♥ The Coolest Nail Color! ♥

Monday, May 10, 2010

Yep, the true symbol of hope, equality & democracy!

I really wish that all of us exercise our rights & fulfill our duties.

I know it’s not easy, long lines, the heat, the chaos & the crowd BUT more patience & a little sacrifice will surely go a long way.

Get up now and have your nail painted with the coolest color this May! =p

PS: Bring towel/hanky, sweat may fall in your ballot! It will not be scanned if that happens, and you cannot have a second ballot. Bring water. Have a codigo if possible. Be careful with your ballots. Have tons of patience!

♥ “Tuesdays are for my MORRIES” ♥

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Tuesday… and I want, and probably need, to have a meaningful conversation with someone like Morrie! The whole day I was bombarded with papers, persons to talk to and travels to process that I can barely feel my soul anymore. hayz…

The most natural thing or me during these dreadful times is to head straight to one of the best places on earth, where else but on a bookstore! [libraries too!] p.s. I acknowledge e-books but there are just some reading materials worth having in hardbounds or paperbacks. And my favorite bookstore is, BOOKSALE! Why not?! The books are cheap and unique. Our shopping skills especially sale hunting would be honed! =) There is this joy when you buy one good find. It’s really like treasure hunting, if you know what I mean.

And now… my new treasures…

* image from www.amazon.com *

This contains trivia about everything you’ve ever wanted to know about women. Our views on shopping, clothing and cosmetics, marriage and children, food, sex, and pets, along with some notable points about celebrities an heroines.

Quoting from the book…

Fifty-seven percent of women would rather shop than have sex.

Men accompanying their wives shopping experience the same stress level of fighter pilots facing a dangerous situation.

and….

* a novel, image from google *

The book is about Cyd Charisse who moved to New York after high school to go to culinary school while sharing an apartment with her half-brother. Sad to say, things do not go as she planned & expected it to be. Cyd breaks a leg almost immediately upon arrival, and it takes awhile for her to get her life going in a direction she likes. A lot more juicy happenings come into her life in New York while in search for the perfect cupcake!

I am darn excited to read these books! Oh please spare me some time! I was thinking actually to reserve and devote my Tuesdays to my beloved books. That way, I’ll feel like having talked to a Morrie and ultimately I’ll be intouch againg with my spirit within.

How about you, any good reading lately? Have a sweet sleep… a’ight!?

All the Love in the World,

Miss Sachi

♥ Shake your Life! ♥

Monday, April 19, 2010

* image from google *

Lovely Monday Morning pressers! I am feeling a bit sleepy with possible cause of Low-energy. I was not able to grab a quick breakfast! [rush... rush... rush...]. Off to work with an empty stomach and hence, LOW LOW energy level.

So what’s to boost me up this first day of work week? My current addiction it is – Fruitas Fruit Shakes! [with lots of choices / combinations to choose and experiment from!]. Here’s a little info from their packaging. Hope it’ll help you do your right pick and mix. =))

PS: I know a lot of you are ‘INTO COFFEE’, but its summer & it will be totally refreshing if you’d try these fruity, delicious & healthy shakes!

Strawberry – good refreshng cleanser.

Orange – helps in cleaning up the digestive system

Melon – gentle lexative that stimulates action on the intestines

Watermelon – stimulates the appetite while cleansing the kidneys and bladder

Apple – helps relieve indigestion, keeps cholesterol stable and suppresses appetite

Banana – excellent aid in digestion

Mango – gives energy, vitality and promotes healthy skin

Papaya – energy booster that stimulates appetite and cleanse internal organs

Pineapple – aides in the digestion of protein

Grapes – excellent metabolism stimulator

An energy-filled week to all!

From,

Miss Sachi

♥ You Beach! ♥

It’s Sunday night & tomorrow we will all be hitting our works but here I am very giddy to make a quick post to share my summer happenings last weekend. =p

Sure, I love the beach and I never fail to fall in love, over and over again with sunsets, big, orange-y & fire-y! And the one music that truly calms my nerves and recharges my depleted energy is the sound of waves splashing the shore. hays… That’d make my Life a Perfect one!

So, I decided to hit Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro. It was my first time actually. I’ve been hearing not quite good stories about it but I decided to give it a chance anyway. Truth is, it was tagged as CHEAP BORA [Boracay]!

Honest to goodness, the travel is what makes the experience quite tiring and regretful. I mean, Batangas Pier will give you a mala-TITANIC experience [during summer / peak season, I guess]. You would have to save yourself a seat or else you’ll never get a ride! They do not give numbers, so no queue would be useful. And it ain’t like Bora that the boats are just waiting & are just traveling 80 mins. back and forth, in Galera they travel for three hours/roundtrip or Galera-Batangas-Galera. Believe it or not, I was backing out already, it’s just my friend who stopped me.

Good thing is that, Puerto Galera, particularly the White Beach itself, does not disappoint me at all. True, it’s far from BORACAY but, Galera has its own beauty & aura! It has a relaxing enviro, though the food are all inihaws. The water is good [no itch], the sand however is not that fine. There are lots of rocks scattered both in the shore and the seafloor, good thing they do not hurt the feet. Accommodations are quite costly but good. In ours, we had a very big mango tree & we just help ourselves to its fruits, for free! [thought nothing is free anymore].

Overall, I was able to relax, calm and recharged myself. I’m glad I went there. Going back? I am not really sure, the boat ride seemed to be forever! But definitely, I had a wonderful summer luvin’ in Galera! Not to forget, Galera has one hell of great, great SUNSET that you will surely fall in love with! Also, they sell very nice accessories!

[ from Buendia to Batangas Pier : 170.00 pesos, roundtrip boatride / Batangas Pier - Galera - Batangas Pier: 450.00 pesos, accommodations: 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 pesos, meals: 100.00 - 200.00 pesos, accessories: 35.00 - 150.00 pesos]

Enjoy the rest of the summer & have a good sLeep! muah!

Miss Sachi

♥ My DREAM Festival ♥

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

* image from google *

One of my biggest dreams is to attend the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC or Japan! {March - April} I already told you how fascinated I am with Sakura long before the stardom of the anime Card Captor Sakura.

They're just so cute! And they are so calming to look at! Just by staring at them, I feel relaxed and recharged while reviewing my Life from cover to cover.

Big dream, eh? But dreams no matter what size or shape can always, always come to reality. PS, I didn't know that we have Sakura in Palawan!

Notes from www.wikipedia.com

The National Cherry Blossom Festival is a spring celebration in Washington, D.C. commemorating the March 27, 1912, gift of Japanese cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo to the city of Washington. Mayor Ozaki donated the trees in an effort to enhance the growing friendship between the United States and Japan and also celebrate the continued close relationship between the two nations.^[1]

A cherry blossom is the name for the flower of cherry trees known as SakuraJapanese kanji : 桜 or 櫻; hiragana: さくら) in Japanese. In English, the word "sakura" is equivalent to the Japanese flowering cherry.^[1][2] Cherry fruit (known in Japanese as sakuranbo) comes from another species of tree. (

A province in Western Philippines, Palawan, serves as home to an endemic Palawan Cherry Blossoms, which appears to resemble that of Japan's, thus the name.

All Inspired,

Miss Sachi

♥ Lenten Tradition ♥

Thursday, April 8, 2010

* San Marcelino Church (San Vicente) near Adamson University [dad's Alma mater] image from google *

It has been a personal tradition of mine since HS days to do a Visita Iglesia [church visit] during the Lenten season, particularly on Holy Thursday. Together with my classmates I used to walk around Manila to complete all 14 churches.

When I got a little older, my Lovey started to come along with me, however instead of walking, we decided to take some rides. What he reintroduced to me is fasting during Ash Wednesday (and supposedly Good Friday) and abstinence from meat during Fridays of the entire Lent season.

This 2010, I’m happy with the fact that I was able to influence my siblings and parents to join us in our church visits! It became a family thing/bonding! Do not get me wrong, we kept the mood of praying and repentance still. It is just so good to pray with your family. As the saying goes… “The family that prays together, stays together”

I just hope that you had a meaningful Holy Week just like mine. Although I can still enumerate things that changed through time, for better or worse, I do not know. These days, there are fastfoods and convenience stores still open during Good Friday. There are almost-regular programming on tellies and radios. I hear no pasyon. =( For me, it’s sad. We’ve slowly lost our traditions during this supposedly holy week. That’s why I vow with all my heart to keep alive this little Lenten tradition in my Life.

How about you? How did you spend your Holy Week?

Trivia: My dad’s an alumnus of Adamson University, so the church near his school, San Marcelino as commonly known has been their meeting place of my mom… & last Holy Thursday was his first visit to the said church in 35 years! And it made them nostalgic and not to mention happy… very happy.

All the Love,

Miss Sachi

♥ A Taste of Art ♥

Monday, March 22, 2010

Last Friday, I was blessed to have in my hands, free tickets to one of Tanghalang Pilipino's presentations: Tatlong Mariya. I have always loved stage plays. As a matter of fact, If I weren't an accountant I think I'll be part of the production staff! =)) This will be the start of my rekindled interest with theatrical plays! More to come!

"Using contemporary language, Vera’s brilliant rendering breathes an entirely new, maybe even irreverent interpretation of Chekhovian characters that are teeming with heavy human emotions of despair, hope, boredom, longing, anger and love. From turn-of-the-century Russia, the play will move to a remote small Northern Luzon town during the first decade of Martial Law. Tatlong Mariya portrays the life of the Ballesteros sisters, as they struggle to liberate themselves from the dreariness and hopelessness of their provincial existence, and yearn for the excitement of Manila, where their once happy and respectable life used to be.

Tatlong Mariya will be directed by New-York based stage director and scenic designer Loy Arcenas, whose works for Tanghalang Pilipino also include the critically-acclaimed plays The Romance of Magno Rubio and Golden Child. For his works, Loy has received the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award, the Bay Area Critics Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award, the Jefferson Award, the Michael Merritt Award and various Obie citations. He also served on the board of Theater Communications Group." - excerpts from Philippine Star article