CTM - that is what you need!

Sun and stress plus the pollution will get you down. These are the most common enemies of your face and not only it damages it also has after-effects comes old age.

I can never reiterate more on moisturizing your countenance. Cosmo taught me that 6 years ago. I am now 28 and my regimen has not changed, I am no Venus Raj nor Aphrodite but I can go out without foundation or even a makeup on, just a touch of lip gloss and am all set.

Cleanse, Tone and Moisturize- that's the basic, and for the harsh elements of the sun? Sunscreen.

Cleansing - find a good cleanser, that's it! Doesn't have to be a high-end product, you can check Mercury Drug or Watson's for a match with your skin type. According to dermatologists, avoid bar soaps as they will dry out your skin and should only touch your skin from neck down. You have an option to go for a creamy cleanser if you have a dry skin and a clear cleanser if you have an oily visage. Best not to wash your face often as they tend to wash away natural chemicals, a splash of warm water in the morning is all you need to remove excess oils, just that! Never over cleanse your face and watch out for hot or cold water as they will break capillaries.

Tone - At least once a week, exfoliate. Microdermabrasion, chemical peels and Retinoids are the most common; safe, effective and affordable. You can use a gentle scrub with tiny grains as big grains tend to tear the skin and cause damage. Sometimes a monthly chemical peel gets too pricey but a good one-hour diamond peel will let you have a skin so soft and supple just like baby's butt. And with that you may opt for retinoids, as it removes top layer of dead skin cells and builds up collagen.

 Moisturize - no matter what skin type you have, this is a must to seal in moisture into your skin. Careful not to overdo it as they may clog your pores and develop acne.

Nowadays, as the suns UV rays gets too harmful, application of sunscreen should be a part of your regimen as well, tropical people as we are, should maintain the use as we are always in bright light and exposed most of the day. Mexoryl and Helioplex are the most vital chemicals that helps block those aggravating rays. And if you are in a mood to splurge its best to have a daytime and a nighttime sunscreen, that's me being obsessive-compulsive and being extra careful.

Us gays are literally vain from top to toe. From the shampoo to lather our scalp, to the undies we wear, or to the foundation we apply and even to the spritzer for our twinkle toes. Vain, Vain, definitely and remarkably vain! Hailed by many yet detracted by peers as well. Who cares, as long as you take care of yourself plus you're happy. 
That's it! Life's about it! 

Call Center Life

What a journey! If that’s what you call it. Some treat it as a devolve, some just passed by and others really don’t care if they’re here or not.

Bumpy, fun, exhasuting not to mention elating ride it has been. What? Five years? Wow! I can’t imagine those years, growing and learning at the same time. I never thought I would stay and linger in this industry as it was just the most “in” thing, hip, wild and frivolous. That’s it! Nothing more, nothing less. Mind you, my dream then was to become an infamous programmer, savvy and techie. Alas! The language that I know? I’d be damned! The programming that I know was so four years ago, crap, right? With the ever changing and occuring world of software development with a wink of an eye what you know maybe a thing of the past.

C   a   l   l   C   e   n   t   e   r    L   i   f   e

Working late nights, asleep during daybreaks and parties on restdays and weekends. A routine, yes but that pretty much sums up the whole time I’ve been here. I know, generic and pathetic yet that’s what happens when you’re young and full of shit with a bagful of cash on your strip.

I started 2004, timid and shy, agressive and repulsive at the same time with a handful of courage on my left hand and a book by my right. At that time, my interview with TelePerformance went haywire; read: SALES (what the effin’ schmuck should I do?) The clock striked one helpless and desperate with just twenty pesos on my pocket, hungry at the same time. I dragged myself to Sykes Asia, marble lobby was clacking with high-heeled shoes and the mode of conversation? Whatelse but the dreaded English Language, OMG! My feet were shaking and the sweat was oh so cold than ice. Well! This is it! I am here, there’s no turning back, either make it or break it! I stormed. Luckily ended with an elusive account far more than I expected. READ: NO TALKING. Just plain typing. Speed and skills are what they need. No need for your brain to function. My worries were in vain. Got the hire.

That was the easy part. Then came course skills, I bled alright! Whew! That didn’t came to flattering but I managed. Week TWO passed by so breezy, week THREE was agony, bloopers on week FOUR and week FIVE was utterly hell. Scrutiny, details and a zappy mind was needed. Your holster was to deal with it or bear with it. Four years passed, it marked well. Got a disorder from it. O-C. Discomfort you say? Nope! Never better actually.

Seasons came and left, storms crashed and devastated. This I mean literally! Milenyo? Ondoy? Ring a bell? Yes, They were part of it all.

Yet all of such has been a joyride. A classic twist and turn. Fostered a lot of memories, tears and laughter hand in hand. Priceless bondings and get togethers. And the flirtings? They were on the sides!



Outsiders call it WORK but us? It’s LIFE.

What else can I say?

Tara, join the bandwagon.

Flit, flit, flit.

All we do is flit.

Well, I guess that is the bandwagon that has been wheeling nowadays. Pretty sure, all of us have been hoppity-hopping for about sometime now. Don’t even dare denying, am no virgin, so are you. Do we need to train ourselves to be as such? Would that hinder us from getting hurt? Maybe. Yet that seems to be foretold. Paranoia it may become since the concept is way to polygamous. The QUEENdom has been. And I reckon will always be.

All we do is flit. Butterflies do.

I can’t call it being sex-aholic since you’re not on beck and call 24 by 7 so, I guess its just one of those itches  that needs an itty-bitty of scratching. You can’t blame the norm since aside from the queers, straight people has this concept as well. It has been a while that I have flitted and from experience it gets too tiring every once in a while, your heart and your emotions gets fed up with all the nonchalant galantry and promises. Such flowery enticement. As layman’s as we are, we give in.

All we do is flit. Butterflies do. And we are not.

hibernated….

July 22, 2010

dormant for a while….

busted….. / April 9, 2010

What the world has gone into?

News says: Metro hit by power outages

But aren’t we hit already? Take an example last week, MERALCO declared that they would increase the bill charges P1.73 perkilowatt hour (kWh). What the effin’ craze is that? Recently they just adjusted the meter to let the consumers know they care. As if it taking its toll now they are re-adjusting and according to management: not a Meralco rate increase but merely to recover adjustments in both the December 2006 and January 2007 generation and system loss charges,” says Meralco president and chief operating officer Jesus P. Francisco.

WOW! As in wow!

They lower it down to ¼ of the charges then charges back thrice of what they lowered it down to. Very nice move. Subtle and very substantial.

Now with the submerging issue of a damaged transformer in the Dolores, Rizal substation, they would rotationally shut down;Mandaluyong, Pasig, Marikina, Taguig and Quezon City, Cainta, Angono, Taytay, Binangonan, Antipolo, San Mateo and Rodriguez, all in Rizal province.

And according to them this is to avoid a metro wide black out affecting all cities. What a craze, right? With the El Ninoconvergence and the ever eclectic weather we have. What will become of us? Personally I may not have the biggest qualms in this infestations but try to think of those small-sized establishments plus the stores who mainly generates their income through meager utmost.

Yet twice in 1-day with a 3-hour interval is a bit of nuisance even to the simplest being requiring electricity to move on with his life. Damn!

Good luck that is!

The only thing we can do now is prepare. Just that.

2010

as written before the May elections... 

Election time once again. Debacle of automation has been declared limp. Somebody won, everyone else are just spectator of the show. Whew! A lot really transpired, some are happy that the reign of the omnipresent seems to be fading to history, some are tired of the ubiquity, the heydays and the deliberation of this hysterics, some are in awe of what will happen to the future.

Question though: what will really happen? Hmmmmm?


This promises end of suffrage, that offers safety and security, him speech acts livelihood, they prognosticates end of corruption, it proffers vox populi and what about US, we, the people? Are we just gonna stay point-blank? Most of us are already hesitant, some are doubtful and all of us are gonna fall to false pretenses one more time. Him declaring has-beens, that losing a family ardour, wow! that sounds oh so original. Reaching for a spotlight perhaps into the hearts and some heartfelt sympathy? Why oh why oh why.


I myself have been deaf, numb and in recluse of all the mendacious hopes these politicians are engaging us. Tsk.tsk.tsk.


Over and over again, they bow down at your feet, kiss you even just to get your favorable nod and affection. They sweep you off your feet of their sweet nothings and embellishes their self with humbleness and positivity. All they would do and for what? Because you are special, in demand,in heat and in focal. After such, where would us be? We don’t even have to guess!


I hope I am wrong, very wrong. I wish I am wrong, so wrong.


But history keeps on repeating itself, from one ruling to another, mistake after another. More often than not this has already been a pattern, pathetic I guess yet the trend showed us a lot in milestone. Learning from our mistakes should be our priority so as not to delve into the same old putt.


People, please think of what you are about to do. It is not always about you. Suffrage here and there, poverty all over the metro, both rural and urban jungles, you just don’t think of yourself. This nation needs help and another blister to our history ought to heal sometime. The deed you make correct on May elections would be an embark to a future that everybody has hoped for. In this lifetime you only have a chance, that one chance that would embody the true Filipino in you.

Barred it up!

A new list of lawyers have been declared by the Supreme Court, avowed Friday March 26^th of 2010 at 6 pm..

Taking the board last September and October of last year, 1, 451 out of 5,903 examinees made it to the list. Remembering last years devastation of typhoon “Ondoy” was the last examination week which they rescheduled to resume October 4^th in which should have been final-ed on the month of September as traditionally held.

Declared passing rate was 24.58 percent. My Tito Eddie Nachura, Associate Justice and chairman of the 2009 Committee on Bar Examinations, aforementioned the disqualification grade in Taxation has been lowered from 49 percent to 45 percent and the passing grade for last year’s exams was lowered from 75 percent to 71 percent.

San Beda College (SBC) topped it all out. Reinier Paul R. Yebra getting 84.8 percent, Charlene Mae C. Tapic a Bedan as well garnered 84.6 percent, third spot acquired by John Paul T. Lim of the Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) with 84.5 percent, next Caroline P. Lagos of UP with 84.4 percent, then Eric David C. Tan of AdMU getting 84.05 percent and placing 6^th is Yves-Randolph P. Gonzalez of AdMU finishing 83.9 percent. 7^th slot was achieved by Joan Mae S. To of AdMU, 83.65 percent; Herminio C. Bagro III of UP with 83.4 percent and Timothy Joseph N. Lumauig of AdMU with 83.2 percent. Completing the successfull 10 are both from AdMU, Naealla Rose M. Bainto and Shiela Abigail O. Go, tied in the tenth place with 83.1 percent.

San Beda College, Ateneo de Manila University and University of the Philippines made it again to the top.

Big round of applause ladies and gentlemen for our new lawyers, cheers to everyone, doing the best of it all. I may not be a friend or a foe but I support each and everyone who made it to achieve their dreams and aspirations.

 http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/249691/1451-out-5903-pass-2009-bar-exams

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