CAM WOW!

My sis and I are having a blast taking pcitures with this iPhone app. Even with disfigured and chubby faces, we still kindha look alike. LOL.

HAPPY TUESDAY!!!

Stacked 'em

I've been buying and asked people a favor to buy me bangles when they go to International trips. I know this is a lilliputian collection but I'm ecstatic how it is slowly growing. I know some of these bangles are made in China BUT just the thought of me buying it from another country while I'm on my vacation makes it super special. The first bangle I bought that started my love for collecting international bangles was the turquoise one that I bought in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. My mom had a white version though that she bought at Burlington coat factory. LOL. Darn it! BUT mine is extra special 'coz it is from overseas. LOL. (trying to make myself feel good). One of my fave too are the Turkish evil "EYE" bangles my sister's friend Maida bought it for me from Turkey. It is supposed to protect you against back stabbing and envious people. Adding more to my collection is my thin bangle (white and gold) that I bought from our trip to Cancun, Mexico and my new addition is my thick plastic bangle that Janice got me from her Italy trip.

I'm hoping to add more to my collection and that means, more international vacations!!YAY!!

Ebay ♥

I love EBAY!! hehehe... the iphone app got me all addicted to it and I've been purchasing a lot of stuff from the online auction website. I even set the notification on just in case I get outbid before the end of the auction. lol. Since I do not have a heap of money this year, Ebay became my bestfriend. There are a lot of stuff on my wish list (mainly vintage designer stuff) that I want to purchase from Ebay BUT, it will be on hold for now. I'm forever drooling over the vintage Chanel earrings and vintage Gucci handbags. I wish!!! Anyways, the prices I paid for my purchases were unbelievably cheap!!! Thanks Ebay for making it possible for me to buy some impulse purchases without putting a hole in my pocket! ♥

Sister Sister wedding!

I'm so in love with Tia's wedding. She looks gorgeous!! How nice is the shade of pink she used for her bridesmaids dresses?!?!? GORGEOUS!! I'm loving her look from head to toe! Her peonies bouquet is so elegant!

Hide the freckles!

I've been on a hunt for the best powder foundation to cover up my freckles and simplify my morning make up routine for the longest time. BUT, after using it for 2 months, I'm so over it!! Laura Mercier was good BUT, it sheer coverage is not helping at all with my freckles. So, I bought Make Up Forever Duo Mat powder foundation because their liquid foundation is my fave!! I mean, this powder does the job in covering my freckles (not full coverage though) BUT I cannot find the right shade. The shade I currently have is a little bit lighter (I look like a Geisha) and the shade next to it is tad darker than my skin tone. So, I figure, let me try another brand. I bought Shiseido perfect smoothing foundation with SPF 15 and I love it! Feels really light and coverage is good. Hope I'll commit to it!!!

Work hard, Play hard!

If you read my blog below, you are aware that our planned East Coast trip was a DEBACLE! But, we still wanted to see New York. So, I checked out flights at Virgin America and it was affordable! only $71 more than the disastrous Delta Airlines flight. LOL. We will be staying at my Auntie's place in Long Island (save us some $$$, besides, we just need a place to sleep and shower anyways). We can't wait to see what the Big Apple has to offer!!!! We also hope to visit the neighboring states which are just a couple of hours away and bus accessible. See you Noo Yawk Noo Yawk in September!!!




Just when I thought I'm not going to any vacations this year, Gerald suggested we should go Hawaii. Ge wanting to go Hawaii was perplexing to me.
Reason#1: we are on a BUDGET!!!
Reason#2; there are NO all inclusive hotels in Hawaii. We like the all inclusive plan because we do not have to worry about food everyday.
Reason#3: let me reiterate the obvious, we are on a BUDGET!!!!
I kept asking myself, Can I afford this?? But I caved in because found us a good deal at Hawaii airlines. I'm ecstatic !!! See yah Waikiki in October!!!!

Flight disaster!!!

Suck it up morning flight delay

5 p.m.- Virgin America side for dinner. Catching up on my reading.

6p.m.-Totally frustrated at this point!!

Our East Coast trip was CANCELLED! We planned to visit my mom's cousin in the East coast (Washington) BUT the plan did not go the way we want it to be. The flight to Washington was a NIGHTMARE!!!. We were supposed to fly out of SFO to MN to Washington yesterday at 6:05 a.m. Unfortunately, on our way to the airport security (5 a.m.), my sister received a call from Delta airlines saying the flight was delayed and moved to 10:30 a.m. That was fine with me, 4 hours in the airport is okay. Delta gave us $50 voucher for our next trip and $6 food credit, so that appeased me a little. Almost 10:30 a.m., we are still not boarding. Delta customer service announced that they will change our flights again because the airplane is having a main computer board problems. So now our flight was moved to 10:30 p.m.!!! YES! I said it right, P.M!! At this point I'm irked out, my sis went on the line for an hour to get us another flight to ATL (not MN) to Washington. We sucked it up again and used our $56 food credit to eat our dinner (we went to the Virgin America airline side, I feel like I'm in Vegas. LOL). Then my mom's cousin suggested we should just fly out to JFK airport in NY so they can just meet us up there since we planned to be in NY Saturday morning if we flew to Washington. So we changed our flights again to SFO-->JFK., 10:30 p.m.flight. We went back to our Delta airline gate only to find out we are delayed again!!! 10:30 p.m. flight was changed to 2:05 a.m. At this point, I'm livid BUT we said, ok, let's calm down and just be patient!!! We checked the schedule for departure to find out that it was DELAYED again (2:05 a.m. -->3:40a.m)! WOW! That's it!!!! We are CANCELLING this trip!. 18 hours in the airport was NOT fun! I was tired and frustrated. I know for sure I'm not flying DELTA ever!!!

Update:
We resched our NY trip to September and this time we are flying Virgin America!!