tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62310381756136124152024-03-14T15:37:40.788+08:00The Good LolitaTheGoodLolitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01665353219441482562noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231038175613612415.post-16980826051295396542012-01-26T15:05:00.000+08:002012-01-26T15:05:40.156+08:00Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. - Steve Jobs<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello Girlies,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes I know that it’s been a while since I’ve blogged. Remember I mentioned that I meant to switch careers? I did and glad that I went for it. Except for the part that it got so stressful and hectic that I barely had time to eat. I became a zombie for a few months that work totally consumed me. But all is good now. I’ve adjusted to my new work and will have more time to blog.:)</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2012 is giving us all a fresh start and we should take advantage of it. Follow your New Year’s Resolution, create a new bucketlist, make new friends, do what you love and start living your life to the fullest. To give you the inspiration you need to start the year right I’m encouraging you to read Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. I just finished the book last night and I felt incredible after. I’m glad Steve Jobs allowed himself to be interviewed and be remembered not just a visionary but as someone who followed his passion and heart. He is crazy brilliant and this book will give you the encouragement that you can make a difference with your life too.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We all love and enjoy using the i-can’t-live-without gadgets such as the ipod, iphone, ipad and etc of Apple products that became a worldwide sensation and changed the universe of computers. I love my iphone and can’t imagine how I managed to live without it before. Hahaha (NO, I AM NOT A SHEEP.) I’m just saying that these gadgets truly changed our internet lives and made it much more entertaining. If you’ve noticed how incredible apple made the iOS easy to navigate and use. Even the 5 yr olds knows how to operate the ipad and play games on it. When I was 5 I just know how to play with my Barbie dolls and change their dresses. Look how different the world is today and I feel lucky to be born in this generation. Okay let’s go back on why I was encouraging you to read this book.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Reasons to give this book a chance:</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>You’d be inspired on how amazing and determined Steve jobs was when it comes to his passion.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>You’d love your apple gadget more once you know the sacrifices he made just to make Apple.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>You’d be surprise on how Steve was with his relationships with other people and how rebellious he can be when it comes to applying the law to himself.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> .</span>How Pixar animation came to be.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span>That it is possible to make your dreams come true.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sure I can write more reasons why you should read this book, But I stopped at 5. This way you’ll also have a chance on exploring the life of Steve Jobs, Apple, and Pixar. It’s entertaining at the same time endearing. Watch and listen to the speech he gave at Stanford. I also posted the speech in case you guys want to read it.</span><br />
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</div><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The first story is about connecting the dots.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-image: initial; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #222222; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #222222;">I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course." My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the $5 deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example:<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #222222;">Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots w</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">ill somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.</span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>My second story is about love and loss.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I was lucky I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation the Macintosh a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down - that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the world’s first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>My third story is about death.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything, all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #222222;">About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.</span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 12.75pt;"><span style="color: #222222;">- Steve Jobs</span></span><br />
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</div>TheGoodLolitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01665353219441482562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231038175613612415.post-57126965727605184682011-07-10T12:31:00.000+08:002011-07-10T12:31:10.911+08:00Morning Glory<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now that the storm is finally over in other words I just got out of a terrible job and I’m soo glad to be out! That job was literally killing the girly in me! I’m on to my next job and I start on Monday. I’m a bit nervous and a lot of things are running in my head. Mostly about my new work, new officemates and new stuffs I wanna buy! Hahaha LOL Last night I was watching Morning Glory with my boyfriend and I didn’t really know what the movie was all about, except it’s about a morning show or something. Haha! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Morning Glory was about Becky Fuller (Rachel McAdams), who took the job of reviving the morning show that ranks last place! (Talk about challenging pressure!) Nobody believes in the show anymore, not the staff, the anchors and the viewers. But Becky took the challenge at the same time juggling her personal relationships. <br />
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I loved the movie maybe because I can totally relate it to my current situation. I was inspired as I watch Becky fighting all odds with her will power. And even though nobody believes in the show anymore, she continues to encourage everyone to believe in it and put their heart in it as well. While watching the movie you can see how she makes sure everything goes well. As she says “First in, Last out.” Hahaha She was a total workaholic! It made me reflect on how our attitude should be towards our work. It’s important to be passionate about it and not stop trying to be good, better and best. I’m just happy that I got accepted for this job, this is what I’ve wanted to try for a long time. I’ll just have to be like Becky then. Try and try and believe in what you do despite the ups and downs. In the end it will all be worth it. <br />
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The movie was fun to watch, Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton was bantering like hell haha You can see how the media people works so hard on putting a good show and the challenges they experience every day. <br />
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Definitely a must watch movie. : ) and yeah, I have to mention the last part of the movie, they played Natasha Bedingfield’s Strip Me Music. <br />
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“I’m only one voice in a million, but you ain’t taking that from me.” <br />
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And yeah, for my new work, I wanted to get a new bag!!! What do you think? Hahaha I just don’t know where to get this bag. I saw this bag from the series Lie to Me. Maybe I’ll find something a similar! hehe <div><br />
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Have you watched the movie already? If so, what do you think? <br />
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Do you have any ideas or suggestion on where to get a similar handbag? Pls share! :D <br />
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Much love, <br />
Lolita</div>TheGoodLolitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01665353219441482562noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231038175613612415.post-52599743994551961552011-07-03T21:03:00.001+08:002011-07-03T22:29:17.845+08:00Blurry WeekThis week was a total blur. Life happened. Everything went by sooo fast and I felt like I couldn’t catch my breath. Whew. I’m glad this week was over. Work days were a total hell for me and I couldn’t wait to leave already! Hehe It was definitely one of the toughest week of my life. It was so dreadful I didn’t even wanna go to work anymore and my moods are going up and down. One minute I’m happy as hell the next moment I’m pissed as hell. Have you ever felt like that? Feeling all suppressed and choked up but couldn’t really explain how you exactly feel? It was like that for me. I didn’t really know the root of the problem I just wish it won’t happen again. Hehe okay I know it’s impossible I just hope it won’t happen so soon again. Haha So that’s a bit of what happened this week. Work was very stressful and at night I just wanna go straight to bed. I haven’t even read for a couple of days already! : ( and it made me sad.. Anyway currently I’m reading the 3rd installment of Mortal Instruments – City of Glass by Cassandra Clare.<br />
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So the first book, City of Bones is about the world of Shadowhunters (demon hunters) and Downworlders ( werewolves, vampires, fairies). Basically the story starts with a girl named Clary. She lived the most normal life with her mother till one day her mother went missing and that’s when she found out little by little how far from normal her life is. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j322/lolita006/256683.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j322/lolita006/256683.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div><br />
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Its genre is fantasy / adventure sorta like Harry Potter. They have their own world, communities, laws and powers! Yeah I’m a big fan of fantasy books. Hihi It was a fast read and I had so much fun reading it. Ever since I finished reading the Harry Potter series I’m out on a search for the next book series that has a similar genre without the childish content and this is it. I am definitely recommending this book. : ) <br />
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Let's go to the vanity part,hehe Last week my skin was sooooo dry. Hell it makes it soo hard to put make up on and my skin didn’t look so fresh. It was because of the stress that I’m experiencing from work. So I went to Laneige to look around their stuffs and came across the Water Bank Care line. The Laneige specialist recommended the Water Bank Cream 2_EX for combination skin. They also have it for oily skin, so don’t worry. Haha It’s their best seller for moisturizing creams. The cream is gel type and it smells so good. So I got one and went home all giddy! </div><div><br />
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This little jar contains a moisturizing cream full of wonders! It really made my skin feel so soft and hydrated. I use it day and night. In the morning I apply the water bank cream first before putting on the dual foundation I got from them as well the Snow Crystal Dual Foundation. For the water bank cream it doesn’t have any SPF in it but I didn’t mind since the dual foundation has SPF 22. Therefore I’m still sun protected! Hehe At night I use this after washing my face with a cleanser and add eye cream. I’m a sucker for skin care stuff. Hehe The most important thing is to religiously use them. I buy a lot of these stuff but I always finish them. :D except of course if it made my skin itchy and blotchy! Hehe </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j322/lolita006/DSC01891.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j322/lolita006/DSC01891.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br />
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So the jar also includes a spatula for hygienic purposes in getting some cream from the jar. : ) I think you should definitely try this. My skin was soo dry these past few days but with this cream it turned things around in less than a week. I’m impressed and would definitely be going back for their other stuff! : ) I’m thinking of getting a new eye cream next hehe <br />
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I am recommending the Mortal Instruments series and Water Bank Cream 2_EX to all the girlies! : ) Let me know if your experience as well! : ) <br />
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</div><div>Then I watched some Korean drama titled <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Miss Ripley</span></b>. Oh<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Lee Dae Hae</span></b> is sooo pretty. : ) I envy her skin. It’s soo white and smooth and her fashion is totally girly. Haha too bad I had to stop watching after the second episode. I still have to download the others. So aside from her flawless skin I like the way she carries herself. It’s obvious that her makeup style is just the natural look and she looks like a doll! ^___^ </div><div><br />
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That’s it for tonight. It’s raining and I wanna stay in bed. Hehe and by the way I’m reading<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> City of Bones by Cassandra Clare</span></b>. I just finished <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I’m in No Mood for Love</span></b> earlier. It’s fun, light and girly. : ) You can give it a try. It’s a quick read. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j322/lolita006/CityofBonescover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j322/lolita006/CityofBonescover.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div><br />
Let me know what you think of Lee Dae Hae, do you adore her as I do? : ) <br />
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And if anybody has read City of Bones, let me know if it’s any good. :)<br />
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Hope to hear from you girlies! <br />
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Much love, <br />
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</div>TheGoodLolitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01665353219441482562noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231038175613612415.post-15126141071938340652011-06-23T18:47:00.000+08:002011-06-23T18:47:03.727+08:00A Good ReadSo today is one of those gloomy days. Not me. I don’t feel gloomy at all. But the weather is. The wind is too strong, strong enough to see a man’s ribcage through his polo shirt when the wind blew on his direction. Hahaha That was a funny visual, I saw it when my friend was dropping me home. And yeah the weather’s cold. So today was just a normal work day. Maybe it was better; I got to hang out with my friend while working. : ) hihihi and got a chance for some girl/life talk in between. I mentioned earlier that I was looking for another book to read and I stumbled across Rachel Gibson’s In No Mood For Love and decided to read a chick lit novel. ^_^ I've read like 89% of the book and so far its good. It’s light and it’s girly. Haha : ) <br />
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I’d like to share the site I love visiting whenever I search for new books to read. It’s <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/">www.goodreads.com</a> </span></b>. It’s very easy to navigate. Just create an account and fill out some online forms for your profile and you can start! You may also upload a photo of you if you like. With this site it’s also like a social networking site except everyone here are book lovers. You can see on their profile what book their currently reading and the status like how many pages have been read by the person. If you’re searching for books, you can also surf the titles, author or isbn of the book and be able to see the ratings and reviews. (This is very helpful in choosing what book to read next especially if you’re a bit picky.) Aside from that I like it that I can put arrange them by shelves like “books that I’ve read”, “books to read”, “currently reading” and so forth. <br />
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This site not only helps you surf for books but also helps you organize the books you like. Authors also have an account here where you can see their interviews and published books. I cannot go on the internet without visiting this website. Hihi : ) I enjoy joining discussion topics and see other people’s opinion on the books that I’ve read. Hehe well that’s all. Haha <br />
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</div><div>Add me up in goodreads if you have an account! Toodles! :p</div>TheGoodLolitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01665353219441482562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231038175613612415.post-76680197417799524132011-06-22T17:55:00.000+08:002011-06-22T17:55:17.320+08:00Answer Me! Quick!<form method="post" action="http://poll.pollcode.com/59je"><table border=0 width=150 bgcolor="EEEEEE" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2><tr><td colspan=2><font face="Arial" size=-1 color="000000"><b>Are you proud to be a Girly Girl?</b></font></td></tr><tr><td width=5><input type=radio name=answer value="1"></td><td><font face="Arial" size=-1 color="000000">YES! I am and I'm not afraid to show it!</font></td></tr><tr><td width=5><input type=radio name=answer value="2"></td><td><font face="Arial" size=-1 color="000000">NO, I don't show it as much as possible</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><center><input type=submit value="Vote"> <input type=submit name=view value="View"></center></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="white" colspan=2 align=right><font face="Arial" size=-2 color="black">pollcode.com <a href=http://pollcode.com/><font color="navy">free polls</font></a></font></td></tr></table></form><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Remember the time when I mentioned that I'm gonna be reading Atonement by Ian McEwan. I’m skipping it for now. I’m along 54% of the book and it always makes me sleepy whenever I start reading. : ( Can someone or anyone who has read the book tell me it gets better? Anyone? Sigh. I feel guilty for leaving it unfinished. : ' (</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">I’m just gonna skip this one and maybe get back to it when I feel like it. My kindle will be the one to bookmark it for me.hihhiihi My kindle’s name is Kyle by the way. : ) I’ll keep you posted on what book I’m gonna read next! ^_^</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Ciao!</div><div class="MsoNormal">Lolita! <3</div>TheGoodLolitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01665353219441482562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231038175613612415.post-31539754379006646632011-06-20T15:16:00.001+08:002011-06-20T18:15:47.285+08:005 Movie Characters that are Embedded in my Heart<div class="MsoNormal">I am one of those girly girl who spends her some of her free time watching movies on my laptop while doing my nails. Talk about multi-tasking! I usually watch any genre but not so much with the sci-fi apocalyptic kind of stuff. (those movies make me go ZzzzZZzzzz.) As much as I enjoy action and rom com movies I do love the drama genre as well. I know I’m a girly girl and I admit I love watching movies with eye candy actors but I still watch movies with interesting plots and always give them a try. Wait I just have to get up and close the windows.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Okay I’m back. The wind is too cold with a bit of drizzle coming in. I’m already wearing a jacket and still feel cold. Hehe So as I was saying, I’ve watch a lot of movies and I would like to share 5 movie characters that I randomly love. I also added trailers! Watch Watch Watch!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>5. Marissa Ventura – Jennifer Lopez in Maid in Manhattan</i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">It’s a romantic comedy about a senator who falls in love with a hotel maid thinking she’s a socialite. It’s like a different version of pretty woman. This movie has all the right ingredients in making a romcom movie. Jennifer Lopez may be a diva in real life but she sure does well in her movie roles. I like how funny she can be at the same time show girl power! In this movie her character, feels that her own fairy tale seems too good to be true. Of course she’s afraid to let her true identity be known by the senator. But in the end, when you love someone, it doesn’t matter what your social standing is. Staying true to your self is enough. <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> Watch this movie and be inspired with girl power! (and I forgot to mention Ralph Fiennes is the senator in this movie. He may be the evil Voldemort in Harry Potter but in this movie he is the white knight!) hihihi</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">This is one of the movies that made him who he is today. Tom Cruise was fun to watch here, he was sooo charming and he completes me. Hihihihi <3</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Jerry Maguire is a sports agent who has it all: A great career, amazing apartment, and a beautiful fiancée. Then the time came when he is experiencing a moral dilemma with his firm and decided to express it. And yes he got fired for it. While his career is on its way down, one athlete decides to believe in him and became his only client. His athlete was Cuba Gooding jr. and is a talented actor as well. The character, Jerry Macguire has a lot of fighting spirit with high hopes in fixing his life and career. With nothing to lose, he gives his all and got the best in life. :)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Yeah, I’m cheesy like that. It’s been 10 years from the first time I saw this movie and my heart still goes on for Jack Dawson. LOL. <3</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">We all know how the story goes on, Boys meet girl. Both are on the opposite sides of social standing. And the ship killed everyone who was against with their relationship. Kidding! Hehe Well for me this movie is a superb epic. James Cameron is an amazing director and while watching the movie I really felt like I was there. This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I watch it every time I see it on cable. Hahaha! And until now I never get tired of it. Of course, Leo is a real cutie and watching his acting chops is worth every penny. I love how he was able to portray himself as someone who lives for simple pleasures and try to live his life to the fullest no matter where he is. : )</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">This movie is so inspiring in so many ways. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Jamal Malik is an ordinary Mumbai teen who joined the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire in his country and actually won. Then he got arrested due to suspicion of cheating. During the interrogation he then shared his life experiences on how he got to where he is and how he got to know the answers. This movie spells H-O-P-E. Yeah, I’m a sucker for movies with hopes and dreams. But that’s what living is all about right? If we don’t have hopes, we don’t dare to dream. If we don’t have dreams, we won’t have the will to live. This movie won 8 Oscars. The Dev Patel you’re gonna be seeing here is totally opposite of his character in Skins (the uk teen series). He made me realize that there are a lot reasons to be thankful for and I encourage you to get a copy of this movie and I guarantee that you’ll never be the same again. <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Jack Sparrow is one of the most hilarious movie characters I have ever watched. Ever since I saw the first installment I became a fan! It’s funny how his eyeliner never smears even though he goes to the water to hide or swim or something. LOL. We should send an email to his make-up artist and ask for tips! Haha </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">So Jack Sparrow is a savvy pirate in search for his ship known as the Black Pearl. I forgot to add his title, its Captain Jack Sparrow. He would have corrected me right away the moment he heard me. Hahaha! So he went searching for a certain pirate who took his ship and met a few frenemies along the way. : )) Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) decided to join Capt. Jack Sparrow’s hunt in order to save his love (Keira Knightley). The movie’s setting will blow you away! They have realistic props and though pirates’ fashion style is the messy look, their costumes look realistic dirty. Ahaha I don’t wish to meet a pirate in real life except for Capt. Jack Sparrow! Hahaha Tickle your funny bone by watching this movie! : )</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">With much love,</div><div class="MsoNormal">Lolita <3</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>TheGoodLolitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01665353219441482562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231038175613612415.post-33772902098909927882011-06-19T18:32:00.001+08:002011-06-19T18:40:19.941+08:00In Brightest Day and Blackest Night<div class="MsoNormal">I was not really a big fan of comic books when I was young but I do love watching them on the big screen especially in 3D now. hihi One of today’s trends are blockbuster movies with awesome CG in 3D! and that makes me uber happy! Haha So this week I went to the theaters to catch The Green Lantern in 3D. Well I’ve been wanting to watch it since Ryan Reynolds was in it. Hihi Talk about eye candy! XD</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">The Guardian of the Universe created a system where each planet has its own chosen Green Lantern Guardian of their sector. Using the green essence power that comes from will power, in other words the will to protect, fight for justice and fearlessness is the main source of their energy power. ( I feel like a girly nerd here trying to speak their lingo Hihi I’m enjoying this ^_^)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Story:<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"> Millions of years ago, a villain known as Parallax was imprisoned in the Lost Sector by Abin Sur the strongest of all the Green Lanterns. Then came the day when Parallax was able to feed on 3 Green Lanterns who got lost in the area and was able to escape! Yes he feeds on fear! Then he attacked other planets and grew stronger each time. (Oh no!) and he went after Abin Sur, injured the purple alien and came crashing in the nearest planet, Earth. (our earth! Hehe) He was dying and needed to find a replacement that would have the exceptional will power to be one of them. The ring went around to earth and chose our pretty boy Hal Jordan. <3 </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Yeah he is pretty, not to mention his hot abs! whew! Haha So he went to the Green Lantern world and got his pretty hot body a customize rubbery suit sort of like his costume. His power is pretty much anything what his mind wants to create in the moment of battle. How cool is that! I wanna have powers like that too, and I wanna have it in pink! Pink ring, Pink lantern, Pink outfit, Pink mask and Pink essence. Haha talk about girl power. Hihihi ^_^ </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately, when Hal Jordan started his training he was having problems in dealing with his own emotions that he couldn’t face his own fear. The other Green Lantern aliens also didn’t really have any faith in him since he was the first human specie ever to be appointed. To stop all the arguing, he quit being a Green Lantern and went back to earth. Meanwhile the government found the body of the purple alien and brought him to their secret lab to make a study. They contacted the weird creepy professor Hector Hammond. (Believe me he is creepy and looks he hasn’t washed his hair for days, if you don’t believe me take a look at the photo!) Then he began to study the purple alien and got inflicted with yellow dna from parallax. Then he transformed into a monster looking guy with a HUGE forehead with bits of hair left on his head. And yeah, despite his creepy looking face he got some awesome powers, he can read your mind and has telekinesis. From then on he follows the instructions he got from parallax the big octopus looking guy on their plan in destroying planet Earth. Hahaha then the fighting begins!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Now you better watch the movie as I don’t want to be a spoiler! I want you to experience the fun eye candy sighting as well! Hihi</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Overall:<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">The visuals were stunning! I didn’t regret watching it in 3D while munching on my barbeque popcorn! Haha it was a fun movie for me. Aside from the eye candy actor and the CG it delivered, I love the message of the movie.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">A lot of negative reviews came out but I watched the movie with an open mind and heart. I was inspired by the character of Hal Jordan. On how he admitted to himself that he was first afraid and fought that fear with the will to carry out his goal. It’s the same with each and every one of us. There will be times when we will be afraid to make a choice, to stand up for our self and face our own fear. But here is the answer now. We simply have to muster up courage for ourselves and have the will to face our fears. We are after all, humans. We make mistakes, we fall down, we cry and in the end we get up and continue fighting for all our future somethings. (Now I’m getting emotional, hihi) and that’s why for me, this movie is a good one. : )</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>The Green Lantern Oath:</b><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil's might, beware my power.... GREEN LANTERN'S LIGHT!</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Rating: 4.5 / 5</b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Yeah I only gave it a 4.5, they didn’t show much of Ryan Reynolds abs! Kidding! Haha It’s because I wanted to movie to be a bit longer. That’s it. Hehe</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Have you watched the movie? </b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>What did you think of it?</b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Did you like Ryan Reynolds as The Green Lantern?</b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Come on Girlies! Let me hear your thoughts by posting your comment! : )</b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><br />
</b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Much love,</b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Lolita</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div>Yes I love Korean skin care and their make up as well since they compliment with my skin. I went to the store feeling giddy like a child in a candy shop! hihi XD So I was browsing the store looking at different stuffs then I asked the make-up technician to help me out with my current dilemma. She took off my make up off using the make-up remover and saw the little pimples and marks in my face. I explained it to her that it’s just due to a great level of stress and said that I want a light foundation that will cover it up and will make my face glow. Then she said that she recommends the <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Snow Crystal Dual Foundation with SPF22 PA+</span></i></b> and tried it on my face. <br />
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I don’t use any foundation on my skin mainly because I don’t like it when my face looks too cakey from the foundation powder. But with this one, it looks so smooth, clear and glowy. I can barely see the foundation on my skin. She also used the concealer that comes with the foundation bottle around the under eye area.<br />
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The make-up technician told me that the foundation is water based with powder particles for the smooth finish together with Vitamin E that keeps the skin healthy, radiant and prevents premature aging. After how many hours, my face still looked fresh and luminescent. My skin was still glowing even though I was already sleepy! Lol. The foundation was applied to my face around 3pm then I took it off around 1am.<br />
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-Lightly shake the container, pump 1-2 times and dispense an appropriate amount of the product to evenly spread from the large area of the face. <br />
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-If you need to add more coverage, reapply the foundation, and for the partial blemishes and spots requiring color correction, lightly cover using the concealer to get ceramic-like skin look. </div><div><br />
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</div><div>What I like more about it, it comes with a matching concealer, and it perfectly covers the small unwanted spots that are usually hard to cover. Skin feels fresh and smooth. Plus it also protects your skin from the sun and outdoor environment with its functional SPF 22 PA. They have plenty of skin shades to choose from. Mine is the Natural Beige 21. And it’s perfect with my skin color. <3 </div><div><br />
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With this experience I’m looking forward to try their skin care. I’m obsessed with skin care! LOL Day and Night I have this routine which I religiously maintain no matter how sleepy I am! And yes it pays off not to be lazy when it comes to taking care of your skin. This is gonna be the beginning of my laneige obsession. Hihihi :D</div><div><br />
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For more product information you may visit their website <a href="http://www.laneige.com/">www.laneige.com</a> . I got some photos from their site as well. : )<br />
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<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Overall Product Rating: 5/5 <3</span></i></b><br />
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<b>Are you familiar with the laneige brand? <br />
Have you tried any of their stuff? Share it to all the girlies! :D <br />
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If you have beauty questions please feel free to ask! XD I’ll do my best to help you out. <br />
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Much love, <br />
Lolita <3 </b><br />
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</div></div>TheGoodLolitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01665353219441482562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231038175613612415.post-80945923958097629952011-06-16T23:37:00.001+08:002011-06-17T00:01:11.130+08:00Starry Eyed Over Lee Min Ho<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Tonight I’ll be introducing you to the uber eye candy Lee Min Ho ssi! ^^ He is a Korean actor who became an overnight sensation ever since the KBS aired Boys Over Flower.<br />
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Boys Over Flower also known as BOF was a huge hit in Asia. It literally created stardom for Lee Min Ho and got plenty of endorsements and tv shows. Here are photos of him so we can both gush at him!^^<br />
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He’s such a cutie right? And he is a total fashionista! His style is mostly casual chic and sometimes see him wearing loafers for his casual outfits. I like it when he wears the bow tie and hat! How cute is that? Lol. I got his details from wiki-d-addicts. See below. <br />
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Name: 이민호 / Lee Min Ho <br />
Profession: Actor <br />
Birthdate: 1987-Jun-22 <br />
Height: 185cm <br />
Weight: 69kg <br />
Star sign: Cancer <br />
Blood type: A <br />
Entertainment Company: Starhaus Entertainment<br />
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<b> If you wanna check out his acting chops you may check his popular shows such as: </b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Boys Over Flowers (2009) </i></b></span><br />
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It’s the Korean version of the popular teen series from Taiwan known as Meteor Garden – F4. It’s about 4 guys who came from prominent families and are the main players in the industry. They grew up together and stayed friends. With endless resources at their disposal they have nothing to do but rule the school, hang out and have a good time. Haha and of course the fun stuff starts when they met a girl who stood up to them and did not tolerate their tyranny in school. Meeting that girl changed their lives forever. <br />
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<b>Main Cast: </b><br />
Koo Hye Sun as Geum Jan Di <br />
Lee Min Ho as Goo Joon Pyo <br />
Kim Hyun Joong as Yoon Ji Hoo<br />
Kim Bum as So Yi Jung <br />
Kim Joon as Song Woo Bin <br />
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<b>Genre:</b> Romance and Comedy <br />
<b>Number of Episodes:</b> 25 <br />
<b>Ratings:</b> 5/5 <br />
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I love Lee Min Ho and totally loved this drama series. I must have watched the series five times last year. LOL. It's sooo cute and I love how the characters blended together and still have their own personality stand out. <br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Personal Preference (2010) </i></span></b><br />
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Personal Preference is about a guy who pretends to be gay just so he could be a roommate of a certain girl which he believes would totally help improving the status of his business. Then the story goes on how their friendship evolved into a romantic one.<br />
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<b>Main Cast </b><br />
Son Ye Jin as Park Kae In <br />
Lee Min Ho as Jeon Jin Ho <br />
Kim Ji Suk as Han Chang Ryul <br />
Wang Ji Hye as Kim In Hee <br />
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<b>Genre:</b> Romance and Comedy<br />
<div><b>Number of Episodes:</b> 16 <br />
<b>Rating:</b> 3/5 <br />
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This show didn’t really make it to my favorite list. Yes Lee Min Ho here is still charming but I just felt like the show’s plot was too simple therefore the storyline was totally stretched. But that’s just me. I still watched the whole series. Min Ho and Son Ye Jin’s on screen chemistry was cute and watchable. <br />
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His current drama series is titled <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">City Hunter</span></i></b>. I downloaded several episodes already and started watching till the second episode since I have to wait for more subtitles. These are the moments when I wish I know the Korean language. I had a Korean tutor last year and studied for 3 months. I was really making a good progress with the lessons but suddenly had to relocate and couldn’t find any Korean tutor. Huhuhu (if you happen to know anyone who’s willing to tutor me, please email me! Hihi) Okay back to his current project, so far I love the series, this time it’s a little of everything such as drama, action comedy and romance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j322/lolita006/korean_drama_city_hunter_poster_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j322/lolita006/korean_drama_city_hunter_poster_1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">Do try watching some of his drama series. You’ll have a superb time eyeing on this cutie! Haha </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>For the Lee Min Ho fans, here’s a treat for you! </i></b></div><b><i>Watch him dance his way to your heart! </i></b><br />
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</div><div>Are you a Lee Min Ho fan like me? <3 </div><div>Which one of his drama series you like best? <3 <br />
And if you happen to love other Korean actors, feel free to share it to all the girlies! :D <br />
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Much love, <br />
Lolita <3 <br />
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</div>TheGoodLolitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01665353219441482562noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231038175613612415.post-81071393638265027102011-06-15T14:12:00.001+08:002011-06-20T09:59:41.168+08:00Voice Within<div class="MsoNormal">Have you ever felt like wanting to do something but it seems like other people are disagreeing with your choice? Well these past few days I have been in a hazy state. I keep rethinking my options again and again. It’s been months and I can’t stop blabbering about it and the worst part is I can’t stop feeling sorry for myself for not doing something about it. It's a constant battle believe me. But things will be different now. Last week something awesome happened and it made me realize that as long as I won’t stand up for myself then no one else will. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Each and every one of us has something that can make our life worth living. And that is the voice within. I am happy to share that I finally took a stand and made a choice. I will stand by it no matter what. (GOD please help me with this. hihihihi) This is it and there’s no turning back. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I couldn't make up my mind on what to wear this morning so I decided to surf the internet and stumbled upon Natasha’s Bedingfield’s Strip Me music video. I already heard this song from her album. Her other songs are as good as this one. But this song is perfect right now. It's like the soundtrack of my current phase! XD</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal">Below is the music video and the lyrics of the song for you to sing along! : )</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">La la la la la la <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Everyday I fight for <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">All my future somethings <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">A thousand little wars <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">I have to choose between <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">I could spend a lifetime <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Earning things that I don't need <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">But that's like chasing rainbows <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">And coming home empty <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">And if you strip me, <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Strip it all away <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">If you strip me, <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">What would you find <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">If you strip me, <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Strip it all away <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Ill be alright <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Take what you want <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Steal my pride <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Build me up <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Or cut me down to size <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Shut me out <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">But I'll just scream <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Im only one voice in a million <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">but you aint taking that from me <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Oh oh no you aint taking that from me x 4 <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">I dont need a microphone, yeah, <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">To say what I been thinking <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">My heart is like a loudspeaker <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Thats always on eleven <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">And if you strip me, <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Strip it all away <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">If you strip me, <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">What would you find <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">If you strip me, <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Strip it all away <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">I'm still the same <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Take what you want <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Steal my pride <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Build me up <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Or cut me down to size <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Shut me out <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">But I'll just scream <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Im only one voice in a million <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">but you aint taking that from me <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Oh oh no you aint taking that from me x 4 <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">'cuz when it all boils down <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">At the end of the day <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">It's what you do and say <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">That makes you who you are <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Makes you think about it, <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Think about it <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Doesn't it <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Sometimes all it takes is one voice <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Take what you want <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Steal my pride <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Build me up <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Or cut me down to size <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Shut me out <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">But I'll just scream <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Im only one voice in a million <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">but you aint taking that from me <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Oh oh no you aint taking that from me x 4</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">This song has inspired me to always remember: Remain true to myself no matter how circumstances bring me down. </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Molding yourself to someone else’s liking won’t do you any good. I know that LIFE has its own way of getting us all tangled up with relationships, work and responsibilities but despite all that we can always make a choice.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Be true to yourself. Love yourself. and Don't be sorry for it.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Here’s one of my favorite quotes:</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. -Judy Garland .</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Thanks for reading girlies!. I feel better now that I’ve said it out loud. (in this case, write.) hihi</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Girlies, if you have any similar experiences, do share! :) Let's inspire the other girlies to be true to themselves forever and always! : )</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">much love,</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">lolita</div>TheGoodLolitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01665353219441482562noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231038175613612415.post-84942037661324435052011-06-14T22:21:00.000+08:002011-06-14T22:21:38.122+08:00Sniff my Scents<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">One of my can’t-live-without beauty essential as a <b><i>girly girl</i></b> is <i>PERFUME</i>. Yes, I am addicted to perfumes. I love going to the beauty and fragrance section in any department stores to check out new scents. Whenever I do, I usually visit Shangri-la Rustans since it’s near to my place, plus they carry a lot of perfumes that are exclusively distributed by them. This perfume whiffing hobby of mine has to <b>stop</b>! LOL XD I spend too much time // <strike>window</strike> // shopping. Hahaha and yeah while writing this post I’m listening to <i>John Mayer</i>’s <i>My Stupid Mouth</i> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">song. Hihihi just sharing. : ) Back to what I was saying, for today's post I wanted to share some of my current fave perfumes. <3</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>Gucci Flora</b></i>’s scent is elegant, spontaneous at the same time natural.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Floral and a little fruity. This scent would mostly appeal to girlies who are into girly scents minus the uber sweet candy smell.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal">It says that <i><b>Gucci Flora</b></i> is a subtle, sophisticated, floral fragrance inspired by princesses from the past, present, and future. (<i>I surely feel like a princess now.<3 hihihihi</i> ) </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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Wear this scent and you’ll be the <b>ENVY</b> of every <i>girly</i>! This scent is sooooo romantic <3 It’s a bit fruity with peony floral that makes the scent refreshingly warm. I love the design of the pink bottle. It’s classy and cute at the same time. I usually wear this scent during late afternoons or night time as it smells much dreamier. <br />
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If you’re curious about the notes for this scent, here they are: pink peony, jasmine, lilac, white tea, pink pepper, lichi, pomegranate, pineapple, apricot, peach, mango, pink musk and sandal tree. <div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></span></span></div>One Word to describe it:<b> FRESH</b>. Reports said that this scent was designed for the Asian market, where lighter, fresher fragrances are the new trend. This scent definitely feels fresh and delicate without losing its power. Overall its gentle, calming, sophisticated and elegant. It’s not sweet or overwhelming. I wear this scent both during daytime and night time. This is also my go to scent whenever I travel. <div><br />
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<b><i>Lanvin Eclat D' Arpege</i></b> reminds me of a beautiful summer day in a floral garden. Light powdery scent with a touch of fruity-floral. I love wearing this scent whenever I go out for dates. It gives off the sweet, charming and friendly vibe. hihihihi XD<br />
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Top notes: Sicilian Lemon Leaves, Green Lilac. </div><div>Heart Notes: Wisteria blossom, Green Tea Leaves, Peach Blossom, Red Peony, Chinese Osmanthus and the Base Notes are: White Cedar of Lebanon, Sweet Musk, and Precious Amber.<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #632035;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br />
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My ultimate fave, the <b><i>Burberry Classic</i></b>. This perfume is hard to find here in the Philippines because it’s not available in most of the department stores anymore. Oh well. Anyway wearing this scent will make you feel warm, elegant and feminine. The scent is a little powdery with a bit of woody and musky plus hints of light vanilla. I actually got this perfume as a present from my aunt and I fell in love with it instantly. When I finished my first bottle I wanted to buy a second one right away. Unfortunately this scent is being distributed to limited countries only.<strike> I think</strike>. Hehe Thank God I have a friend who's into shopping and buys a lot of perfumes whenever she goes abroad. I got her to buy me the biggest bottle! ( Plus its way cheaper) Hihihi XD Overall this scent gives you a warm fuzzy feeling. :D </div><div><br />
And those are my top 5 favorite perfumes.</div><div>. <br />
I’m not done yet, I also have <b>my perfume wishlist</b>! :D<br />
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<b>Wish no. 1 <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></i></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Chance by Chanel</i></span></b></div><div></div><div><br />
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-Fresh scent with a bit of citrus and watery appeal. <br />
<b>Overall Scent:</b> very feminine, subtle and energizing.<br />
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<b>Wish no. 2 </b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dior -Miss Dior Cherie L'eau</span></i></b><br />
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- I love how this smells on my skin.<br />
<b>Overall Scent</b>: Floral, delicate and refreshingly sparkling. <br />
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Drooling right now……. Slurp… sooonnn…. hihihi let me know if there's a certain perfume you've been dying to have but can't find. I can ask my friend if its available. :)<br />
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I'm happy I got to share my favorite perfumes. </div><div>Thanks for reading and rate this post with the stars below! :)</div><div><br />
I’d be interested to know your favorite perfumes as well! Please do share. : ) </div><div><br />
</div><div>With much love,</div><div> Lolita <div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div></div>TheGoodLolitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01665353219441482562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231038175613612415.post-37827313963355869622011-06-13T22:11:00.004+08:002011-06-14T17:30:42.776+08:00Oh Taylor My Heart!<div class="MsoNormal">So this morning, I got up from my bed with a sleepy head and a heavy heart. I ate my usual breakfast and convinced myself to get ready for work. I was feeling a little down on my way to work when I got my ipod out and tuned myself to<b> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Taylor Swift’s Speak Now</span></i></b> album and suddenly found myself in a better mood after a couple of songs. Then it made me realize that her songs never fail to uplift my murky mood. : ) Taylor Swift herself writes her own music. Her songs are mostly about growing up as an average girl in this world full of hopes, dreams, and happily ever afters. But with this album, if I get one word to describe it I would say: Bittersweet. She shared a couple of sad moments in her life such as disappointments, getting her heart broken and getting revenge on boyfriednatchers. Rumors said that some songs from this album like<i> <b>Back to December</b></i> was written about Taylor Lautner, <i><b>Dear John</b></i> on how John Mayer crushed her heart then sent her home crying, and <i><b>Better than Revenge</b></i> was about Camilla Belle stealing Joe Jonas. I dunno if it’s true though.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">1. Mine</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">2. Sparks Fly</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">3. Back to December</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">4. Speak Now</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">5. Dear John</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">6. Mean</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">7. The Story of Us</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">8. Never Grow Up</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">9. Enchanted</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">10. Better Than Revenge</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">11. Innocent</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">12. Haunted</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">13. Last kiss</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">14. Long Live</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">I love the whole album coz I can totally relate to her songs, but here are a few favorites that I can’t stop listening to. : ) Click the youtube video link to listen.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Fave 1. Enchanted - it’s like putting love at first sight into words <3</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/oU6PlM81vp8?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Fave 2. Sparks Fly – feeling all the rush and sparks whenever you see the person you love.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/plFVS5nZSns?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Fave 3. Story of Us – it’s about a couple who was once very in love but grew apart because of misunderstandings and the girl not knowing how to act around him at the same time wants to tell him how she feels.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Fave 4. Never Grow Up – is about how a mother feels about her baby growing up so fast. </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Fave 5. Better than Revenge – about how some girl stole her boyfriend.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Her lyrics are amazing, they come from the heart and I can feel her deepest sentiment. I admire Taylor for telling us that it’s okay to live in this world full of hopes, chase our dreams and love with all our hearts no matter what happens. And because of that………………….</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Taylor Swift will be our first Girly Star! :) </i></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">She writes awesome songs, rocks on stage, belts out the right tunes, she loves girly dresses, anything sparkly, ribbon headbands and anything cute and mismatched! <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> She is totally <i>girly</i>! </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>Love Taylor? Hate Taylor? </b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><i>Lemme know what you think of her at the comment box below. Thanks Girlies! </i><3</div>TheGoodLolitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01665353219441482562noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231038175613612415.post-70226812901930787232011-06-12T14:51:00.006+08:002011-06-12T22:57:17.190+08:00Black Heads Be Gone!<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Today’s Beauty Mission: Eliminate Black Heads from our Precious Nose.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><br />
</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">For this mission let’s welcome</span> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Etude House’s Black Head – Final Kit</span></b>. <span class="apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">This set consists of a Blackhead Remover & a Pore Tightening Cream</span>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Etude House is a popular Korean brand known for its quality and affordable price. For those who worry about the tiny dot dot dot on your nose simply purchase this kit for only <b>PHP 798.00</b> at Etude House store in SM malls. Read on and this just might be your HG for eliminating black heads. To start off, this kit contains a “secret” ingredient that softens the clogged pores and allows it to come out with a slight squeeze. If you ask me what secret ingredient they use, idk as well. Hihihi but I do know that it works!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now here are the things we need:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">1. Black Head Remover Solution (60ml)</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">2. Black Head Smoothing Cream / Pore Tightening Cream (15ml)</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">3. Black Head Remover Double Head (the silver metal thingy with 2 ends.)</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">4. Cotton</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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<o:p><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Procedure: </span></b></o:p></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Step 1: Wash your face with facial cleanser first and pat dry. </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Step 2: Dispense the Black Head Remover to the cotton. Now make sure not to use too much cotton since we need to leave/ adhere the cotton on our nose, up to the side areas where there are black and white heads as well. If you use too much cotton, the solution in the cotton will dry up quickly instead of being absorbed by your skin.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Step 3: Remove the cotton after 20 minutes.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Step 4: Use the metal remover to squeeze the black and white heads out area by area at your own pace.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Step 5: After step 4, apply the Black head Smoothing Cream to the nose until it’s fully absorbed by the skin.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Aftermath:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Don’t panic, I know you look like you have Rudolph’s red nose on. But its normal since the skin was being pushed or squeezed with the metal remover. The redness would lighten as hours go by so I suggest on doing this on weekends, so no one can see you with the red nose. Hahaha XD</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">With my experience, some of the black heads didn’t pop out as much as the others did so I had to use the metal remover to squeeze them out. When I did, they came out smoothly and effortlessly. Pain would still be pretty much there but far less painful than squeezing them out without the solution. </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">To rate this product I would say its 4 out of 5. I hope this review helps with your case. Let me know what you think of this entry :)</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Here’s the link of Etude House if you wanna check out their store branches. I bought mine at SM Megamall. <a href="http://etudehouse.ph/slist.aspx">http://etudehouse.ph/slist.aspx</a><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b>From now on kiss your blackheads goodbye! </b></div>TheGoodLolitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01665353219441482562noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231038175613612415.post-80920338690486187132011-06-11T14:37:00.002+08:002011-06-12T23:01:12.474+08:00Book Club Mission, Hangover 2 and Atonement<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal">Right now my head still hurts from lack of sleep but here I am in front of my computer wanting to share to you what’s happening with me while nibbling on Ruffles Sour Cream and Onion. yummm. :D</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">So yesterday at work while I was IM-ing my boyfriend about book stuffs and telling him how I wanted to start my own book club. I was all giggly in my office cubicle with the idea and scenarios popping in my mind such as discussing about our currently-reading book and group meetings from time to time. Then my boyfriend said I should do it and start a book club forum where I can easily invite my friends and meet the group once a month. And I was sold with the idea! Yey! <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> yes, lucky me that my boyfriend is totally supportive of my crazy stories of wants, wants and wants-to-do-this and that and so forth. So after that I got so excited that I asked a few of my friends if they are interested in joining my little book club that I’ll be starting and 4 of my friends said <b>YES</b>. (This totally encouraged me.<span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span>) But I’m aware that I’ll need to invite more. hihihi</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">To start a book club checklist:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><b>1.</b></span><b>One must have a book club name.</b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">-I’m choosing between <b>The Book Biters (TBB)</b> or <b>The Book Fever (TBF)</b>. I haven’t fully decided yet. But that’s all I’ve got right now.</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><b>2.</b></span><b>One must chose a good free forum site to start on.</b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">-As for the Forum site, I’ll be needing to read more about running a forum and stuffs, I have no idea how and it seems I’m reading a different language as I totally don’t understand the script forum lingo. Ugh.</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><b> 3.</b></span><b>I haven’t gotten to the part where I add more to this checklist.</b> </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle">-(sorry) XD – I’ll add more to the list soon.</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">That’s it for the Book Club Part. <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> As for last night, my friends and I went to the movies to watch <b>Hangover 2.</b> And I have to say that even in those dirty clothes and unkempt look Bradley Cooper stills looks <i>HOT</i>. (drooool…) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j322/lolita006/the-hangover-2-poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j322/lolita006/the-hangover-2-poster.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>YES</i> I’m totally gushing but now I’m stopping. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">The movie has the same plot with the first one except they’re in Bangkok instead of Las Vegas and this time attending the 2<sup>nd</sup> marriage of Stu the dentist with the tattoo. Since Allan is the brother in law of Doug (Justin Bartha), his wife is pleading to take Allan to the wedding. Once the wolfpack gang went to Bangkok crazy shit has been happening to them again. Haha! and yeah Mr.Chow was there too! Adding more fun disasters to the wolfpack. You should go and watch the movie yourself. Though the first installment had more happenings than the second one, it’s still a good movie and I found myself laughing almost the entire time. <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal">And Lastly I’d like to show you what I’m currently reading now. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">The movie had 7 Golden Globe Nominations and also the lead the nomination count last 2008. This is where I first noticed James McAvoy and find him really charming with his accent. hihi I loved the movie when I saw it 3 years ago and now I decided to read the book version.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</i></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Atonement</i> by Ian McEwan</b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"> I’ll keep ya posted. :) bye!</div></div>TheGoodLolitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01665353219441482562noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231038175613612415.post-49915876104536932302011-06-09T23:59:00.000+08:002011-06-09T23:59:51.278+08:00The Beginning of my Endless Thoughts<div class="MsoNormal">Hi, I'm Lolita. This blogging thing seems all new to me. I can’t even get the design layout right. LOL. When I have more time Imma give this site a makeover. : )</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I’ve thought about what to blog/rant/share and it occurred to me that I can just post on random stuff that mostly got my attention or simply liked such as books that I’m currently reading, make-up stuff, hair color trends, clothes & shoooooes, oh-so-drool worthy shiny sparkling jewelries, celebrity crushes, movies and the constant rants and superb moments in my life. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Now it all started like this, at first I couldn’t get over the 2<sup>nd</sup> installment of the Shopaholic series which is Shopaholic takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Becky Bloomwood was crazy hilarious and somehow there are moments when I can actually relate to how she feels towards SALE and impulse buying. It’s funny how she always expects news related to winning-something in every letter and phone call she gets despite of her ongoing debts. Yeah that’s just Becky, she shops till she drops. Haha okay I’ll go continue on how the idea of blogging came. After finishing the book, I kept browsing on goodreads.com for the next book to read. After an hour or so of browsing, reading book reviews and adding them one by one to my to-read-list, I mentioned to my boyfriend how cool it would be if my actual day job is a book reviewer. I mean I take pleasure in reading and sharing it to my friends after. Then he suggested on starting a blog where I can write book reviews or just post about random stuff. I was feeling a little timid at first then I decided I wanna give it a try. Its something I can pour my thoughts in without actually making someone's ears bleed for a change. haha<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">So this is my first blog post. Be nice and bear with me.<span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> I’m a bit sleepy now and all I can think of right now is my bed, what book to read till I can’t open my eyes and the upcoming iphone. I get all giddy whenever I hear the word iphone. <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> hihihi.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Goodnight. <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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