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heart·break (n) - overwhelming distress. The absolute worst feeling in the entire world. When one is heartbroken they may actually feel such an intense pain they don't even want to live anymore. 

Going online on Facebook is merely the only way to catch up with my old friends’ lives at the moment. Me being busy and all with work and stuff, I only get to go and meet up with my closest-close friends. Surprisingly though, it caught my attention that almost (well not all of them actually) had their own fair share of failed relationships with the ones we thought were the “ones”. I can clearly remember myself with a friend saying, “Hey they look so cute together! No wonder if one day they will announce their wedding date already!” Then poof ! That 8 year relationship ended with just a snap.

You can never really tell how you are going to end up with someone, same as you cannot  tell how and when a relationship is going to last. I became a witness of my best friend’s once precious 9-year relationship with a guy (yes there is no need for his name to be stated here) and just ended before you can finish saying “cheat your heart out”. Well, did I give away the reason why their relationship ended? Oh, did I really? I’m so sorry for my drastic move there.

Love – I was once a victim of this murderer. Y’all can say that trouble, love’s long lost cousin is in fact a friend of mine. Oh what I would give just to bring back just one yesterday with all those memories. – Yep, NOTHING.

I can still remember those exact feelings of being brokenhearted and I would not spare words just to describe them. Me being single now is a choice and I am happy with it. No muss, no fuss. I know the love of my life is just out there, as what my best friend always tell me, “he’s just caught in a heavy traffic”. The day when we finally will meet, I will be ready. I will stare him straight right in both eyes and say “I knew it was you all along!”

So you know what I would tell all my friends out there? Stay. Single. Just kidding! I want them all to experience the bright side of this ‘thing’ as well. But I want them to guard their hearts. Might as well study it first. Know its depth and limitation. Know the boundary of that love that you can give out to someone without hurting yourself in doing so. Get to know that other heart as well that you plan to give out half of you into. Will he really deserve it? One way or another you will have yourself patched up after a broken heart but you have to know how to get back to the start, to the beginning where none of this had ever existed yet. And learn to fall in love – again. 

#MakeUpTransformation

This trend started when makeup artists posted pictures to present a before and after look. This became hysterical when a number of guys started posting their own version portraying the look of many famous celebrities like Beyonce and Rihanna. Look here

My friends started asking me to do my take on #MakeUpTransformation as Coleen Garcia. At first I was hesitant because 1. I already cut my hair short; 2. I was always busy after my hospital duty to have my make up done and 3. I am not really used to smiling with my teeth showing like Coleen always do. :S

Whenever I open my FB newsfeed, people are always uploading their own version of this craze and so I gathered my guts and had make up essentials ready for this project. With the use of my lazypod, I achieved it without the trouble of having to hold my iPhone every shot. :)

With a little contouring, I really really had to make my cheeks appear smaller.

Then I had to make my brows appear tame.

And... This is my ‘Coleen Garcia’ look.

Besides Facebook, I also posted this on instagram and I was surprised that many people are noticing! They even reposted this picture and tagged Coleen Garcia to it. :)

Lastly, Look who liked my picture! I got so kilig when I saw it this morning!

After watching her act on #Y, I even loved Coleen’s quirkiness when it comes to acting and especially her clothing style.

Get on the rage and upload your own #MakeUpTransformation look! :)

NBA Cafe

I've seen a lot of people posting about this new cafe that seemed to catch a lot of sports-inclined Filipinos and the like. I mean what more a sports lover could ask for? – A basketball museum, high-def TV screens all around you that plays nothing but, yes you guessed it – basketball games and not to mention, good food.

We were walking alongside the line of restaurants at the topmost level of SM Aura when we saw this cafe around the spot, and I was suddenly pulling my friends’ arms saying, “hey, maybe we should try that!”

We went inside and in came the greetings of the waiters welcoming us and this huge restaurant that literally resembles a basketball court!

The cafe is full of televisions; it got me wondering how it would be like during NBA finals! People screaming inside while eating their food and cheering for their favourite NBA teams.

We went there on a Thursday so you can see that there is not a crowd of people swarming around, which gave us the chance to actually roam around the cafe while waiting for our food to be served.

When you look to the left, you have there a view of the outside of the mall (too bad I did not have a picture) that shows how big SM Aura is. A perfect view while you enjoy your cup of coffee on a Sunday morning. :)

The cafe is full of memorabilias: jerseys signed by famous NBA players, basketballs that were actually used in a game and NBA action figures that surely the kids will love. I’m not a fan of NBA really but I enjoyed looking at them.

The waiter that served us was so polite and he even told us in honesty what dishes in the menu are not ‘worth ordering’. We went with safer picks, first we had the Penne that looked soooo delicious with it’s creamy pesto sauce and those awesome pine nuts and sun-dried tomatoes. Yum! Next we asked for Three-Cheese Pizza that is so delish that we even saved some for us to eat for later. After that (with the waiter’s recommendation) we tried the Bacon-Wrapped Hot dogs that came with a bunch of fries that we felt so-american while eating them. But my most favourite is the milkshake! It’s called the 50’s – which basically is just a vanilla ice cream milkshake topped with whipped cream that resembles the taste of a salted caramel milkshake which I so love! I really can’t get enough of it.

Of course I just had to have a picture of myself with this marvelous wall that hanged all of NBA teams’ jerseys to it. I just love all the colors! My friends even tease me that what I was wearing was actually perfect for our day-out which I did not know concerns basketball. :D

As I was saying, I am not into this kind of stuff but I know people will enjoy dining here. I can imagine families that are fans of NBA having their lunch here during finals. That would be like, the best family day ever. :)