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So, it's been a long while since the last time I blogged. It used to be one of my priorities, but now I feel it's not, anymore. Is that a bad thing? Oh well, maybe I'm just a little too preoccupied with so much. Not to mention that our pc crashes every now and then. 

What's new then?

I have gotten back to my "second first love," which is reading. I've been terribly obsessed with the Fifty Shades trilogy (will write a separate blog on that, a review perhaps). I must say it did pretty well on me. It brought back my thirst for reading. Soon afterwards, I started reading The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. It's a blockbuster. I've never cried that much over a book since A Walk To Remember. It's a literary masterpiece and I have nothing but good words about it. It's by far,one of the best books I've read in my 25 years of existence. Seriously. I can talk about it all day. 

I have lost a few inches. Don't ask me how because even I, don;thave the slightest idea how the hell did it happen. All I know is that I can now wear my US size-0 jeans and that my hipline's now back to 28 inches. I've been a little depressed with the fact that I'm wearing XL-sized pants but now I'm all back to medium and I can now wear my "single" pants. Also, my tummy area's grown a little smaller. Perhaps, jogging and some ab exercise will do the magic and bring back my once sexy bod. Haha! 

I had my hair trimmed into layers. Layered hairstyle it is. Go figure. I've never had my hair this long and honestly, it needs some high maintenance. You know conditioning and hot oil treatments. It's expensive and I can't afford salon treatments at present so I did some research on a better alternative and I found Tresemme. How it's different from the local hair products,  I can't explain. I suggest that if any chance you guys will get to read this blog, and curiosity strikes you, try the product yourself. It's a little pricey but I swear, it's worth the penny. 

Hobbies? 

So much to my surprise, I was able to finish The Vampire Diaries TV series up until season 3 (season 4 spoiler alert: It's Damon's blood that was injected to Elena). I'm not really the couch-potato-type-of-girl-who-is-into-TV-series but I've become one because of TVD. This is solely because I have a huge crush on Damon, the bad boy slash rugged vampire who's in love with Elena, who's in love with Steffan, Damon's brother. Now it's not just the vampire I'm crush-ing on, it's the actor himself, Ian Joseph Somerhalder who is most likely to play Christian Grey in the Fifty Shades movie (crossing my fingers to it). Okay enough of that. Also, I got to finish Gossip Girls season 1 and I loved it. XOXO :) As soon as I get the time, I will be watching season 2. And oh, Once Upon A Time too. I loved how they've come up with a dark story that involves our most-loved fairy tale characters. So that's a total of 3 TV series right? Now that's something new of me.

Friendships? 

I have made quite a few friends and it's something that I'm really happy about. I want to write in particular about my sissy Mara. I must say she's a blessing in disguise. She has so much personality and character that goes beyond (her) beauty and brains. She is my upper in times of ordeal and I to her. We're different in so many ways but it is in those many differences that we found friendship in each other. I am more than happy to have her as a sister, a family. And I love her so much. 

Remember my bff♥ Ejay whom I've blogged about a few times in here? This schizo-like-bestfriend-love-hate-relationship that we have, oh well, things are still the same but less hate and misunderstandings. I guess we're made wiser and matured by the "growing apart phase" that we went through in the past, or maybe it's something that only existed in my sensitive nerves. I don't know. All that matters to me is the fact that we're way better now. We're after all, best friends forever. And BFFs doesn't necessarily mean having the same set of friends at all times. I just love her too much. Nuff cheesy-ness. E♥ won't like it :) 

So I have this barkada that goes by the name "bitches." We prefer the "Friday group" though because our dates usually fall into a Friday. We're not literally bitches you know. We're a group composed of book sluts, nerds, street-smart whores, OCs, uberly talented, and equally intelligent people. Being friends with these people is like entering a world's new dimension. I'm a free spirit when I'm with them and I learn so much from each and one of them as well. Humor is our game and believe me when I say the word humor. . it just goes a long way. 

Relationship? 

I will always be madly and deeply in love with my husband Bien. Our marriage is not perfect and not always on a cloud nine. In fact, we have our fair share of misunderstandings over the past few months. But our love grows stronger in each passing day and it makes us see things through. I love him more than ever. 

As for my daughter Saab, she is now 1 year old and 8 months. She's a very hyper kid that screams our nerves out. She loves the pretty teenage Dora. She now pays more attention to Barney and Friends. She sings, (let me reiterate the word sing,) yes she does, We Are Young by Glee. She has various expressions and words I can't fathom when she sings that song with her dad. She can now follow some simple instructions like closing the door, getting Mommy's slippers, and going to bed. Oh! My Isabelle and the things she does that never fails to amaze us. 

This is pretty much how my life has been in the past months. Life, really is a roller coaster ride. Sometimes you're up and it's hard to tell when exactly are you going down. At the end of the day, it all goes down to the cliche of taking one step at a time - spending quality time with my family, valuing friendships, making God the center of our marriage, making time for myself, embracing my imperfections, conquesringmy fears, and celebrating my strengths. 

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