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Valentines Day is just around the corner and I'm sure for most of us, especially those who have their significant other by their sides, they really want this special day to be memorable. Not only those who have dates should prepare for this special day, everyone should. Even if you're single that doesn't mean you can't enjoy this special day right? :) We always have our loving parents, 

family or friends that we can share the day with. :)

So, what are nice and cute ways to show how much we appreciate our love ones on this awaited day?:)

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Their online website will truly make you feel special simply because they care about your order and the person you care about. Where ever you want to send gifts and flowers in Philippines, they will take great care with your request message because all of their customers are important, their professional staffs are dedicated in making your experience a pleasant one.. If you cannot find what you would like to send they can custom make an order for you, just email them your requirements. Enjoy the convenience of safe and secure ordering online 24 hours a day. They provide live customer support from 8am to 5pm then 8:30 pm to 5:30 am through YM chat or Live Reception SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. PHGifts can send flowers and gifts delivery anywhere in Philippines. They're also reliable and a secured online gift shop. 

PHGifts  is totally worth it especially if you want to take your relationship to your love onea into another level. It's the perfect example of gift giving for Filipinos in the digital age. Most of the people I know are either in a long distance relationship or some of their family members are living in other countries or in the provinces. PHGifts will really take all your worries. Just by checking their website : http://phgifts.com/ you can choose a wide array of products that you can send. So what are you waiting for? Order valentine's gifts now :) Like buy roses bouquet maybe? :) Click their website! :)

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Advance Happy Valentines Day :)

The newest Garnier Girl, supermodel Georgina Wilson! :)

Garnier proudly presents their new GARNIER PURE ACTIVE LINE! This new line FIGHTS 6 SKIN PROBLEMS namely pimples, whiteheads, oiliness, pores, impurities and un-eveness! It truly is one of the best ways to take care of  acne prone skin.

For the past days, Garnier has been giving hints of the latest product that they will launch and I got excited as well. I love their products simply because it contains active natural ingredients that will not harm our skin.

With its NATURAL HERBA REPAIR coming from blueberry extract, the GARNIER PURE ACTIVE LINE helps even out skin texture and repairs marks.

Aside from this, Garnier Philippines also introduced their new ambassadress who is actually a strong advocate of cleanliness – especially skin cleanliness. In fact she believes that healthy skin equals a good well being. I'm such a big fan of hers. She's just too good to be true :) Aside from the fact that I also love Borgy Manotoc. Moving on :)

She's none other than...

Georgina Wilson! :)

Garnier presents to you, the newest Garnier Girl, supermodel Georgina Wilson! She truly embodies the brand and of course the women who use Garnier! :)

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Underworld: Awakening Movie Review

I've been waiting for this movie ever since I finished watching the first sequels: UNDERWORLD, UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION & UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS. I totally love the film series. I really felt that I was watching a "vampire" movie. Plus, I am biased for saying this but Kate Beckinsale totally rocks as a vampire. She portrays the role of Selene. If you've read my past review about the first film series or if you've watched the movie, you'll definitely catch the drift.

The film started in the realm of Gothic theme. Full of darkness and amazing stunts. Breath taking stunts! 

Taking place shorty after 2006′s “Underworld: Evolution” and continuing the story set in motion by 2003′s “Underworld”, “Awakening” shows us a world steeped in hatred and darkness. However, instead of humans fighting each other or vampires fighting lycans (read: werewolves), this is a world where humans take the fight to both vampires and lycans. You see, humans haven’t taken kindly to the discovery of the non-humans among them. In an effort to prevent further “infection,” humans have declared martial law, which soon devolves into a mass cleansing. At first I was a little baffled since I was shocked over the fight scenes but yes, it all sink in once the movie progressed.

We’re quickly introduced to the franchise’s heroine, the centuries-old vampire Selene (Kate Beckinsale), and the love of her life, the vampire-lycan hybrid Michael (Scott Speedman) who, I believed portrayed a cameo role to this movie-to my dismay-you won't see him that much, as they seek to escape the evermore hostile city. However, fate intervenes, and the next thing Selene knows, she’s waking up from a 12-year cryogenic freeze at Antigen Laboratories, naked and angry as all hell. She quickly escapes, only to realize she wasn’t the only one to do so. Subject No. 2 also freed herself from her confines and then freed Selene, and somehow the two share a psychic link. (Selene was dubbed Subject No. 1.)

To make matters more convenient, Selene, though just having awoken from a decades-long slumber, retains all of her legendary Death Dealer skills, wreaking merciless havoc on human and lycan alike. (After extracting information from an Antigen worker, she causally throws him from a high-rise apartment window. It does not end well for the worker.)

After learning that Subject No. 2 is her daughter (India Eisley) and that Michael is dead, Selene bands together with David (Theo James)Bless you David for letting me have another crush, a vampire who goes against his coven’s and father’s (Charles Dance) wishes to aid Selene, and Detective Sebastian (Michael Ealy), a human sympathetic to Selene’s fight. The group seeks to prevent any harm from befalling Subject No. 2, a hybrid being sought out for her genetic material by Dr. Jacob Lane (Stephen Rea).

Spoiler Alert: Yes. Underworld: Awakening has another sequel and it goes on :) I'm happy with that :) We'll see more of the Lycans and their kind as they battle the humans and other possible species that they can tear down. Like what I said, I love Kate Beckinsale. I can't imagine anyone else portraying the role.

In other news, according to Columbia Pictures Philippines (you can catch their latest updates via Facebook-click the link to like their facebook page)

UNDERWORLD AWAKENING, #1 in the U.S., #1 in the Philippines! A spectacular P49.7 million box office gross on its 1st 4 days in Philippine cinemas.

Underworld: Awakening is still showing in over 100 cinemas nationwide, if you haven't watched it, watch it now! It's totally worth it :)

watch the trailer here:

Casmara Ultimate Treat this 1st Quarter of 2012

Casmara Cosmetics is a Spanish company dedicated to the research, manufacture and distribution of premium quality cosmetic products that place the emphasis first on efficacy, then on beauty.

The effort for innovation has enabled Casmara Cosmetics to accumulate more than 37 years of experience and achieve notable expansion in the international market, with an ongoing commercial presence currently including 60 countries across the globe.

Casmara is a dermo-cosmetic laboratory of high prestige, present in the best beauty salons, medical clinics and SPAs.

Casmara are pioneers in advanced formulations, including the most efficient active ingredients which guarantee quality and an immediate result.

Casmara Cosmetics is exclusively distributed in the Philippines by BCP Dermatological Corporation.

CASMARA, inventor of the “ORIGINAL ALGAE PEEL OFF MASK”

The Masks: unique and pioneer. Discover a new skin with the CASMARA masks. 

The secret of the Casmara mask: marine algae extracts, vitamin supply, anti-wrinkle effect, elasticity increase, and action on the most delicate parts of the skin…Its unique application to the eyes and lips, acts directly where it is most needed.

CASMARA has a complete collection of face and body treatment lines, complementing each other, created to supply solutions for all skin types.

First to specialized monodose system of PREMIUM QUALITY FACIAL ESSENTIALS:

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-->ABSOLUTE RT4 Treatment: revitalizing 

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-->ELIXIRCELL Treatment: anti-age

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3. TREATMENTS FOR SPECIFIC SKIN PROBLEMS (ACNE, PIGMENTATION), DESPITE AGE 

-->SHINESTOP Treatment: dermopurifying 

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Aside from this, they have an ongoing promo! :) The mechanics is plain and simple :) 

Up for grabs 3 weekly winners of a "relaxing" facial treatment, plus a grand prize SPArty with 2 of your friends! Simply like, share and tag Casmara Cosmetics - Philippines LIKE and SHARE the post “I WOULD LIKE TO EXPERIENCE A RELAXING FACIAL TREATMENT FROM CASMARA COSMETICS – PHILIPPINES” on your Facebook wall. [tag @Casmara Cosmetics – Philippines]. Tag friends and encourage comments!

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Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.

“We all have our own beautiful flow, and as soon as you began to follow it, your authenticity will start to build on itself.”

It’s been so long since I’ve actually blogged on this thing. About personal stuffs. I have experienced so much anxiety lately.  About death.  About the past. The present.  The future.  The unresolved things and the things not yet endured.  I have so much “blah-blah” going on.  I want to remember not to forget my life.  There are rarely moments when I take time to be “still”.  Somehow I even forget to be still in my life despite the fact that it’s tattooed on my right foot.  That I'm just where I started. I want to remember myself back when I was a kid, so many dreams yet so naive but hopeful. 

I’m learning so much.  I can’t wait to take the time to reflect on my year in stillness.  I don’t want to forget all that has happened, though it has been a heck of a bumpy ride.  These are the years that I am supposed to have said that I thrived and that nothing could hold me back.  Yet I am glued to my phone or Facebook and my comfort zone. The question is, when will I start conquering my dreams and be bolder. I'm always scared to step up. Maybe now is the time to set my aims higher. 

I don’t want to live comfortably.  It’s safe but boring. I should have realized, I`m not alone in here. There are some of them who just like me, doing things that not many people willing to do it. They seems to be fine, then I should be fine too. They have a strong faith that keeps them to be tough. Then I should have it too. They`re not worry about anything, then I shouldn`t be too. They believe everything would be fine, I should`ve believed it too.

Because I`m not doing useless things, I`m here struggling for the best result, and also for good things. I`m not going to give up. I may see people out there on their comfort zone, but if I want to taste what the real life is, I should get off of my comfort zone. I don`t want to live in a ordinary life, I`m gonna make an extra for my life.

There are so many things waiting for me outside my comfort zone. All I need to do is take that first step.:)

Wish me L-U-C-K :)

The 2012 Academy Award Nominations

Oscars nominations are in and here's the complete list:

Best Picture

The Artist

The Descendants

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

The Help

Hugo

Midnight in Paris

The Tree Of Life

Moneyball

War Horse

Best Director

Woody Allen Midnight in Paris

Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

Alexander Payne, The Descendants

Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Best Actress

Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs

Viola Davis, The Help

Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady

Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Best Actor

Demián Bechir, A Better Life

George Clooney, The Descendants

Jean Dujardin, The Artist

Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Best Supporting Actress

Berenice Bejo, The Artist

Jessica Chastain, The Help

Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids

Janet McTeer, The Descendants

Octavia Spencer, The Help

Best Supporting Actor

Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Jonah Hill, Moneyball

Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn

Nick Nolte, Warrior

Best Original Screenplay

Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris

J.C. Chandor, Margin Call

Asghar Farhadi, A Separation

Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids

Best Adapted Screenplay

Stan Chervin, Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian, Moneyball

George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon, The Ides of March

John Logan, Hugo

Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants

Best Animated Feature

A Cat in Paris

Chico and Rita

Kung Fu Panda 2

Puss in Boots

Rango

Best Foreign Language Film

Bullhead, Belgium

Footnote, Israel

In Darkness, Poland

Monsieur Lazhar, Canada

A Separation, Iran

We all love the Oscars, the glitz and glamour and the red carpet. I just wish they'll choose the perfect winner, simply put giving more credits to the film itself regardless who the actors are in the film. I also hope that someday, Philippines would have a nominee for the Best Foreign Language Film, after all, we're producing quality films. 

Vampire role for Johnny Depp: "Dark Shadows"

Photo courtesy of www.ew.com

I'm looking forward to watch this movie. Another Tim Burton & Johnny Depp movie. I love their tandem. Very Gothic. 

Dark Shadows is a personal favourite of depp’s and he convinced his number one director, Tim Burton, to make it with him. It’s an update of a TV show from the 1960s involving vampires, werewolves and all sorts of mythical creatures of the night.

Johnny Depp will be portraying as a vampire in an upcoming Tim Burton movie, "Dark Shadows." 

Photo courtesy of www.justjared.buzznet.com

In the movie, the versatile 48-year-old actor will be Barnabas Collins, an 18th century vampire who awakens to the 20th century where he encounters monsters, witches, werewolves and other fictional creatures.

The supernatural drama is based on a 1966-1971 gothic soap opera of the same name.

The film has an all star cast (Well it is a Burton / Depp film after all): Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins; Chloë Grace Moretz as Carolyn Stoddard; Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Julia Hoffman; Eva Green as Angelique Bouchard; Michelle Pfeiffer as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard;  Jackie Earle Haley as Willie Loomis; Jonny Lee Miller as Roger Collins and Christopher Lee.

The film is set to be released on May 11 in the United States.So, maybe, it will be released here in Manila around June or July.