Amateur

This is my first attempt to post photos that I proudly call my own set of picture-frame-perfect items. I've always been sentimental about little details in everything that I see (reason why I love using the macro setting of my camera). These photos reveal how I perceive things around me and a little insight about the culture and the country that made me who I am.

I found these wonderful native light balls at my bestfriend's house 2 days ago. They bought this set from Boracay Island. The green light is so relaxing.

Their house is near the sea, approximately 3 minutes away by feet. There were several boats on the bay and the seashore was covered with seaweeds.

The kids who came with us (my bestfriend's little brother and cousin) were engrossed in digging on the shore and making their own sand sculptures.

I've been inside the nursing building for 4 years and I have always enjoyed the view everytime I gape outside  its rusted windows. Our school is filled with too many trees that it comes close to looking like a forest rather than a university. But I love it.

 After our review classes, my lovely friend and I took a walk along the busy streets of our city. I don't know, but the vandalism infested walls and sheds just give me that Asian rustic appeal.

And we passed a school that's having its graduation today. This flower vendor patiently waited outside the school gate for customers to buy flowers for the new graduates.

BLOG BREAK

I graduated today but can't really blog much about it now. But tomorrow, I'll be giving you an overdose of my graduation info! But yes, I'm extremely ecstatic. :DDDDDD

Finally Pinned

I really don't have the time to blog lately but I just have to let you guys know that I finally received my beloved pin!

This was during our pinning rehearsal, a night before the big day!

And this is the real deal. I had goosebumps while we were singing our batch song but some did cry. It was an awesome feeling.

And meet my parents!

And my friends

And of course, the proud me!

Next stop: Graduation day! :D

Friday Hurray!

Weekdays finally over! There are a lot of things to be happy about. Before I started my week, I talked about the things that I would really want to happen this week here. As of this Friday, I was only able to do not even half of them. I just don't have that needed time yet. Anyways, even if things didn't go as planned, I still have tons of things to be really, really grateful!

1. Thesis Approved for Hardbound!

I just wanna do some kind of summersault yesterday! We were working with our thesis for almost 2 years and for approximately 6 months, it became like the center of my universe. Yes, it has become more important than my looks, my health and my ego. It's only 2 units, very little compared to my other 8 unit subjects but it ate up a lot of our precious time... So, it's all done! All of our panelists signed for their approval so it's a sure thing no more dreadful nights for editing! <3

2. At least, I was able to eat pasta this week.

It's one of my comfort foods. It's a typical Italian Spaghetti from a local restaurant here in our city.

3. I am definitely enjoying the review!

The reviewers are so awesome! I won't even leave my chair even if my bladder really felt like exploding already. (Okay, I did went  to the restroom for like 3 times) But I always feel that I'll be missing alot of things even if I leave the room for just 3 minutes. Discussions were fast and lively and I was able to appreciate human anatomy better. This sounds boring, but I thought then anatomy was also sooooooo boring (I got a 2.5 on it on my 1st year) but they just presented it differently.

4. Today is salary day!

Aha. I'm not super materialistic but who can go without money? I'm planning to buy one of these, so mama and papa can eat with me:

And here's an addition to my cute friends!

This is Not a Fashionable Post #2

Here we go again to my supposedly fashion-packed post. Everybody, presenting, the clothes I drool to have but would never actually wear!

I like this one because basically, it's pink and I'm a 20 year old adult who likes the "posh"  feel when I'm surrounded with this schoolgirl color.

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How can she look so lovely with just this? But actually, I think the skirt and shoes are pretty cute!

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I really love this kind of look. This is one thing that I always dream wearing. It's like shouting, "I'm a strong woman and capable of just anything"

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And of course, I'm not going to talk about those pretty clothes but this one: 

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Have you ever heard about cartons that bring happiness, love, faith and families together? 

Yes, they're plain boring this way but mind you, in some countries like the Philippines, they have this amazing power that whenever you'll see one, kids go ballistic because of so much excitement and all family members gather as one.

This is not just an ordinary carton. Filipinos call this a "Balikabayan Box". The word "balik" means to come back or to return and "bayan" is country. So in simple language, I mean in English, Balikbyan box is a box returning to the country of it's owner, which in this case, is the Philippines.

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These boxes are most of the time, drastically covered with packing tape and are sent by Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) to their families back home. These boxes contain all the love that they have for their families: several folded clothes, tons of canned goods, bottles of perfumes, lotions, and shampoos, bars of soap, numerous toys and my personal favorite, bags of imported chocolate!

I would like to stress that despite the natural tendency of human beings to value material things, balikbayan boxes are just more than that. Sure, we shout hurrays because we have a new pair of tennis shoes, but based on my own experience (my mom worked abroad for almost 10 years), every time I feel giddy while holding a knife to cut open those boxes, I always, always think of my mother and how she really loves papa and me. Those boxes flew thousands of miles to reach us and my mom despite being lonely and sad in a foreign land, still made sure to fill them with her love.

Wednesday Wanna Happen #2

Majority of my childhood, I was confined inside our house since my parents are a little bit scared to expose their lovely daughter to the public. HAHA. I think I was kinda introvert ever since. Like I just want to play house, build towers with my legos (then cry when someone made a mistake of touching it) and basically talk to myself all day. I was contended with that. I was happy. And maybe part of who I am now stemmed from those numerous alone time I had as a child. It catered my wonderful imagination and created dreams that I'm just too determined to fulfill, until now.

I can't remember the exact reason why this image began to become my inspiration:

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Sometimes, they look like tired turtles who are lost in the middle of a murky pond. (alright, it's a weird metaphor but just look at that woman's backpack and this turtle's "bulging" shell). Now tell me, don't they look the same?

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Okay, so what I'm really trying to say is that I envy that woman and all other backpackers who can just literally carry an extra large backpack with them and set foot to anywhere they wish on the world map. I also want to explore the world or the Philippines as a starting point. I would love the thrill of bringing only 3 shirts and my handpicked underwear. I dream of riding a bus and being excited to reach a foreign place. I dream of talking to the locals; of eating their delicacies; of creating unique friendships; of learning more about life; and of learning more about my own capacity to venture places unknown to me.

I want to feed myself every single day with a good dose of wanderlust (a strong desire for or impulse to hike, wander or travel and explore the world: source) So that when the time has come that my resources and time are enough to secure me a safe and good adventure, I can start to pack my own bag and set foot to anywhere I wish on the world map, like these ones:

Puerto Princesa Underground River

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Chocolate Hills, Bohol

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Bora-Bora

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How about you, what are the places that you really wish to go to?

Crazy/Stupid Habit #1

I'm going to change my Dear Future Me feature in this blog to my  Crazy/Stupid Habits. I don't know if this will sound right right, but yes, I'm going to document all the perks of being a girl with a circus brain, the kind of circus where cannibals and mermaids are the main attractions:

(I don't want to be mean, I'm just trying to show the kind of circus I'm referring)

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This feature is not intended to humiliate my dear self to the blogging world (but maybe it's still going to happen). This is one way for me to really look deeper within my own scope of existence and ponder what's absolutely ruining my awesome life, or maybe, what's making it more awesome.  SO here you go, habit #1:

TARDINESS

If only I know what's the cause of this or if this is a disease or something (I wish the medical world would acknowledge this as a valid diagnosis so I can just write it in my excuse letter: I'm late because my tardiness syndrome attacked me in the middle of a very cold morning while I was comfortably snuggled in my bed.) Life would have been better for me!

Tardiness Syndrome has 3 major signs and symptoms: 

(be sure to recognize each one of these. If present, seek immediate consultation)

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1. Inability to hear the bombastic alarm tone set at the fullest volume. Might be accompanied by the reflex of pressing the snooze button for the nth time (I personally think my cellphone battery gets drain easily because my alarm has to go on and on)

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2. Consistent memory loss or mindlessness over a specific schedule maybe aggravated by a fully-packed to-do list with no ability to check the clock  (time flies too fast, especially to a late comer like me)

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3. Jerky movements exhibited by legs caused by panic, fear and anxiety. Maybe accompanied by sweaty palms, increased heart rate and the repetition of these lines "You're so stupid. I will never be late again.promise.promise.promise.promise.promise.")

There you have it. What about you, any crazy/stupid habits to share? 

Post a comment below or email me! :D

Happy Thoughts

Review starts later!!! So yeah, I haven't thought that I'll be this excited to study nursing but I am! So since my days would be pretty full from now on on, I'm going to delete this blog.

Naaa. Kidding, I'm going to change my schedule of writing my posts, so instead of 11PM (Philipine time and that's 11AM in the US I guess), I'll do it at around 7-8 AM (so yeah, 12 hour difference so that's 7-8PM in US).

I want to start this week with an overflowing positivity! The kind that can punch all the evil spirits who might just be lingering somewhere around me for the the remaining days of the week... I know, there would be plenty of dementor-like entities, it's review time and I'm just extremely scared knowing that I only have 3months to prepare for that big day, my licensure exam!

1.) Pasta!

Food never failed to boost my happy hormones and I'm definitely treating myself some of these within the week! :D

2.) Shower Longer

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I've been running late most of the time so I have to leave shower within 20 minutes! Maybe this week, I'll try to schedule a longer time for this wonderful part of the day just to make sure I'm not forgetting to pamper myself!

3.) Groove often!

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Did I ever mention that I'm such an awesome dancer? (You haven't seen me hide behind my friends when we had to dance for a class requirement) But I'm a magnificent dancer alone, partly because that opinion comes only from me and maybe I just can unleash my inner Shakira-spirit behind closed doors. I've always hated dancing in public but mind you, with curtains down and doors locked, I'm a total dancing diva! I'll be locking my door again within this week just so I can swag all the negative vibes away! swagger me.

4.) Thought Blocking

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In Psychiatric Nursing, I've learned about thought blocking. It's a kind of defense mechanism where you consistently master the art of not thinking anything bad at all, whenever blue thoughts pop out, you MUST smash them with a heavy hammer! I just have to do this. I noticed how over thinking drains majority of my energy that should be reserved for hard work. So yup, no more stressful thinking!