As a student, it can get pretty stressful. There’s always those projects to do, papers to write, deadlines we have to meet, meetings we have to be in to, quizzes to prepare for and exams to ace. And the truth is, it’s just stress - there’s nothing really pretty about it. And I mean, nothing. With that, I often neglect to take care of my skin. Honestly, I’m just the water-soap-face kind of girl but...

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The web is becoming more fragmented everyday with the numbers of user accounts. Knotlink's goal is to help you put all this pieces together in one high calibre stream box. Sure there are Social Media Management (SMM) out there, but most of them comes with a fee. Knotlink is a FREE social media management service that lets you create powerful connections with one simple statement: To offer you a personal, more efficient solution to handle sharing...

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Hello again my fellow book nerds, you heard me right. Bianca Gonzalez is launching her first ever book entitled "Paano Ba Toh?!". Originally Bianca is known as a model and TV host. But I never knew she could write (and I mean really write a book). So I did a little research (research meaning googling it at Wikipedia) and I was surprised that she started as a writer. Her first job with ABS-CBN was a...

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Hello everyone! Christmas is just around the corner and lucky for all you readers and bookworms, I have a special surprise for you from our friends at Buqo. ‘Tis the season of giving and, yet again, the Christmas spirit brings out the generous side in most (if not all) of us. What you would love to know is that the people at Buqo have also contracted the generosity bug that’s been going around! So to...

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A few months back, "Showered with Coco" trended on twitter and (yes!) I was part of it. And who is this Coco? Coco is Dial's newest product. I'm glad I shower using Dial's Coconut Water. As a university student, it gets pretty hectic. A normal day would include commuting to the university, walking from the dormitory, transferring to classrooms, walking again to buildings, doing my homework, exercising (it's a must!), eating (you have to squeeze...

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What started out as an idea to create shirts for bookworms, The Dream Shirt has finally marked its 2.5K likers after a year of operating online. With more and more fangirls and fanboys finding out about the online shop, The Dream Shirt is planning to have its relaunch come 2015, which includes creating a line for locally published books, releasing more collections, and a collaboration giveaway with Fandom Trinkets PH. The Dream Shirt is an...

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I'm not an art student but I wish I was. Lucky, I was able to join an art trip around some museums. We went to the Yuchengo Museum, National Museum, Metropolitan Museum and Pinto Art Gallery. And I know, based on the title of this post, you can guess what my favorite site was. So yeah, we went there and I really appreciated the gallery. It was so big that I wasn't able to visit a...

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Yayyy! So today, I decided that I blog about my boyfriend and I's eat-dates for the love of food and blogging. So here to start this series is my very first post. Enjoy! Horaaaah. I know this seems like a very late post because I last went to Ted's a few months ago but I was recently looking at some pictures then I realized I haven't blogged about it.. ever. It was such a good...

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Hello everyone! I'm finally writing a post about tips on how to pass the Tutoring Skills Assessment for RareJob. I'm writing this because I usually receive emails asking for tips and there are times that I get so caught up with school that I wasn't able to email back those people (and I'm very sorry about that!). Other times, some of their emails go to my spam folder. If you do have questions, I suggest...

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Hello! And welcome again to another post from our "saving money series". And today's post is all on cleaning one's closet. For us girls, it's a tough and tiring job (because we have a lot of clothes) - and for the guys, well if you also have a "bunch" of clothes, you can clean your closet as well. So it's optional. Most people do not like the idea of cleaning their closet, it can get...

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Today's tip is all about food planning. This is one of the most effective ways to save money. [And an added bonus, if you plan a healthy diet, you can lose weight. :)] I read that when a person doesn't plan or even have an idea of what he or she wants to eat, there is a tendency that he/she spends more money. Why? Well, there is no limited budget. Unlike a person who plans...

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Before you start anything, any project, thesis, recipe, basically anything - you need to have a goal. I cannot stress to you how important a goal is. I'm sure you all have had your fair share of goals. And it may be August and we're nearing the end of this year but it is never too late to create new goals. So before we start our project to save money. Start with the question "why...

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/WRITTEN IN A COLLEGE STUDENT'S PERSPECTIVE/ When we say the word "college"- words like "expenses","tuition fee" and "money" come in to mind. Why? Well, the answer is simple. It is because without money- you cannot survive the university. We all know how expensive education is. And I'm pretty sure we also know how expensive it can get during the school year. We have a lot of homework, projects, materials we need to buy, field trips...

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TODAY'S TOPIC: 10 songs currently in your playlist: *Yay! This seems easy. I'll just check the top 10 songs of my iTunes.* *checks the top10 recently*  *sees nothing*  *remembers that she uses spotify*  ...and how great is that. Thus the death of this post. Just kidding. Anyways, here are my top 10 songs (they are not necessarily the most played songs on my phone..or is it? lol). Going through these songs, I know why I...

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And since I am catching up on my posts for this month, here is another post I hope you enjoy.  My mom always makes us (me and my siblings) drink water... with lemons. I loved it. It tastes good and I feel healthy though I never understood the reason behind it. I mean why do we put lemons in our water? Thus, being the computer junkie that I am (YET AGAIN), I did googled researched about it....

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Hello again dear readers. Sorry if I haven’t been updating my blog lately. I’ve been very busy with school and we didn’t have any internet connection at the apartment. I’m only online because I bought myself a pocket wifi I can use. Anyways, today’s post is literally two weeks late. I was originally writing a draft of it but school (yes, I’m blaming school) got in the way so it was only till today that...

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Have you ever found yourself googling something like this? Have you found something that could help you? Well, I have good news for you!  I quote this from my father.  Like any normal person, we want to be healthy and wealthy. Getting there isn't as easy but we will be glad to help you. (And no, he didn't ask me to put this up on my blog if that's what you're thinking) I did this...

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Yay! Aloha. Today, I attended my very first Cinemalaya forum series. This is very much different with watching the films - of course - because you get to experience the film itself. Some speakers also were involved with this year's films so they were able to share experiences, tips and their contributions in making the particular film.  It was really such a good experience. There were also a lot of students who attended the forum...

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Everybody talks about their bucket lists and the things they really want to do in the future but nobody ever talks about the things they don't want to do. Thus, I came up with a list - some thing like the usual bucket list but completely opposite. This is a list of things I never intend of doing (this includes things I've already done but won't ever want to do again). Enjoy! eat wasabi thinking it...

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Hello hello! Being the computer junkie and Tangled - loving fan girl that I am, I decided to research about things and facts people probably didn't know about Tangled. Thus, I've come up with an info graphic about it. Enjoy! :) My sources are also at the bottom part of the info graphic.  ...

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JULY 29 I had an amazing day today at EDSA Shang Ri-La hotel. My orgmates and I attended this free *but per-invite* forum by Accenture. I learned a lot today (horaaah). The speaker was a professor from MIT and he was really smart and funny. In a way, I wanted to shift from my course to computer science (which was originally one of my dream courses next to the arts). The world is so digital today...

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Although recently I saw a post of this blogger saying she was disappointed with the macarons she bought in Tous Les Jours, I wasn't. I don't like my macarons - or anything else - to be too sweet. I think these we're just right and heavenly. And I now understand why macarons are so expensive. They're describe to be the one of the hardest pastries to make. And then you'd probably ask yourself, what is the hype all about? What...

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A lot of people have been asking me lately how can they learn to speak in English. I, for one, couldn't answer that question because I was born into an English speaking family. I don't think I had a hard time learning the English language. So I thought about it again... and again.. and again. Finally, it hit me! I've come to realize that it doesn't depend on what language one is trying to learn....

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Aloha! Today, I finally got my TIN number. For those who are not familiar with what a TIN is, well: Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) is an identification number used by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the administration of tax laws. Click here to read more about it. To be honest, it wasn't easy. It took me almost 4 hours to complete the filing of the documents. I'm not even finished - I have to go back tomorrow...

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With the weather condition, I declared today as a self non-working holiday. Only then did I realized the beauty of also not working. It's good to rest and take time to do things you actually like doing. Being the computer junkie that I am, I did some research and worked on some info graphics (to be posted soon!). Plus I helped my baby sister with her homework (you know, sister duties). After that, we made loom...

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In relation to the modern Rapunzel: Too much of some things are bad, but too much of Tangled? Non-sense! I watched Tangled for n-times now. I even memorized all their songs. And occasionally, when I do paint - I paint Tangled-related art works. I guess it's safe to say I have fallen in love with Disney's Tangled. And to show my love (lol) - here are some of my Tangled paintings. [P.S. I do not own any...

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I haven't been posting lately due to the weather. The recent typhoon left most parts of the country - well - powerless. So my siblings and I decided to go on a road trip. A road trip in search of wifi. And against the heavy rains (which I overlooked thus I got my new shoes wet - boo) and traffic everywhere, we finally found our spot. Thanks Bon Appetea! <3 I hope everyone stays safe! :) ...

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I find it really funny that some of my students keep telling me I look Japanese. Filipinos would tell me the same but to be told be a Japanese, himself - I found it really (woah and) funny. And just for entertainment, here is a compilation of the funniest and best things some of students told me.  1. *sees each other for the first time* Wow. You look Japanese. 2. *student messaged me after class*...

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Today I decided to write again - no special occasion - just me, trying to blog. Maybe the title of this blog should be "Melissa tries / is trying / is really trying to blog". It would be perfect, don't you think so? But kidding aside, today I decided to write my "before the summer ends" kind of list. Starting today, I only have a month and 4 days to complete this list. Whew. Summer...

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With 4 months of summer vacation, what else was one broke girl going to do? Of course, find a *summer* job. And that’s what she did. So here is the story of how I got my summer job: As soon as summer started, I too, started on my job hunt. I first applied in this donut company (I won’t be naming names so you could just have your guess). You see, my uncle is a...

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