Flores de Mayo 2012

Every year in May, i have been part of the Flores de Mayo Festivals of the Filipino Community in Cologne. This year, i graduated from these Festivals, making me the Reyna Elena (Queen Helena) of the Parade.

I loved my Dress, i felt all pretty and glamorous in it!

DoCoMi 2012

Outfit of that day.

It's been ages since i've been to an Anime Convention. The last one i went to was the Animagic 2008 and if i recall correctly i wasn't all that enthusiastic about it in the end. Now, 4 years later, i decided to go to the DoCoMi in Düsseldorf after dear Karo asked me if i want to go with her.

Conventions are boring if you go there with your Mom ( i admit, i only came with my mom the first time i went to a con... ) but with good friends -like all things in life- are actually fun i  noticed!

I guess they are even more fun if youre a Cosplayer and you and your Friends fool around all over the venue! Thats why Karo and I kinda felt like wanting to cosplay too,I don't like the costumey kind of Cosplay though. I always wanted to do cosplay which could also pass as an awesome take on

 japanese street fashion. Something along the lines of Death Notes MisaMisa. I felt like getting some cute wigs and rocking a Misa outfit!

Apart from watching Cosplayers we also took a long stroll around the stalls. What can i say, there was very kawaii but also typical Convention Stuff. We noticed ourselves squealing from stall to stall!
What i especially enjoyed seeing there were the Ragecomic Buttons and charms, i would've bought boyfie the trollface one but i found them too be way too expensive then.

 

Look at us feeling all supahcawaii in our otaku hats! 

After walking around the whole venue,  we got hungry and wanted to visit the host club. Yes, the Con had a Host Club. 8D We bought some Coupons and then stood in Line, when it was our turn in the line, the receptionist hostguy told us what they do and asked us which host we want to be accompanied by. When we actually imagined how guys are supposed to entertain us while we eat, we felt all embarrassed and stood there for a while giggling stupidly. xD

 After we calmed down we took a look at the list and chose the one we wanted to be our host. We first picked a guy named Tobi, or Toni or something. He was really goodloocking and seemed to be the most booked out host. So because we didn't want to wait too long we decided to just get the guy who was available at that time, which happened to be  a guy called Mino.

When we came to sit at the table Mino still attended his other guests. They were laughing and flirtily poking fun at him while he was acting all hurt and stuff. It was kinda cute. After their session ended and when he attended to us he was all complayining about how his customers are all weird people and how there was some person with undefinable gender who bit him in the neck. He then told us how relieved he was to see us, since we were the only normal customers he had so far. Poor Guy, we kinda felt sorry for him.Mino seemed to be a nice guy harrased by crazy otakus.

It was a reallly interesting experience, what seemed to be awkward at first was actually quite nice in the end. I ordered a non alcoholic cocktail ( becuase alcohol was not allowed in the venue) and something called Amiyori. I dont know why it was called Amiyori though, since to me it just seemed like a Onigiri with filling.

 

Ah well, i guess i'll never find out. It was tasty though!

Thanks for reading, till next post :)

I BLOG WHEN I'M HAPPY

..and i don't when i'm not.

I noticed that my blogging decreased when i started university. Some might think this might be due to stress and heavy studying. But its not, because, looking back i realized that i didn't do alot. I didn't listen to the lectures, didn't watch the movies ( cuz basically i was studying film studies :/) and only did the obligatory papers. I hoped for my course to turn out better in the future, thats why i gave it a chance for the second semester. But it didn't get better. I even took some Lectures about Comics, and i didn't care about it at all. This depressed me so much, it made sad and angry and all out confused. I had not a bit of Passion for my course.

Thats why, i finally decided to stop.
I don't want to graduate leaving me with the feeling of not having learned something at all.

So here i am right now, sitting in front of my laptop writing emails to Advertising Agencies, asking for available Internship spots. Next Year, I am going to apply for design courses. Which is what i wanted to do ever since School. I just didn't go that way because i thought i was made for more, i was such an ego, i thought i had to go to University instead of "only" an art school.

Well fuck it i was stupid. I just want to feel happy with what i'm doing now.

And i feel incredibly happy and relieved about finally having decided what to do. Now i just need to proove my Mom and everyone else that i can do it.


So, to end my Sentitalk and to to excuse my absence from the Bloggasphere (sp??) i'll show you what i've been up to these last months  in a quick xiuxiu meit tu photocollage

1 + 2.Karneval | 3. playing with Makeup | 4. Doc Martens i got from Chani <3 | 5. before going to Düsseldorf | 6. Puris with Friends

 1. Makeup for the Beauty fair | 2. Daniela Katzenberger at the Beauty fair | 3. Cologne | 4. Mixtas | 5. Me

 1. Sushi with Boyfie | 2. Me & Daddy | 3. My new Hair & Mommy | 4. handmade B-day cake for mom | 5.Whats left of the cake

1. Dressing room at Divisoria | 2. Wicked Oreos | 3. Inuman on Mothersday | 4. Me & my Godchild Chloe | 5. Chloe Baby <3

The last set of pics were from the Philippines, we spontaneously flew over because my dear Uncle died. It was a very sad Trip, but i'm happy to have seen my family again.

If you still read this, well thanks for still checking out my blog. I may not be the hippest or most exciting person in the world to read about, but i still appreciate alot when people listen, or well..read what i have to say or want to show.

Thanks, till next post then.

KARNEVAL

mooh! yea right, i'm back with a new post! :D

I've been busy with school papers these days so i wasn't able to post, but i already finished the bigger piece of work and only have a small paper to do left!
So with this post i just wanted to show you my look for karneval- a german holiday i already talked about here. For the Parades, i got myself a Cow Kigurumi and dressep up as.... well, cow! :D

I had so much fun playing with makeup! I had some lower lashes, but additionally drew some on manually!

At night, when going out to Party, i was BatGirl ! :D dum dum duuuum! Again, i had lots of fun trying out the look for that day, i even wore my new lenses with it.

1. Batgirl undercover mode. 2. without costume

Btw. i am thinking of getting myself a mac lipstick, any shades you can reccomend?

Drawing on my way to uni

So i started drawing again. Well..occasionally. On my Iphone.

You know the Brushes app? If not,you should totally get it if you've got an Ipod or Iphone and like to draw. Although the stuff i do with brushes are only small pictures, i'm greatful enough that this app lets me draw wherever i am, since its been AGES that i've done some creative work.
First of all i'm just going to show you guys some recent work of mine, the first ones beeing the most recent.

Okok i know. Lots of girls and not much variations at poses. I'ts just that i LOVE drawing pretty eyes and pretty hair. Got not much artistic emotional depth but its so much fun!

I like how this App inspired me to sit down again and properly work on something again. I want to improve in drawing and get more professional since i know i've got the potential. It just died down with me turning out to be so lazy... but i'll try to draw something proper again once i've done my Work for Uni!

Sinnkrise

I'm sorry everybody for following with a more personal post. I'm glad for my blog to hit the 100 readers mark but not a post followed since then. Thats because thing is, Life is hard at the moment.

It started with a depressing phase concerning uni, and whether i really want to continue studying what i started to study. I was torn apart between studying humanities and studying design. I calmed down my panic by telling myself that i must not give up when things start to get hard, just like the saying goes "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger"
And well yeah, i need to get stronger.
I lack Discipline, Orderliness, and need to be way more confident in certain situations. I'm still so dependent on everything and everybody, i have to grow up and learn how to be independent.
Things are getting hard, i know i need to change and therefore today, tried to clear out my room of useless ballast. And oh how my room monitors the way i am. One big mess.

Well, i'm sure things are getting better someday, i just felt like blogging again, even though this may not be a very entertaining post.

Thanks for reading though.

Shelly

wow, 100 followers, thanks! :)

So, i actually just opened my laptop to print out some unistuff. While waiting for the pages beeing printed out i thought about taking a look at my blogger dashboard again.

I finally hit the 100 readers mark, thanks guys! :)

Even though it seemed like i neglected the blog a little bit, I hope its still somehow halfway interesting/entertaining/timekilling to some of you.
I'm trying to stop forcing posts and just write them freely and whenever i want, trying not to be too focused on reader counts when posting. I thought my count number won't rise anymore because of that, but luckily this didn't seem to be the case.

I'm thinking about maybe doing a small giveaway since i have so much cute little things at home, but for now, have some thankyou muffins i made yesterday!

Thanks again my 100 readers :)

too serious for me

I went to this one campus party last night. ( lol, i havent even mentioned that i'm in university now)
Ah well,This is how i looked like. I only noticed afterwards that i looked kinda mode.
I think my style is too playful for mode, but i am really starting to warm up to it, especially since i always liked brands like Murua and Emoda. And Blacks and Golds.
But still, looking so serious is so unusual to me,

Yeah hit me, the whole purpose of this post is pure picturewhorage. blah.
Still, i feel weird with posh poses, i rather enjoy making faces

byebye

look what University is doing to me

Wednesdays are horrible. Got Uni from 10 to 9 and still don't get stuff done.
Meaning: I start the day like this


and at the end of the day, look like this.


I really should get my ass up and start studying harder. Things are not like in school anymore where you can already pass with only occasional listening. I need to work work work on my Workethics which are so..er, inadequate.

University is hard but i stay strong.



(ok, actually i just wanted to show of how i looked like on halloween, had lots of fun with playing with the blood :D)

Hair update

Hi guys, im sorry for neglecting my blog these days. Its just that since i've been back here in germany, Real Lifes got a hold on me!

So im starting my revival post with a light and totaly not breathtakign topic: My current hair!

When i was in the Philippines i heard about this super great Japanese Hairsalon ( Shuji Kida in Greenhills) and since i always wanted to change my good ol boring black (ok, actually dark brown) locks, i decided to give that place a go!

So in the end i turned from something like this, to this.

Although i look less exotic now, i really like my new haircolor! Also as you can see i grew out my bangs and have my hair parted in the middle. I kinda like it now since im getting fed up of side bangs!

What do you think? And what do you prefer, middle or side parting?

The Beach! Shopping! A Wedding!

I actually wanted to avoid such all in one posts, because me myself am most of the time annoyed when those blogs i read only update once a month, but with posts of three meters length.

Do you too? well don't worry, this won't take too long to read since im too lazy to write a three meter long post, as long as im not payed or graded :p

So, What have i been up to since my last post exactly?

Well, my mother arrived, and ever since then weve gone to...

The Beach! :D

We went to Laiya, Batangas. And by the way, this fruit here is called Rambutan (which strangely reminds me of a Kids Toy Anime...) and turned out to be my new favorite fruit!

Shopping!

Me and my Cousin went to Greenhills to shop for some of her work stuff. In the end though i bought more than her xD

I just loce how the shirts i bought each give me a different look!

(btw. ich biete ein aehnliches shirt wie das oben links auf Kleiderkreisel an, wer interessiert ist klickt hier )

A Wedding! :D

We so bad, we take pics during mass :x

At the Photobooth with me, my Ma ( in gold), Her Friend, and the Bride

Actually we planned to go somewhere today too, but its pretty usual for my ma to plan things in the morning, talk abou it till afternoon, and dump the idea in the evening.

oh we're so alike.

I think thats it, collective Post turned out to be quite short ah xD

Review Geo Angel Brown + Mimi Shop

I already mentioned how my previous Barbie King Size Browns broke right? Well, i made up for that loss by buying myself a new pair of circle lenses via this facebook shop

This time i decided to get the regular Geo Angel Browns, because while i loved the design of the Barbies, i was quite abit overwhelmed with their big diameter and had to get used to my alien eyed self. Now that i got a toned down version of them, i didn"t have to get used to anything because i instantly found myself to look prettier with them on!

1.no makeup. one lense in, one out. with flash.

2. lash line. both in. with flash

3.with lenses. with makeup and lashes. Natural light outside

faceshot. natural light. ( lol,two different kinds of lashes, sorry)

Overall

Comfort- 5/5

Super comfortable. Of course it feels abit heavy after just putting them in, but as the day goes by i feel them less and less, even forgetting that i have them in!

Color- 5/5

Wonderful. I love that they give your Eye the missing oomph, while still looking natural and not too weird. ( like i felt the barbies did for me)

Enlargement- 4/5

The Diameter may "only" be 14 mm, but in my opinion the Enlargement is just perfect! Not too big that it looks creepy, but big enough to look sparkly and dolly!

The Size is just right, you can wear even very light makeup without it looking creepy! (which was the case with the Barbies)

So if you don't want to go all full gyaru/Ulzzzang/whatever Makeup but still want to add that special dollyness to your look, then i'd say that these lenses are the best!

Service - 5/5

like i already mentioned, i got them from Eye am Otaku Mimi- shop on Facebook.

This is the first time i shopped via Facebook, so of course i was abit worried at first, but because Facebook shopping seems to be really popular here in the Philippines, i just gave it a try.

And it was really worth it! First of all i was lucky enough that there was a Promo going on so i was able to purchase the Lenses for 650 pesos instead of 850!

I actually wanted to order prescription lenses, but Mimi (the shopowner) only had plano lenses on hand. Okay, so i ordered them instead. I mean, for 650 Pesos ( 11 Euros)i gladly take plano lenses instead!

Anyways, i payed via paypal and Mimi sent them out the next day. Then two days later, i woke up from my nap and saw that my Aunt put the package inside my room!

Thankyou Mimi for that really fast Shipment!

So if your in the Philippines and interested in getting Circle Lenses and Cosplay stuff, then i suggest you should check out Mimis shop!

My Birthday and Ootd's

So i don't think i mentioned it on here yet, but the day after the Meetup, August 12, was my 19th Birthday!

I didn't really plan anything special though, because uhh... i pretty much suck at planning stuff ^^;; Instead, i just brought some cake to school for the children, and at night me and my cousin tagged along when a good friend and his schoolmates went out to Party at THE Club in the Philippines: Republiq!!

At first, me, my friend, my cousin and my cousins friend went to the Mall were the Club was located at.

The Mall was very exclusive and had a Casino, lots of luxury boutiques and soo much nice food places!

The outer facade of the Mall. Its actually something like a rich tourists club. O

Oh and it was fullmoon!

The inside of the Mall

Me, Cousin Leli and her Friend

Inside the Club

The DJ's

We made lots of more pics but i don't know most of the people in the pics too well yet, so i'll refrain from posting pics wtih them right now;

neways, lets get to the point : I had a great Time!! :D

Heres a fullbody shoot of my outfit...(although not so clear)

I dont know why i decided to dress so simple, everyone there was so styled up!!

I basically want to go for the cool look, but a mini skirt would have definitely made this more Republiq worthy...

and while im at it, the outfit on the right is the one i wore on the mini gyaru meet.

In both coords i wear the same top, accecosories and boots.

Neways guys, jus finished skyping with boyfie and i should go to sleep now.

Byee

Manila Gyaru Mini Meet

late post is late, but lots of things have been going on lately and organizing all the pics in my cam is harrd harrrd woork!!!

...ok, actually its not, im just very much lazy.

Annyyywayss, as announced in the last post i had a meetup with dearest Yapo, Meoki, Tatat and Akane at SM Megamall!

First of all because i know how controversial the term gyaru is sometimes looked at, i just wanted to say that as of right now i do not consider myself gyaru okay? Its just that i'm in Manila, and they are Gyarus, and we had a meet up, okay? fine.

Sooo, Because i had to be accompanied by my cousin on the way to the mall, and because she still had classes, I was there quite early and therefore the first to arrive. (because really, thats usually veeery rare of me xD) We all wanted to meet up at the food court but i was there a tad bit too early so i strolled around the groundfloor for a while. Waiting at the Mall isn't really a big deal because afterall, its a Mall.

Anyways when Meoki was there she called me up, it then turned out that we weren't so far apart then xD She looked soo pretty in her pretty floral dress and even with her scraped knees, she looked like such a doll <3 We always had to think of her as a sweet and tough gurololi or himeguro something haha xD

me and meoki, i somehow really love this pic!

Because the others took some time to arrive me and meoki strolled abit around the mall and later just sat at the food court and talked. Shes soo nice, i really enjoyed talking to her!! :D She also wore a georgeous pair of heels, so i didn't feel like a giant standing beside her. (because well, i always do when im with people here .__.)

meo, me and tatat

Later on, Yapo and Tatat arrived. It was so cute how Yapo walked through the food court looking for us! She really stood out with her caramel colored bob, among the masses of black haired people! I was really impressed in total because although i already know how she looks like, it was still different than seeing her in person. Anyways she was really funny and had such a bubbly personality, it really suited her look!

When Tata arrived, i was also really impressed too! I didn't really know her that well before, but she was also very funny and quirky! And her eyes are so georgeous, she did such a good job on her make!!

The last one to arrive was Akane, and she was so feminime and elegant! Look at her, such a Barbie Doll!

Later on we sat by the Atrium and just talked and hung out! Yapo had so much fun taking pictures of our legs haha xD

LEGSLEGSLEGS haha XD

By the way, i just noticed how i claimed organizing pics is so tired, while all the pics i posted up until now aren't even taken by me. Yeayea i suck, but Yapos Pics just look sooo much nicer!!

okay okay see for yourself

stolen picture i took

and well, now actual "stolen" pictures (..ogawd i kno im so corny right?!sryy)

see more at Yapos Blog!

( I hope you forgive me for taking theese...)

All in all the day was very fun! Although i really have gotten abit shy after having seen all these gerogeous ladies, seriously i look like such a plain jane compared to them xD

My Cousin was also very impressed when she saw them and said the same thing to me haha.

I'm soo looking forward to see them again next week!!! (... and by then i'd have practiced my hair and make skills!!)