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A promising career awaits this stunner kid. 

I never realized how much of a stress reliever cosmetology can be until I actually got obsessed with it. At first I was just watching tutorial videos,then I started  buying cosmetics to my heart’s content, and next thing I knew I was actually practicing on myself. 

 It all started when we were tasked to perform an Afghan dance in the Asian festival for one of my subjects. I took it as an excuse to research on how to achieve the ‘Arabic eyes’ which is a well defined, smoky cat’s eye. Ate Jael, my pseudo sister, taught me some techniques and also lent me some of her stuff since I didn’t have any (I only started buying when I got really hooked). 

Here is my first attempt in achieving the ‘Arabic eye’ look.And in case you don’t have any idea what it looks like, here you go:

I have typically small oriental eyes and it was rather difficult to come as close as possible to these Arabic women. Their eyes are deep seated and big. 

The first part was applying liquid foundation and primer or base for the eye shadow. I used only one shade for the eye shadow and the rest was eyeliner cream. For this particular look, I used LA Colors glitter eye shadow (which i don’t recommend because of the annoying glitters). The eyeliner cream which did the magic was e.l.f. brand. 

Here’s what it looks like from different angles and lighting. For the lips, I used Avon, which was kinda pink, as base and MaryKay nude lipstick as final coating. And the final result , TADAA!!….

I didn’t use a mascara (I don’t have one) and I could have worn the false lashes except that it was really difficult to apply and i might ruin the whole thing. The picture on the left is a prototype of the look I was trying to achieve. 

Camiguin is a secluded island along the northern tip of Mindanao. It was in 2009 during  a photography class field trip that i finally got to visit the place. We stayed there for 2 days and 1 night, going places and taking photographs. 

It took us almost 8 hours by bus to arrive at the port where a barge was waiting to take us to the island of Camiguin. I think it was around 5am when we finally headed to the island for another 30 minutes. I was asleep the whole time while in the barge because I get seasick , and it was the best thing to do. When I opened my eyes, hello Sunrise ! finally we’re in Camiguin! 

But nothing was faster than how we spent our day. We went to the cold spring (i think they used sulfur water there, but i have no idea what difference it makes), the old Church ruins, the sunken cemetery, the white island , the water falls , and a hot spring. 

Camiguin island is bordered by huge mountain ranges so they have a lot of natural hot springs and cold springs which are frequented by visitors and tourists. For me, the best part of the trip was landing in ‘white island’ which is not exactly an island. It a sandbar which appears when water level goes down and vanishes after some time. The place was perfect, so perfect in fact that any picture you took was of post card quality. The view was a plus. There were mountain ranges everywhere , and nature conspired to bring out its best colors. The sky looked even better against the lush green of the mountains and landscapes.  It was a movie with very good lighting. 

Naturally, I miss the place. Lucky I have photographs to remind me that i was once a sea creature in the waters of Camiguin. 

(This was taken two years ago.It’s not that difficult to tell because I’m still kinda skinny here)

I just received a ‘hate mail’. Well not exactly a ‘hate mail’ but might as well put it that way. It’s a warning letter from QA about my sound quality evaluation. For the first time in my almost 2 years at the company, i got a very very very low score. 

Now i feel bad.  . . really bad … 

Today is Friday

Damn, I didn’t think it was possible for any human being to eat donuts, fries, pizza, and roast chicken in a single day.Gluttony?

Guess I’m not a human at all