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Hello February

Published by Justine

January has been a great/crazy/busy/whoa month for me, as fast-paced as it was, here I am welcoming February with open arms. I promise I will post photos and happenings on this blog again when I have time.. I have so much to write and so much to show. In a nutshell, I’ve made a pretty big life decision lately that will uncover itself in the weeks to come. For now I’m just enjoying life and keeping my fear of the unknown to a minimum. I’m glad I’ve got friends and family along the way to keep me sane, who knows what would happen to me without them.

I’ve also managed to fill up my daily Moleskine without fail! I hope to keep it up until the year ends, write just a page and a few sentences about my day, because something is always happening even though I feel like nothing is. In a way it’s also been kind of therapeutic, just letting it out in words. Anyway, I hope February, March, April and the months to come will just be as good to me as how January has been. Here’s to February and beyond!

Could the Search Be Over?

Published by Justine

I wrote a post a while back about my constant search for affordable and good earphones, and I even wrote about how I was always against in-ear ones because the thought of something poking on the insides of my ear felt icky. Ever since that entry I bought myself two earphones already: JBL Roxy Reference 230 and Philips SHE2675B6. Still, I wasn’t satisfied. Also after using it for a while, the Philips one started developing a “can” sound. I’m not sure what the right expression for it is but it’s like you’re listening to music inside a can and it gets really annoying. I’m still using it as my iPod Touch’s mic and phone handsfree though, it’s a really good replacement.

Going back to Jakarta from Cebu I had a stopover in Singapore and dundundun, I wanted to buy earphones again. I was so close to buying new ones and even considering these in-ear ones from Sony “Jienne Pop” which cost around $40-$50 then decided against it, I settled for an electric toothbrush instead because I have so many earphones piling up inside my bag already. Fast forward the next day after my arrival my mom gets back from a business trip in Taipei and I hadn’t really spoken to her since after a the new year because she left early from Cebu for work and for this business trip. She comes home with two things, an iHome iD91 for my sister (that I still ended up using) and *drumroll* the Sony Jienne Pop earphones that I was eyeing in Singapore.

Here’s the verdict: it is great. For its price, it sounds really great. The bass doesn’t sound cheap and very much clear and the only issue I have with it is that it’s in-ear, so I’m still getting a bit used to it but if you have no issue with that then I suggest you go out and get yourself one of these. In the US it only costs $19 but in Asia they raised the price a bit more. Oh well expected. I’m totally loving them right now and have the listening mojo back on wherever I am. Looks like the search is over for now 🙂 if ever this breaks I’m going to get myself another pair because I’m already very satisfied with it.

Nosy Nose

Published by Justine

The reason why I don’t tell my family about my blog is because they are one nosy bunch. It’s not a bad thing, I love them for it and I am also a living proof of the nosiness that runs in our bloodline. This is why I’m active online, I like to know things about people, their lives, I love to read about all sorts of things. That’s just a part of my nosiness.

The main point of this topic being raised is that tonight, I finally told my aunt about my blog. She’s currently pursuing a social media career and being more immersed in it than her, I wanted to show her the ropes, how to go about things, blogging this blogging that, what are the most famous blogs right now and the question about my blog came up. I was so reluctant, but figured what the hell, sooner or later people are going to find out about this anyway. You see, I love to blog for myself. Sure.. it’s a given that blogging is actually a very vain thing to do in its own sense, you put out things because you want people to read them and yes I do want people to read them–just not my family (haha). They will ask things and they talk about things and bring them up during discussions, this is where my problem about it starts. We’re all very open to each other that’s why I like to have a little space on the internet all to myself. I like to be candid in the webs and I try to make my offline and online life pretty separated..with the exception of just a few close friends. So if most of my family knows about this blog I swear I’m buying another domain (we’ll see).

I felt I needed to let this out. I’m back in Jakarta as of yesterday and recovering from a flu.. on the grind again tomorrow. Missing the beach most of all.

Welcoming 2012

Published by Justine

…and just like that, it’s another new year. I’m going to be redundant and say that FUCK, HOW DOES TIME FLY SO FAST?

I’m (still) in the Philippines right now, and still loving it despite endless eating and drinking. There are so many things I want to say but I don’t know where to start. I want to be candid with this blog starting from this year but I wanna be just as candid to myself. I feel like I’m so open and transparent about so many things but there are other things I hate to admit to myself, and have so much fear about things and life that I need to start taking charge and practice on how to get rid of those things. I will get there, just you wait.

New Year’s Eve was spent with my family and cousins at the Waterfront Hotel Cebu, first NYE spent with so many strangers in one room. Our NYE’s usually consisted of big family events or family friends, then after dinner and fireworks I’d go run off with friends or cousins my age and do our own thing when the oldies get to bed. We had a proper countdown and a proper hotel buffet this time, I guess we wanted to start the year different and big. I loved it. There were balloons and live music and everyone was more dressed up than the usual. There was also more booze, which I think I need to cut down on.

My dad bought me a Moleskine! I’ve been wanting to buy a Moleskine for ages but I’ve always felt that I can’t afford it from my own pocket because it’s “just” a book and I’d rather spend that money to buy shoes or bags or anything from ASOS or food or booze instead. So when I asked my dad to get it for me as my Christmas gift, he gladly said yes without any convincing. YAY for me. I got the 2012 Diary/Daily Planner and love it because it’s DAILY(!!!) and very thick and I want to log everything I do every day for this year. I’m obsessed with diaries. Before buying this Moleskine I had already bought 3 journals and my 2011 journal isn’t even finished yet, even my 2010. Seriously. It’s an obsession.

There’s actually one thing I really want from 2012. I’m planning to move back to Cebu and had a few interviews here and there already but I really really need a sign on whether this is for me. This job opportunity was supposed to be it, and it was very very bright up until the year started but right now I’m not so sure anymore. I am excited yet nervous but if it doesn’t happen then maybe it really isn’t my time yet. Crossing my fingers for 2012 to be awesome!

Best of 2011!

Published by Justine

I was seriously contemplating on whether to do this or not because I didn’t know where to start, but I have decided to do it and just dump everything in here.

ALBUMS OF 2011

 

B̩yonce Р4
Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne
Adele – 21
Beth Ditto – EP
The Strokes – Angles
Foo Fighters – Wasting Light
Incubus – If Not Now, When?
Arctic Monkeys – Suck It And See
Theophilus London – Lovers Holiday EP
J. Cole – Cole World (The Sideline Story)
Zee Avi – Ghostbird
Feist – Metals
Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
Foster The People – Torches
James Blake – James Blake

Albums I enjoyed and thought they were from 2011 but actually from 2010: Rumer – Seasons of My Soul and Young The Giant – Young The Giant.

MOVIES

Unfortunately, I didn’t watch enough movies this year.. which I think I should definitely change. With the strike that happened in Jakarta it just put me off from watching movies in the cinema but I loved the last Harry Potter installment, Friends With Benefits, One Day, The Help. I know, very poor choices. I used to watch so many movies in a month.. that was when I still had the luxury of time and didn’t have a job. Sigh.

TV SHOWS

Suits
The Borgias
Happy Endings
Revenge
Teen Wolf
Hart of Dixie (guilty pleasure!)

K-POP (Singles)

MBLAQ – Cry
TVXQ – Keep Your Head Down
Joo – ?? ?? (Bad Guy)
BIG BANG – Tonight
f(x) – ???? (Danger)
After School – Shampoo
Jay Park – Abandoned
B2ST – Fiction
2PM – Hands Up
2NE1 – ?? ?? ? ?? (I Am The Best)
miss A – Good-bye Baby
After School RED – ? ??? (Into The Night Sky) ***
T-ara – Roly Poly
KARA – Step
U-Kiss – Neverland
Super Junior – A-CHA, Mr. Simple
Jun.K – Alive
???? – The Boys
Wonder Girls – Me, In
Tablo – Tomorrow (feat. Taeyang)

J-pop Crossover Bonus:

Girls’ Generation – Mr. Taxi
2PM – I’m Your Man

K-DRAMA

City Hunter [Final Thoughts]
Protect The Boss [Final Thoughts]