Aicha Amano

Hello dear readers! Thank you for paitently waiting until I was sane again! Sorry for all the ramblings *sheepish* I was at a rather weird spot for quite some time, a bad mental state in which I actually thought my stupid randomess was brilliant to share. Well, let me give you an apology in the form of a haircare review for a shampoo-conditioner-treatment set which I've been using for a few weeks now. And it's one of the prettiest sets from Shiseido yet!   Ma Chérie Airfeel Shiseido As mentioned earlier, I've been using this set *MOSTLY the shampoo* for a bit of a time, about 2 weeks now. I know I've been harping about going organic in both hair and bath products as well as  skincare and body products but I'm just a girl! Look at that royal details and all that pink-ness. I can't possible pass up Shiseido Ma Cherie!? Because you know why... The Shiseido Macherie Set is responsible for the   softest hair I could have ever imagined: My hair, right after shower

Hello! Finally, a skincare and makeup related post eh? Got this Blog Tag from  kmmyp  on Google Reader :) Recently, I've been attending Christmas parties left and right. And what usually happens with these kind of parties is more often than not you are obliged to dress up. Company parties, business party get-togethers, that kind of stuff. It did get me thinking that I still suck at putting makeup on. (1) When did you begin loving make-up? I started being interested in makeup mid 2009, when I was having a rough patch about myself and how I looked. I realized that I was the only one holding back on improving myself in the looks department. I used to think that only the inside counts. I still believe that now, but there's also no harm in making myself go the extra mile! I don't really love make-up per se, but it is an impressive tool in making me look decent for parties and formal events! Because on a daily basis, I put my sunscreen on and that's it. Bare face, everyday, a

I've been putting off recognizing December like an old friend I don't want to particularly acknowledge right now. It's one of my favorite months, yet for some reason this year's take on December kinda sucks.  Pablo's Path of Destuction Particularly this typhoon that hit Northern Davao pretty hard. It really sucks you guys, and there's not enough rice and packed viands I could donate for people whose homes, family members and livelihood have been taken away. Aside from food, our household is now pulling out various items that typhoon survivors can use: used but still sturdy and clean foam beddings, extra jackets, shoes, towels, toiletries, container bags, and more food. And lots and lots of water. To think that our city is just a couple hours drive away, we only experienced rainshowers (though heavy), and quite a bit of urban flooding. Honestly, I don't know what I'd do if it gets worse. I think I am  ill-prepared. This just in: Devastation II a.k.a the P

It is wonderful to capture a smile, but all the more when you witness that single smile bloom to a wide, happy grin! This is the very reason why I delved into videography together with my friends: to frame special memories as they happen 30 or 60 times per second ;) History: Two of my (many) hobbies are photography and videography. Surprise, surprise. I have special memories that surface when I look back at my introduction to photography when I was 14 years old. What I proudly thought were artistic photos taken using my sister's Vivitar film camera--the prehistoric camera that you need to rewind counterclockwise before the shutter button can activate anything--were anything but. My photos were absolute crap, as you may have expected, but I was very happy whenever I got the chance to take it out and I always carefully saved my negatives (wow, I haven't used this term for so long) in an airtight ziploc bag, as well as my to-be-developed (!) rolls of film. Covering a tearjerker

It's been 2 months too late in updating this blog. And this update is not even a beauty post. Wait, no, why am I feeling apologetic? This is a personal blog after all. Continuous typing begins now . It's DECEMBER. The month where suicidal tendencies rise as high as obnoxiously ostentatious department store Christmas trees. The year is ending, and it's time to reflect on things that has been bothering me for quite sometime. I've failed myself a couple of times in the span of my blog absence. You'd think that it takes a long time to make one stupid mistake up after another but noooo! I actually have the capacity to disappoint my family, my friends and myself in one go. I am grand slamming it up in the Not Impressed department. I told myself midway this year: STOP BEING ANAL!!! Shit, I even penciled in my activities from June to December. What?! Who plans like that? ANAL RETENTIVE SHITHEADS LIKE ME THATS WHO. When I plan my life like that I get so irritated at life whe

Suddenly... Book Spine Poetry ! I've often seen some of these and always laughed and smiled and grinned! I never thought I could join in on the bandwagon. But I did! And my friends from the Davao Reader's Circle are doing this bit too! You should go check out the posts by Nephithyrion (Julienne) and Eat Ur Banana (Cham) because their posts are pretty superb :D So here goes mine... (yeah, there's quite a bunch of bookmarks in those books LOL!) *** Hippolyte's Island...  the island of the day before! One hundred years of solitude: Bliss.  *** A suitable boy, the groom to have been. Waiting. Never let me go. *** While I was photographing these I was laughing! So this is ALL what it takes to become an award-winning and critically acclaimed poet? Hahaha, just kidding! It's raining out and I had a fun time with my books :D

Hi everyone! September never stays this cold where I come from, and you know I'm not one for complaining... Oopsie that was actually a line from a song from Taking Back Sunday ! But it's pretty apt, since we've been experiencing cold, wet weather for two months now, and even until the budding month of September. And it's even unfortunate that a storm has ravaged the northern part of our country tremendously some few weeks ago. I was, and am really saddened about the calamity. Due to the weather, I've been staying at home more and more when the rain clouds are out and about. But during the cooler days Greencross and I enjoy walking to feel the cool breeze. We just walk around wherever, just like in the olden days when walking was a form of entertainment. There are times when we end up in the mall. And then I discover something new just like this product. Glam Works Nose Pore Strips were sold in Watsons where we ended up one day, and I've been meaning to search f

When you read books, the world never ends. I got a lot of reading done after 1Q84 (just had to shake off the "Legendary Murakami Ennui" or so I'd like to call it) and here they are: Gossip - Beth Gutcheon Darcy's Story - Janet Aylmer A Partisan's Daughter - Louis de Bernieres The Wicked, Wicked Ladies in the Haunted House - Emily Chase Kitchen - Banana Yoshimoto More Like Her - Liza Palmer Miss Pettigrew Lives for A Day - Winifred Watson Maybe I can do reviews sometime in the future. But really not anytime soon. I do love these books! The stories were amazing. I really did cry while reading Kitchen , and I had a optimistic view of the world while reading Miss Pettigrew . They made me happy, all of the books were wonderfully told! I have just finished a book I borrowed from another friend, a short novel entitled The Wicked, Wicked Ladies in the Haunted House by Mary Chase . Chills! Wow! It's not scary as it is pretty creepy! Wonderfu

I don't have a sense of fashion. But I do have a sense of style. But I'm pretty sure I don't look good at all! I am just really lost on today's fashion. I don't normally dress up for anything, but I am so sick and tired of being in jeans all the time.  But I don't want to be just following trends because most of today's trends are really... ugly . I often feel lost in clothing boutiques when I try to find something that I will find nice. I can't find it. There is this movement called ZAKKA STYLE that stemmed from Japan. A quick google image would suffice to impress the earthy nature and the quaintness of it all. A related clothing style for Zakka is the Natural Style that I've come to grow and love. We all have that certain taste that defies logic sometimes. For me, it's layering clothes. I am amazed at how put-together a layered outfit looks when done right.  I have very little interest in clothes, but I want to choose clothes that reflect t