I can't recall being this emotional every time I write a year-end post, but it's probably because 2016 was a real rollercoaster for me and for everyone else. I like looking back because it makes me realize how bad and good and how everything can change in just a year. Entering 2016,  I was young and naive. To be honest, I always felt I was. I didn't know much about the world and the world...

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Ahh, let me first start by saying - I am disappointed with myself. I was rereading my goals for last year and one of them was to write more this year. I did a self-check and I found out that I am down to 20 posts (including this one) only to come at par with the number last year. Usually I write a lot during the break but I've been on that constant falling in...

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So I recently decided to turn blonde............... kidding aside. Here's a long over due post on coloring my hair with Going Straight Salon x Nouvelle. I am really sorry for the delay..... tbh. I colored my hair before I left for Greece so I never really found the time to write about it when I was there. I went home and it was a week before class started........ class started and yep, you can guess...

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I have never told anyone this story. For reasons that I never believed that rejections were good until this year, 2016. In fact, I used to hate rejections........... they often made me feel small and useless as  if I wasn't meant for anything great. Yes friends, I've been there. But so much has changed this year. When I think of it, all those rejections were preparing me for something great so allow me to share...

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One thing I love about the Holidays (believe it or not) are the endless parties! Endless gatherings of good food, cocktails and chikahan with your friends and family. But one thing I do dread about it is that you always have to LOOK YOUR BEST. You know naman, the typical Tita of Manila might go on blabbing how you look and probably relate it to why you DON'T HAVE A BOYFRIEND. HAHAH kidding aside, we want...

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