Fyzzed

Some of you don't know this (most of my friends don't) but I am, dare I say it, a Kpop fan. I am an ELF and Shawol. I also support DBSK and 2pm, SNSD, the WonderGirls and f(x)

Anyway, my cousin and I ordered from Fyzzed, an online store selling Kpop-themed merchandise. I took three shirts and two hoodies and got my cousin a shirt and a hoodie. 

I had a few mix-ups with the shipping options but Fyzzed and the Spreadshirt team handled it all with grace. Within 2 business days the package arrived. So here it is.

I took the liberty of putting pictures in a collage as to save space.

Okay, comments?

1. There's a vinegar smell, as most people who order from Fyzzed already know. And that's okay with me. A cycle in the wash gets rid of that easy-peasy.

2. It wasn't what I expected. The print didn't really excite me. It looks faded, like it was put there with iron transfer paper. Sorry for being brutally honest but I really didn't see the 30-dollar or 16-dollar value on these clothes. I wish the next prints (if I were to buy any more) would be better-looking and would stand out well.

3. Big sizes. I miscalculated and got a size bigger than my real size. It doesn't matter, I like baggy anyway.


Other than that, I really didn't have a problem with it. I like that I have fandom shirts now. So thank you, Fyzzed.


The verdict: As much as I adore their designs, I don't like the way they were executed on the shirts. Doesn't look like I'm buying from them anytime soon. 

Books and Reading

As most of my friends and followers already know, I am not the type to read. Really, anything that involves reading, I try to avoid. I come from a family of avid readers...book worms. It's odd how I didn't get the influence. I think it's because of my short attention span. Believe me, it's shorter than a pre-schooler's. Doing one thing can only keep me occupied for so long and then I get bored.

I'd like to think of myself as a five-year-old, only stimulated by colorful pictures and interesting sounds. I'm not proud of it, though. It's actually something I want to change in myself.

There was a time in gradeschool when I asked my mom to buy me a Harry Potter book. It was all the other kids were reading at the time and I was curious. (Little did I know of how awesome it actually is...) So we went to this bookstore somewhere in Ortigas (I think, I don't fully remember) and browsed through the best-selling collection. I picked up the second book, Chamber of Secrets, judging solely on the cover. Mom asked if I wanted to buy Sorcerer's Stone first, since it was the first book and it wouldn't make any sense reading the second one if I hadn't started with that. I declined saying I've already read it. Of course that was a lie but I just really wanted my hands on that second book and she said I could only buy ONE. So yeah, we got the book and I spent eternity trying to read it. My baby mind wasn't used to reading such words, I had to alternate with the book and a dictionary just to understand the thing. I think it took me a month to finish 5 chapters. Yes, it's that slow. I'd finish about three pages then get bored and distract myself with television, watching either Pokemon or some 'adult' movie on HBO. Long story short, I never got to finish that book. It's still lying in my bookshelf right now, prolly collecting dust. :(

Another thing... Book reports. You know how when you were a kid and the teachers in your grade would make you do book reports for every quarter of the academic year? Well, we had that in the Philippines too. We had to make 4 book reports each year. Being sneaky me, I always chose the thin books. I didn't care if they were cheap-ass chicklits or nonsense rewrites of the classics. What's important is how fast I would be able to breeze through that book. So I borrow the thin books from the school library, look at each one at home and choose four of the more interesting covers. (I'm sorry but I really do judge a book by its cover) But even if I did choose the thin ones, I never actually end up reading them. I just look at those summaries at the back of the book and "revise" them so that the teacher doesn't notice that I copied it. I had yet to learn of the Internet and search engines. And when the year is over and they give us back all these school papers with our grades on them, I gather all the book reports and put them in a binder. Why? 'Cause I recycle those for next year, if in case we have a different English teacher. If not, then I pick one from the thin books I already have mapped out in the library. With all those said, I am sorry to all my English teachers from grade school for cheating on my homework. (But I think they would've known what I was doing long ago. Lql)

...

Yesterday, my cousin and I were out. We came across this bookstore downtown, in the area where I work and looked at the collections they had. (My cousin is a book whore, if there is such a term) I saw all the pretty covers (yes, pardon my love for book covers) and they sparked interest in reading for me. I actually planned to buy books but the store was closing by the time we got back from eating dinner. I'm returning on Thursday before I go to work, though.

To my readers, if there are any left, can you recommend books for me to read? I've got a reading list already, which I'll plug in at the bottom of this post, but I want recommendations from those who read books since they know the best in the market.

Thanks mucho. Adios amigos ♡

Reading list: (In no particular order)

1. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

2. Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami

3. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

4. Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

5. About a Boy by Nick Hornby

6. Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto

7. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

8. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

9. Empress Orchid by Anchee Min

10. Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

11. A Widow for One Year by John Irving

12. Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk

13. Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk

14. Piercing by Ryu Murakami

15. Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk

16. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

17. Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

18. The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter by Jason Kersten

19. The Orange Houses by Paul Griffin

20. Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

21. Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk

22. Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

23. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

24. The Girl who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

25. The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

26. To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee

27. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

28. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Wow, that's a lot considering I'm just starting to read. I also got a lot of Chuck Palahniuk in there. Hmm. What can you guys say? ☺

TAGGED (2)

Tagged by miss Pink of kawaiinesspink.bs.com



Rules:

1. You must post these rules.

2. Each person must post 11 things about themselves in their journal.

3. Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post, and create eleven new questions for the people you tag to answer.

4. You have to choose 11 people to tag and link them on the post

5. Go to their page and tell them you have tagged him/her.

6. No tag backs.

7. No stuff in the tagging section about "you are tagged if you are reading this." You legitimately (AKA, really, truly, with all honesty) have to tag 11 people.

11 Things About Me:

1. I've lived in Canada for a month now

2. I'm eighteen years old, mentally eight

3. I run nearly 10 different social networking accounts

4. Xiao Long Bao and Shin Ramyeon are my comfort foods

5. I love KPOP

6. I bought my first cargo pants because I liked Kim Possible at the time

7. I HATE HATE HATE cables and wires, especially when they tangle

8. I love popping bubble wrap

9. I am addicted to cleaning my ears (mehehe)

10. Dog person, cats hate me

11. I spend at least 10 hours on the computer, AT LEAST

Pink’s Questions:

1. What's your favorite movie? Sex and the City 2

2. What your bad habits? Drinking

3. What events that can't you forget? Gimmicks with friends

4. What would you feel if a friend betrayed you? I’d be angry, but mostly hurt

5. Do you agree with: trying is paramount to success? YES

6. Do you like to read and memorize? NO

7. Who the people are very valuable in your life? My parents and friends

8. What's your favorite music? Genre? Pop and R&B

9. True / false: your life is very meaningful to your family?  True

10. Do you like to give a surprise to anyone else? Not a fan of surprises

11. Who's your favorite artist? Usher

My Questions:

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4.

2. What was your last dream?

3. Do you like to dance?

4. Type of music you dislike most?

5. Famous person you’d like to meet?

6. What’s the farthest-away place you’ve ever been?

7. How are you feeling right now?

8. Do you sing in the shower?

9. What are your best physical features?

10.What inspires you?

11.Why do you blog?

Tagged: Handwriting Meme

So, I got tagged by Miss Jen of so-fabulous.info to do this handwriting meme. It's been a while since I logged on to blogger so I figured I'd try this out. It's my first time getting tagged, anyway.

Note: I've been on vacay for a long period of time so my handwriting sucks. Y'know how when vacation comes and you go back to school and you have ugly handwriting? That kind of stuff. I also used markers for this, I'm sorry, I couldn't resist. Necessary captions will be provided. :)

My workspace/floor/carpet

Name: Crissa Marie P. Candelaria
URL: stillsuper.blogspot.com
Three Fave Song Names: 

• Before U Go- DBSK
• Sorry Sorry Answer- Super Junior
• It Has To Be You- Yesung 

(As of now, all korean songs. This changes from time to time)

Favorite Number: 10!

Write your name with your non-dominant hand: Sassa Candelaria

Write "HELLO"

10 Favorite Actors: 

• Johnny D (Depp)
• Emma Watson
• Shia LaBeouf
• Scarlett Johansson
• Natalie Portman
• Adam Sandler

(So hard to think of ten, so that's 6 actors for you)

Describe yourself: SUPER

5 Fave Bands: 

• FOB
• P!ATD
• MCR
• Paramore
• Super Junior ♥

Fave Month: July

Fave Color: Red (Duh. Haha!)

Bday: July 6, 1993

5 TV Shows: 

• Super Junior Full House
• Gossip Girl
• Glee
• Phineas & Ferb
• Spongebob

Favorite Lyrics: "No I'm not lucky, I'm blessed, yes"

Anything you want: Tickets to SM TOWN NYC

Twitter: @sassacandelaria

Tag 10 people: ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DO THIS

That's it. Hope you understand what I wrote, heh. (w/o subtitles, that is)

Locksmith Sassa

Just something that happened today...

Our bathroom door was locked and couldn't be opened. Mom was freaking mad about this so I had to intervene.

I tried picking on the lock but it didn't work. Next, I took out the vent-like piece at the bottom of the door.

I tried reaching the inside knob, twisting it using stuff like hangers, belts, etc. Anything, really.

Still didn't work.

I realized the door wasn't locked but jammed shut. So after much contemplation, I decided to go through that small vent hole.

That was the scariest thing. I got scratches on both my elbow and thigh thanks to the rough edges. I'm slightly claustrophobic so you could imagine how scary that was for me. When I was inside, I remembered a trick my dad taught me when I was younger ( when I accidentally locked myself inside my room, the door knob also didn't work)

I took out the whole door knob.

...And that's how I turned locksmith for a day. 

P.S. Please don't ask why I took pictures during the whole ordeal. I was thinking of what to blog and this was an opportunity so...yeah. :)

P.P.S. Images taken with my Canon EOS 1000D

Quintilis (Part 2)

Recap: As I mentioned in my earlier posts, July is my family's birthday month. This is the part 2 I was talking about, my birthday. 

My birthday is on the 6th of July. It was a Wednesday. I got up really early to hear mass but was late. I ended up staying to pray by myself.  

Later that evening, we had dinner at Saisaki, West Ave. 

Got serenaded that night

My mom and dad :)

Food was ok. Didn't get to take a picture of everything since I was eating the whole time. We also got red, blue and yellow stuffed star toys after. 

As for celebrating with friends, I asked a friend of mine to invite my close friends for dinner and drinks on Friday, July 8.

Love you to bits, guys

Angela and co (We celebrated in the same venue)

They say pictures are worth a thousand words, but here's another thousand for you. I celebrated my debut at Yellowcab, Lacson (beside UST). It just so happened that my friend, Angela's birthday was on the 8th and she celebrated at the same place. When I got inside, people were singing me the Happy Birthday song. T'was cool.

I had a lot of fun and I'm very thankful to everyone who came. 

I also got cupcakes from Abby that day. This is the first time I got cupcakes for my birthday. She asked me what my favorite color was the day before and I said red. She ended up giving me green and blue icing. Haha! But I'm not complaining, blue and green come second place in my favorite color list. I'm guessing she gave Angela the red icing ones, since red is also Anj's favorite color. 

It says "Happy [star] Birthday! [star]" And no, that is not an 'X', that is a 'T' after the 'R'. 

❤

Quintilis (Part 1)

And yes, I changed the theme again. Haha! I apologize for being so fickle.

July was previously called Quintilis, thus explains my blog title. It is my family's birthday month: Mom's birthday is on the 2nd of July, mine on the 6th and Dad's on the 24th. I labelled this post Part 1 because I have the feeling I'll be blogging again after my birthday.

After hearing mass today, we had lunch out as a celebration of mom's birthday. We ate at Phở Hoa, which is one of our go-to places when eating out.

JUMBO iced tea (It's a regular but it's pretty big)

Dad and Mom

Cha Gio Viet (Fried rice paper roll w/ pork and vermicelli)

Dad's Pho Do Vien (Seafood Noodles)

My Pho Bo Kho (Beef Stew)

Mom's Cahn Chua Tom (Hot and sour noodles w/ prawns and pineapple)

My best friend, Sriracha Hot Sauce (I cannot eat without this!)

And suddenly,  I'm hungry again.

It was a pretty good day for us, though. We got to bond as a family again. (We don't get to do that often anymore) I was pretty amused with my dad who showed me one of those "Neurological Tests" that his officemates sent him via e-mail. He asked me to try to answer it. I didn't want to ruin his fun so I played along.
He's a really cool dad, though. He's the sweetest! I want to get him new leather shoes for his birthday since Dylan (our dog) destroyed his other pair. 

Apparently, he (Dylan) likes leather. He also chewed on Mom's leather belt. 

Speaking of Mom, I bought her a gift last Friday, just before heading to Girls' Night Out with friends. I got necklaces from Aldo because I was in a rush and didn't have the budget to splurge.

Please excuse my flower-y sheets. I didn't have anywhere else to take a picture so I used my bedsheets as background. It's so girly! :|

I believe this has been a long-enough entry. It turned out long because of the pictures. Haha! Sorry for the low quality photobomb, all photos are from my phone. (Was too lazy to whip out my camera) And for anyone who was curious, I used pixlr-o-matic to edit the images.

♥

Fickle

Changed the layout of stillsuper for the third time today.

I just can't seem to make up my mind. I actually liked my previous layout but because of the absence of the comment forms for that design, I switched it up to my current layout. And I'm still looking for a new one.

Why do I get the urge to change things everytime?


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I changed the layout again. I'll try to stick with this one for at least a whole week.
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I changed it again. So much for "sticking to it for a week" Hehe. Expect a lot of theme-changing, then. I'm extremely fickle like that
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Birthday Blues

I'll be celebrating my birthday next week, turning eighteen on the 6th of July. Although I am a fan of birthday parties, I'm anxious about this year's "celebration". In the Philippines, a girl's eighteenth birthday is an important milestone. Traditionally, debuts are held.

I won't have a party, though. 

Reason #1: It's a hassle. I think it's too tiresome to prepare a huge party. Maybe I'm more of a party-goer than a party-planner.

Reason #2: Money. Rather than spending a couple of thousands on a party that'll last for only one night, with nothing in return, I'd much rather use the money on stuff I really want. Plus, we're migrating to Canada in a few months so I really need the pocket money. 

I'm thinking of just eating out or having a movie marathon at home with a group of close friends. Something lazy, I don't know. So it's not really a celebration... What I'm really looking for is some bff bonding time. 

Any ideas?

Hello, Aliens!

Yeah,

I created a new blog. I've been putting this off for too long but finally decided to push through with it. I got annoyed with my old blogposts. Haha! Maybe I just needed a change, idk.

So, first blogpost, okay.

Today's a Sunday in the Philippines. On Sundays, my family goes to church and eats out after. For today, Dad brought me to Malolos, Bulacan to meet relatives from his side. (I've never met relatives from my father's side. FYI, Mom and Dad aren't married and we Dad's second family. I haven't met any of my half-brothers and sisters)

Long story-short, it was my first time to meet the Candelarias. I was incredibly nervous at first but immediately warmed up to them. They are very nice people! Now I know where I get it from!


I have no pictures 'cause my camera is dead at the moment. I have yet to bring my lens to the service center.

Anyway, I'm plugging a video:



I'm not originally a fan of K-pop. SNSD was one of the groups I first listened to. This perf is from the recently-aired MTV VMAJ (Video Music Aid Japan) Thinspiration!

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