Nail Dare: Neons

I've been sporting neon-colored nail polishes lately and I guess I'm loving it! Thanks to my podiatrist for stocking a lot of color choices! Let's make this simple, having neon colors on your nails will encourage you to be versatile in dressing up! For me, it's because of this color that I was able to challenge myself in dressing up with patterns and bold colors. So why not take a try? Anyway, there's no harm and trust me, it will give you a lot of pros most especially when pairing it with a good dress up. So here are two of the neon colors I wore the past few weeks.

Apple Green!

Neon blue!

And it's good to pair these with these neon spikes like these!

So there, Neon is so in! :)

Bauble Outlet

It's been a month since my last post and I feel energized to write something today. I could have posted regularly but then our internet connection is absurd! So I will be advertising in this blog post, our online shop, The Bauble Outlet. It has a Facebook account which is at www.facebook.com/bauble.outlet and an IG: baubleoutlet. I am encouraging you to visit our accounts for you to see what we are offering! We got lots of up to date fashion accessories with affordable prices! So check, search and shop now! Here are our sample items for you!

Best Seller! Our "Serena" necklace.

Click here to view our facebook account! :)

Nina Josefa A. Inofinada, RN

August 23, 2012 1:20 PM, I decided to check my facebook account. i checked our batch page and my friend Martin posted a pdf about the board passers. At first, I was in denial, until I received a text message from my friend Isa with the numbers 99.33%. In my thoughts, I told myself, "O sh*t yung passing rate na ba ng boards to?" Immediately, I told mama about it. She became so quiet, I think it was her sign of anxiety. Cause if only the passing rate was 100% I could have been more at ease but Isa told me there were 2 who weren't able to make it. I was just so nervous about it. What if  my name isn't there? What if I was one of the two. Asdfgfjdgdhetehrgdthrndhdgdhdjdhd!!! Okay, imagine my heart pounding that time. I tried to check the prc site but it wasn't accessible. We tried to wait for any news but nothing came in. Until I remembered Martin having an access to the list. I called him on the phone and asked him if my name was there. It was like this...

Martin: Hello?
Ninj: Martin ako to, si Ninj.

Martin. O bakit?

Ninj: Pwede pacheck if nasa list ako?

Martin:Ok, I-NO-FI-NA-DA.

Ninj:*silence*

Martin: Hoy Andito ka, pumasa ka!

Then Martin heard my outrageous happiness (cry, scream, jump). Yes, I cried and I ran around the house without noticing what I was doing. Mom was just laughing at me. And remembering it now, it looked really funny! Hahaha. Sorry and Thank you Martin! Hahaha.

Even after Martin's confirmation, I couldn't still believe what happened. I still couldn't access the site that time. But when my aunts, uncles, ninongs, ninangs and all others called my mom and dad about seeing my name on the list, it finally dissolved in my system, I really passed the boards! Immediately, we had a simple feast at home---- barbecue dinner! It was only the day after it, which was yesterday, when I finally saw the name I was looking for since the minute the results came out. Nina Josefa A. Inofinada, RN. 

After seeing my name, our school's standing, the topnotchers which we got to luckily have the top 1 spot via Roxanne Lim, and all the stuffs, I finally saw my rating. I'll be posting the screenshot here but with a suspense just because I'd like to keep it to myself and the closest people to me and I'm shyyyy. Haha.

So there you go! Thank you Lord! Thank you papa and mama! Thank you UST! Thank you to everyone who took part in my journey.

Much love,
Ninj

Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday Tour

Just last July 11 I went with my friend Kate and her sister Ate Carol and cousin Ate Dianne to Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday Tour Manila stop. (I went to Katy Perry's California Dreams Tour with them too.) And we also saw Vida, another friend, that night too!

 Anyway, going back, everything just went all of a sudden. We just got our Patron tickets around 3 days before the event. We were just so lucky to find a genuine one with a good spot in the audience. So the night went fun, just imagine us rapping with Nicki Minaj her hits like Superbass, Starships, Fly, Moment 4 Life, Did It On 'Em and lots more. Imagine how my throat just wanted to burst out. I've always said and will always be proud to say that she's my idol when it comes to rap--- a week after Superbass was released, I got to have memorized it already and it was a first time when it comes to rap. It just caught me! Haha!

During the concert, Kate and I were on heels but we never thought of making the clamors of foot ache on the spot so we just tried to enjoy the night as much as we can. And look, we did! And the heels, instead of giving us a disadvantage, helped us to gain extra inches higher since the crowd went standing until the end of the show and just think how hard it could have been. Before saying too much, I'm sharing the memories now. So here are the pictures we got lucky to take during the concert. Look how near Nicki's butt was to us!

So they really sold lots of Blackberries and load plans. :))

A blurry photo of me and Kate in our area. :)

And there you go. Until the next Superbass Nicki Minaj! I'd love to spend my last cent for you again. Now, I'm currently bankrupted! :))

Resurrecting with Forever 21

One step at a time, I will get my life back. This will be an awesome post-board life. I'll try to make it happen. 

And hey, I'm back here! :)

Busy

Hi guys! Been busy the past days because I'm currently finishing my review for the upcoming Philippine Nursing Licensure Exam (PNLE) on June 30 and July 1. The coming 2 weeks will be tough so I'll be leaving my lair for a while. Talk to you guys again the soonest I can. Help me pray.

Much love - Ninj :)

Nicki Minaj Pink Friday Tour

After Gaga, let's go Super Bass-in'
My favorite is coming to motherland, baby! :)

I am so much excited with this!!!

See You All There! :>

Nude, Pastel and Earth

I've been sporting and buying stuffs with nude and pastel colors lately. Yes, I guess I just ended my summer. Did I even have one? Well, because of the reviews and my very "strict" parents (No, they're not the traditional strict. Haha. Feel ko lang tawagin silang strict. This is because they did not allow me to have the Vacation I wanted! Huhu) my summer plans were dissolved to bits and pieces. *sigh* I'm just keeping myself positive right now cause I guess it's for the better. Chos! Well, of course it is cause it's far way less than a month to go before the judgement day (Gulp!) So going back, I was just talking about the nude and pastel colors which to sum is called "Earth Color". (Is my grammar even correct about that? Haha.) Anyway, yes, I've been having these stuffs in my closet lately and they just look so relaxing to the eyes...

Nude Nails

I choose this nail color most(75%) of the time because I could wear it anywhere. Anywhere, it is appropriate. But yes of course, the other ones still do, all colors are fun (as you can see in my Nail Dare posts) but this is just so simple that it becomes elegant in the eyes. Let's just say, it's a playsafe color. Haha. And a lot of my girl friends wear this color and all of them give the same sentiments about it. Well boo-yah! Nude nails, a-huh! :)

Nude and Pastel Clothes and Shoes

Without being so conscious about it, I've been buying clothes which were of earth colors too. I went to Forever 21 North Edsa yesterday and I went home with these clothes and I just realized the colors when I got them fitted in my room already. Okay, I am not a Fashionista and I don't know why this is even linked to the Fashion tag. Haha. But I guess the nude color is just so "in" these days. And just so you know, I tend to be so impulsive when it comes to shopping. I always get scolded because of that. A big percent of my allowance goes to my clothes but to be honest, I don't really regret having done so. And mom just kept on nagging about that then praises my clothes after. Bipolar. But I love her for that! :))

But it is just so funny at times when she herself buy us things as if the world is ending already. The flat shoes were bought by her. She bought Coleene, Nikki and I three pairs each last week. And I'll be using them for everyday purpose cause flats are comfy shoes and I love them, as proven by Shoe Confessions: I Love Flats. The Wedge Shoes was the one I used during Lady Gaga's Concert. The outlet lady picked it for me and I guess she has a good taste. And thanks to Jo for picking it as her faorite among my shoes! Hihi.

And just days ago, I just bought this Chronicle necklace from Ate Marnee's Online Accessory Shop. I guess it's a good accent to any nude clothing. :)

Nude is sexy, I guess. Cause it will emphasize any skin color and it is so pleasing to the eyes. It is so classy and could be fun at the same time. But most of all, pair it to any pastel color and you can build up a style with the fierce Earthly look. :)

Nail Dare: Americana

It's been a while since my last post on Nail Dare. But since I promised on my last post about giving a tutorial on the Americana Nail, I'll be doing it right now. I'm teaching you how to do it. But before anything else, I would just like to thank you for all your good feedbacks regarding Nail Dare. My posts on Nail Dare, as I kept track on it, are some of the most viewed posts in my blog. So I guess, this will make us invade the fashion on nails. And I heard some of you telling me you tried some designs already and it "fattened" my heart. Haha! So there, let's get started with this.

I had this design on my nails two times already. Once was when I can't remember and the second was during Gaga's concert. I just felt like wearing it! Maybe because the flag of America will suit her concert since she has a song entitle Americano. Well, just a thought. Haha. But anyway, here's how.

1. Apply a white coating on your nails. Double coat it if it is too thin.

2. Using a nail art brush, paint on red stripes from the base of your nails to the tip. Apply them around 1-2mm away from each other. draw the last two stripes half way to give way for the blue part of the flag.

3. Apply a blue corner just above the red stripes you drew half way. By the way, before applying the red stripes and the blue corner, make sure that your white coating is dry.

4. Dry the blue corner too, a thin paint will dry up more easy.

5. Using a nail art brush, draw dots on the blue corner just like the stars on the American Flag. If you could draw stars literally, it would be better.

6. Coat the whole art with colorless nail polish after drying them up to add a shimmer.

White coating and dots- Caronia White Satin

Red stripes - Sassy Red

Blue corner - Caronia Aqua Frost

And there, you have the Americana nail! Go and try it. You could also have the Philippine flag as well. Just add a yellow nail polish and you'll know what to do! :)

Copycat Series: Spencer Hastings II

It's my second time to copy her style. And I just can't explain why I really love her wardrobe that much. All I can say is, it's classy, classic and chic. But well then, I wore this during Lady Gaga's concert, some of you might have knew it for a while because of my other posts. I just felt that I could wear this style there and I guess it ended up right. :)

Pretty Little Liars Season 2 Episode 10 "Touched By An A-ngel" featured this style and since then, I've been searching stores and outlets to have her Cut-Out Denim Polo. Based on my research, she wore Gap. I searched everywhere but I just can't find it. I even attempted to buy one during our Singapore trip but I'm just so unlucky to find nothing but plain denim polos. But too lucky for me, I found one at Jellybean just last week while I was looking for a good pair of shoes which I also wore with this polo. Just my luck! So redundant but I just felt really lucky! And here it is.

Cut-out Denim Polo from Jellybean, jeans from Forever 21, watch from Tomato, feather earrings from Bugis Singapore, wedges from Jellybean, brown sling bag from Forever 21, belt from SM Accesories

Wore wedges instead of boots because of our weather and I feel more comfortable with it. Folded my jeans 1/8 above to make it look better with the shoes. And yes, I also copied her hair. Hahaha! :)

Going Gaga

~~~When I say, I will see this person, I WILL!

 May 22, 2012. 8pm at the new Mall of Asia arena. Lady Gaga's Born This Way Ball. I thought the second day would not have it for a sold out. We were there at around 7pm and the General Admission and VIP areas were the only areas full. Lower box had only a few people in it. There were no other people around us. But as soon as Gaga appeared, it mesmerized me that OOOOH it's another sold out for Gaga. All screams everywhere--- guys, girls and gays alike. Everyone was singing. My favorite parts of the concert were when she sang Born This Way, Bad Romance, Alejandro and Hair. She was magnificent! She danced so superb. Her stage was perfect! I just can't explain it in words. It was just so amazing!

And I felt her when she reiterated that she went to our country for art and not to bash our culture and religion. I believed her when she said despite of all the critiques who're giving her the negative image, she'd rather spread more of that positivity. I just don't know why some people just can't understand that. But I guess we are all subjected to our own opinions and I guess it's best for me to respect that. 

We were very lucky because there were no more rally-ists during the second day. The concert went smooth and good. The night was very terrific. And I think, she really loves her LITTLE MONSTERS.

May 24, 2012. 3pm at the Mall of Asia atrium. It's another MOA day for us! Mr. Damon Salvatore  (Ian Somerhalder), one of the hot Salvatore brothers, greeted us with the hottest face on earth! I just can't imagine myself not being at that moment because I really wanted to see him in person. He was so nice and generous to the fans. Well, fans were girls, girls and girls. And if there were any other, they were our gay friends. That factor made the scream a little bit high pitched! There were banners everywhere! One of it saying, "Bite me Damon, I'm Vervain Free!" Another was "Do me with the Rebekah Style!" I am pretty sure, all the girls who were there felt their panties getting off their bodies. I swear, he was that hot! Hahaha!

What you see in the television is not the total of it. There was more to it. His eyes, oh yes, his eyes were killing me. His smile, oh Ian, you are so massive! And I really saw in his face that he was very eager to make the fans happy. And lucky for the three girls who went up stage to have some smoochy kiss from him. Nonetheless, I am still very happy because he blew a kiss to everyone while he was just three meters right in front of me !

It was worth squeezing myself against the flood of people. It was worth it being a fan girl. And I guess, being a fan girl, it's not just in words, but in actions. And I am very willing to do anything just to witness a lifetime experience. :)

Bucket List: Lady Gaga and Ian Somerhalder

Two of the people I really want to meet or at least see in person within this mediocrity of life are Lady Gaga and Ian Somerhalder. And guess what, their here in our country, Philippines, right now. They both actually just arrived--- Lady Gaga at around 9pm and Ian just now. Lady Gaga is here for her Monster Ball Concert and Ian for Penshoppe All Stars.

Lady Gaga. A lot of people, mostly on the religious sector, are trying to stop her Monster Ball. I guess they have a good point why it should be stopped but in my opinion, it still depends on one person either to just enjoy her music or believe in her faith. I am a Catholic Christian and I know my faith, I know myself. I am attending her concert with my 3 siblings but I guess it won't bring our soul in hell. We'll be there to just enjoy the night together and sing the songs of Gaga which we listen to on road trips and on boring days at home. My siblings are 8, 11 and 17 and I guess being an illuminati is not understandable with their age. And I guess, it never will enter their mind being such because we know what our parents want us to be and being in the Lady Gaga concert would never change this fact. Actually, Gaga had been an inspiration to everyone who've been bullied and maltreated just like how she had been through before and because of this it isn't really practical to stop her concert. Most especially, we bought our middle row seats already. Haha! So please, don't torture us by stopping the concert. And I guess, it is not really good to stop it now. You'll just waste money and I guess it's a win-lose game if that comes to a point.

Ian Somerhalder. All girls out there claim that he's their husband. Including me, of course. Vampire Diaries had been so hot because of him and Paul, and the rest of the cast actually, ALL OF THEM! I guess, I deserve to see him but this is such a last minute chance. I have to search on a free pass or at least a cheap pass through his appearances. I was supposed to go with some friends tonight at the airport to meet him or at least have a glimpse of his pretty face but I guess the opportunity just lapsed out because it had been a big confusion where he's straight to. While I am typing this right now, fans are already screaming at the airport right now and I just feel envious. Tomorrow I guess he's in Bora and it's more impossible to meet him. On the 23rd, he'll be having a PresCon and 60 fans are only allowed. It's not even a meet and greet, just a part of the audience. So 3 days pass gone, then comes the 26th for the Philippine Fashion Week. This is my only chance but look how lucky I am, my family's having a day out together that day. Another day down. It's only on this last minute mall appearance that I will get the chance but it is not yet official, no official day yet, so I am still walking through waters with it. I am still hoping to see him. One week should be enough for me to find a way. 
(P.S. Thank you to all my friends who are addict with TVD, for encouraging and enlightening me. This feeling wouldn't be present if it wasn't because of you. Hahaha. Most especially CJ who sat down with me last October for TVD!)


If I will be able to see them both, well Lady Gaga should be sure at least (Don't Cancel. Please) I'll be able to check them out from my bucket list. It will take a lot of effort to find a way, most especially Ian's. So I guess, I SHOULD FIND A DAMN WAY.

Certified One Direction Fan Girl

I will honestly admit here that I am a huge fan of One Direction! That moment I learned about them last year, I immediately became so obsessed with what they do. It's a fan-girl thing. But who cares, I am really an avid fan, no one can ever change that!

So basically, I've watched all their music videos, video diaries and all stuffs. I follow all of them on twitter. I liked their fan pages on facebook. These made me know all their events.  I keep on with updates and I even tweet them almost every night. But Upto now I still haven't achieved that dream of being replied by them but I know, soon, I'll have one tremendous message from them. That would be the best day of my life! 

Isa and Jen know how obsessed I am with One Direction. I admit, I'm a DIRECTIONER. Hahahaha! Basta. It's how they call the fans. So I guess, that was the reason why they surprised me with this. I've been longing to buy this a long time ago. I was even supposed to attend the Philippine launching of the album at SM the Block last February but I was very torned between going to the launch or have a meet and greet with Lucy Hale in MOA. The two events happened on the same date on two exact opposite locations. I didn't know how to divide myself with that circumstance. But in the end, I chose Lucy Hale since it's a meet and greet. Since then, I never had the time to buy the album. Anyway, I have downloaded the whole album already a long time ago. Hahaha! But still, my bad. I was just too lucky to have sweet friends who made my wish come true. Haha.

They gave this to me earlier during our review. Honestly, I was really surprised. They told me it was a super duper late birthday surprise for me. It was way too funny because I caught them. Well, not exactly. Chloe spoke out loud to Jen about Isa calling. I asked Jen several times why and she never answered. That was the start of the guessing game. So they just told me they needed to go photocopy some stuffs. But of course, I myself had an idea already. To cut the story short, I was in our room texting my sister when suddenly Jen and Isa were there approaching. They handed me a kettle popcorn. So okay--- food. Hahaha! Kidding! But then they handed next the album! And I was bloody screaming to death. Geeeeeeeze! I guess I looked so embarrassing earlier but I really failed to contain the surprise. I had an idea that there was something going on but seeing them hand me that CD was way pretty cool for my day. I just then realized after I scrambled on the floor and jumped like crazy that they were taking photos and videos of me. Dayyyym. Haha. Everything just went quickly so I re-watched the video. And O my balls! I was inZAAAAYN!!! Hahaha! Chloe took the video and it was all views of my big tummy. Haha. But it was really funny, Jen and I were laughing while watching it. I was even fooled, ALMOST, with the signatures on the CD. I thought it was true. My reaction upon seeing it was really funny. The innocence was priceless but the near ignorance was the winning moment. Hahaha!

Thank you to my awesome friends for making this day extraordinaire! You just really know how to make me happy. So now, help me have a tweet from Louis, Zayn, Harry, Niall and Liam (Jen's 1D crush)! Hahaha!

Ta-tah!

PRC Problems

Yesterday was supposed to be our scheduled date for our PRC application. PRC went to UST to have our requirements checked and done. But since I was sick last week, I needed to go home in Ilocos. I only learned about the scheduled PRC application last Sunday and I had no time to get back in Manila that time and catch the filing the next morning since May 7 was marked as an off day for us (based on the given schedule). So, too unlucky for me, I had to do it myself in PRC Morayta. Dayyyyym! And the story started there. P.S. Thanks to my friends Jen and Ai for having my papers photocopied! Big help!!! Yay!

I thought I was lucky because my friends Drazen and Janelle were inside. I thought I could make some singit sessions there. But then I arrived at Morayta with a line of people reaching the bridge. (Gulp!) What am I supposed to do? I rushed at the start of the line to check if my friends were there but I was pretty much wrong about that. I saw none of them. It ends up for me falling at the end of the line. Hassle! It was 8 am that time. Lucky for me because the line was just free flowing. I got to step inside around 10 minutes later or less.  The only problem I experienced outside during the line, I guess, was because of the vendors of glues, pastes and envelopes. They were provoking us on buying. My mind was terrorized because they acted really well. I almost believed them. I almost gave a bite. It was just pretty good for me to realize what our professors did tell us about the requirements. I cannot remember them telling us to bring gallons of pastes and having specific kinds of envelopes, except for the mailing envelope of course. And take note, they even made CEDULA-MAKING a business. Fraud! Tsk tsk. But then, it was just too funny because "bumenta talaga mga tinderang yun sakin." Hypnotized! No, better name me as  Fooled. UTU-UTO!!! Almost!

Well, back to the story. I was already hurrying to find my friends because all I was seeing at that moment were lines. Long lines of people everywhere! I just needed to call Janelle so I could find them more easily. I got lost at first but thank God I finally saw them. But then, dilemmas came in and in. I had no doc stamps yet, no mailing envelope, no whatsoever. I got pretty messed up even if I wasn't showing that I was. The processing took almost an hour, I guess that was the longest part of it. Then I had a slight problem about it too. My photo wasn't scanned. I submitted my photo already but maybe it wasn't processed yesterday since I wasn't there to apply. Goodness, they made a way quickly. I didn't need to fall back in line again. 

I met a lot of nursing graduates from different places. All were clamoring about the singit problems. I was just fortunate they never caught me! Haha! The PRC officers kept on calling our names. Every section of the process, I guess, my name was called. If I had to win a dollar on every call, I might have had my payment free alread. Hahaha, seriously! Then when I had to pay already, there was an old man officer who was very rude on us examiners. He kept on pushing us away from the seats we were in just to give way to people who never even took the line from the start. SINGIT PROBLEMS!!! Before I got my temper high, my name was called by the cashier. Handed her a thousand for the 900 pesos fee (which is as good as my allowance for 3 days!) Then from there, I proceeded to the last step which was the 12th window. I thought it would only take some minutes. But that some minutes turned out to be half an hour. And the window lady officer was again rude! Dayyyym, can't they get enough of that rudeness? But then there, almost 30 minutes of waiting and my NOA was already issued. Time check: 10 am! Time to go home! But since I was bleeding of thirst, I passed by Simple Line Morayta and gulped some drinks.

With this experience, I learned that graduating as a Thomasian nurse is such a privilege.  I guess it was just lucky enough we're among those schools who had PRC come to us personally for a lesser pain filing. Well except with my case because I wasn't present during the hassle-free application inside our building itself. Haha. But I guess, because of it I learned. Well, at least now I can say that I am a lot more at ease with my confidence with the board exams. I thought I'll never gonna make it with the filing with the busy review schedule we have. Thank goodness! I am just so lucky to have good friends most especially Jen. I was really touched because she thought of my sake yesterday. *Hugs

Well then, I just thought that I needed to share this. I guess the experience was just too funny. FOR ME, AT LEAST. Hahaha!

Ta-tah!

Daily Captures of April III

Part 1: http://vintageavenues.blogspot.com/2012/04/its-already-april-perfect-summer-time.html
Part 2: http://vintageavenues.blogspot.com/2012/04/daily-captures-of-april-ii.html

Day 24. April 24, 2012.
Something you're grateful for. Friendship. My friends. I love them to hell even though at times they tend to bitch on me. But I know, this is for forever. :)

Day 25. April 25, 2012.
Looking down. It's my friend KK. Haha. I don't really know what to post on this "Looking down" day. Is it the feeling of being down? Or shall I look down and see what's in store? Or looking down as in I hae to abhor something or what. So I decided to post KK's photo. I took this while I was sitting higher than her. So I guess I was looking down. Hahaha! Hi KK! You're featured already! :)

Day 26. April 26, 2012.
Black + White. Taken earlier when we watched The Avengers. Nice movie. Part 2 please. Bitin! :)

Day 27. April 27, 2012

Somewhere you went. Boni High with Boobies! Ate at Mini Shabu shabu for my super late birthday celebration and then sipped some smoothies at Jamba Juice. :)

Day 28. April 28, 2012

1pm. During the review class for Pedia. Here's my notes. Haha.

Day 29. April 29, 2012

Circle. I don't really know what to put so I'll post this instead. This is taken not on the 29th (Major fail) and not posted on the same date. Pure fail!!! Haha. Anyway, this is Coleene's float for her parade.

Day 30. April 30, 2012

Something that makes you sad. Living away from them is just as hard as hell, it's a good thing that I am at home right now. This is my very vain little sister Coleene, she loves the camera a lot and so as vice versa. This is taken at home. :)

-End. Finally! This is really hard. I never imagined myself finishing this. I had some failed days but I guess the effort I put is still there. Hirap kaya nito! I have no plans yet of doing this again!