I'm still alive!

I just saw that my last update was two years ago. Though it seemed as if I was super busy with work, I pretty much just spent the last two years traveling whenever I can to wherever I can.

Fun, no?

Well I decided to go back to writing.

What about? I don't know.

I can write about the places I've been to the past two years. Or I can write about the crossroads that I'm making myself face these past few months. Pero emo eh, so we'll see.

But as always, I'll probably just write about whatever I want.

So if there's anyone still reading this...

I'm baaaaaaack!

Why, hello there!

I haven't been online that much lately since I just started with my new job and I've been too lazy to go online when I get home.

Days have been pretty much uneventful too, so there's nothing much to write about -- except that I just spend my money buying more books lol.

Like yesterday, I was able to get these three:

Yep, it's about all the conspiracies lol

It's Slash! Who doesn't love Slash?

They finally had this in stock!

And just last week, the boyfriend and I decided to get a camera. We're not into the whole photography thing that's very, very popular these days, so a simple point-and-shoot Canon IXUS 115 HS would do. It's about Php10k (which we got for installment at 0% in 6 months) and it has all these nifty features like toy camera, miniature and fish eye settings. It also shoots HD video.

Perfect for taking pictures of my dogs XD

Plus points coz it's metallic pink!

Star-strucked: Pepe Smith

Boyfriend and I were passing time in Megamall yesterday and as we were going down the escalator, I saw someone remotely looking like Pepe Smith going up the escalator and I lost my footing and almost fell my way down from the 4th to the 3rd floor.

So back up we went and started stalking. I'm bad at stalking famous people.

Finally, we saw him go inside Data Blitz and saw that everyone was on the opposite corner from where he was looking around. As in! Walang lumalapit.

So I gathered up the courage and approached him...
Me: "Excuse me po, pwede magpa-autograph?" (That is so unlike me.)
Pepe Smith: "Ah, sure, sure!"
*Signs my handy-dandy notebook*
Me: "Sorry po, nastar-struck ako sa inyo eh. Pwede po magpa-picture?"
Pepe Smith: "Of course!"

Hence I got this:

I so could've done a better pose but my face was twitching all over.

Yeahboi!

I lose my composure when I'm around rock stars hahaha.

I got my earmuffs on!

Saw this displayed by the window of an electronics store (forgot which lol) and I thought that I just had to own it.

Audio-Technica Limited Edition (says so in the box) Earmuff Headphones. There are two colors available, brown and black. I got the brown ones as I do not have that color yet and it's seldom I find the color brown appealing.

Php2,999. Okay na for that price, I guess.

The headphones. (No flash.) They're super duper soft.

It's brown and the band is covered with some faux leather type of material. (With flash.)

On Valentine's Day

I'd double post if I placed everything here, so...

A geeky Valentine's day and Sister's take on the Valentine's day goodies

Dinner at P.F. Chang

To celebrate my sister's academic achievement of being the top 5 of her whole batch, we decided to go out for dinner at Alabang Town Center last Sunday. We saw that P.F. Chang was already open and there were a lot of people lining up at the reception at 4 in the afternoon. We had to try it.

Come 7PM, we had to wait for a while coz they didn't have a table for us, considering that we had them write us a reservation at 4PM. After a good 10 minute wait, we were finally seated and we started ordering.

Menu. Parents had a hard time reading coz the restaurant had dim lighting and the menu was written in small fonts.

Tamarind Iced Tea. Bottomless. They also have Jasmine Iced Tea which sister got but I didn't like the taste.

Roasted Green Tea. By the pot.

Vinegar, soy sauce, chili oil. Mustard, sesame soy, chili. To make a nice dipping sauce, mix the mustard, chili and sesame soy.

Pork Dumplings. Very much like gyoza. Choice of steamed or fried, pork or shrimp.

Egg Rolls with Mustard Dipping Sauce.

Egg roll with mustard.

Sweet and Sour Pork. Tender pork cuts and surprisingly, I didn't see any fat.

Beef with Broccoli. Beef was really tender and the broccoli, crunchy.

P.F. Chang Fried Rice. Choice of plain fried rice or with meat, chicken, beef, pork or combo. Didn't really enjoy this one.

Crunchy Honey Shrimp.

Lo Mien (or something like that). I'm not a fan of noodles so I only tried one noodle to taste. It was good.

Overall, the food was good, however it was on the salty side. Like all that we ate was on the salty side. But I guess that won't stop all the diners from going there. There were so many people and the lines were literally outside the resto. The price was okay.. For all that we ate, bill came to about Php3k++.

After dinner, we went to Powerbooks to try out my new discount card and to buy sister some ill-deserved gifts lol

Sister's.

Sister's.

Sister's.

This one's for me.

Review: Total Blueprint for World Domination

When I first came upon Total Blueprint for World Domination, I initially thought it belonged to the sci-fi genre, something like, "Projects for the Evil Genius". Very far from what the book really is about.

Total Blueprint for World Domination by Jolene Stockman is a teen motivational book that will help teens create a plan for their lives. It lists down ways on how to take control of your life and mold a world unique to you.

I never thought I'd be reading this kind of books again, after so many years (and a lot of self-help books for teens), but I'm glad I decided to read Total Blueprint for World Domination. It's a short book, only 48 pages long (based on my ebook reader) but it says so much to the reader. It also a fun read, given the way it was written: simple and quirky, something its target readers would grasp. The words Jolene used are not hard to understand and I enjoyed reading the anecdotes she shared about her trying times.

After reading, the only thing I thought was that it was good to be reminded about the whole concept of motivation (and avoiding procrastination) in a refreshing way. I don't think anyone's too old to read self-help, motivational books because it gives you another perspective about things you think you've already mastered.

I'd definitely recommend Total Blueprint for World Domination to my teenage cousins (and all the teenagers!) who seem to lack the "oomph" that they need in their lives :)

 Thanks to Jolene Stockman for taking time to contact me and give me a copy of Total Blueprint for World Domination!