SHIKIMIKIE

This is how it comes off. Quite accurate.

Thanks to my mom's flowers for this sort of matching effect. Awesome, aye?

But then I didn't like it that much so I of course thought of topping it with glitters. Like, as always.

This is how it looks like now.

That's all! :)

I know jeepneys are convenient and all that but sometimes I don't really understand. Okay maybe not the jeepney itself. The people, the driver, everything else. It's just so annoying sometimes. Like, really. Let me just point out some of the things that I hate about riding a jeepney.

1. I hate it when the people would extend their arms and address it to the driver when it's obviously not feasible for the driver to get their fare directly. Ano ba naman yung sabihin mong paki-abot diba? It really annoys me when people would say "bayad mama" and then put their arms in my front and don't say anything after that. So ako na pala yung driver? I mean, as a normal human being, hindi po hahaba yang kamay mo. So say "pakiabot" naman.

2. This is kind of related to the first one is that when you obviously made an effort na iaabot yung bayad sa driver and then this person who asked for your help don't even say thank you. Like, are you serious? Is it my job now na iaabot yung bayad mo sa driver? Kahit na hindi pa sa akin ipaabot yan, naiinis lang talaga ako kapag hindi marunong magpasalamat yung tao. E di lalo na kung sa akin diba?

3. I hate it when jeepney drivers stop by literally every 30 seconds to pick up passengers. Like, I hate it. As if naman sasakay sila no.

4. This one is related to the one above. Like, I hate it when passengers say "para" literally 5 seconds after one or two passengers just got down or up the jeep. I mean, WTF is wrong with people? Is it a crime to walk now or what? May zombie apocalypse ba?

5. I hate it when the driver intentionally not mind when people are actually saying "para" and continues to drive anyways. Like, you'd know when they heard you because they looked at the rare view mirror but what do they do? Speed up. Yup. Only in the Philippines.

6. I really don't like it when the passenger don't make an effort in shouting "para" so that the driver would hear him or her. Like, when you're at the other end of the jeepney, ano ba naman teh, sinong kausap mo diyan? Tapos magagalit ka kapag hindi ka narinig? Hello?

7. I don't really like it when the driver is smoking when it's obviously not allowed. I mean, I actually have witnessed a confrontation about this and yeah, whatever. As a jeepney driver who posted that no smoking sticker somewhere, you have to follow the rules. Kainis.

8. I really hate it kapag nakaupo ka and may sisingit sa upuan mo. I mean, lalo na kapag ang laki laki ng space sa ibang part.   Artista ba ako para tabihan mo or what?

9. I really really hate it kapag nagtatawag pa ng pasahero yung driver e wala na ngang upuan. Ano naman paki ng sampuan or waluhan yung jeep e iba iba naman ang size naming mga pasahero no. Ang tamang paraan e tignan mo muna kaya kung may upuan pa para hindi tayo lahat nahihirapan. Ang unfair lang na lahat naman kami nagbabayad tapos yung iba nakakaupo ng maayos.

10. This is probably the most frustrating and yet the most that I can relate to. I hate it when the jeepney driver decides to go to a gasoline station to refill when we're all obviously students and probably already calculated the exact time not to be late and then this driver just ruins it for us. Huh! You should be ready prior to the departure and not take us students with you sa gasoline station pa.

But you know, we have no choice but to deal with these bulls. But if I can change these, I would.

iPhone cases! My auntie actually got herself an iPhone 5 so everything that she bought can't be used anymore and I don't know where her iPhone 4s is so whatever. The good thing is I have her stuff now. She's really so generous!

I just don't know how to stress this enough but I really think that it all starts from within. I mean, we should always start with ourselves first before we become relevant to others.

And this happened..

The other day, a senior-senior staff kind of randomly said that we should love ourselves first before we could serve. And this is in line with when I kind of opened up to her that in our first in, we were not allowed to extract blood as much as we are free to do so in our second in and that's how the conversation started.

She asked why the chief med tech in that laboratory (which I assume is her friend 'coz she mentioned the name even if I didn't tell) so scared. Like, so what if someone got pricked or whatever? Not everyone would get pricked. It's not the same for everyone. And she said that if we'll be going thru the same thing, we should recover from it. Prove that we're not all about that. Or we'll be known as the one who failed forever. And we don't want that, aye?

"If you fall, don't just stay on the ground. Stand up."

And I approve. You know. People might actually remember us from our failures and all that but there will be people who will remember us for our achievements. And let's just start from within. I mean, we don't have to please so many people anyways. Probably just ourselves. I bet it'll feel real good to see ourselves with the things we wanted to achieve. Like, even if we failed, we tried, and succeeded. That's a legit pattern right there.

So yeah. We should always see things as challenge and that we should always find a way to do it. Probably not right away. Like, eventually. I don't approve of doing things blindly. Like, think first before doing things. And then go. If it doesn't work, think again and then go. You know. It goes on. Just don't give up.

These are just pictures from our recent trip. Like, school stuff. So nothing really interesting. LOL.

Us in blue.

Tactic plans! Serious much.

LOL at the yawning scene.

This one is kind of collective so don't accuse me of gluttony. Although I probably am a good candidate. Whatever. It's a mortal sin so don't be so judgmental. Haha just kidding.

I wouldn't say this is my favorite chocolate though. But it's always nice to have some Reese's once in  a while, yeah?

Red Ribbon's Triple Chocolate Cake! :)

Avoiding this kind of stuff lately. Avoiding.

My mom makes salad once in a while.

Mango Farm tapioca thingy which is not that delish but I enjoyed eating/drinking anyway.

More salad that my mom makes once in a while.

Here's the deal. Tutti Frutti is actually having their buy one take one promo and I don't know how that works actually. I assume they add up the prices of the two cups and divide it to two. It's quite a deal because you know! They kind of sell pricey yogurts or at least for me so yeah check that out. I decided to just have Strawberry Banana and Strawberry Syrup. The other cup is my sister's. That's all! :)

I can't believe it! 24 HOURS OF DUTY to go before Internship 2. A co-intern posted on Facebook the orientation time for our second hospital already and I'm super excited for that! I can't even.

The thing is I'm gonna be in a public hospital next so I can just imagine the toxicity and stuff there. But from our dinner yesterday (092512), a friend of mine said that I'll enjoy my IN there. Because he did. Good thing.

I think having this ombré effect would be awesome for some night outs or whatnot. But definitely not for everyday look or whatever. I love the curls! But you know. My hair is pretty bad already so I kind of don't want to induce more damage to it by straightening and then curling it and stuff.

SOON! So yeah. Just saying. :) Good vibes!

As you may or may not know or remember, Mocha is actually my first dog's mum. It's the fourth time she got pregnant and actually, her last pregnancy didn't turn out well so I'm really proud that she made it this time.

The last time she got pregnant, the puppies died because they're larger than her capacity. And so yeah, she underwent a C-section that time. One of the puppies died inside her and the other one died less than a day after being born. But now, since my mom was kind of worried that the same thing might happen again, we observed her and set a limit that if she still weren't able to conceive, then we will take her to the vet and yeah. I actually don't know why but mum actually didn't take her to vet although she was the one who set the condition. LOL. But luckily, 9 hours after, she made it!

Mocha is actually quite old to give birth already. Okay, maybe not old. But something close. If I can remember it very well, she's already with us since my high school years. Maybe 7-8 years. So yeah.

This is her puppies bump you guys. Mocha actually haven't had more than three puppies at once so we're kind of expecting 2-3 because that's just her.

Back to the beginning of the story! My mum actually woke us up yesterday morning (090412) because she thought that Mocha would give birth anytime soon. Mika (sister) and I then watched Mocha and nothing happened. I went to the uni and  even after I came home, nothing happened. And then the next morning, mum told me that Mocha already gave birth and that she woke up at 3 in the morning because she actually thought she was hearing little rats but when she looked at Mocha's birth tub, she found that Mocha's with her puppies already. She was relied because the puppies are very much alive and that she doesn't have to pay the vet for another C-section or whatever procedure they'll be doing for Mocha to speed up the process or whatnot.

Here's the picture of the birth tub. :)

And for some reason, they really look like rats or something. They are both female so I guess that's a nice thing. We can choose. Mum actually told us that we'll keep the female. Since they're both female, we can just choose who we like more. The one who we wouldn't choose would actually go to my uncle so not too bad. At least I know that my uncle would take care of the puppy. Oh well.

Mocha actually looks so tired up to now. Like, it seems like she consumed all her energy and that there's nothing much left so mum actually injects vitamins via oral route so yeah. I hope that she'll get better soon. I mean, the original state.

You know what? I think I like the lighter puppy better. I don't know why though. Like, for some reason I think that that's the better puppy. Actually, I have another story. When mum told me that Mocha already gave birth, she told me to check who is what. Like, who's male or female. And I initially thought that there's one male and one female. I don't know why though. So I told my mum that the darker goes to us. Then when I came home from the uni, mum said that I may be mistaken but she's not sure herself. So I checked again. So yeah I saw that they were both females so yeah. Whatever.

Will update who's going with us or whatever. :)

UST at night is actually nicer than it is during daytime. Or at least for me. Maybe because the day is over and stuff. No more classes, exams, lessons, quizzes, experiments, problems, everything. Just UST alone. If that makes sense.