I waited for a month for me to get a hold of this since it is always out of stock. It’s definitely worth the wait though. :D I bought this from a local online seller and it saved me a lot of money! If I bought this in the mall, it would have cost me 14,000 – 16, 000 Php (about $325 – $372 USD), but I only bought this for 9,700 Php (about $225 USD). It’s a pretty good deal, right?

It doesn’t include a memory card and a case, but it’s no big deal. I can just buy those. :D There is also a user manual which I forgot to include in the photo.

It’s smaller than my hand and it just fits in my pocket. I won’t put it in there though because I tend to be careless. I initially wanted the Powershot A3200, which costs less, but I realized I loved the features of the IXUS 220 HS more, as well as its image quality.

It’s even smaller than my phone, though it’s slightly thicker. Here are some sample shots I took:

I wouldn’t be able to achieve this with our old camera.

I am really happy with my new camera. I can now take HQ photos and even videos, and some creative filters, and other effects. YAY!!

I’ve always been fond of taking pictures of nature and having macro shots, but the camera just can’t do justice to its beauty. We went to a province, named Dalaguete to visit a few relatives. I must say the life we live and the life we live are worlds apart. It’s much simpler and peaceful there, not to mention less pollution. :P They don’t have the complications of living in a city, which is quite annoying to me and makes me wish that I live there for a week. LOL.

We had to walk a long walk and climb in order to get to our relative’s house. It was hard because our slippers were wet and slippery. I actually had to grab a tree’s stems in order to avoid myself from slipping. But it was worth it, because as they say, “The harder the climb, the better the view”.

This is where they wash their clothes and take a bath. For a moment, I thought it was dirty but when we got closer, I stood corrected. We even took a bath there and it was enjoyable. It was hard to fight the current but it was fun playing along with it. The rocks made our bath taking session less enjoyable.

The happy people inspite of the scorching heat of the sun. Haha. I can definitely say that we enjoyed the trip especially my younger brothers and cousins.

I wish I could just sit there till sunset, thinking of everything that has happened in slow motion, weighing every little thing just to make the right decision. Sometimes, all we need in life is a little bit of a pause. It will do wonders, trust me.

I arrived at my friend’s house late, as usual, but the models arrived later compared to me. LOL. I arranged everything before the shoot started. And that’s what the workplace looked like 30 minutes later. Haha.

Our female model. Isn’t she pretty? :P One thing I like about her face is that she has a pair of naturally arched brows so it wasn’t so difficult primping her up. While I was doing the makeup, our photographer helped me curl her hair to save time since our male model has a different agenda in the afternoon. Talk about being famous and in demand. LOL!

One thing I can say with this shoot is that the people involved are versatile. It’s not everyday that a photographer can do the model’s hair. :P Our models can make cute and sexy looks in one shoot. Yes, they transformed from cute to sexy, like what our photographer wanted, which is kind of funny, for me. :P

Me, doing the sexy look of the model. :P

I’ve been known since we were still studying that I’d stop whatever I’m doing to pose and smile at the camera when it’s pointed to my direction. LOL. This is one proof of it. Want to see the awesome shots?

We didn’t do it on purpose, but it so happen that at that time, Harry Potter 7 Part 2 movie is about to be released. :P J.K. Rowling should pay us for advertising her stuff! HAHA. Not that she needs it anyway. (I still can’t get over Harry Potter and I’ve been loving it since I read Book 2. Crazy shipper of Harry/Ginny here and proud of it!)

The models are actually real life couple. Cute, I know. :P And did I mention that the female model and the photographer are two of my closest friends in College? They’re extremely talented! Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. Friends of the same feather, flock together. HAHA! Kidding!

I really enjoyed the shoot and I hope I could do more shoots in the future.

Organizers/Directors/Stylists: Clarraine Tonog and Yours Truly
Models: Jen Curativo and John Vega
Hairstylists: Clarraine Tonog and Yours Truly
Make Up: Yours Truly :P
Photographer: Clarraine Tonog
Wardrobe: Clarraine's Older Sister and Yours Truly

And that’s me after the shoot. Tired as hell but fulfilled. :P Clarraine actually treated us some ice cream and bread after the successful day. YAY!

I’m sorry for the sort of pic spam post. I hope you enjoyed this post too. If you want to see more of the official photos, just contact me and I’ll give you the link of my friend’s album.

PS: I really do fervently hope that I could update this blog regularly. I missed blogging sooooo much, but I just barely have the time! Rawrbie is already 2 years old, btw. I renewed her before her birthday, August 17. :P

This is what we look like when our trainer is teaching. Everyone is so participative and eager to learn. She’s not exactly teaching in this picture, but she’s saying something about work, I guess. I didn’t really catch it since I was busy doing my thing: taking pictures. Oops.

We weren’t at all close when the training started, but we eventually knew and got acquainted with each other during the second half of the training. The get together that we had on our last day sort of made us sad because it’ll probably the last time we’ll be together. I didn’t see any of them as my competitors, but as friends.

This is the main menu of the iPhone app that we made. I was quite shaky at first since I was picked as a team leader, but we were able to finish our project in time. We had the cutest UI among all the groups. LOL. Whether I’d be picked for hiring or not, I’m glad I was able to experience this training on mobile programming. I’ll definitely continue learning more about mobile programming. We also had Android programming, but sadly, I wasn’t able to take photos of what we made.

On another topic, I went to get my overdue yearbook picture. My classmates told me I look like Gladys Reyes, a local celebrity here in our country. Haha. I really couldn’t tell the similarities, can you? I still think this picture is way edited. My face looks ghastly white! It’s a good picture of me though, since they didn’t alter my image that much. XD

Guess what? I found a new love, and surprisingly, it’s makeup! Haha. I want to be a freelance web designer/developer, and along with that, I want to be a freelance makeup artist. LMAO! I’m still getting the hang of makeup, the basics and whatnot. Personally, I don’t wear makeup wherever, except for special occasions. I just love how it can transform a person’s face and enhance their features.

Do my plans sound farfetch? LOL.

I’ve always had a crazy imagination which is probably one of the reasons why I’m paranoid over nonsense things. Hehe. Thinking of the past makes me remember my dream as a kid. I wanted to be a medical student and get to wear uniforms like these: http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/categories/Scrubs/ I thought it’s really cool to wear medical scrubs. One thing that attracted me was the color white that doctors wear. XD

As I grew older, I realized that white is a disastrous uniform for me as I’m not very careful and whatnot. LOL. I also have gotten acquainted with computers which changed the route of my life. XD It’s just now that I realize that dreams, and even people, do change over time without you knowing it.

And that’s the reason why I’m here, why I want to work as an IT professional. I have other dreams aside from having a stable job. I want to be an all-purpose person. Haha.

I’ve blogged about my graduation in my previous post but didn’t include pictures, so here are they. XD

The guy in the background is also one of my close friends. He doesn’t like his picture taken and he happened to find my blog and reads my posts, but never comments. LOL.

These are the people that made my College life significant. Without them, it would have been different. We’ve been through different challenges and situations. I guess those really kept us in tact.

I have very few guy friends, but he’s one of my closest. He’s one of the very few who kept on encouraging me especially during my pre-graduation difficulties. I’m so glad I have a friend like him. He also gave me a sweet message on our retreat which triggered my to cry. *sniff sniff* Neil, I hate you! LOL JK :P

The one in the right is my boyfriend. I can tell he was really happy for me that time. He was always there for me since we knew each other. We’ve had a few fights, even the petty ones, but we’re still together. We’re each other’s first.

We went to Chikaan, a Filipino Cuisine in our country, after my graduation and took pictures before we had our orders served. XD This is the only complete family picture I could find out of the whole bunch. :P I’m really happy my father was with us during this special moment.

We had our Nihongo classes and our teacher decided to have a Japanese fine dining to complete the course. I’m not used to Japanese food so I didn’t really enjoy the food, but I do like the sushi and tempura. Too bad they don’t have ramen; it’s my favorite. My boyfriend and I go to a Japanese restaurant when we’re in the mood.

To end this post, I’ll leave you with more happy pictures.

This is a really candid picture(notice how no one is looking at the camera? ) and we couldn’t remember why we’re laughing at that time. We look really happy here, don’t we?

Our guy classmates who keep the room busy and noisy. LOL. I don’t know the meaning behind their #1 pose. Maybe they’re imitating our “peace sign” pose and didn’t want to look too cute or girly. Haha. It’s a shame our awesome teacher, Sir Lavs wasn’t present in this photo. He was the only teacher in our retreat and was mistaken as a student. LOL.

Awww. I guess we’ll just see each other on our reunion in the years to come.

Last friday, March 25, 2011, was the day when I can say “the tassel’s worth the hassle”. It’s the day when I transferred it from the left to the right. It sounds funny, or maybe my imagination is. XD It was an epic day. Very humid as well. I actually didn’t feel anything the night before, but when I was just minutes away from marching to get my diploma and medal, I felt nervous and my heart beat faster. I’ve never felt like that before and I guess it wasn’t a bad emotion. XD I was like “Is this is? I’m really graduating?” HAHA.

I’m really going to miss school, my friends, my teachers, and practically everyone. Most of the time I was there, I’ve been doing nothing but cram whenever we have exams and code. LOL. I’ve made a lot of friends as well. There are also teachers that touched my life, which I didn’t expect. I learned a lot in my last 4 years of studying and somehow, I can see a change when I compare myself 8 years ago. Aww, I’m not going to make some drama here and be teary-eyed. Haha. Let’s save it for some post later. LOL.

If you’re wondering what I was up to the last few months, I had been coding like crazy for our major project. Yes, that’s the only highlight. I was kind of sad when we didn’t do that good on our defense because it felt like all the sacrifices we made as a group wasn’t worth it. I felt like I’ve been slapped. But I was glad when our teacher said that we did good and I got a good grade. I’m not saying it’s the best grade that I got but it was more than what I expected.

A lot of things happened and I know I’ve neglected my sites. I’m gonna pull my other blog’s rank higher since it decreased from PR3 to PR2. I just have to prioritize on finding a job first and then maintain my blogs. :D The whole time I was away for the blogosphere, I kept checking my dashboard to see if there’s a new comment and whatnot but I just didn’t have the time to blog. I bloghopped at times silently. LOL.

I’ve ranted enough so yeah, I’m gonna sleep now. XD

A lot of things happened to me last week, and they were quite significant. To start off, we, my family and I, visited the Blessed Virgin Mary in Simala. I’m not really sure if it was my first time going there, but I remember when I was in High School, we went there as part of our field trip. Judging by my crappy ability to remember things correctly, I can’t say that’s entirely true.

I just love the view. I was in awe when I saw this. People were taking pictures everywhere and it kind of irritated me that whenever I want to take a picture, there’s always someone in the way who’s posing for their own camera. We just went there to pay a visit and pray. It was a very solemn experience.

She does look stunning, right? I’m not here to catechize people about my religion, JSYK. If you don’t like stuffs like this, just scroll down below. :P

We also passed by a wishing well. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to take a picture because lots of people were throwing coins to it; I just can’t shove them away. LOL. I enjoyed throwing coins too, though. On our way home, we saw this turtle in an aquarium.

I instantly remembered my boyfriend as soon I saw it since I always call him “Pawikan”, which means sea turtle in English. LMAO! Haha.

So yeah, I had a good weekend, but you know what greeted me the next day? My pet, Sipat, deposited his shit on my workplace. WTF? I was so furious, so was my father. Poo was everywhere and it stinked REAL BAD! Well, what can I expect? It really made me want to throw up. What made me angier is that it was beside my frigging laptop! I really would have killed him if he did it ON my laptop! Thank goodness only the wires had shit on them. I had to clean them repeatedly, soak them with soap and sprayed perfume all over.

Thankfully, the smell went away and I can now work with peace. Not as peaceful as you might think because I have loads of stuffs to do. It’s already February and that means Defense day is approaching fast and we’re still struggling with our project. Our UI is almost done though. Hehe. Soon, it’ll be March, and we’ll be officially unemployed. LOL.

Those are my yearbooks in Elementary and High School. I’m not sure if we’ll have one for College since we don’t have those picture taking moments unlike my batchmates in other schools. I envy them. :( I really wish we’d have graduation and yearbook pictures, as well as graduation ball. Curious as to what I look like years ago? Haha.

I was 12 in that black and white yearbook and the other one is obviously my High School picture. LOL. Official college yearbook picture is about to come, hopefully. *fingers crossed*

I heard that the seller or owner had been registering multiple accounts to multiple forums just to promote her products. She's posing as buyers or customers who liked the soaps and perfumes. It made me think if she went to school long enough to learn how to deal with customers well because she doesn't seem to effing know any of it. Her soaps aren't even or supreme quality. They are not what those users claimed to be. I'm just so freaking pissed off and even though it happened a long time ago, I still can feel my anger and this is the main reason why I refrained from buying online again. Because of that damned woman. If you are clever enough, or know where to look, you'd know what company I am talking about.

To lighten this post up, I was finally able to buy again after a year or so. LOL. I have crazy eyebrows and if there is one makeup that I have to wear, it has to be eyebrow powder to fill in my sparse brows. I’ve been reading lots of reviews about different eyebrow products and have always wanted to buy a Wet N Wild Ultimate Brow Kit. I looked everywhere for ages and only found it on eBay. XD So, yeah, I immediately bought it. I’m glad I didn’t have a lot of money when I ordered those two or I wouldn’t have helped myself but order more. I hope I don’t get addicted to online shopping, otherwise, my Paypal account would have cancer – zero balance! LOL.

I can’t help but laugh whenever I see this picture. Hahaha. I ordered some products(I can’t remember what they were) because I haven’t seen them being sold here, but look at that killer shipping fee. ZOMGWTFBBQ? ROFL! Haha.

I’ve been looking at some online shops and most of them sell pretty dresses. I’m hesitant in ordering though because they might not fit me. So much for being a petite girl. :( On the other hand, I’m quite relieved because it made my wallet smile. LOL. If you know where to look, there are actually some who sell nursing scrubs and some other uniforms.

There are lots of uniforms sold online and I’m not only talking for nurses. I think buying online is cheaper but then again, you have to shoulder the shipping cost. I had one experience when I was about to buy something when I realized the shipping cost actually cost more than my ordered items. LOL.

If you’re talking about uniforms, the one that I’d like to wear are scrub tops. I think people wearing it look kinda cool, but maybe it’s just me since I’ve always wanted to be a person with something to do about medicines, but didn’t pursue it. Haha.