A Soul's Cry

Sleep

Oh sleep why is it so hard to achieve you. I’ve been having problems being your friend for a long time now and I think you’re becoming angrier this time. Please, I’m begging you to be my friend and ally. You know I need you for my mind and body to rest for it to be ready for work but I’m really having a hard time sleeping nowadays. I hope I won’t be shaking on my duty tonight.

Mind

Mind, you know how great you are for being the controller of everything but please be reminded that you also need to rest and doing such wouldn’t make you anything less. So please try to shut off for at least 8-10 hours a day so that you can function to your utmost ability during the waking hours. Always remember that the body is relying solely on you and if you breakdown then everything fails. And hope that you always choose to think right thoughts and veer away from the negative.

Body

Body, you are the physical manifestation of my existence here on earth so please be strong and resistant to any health hazard. I know that you’re the front liner to everything and that you’re constantly exposed to different things so please remain sturdy and please cooperate with the mind in trying to get adequate rest and sleep. We still have a long way to go. I’ll be needing you throughout our journey to success. We’ll be having many picture taking moments so be in the best shape at all times and don’t get any skinnier. =)

Pack but not Light

My family from my mother's side had our reunion trip to Hong Kong last August 2010. It was super fun because I got to be out from work for a week and just forgot about stress-inducing things and I just had the time of my life with the company of my family. BF came with us too so what more can I ask for. These are the times when I find life to be extra cheerful and light because I don't get the opportunity to be with them the whole time because they live in Davao while I stay in Makati for my work so I better make the best out of it. Well life just entails sacrifices.

So about the title, I chose it because of the fact that I really don't pack light. It's just too impossible for me or should I say not applicable for me. I don't know why but every time we travel, I seem to have the heaviest luggage. Maybe it's just that I'm afraid that I'll run out of outfits so I tend to bring extra sets because who knows one day you'll pass by a certain road and out of ill luck a motorcycle drives by a pooled water and it gets splashed on to your clothes.blah blah excuses! Okay here goes the photos... I tried to wear laid-back, comfy clothes and flats because I already knew that we'll be doing a lot of walking like a herd of sheep or something because there were 15 of us walking together. Sorry I don't have solo pictures that much so I have to expose BF haha...

At Kowloon Park...

there's something with benches I think it's becoming a common picture taking spot

awakening the child in me

haha! with our favorite accessory: the tripod

this was the herd I was talking about (a jumping herd haha)

that's mickey getting stoked

of course who will ever miss sleeping beauty's castle


now I go silver at the Venetian Hotel, Macau

St. Paul's Ruins

Senado Square

The weather for almost the entire trip was nice because it was not too hot and not yet cold but I think Ocean Park is situated at the sunny part of Hong Kong and with that I was forced to buy a hat. For all you know I have a thing for hats. I'm fascinated with them.
H-O-T

H-O-T air balloon

So while everyone was sporting their comfy travel outfits, I was wearing my bumble bee inspired outfit haha...
Ngong Pin

I had to borrow my mom's scarf because I had to cover my legs while climbing up the stairs. haha!

peace y'all!

Rewind

Forgive me but I have to post more things in this blog so I decided that my next posts will be more on the things that happened to me last year. I should have started blogging way before grrr and now I am full of regret. Well I just feel that my blog wouldn't be that complete without a feature of my life's happenings last year since it was the year that I felt that I was already an adult. Wonder why? I don't know too hehe let's leave it to my own inexplicable reasons. haha

P.S. In my next posts you'll find out how much of a sucker I am for pictures. I just love collecting pictures because I imagine the feeling of the fun and fulfillment it will bring when I get old when I browse on my photos with friends and families and bf of course. It brings back all the good ol' memories.

Fighting the Devil In You

I’ve been living far from home for almost 2 years now. And expectedly, I’ve been through a lot of phases where life’s ups and downs are magnified. There are times when I succumbed myself to loneliness and just leave everything to fate whenever it decides to give me the escape that I need. It was just lately that I realized how wrong my mindset was. I used to fear and worry about almost any challenge. I had so many wishes and wants up to now but the difference is that right now, I know that someday I will make it happen and manifest it into action unlike before when I thought that everything seemed to be far and beyond my reach.

Because I was usually alone, I resorted to reading anything which interests me. Well talking about interest, I don’t need to say that I have a growing pile of fashion magazines in my room. Yes it gave me the ‘temporary’ forgetting that I need. I generally keep myself busy just so to forget that I am away from my loved ones and that my life was a constant bore. Why with the home-work-home-work habit I don’t think I can be able to unwind and rest my mind for a while.

This year I would say that this reading hobby has stepped over a higher notch. I discovered that books weren’t just bound to romantic novels or fantasies. This year I discovered the wonderful library of self-help books. And these books have been helping me cope with life and they opened my eyes and ears to the kind of thinking that I was adopting for like I-can’t-count number of years. Before, when I was depressed or frustrated I will just go to my room and cry my heart out thinking that crying will take all the pain away but right now when I encounter things like this, still I would cry because I can’t help it I’m really so much of a crier but the difference is before I go to my room you’ll find me heading to a bookstore and find another book which I think could remind me again on how to deal with my current situation in the right way or should I say in the right kind of thinking.

Wondering about the title of this post? Well it’s because in one of the books that I’ve read entitled “Battlefield of the Mind”by Joyce Meyer. It said that we are in constant warfare. Our opponent is satan who has gradually been injecting so many lies, hatred, anger and many other negative things in our minds since we were young. And our mind is where the battle takes place that is why ‘the mind is the battlefield’ and we can only win over satan if we fight by thinking positively and by thinking the way that God thinks. God’s word will be our strongest weapon so we must make it to a point that we hear out his message and praise Him and pray to Him every day.

I would like to share with you my magazine collection and also my favorite self-help books. I hope with this post I get to encourage you to read and read no matter what it is that you are interested about because it is the fastest and easiest way to learn things.

On the Contrary

My job and my interests, I realized, are totally in contrast with one another. I wouldn’t elaborate on the kind of job that I have because I’d rather focus on my interests simply because it’s definitely more exciting for me or even for you. But I can leave you guessing about my work. Well the clues are that I work on shifts and I walk a lot if these can suffice. I like glamour and elegance which can never be associated with my work.

The truth is I like fashion though I’m not a full-fledged fashionista because I don’t have the opportunity to dress up most of the time but when I do I really have to wear something not so ordinary and for this I quote: “The only rule is don’t be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in.” – Paris Hilton. I also remember what Kurt said in one of the episodes in Glee: “Every moment of your life is an opportunity for fashion” and he is right. I do believe that dressing up is a powerful self-esteem booster especially when you look in front of the mirror when you’re all made up in your sky-high heels, then you see a totally different, more confident, poised YOU. Isn’t that great? Sometimes you have to spend time on pampering and beautifying yourself. I tell you it’s one of the perfect de-stress practices (or maybe just for me haha!).
"I say splurge on everything when it comes to beauty. It's a good investment for your self esteem/confidence. Treat yourself when it comes to looking good. It's the best thing you can do for yourself." - Denise Go Ochoa (taken from stylebible.ph)

This is a picture of me (and my workmates) on our Christmas party last year. I wanted to be a lil’ bit urban but still girly which explains my heart-printed batwing blouse and my black accessories. Hope you like it. <3>

with my workmates

I kinda did some of my friends' make-up how I wish I was a make-up artist in real life.

Oh yes girls still go camwhoring even inside the comfort room. Well the light suited us well I guess. The other picture is the geeky me flanked by hero and king. hehe

Top photo: I'm with my room mate Darlz who was at this moment talking about how simple her outfit was I guess she was silenced when she received the Star of Night award. haha!
Bottom: I'm with my alter-me Ghie. People say that they mistakenly switch our names because they say we look alike. I don't think we have any resemblance though except that both of us have curly hair. And btw, I got all these pictures from her cam. =)

I'm with Annavie here who said she got tired of wearing heels and so now she moved to wearing flats which explains her comfy shoes. And I had to post some of the pictures with Ayan because both of us were pretending to be the America's Next Top Model's Finalists. haha! crazy much!

[Gifted Oxygen White Hat, Heart Printed Blouse and Bandage Skirt from Pink Manila, Ichigo Shoes, Jean&Rosz and Tomato Accessories]

Constantly Awake

My mind seems to be always hyperactive these days. Neuronal intercourse is making its way to fill my head with so many thoughts and issues that keep me from getting enough sleep. So while I was walking home from work, I realized that I must help my brain decongest before it ruptures. And with decongesting I came up with the decision of putting my thoughts into words, thus, this blog.

I’m not a trained writer or haven’t been any of some sorts before but living far from my comfort zones made me discover some ways for me to cope, and that is writing in my fashionably cute, yellow, journal. I wouldn’t call it a diary for it isn’t something I write on everyday. I just write whenever I feel writing without a particular scope at all. It can be anything like phrases or lines from wise people which I think is applicable with my life. Although, most of the time I write about the important experiences which I feel will be wasted if I won’t be able to document it. Someday, when I age I will browse on my journals and reminisce the past and I hope when that time comes I can say that life isn’t that bad after all. And because of the fact that journals are just notebooks with limited number of pages, I will make this blog as an extension of my journal which I entitled: ‘Me and My Fired up neurons.’

I need not introduce about myself because I know that in my later posts you’ll inch-by-inch discover my interests and things that I am passionate about. Enjoy reading and Happy Valentine’s Day to all!