But yes, I wish that someday I would be thin! Not thin like sickly thin, I guess slender is the right word. 
I'm going to wear these kind of outfits! Just my wishful thinking. :)
Gorgeous! (via studdedhearts)
7:20 PM
7:59 AM
Almost. Because I was watching this with my mom and I didn't want to cry or should I say I never want to cry when I am with her. But, yes, this video hit me right on.
11:59 AM
Since grade school, I have always loved eating Taho. Everyday, I’d wake up a little early and listen for Manong Taho’s (the taho vendor) rhythmic shouts of “Tahoo, Tahooooo!” Basically, having a cup of taho in the morning became a part of my daily routine until I reached high school. I started missing my taho during high school because classes started earlier already and I had to take two jeepney rides to get to school as compared to my grade school where it was just a hiking distance from our place. As the years passed, the number of “suki” (regular customers) of Manong Taho dwindled and eventually, I never heard his regular chants at all. Not until today.
I’ve been longing to have a cup of taho for a few days now. I guess it’s due to the fact that I’ve been at home for more than a month now with nothing to do really except to think about food 24/7. Haha! Also, I know Manong Taho is still out there, maybe on another street but definitely still near our place because I keep hearing chants of “Tahoo, Tahoooo!” So in order to satisfy my craving, I promised myself that I’m going to have my taho-fix today. And look what I had just a while ago…
Taho, by the way is a well-known and well-loved Filipino snack made from fresh tofu processed to until its consistency becomes like that of a custard. Traditionally, taho is sold by vendors who walk the streets or neighborhoods in the country, carrying two aluminum cans; one for the taho and the other for the toppings: the “arnibal” (caramelized brown sugar) plus the little “sago” (tapioca pearls). However, stalls and even stores that serve tofu have now been selling a variety of toppings for taho like fresh fruits and flavored gelatins. As for me, nothing beats my Manong Taho’s version of taho.
6:27 PM
In the US, fire trucks are looked upon as the King of the Road. Next in line are the police cars and paramedics, all using sirens for a cause. On this side of the world, whoever has a position in a public office or a connection to a government official can use a siren and act as if he/she owns the road. Whether it's a real emergency case or just because madame mayor is already late to wherever it is that she's going, sirens are used with such liberty that most, if not all, ordinary drivers won't feel any urgency to give way upon hearing it anymore.
Here's a documentary that sums how sirens ("WANG WANGs") are used in the Philippines.
A harsh reality. Welcome to the Philippines!
5:24 PM
BASEMENT SALON SUCKS
Today at 1:42am
Hello all,
Last JUNE 3, 2009 we went to Basement Salon ROCKWELL branch to get Garovs' hair dyed as a birthday gift to herself, it was P2750 ata, a bit pricey diba for short hair, we normally spend like P200 bucks for cheap hairdye that damages the hair. We thought of getting it done PROFESSIONALLY para healthy pa din ang hair after. We asked first if they can do ash blonde (almost greyish) WITHOUT using bleach:
3:30 pm
- we asked the receptionist if they can color Garovs' BLACK hair without using BLEACH
- they called one of the Senior Stylists: _____________
-SENIOR HAIRSTYLIST: "yes kaya naman po, pero matagal mga 2-3 hours"
Garovs : gagamit ba ng bleach? kasi pinagrow ko na yung virgin hair ko and i don't want it bleached anymore kasi super damaged na ng hair ko before, and i want to maintain its healthy shine now.
Hairstylist: ay hindi na po mag b-bleach, basta matagal lang siya mga 2-3 hours, or 4hours, basta kaya nyo mag antay.
Garovs and Me: OK GAME! (excited because possible pala without bleach! yahoo)
*** We went to the ATM to get cash***
BEFORE PHOTO
4:00 pm (went back)
Garovs: hi promise ha, hindi gagamit ng bleach? takot nako sa bleach eh (LOL)
Hairstylist: opo, basta tatagal lang..
Garovs: ok sige sure! i dont care, kahit 10hours basta maachieve
(They started coloring her hair... then about 30-45mins after, HAIRSTYLIST peeked into Garovs' aluminum-foiled head, and i noticed he looked a bit concerned, pero nag smile pa din siya para hindi kami ipanervous siguro. he left, and came back with the bowl of hair dye and started brushing more color on parts of her hair. after a few minutes, shampoo time.. ayun, dirty brown/orange/blonde.)
HAIRSTYLIST: isa pang dye ha, hindi kasi kumapit eh.
garovs: ok sige (she was still happy, and i didn't care kung matagal, kasi we trusted him, and basement salon yun diba known for their hair coloring)
(5:30 to 6pm HAIRSTYLIST peeked into the foil, again, ayun. THE LOOK OF WORRY nanaman, biglang nagtransform into the look of frustration, and he said to garovs: "shampoo ulit, baka ilang try tayo ha"
garovs: OK, basta wag mo bleach ha, promise!
(she was smiling pa, having the time of her life reading gossip magazines and drinking iced tea, snoozing, massage while shampoo etc. pero ako i was getting worried na. so garovs got back to the chair,HAIRSTYLIST started brushing dye onto her hair ulit, garovs was on the phone then, HAIRSTYLIST looked like he was in a hurry to get the dye on her hair, and i could see garovs head bouncing as he POUNDED on the dye.)
**after the phone call...
garovs: haha parang pareho ang smell ng hair dye sa bleach noh?
HAIRSTYLIST: .............. (tuloy tuloy pa din nagmamadali)
garovs: parang ganito din smell ng bleach eh, diba? tsaka medyo stingy to ah :-)
HAIRSTYLIST: ay, linagyan ko na siya ng bleach. ayaw na tumalab ng hair dye eh.
garovs: HUWAAAAT!!! uyyy pwede ba alisin natin, ayoko talaga ng bleeeach, di ko kaya buhayin ulit hair ko! (worried na, medyo naiiyak)
HAIRSTYLIST: ah! baka kasi cheap mga bleach na linalalagay mo, eto kasi imported. HEALTHY PA DIN HAIR MO AFTER :-)
garovs: huuuhh??? sure ka ha?! ok.
(after few minutes, shampoo again)
and voila.
WOW ano to?!
Sana nag Hydrogen Peroxyde nalang tayo haha
Garovs: huuuuyy HAIRSTYLIST ganito na ba talaga? kasi hair dye tapos bleach? hindi na mag wowork yan. lagi ako naghahair dye ah, almost 7years na ako nag hahair dye and bleach.
Hairstylist: Opo, may lalagay pa tayong isa, hindi pa tapos.
Garovs: Ok.
(every few minutes garovs would BEG HAIRSTYLIST na kung pwede mag STOP na, kasi masakit na scalp nya because of the bleach. so HAIRSTYLIST told his assistant to give garovs a fan para itapat head nya dun to lessen the pain. this is after 2shampoos already so her scalp must have been raw and dry na. ouch! shampoo na again...)
garovs: bleach pa din ba linalagay mo? sobrang sakit na talaga. pwede bang ibang day nalang ako bumalik? di ko na kaya. as in parang may sumasabunot sa aken. super sakit na.
HAIRSTYLIST: oo. di kasi tumatalab sa hair mo eh. nagshampoo ka ba sa bahay mo?
garovs: oo
HAIRSTYLIST (with the look of relief and disappointment) AY KAYA PALA! eh kasi po nag shampoo kayo bago pumunta dito eh.. kaya mahapdi/masakit! DAPAT HINDI KA NAGSHAMPOO BAGO MAG PA DYE
garovs: huhhh?!?!? eh hindi ka naman nagtanong! sana tinanong mo ako, (super sad and almost crying na) sana nag tanong ka muna. and ang usapan natin walang bleach. sabi mo walang bleach. sabi mo dye lang! kasi diba ilang beses ko inulit na kakagrow ko lang ng buhok ko para maging healthy ulit, and lagi ako nagcocolor, kaya nga ako andito kasi gusto ko ng hair color na hindi naka bleach. diba?
HAIRSTYLIST: ...ok na yan mabilis nalang to.
garovs: (looking like maiiyak na.)
***EH di sana pala from the start sinabi na niya na... "maam, nag shampoo kayo? kasi sasakit mamaya pag nag haircolor kayo.."***
BUT NO, hindi niya in-ask yun. KASALANAN PA NAMIN. WOW.
AND HE APPLIED THE BLEACH WITHOUT EVEN INFORMING US!!!! sobrang sneaky! habang nasa phone pa si garovs kaya hindi siya nakacomplain again. wow sneaky!
WTF! (ok i didn't tell him that, sa isip ko lang haha)
after 30 mins (again) so LAST SHAMPOO. AND VOILA:
so ito nayun?!
*GAME SHOW BUZZER* di padin eh!
WTF! ANO YAN?! ANONG COLOR YAN? ash blonde bayan?
Garovs: OMGGGGGGG!!!! PLATINUM BLONDE!!! ayoko to. brown lang hinihingi ko. ayoko maging blonde. nagawa ko na to. brown lang hiningi ko. OMG. sana sinabi mo hindi mo kaya.
OMG. sana umamin ka nalang from the start. and i said ayoko ng bleach. blineach mo. this is BLONDE. SUUUUPER BLONDE. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAIRSTYLIST: Eh diba kasi sabi hindi niyo na kaya, isa pa sanang hair color, eh nasasaktan na kayo eh, balik nalang kayo after 3 days pahinga niyo muna buhok niyo!
Garovs to Ryan: ha? lalabas ako ng ganito.. (mainit na ulo, and scalp haha)
Ryan to hairstylist: Kala koba walang bleach? eh may bleach naman ata yan eh. So may bayad ba pag bumalik kami after 3 days?
Hairsylist: Wala ng bayad pag balik niyo,
Ryan to Hairstylist: Eh kasi sabi mo kanina nung tinatanong ka namin kung kaya mo'ng mag ash blonde WITHOUT bleach, sabi mo OO pero tatagal lang ng 2-4 hours.
Hairstylist: (looking K.I.A.) Nako matagal yun talaga pag ash blonde, mga dapat dalawang balik kayo sa salon bago niyo ma-achieve yung ash blonde! kasi dapat ibleach talaga!
garovs: (very sadly and almost about to cry)ang tigas tigas na ulit ng buhok ko. sabi mo walang bleach. sana nagtanong ka muna promise. diba sinabi ko ilang beses na wag ibleach. sa start palang ilang beses ko pinaalala, kasi ayoko na talaga mag bleach ng hair..
hairstylist: bagay naman sayo o!
Garovs to Ryan: Ok lang ba buhok ko? hindi ba panget? yung totoo. p****na mas ok pala kung ako nalang nagkulay ng sarili ko., OMGEEE NAMAN BLONDE NANAMAN. ang itim ko pa naman ngayon!!! YUCK MUKA AKONG GAGO. yung totoo ryan!
Ryan: Hmm ok lang naman, babalik naman tayo eh..
Hairstylist to assistant: wash mo na and blower mo nayan
**after blower, hairstylist went back kasi nag co-color din siya sa isa pang customer**
Hairtylist: WOW maganda naman ah, bagay pala sayo.. (shit, sino niloko mo?!)
Garovs: **S A D** AND TIRED AND ACHING SCALP
Ryan: Ok lets go na.. bayad na tayo..
7:30-8:00pm (closing time)
Cashier to Garovs: Hi maam, how was your hair? (smiling)
Garovs: umm miss, kasi...
THEN GAROVS STARTED CRYING in front of the cashier/ receptionist. as in SUPER CRY. as in nakakaawa na cry. :-(((
Garovs: HUHUHUHUHUHUUUUU sabi ng hairstylist, huhuhuhu, hindi niya lalagayn ng bleach huhuhuhuhuuu pero nilagayn niya huhuhuhuhuuhuuuu
Cashier: im so sorry! sir ano po nangyari?
so i explained to her, while also trying to calm down garovs.
the receptionist talked with the hairstylist behind the door
(hairstylist came out almost shouting sa reception area, without even looking at us)
Hairtylist: EH KASI NAMAN NAG SHAMPOO SIYA EH at HINDI TALAGA MA AA-CHIEVE AGAD YUNG HAIR COLOR NAYAN. DAPAT BABALIK PA SIYA (in super galit na tone na parang bata na na nagdinedefriend ng kalaro! weirdo!)
Garovs: (while crying and being just sad and still nice about the issue) eh sabi mo kaya mo, HUHUHUHUHU, miss o ako pa sinisisi huhuhuhuhuh sabi mo kaya mo na walang bleach ,huhuhuhuhu, and 2-3 hours lang huhuhu aantayin namin to achieve the color huhuhuhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Receptionist: (Shocked)
Hairtylist to Cashier: OK SIGE WAG MO NA PAG BAYARIN. WAG NA. aken na yan, VOID!
Ryan to Hairstylist: umm, excuse me, YOU KNOW ITS NOT ABOUT THE MONEY! SABI MO KAYA MO, NGAYUN KAMI SINISISI MO! pano siya lalabas ng ganyan?!
** while I'm saying that statement, NAG WALK OUT YUNG HAIRTYLIST NAYUN **
Ryan to receptionist: ANG BASTOS NG HAIRSTYLIST NIYO AH! CAN I GET THE OWNERS NUMBER? TATAWAGAN KO NGAYUN DIN.
receptionist to Ryan: I'm really sorry po, can i get your number nalang po? I'll tell the owner to call you tom ASAP.
***and then some nice stylist in the cashier area asked Garovs what happened.. and Garovs explained all to him (that nice guy was FREDDIE SCHAFER)**
Freddie Schafer fixed the color of Garovs' hair and started telling us the problem with pinoy salons. that most stylists, instead of saying 'no' to clients they just keep accepting for the money. and some are just too proud to ask other stylists for help when they don't know what to do.
Freddie managed to fix Garovs' hair in less than 30 mins (not ASH BLONDE but much better than blonde WITH BLEACH) and explained to us things about hair coloring, etc. HE IS SO NICE!
So we went to the cashier to pay and of course walang bayad (we gave the shampoo guy and FREDDIE tips) and got his business card. Garovs started smiling again :-)
Friendly hairstylist's business card :)
7 of my friends didn't bother to go back there because of my story. Parang gift nalang nila kay Garovs yun. and we didn't bother calling the owner anymore, kasi we were just so horrified and saddened by what happened, KARMA nalang ang bahala kay HAIRSTYLIST who wasn't professional about the situation. and we were being nice to him the whole time, maintained low pitched voices. never got mad at him except for the last part. you could just see the sadness and the pain in garovs' face, dun ata siya nadala.
Hindi kami sikat pero ^%*(^&)(&)* naman bigyan naman nila kami respeto, nag babayad kami!
PLEASE REPOST, PLEASE!
Ryan Vergara
Photographer/Graphic Designer
Garovs Garrovillo
Fashion Stylist / Art Director
Everywhere We Shoot
Photography+Graphic Design+Styling
http://everywhereweshoot.com
11:06 AM
Yes, not even Eric Bana.
from makeasubtlestatement
WEIRD!
Remember when we would play the revised “Ro-Cham-Beau,” we would rock our hands three times, then proceed to throw in our left hand to make a cross, followed by our emphatic one syllable statement of, “God.” — No one could say anything because they knew God will always win.
I guess someone wanted to illustrate that Spiderman, James “Logan” Howlett or even Eric Bana could not over power Him.
Clincher.
11:36 PM
All the more reason not to miss an Idol episode. Victoria Beckham is gorgeous, witty, funny, sexy, and a Spice Girl!
Whether this is true or not, just the idea of having Posh in American Idol makes me all giddy like a school girl!
Source: Check out Bryanboy.com - Victoria Beckham for American Idol?
11:32 PM
I went to PRC (Professional Regulation Commission) today to register as a new nurse. Originally, I planned to go there this Friday so that I could watch the Time Traveler's Wife during its opening on the big screen, hitting two birds with one stone. However, due to lacking information and sensationalized hearsay that today, Monday, will be the last day for registration, I went there. I don't want to recall how gruesome my day was but I'm not tired enough to say that I got an 83% average passing rate! That's like 1.6% difference with whoever is on the Top 10th on the list!
Almost making it to the "list" again! Is this all I'm capable of? Almost making it but always coming up short?
-In high school, I was top of the class during graduation for my curriculum (Applied Science) but was not awarded as Valedictorian since I got a grade that was below 80 during my junior year for one subject!
-I was 0.02 short to graduate as cum laude in college!
-Now, 1.6% to make it to the top 10 Board Exam Passers!
Have to do better! Better-er!
9:18 AM
Found this site just now where it creates a slogan based from any keyword you give.
My slogan: The Best Part of Waking Up is Karen in Your Cup!
Haha!
Whatever You're Into, Get Into Karen.
Generated by the Advertising Slogan Generator. Get more karen slogans.
8:48 AM
Yahoo news posted an article that famous social networking sites, Facebook and Twitter, were attacked by hackers last Thursday. I guess that explains why Facebook was annoyingly slow that day. As for Twitter, my account is on the verge of dying so the supposed attacks did not affect me at all.
Want to read more? click: Hacker attacks silence Twitter, slows Facebook.
2:16 PM
Welcome to the blogging world Karen!
Being the introvert that you are, I wish that you will find blogging here in blogger as liberating as you did while you were on livejournal. Continue to write what you love to write about as we are living in a free country after all. Never worry about the comments that you are so afraid of, you can always click that DELETE button and not be penalized for it. Lastly, I urge you to always update this new blog of yours and refrain from making up reasons as to why you're on hiatus most of the time.
xoxo
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Haha! Shoot me!
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