Journey for a Change

Alright so where do I begin? To start off, I know it's been a long while since I have written anything. My apologies, but there have been a lot going on. Since I am back now I want to bring a new subject of interest, a new subject to keep up with. It's one of the easiest thing to say but the hardest thing to do..... it's also my most feared word yet I use it all the time... It's .. Its... Dieting!!!!!

*whew*. ... so now that the cat is out the bag.... most people tell me all the time.. " you're fine... you don't need to diet blah blah blah... I'm actually pissed when I get those response, it's not me fishing for complement!! i just know what i use to be and i know for sure what i am no longer. Not to mention half of the people who tells me that barely even know me. Well i use to believe that i am my biggest critic so I trusted other people words. In result i was careless and well long story short.. I am extremely unhappy with myself. In total i have gained about 20 pounds and i need to get rid of it... with this being said... i just started p90x. and i am making a promise to myself to eat better.. i am setting goals for myself with no more excuses!!!

To keep this promise to myself i will try to blog about daily meal plans and times as well as my exercise regimen and will do a weekly weight in to keep track of my progress. IF ANY THAT IS... so wish me luck.. anyone with good advices or any words of motivations please feel free to drop by and help me shed this weight.

thanks


good night .. till tomorrow starts a whole new day !!!

3 years anniversary !!!!

Today is my three years anniversary!!! Yay!!!! Crazy how fast it's gone by!!!

Since our anniversary fell on a week day and we're always so busy with school Tung and I decided to celebrate it on the weekend instead, that way.. we wouldn't' be rushed..After a long day of work and even longer hours at school, i realized that he didn't try to send me flowers or anything , which is kinda odd but made me upset because, though we agreed on the celebration being another day.. it would have still been nice to have something today.. TAADAA.... this is what i came home to.... it's not much but it's still nice to know that he loves me and tries his best to keep me happy.. I'm going to keep the content of the card to myself ...=)

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ME AND MY FUTURE BABY DADDY!!!

beauty buys!!!

Okay so some people who know me may think I over spend on make up that I hardly use... Though this is very true.. I still have to share with you all the wonderfulness that I purchased... keep in mind that I am trying to re edit my life to match my age accordingly ( basically my skin has been bad so i need to re invent my skin regimen) so here goes.

To start off ... the way your skin looks and feels revert back to your skin care regimen not to mention products. I would describe myself as a late bloomer so maybe two years back my perfect baby smooth skin turned into a teenage pepperoni face... after trying many products and many visits to multiple dermatologists, not only did I find the Dr. I was happy with I also found a skin care regimen that was great for me. The only things that I needed to use was wash my face with a soap less face wash that i could purchase over the counter and afterwards put an SPF moisturizer. Everything was all fine and dandy in clearfaceville until.... yes ladies.. ageing... that darn Dr. never told me how to keep my youthful looking skin. Another trip back and all he mentioned was moisturizer with SPF. He claims that it should do the trick. Well guess what it didn't and here i am 6 months later with my extremely dull looking skin. So keeping in mind that my skin only obey soap less face wash i ventured out to the wonderful land of Sephora for help. Hey why not??? they have so much products there, I figured they will give me their honest opinion.The name says it all.. Make Up Optional!! and for $40 bucks why not?

Next step for me is foundation. Way back in the days when i was just a little girl, i was told that I should never wear make up on a daily basis because it would take away the "WoW" factor when i dress up. Yes people now you know why i do not wear make up, however since than has been a long time and not only have times changed ,skin has changed as well=) so It's crunch time. What I am looking for is a powder ( preference thing.. i do not think i have time to do the whole liquid getup in the morning) but not just any powder a mineral powder. I like to try to enhance my look not cover it up. To me some people look great with all that full blown make up, I know I'll look like a full blown Geisha so i am not even going to bother. Oh i forgot to mention it's not Bare Minerals either!! back when my skin had it's "flare up" it was believed that the Bare Essentials brushes may have had something to do with it but everything is innocent until proven guilty... =)anyways.. what I've found is way better, say hello to my new compact.Jane Irdeal is the name and mineral foundation is her game.. this sucker here not only covers to enhance, but it could be used as a full coverage if you continue to build on it OR be used on top of your liquid foundation as a press powder.. pretty cool huh? Though this was an expensive purchase.. you'll be happy to know that the difference i paid was only $13 bucks. I will not tell you the rest until i know it's perfect!!! however so far so good =)

Lastly what i use to pull it all together..

Do not call me crazy for this but I Absolutely love this!!! I chose a powder foundation but have sorta dry skin (especially in the winter time) but pretty normal skin in the summer time. Why do you need to know this? Well my friends ,.powder is not good for dry skin people... of course you already know that, i on the other hand have always been in denial becuase I love the ease of a powder foundation though i do not have the face for it. Not to mention a lot of make up looks better when you set it all in so this is where this comes into play.Evian Facial Mist spray is the new love of my life... Laugh all you want and call it names like " expensive mineral water" but this sucker does the trick. After my new daily face regimen and my powder application this spray sets everything in without making your make up run or smear either. the best part ????.. you see the difference right away and the mist is very refreshing. I drove around town for this and even got one in travel size so it's definitely something special in my eyes.. i paid $7 bucks for it at Bed Bath and Beyond because it was sold out everywhere else.

I am so excited for all my new things and I've actually gotten to use all of them.. so far I'm loving it but I'll keep y'all posted on weather it's good for a long time run =) until next time.. byeee!!!

The beginning of lent

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of lent. To some this is just another day but to Catholic people this day symbolizes the sins that we are hoping to put behind us in order for us to be stronger catholics. Part of this yearly tradition is to go to mass and get ashes put on our forehead, fasten (basically meaning only two meals today with no snack or anything good in between), give up meat every Friday's, and worst of all to test our faith by our sacrifices basically meaning that we are to give up a habit or something we love for an entire 40 days!!! This year i have decided to give up the worst part of me which is my sailor mouth!!.. I do cuss like a sailor and being that i know it's super hard, it made this all the more challenging (since i haven't been exactly the most ideal christian) =(... Also i have been having a sweet tooth lately so I'm giving up sweets as well.. so farewell sodas, candies, cake , and much much more I am determine to make this work!

So today i started out determine but it's hard considering I have to find meat alternatives to eat..it gets really tricky, and for some odd odd reason it's whenever you can't have something you crave it so much more. Good thing for me i came prepared ...
say hello to my lunch... Believe it or not this meat substitute isn't bad at all... bake it in the oven , put a little bit of cheese ketchup and mayo and you got yourself a Burger. This right here will be my new best friend for 40 whole days... It certainly held me up for one of my two meals today. My poor boyfriend made the wrong choice and ate cereal ... guess who held off longer until dinner..

Because i can not stand processed food all day (not to mention an extremely hungry boyfriend) , for dinner i made some yummie Shrimp Pesto Alfredo Linguine with a side salad and water of course.. can't have sodas remember ... see I'm already doing so good =)...

At first i was a little nervous with lent around the corner but now that it's here... let see.....i got my ashes already, got my meal planned out, have my list of things to give up, so yup I'm ready to roll. Hopefully I'll loose some weight in the process of giving up meat and sweets!!!!! i think that would be a nice added in bonus =)

first day blogging

Hi everyone..

This is my first time blogging so im still kinda new to this. One of my good friend (ahline)suggested that i make a blog to stay in touch so here goes.

Ealier this month i took a trip to sunny California for the very first time, and though i was press for time due to a wedding i had to attend, i still made the most of it.

I am not sure how weird this is but i have always wanted to see the pier 39 to see where the sea lion sleeps. I actually think they are pretty darn cute.

oh and i couldn't leave the pier with out it's famous clam chowder!!!

Though it's kinda far...... that red thing is the golden gate bridge... i know.. i do plan on actually getting closer the next time im around .

of course i had to see the Alcatraz Prison .. pretty neat.

seeing Koko was actally a great highlight to my trip.









Koko and Jeff took me to eat my very first dungeness crab ... it's was really good.. picture was taken after we dug in ..








I NEARLY FORGOT ... before my trip ended i had to make it a point to go to this place i've heard so much about... from what i understand a trip to California wouldn't be a trip without stopping at....*drumroll*

YUP.. you got it.. IN and OUt burgerss!!!! After hearing so much about it i just had to try it.

<--- this nastyness would be the animal style... i know it sounds crazy as hell but yes people they do have something called animal style. I was advise not to get it being that it was my first time there but heck... i was press for time so imma get the full feel of IN and OUT burgers.. to be honest.. it wasen't all it was hyped up to be. =(

I guess that's it for now... i think i did pretty okay for a first time blogger but yall will be the judge of that.. but this wraps up my trip to sunny california!!! until next time...