Audrey.

Here are some of my Audrey Hepburn Famous Qoutes.

All typographies are posted on my tumblr http://rockinreggae.tumblr.com :)

What products do you use?

Before going to bed last night, I've been thinking what to write here on my blog. Then all of sudden I had this urge to share to you readers to share products that I have been using regularly. Here it is.. 

For Hair

I use Loreal's Total Repair 5 Shampoo and Conditioner. Before, my hair was damaged due to frequent hair coloring. It was very dry and often times would fall off. Then a friend recommended to use Loreal's Total Repair 5 Shampoo and Conditioner. I've seen the ads and It got me curious. They say It's a good shampoo for those who regularly have their hair colored. I've been using it for 4 months now and my hair is not dry anymore. It became smooth and silky; and my hair color became more prominent.

After washing my hair, I let it dry for a bit then I apply a small amount of Vitress Hair Cuticle Coat for damaged hair. I only use Vitress on my hair to give it a glossy shine. Only apply a small amount in your hair, you don't want it to be greasy.

For Face

I use Garnier Light Gentle Clarifying Foam in cleansing my face. Before, I used to have pimples even though I've been using a well-known brand who promises to have a pimple fighting effect. When I switched to Garnier, and I must say it does wonders! The zits started to lessen and disappear; and my skin became more clear and radiant. The price is affordable too. Only 7 pesos per sachet. I've been using it for 5 months now.

Another product of Garnier that I've been using is Garnier Light Complete Multi-action Whitening Cream. I use this instead of foundations and concealers. After cleansing my face with Garnier Light Gentle Clarifying Foam, I dab a small amount of Garnier Light Complete Multi-action Whitening Cream all over my face and neck. Then I finished it off with a loose powder and lip&cheek tint. What I love about this product is it lightens my pimple marks and it gives me a matte finished look. My only problem is, after a few hours my skin becomes oily so I have to re-apply a small amount of loose powder or use an oil film. But nonetheless, my skin feels great when using this product.

Whenever I have breakouts, I use Eskinol Classic Whitening Facial Cleanser and I incorporate 2 Clindamycin Capsules in it. Clindamycin is known to be an oral or a topical treatment for acne. It helps dries pimple and prevent further breakouts. But before using it, make sure to consult your doctor first.

At night before going to bed, I wash my face with Garnier Light Gentle Clarifying Foam and apply a small amount of Myra E Facial Moisturizer. It has Vitamin E which is an anti-oxidant. It moisturizes the skin than can give a 'blooming' and 'glowing' effect. I also take a Myra E 400 capsule before going to bed.






For Body

Perla is a laundry soap but some people have used them as a bath soap. I am one of them. I have been using it for almost a year now. They said that it can whiten the skin. It got me curious so I tried it. My skin is already fair so I wouldn't really see much difference. What I like about this soap is the feeling after taking a bath. You could feel that your skin is really clean but the only problem is it can make your skin dry.


 


 So after washing my body, I use Olay Natural White Soap or Belo Essentials Soap to prevent dryness. Yup, I bathe twice in every bath :) a bit of a hassle right? But its worth it. Not only that it has a whitening effect, It moisturizes your skin and makes your skin much softer and radiant.

 For the lotion, I just recently started using the Nivea Extra Whitening Inner Cell Repair Body Milk Lotion. I will keep you posted on that.

I hoped you enjoyed reading my post and it'd help you in deciding what to use. Message me for feedback. Thanks! :)

Mashed Potatoes

Mashed potatoes has always been my comfort food but the only time I got a chance to eat them is whenever I'm eating at KFC. So, just out of the blue I wanted to make my own mashed potatoes. :)

MASHED POTATOES

For the mashed potatoes

• 350 grams potatoes, peeled and diced
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon butter
• salt and pepper to taste

For the gravy

• 2 tablespoon butter
• 2 tablespoon flour
• 2 cups beef or chicken stock, warmed
• salt and pepper

For the mashed potatoes

1. Placed potatoes in medium saucepan and cover with water. Cover the lid and bring to a boil. Reduced to a simmer and cook until tender, about 10 minutes.
2. Combine milk and butter. Heat in the microwave until warmed.
3. Drain potatoes and return to the saucepan. Mash potatoes and the milk mixture. Season with salt and pepper. Let it cool, then refrigerate until ready to use.

For the gravy

1. Melt butter in pan. Add flour; combine. Cook for about 2 minutes.
2. Slowly pour in warm beef or chicken stock. 

 (Note: I used Knorr cubes for the stock. I boiled 6 cups of water for 1 knorr cube. So if you're going to use all the stock, you've got to triple the flour and butter. You can use chicken or beef.)

     3. Season it with salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.

Message me for feedbacks. Thanks. :)

Pulvoron ala Goldilocks

I've been craving for polvoron so I decided to make my own. Here's the recipe..

SPECIAL PULVORON

Ingredients:

4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 cups powdered milk
2 cups white sugar
1 cup butter (melted)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1. Toast flour in moderate heat for 15 minutes or until light brown, stirring constantly. 
2. Then add powdered milk, toss for another 5 minutes. Then let it cool.
3. Transfer to a mixing bowl. Add sugar, melted butter, and vanilla extract. Mix well.
4.  Pack well in pulvoron molder and wrap in tissue or Japanese paper.

I must say.. They taste like Goldilocks! Message me for feedbacks :)

Hello Dearies, :)

              Hiyiee! I've been busy lately so I haven't posted anything for the past 4months or so.. I'm currently under the a 4months Post-graduate course of a well-known Hospital here in the Philippines. Haven't got the time to write anything here.. but i promise that I'll write some of my experience there.. soon). My mama just finished her treatment (yehey!) last June 19, 2011.

   
            In behalf of my Mama and our whole family.. I would like to thank our friends and relatives for all of the support and prayers; My mama's colleagues, for all the help that they have given us; and of course.. Thank you Lord! for guiding us and making us more tighter than ever.

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           Last June 29, 2011; I just turned 22 years-old. ohmy! I feel so old already.. :( How did I celebrated my birthaday? I was on duty at that time so I only got to celebrate when I got home.. I had a small celebration with my family.. Mama turned 55 years old on July 9, 2011. We had to celebrate her birthday in the hospital. She was confined for 7 days due to complications of her radiation treatment. It was tough but thank God we were able to surpass the challenges given to us.

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           A lot has happened to me lately.. a lot of heartbreaks (I won't elaborate on it.. he might be reading this..) good thing i've been really busy lately.. so i've haven't got the time to be emotional/depressed. lol. :) 

my next post: my experience in a post-graduate course.

All of us have thousands of wishes. To be thinner, to be bigger, have more money, have a cool car, a day off, a new phone, to date the person of your dreams. A cancer patient only has one wish, to kick cancer's ass. I know that 97% of you won't post this as your status, but my friends will be the 3% that do. In honor of someone who died, or is fighting cancer, or even had cancer, post this for at least one hour.


This is for my Mom who is currently fighting cancer. We LOVE you MAMA!  

Part One. Denial and Acceptance

             Hmmm.. What should I write about? I've been staring at the monitor for almost 5mins now and still don't have anything to write.. Oh! I got it. I said in my previous post that i'll write about what happened to my Mama.. So here it goes..

             

             For more than 6months now.. My mother has been fighting cancer. Yes, you heard me right. Its Cancer. It started around the end of August  2010. She had vaginal spotting which later lead to profuse bleeding. I could still remember how it transpired. It was a Monday morning. My Kuya woke me up and told me that Mama was on the phone and wanted to talk to me. I remember that I was still half-asleep when I talked to her. Then Mama said that she was bleeding, really bad. I suddenly felt adrenaline rushing through my veins  & feels like I just finished working out. I was that hyper. After that phone call, I immediately told my Kuya what happened. It went by so fast that I forgot to eat breakfast. I got my mom's clothes had a bath then off to her office (my Mama works in a Hospital). When I got there, Mama's officemates we're there. I gave mama her clothes for her to changed. While I was waiting, I chatted with mama's officemates. They told me what happened and how it happened. After that, we had a quick lunch and went straight to the hospital beside the hospital she's working in. She had an Trans-vaginal Ultrasound that afternoon which was ordered by her OB doctor. The next day, mama decided to change doctors. I must say it was a good thing she did. We rushed to the hospital to get her ultrasound result then to the her new doctor's clinic. Thankfully we made it in time. Her new doctor gave her a medicine to stop the bleeding. She'll have to drink it for a month. 

            Then after a month, It was the end of September. Mama was still bleeding. The drug wasn't able to stop the bleeding. We went back to the doctor for a follow-up checkup, she ordered mama to have a trans-vaginal ultrasound with contrast done by her the following day.  I wasn't able to accompany mama. After that, the doctor decided that mama should undergo a minor procedure, D&C or Dilatation and Curettage. The doctor saw a hazy part in the ultrasound and cannot determine what it is. Mama was scheduled for D&C last October 5, 2010. Waiting for the result was antagonizing... The following week, It was a Monday. Mama got the result and went to the doctor's clinic with kuya... Then I received a text message from mama.. It was about the result. Mama said she already got the result. "Anak nakuha ko na result. Endometrial endometriod Adenocarcinoma ang result. Ayusin mo na gamit ko. bka admit na ako" At that point, It felt like my world came crashing down. I started crying. I can't believe what just happened. I received another text msg from mama  and said not to tell papa the result. It was hard. Papa was also inside the house. Imagine me acting nothing is wrong in front of him then when I go to the next room, I'd be crying like a baby. It was very painful. After lunch, mama called and told me she's scheduled for TAHBSO on the 15th of October. I was trying so hard not to cry.. before we said goodbye. I said, "I love you Mama.. love you mama" and I started to cry and so did her.. I could remember mama saying, "I love you too, Anak... Kaya ko ito." which made us both cry more.. That was the only time I cried in front of my mama. After that phone call, I started crying again.. I finally told my sister what happened. That afternoon, I received phone calls from my titas. Throughout the calls, I was hysterically crying. They we're calming me down and telling me what to do and what not. I could all hear them crying.. When kuya got home.. He was telling me not to cry and everything will be alright. Its hard not to cry.. Its mama eh. When mama got home.. Papa was downstairs and she told her at that instant.. The mood in the house was very depressing..  I could tell papa was shocked.. He wasn't talking as much at all.. I could hear mama crying every time relatives calls. It also made me cry.. In 4days, she'll undergo a major surgery. Mama was admitted a day before the surgery. For her stay in the hospital. I was the one watching her.. 

               On the day of the surgery, mama was on NPO for more than 10hours or so.. The surgery almost didn't push through due to some reasons but thank God it did. Both kuya and I waited in the room. Oh, I forgot to tell that kuya and mama both worked at the same hospital. My brother is a staff nurse there. The surgery ended around 11:30pm. Kuya's colleagues lets us stay inside the recovery room to be with mama. I didn't got much sleep there.. it was freezing inside the room. The next day, kuya was on morning shift so I was left there to watch mama.. around 10am Ate got to the hospital, so I got the chance to go back to our room and took a nap. Mama was transferred to our room around 12nn. We stayed in the Hospital for 5 more days before mom was discharged..

To Be Continued..

Part Two. Treatment.

the sky is blue!

the sky is blue!, a photo by reyesangela on Flickr.

This photo was taken outside our house. The sky is blue. i just love looking at the clouds. :)

flickr update!

I've just updated and organized my Flickr account. Removed what needs to be removed and added new stuffs.

Take a look. :) 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rockinreggae/

Ten craziest things na ginagawa pag nalalasing

Ten craziest things na ginagawa pag nalalasing

I got this from my tumblr account (follow me if you have one c: ). The title speaks for itself.. I think i've done almost everything in this list. haha.. let me elaborate..

• Umiyak ng walang dahilan - Almost sa every inuman sessions meron talagang mga tao na nagiging emotional bigla.
• Nagbibigay advice sa kapwa lasing - Ma pa love life, family, or sa studies may advice dyan.. wag lang tungkol sa pera hahaha :)))
• Kumakanta nang pasintunado - Dito lumalabas ang pagiging singer natin! Ilabas na ang videoke. wag lang kakanta ng My way  :)
• Tinatawagan / tinitext ang Ex para makipag-usap - Ganito ang mga tao na hindi pa nakaka move-on sa past relationships nila.
• Na-iinlove bigla - Dito nabubuo ang mga hindi inaasahang pag titinginan. Ma pa babae, lalake, bakla, or tomboy.
• Ginagawang unan ang inodoro - Pag madami nang na-inom.. unahan na sa cr. Kung hindi available.. andyan naman ang paso at basurahan :)
• Nagiging galante - Eto ay yung mga masarap ka-inuman. :)
• Ikini-kwento ang buong buhay ng angkan - payabangan part. haha :)
• Nagiging english speaking kahit wrong grammar - Nosebleed!
• Panay ang sabi, 'Di na ako iinom' habang nagsusuka' - Lahat ng tao sinasabi ito pero.. epic fail! :)

Howdy readers!

              It's been awhile.. Haven't posted anything since October. Ohwell, A lot has happened lately.. Stuff that we didn't expect to happen at all. First, my mom got sick.. I'll discuss more of it in my next post. Next, I'm still an unemployed nurse.. but it's all good 'coz I've been taking care of my mother since she got sick. And I like taking care of her.. beacause I love my Mama :) Lastly, I've been Single for more than 4months now.. I know.. How sad right? We broke up a few weeks after our 2nd year anniversary. We're friends tho.

P.S. There are still unpublished post here on my blogger. Will try finishing it in the coming days. :)