Cats And Dogs

The weather is sooooo unpredictable nowadays. Sunny this morning, rainy later in the afternoon. Sometimes its too hot, and aat times it can be too cold in the evening. Wazzup with that? 

Sometimes it rains too much cats and dogs, our PE class gets cancelled. The roof of the UP Gym leaks (so yeah. We are against the budget cut. We can’t even freakin’ get that roof fixed and teh government still wants to cut the budget they allot for state universities) and unfortunately, i don’t have rain boots so I have to tread the wet streets of the University.  

Cmon mother nature. Make up your mind. 

Bern’s New Diet Plan

Today is the start of my no meat, half rice and after 6 diet plan. 

I have been gaining weight again lately due to lack of exercise. I spend most of my time sitting, doing articles and studying while eating sweets. The skinny girl (okay fine. Not skinny, but still thin compared now) I see on the mirror two months ago is now gone and replaced by a girl suffering from love handles and fat hips that bulges all over. If this goes on, i might not fit into any  adult halloween costumes (even though we don’t usually celebrate Halloween in the Philippines).

I went jogging this afternoon and finished the acad oval (yes. The freakin’ 2.2km glory of UP’s Academic Oval) in 15minutes without stopping or walking. Yes i know I’m slow, but not bad for someone who stopped exercising months ago. Right? 

Another Birthday Wish

I don’t know why I never wished for a camcorder. Maybe its because digital cameras are now capable of recording HD videos? 

I want to buy my own Sony TX5 since its durable (water, shock, dust, etc proof) and i think it can withstand my rather clumsy hands. 

My parents (and relatives) always blame me when gadgets (or anything for that matter) gets busted. I must admit, its true at times. However, I don’t friggin have an idea why they blame me for something broken when i haven’t even laid hands on it! 

Maybe This Time

Everybody, they love a winner. So nobody love me.

 For lonely people whose theme song is like the one i quoted above, electric blankets are well suited for their current status in life (ehem. if you know what i mean). I’m not really sure what i’m thinking while writing this blog post, so pardon me for my senseless ranting. 

Birthday Gift

Dearest Papa,

Can you buy me a pink Suzuki Celerio for my birthday which is just a few weeks from now? I promise I’ll be the best-est and nicest daughter a father can have. Pretty, pretty please? 

With lots of love,

BERN

I had a blast yesterday — literally!

Yesterday was a near death and traumatizing experience for me. It was the last day of the Bar exam and we were waiting for our sisters to come out so that we can meet and congratulate them. We were standing in front of DLSU-Benilde for an hour and a half when we heard an explosion and felt an impact. We thought it was just the final beat of the drums until we saw smoke rising. It was only then that we realized an explosive was thrown in betweent the San Beda and UP crowd and there were many people injured (i think there were some who lost their legs because of the explosion). 

If my sisters and i didn’t move to another place, we could have been one of those people in the hospital today. I’m not sure if there were any wireless CCTV cameras installed around the area and if the perpetrator was caught already. All i know is, yesterday was traumatizing. :/

Sparklier Than Queen Elizabeth

Diamonds are still a girl’s bestfriend and that is the reason why i shifted to Metallurgical Engineering after getting fed up with Industrial Engineering. Bundles of cash is nothing compared to loose diamonds in all their sparking glory.

Im seriously considering working in South Africa or in Russia where diamonds are mined and hopefully, have a stash of diamonds of my own.  Seriously. Wouldn’t that be cool? I’d be far more sparkly than Queen Elizabeth!

SPP

It won’t be long til i’ll be spending my entire summer in a distant province for my summer plant practice. 

2 months of nothing but work. Yes i have to prepare myself for another summer of nothing but pure stress. I have to do research on mining companies and mineral processing plants where i can apply as an intern in the next few months. I have to prepare my resume before the end of the semester (of course it’ll be a lot different from any medical resume) so that the department can omit unnecesary information from it. 

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Infirmatay, I don’t wanna die!

UP Diliman’s Infirmatay este Infirmary 

I missed two days of classes because i was sick since tuesday. I’ve been meaning to go to the infirmary to have a check up and to get a medical certificate but i just didn’t have the energy to leave the house. 

I was feeling a lot better since last night (thanks to two days of doing nothing but sleep!) but my temperature had gone up early this morning. I took meds right away since i don’t like the feeling of being sick and i can’t affor to miss any of my classes today. 

This afternoon, I went to the infirmary (or should i say, INFIRMATAY?) to finally get a medical certificate but lo and behold, they needed a letter from my parents/guardian to certify that i stayed home and missed my classes. I didn’t have the energy to argue anymore and the nurse in the triage sent me to a doctor for a check up.
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Milk As Natural Body Acne Treatment

Unfortunately, not everyone can handle acne effectively. There are others who lose their self esteem and confidence because they feel like they don’t belong in the society because of their condition. 

MILK: An effective home remedy for body acne?

Everyone goes through a period in their lives where they experience hormonal inbalance and their body reacts by producing acne breakouts. There are even some who experience acne breakout all over their bodies.  The good thing is, there are now a lot of body acne treatments that are available and even though some of them cna be quite expensive, there are remedies that you can do yourself at home. However, if natural home remedies are not effective for your condition, it will be much better if you consult with a dermatologist so that proper medications will be given as soon as possible. 

why?

HE ALWAYS FORGETS :(

Sick And A Busted Laptop

The worst thing that could happen to any writer is to get his or her laptop busted. 

I was in the middle of working on something when there was a power surge and before i knew it, my laptop went dead. I was not sure if it it was because of a busted fuse or if my charger stopped working. I was sick the whole day and i didn’t want to stress myself with what happened so i just slept it off hoping that when i wake up, i can turn on my laptop again, as if nothing happened.

3 hours have gone and went and yet, my laptop was still dead. I went to the nearest CD-R King (and of course they don’t sell log furnitures there, silly!) to buy an adaptor for my charger but unfortunately, they didn’t have an 18V adaptor in stock. 

There was Bern with a busted laptop, runny nose, barking cough and fever, all alone in Technohub. Yup. I know. Poor me.

Acne Treatment

Acnes can lower one’s self esteem and confidence because they feel like the society will not accept them because of their condition. All i can say is, you cannot blame these people for their crazy hormones and we should accept them for who they are and help them with what they are going through. 

The good thing is, there are now a lot of acne solution treatments that they can choose from and although some could be expensive and out of their budgets,they are assured of its effectiveness, 

Starbucks Every Night

I’ve been trying to understand Thermodynamics for almost two weeks now. My exam’s tomorrow and yet, i haven’t understood a thing — yet. When i changed course from Industrial Engineering to Metallurgical Engineering, i thought i was able to escape Statistics and Thermodynamics because these two subjects makes my life more hell than it already is.

If only it was as easy as reading and understanding colon cleanse reviews, then I wouldn’t be stressed like this. 

I must admit, studying at Starbucks every night for the past few weeks kinda helped me stay up until 2 in the morning. Thanks to the smell of brewing coffee, I can study whatever subject i need to review for the week without getting sleepy. Although its heavy on the pocket and sometimes i find it hard to concentrate because there were a lot of distractions all around, i’m still able to finish whatever i need to do and study. 

Preventing Breakouts

Pimples are one of the most common conditions teenagers suffer from. Because of their hormonal imbalance and as their body keep up with the sudden changes, their skin reacts by suffering from breakouts.

There are a lot of discussions on how to prevent pimples and they are actually  easy to follow.

Suffering from acne breakouts can lower a person’s self esteem and confidence. They feel like it will be hard for them to fit in any group because they think no one wants to have an acne-scarred person as a friend.

Anyway, the important things that you always have to remember when dealing with acne and maintaining a healthy skin are:

• wash
• cleanse
• tone
• moisturize

See? Its that easy!

Left With Belly Fat

If you noticed (that is if you are an avid reader of my blog), i haven’t been complaining on my weight these past few weeks and i haven’t blogged anything and asked a fast way to lose belly fat.

I dunno. I guess its because i lost weight because of acads and the start of the semester included PE twice a week and volleyball training right after. I even achieved the point of having a firm tummy but after the University intrams and training ended, i was left with a  much bigger appetite and lesser exercise to burn off everything that i ate. 

After my Daet trip, i felt my muscles tightened because of the total body workout surfing did to me. Howell, guess i have to return there ASAP! i keep on dreaming about it and surfing! Gahd. I miss it. 

(once again, sorry for the very sabaw post. LOL)

All Play And No Work Is Fun!

I decided to take a break from studying and freelance writing yesterday. So i spent my afternoon with teh boyfie and some friends and wasted our time and money at Timezone.

So why the sudden decision to rest? Well, after three weeks of doing nothing but articles and studying for exams, i took a day off so that i can relax and sleep early. After class, Allen and I went straight to Technohub to meet Martin and his girlfriend, Steph. We were supposed to have a date (just the two of us) but Martin texted him and invited us for dinner. Once again, our plan to watch Despicable Me was postponed. 

Anyway, we went to Timezone first and stayed there for two hours. In those two hours the things that i was able to achieve were:

1. Beat Allen at Air Hockey

2. Had the highest score in basketball shootout (or something. I don’t know what its called)

3. Got another toy from Timezone. 

 That’s me and allen!  

Its my fourth toy already and I’m starting to get hang of the game already. One pig, bunny, tomato and now, a cat solar-powered toy. At 16php per game, i can sell those toys at 120each (assuming that it took me two to three tries before successfully dropping the toy).

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Antique Collection

I have always been mesmerized with antiques and the stories behind it. 

My dad is an avid collector of paintings and antique furnitures and because of his vast collections, our home is more of a museum. All our chandeliers are antiques and he has three antique cabinets with drawer knobs of eccentric designs. 

I wish i could post pictures here but my dad doesn’t want me too. He wants to keep his collections private.

Medicare Plans — Is There Such A Thing In The Philippines?

I am not really sure if the Philippines offer Medicare Plans for senior citizens or people with disabilities like the United States of America does. Well, frankly speaking, i do not have much confidence in the budget the governement allocates for the Health Sector (is that the right term?) in our country.

In the USA, Medicare Plans are given to citizens who are 65 years of age or older, and to those people who are suffering from diabilities and have permanent kidney malfunction. 

I am not really sure about it, but is it true that Senior Citizens are now required to pay tax annually? Really now. If that were true, where will they get the money to pay for their taxes, if they have retired already and the pension they receive monthly is barely enough to meet the costs of their medicines and other basic necessities? Tell Me. 

Pichu-chu

Pichu will be turning 2 (two) this November. We’ve been through sleepless nights and cramming together and without my ever-so-loved laptop, i don’t think I can survive the stress UP demands from my already frail health. 

Without Pichu, I don’t think there will be money in my bank account right now (well honestly, i have zero balance again because of my recent trip/vacation in Naga) and now, I have to work harder to earn more so that i will have enough money to contribute to my nephew’s therapy sessions. 

It’s been two years and I am already thinking of replacing Pichu for a new one. I still don’t have the money and more importantly, I don’t think i’ll have enough courage to part with Pichu *sniff*.