Aicha Amano

I had no right to buy stuff I didn't budget/allot for. But online cashless shopping makes it easy to waive that right. I went ahead and splurged. I bought four books from Blink.com.ph all for PHP1,000 (free shipping). I've been using their online book shopping portal quite a bit now, even just for browsing at least once a week. If you ask me, I personally think that Blink is a treasure trove for hard-to-find books that come really cheap (which is important for me!). I mean, you can always find "elusive" books--file a request from a local book chain or order from international shops--but goodluck with coughing up the $$$$ for it! I received my orders without a hitch and they were packaged quite nicely, each book wrapped individually in recycled brown paper. This is my second order from them and it is especially amazing that I almost always manage to find Japanese authors that I have always had a yearning to read. If you remember,  I got my first Junichir...

A PALACE OF GOLD? IN MY DAVAO? Relax, it's just Ryuma Coffee Shop . These gilded chairs seem like those furniture from The Grand Kremlin Palace at Moscow ! Really! Take it from  me, I have never been there. And while my companion was choosing our orders at the counter, I sat there peacefully like a Tsarina. There's nothing like elegance, sparkly things, and good food to make you think that, yeah, maybe this is what I deserve in life. That maybe, just maybe, this the place where I really belong. Not the plebian, working ant conditions I was accustomed to! This is my place! This is my throne! This is-- "Aich? Tara na. Let's go up."  So, there were a lot more of these gilded thrones chairs where they come from. There's also a second floor at the end of a flight of stairs with a red carpet that made me go "I want to come in here and go up the stairs with a ball gown on... AND MAYBE A TIARA!" Gosh, luxury slides all over...

Hi Everyone! I have bought something actually for the eyes. FINALLY! This is what I really need right now. I've been eyeing (ok, fine, enough puns! XD) this Avalon Organics Essential Lift Contouring Eye Creme since last year because... Look at those Puffy Eye Puffs of Forever : And for a more drastic zoom, please welcome the  tired-eyes-of-the-decade : My sleeping habits have been shot. Again. I've been looking for the best eye cream that does not sting, does not cause irritation, does not contain too much harmful chemicals and finally I settled that going organic was best ! The last eye cream I tried was the Quick FX Eyelift Eye Cream (ugh yuck!!!) and the Skinfood Salmon Brightening Eye Serum (no-follow through) and they all did nothing for me in the end. It is a great privilege for me to buy this thing because it is pretty darn expensive for just a small bottle, costing PHP845.00 canyoubelieveit ! The gift of beauty comes with a price, indeed! But I saved up for th...

Hello everyone! I think I am beginning to think that February is a wonderful time of the year, one that's full of surprises! In fact, just the other week I managed to finish a book that's on my list of books under my  Ad Perficiendum  file (which, in Latin, means To Complete . I needed that in Latin to scare me. I need to get serious in reading more books this year.) Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman is a strong contender in the category of utterly engrossing fantasy; and is one of the few books that I got so lost and absorbed in that finishing several chapter feels like I've scoured a few miles of a dark, dank tunnel. It's urban fantasy at its height of warped cleverness. The Story:  Neverwhere is a story of the Worlds of 'London Above' and 'London Below', of normal people living regular lives paralleled by a story of people who have 'fallen through the cracks'. It is a story of the adventure of a certain Richard Mayhew, a regular non-descr...

Hi! February is here! Why so fast! Though it's only the first few weeks of the year, I am getting more and more stuff, which is great but surprising. I have several skin care items that were given to me as a trade-off with a friend that I bonded over skin care items. I received The Body Shop Cranberry Joy Shower Gel and the Vanilla Bliss Hand Lotion from her; she got this over the holidays  but turned them over to me because she learned that I loved Cranberry and have always wanted to try that scent. I traded these for my bottle of Queen Helene Mint Julep Mask because she said she has always been itching to purchase it but never got the time to. Although I have to buy another mint julep, I think it's still worth giving up because my friend threw in a vanilla lotion for me-- because she didn't like the vanilla scent as well! Crazy girl, eh? But all the better for me! I have just very recently tried the TBS Cranberry Joy Shower Gel . I love, love, love the scent that's st...