Almost mid-August

Okay... so it's 2017 right? 

August 2017 to be specific... and when I checked my last post it was December 2016! Hahaha! I really suck at updating blogs now. I used to be super eager to keep my blog updated but now... I don't know. I guess it's because ever since I started doing the traditional "keeping a journal" thing we used to do back when there's still minimal internet access and less technology, I've totally forgotten that this blog still exists. 

Don't get me wrong, I do love blogging but not that much anymore. What I enjoy doing now is making journals, doing letterings, making videos out of my hobbies and the usual arts and crafts stuff like painting and DIY projects. My artistic side nowadays is at its highest levels. It also feels good that I'm surrounded with people who share the same interests as mine. It makes these hobbies more fun and challenging.

Anyway, I don't know when I'll be updating this again, it might be tomorrow, next month or next year. I really can't tell.  However, if you do want to know what I've been up to and what I'll be doing in the days, months and years to come you can get updates on my Youtube channel: Craft Fairy

Also, let me mention that most of the videos you'll find on my channel are related to arts and crafts but for the last couple of months, I've been posting mostly lettering tutorials. So if you are into calligraphy, typography, letterings then please do check it out.  I'll be posting a DIY tutorial soon but I'm not going to mention what I'll be making. 

Btw, I finally had the chance to visit Tokyo last May. It was A-MAZING! I seriously want to live there. It's my kind of place. Hopefully, we can go back next year during the sakura season. 

Some of my latest artworks:

 

Two of the pages I completed coloring from the Obra Animalia adult coloring book:

 

Sketchpad Tour 2016

Hello! hello!

Oh my! It's been a while since I updated this. I'm going to cut to the chase ok? So I just want to share with you a video I made showing you the artworks I did this year. Let me just say that I've never ever fill up a sketchpad/book in my entire life so this year I'm proud to say that I finally did it!

Checkout what I've been up to:

Also checkout a Holiday DIY tutorial I made.

I have other videos uploaded on my Craft Fairy channel so please do check it out and subscribe! :)

Reflections...

Arts and crafts. That's what my forte is. I knew deep in my heart that I am not the office kind of girl. I want to be able to manage my own time. If I'm to work in an office setting again... I'll probably won't be able to do other stuffs that I can do now. Like do the laundry, iron my brother's clothes, wash the dishes (I'm the one responsible on those chores) because I will be sooo tired once I get home and would just like to sleep. 

I remember when I'm still working, I can't even do my hobby which is to draw. I really love doing arts and crafts and I regret not being able to have time to do those things back then because most of my energy are exerted on work. Even my weekends were spent on bed, sleeping. 

Why am I reflecting on this now? Because despite not being able to have a stable income (I get my income from my sales on my online store btw), I realize.. I feel happy, contented and energetic. I was listening to a podcast yesterday night before going to sleep and these were the thoughts that came into my mind. My gut feeling says that it's time I focus my attention on what I really want which is to improve my business and develop my art skills so I can have more opportunities to showcase my artworks. 

Whoever you are, use your talent. It will lead you to greater things!

On Life and some GoT

First of, let me warn you that this post might contain different topics as I've got too many things stored in my mind right now. It might even contain spoilers from the last Game of Thrones season as I've been a fan of the show ever since it started. So I might talk about it here as well so I'm warning you. If you don't want spoilers... stay away now. :)

Before I dive further into GoT, some life updates first... so I just turned a year older last month and ever since my post last June, I've done quite a few things. It was my first time to receive a commission to make an amigurumi (crochet doll) bear which will be used as props for a baby photography business. Since I've never done this before, it took me a long time to create my own pattern. Fortunately, I made a few adjustments from a previous pattern I made (bunny pattern) so that made it a bit easier.

I, my friends Nanz and Tin also went to Divisoria last month to buy some craft materials (for me at least). The two of them bought more stuffs though. They bought LOTS of stationary items since we're kinda obsessed with them right now. LOL I on the other hand only bought 2 (a notebook for my niece and a planner for me) since most of my money went to the crochet yarns  because I need to stock up for future projects.

After that wonderful experience (not really haha because it's really humid that day), we watched Finding Dory because hello childhood! We've been waiting for this for a long time! I did enjoy the movie except that this kid sitting beside me is too noisy and his shoes is like blinking lights whenever he walks (he does a lot of walking btw), and his mother didn't even know how to discipline her child. I love kids but this kid needs some disciplining...

I also had a post-birthday lunch with my besties Roxy and Nanz in this cool art restaurant one jeepney ride from where I live.

with  Roxy

and Nanz

The place was introduced to us by Roxy who lives closer to this amazing place. I brought another friend here prior to this meet up who also loves art. I'm thinking of selling my artworks on this place too but not this year though. I want to hone my artistic skills first haha. If I have time, I'll make a separate post about this place too.

Now, let's shift to the fandom that I belong... Game of Thrones! the last 2 episodes, Battle of Bastards and Winds of Winter were AWESOME! The cast and crew did an amazing job and you can definitely see just by watching it, the effort they did to make these episodes look like they were made for movie. My favorite part of the 9th episode was the battle scene (because that's what I love best in a fantasy/war show...hello LOTR). The scene when Jon Snow almost drowned from the dead bodies blocking him literally made me worry as we don't want him to be dead again right?

That LOTR moment as well... oh my! Remember the gandalf saves the day moment from LOTR Two Towers? It was the same feeling when those soldiers from House Arryn riding horses came galloping over Bolton's forces. As for the last episode of season 6... my favorite scene there was when Daenerys appointed Tyrion as the Hand of the Queen. It was such a great moment and I couldn't be happier for him. He deserves to be wanted and not be cast aside like what his own family did to him.

Whew! This post is getting long already. So there you go, my whole update for the past weeks. I'm not sure what to do after this. Maybe I'll do some crochet work and study patterns, maybe I'll draw or do some hand lettering exercises. I don't know. I'll figure it out.

Hope you have a wonderful day/night wherever you are! :)

Artworks for sale!

Hello pixies!

Wow! It's been more than two months since my March blog update! What happened? hahaha! I honestly forgot I still have a blog! Hahaha!

So... how are you?

Me? Well I'm gonna be a year older than today tomorrow. Did you get it? Haha. Yes, I'll be celebrating the year I was born tomorrow. It's also the first birthday that my mama is not around which makes this year my saddest birthday ever. But I'm still grateful for another year. Looking forward to more blessings that will come. I'll embrace everything with open arms. :)

Anyway, I'm quite draen to traditional art nowadays and recently I've done about 4 artworks. I'm loving watercolors and letterings so most of them are inspired by those. Here are 2 of my artworks (with watermark of course):

 

I'm selling these two artworks as digital files on my Etsy store. I couldn't bring myself to sell the original pieces because this is the first time that I fell in love with my art. Promise!

There are also other items on my shop, like a Bunny doll (crochet doll - amigurumi) that I also made myself including the pattern I used.

Anyway, that's about it! I gotta sleep early as I need to wake up early tomorrow to attend a mass.

Cheers!

Sleepless pixie

It's been awhile since I posted here. Too many things happened which I prefer not to share online as it involves private matters within our family.

So moving on.. I just finished doing 3 commissioned doll hats which will be shipped to my customer tomorrow. Now, I still feel awake at 1:31 in the morning. What to do? Yup, I end up here in my blog. Honestly? I have a lot of things I want to post but I feel like I need to organize and outline them first before I share it here. I've been busying myself with stuffs such as coloring (adult coloring books), making videos (I finished editing another video which I shot last week)... I also did a lot of house cleaning ( involves sorting out clothes - lots of them - which we no longer use) and many many more.

I'm gonna put it all here once I manage to list everything down so I won't miss anything. Hate this feeling of wanting to write/type but once I'm facing the screen, couldn't bring myself to. Writer's block? No... I'm not even a writer lol. Alright, this is making no sense at all. Hope everything's well with you whoever you are who chance upon this blog. :)

One OK Rock in Manila with my concert buddy!

This is a super, super, late post about the very first concert I attended (not counting those other concerts held in our school which I don't even know and remember who the band is). The concert took place at the Mall of Asia arena (both my and concert buddy Nanz' first time on this place as well). When we bought our tickets way back September last year, we seriously don't have any idea what the layout of the arena looks like. If you have been a concert goer before and those concerts were held on the same place, you'll definitely have an advantage when purchasing a ticket since you know how close/far that seat is from the stage. However, Nanz and I were in luck since the employee of SM ticket outlet we went to assisted us happily and sort-of assured us how close the seats we chose are to the stage is.

When he handed over the tickets, it finally sinked in. This is it! We are really doing this. We are going to watch a concert!  A Japanese rock band's concert. One OK Rock's coming to Manila! - That's the best part. It's one of our favorite Jrock band and it's going to held a concert for the first time here and we will be part of history! Whatever Nanz was feeling at the moment, I'm sure it's the same feeling I got. 

My concert buddy Nanz and I goofing around before the concert starts. We are totally surprised of how close we are to the stage despite choosing  lowerbox seats. 

Let's rewind first on how I became a fan of the band. Back during the high school days, I've been watching this anime called Ruruoni Kenshin. I admit that I wasn't able to watch all the episode of the said anime but I've been a fan of it especially during the Shishio arc (but I'm not as good as my friends when it comes to the details fo the events). When the news came out that this anime will have its live action version, I was sooo excited. I forgot to mention that my group of friends are composed of people who love anime, jpop and jrock as well so everyone of us were spastic about it. 

Takeru Sato as Kenshin
photo not mine, credit goes to the owner.

Unfortunately when the first movie came out, I was not able to watch the film on the big screen. Poor me right? haha Well I have a reason why, it's because of work. Seriously. I have a stressful work load that all I can do after my shift is to go home and sleep and wake up and go to work again. It's as if I don't have any ounce of energy left in my body to do other activities. My friends did invite me to watch it with them but I told them I can't which is true. Work is really demanding for me back then. After the first movie was shown, my friends were talking about this song included on the film. A few months later though, my brother was able to borrow a copy of the movie and so I watched it. 

I now found out that the song they were talking about was this:

As soon as I heard that song... I fell in love with it. However I didn't research about their other songs just yet. The title of this song is The Beginning. Little did I know that this title perfectly describes how it will influence my choice in music will be in the near future.

For the next two Ruruoni live action movies, One OK Rock sort of became the official band to make the theme songs of the trilogy. The next song was Mighty Long Fall and the third is Heartache which is the song that leads me in searching for their other songs. 

Fast forward to the present time, Nanz and I already have their songs on repeat on the phone (for her) and I on my computer. I would no longer elaborate on how we ended up here. ("Here" meaning the events on how we became a fan, what songs we most listen to, etc) as it is really hard to explain. Since I'm already talking about the present time, let me tell you that during the months after we paid for our tickets, we were both planning on what to do, what time to meet up, what shirt to wear and etc. Of course we sometimes brought it up on our conversation occasionally of how excited we are but not as often as we talked about it now after the concert.

On the concert day, we arrived at the arena at 3pm and there's already a long line of fans waiting near the entrance. Nanz and I befriended 3 people while waiting for the gates to open. It's nice to talk to people who have the same interests as yours. At least the wait was bearable and ironically we didn't feel hungry at all even though we didn't have a pre-dinner. 

Finally! It was real!

Despite the delayed entrance time for concert goers, the whole event was 100% fun! Filled with joy and indescribable festive feeling. You can feel the overjoyed emotional state of each fans. It's like you can absorb the energy of the band. One OK Rock are definitely marvelous performers! They even sound better performing live! It's great to be part of their fans! I believe I'm not alone in saying that we truly truly appreciate you for coming HERE! 

The fans (including Nanz and I) are already anticipating for their return. Hopefully it will be SOON!

Btw, I didn't took a lot of photos during the concert as both of us are living the moment hahaha! We just couldn't take our eyes off the celebrities performing in front of us! :)

Goals 2016

image source: Pexels stock photo

Happy New Year!

It's the beginning of 2016 and probably most people have their New Year's resolution. I don't really do this list because I have this belief that you don't have to wait for another year to change. However... I always set goals (which I don't consider as resolutions) because these goals runs for many many years. 

image source: Pexels stock photo

For example, last year I've done several artworks and crafts. I'll just continue doing so and try to do more than I do the previous year. Another thing is updating my online journal (i.e. this one). I'll just continue blogging and will try to surpass the number of posts I did last year. And so on. 

Some on the other hand are good at keeping their resolutions. Good for you if you're one of them. Resolutions just doesn't work with some people like me. It's not because we don't have motivation or we luck enthusiasm on this kind of stuffs... we just  all have our own mindset. 

Anyway, I've already mentioned my goals (the art thing and blogging) but I've got other goals that I've been doing already for more than a year. 

Continue reading. 

Continue watching series and cartoon (specifically Adventure Time because I so love this show)

Continue drinking water. (few years I rarely drink water)

Continue making videos.

and more!

Just "Continue" whatever good things you've done regardless of what day it is!

Plans

Heeey...

So Christmas is over for 2015 and a new year is almost here! Time flies so fast right? I couldn't even remember all the things that happened this year because every thing just went by in a flash. Well, I guess I'll just take it as a positive thing since we can't let ourselves dwell in the past. Just keep moving on.

Having said that, maybe we should make some plans for the coming 1 to 3 months at least. I talked to some friends few days ago and we were talking about being the 90's kids. Oh the nostalgia that suddenly appeared while we were sharing our experiences during our childhood years. I know I just said that we can't dwell on the past but this past is an exception because it brings joy and happiness just thinking about those days in which your only problem is completing your assignments.

Anyway, as I was saying, our conversation shifted into creating a plan. This plan is bringing little traditions back into the present. I don't want to share it yet because for me it's somehow like a pact between me and my friends. I will however share it if it turned out to be a success so people can try it as well.

What I'm trying to say is that, make plans... no matter how huge it is. If there's a will, there's a way!

New channel, new video

Hello pixies! 

It's been a productive Saturday for me. Just this afternoon, I decided to shoot a quick do-it-yourself video for my an arts and crafts youtube channel. I also manage to edit it this evening and I'm happy to say that it's now uploaded! 

My other channel (the one I used to put my videos at) will still be active as that's where I'll be uploading videos not related to arts and crafts.

I'll also have another blog associated with my new channel so I can post written steps on it. I prefer that I separate random stuffs from my more subject specific channel. :)

The video above is a simple tutorial on how you can customize your keys bu just using one material: nail polish. Very easy to do and if you already have nail polish at home, then you don't need to spend anything! :)

Harry Potter universe is back!

If you are an avid fan of the Harry Potter series, I'm sure that you've already seen the latest photos for the upcoming movie related to the Potter universe, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. This film is scheduled to hit the theaters next year but every Potterheads like me are already talking about this.

When Eddie Redmayne was cast to play the role of Newt Scamander, I already got that feeling that this film will turn out great. Redmayne has an impressive list of roles and had even won several awards including Best Actor in this year's Academy Awards for his role as Stephen Hawking in the movie Theory of Everything. So there's already a high expectation for the movie's outcome.

photo credit: Entertainment Weekly
Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander

I love this teaser photo as it's very simple (no beasts or creatures surrounding him) because it focuses mainly on the lead actor/main character first. It definitely grabs attention and brings an excitement to everyone who's been waiting for this film to happen.

Just my personal opinion.

Just a little bit of ranting here ok? (please stay away from this post if you're not fond of rant posts).

Everyone of us has a list of "pet peeves" right? I'm not just the only one who gets easily annoyed by small stuff that our 5 senses can't stay away from. 

Let me share one out of too many pet peeves I have...

I seriously SERIOUSLY dislike seeing social media posts about personal prayers. You see, I'm a religious person and this stuff shouldn't really annoy me but HELLO? Why would you put personal prayers online specifically on social media accounts? I just don't get it. Other prayers are ok to share like for example prayer for World peace, good health etc that everyone can pray on their spare time and everyone can relate to. But prayers such as example, thank you for letting me get the job, pass the exam, etc. I don't know. Somehow for me putting prayers has its limitation. Firstly, who will read it? Does God have a social media account? If you want to thank the Lord, you should talk to him directly. there's nothing wrong with being spiritual but you should know how to practice it correctly. This is just my personal opinion, maybe for others this stuff doesn't bother them. Oh well, everyone has a freedom to express their selves so by all means go continue what you're doing. I just want to express what's inside my head now because I have to wait until tomorrow afternoon to rant it directly to a friend -ehem Nanz! I'm pretty sure she has the same opinion on this matter as I 've ranted about this with her before. hahaha.

Okay I'm fine now. I was able to let my annoyance get out a bit so I'm good. :)

Looking Forward

There are two events I'm looking forward to... first is the upcoming trip next next weekend. This is a sort of hunting trip (not ghost, not animals) but more on food! hahaha! Yep, sort of a food trip with friends.

Second is the upcoming concert of One Ok Rock! Woot! woot! I seriously want to see a Jpop/Jrock band perform live and this is a big BIG chance for me. So I'm saving up so that I can afford the ticket! I hope this concert will pave way to other Japanese artist to perform here.

Anyhoo, I still have insomnia so I'll probably have blog posts during this time of the day/night? Whatever. I know you'll get what I mean.

Oh, I decided to make some Halloween hats for dolls which I'll be putting up on my store since it's almost Halloween time! I need to upload new items on my Etsy store and I'm squeezing some time for that despite the "sister duties" and other stuffs. I will definitely see to it that I will get back on drawing because I miss it SO much! Too many things I need to do but this time it's all about me. I'm no longer wasting my time for stuffs that I shouldn't have paid attention too much. I'm still doing my part but that's it.

What else... okay, I always find myself laughing or smiling like an idiot whenever I have this chat conversations with  my friends everyday, everynight. We have this group chat where we talk about our day and then later on our topic will shift to Aldub. If you don't know what Aldub is, you have to search it. It was pretty hilarious how we discuss this, like we are in an Anonymous group. Hahaha but seriously, we are solid Eat Bulaga and the concepts they create are truly brilliant.That's the only local show I am watching aside from the news.

Okay, enough about this random stuffs. I gotta iron some clothes first "sister duties" and then I'll continue what I'm reading which is Kite Runner. Ugh I can't finish that book (ebook to be specific) because I'm scared about the fate of one of the characters of the book even though I already know what will happen hahaha. But I always finish a book so I gotta continue reading it. It's a good book and I recommend you read it.

Dream on fairies!


*If you see spelling mistakes just ignore it, I've been typing like a mad woman because there are just too many things I have to say which I wanted to share. *

Here.

Well... I'm back!

A lot of things happened that I can't even remember everything. But I can say that I will need to take a short break from crocheting because that's what I've been doing for the last couple of months in preparation for the two events.

Oh those two events - were awesome! I'm not going to go on further details but I really enjoyed attending and selling my items. It was quite an experience.

Anyway, I'm trying to go back on track despite some disappointments I felt with recent events. I'm going to focus on my most important priorities because I've neglected them as my attention was focused on things that other people neglected before. This time, I think I deserve to step aside, chill and take a break... have a kitkat LOL.

Errands and a little bit of patience needed!

Hello pixies!

I hope everyone's having a great day/afternoon/night. (FYI: This post are just ramblings of how I spent my day so if this is not your kind of thing to read, you can skip it. No hard feelings haha)

I've been one busy bee today. I woke up at around 8 in the morning which is too early for me because I had a long list of agenda that needs to be done. Oops, I just took a glance on my computer's screen and I didn't realize it's already 12:38 am, so technically I'm telling you the events from yesterday.

Anyway, going back, I've got this list of agenda. Around 9am I need to be at my mom's eye doctor's clinic to get an endorsement form that I can present to Philcare (which is a medical benefits services offered by the company my brother's working with) so that we don't have to pay for her next eye surgery which is today... in just a few hours. Fortunately, I accomplished that. After that my mom asked me to buy something including a takeout lunch which took up half of the time I spent outside. It was sunny so it's really, really hot but I'm not complaining because I would be so pissed off if it rained because the area where the hospital was built was (and still is) prone to flood. So... I'd rather sweat than wade in the flood.

I was home before lunch, which is a good thing because I seriously don't want to miss watching my favorite noontime show Eat Bulaga! I feel like my day won't be complete if I didn't get to watch it. They are not on  during Sundays so that's an exception.

Alright, in the afternoon, I get to relax a bit then my mom informed me that I need to accompany her to the bank so we can settle something. This was by the way not on my list because my brother was supposed to be the one who will accompany her but he called to inform us that he needs to finish something from the office and won't be able to come home earlier than expected. Oh---kay. Just so you know, it rained during our trip to the bank which is no surprise because I think I have "rain" as a twin. Every time I go out, it rains and I just don't know why.

So everything I said has been completed but I'm a little bit tired and drained of energy to move so it shifted my mood from all bright and sun shiny, to a bit "easily irritated" and frustrated. I mean I've been walking and commuting and carrying heavy stuffs all day and I still have things to do (like crochet products to sell and do some house chores like wash the dishes etc.)

Oh, and speaking of wash the dishes, I got a little bit, okay, I got pissed off big time by what tool place this evening. You see, I ordered takeout for dinner again and I, my mom and younger brother ate dinner earlier than my big brother since he's not home from work yet. So we used just a few stuffs that needs to be washed like glasses, utensils etc. So I only washed few things this evening. Then here comes my kuya (we call big brother as kuya here in the Philippines) and he told us that he's not hungry yet since he just ate something before getting home. After an hour or 2 I think, he came down, ate he's share of the takeout and he used a utensil - spoon and fork. So that's the only two pieces of object that needs to cleaned. It will only took a person to clean it less than a minute.

Guess what he did after he ate his dinner? he left the spoon and fork beside the sink. WOW! I can't express how irritated/disappointed I am (I did express my sentiments to my friend Nanz earlier while we are chatting haha) by that simple task that was left to... I don't know... whoever cares to clean those utensils... did he really expect any of us beside him to clean those two valuable items? *sarcasm here*

Well... did I scold him for that? No. Because I can't. He's older than me and I'm just really tired of using what energy I still have left on an argument that will lead to nowhere. I'm really sorry for ranting about this kind of stuff here, I did tried my best in maintaining my blog as bright as possible but I just need to blurt this out. I am thankful to Nanz because you see, we always chat using WeChat every day especially at night and we talked about this incident and it's just comforting to be able to rant about this to someone who will understand where you're coming from. (knowng Nanz if she read this, which I think she will because she's one of the only few who really reads this LOL, will answer me by saying, "you're coming from (insert street name here)." Hahaha.

Yes, so that's my story today. Pretty long huh? I can imagine the reaction of a blog hopper who happens to stumble here and read this. He/She might be thinking, this girl is totally hot-tempered and full of angst and rants in life. Haha. No I'm not. Today just happens to be one of those days in which negative vibes keeps swarming around you. (My positive fairy vibes didn't work yesterday.)

Anyway, I should call it a night. It's already 1:08am and I need to be energized this afternoon as I and Nanz will probably meet up to buy some last minute items in Divisoria, that we can use for our August event.
I hope you are having a wonderful day so far!

Just to end my blog with something light and might put a smile on your face, here's my doll Stardust's most recent picture. :)

My ball-jointed doll Stardust would also like to send you some positive vibes today!

Sprinkling you with positive fairy dust vibes!

A week of rain, rain and more rain...

Hello pixies! We currently have an awful weather here in the Philippines and so everybody's been trying to stay indoors with the exception of those who still need to go to work. I feel for them because I've been in that position for 5 years when I'm still working in an actual office.

Anyway, the rain's been pouring non-stop (I think I've established that one already) and it's making me lazy! Cold weather is bed weather and it's not a good thing for me at this moment because I need to keep on crocheting. I've been crocheting little amigurumi keychains that I can sell on two upcoming events this August so laziness is a no-no. But this weather just makes me want to curl up on the bed and read my favorite books.

I'm not really sure what the point of this post is but I just want to have a quick."chat" with whoever is reading this. Come to think of it...I'm not even sure if someone will bother to read this. Haha! (what a waste of time huh?)

It's already 11:47 pm here and I need to be up and early tomorrow for Sunday mass so I guess that's it for now. Hopefully I can post something more meaningful on my next update (still depends on my mood though.).

Sprinkling you with positive fairy vibes dust!

What's in my bag?

I've seen several "What's in my bag?" videos on Youtube and I think these type of videos are fun to watch. Do you think you can guess a person's character based from what they put in their bag? I guess in some ways yes. Like for example if a person carries a book, you can assume that the person is a "reader."



You can also consider the place they are headed to by what they bring with them. if the person carries just important stuffs like money, phone, organizer etc... that guy/girl is probably going on lunch meeting, or just the grocery store.



However, we can't still judge someone according to the stuffs they have with them. What we see in the bag is just a small portion of what kind of person we are.



In the video above, I want to show you some of the stuffs I usually carry around with me. I just realized now that I didn't have my phone inside my bag when I filmed this one. I'm a heavy phone user so as soon as I get hpme, I always remove my phone from my bag. Just to let you know. :)

I love Sense8

Note: This post might contain spoilers so please do not proceed on reading this if you hate spoilers.

photo credit to Netflix and Sense8 Facebook page

One of my office mate (from the last company I worked with) recommended a TV series for me to watch which is titled Sense8. This series is created, written and produced by the Wachowskis who also created the hit franchise The Matix (which I also love!).

Anyway, Sense8 is about eight complete strangers living in different parts of the world who find themselves suddenly connected after they witness a violent death (more like a suicide) of a woman named Angelica. This opening scene already peaked my interest as it made me think how these eight people watched the same scenario while they are doing their normal activities on their respective countries.

Another thing that I like here is that, since they are emotionally and mentally connected, they sort of became friends with each others as they feel what each of them feels, may it joy, sadness, anger, lust and etc. They can even draw their strengths from each other. One of my favorite scene here is on episode 12 where Will and Riley, (I ship them!) need to escape from the main antagonist, Whispers who intends to kill them and anybody like them. In this scene, in order for them to escape, they need the abilities of each of the Sensate (that's what they call the 8 main characters).

I love the part were Will need to fight the guards (I think there were 4) blocking his path towards where Riley is being held captive. In order for him to do that, he needs the fighting skills of Sun Bak, who's a kickboxing star. So like being possessed by a ghost, Will manage to fight off these guards with Sun Bak doing the fighting using Will's body. I know it's kind of confusing but seriously this show is really, really GOOD! I just love these kind of science-fiction stories.

There are other scenarios that you'll love here. The characters are great, I also like their individual story lines especially Sun Bak's because she sort of symbolizes power in many aspects. Physically she's very I love the pairings as well, my fave of course is Will and Riley but I also love Nomi and Amanita's relationship. They show genuineness on their love and it's very nice to see how they trust each other. Then there's Lito and Hernando! Oh my gosh, you will love these two. I think they bring out something light about this mysterious show with the help of their own fangirl Daniela. Even though the main plot of this series is leaning towards drama, action with a mix mind-twisting occurrences, these three characters can still brings out some comedic feel in it.

The only thing I don't like about the series is the pacing. It's a bit slow for my taste. Honestly, I can think of a reason why this might be the case on this show. It's probably because it's a bit hard to build up each characters in this kind of genre. I think the production staff thought about how to make this story understandable especially to those viewers who's not particularly attracted in science fiction. In order to do that, they probably think of slowly building up the stories from each characters' point of view before joining them up together by the end of the season.

That's just my opinion and observation. They might have other reasons why that's the pacing they chose to do. Regardless of what others might think, I love this show. Netflix hasn't renewed the show yet as of this writing but I really REALLY hope they do. I still want to see more of these people. It would be nice to see how the characters will grow and if they will finally see each other in person (with exemption of Will and Riley who finally met on the last episode). It will be cool to see all 8 of them together.

Video Diary 2: Threads, Pore Strips (June 2015 week 3 and 4)

Hello pixies! Here's another video compilation of some random stuffs I want to share taken within the 3rd and 4th week of June. I've talked about the large amount of cross-stitch threads I got from my friend's mom (thank you!) and the pore strip remover I bought from one of our local drug store (Watsons) here in Manila.

I recommend these products as you can totally see the icky blackheads and whiteheads removed from the pores of your nose, chin and forehead once you removed the strips. I only have a short video clips compiled as I'm busy with making stuffs to sell on two upcoming events on August.

That's it for now! Sprinkling you with positive fairy dust vibes! :)

Hey It's My Birthday! + Video Diary 1

Yes, it's my birthday today and I just turned 31! Hurray!

I don't know why some people hate getting older. Age is nothing but a number. Every year you gain wisdom and knowledge and that's something to be thankful for!

Anyway, I and my family celebrated my birthday one day earlier because my birthday falls on a Monday. My younger brother has a 9am flight to catch on my actual birthday and a weekday means that most of our family members were either at work or at school. On top of that, my father is also out of the country so it's just me and my mom at home.

Going back from yesterday, we heard the mass at 9am, then had my per-birthday lunch at Hapchan in Harbor Square. It's a simple lunch date with the family. Today however, we woke up early to send my brother off to the airport, head back home to take a nap, then I went out to go to the post to ship an order from last week and bought myself a cake. Yes, I bought myself a cake but that's because my mom told me so and she's the one who paid for it so I'm totally fine with it hahaha. Aside from that, my mom can't travel a lot so I mostly do the shopping and groceries and errands and etc on a typical day.

I would say it was a relaxing birthday for me. I didn't do a lot of household chores today since it's just the two of us here and there's nothing much to do. I'll probably be a busy bee once again this coming days as I need to fix some health-related documents for my mom's eye laser surgery. I don't really like fixing documents as it is not something that I can do smoothly. I just hate paper works but you know... you gotta do what you have to do. I'm fine with online transactions and stuffs but when you have to go to offices, get forms, submit requirements physically... ugh... it's a big effort for me. But yeah, I'll do it because I'm oblige to do it. hahaha. Eventually, I'll accomplish it one way or another.

Here's a short video of how I spent my birthday this year.