OC Me!

Err. My OC-ness is killing me! Well, I just changed a lot on this page. I had a hard time searching for the right blah blah blahsss; from choosing the picture to be tiled on the background, layout settings, boarders and tabs transparency, variety of fonts to be used. And now it's so late. I mean yes, the time. It's totally getting late. I  need to get up early tomorrow for our final coaching!

The title? Yes. I'm a little OC (Obsessive Compulsive). As what my friends always tease me. Because I always tend to pay very much attention to the littlest details. I'm very strict with the things that majority of the people don't even care about. And I hate it why I'm like this!!! Notice how I give emphasis on words or exclamation points. They always come on three. Start checking the "blah..." on my intro. 

Must go to bed now. Tootles. J J J

Feeling Techy

Oh! I finally know how to insert a video here! Yay! HAHA! Super flop lang ng intro ko no? Toink! Anyhooo, here's my "come back" blog after such a long time. Naks! "Come back" talaga? Feeling big time lang? Hehe. Honestly, I've been writing an awesome journal while I was out and not blogging. I was thinking like having this literary piece and have it produced on my own. Para feeling author din ako! Planning of book binding all productions and just have a hundred copies. It's really not that hard and hassle since  I can manage bookbinding, soft and even hard bound. I like crafts; cutting, glue-ing, and all that stuff. :-)

So let me share to you a little spoiler about the awesome journal that I was saying. This spoiling is kinda fun! Hihi. Because it's so narci, and so me! The title would be kate's blah blah blah  (A journal of an author wanna be. Well, it's so good I named it after me!). So how do you like that? I told you it's so narci! Haha. I'm having second thoughts about the title. I'm torn between kate's blah blah blah and kate's super book. 

*Fingers crossed about the journal! Hope procrastination won't eat me! :-(

Fine. Let me get you to this blog. Heard of Techy Romantics? I recently dash accidentally watched them on MYX weeks ago and I was like "oh, they sound good". It's so amazing because they were sharing that they only started out as online band and never expected that their first single would be a hit. They sound so humble and of course I was like "owwww". Here's the official MV of their song Out Of My Mind from their first album Touch.

Enjoy watching! :-)

For sure you noticed those super cute toys. Those are from kidrobot! The MunnyWorld Collection. And they really have great collabs with super artists and super toy brands!!! Excuse if I just obviously sound as a big fan. Cant help myself. Haha!

Techy Romantics and kidrobot didn't pay me for this blog. You think they gotta gimme some bucks for this? Chos! :-)

I changed some stuff around here. My display pic looks really small. So here' s a closer look! :-)

Tootles.

Almost a Boss

Okay. Im’ma tell you about a short story of my “almost-first-job” experience. J J J

Here’s a pic on my 4th day on technical chat support training. It’s so cold in our office so I got the chance to use my “for cold place” clothes: scarves, stockings, and did a lot of layering. Yay! J J J

We were always assigned on nocturnal shift. I really wonder why eye bags go dark when you’re working late night til morning. #justsaying Cool-freaky Science, please explain. J J J

I was on a customer service thingy, where we answer customers’ questions about this little portable USB device that allows you to make calls to United States, Canada, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico for FREE! Much with this product knowledge stuff, let’s now proceed.

I had great times with my co-trainees. Others are younger than me, few are married, and more than half on my batch were fresh graduates from different schools so we got the chance to click since we are on the same age bracket. I saw different personalities, different outlooks in life, and different attitudes towards both negative and positive situations. It’s a new environment for me since it was my first time to “work” for something, for someone, for blah blah blah - I don’t know reasons. I had opportunities/chances/offers to work on a family businesses and stuff but I didn’t dare to chase it. Since I had this mind set to try to step out from someone’s shadow, to do things on my own, to draw my life path, and make a name on my own.

Anyhooo. Here’s the awesome-EST friends I met in the training course! J J J

J J J GO TEAM KATE! J J J 

*Here’s a funny story: One night we all conspired to miss a night of training, for us to bond or let’s just say hang out. We had pizza early that afternoon, enjoyed buffet dinner right after then an idea popped out from nowhere: “Manulod ta?”. Hahaha! Then opinions from here and there were igniting then ended up collaborating. 12 trainees were absent that night. (That’s more or less 30 customers in a moment, so kinda a big deal). The next day, company employees were saying like” Oh. How’s your team building?” (Grin). Others went like “More ice here.” (Smile). “Additional drinks here.” (Evil laugh). I just gave them a smile to make them wonder more about “Seriously? What did they do last night?” And my friends were answering “Team building was great! Now we’re totally bonded”. We were crazy. It was funny. And the experience was superb. J J J

I enjoyed talking a lot with them. We talked about random stuff under the sun. 70% are jokes, 10% are brags/ trash talks/ nonsense/ etc. And of course the 20% goes to discussions about work. I miss. I miss. J J J

Oh! Plus this ghetto pup that always walked around our office. He’s such a cuuutie. I had a lot of pics with him. *I guess I could spend a day talking to a dog.

Our job was fun. I mean, yeah honestly. We get to sit down, type, explain, assist, ask questions if we aren’t sure of something, chit chat with co-trainees, employees, and friends, eat while working, laugh on a joke that we overhear from here and there. It’s a simple life but I chose to take a different path. Fun is way different from happiness. But I was more than happy to meet my new friends; they all know my reason on quitting the job.

Okay. Fine. Just worked on my exit clearance last night. 

Please don't be bothered with the blog title. My co-trainees love me for who I am, they accept the "bossy me" and so we made our own group (all trainees) and named it after me since I gave the idea, that was just a stupid idea and they all bite on that. Haha! And that's the story.

P. S.

"If you are unhappy with your life always remember that you do have a choice." -Anonymous

Mlnw

Ambigram

It's 4am! And I feel like posting something.

For those who don't know what an ambigram is. Here's a definition from www.ambigram.com. "An ambigram is a typographical creation that presents two or more words within the same physical space."

Can't give you straight link to Wikipedia so you could know more about it, cause you know Obama's administration is up with SOPA and PIPA drama. (Won't give an opinion about it for now.) Anyway, check out this ambigram of my first name and my boyfriend's last name.

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kate - dean

See?! How cool is that? Got this from an app on my friend's iphone4. It was funny cause the app gave this good ambigram right after my second try and the app couldn't make an ambigram for the owner's name. Bwahaha! I love you Kim! My friend, Kim also blogs. Click this to view her posts. J

Mlnw.

Hello Coco!

Coco is love. J

Wait. First of all he’s not named after Coco Martin. And second of all you say it as Kowh-Kowh like Coco Chanel. Okay? J So we’re good with that now? But I’m not anti Coco Martin, he’s obviously cute (Literally. I mean he’s “vertically challenged”. Haha!) and lisp! And I find lisp guys cute. Seriously. J

I have a new pup! Yay! J J J

He’s a Christmas gift from my 5 year-old inaanak, Rain. Yeah, from my inaanak. I know it’s totally ironic. And to make things worse, I didn’t give Rain even a single gift last Holiday Season. Reality check: I just graduated and that suggests that I’m broke. Haha! But I gave her gifts during her birthdays. So? Does that sound as a good excuse? J

That’s Yuna! Coco’s sister. I so love her but Rain won’t give her away. L

Let me explain. Last Christmas, Coco and Yuna’s mom was hit by a motorbike and was dead on the spot. Now you get a little about the story. I stand as the concern and loving foster parent. J Plus! A matter of fact when their mom gave birth, Rain and her family already decided to give one for me! They know how much I love puppies.

Coco enjoying his bubble bath!

See how cute he is! J J J I haven’t shopped any of dog stuffs yet because again: I’m broke. Haha! Poor puppy we just used Tresemme shampoo and conditioner for him. That product is not tested for animals but.. we just did! Haha. Coco was safe after the shower. Don’t worry. J

Coco is a mix shih tzu. That means he’s not pure of his breed. He’s 1 month old when I had him. November 9 is his birthday. That’s what Rain’s mom, Ate Ivy told me. He licks my toes a lot and he’s very mischievous. He loves to nibble around our flip flops and my uncle’s shoes. He argues with a ball of yarn(like a cat does) when I don’t feel like playing with him. He’s too playful and sometimes I could not stand his energy.

Will buy a dachshund next month! Yay! J Advance thanks to my bro, Philip!

What do you think will be a good name for a male pup?

Drop some suggestions please!

Mlnw.

I’M LIKE A ZIT WITH A FACE

Okay. I woke up, checked myself in the mirror, then I knew it’s not a good day. Good morning Kate! Hello you zit! I hate you! So, I have this newly popped up zit on my chin that I can’t help but get annoyed with its big size. I’m not over reacting. Swear. When I say it’s big, it’s totally big. Plus, it has another baby pimple on the side. Grr. I remembered an episode of Disney’s Dave the Barbarian. It was a stupid/crazy/hilarious cartoon. Yeah, the type of shows that I grew up with. So Dave’s sister, Candy had a zit which she was dying to get rid of. It was so overly big and the zit could actually talk. It was a exaggerated magical show and it's cartoons. Hello? And their born to be a failure wizard uncle tried to spell the zit out. And he failed as expected. Then tada! The zit came alive! Haha! The twist: Candy and the zit fell inlove with each other. They actually had a very sweet dance scene. Can you imagine? Haha! Hilarious, right? That was an epic zit!

Enough with the stupid love story, how do you take good care of your face?

I started using facial wash when I was in 6^th grade. Yeah, I know it’s kinda early. I had my older sister and cousin that’s why I was like on a rush to grow up! Haha. Pond’s played a big part on my tween life. I tried a lot of their products. From facial wash, foam, scrub to cream. I started Clean & Clear Oil Control Compact Powder when I was in 2^nd year highschool. It wasn’t my choice. My dad always “mis-shopped” Clean & Clear Pore Cleanser to their Compact Powder. It happened like 5 times I guess. I used to list down my needs every week and dad always go shopped all of it. I stopped using the powder in 3^rd year because I realized that my skin wasn’t really the oily type but I always brought along with me Clean & Clear Oil-absorbent Papers. In senior highschool, Pond’s introduced their glitter powder and I loved it. So I regularly used it. Remember their loose powders? There were 3 kinds of it, the glittery blue, blushy pink and the beige one. I think the product was pulled out year 2007. I was an avid user of Clean & Clear Daily Pore Cleanser ever since highschool to college. I admit I was a fan of their products. Click the link to know more of Clean & Clear.

Thank God I have closed pores so I didn’t have much problems with pimples and stuffs. My concern was just little blackheads on my nose. After washing my face I put on Pond’s Daily Cream, the green one. Dirrrty fact: I wash my face only once a day. I’m really not maarte. And I’m kinda lazy. I was fourth year college when I found out that Clean and Clear pulled out my beloved Pore Cleanser. I had difficulty finding the next product to use. I had little red rashes when I used Garnier and so with Olay and St. Ives Apricot Scrub made my skin dry. I was afraid to use other products because my skin reacts to hypoallergenic products. How ironic. Plus! As much as possible I don’t use soap on my face. Yes, I say no to soap. It makes skin dry.

Here’s my beauty regimen:

· Tap water. My derma recommends cold water. She said it’ll keep your skin young. Stop using your heater. Don’t wait for your skin to go aging. J

· St. Ives Apricot Scrub Gentle Care. It suits me best.

· Watsons Nose Strip with Green Tea. I use it like once a month.

· Myra E Moisturizing Cream with SPF 15. A friend told me that St. Ives Moisturizer is good, I wanted to try it out but it doesn’t have any SPF. My derma told me to use sunblock everyday and to apply it 15-20 mins before exposing your skin under the heat of the sun. Let your skin completely absorb the product.

· Johnson and Johnson’s Baby Powder. My derma recommends it. Honestly. J

· Careline Tomato Blush with Vitamin C. It’s cheap and it fits my skin tone very well.

And that’s it! I told you I’m not maarte. Mlnw.

What’s in store for you this 2012?

Hello 2012! Please be friendly with me. Haha. I wonder how my life will run this new year.

Okay. 2012 will be more like finding myself. More reflection time, yes more time alone. Like now, me having my cup of coffee, thinking over a lot of things: where am I going, what stuff to do and the like. I may not appear as a serious person, so hello you I’m the serious Kate and nice to know you. J

Lately I’ve been staring blankly, gazing at nowhere, thinking..

After couple of years analyzing math problems and applying I-don’t-care formulas that you know you won’t use for the daily living, (I curse math. Haha. If you just cursed with me, now I see you smiling.) after memorizing the heck-we-care dates, places, wars and almost every detail in history books, after the laughing out loud moments in awkward P..E. activities, (Haterrr mode.) after hating school and ending up loving who’s in it, what’s in it, what you get in it, and tada! -> FINISHING IT.

After all, say with me: It was a yummy piece of cake. J

Now that I’m done studying and graduating college I need to spend more time to know myself, figure out the things that I’m capable of, weigh situations that favor me more, and of course decide to do what will be good for me. I think I’m done doing the things what people asks me to do, so done doing things what the society dictates me to do. Do I sound like a rebel? I think not. I’m more like an idealist speaking, and that makes a whole lot of difference. Listen. My point is: Stop hypocrisy. Start living YOUR life. Get up. Know yourself. Follow your heart. Do what you love.

I’m done. I enjoyed my coffee and cake. Enjoy yours. J

P.S.

“Do what you love and success will follow”. –Tony Hawk

Mlnw

You’re In Control

I’m in this paradigm where people around me are limited to do what they really want to. They are bounded on things, I mean a lot of things; for fun for adventures, for chances to know more about themselves.

Reality check: You’re in control.

A friend told me that she totally envies me on how I can decide my own and freely speak about me not keeping on “track”. (I hope you get what I’m trying to say here. Haha.) She kept saying how lucky I am to be in an seemingly easy world I’m in and I was like it’s my choice. It has always been a man’s choice to go where he wants to go and do what he wants to do. Autonomy. Govern yourself. It’s your life. Don’t be a puppet on a string. Don’t be afraid. Speak up even if your voice is shaking.

Honestly, I don’t envy the ones who are successful while doing jobs that aren't their field. But I am happy for them. I’m jealous to those who aren’t successful but continuously doing what they love. People who are driven by their passion, working all day and night and not getting tired. Excited to work for tomorrow, to see how things will turn out again. Not bored, not tired, not complaining. Some or shall I say majority, aren’t making much money on it. Maybe, not now. We can’t tell. I may sound impractical and unrealistic, but driving your own ride is more to life than any negative reasons and excuses in the world.

Mlnw.

New Year’s Resolution

Relax. Take a deep breath. There are 366 days this 2012. (2012 is a leap year. It's leap year every other 4 years. Last was 2008, so just add 4 so you know what year is next. #justsaying J). New year’s resolution doesn't require for you to instantly change on the first day of the year. You have days to work on it. Take it easy. You’re in control. Making a list isn't bad. It does motivate you to change to a better you. It’s setting goals and priorities. It’s a process.

Come on! Don’t be lazy. Grab a pen and paper. Make a short list. Now. Remember: Don’t push yourself. Life is simple. Set goals that are sure possible but not too plain boring, add some spice. Challenge yourself. J

So, here's my list:

• Gain some weight.
• Work out a little. Try daw nako mag ka abs. Haha.
• Read and write more.
• Say "please" more often.
• Be soft-spoken. Will try very hard on it. :-/
• Be more lady-like.

*Will add some as I spend the firsts: first Sunday, first Monday, first week, first month, so on. J

Let’s all welcome change and say hello 2012!

Mlnw.

Dolly: Little Miss Sunshine

Dolly: Little Miss Sunshine J J J

Pag naka-smile si Doll, akala mo nakalunon ng kwitis. Why? Because her smile can light up a big room. Naks! Plus! To mention her positive energy that just over empowers any forms of negative vibes. No, she’s not a medium. Haha. J

Dolly walks around with her pretty face, glittery eyes, cute cheek bones, thin red lips. She’s undoubtedly sexy and remarkably smart. You will barely see her wearing a sad face. I don’t think problems penetrate Doll’s brain. I wonder, because she always seems carefree. She’s always cool, harmoniously taking good care of things that she believes she can manage. And I’m always impressed with that incredible attitude. What do you call that? Grace under pressure.

She’s God-fearing and hallelujah to her positive outlook in life. I don’t think Doll has the capacity to get mad. She’s that GOOD. Yeah. Way good. But I’m pretty sure she can make you laugh out loud. Just like Xej, she carries around handful of jokes. She cracks some anytime she feels to. She can also make you cry. She’s a type of friend, who’d force you to open up if she notices that there’s something bugging you. She’s so kulit when it comes to that stuff. And that’s so kind of her. Sweet! She’s a roller coaster conversation maker. Ooh lala. That just rhymed! Haha.

I just saw Dolly 2 weeks ago, and she was wearing a fatigue long-sleeve cardigan, white under shirt, pair of blue jeans, sneakers and a long vintage type necklace with a heart pendant as her bling. And I was like, “you just dress up like Elena Gilbert, the girl in Vampie Diaries”. In second thought, her personality is just like Elena’s: simple yet so amazing, sweet yet so strong.

Dollytot. Everybody’s little miss sunshine. J

Read Dolly’s blogs and know more about her by clicking this.

P.S. You gotta pay me well with these praises Doll. Haha. JOKE.

Mlnw.