Monthly Archives: October 2011

Random Thoughts

I Was Told There’d Be Cake

I Was Told There'd Be Cake

I Was Told There'd Be Cake

When I came across this book in the library, I immediately snapped it up based on the book title. It was an okay read :? Her stories are more suited for a personal blog. She tries to be personable, but her way of writing is so haughty & disconcerting. I just wanted her TO. STOP. TALKING.

It does make me wonder if I, too, could publish my own book of personal essays, since you don’t seem to need to have a particularly interesting life to be able to publish one… Oooh, burn!

However, it was nice to know that I’m not alone with my bridesmaid drama. She, too, was asked by someone to be a bridesmaid because the bride considered her a very close friend, even though she wasn’t.


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Family, Shopping

End of December raffle

Lots o' bags

Whoa, 10 purses!

Unbeknownst to me, my grandmother and aunt in the Philippines hold an end of December raffle in their provincial town giving away various things. They’ve asked my parents to bring some potential giveaways when they visit this month.

Instead of purchasing things, I volunteered to donate some bags that I’ve never used or only used once or twice. I figured someone else can enjoy them more than I did, and it’ll help unclutter my closet. (While some girls collect shoes, I collect purses.) Continue reading →


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Art

Let’s get crafty…

Duck tape clutch

After seeing this Youtube video on how to make your own duct tape clutch, I decided to make my own. I bought the zebra patterned duct tape as my base color, and used my brother’s red tape as my accent and flower color. It was easy to get all the materials at my local AC Moore.

The zipper was the dilemma as none of the arts & crafts places in my area carried it. I resorted to buying it online. Jennie at ZipIt on etsy was very helpful and offers a large variety of zippers at a great value. As I had no need for bulk, I ordered 5

I admit that my first creation isn’t perfect, but I love it! It is now my daily wallet. I added some extra pockets on the inside to hold my cards and receipts. As I still have a lot of duct tape leftover, I’m thinking of making another fashion-related duct tape accessory… perhaps a wallet… hmm…


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Food, Friends

A Supernatural marathon

Supernatural marathon food

Ham & turkey panini, Thai iced tea, and curried squash soup

Since we missed (mostly) all of Supernatural’s season 6, my friend & I decided to marathon the episodes on the first DVD. Then, we got silly and decided to make a meal to eat during the marathon. The above picture is a result, and are all made from scratch. It was really fun. I hope we’ll have more marathons like that


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Random Thoughts

Why Pottermore?! Why?

Due to high demand...

Pottermore, you’re breaking my heart! I’ve been trying to log into Pottermore for weeks now and have gotten this message 99% of the time. I hope Sony beefs up their servers because demand will skyrocket when the site opens to everyone later this month.


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