Saturday, September 21, 2013
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Back to Black (Almost)
One of the best feelings in the world is getting out of the hair salon satisfied. Very rarely in my lifetime have I experienced that and one of those glorious moments was last night.
Just like any other subject matter, it took me forever to decide on what hairstyle or hair color to get. I decided on getting a shoulder length haircut for a change. My favorite hairstylist disapprove, though. She said long hair suits me better.
We came to a compromise on the hair color. She said I should go for Ash Blonde, but based on experience, light colors really do not suit a tan like me. I prefer a darker shade. So she came up with a darker color but it reflects a light shade under the sun. I loved it a lot! Not so very "balat ng mais" like my hair before and not so very plain as black. I think I'm gonna keep this color for a while. :)
Yeah this picture has an awkward angle. But this one shows the new hair color the best. Haha. Today my brother challenged me if I could take a #selfie shot using a DSLR camera. My wrist still hurts as of this writing. DSLR cameras are too big and too heavy for a #selfie. And contrary to a standard #selfie shot, no auto-filter to redeem a badly taken shot.
Luckily, Nikon D5100 has a swivel LCD camera. Here's a picture of me via webcamtoy.com taking a picture of me:
And here's the best photo I got from the #selfies:
Yeah. It's not for me. Hahaha.
Just like any other subject matter, it took me forever to decide on what hairstyle or hair color to get. I decided on getting a shoulder length haircut for a change. My favorite hairstylist disapprove, though. She said long hair suits me better.
We came to a compromise on the hair color. She said I should go for Ash Blonde, but based on experience, light colors really do not suit a tan like me. I prefer a darker shade. So she came up with a darker color but it reflects a light shade under the sun. I loved it a lot! Not so very "balat ng mais" like my hair before and not so very plain as black. I think I'm gonna keep this color for a while. :)
Luckily, Nikon D5100 has a swivel LCD camera. Here's a picture of me via webcamtoy.com taking a picture of me:
And here's the best photo I got from the #selfies:
Yeah. It's not for me. Hahaha.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Facing my fears
"Conquer your fears," my officemate teasing me during our team's after-office meeting for an upcoming event. This same girl described me as "too quiet," the reason why guys do not approach me. In my defense though, I think whoever that person who would un-quiet me, would be the person I'm meant to be with.
Or maybe I'm meant to be forever alone.
Anyways, this blog post isn't about me pondering on the "Isolation VS. Intimacy" stage from Erikson's theory. This is about how I dislike social interactions. If I could just talk with one person my whole life, I probably would. But no, I share the world with millions of people. It's not that I don't like people, it's just that if I know I don't have to talk to them and fake my interest in whatever topic they want to converse in, I won't. This, I believe, is how my relationship with people fall apart.
Today, I read a very interesting article on the internet. I arrived at work feeling depressed again. But mind you, this is the first this week. I am unusually creative the past few days that today, I feel so drained of ideas. That's why I decided to Google "How to visualize ideas". And I landed on an article about a guy who was paid by a website to totally drift away from the internet for one year. Interestingly, at the end of the article, he realized that the internet doesn't ruin relationships. It's people who let relationships get broken.
Going back to what this post is about, I decided to face my fears. Usually, I would back out of the task of talking with the media during events. My concerned superior asked me, "Are you sure you want this task?" I am not sure if I want it, but the heck, I'll do it anyways!
I wish myself luck. I'm gonna need a lot. Hopefully, this will be a start of the enhancement of my PR skills. Hopefully.
Or maybe I'm meant to be forever alone.
Anyways, this blog post isn't about me pondering on the "Isolation VS. Intimacy" stage from Erikson's theory. This is about how I dislike social interactions. If I could just talk with one person my whole life, I probably would. But no, I share the world with millions of people. It's not that I don't like people, it's just that if I know I don't have to talk to them and fake my interest in whatever topic they want to converse in, I won't. This, I believe, is how my relationship with people fall apart.
Today, I read a very interesting article on the internet. I arrived at work feeling depressed again. But mind you, this is the first this week. I am unusually creative the past few days that today, I feel so drained of ideas. That's why I decided to Google "How to visualize ideas". And I landed on an article about a guy who was paid by a website to totally drift away from the internet for one year. Interestingly, at the end of the article, he realized that the internet doesn't ruin relationships. It's people who let relationships get broken.
Going back to what this post is about, I decided to face my fears. Usually, I would back out of the task of talking with the media during events. My concerned superior asked me, "Are you sure you want this task?" I am not sure if I want it, but the heck, I'll do it anyways!
I wish myself luck. I'm gonna need a lot. Hopefully, this will be a start of the enhancement of my PR skills. Hopefully.
Monday, September 2, 2013
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Grateful
I have never felt knee-shaking scared my whole life until last night. My family and I was supposedly going downtown to have dinner; my parents and brother to go grocery-shopping and I to meet some friends. Pero, I don't know how it happened, bigla nalang kaming tinamad to go out. My mom was locking the door when she suddenly saw a huge fire in our backyard.
She called on my dad who was locking our gates. My dad saw the fire, too, he called on the neighbors for help. The neighbors thought he was drunk so it took a while before the neighbors came out to see what's really going on. Some brave men went inside our house, grabbed some pails, and tried to kill the fire. Unfortunately, the fire was already too big for that.
I was shaking when I first saw the fire. I didn't know that it was that overwhelming. My mom was already too frantic. Some of our neighbors even added to her panic, "Get what you could save!" "Where are your children?" "That house will explode anytime soon!" She appeared like she would lose it anytime soon.
Thank God, my brother and I took after my dad's level-headedness. Some people took it as passiveness, but we're just really the calm in the storm. That time, I was ready to lose everything. I even got out of the house barefooted.
But my family is really blessed. That didn't happen. After about 20 minutes, the firemen came to the rescue. Except for the wall in the corner of our fences, everything is in good shape. And oh, the faucet in our garage was intentionally broken for water to flow easily.
The abandoned houses beside ours was burned down before rescue came. I am just also thankful that despite losing the houses, none in the neighborhood was hurt. Also, my family is safe and alive. I do not want to think of the worst that could happen, had we not seen the fire earlier. I believe someone out there is really looking after our safety. I feel a little bit shaken and startled after what happened, but my heart is really grateful.
She called on my dad who was locking our gates. My dad saw the fire, too, he called on the neighbors for help. The neighbors thought he was drunk so it took a while before the neighbors came out to see what's really going on. Some brave men went inside our house, grabbed some pails, and tried to kill the fire. Unfortunately, the fire was already too big for that.
I was shaking when I first saw the fire. I didn't know that it was that overwhelming. My mom was already too frantic. Some of our neighbors even added to her panic, "Get what you could save!" "Where are your children?" "That house will explode anytime soon!" She appeared like she would lose it anytime soon.
Thank God, my brother and I took after my dad's level-headedness. Some people took it as passiveness, but we're just really the calm in the storm. That time, I was ready to lose everything. I even got out of the house barefooted.
But my family is really blessed. That didn't happen. After about 20 minutes, the firemen came to the rescue. Except for the wall in the corner of our fences, everything is in good shape. And oh, the faucet in our garage was intentionally broken for water to flow easily.
The abandoned houses beside ours was burned down before rescue came. I am just also thankful that despite losing the houses, none in the neighborhood was hurt. Also, my family is safe and alive. I do not want to think of the worst that could happen, had we not seen the fire earlier. I believe someone out there is really looking after our safety. I feel a little bit shaken and startled after what happened, but my heart is really grateful.
This guy is probably worth it.
This guy took his girlfriend to her first ever roller coaster ride. She's 23.
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