trip and smile at how I was able to explore the Lion City, walking most of the time but not seeming to tire.

... for books and their amazing authors, for letting me experience different worlds and for opening my eyes to the other dimensions I can reach via my imagination.

... for movies. Nothing de-stresses me more than watching a movie at the cinema. Fact.

... for TV shows like How I Met Your Mother, Glee, Sex and the City, The Big Bang Theory, Survivor, and Ugly Betty. They make my boring days much more bearable.

... for the music. Because really, who can live without it? I ask in all honesty, what would life be? Without a song or a dance, what are we?

... for chandeliers, cheesecakes, and charm bracelets. For ice cream, tigers, the mysterious side of the moon, funny horoscopes, candlelight, mirrors, and crayons. For fairies, musicals, and Peter Pan.

... for the gift of sharing. I'm sure you will be happy to share in the comments section what you are thankful for as well. :)

♥♥♥

If 2012 was the Year of Living Bravely, what about 2013? Well, I'd like to think my 2013 was about taking things a little less seriously and just having fun exploring great books, movies, and music, with special focus on my fangirl-ing.


What better way to begin this year-ender post than by citing one of my favorite reads this year, Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell? I was able to relate with its main character Cather so much, to the point it got a bit disconcerting because it felt like I was reading my own thoughts as written down by another person!

My best purchase this year (and possibly ever) is my Kindle I lovingly named Max. He made carrying books around and reading a lot more convenient so he's now my favorite companion while waiting as I'm almost always early for appointments. Through him, I read 32 books this year; 37 if we include rereads. My favorite is The Princess Bride by William Goldman, while notable titles include, in no specific order: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan, The Lover's Dictionary and Every Day by David Levithan, The Ocean at the End of the Lane and Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman, Books of Adam by Adam Ellis, and [although I still feel plot and character development were lacking, but the imagery was really exceptional] The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.

When it comes to movies, I'd have to give the top spot to The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, mainly because I think it's the best book-to-movie adaptation I've seen. Catching Fire is my favorite book in the trilogy, and I am very happy that the movie gave justice and added so much more to the book. Other great movies I watched this year include Gravity, The Princess Bride, Amélie, Monsters University, Frozen, and Stranger than Fiction. Of course, I should also note here the conclusion of [my other favorite trilogy aside from Christoper Nolan's Batman] the lowest grossing film trilogy of all time (Ethan Hawke's words, not mine!) Before Midnight. I loved all of these, and they remind me just why I love watching movies and why I love writing.

When it comes to concerts, I watched only three this year but they are all unforgettable: The Script, Smash Mouth/ Sugar Ray/ Gin Blossoms, and (my favorite among the bunch) Jason Mraz and the Superband. I missed Tegan and Sara but I'm hoping they'll be able to come back soon.

This needs a paragraph of its own: I was obsessed with Fun. and its vocalist Nate Ruess. I seriously think I have fallen in love with him. Like, really. He has such an amazing voice and great stage presence, and their band makes awesome music. I could listen to their songs all day. Here's one of my many favorites. I really, really, really hope they can come here for a concert soon.

You know what's another recent obsession of mine? One Direction. Hee. They've grown up into fine looking young lads and they could really sing! My favorite is Louis Tomlinson, and one of my most treasured gifts this Christmas is their Where We Are book given to me by Erica. Hee.

Other highlights of 2013 include: the last season of How I Met Your Mother and meeting The Mother; slowly growing my The Little Prince collection; disconnecting from all forms of social media for a weekend getaway with my closest friends; fully embracing my job and everything it entails; saying goodbye to a very dear friend who had to go abroad to work; my being a bridesmaid (for the first time!) to my friends Eric and Erica's wedding; becoming closer to my carpool-mates; fun weekend roadtrips to Casa Simeona with Alex, Anne, and Kira; realizing that although not everyone can get me and my quirks, I do have a lot of true friends; trying out boxing for the first time; dyeing my hair red; finally getting to try yoga (I even tried AntiGravity Yoga - never mind that it was disastrous LOL); and meeting Manix Abrera not once, but TWICE - and him leaving comments on Facebook photos I tagged him at.

So yeah, 2013 was a pretty awesome year. Thank YOU for sharing it with me!

I wonder what 2014 will be like? I'm looking forward to creating better stories!

You can really tell by these posts (this and Part 1) that I don't  have anything productive planned for today :D

Anyway, here's Part 2! :D

I got this award/  tag from my pretty blogfriend Cha!

Over the Top award

There's only one simple rule for this award  tag: answer the following questions using just one word!

1. Where is your cell phone? Desk

2. Your hair? Thick

3. Your mother? Loving

4. Your father? Dedicated

5. Your favorite food? Delicious
6. Your dream last night? Forgotten
7. Your favorite drink? Refreshing

8. Your dream/ goal? Inspiration
9. What room are you in? Sala
10. Your hobby? Writing
11. Your fear? Spiders!

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Successful
13. Where were you last night? Home
14. Something you aren't? Airhead
15. Muffins? Love
16. Wish list item? Digicam
17. Where did you grow up? Navotas
18. Last thing you did? Ate
19. What are you wearing? Nightshirt
20. Your TV? Downstairs
21. Your pets? Fishes

22. Your friends? Amazing
23. Your life? Awesome
24. Your mood? Lazy
25. Missing someone? Yes
26. Vehicle? None
27. Something you're not wearing? Necklace
28. Your favorite store? Bookstores

29. Your favorite color? Pink
30. When was the last time you laughed? Earlier
31. Last time you cried? Yesterday
32. Your best friend? Jerome

33. One place that I go over and over? BookSale

34. One person who emails me regularly? Aunt

Okay, that was a bit tough! :D Thanks again Cha! :)

Next is this Eminent Eight tag from Edxaii. I like that I can have eight answers for each question as I am very indecisive as to what I like most when it comes to these things :D (I removed some questions I do not have answers for though, like THINGS I DID YESTERDAY. Yesterday was my rest day so I just lounged in my parents' house all day :D)

*8 TV SHOWS I LIKE WATCHING:
1. Survivor

2. American Idol
3. How I Met Your Mother
4. Glee
5. Ugly Betty
6. Gossip Girl

7. Drake and Josh
8. True Blood

*8 FAVORITE PLACE TO EAT AND DRINK:

4. My godchild Kaylee's birthday celebration this Saturday. It was supposed to be last  Saturday but she got an asthma attack and was confined in Infant Jesus hospital.

*8 THINGS I LOVE ABOUT WINTER: (Okay, I know we don't exactly have winter here, but that won't  stop me from answering this question :D)

1. reading

I hope I did not bore you too much! If you did, thanks for taking the time to read! :)