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If you don't know already, I am obsessed with Harry Potter. J.K. should probably make things up to keep us all entertained! :) Okay so I found this on Tumblr and I was amazed. Awesome stuff! :) It's called Hogwarts Houses and Landscapes for the obvious reason so I won't be discussing that anymore.

The friend that re-blogged this photo is actually a Ravenclaw so I would like to give credit to her by posting her house first! :) Awesome!

I know a Hufflepuff as well and she's like the queen of the martys if you ask me. I was actually supposed to blog about her stupid journey but I guess I should just shut my mouth and keep things to myself but then my silence doesn't mean that I would just forget the story. I will tell you guys some other time. 

I am a huge believer that if you would just cheat, then don't play the game at all! Because that would make the game useless. It's actually not very much applicable to Candy Crush. I will tell you why. There's no easy way out! There's no official cheat (maybe) but I will help you and make things a lot easier. I promise! 

Okay so awhile ago, I was playing Candy Crush on my phone, right? And then my seatmate was like, can I play? And I was like, I have no more life left. And she was like, CHANGE THE DATE ON YOUR PHONE! And you get 5 lives back! And man, it works! I was like, so amazed and yeah! That's just awesome! It's like having an unlimited life and you know, sometimes all we need is a second chance times infinity. Well it's actually still hard to finish difficult levels though. Good luck! :) Oh and since it's related, when I was looking for the perfect picture to use above, I saw some interesting photos that I thought I'd share with you.

Candy Crush cake! I saw it from a blog that I linked as source and by clicking the picture, you will be linked. If you're interested in baking and addicted to Candy Crush, you might be able to do the same thing. In my opinion though, it looks kind in inedible. It looks like a play dough to me. LOL.

Not by much the cupcakes sure looks more edible than the cake. It looks delish, actually! I'm just wondering if the candy is like, legit candy or just icing which would be better! I have issues with candies on cakes for some reason so yeah. Like, I don't appreciate flower candies on cakes and other stuff so yeah.

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If you're not yet aware, let me be the one to break it to you. Andrea Begley is the winner of the voice. And for some reason, even though I don't ship her, and I really didn't think she would win this competition, I'm quite happy she won. Weird. She's actually good but I genuinely think Leah is way better. But I guess the UK believed in her more so hopefully they would support her and make her big even after the competition. I think Leah, Mike, and Karl would be big and I think it's just gonna be a matter of time until I would be able to hear something from them. Which I am actually excited about! So yay! 

Instead of actually reviewing, I watched the final episode of The Voice because I can't help it and I wouldn't be able to concentrate anyways (excuses). Okay this is actually what happened. I was searching when The Voice Finals would be and I opened Wikipedia and then I saw that Andrea already won and I was like, how the heck that happened? (no offense) I'm only thinking that way because Leah McFall is there. Last week when Andrea won against Karl Michael, I was like, she probably can beat Karl but she can't beat Leah and now this happened. How unpredictable life is.

You know it's funny because she looks like a younger version of my mum in this picture. Or it's probably the lipstick. Anyways, Imma pretend this is my mum so it would hurt less. LOL. I'm just being silly. So yeah. Congratulations Andrea! :) Congrats on the KISS, congrats on singing with The Script and being friends with Danny and stuff I could only wish for.

Congratulation Danny in winning this season! :) Let's just pretend you'll be able to read this. Let's give way to my fandom hahaha. It all kind of happened too fast. I can still remember when this audition happened and yeah we have a winner now. Congratulations again, Andrea! 

Aloha guys! Watched The Voice Philippines and can I just say something? I don't know what's going on with this thing yet. Well the stage kind of looks different but I'm thinking it's probably because of bad editing (maybe) or maybe the camera is awkwardly positioned and stuff but then again, at the end of the day, it all goes down to talent. Which kind of confuse me. I think the Blind Auditions went a little bit too fast. I don't know but I feel like they're all in a rush that sometimes I don't understand what they're saying and stuff. I suggest there should be a subtitle so that it's gonna be easier to follow. Like THE VOICE UK. Also, as a self proclaim fan of the franchise, I suggest that the sound when somebody pushed the button should be louder so that people would somehow recognize it more when someone turned because for example! My mom is just clueless what's happening all the time. I have to explain to her what's happening like every 2 minutes or so.  Also, can I just say that the Red Chair kind of looks small and unstable? Or maybe the judges are just hyper and would shake the chairs but yeah I just noticed. With regards to the audio, It is kind of soft in my opinion and like, the background music is way too loud and sometimes I can't really hear the singing happening. That's like constructive criticism though. I'm very happy that we have our own The Voice here in the Philippines. I don't have a favorite yet but I'll sure share who (if there would be any) on my next post about this. Good vibes! :)  

Okay so this is like a story I really have to share with you guys. I've told you guys that I have started reviewing for my board exam already, yeah? And let me just tell you about this. The first day was so freaking exhausting! Imagine! We only had an hour break from 8 am - 7 pm. Non stop! Information overload! But I'm not gonna tell you guys more boring stuff than I already did. Okay so this is what happened. Our lunch schedule is supposed to be at 12, right? But then our instructor asked our permission to extend her lesson up to 12:30 so that she wouldn't cut it halfway because that would lead to poorer retention and stuff, right? She also told us that her decision is final so we don't really get to choose. LOL. 

Okay so an unknown guy kind of knocked, I guess? And then the instructor asked if he's like looking for someone and so after they talked, the instructor told the guy to go to the office instead because for eff's sake, we're having our something something, right? So yeah. But she was nicer than that and actually just asked the guy to ask assistance at the office. The guy came back probably 5000 words after (our hema teacher talks way too fast) and then the somehow office guy talked to our instructor or some stuff and it seems to be clearer to our instructor all of a sudden. Okay that happened. 

The guy who knocked then excused himself from our tumbling minds and told us about his life drama. As a starter, he told us that my review center have been helping his family and his former inmates' families for quite a while now and okay with his story now. He said that his parents are both dead now and that he's the one taking care of her two sisters. He said that he was imprisoned for 14 years. He also said that he'd be showing us products that he and his inmates did to support their families outside the jail. So okay. One of the products featured is a ship inside a bottle. Not as nice as the photo above of course.

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Song choice: Loving You

Team Will

1. Leah McFall! I have told you guys how much I liked her on the Blind Auditions! And she's just keep getting better. Me likey! I like everything about her actually. Well maybe not everything but I like what I see and I hear and stuff so keep it up, girl! Although I must admit that I wasn't that much impressed during The  Battles and I was kind of worried for her that time but her performance during the Knockout's is probably the best. KILLED IT!

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Song choice: Apologize

Team Danny

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I'm obviously not alone in this fearless forecast because they all got a fast pass during the Knockouts which means that during the knockout rounds, they didn't have to compete for a place to be their coaches' top 3. Top 3 that would go straight to the Live Shows. Oh well. I can't wait for the Live Shows! :) I hope one of them wins. People are saying that The Voice is boring. I don't get why they say that. I'm totally enjoying it.

Well actually, this is just a Paris appreciation post. Haha and a little bit of The Devil Wears Prada review. I downloaded it this week and was able to watch it the other day so let's keep moving, shall we? We shall. Okay my thought after watching the movie. It actually really inspired me to pursue my dreams. Whatever that is. Okay this is kind of vague but I got it. I got it. Or at least I think.

The Devil Wears Prada approves that Paris is the biggest deal of the year so whatever and for some reason, I can really identify with Andrea pretty much. The main story is that she got hired to be Miranda's assistant in New York and even though it isn't an easy job (AT ALL), and she's not really into fashion (when she applied) she stayed and worked hard because she had a vision. A vision of meeting other people through the job. Other people that might get her somewhere else. Good thinking. I really think that her dream to be a journalist is the same as my dream to travel. So it's almost the same. I don't really mind what work I should do and stuff. As long as it would take me to the places I want to be, then be it. 

Paris isn't sported as much in the film as much as I wanted to but I was able to pick up some life lessons and that's just awesome. Paris at night is a win-win though. Me likey. There should be more films showing the beautiful city at night. Midnight in Paris is one but that's like so midnight that I didn't really appreciate the lights and stuff anymore. Although I did love the vintage feel of it.

My favorite character got to be Emily, I think. Because she's so dedicated and she even helped Andrea to survive that job at the beginning. And she likes Paris. I don't know if this is a bad thing or good thing but I don't see myself as Miranda Priestly as much. Sure I used to want to own a fashion company but now I actually can see myself more being Andrea. Mmm...I just think that being Miranda is like being in control of everything. It can be good or bad though.  If you're in control, then you can do everything you want without having to consider other's opinion. It's also a bad thing for me because it might get a little one sided and if all else fails, you know that it's you to blame. And knowing that you can control the situation, you would probably just blame someone else. Which once again, you can. So yeah. Although Miranda's  character is somehow likeable, I can't understand her completely. I love that she wants the best for her twins though. Let alone that unpublished Harry Potter manuscript. OMG! So yeah. At the end, Andrea found a job that's more of her style and she said she learned a lot from her previous job and that's what I want as well. Learn. Good vibes! 

So I don't know if I told you guys already that 2NE1 is actually my favorite Korean girl group and this music video is actually a video of their leader, CL. 

So the video started with CL just semi shaking her hips on the red carpet and then there were many camera flashing like crazy and she's just like, whatever y'all.

CL being CL. Can I just say that even though CL is not the oldest in 2NE1, I sometimes feel like she's the oldest because of the way she sometimes acts and stuff like that. I don't mean it in a bad way though.

The scene above is probably my favorite one. I generally like the idea of the swing having the letters CL as the sides . 

Just like any other Kpop videos, the ending was kind of confusing. I strongly believe that this is an add but it really reminds me of Luna Lovegood's episode where she lost her shoes and found it hanging somewhere. this is like its modern replica. Okay, we're cool with this, yeah?

And this is the part when CL was standing with the flag and she said something like, NOT BAD AS IN BAD. BAD AS IN GOOD. That was a what the heck moment so I don't know. I actually don't like the song that much. I even bothered searching for the translated lyrics and it disappointed me even more. I must say that the video is great though.Typical of 2NE1. And there's also a lot of cameos and stuff which is good. 

I was kind of hesitant to watch Safe Haven because I was thinking, I'm not really ready for heavy drama or something because I'm keener in watching travel related films as of the moment and this I downloaded (illegally) because I've heard quite a lot of good things about it. Michelle Phan's review is one. I also read reviews online and even though I was not ready for a heavy film, I watched it anyways. Just to get over it. There were quite a lot of bad reviews saying it's a bad movie with bad actors and stuff but actually, I kind of liked it. Okay let's just put it out there! For some reason, I always see something good in a movie or like everything but whatever. Except probably the movie When in Rome. Okay, maybe the Rome part was okay.

I don't think I'm spoiling the movie because it's been out for a while now so here it goes. The movie started like it's some sort of a horror story which confused me a little bit. I didn't like it. I  was like, ME NO LIKEY HEAVY DRAMA THIS TIME MORE SO HORROR! This movie is about a girl named Erin or Katie who's married to an alcoholic police officer named Kevin who she unintentionally stabbed because she was trying to defend herself from this drunkard so yeah. After she stabbed the guy, she decided to leave and she went to a small town. I think there's a little difference when it comes to the place between the book and the movie but it doesn't matter. 

The bus stopped over a convenience store which is owned by a fine man named Alex with apparently two kids. The story is that his wife died of cancer so he's taking care of his two kids. Just saying. Okay and then for some reason, this Katie decided not to go back up the bus anymore and just stayed there.She entered a kind of little restaurant and then she asked if they need a hand or something and then she got hired. She also found a place to stay and then that's pretty much what she needed, yeah? After some time, she found a girl outside her place named Jo and then she was a little bit skeptical at first but they became friends anyway. And then she was giving Katie advice and stuff like that. So okay. Whatever. 

You're probably wondering why is there a drawing of a camera at the beginning. Well the reason is, there's this one scene where the family went to the beach and then Alex's son didn't want his pictures taken and asked why he's kept taking pictures and then Alex was like, I want to remember this moment. And then his son said try to remember what's out of the camera. And I was like, STOP RIGHT THERE YOUNG MAN. Even the greatest wizard of them all needs a Pensieve so you can just stop right there kid. Just kidding. So yeah. And with that being said, must take more pictures from now on! 

Okay so Alex and Katie kind of fell in love which is probably the predictable part and then on the later part, Alex found out that Katie is a wander murdered and that her real name is Erin and then he immediately asked her to leave. Katie then thought that it's really the best thing to do and just packed her things and there's this friend Jo who asked her not to and to figure things out but she disregarded that and proceeded with her plan to leave. Okay so then Alex followed her and told her not to leave anymore which in reality would make me angry because that's like wasting energy and resources. I'm just saying. So yeah that happened. 

And then on the Fourth of July, this drunkard was able to reach the town where Katie is and can I just say that I was impressed by this guy's determination but nothing else. So when he reached the town, he searched here and there and then he found where Katie lived and because Katie didn't want to return to him she asked him to leave! When he returned, he poured gasoline everywhere and then because they're having a Firework show and stuff, it somehow hit that gasoline spot and then the house was lit on fire. Good thing Alex saw it and he was able to return and rescue his daughter who Katie asked to stay upstairs right away when Alex left because she's obviously aware what her husband is capable of. So when the daughter was saved, Katie was able to shot Alex and again it was because she was trying to protect herself. 

So Alex was able to save some things from that fire incident and then he gave her a letter addressed TO HER and it somehow moved me. Basically, it said something like take care of her family and help her daughter on her wedding day and stuff like that and then, there's a photo included in that which is like the twist because the friend she met there which is Jo is the same person as the deceased wife of Alex. I already expected that because I searched, right? But it was still a turning point and somehow still shocking. Or moving.

I don't think that it is a shabby movie or something because I like the story. In real life, we're not perfect actors and actresses because you know how they sometimes exaggerate normal life scenario on films right? That's not what you call good, people. I think it was quite believable but not rubbish at all. I like the twist that happened. I mean, I would probably freak out if I found out that I was talking to a dead person all through out but I like it. I like how family oriented the film is and you know. I think it's rare though to see a man like that and I think it might be a little too fictional or probably it's just me but I actually admire that kind of character. As of my favorite character, I think Jo is my favorite character. She's very thoughtful and lovable and I think she gave me an idea of writing letters to certain people when time comes. I don't know. Try to watch it guys. I mean, if you're into family oriented films, this is nice. That's all I have to say. 

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This post is just to brag about my talent in copying faces. Just kidding! I used two apps to achieve the looks I've made. Line Camera which I've used to add the head pieces and then Artoon, an app that you can use to kind of copy or make up a look. Actually, there's an app called iMadeFace which serves the same purpose but since that requires iOs 6 and mine is lower, I don't want to mess up with my phone and update my open lined phone because I might not be able to use it again. Okay enough of the kwento.

For me, this is the worst stage so I really agree with The Script there. This is also what will kill you emotionally. Or maybe that's the second. I don't know. Because I'm pretty sure that these two are partners at some point. 

This is a stupid thing to do over someone because come on! Trying to end your life for someone who doesn't even care makes no sense. Just get over it. Or at least the killing part. I'm pretty sure that in the song, they didn't mean killing as in its literal meaning but I just want to let that one out because it's what the picture depicts. So yeah. WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT TO YOURSELF? 

AND THE THIRD, IS WHEN YOUR WORLD SPLITS DOWN THE MIDDLE

AND FOURTH, YOU'RE GONNA THINK THAT YOU FIXED YOURSELF

FIFTH, YOU SEE THEM OUT WITH SOMEONE ELSE

AND THE SIXTH, IS WHEN YOU ADMIT THAT YOU MAY HAVE MESSED UP A LITTLE

Recently, I've been watching more British people on YouTube and I can't be any happier. Exag! LOL. So anyways, I will be giving you guys five new YouTubers that I adore and watch and admire. Other than having an English accent, I wouldn't really categorize them as of what type of videos they do or whatever.

I am aware that this YouTube channel belongs to Jack but they kind of do it together, yeah? Whatever floats your boat.

HELLOOOO! That's how Marcus greets in all of his videos. Sometimes it's annoying but it's somehow entertaining as well. This will really sound weird but his rosy cheeks gets me all the time. Yup, I said it!

Just when you thought that it's all boys in this list, HA! I really like Louise because apart from making YouTube videos, she's a blogger as well. She actually does make up tutorials, talk about beauty products, and sometimes just do a video about some useful (or not) life tips and stuff like that. She's just adorable!