the one when there’s a calamity in calmness

Hello… It’s been quite a while… Yet here we are in 2021, still in a raging pandemic… the aftermath of the dumpster fire of a year that was 2020. It was almost a year ago when my nursing unit got turned into the dedicated COVID unit. There was chaos, mayhem and fear at the unknown… […]

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the one where shades of crimson red…

By now you might have noticed how much I love anything korean beauty / kbeauty… especially lip products (since my last blog post was about lipsticks as well). And this time around it was super exciting to finally get a hold of a few lipstick from Korean makeup brands that I have been eyeing for […]

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the one where it was all matte…

Being back home for a few days now make me miss Southeast Asia even more. I didn’t get much in terms of souvenirs (had committed to a pack light mentality) but managed to get a few matte lipsticks from various Asian brands across Manila and Bangkok. It was the perfect little takeaways from both cities… […]

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the one where everything was a melody and an emotion…

It started with a blessing. More aptly an after work brunch adventure with my co-worker Tita Concordia… as with our usual, we looked for a new breakfast spot to try after a tiring twelve hour shift. Our pick was The Benediction by Toast located in a strip mall in City of Industry. I settled with […]

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the one where the words were flowing, thoughts rambling

A little secret that I am about to share… I have actually always been fascinated by radio shows and how someone could have such an engaging and soothing voice. On the radio, its easy to peel away what the bias we usually attribute to what we see… physical and other visual cues doesn’t matter as […]

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the one when the pretty shades made her slightly brave

Yesterday I was going through some of my makeup and realized the sheer amount of lip products that I have. Some have said that it is addictive to purchase lipsticks and the like because it corresponds to a mood, the feeling of the day.

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the one when effort matters, and new beginnings anew…

Recently its been a thing of mine to practice self care… the past few years I have been just letting things pass by and often with very little regard to how it affects me physically, mentally and emotionally. It can be almost be said that I was barely surviving and not thriving. My mom’s passing […]

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the one where she was in line at the Wiltern

It seems like I haven’t posted here in a while… but been more active on my social media accounts. But I am back, sorta…. its more like the experience last Friday night at The Wiltern was so life changing that it made me want to blog again. Lucky enough I managed to snag a ticket […]

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