Vanity or Gay... you decide!

Is it bad to be very conscious about the way you look?

Isn' t it normal for a guy to spend a lot of time making himself look good?

Is it vanity or already being a gay?

I am very conscious about the way I look and how people look at me. Of course I am not a gay and I am very sure of that, as sure as everyone would read this blog of mine. (hehehe!) Seriously, I really have this kind of attitude which I just got by myself- I am not influenced by any woman in our family.

Just read the things I usually do with myself and be convinced it is not bad to spend too much time just like the girls do with themselves.

I start my day with a thirty- minute bath. I would not just share with you what products I used 'coz you might fall into vanity too. I use body scrubs, facial foam and still lot more. I then put on a lotion after my bath for a moisturized skin and at the same time a protection against sun' s rays. The next thing I would do will be spending fifteen minutes in front of a mirror styling my hair and fixing my clothes. I am also a health conscious person that is why I balance every meal I take and I do not really go for junk foods. It is just that I do not find it healthy to eat and it does not tastes good for me unlike my other classmates who enjoyed eating it.

I know when I'm already gaining weight without looking at the weighing scale and when I do gain weight, I work it out. Sometimes playing basketball is my way of losing weight and I find it effective on me after a day at the school. After an hour of playing, I then refresh myself before I go home- I again face the mirror for a couple of minutes.

I was not aware of these things, that I seem to be like in vain until a girl friend of my mine commented that I am more feminine than her because she observed I'm more conscious on the way I look than her. It wasn' t just a person who gave me a feedback about that, there' s many of them. I was not overwhelmed by their reactions and I just stayed the same, I guess they are already used to it.

Oh, How sweet!!

Why do we love and lust after chocolate?

Soft and sweet, mouth watering goodness, warm and hugging to the palate, chocolate is the ultimate comfort food. With research revealing that it contains substances that have the same effect on the brain as marijuana, it is no wonder this once primitive drink has evolved into a culinary staple food, a world dessert favorite, and one of the most romantic gifts of love.

Hold on to that bar of chocolate you are eating because it was the ultimate precious commodity 1, 000 years ago. Mayan and Aztec civilizations used chocolate as a medium of payment. They brewed their excess cocoa harvest into a drink called "xocolatl" or "bitter liquid". Served in golden goblets, they believed it gave them wisdom and power. It was the Spaniards who added water and sugar. In 1848, the concept of "eating" chocolate was born: Cocoa butter and sugar were added to a paste of ground cocoa beans. In 1905, Cadbury created the first milk bars, starting with Dairy Milk. A key ingredient is chocolate liquor, extracted from roasted and crushed cocoa beans. It is what makes chocolate, chocolate. (www.femalenetwork.com)

Any connoisseur will tell you that the ultimate indulgence is Couverture, a top- of- the- line type of chocolate. Pure with high quantities of cocoa butter, Couverture ("covering" in French) is used for truffles and handmade chocolates. The best Couverture comes from Europe. Every country has a specialty- France, Belgium, and Germany make the best dark Couverture; Switzerland, the best Giuanduja, and Holland, the best cocoa powder and milk chocolate. My perfect chocolate experience? Freshly made Belgian truffles- they are the richest, but are only good for one week due to their fresh ingredients. I got a bad tonsillitis after eating one pack. (Good for me!)

...and will they live happily ever after??

Not to jinx things, but you have to admit: The sweet girl you have been steadily seeing practically has soul mate tattoed on her forehead. You both have so many similarities and in fact, your chemistry and comfort level are so solid, you can not help but think she might just be- The One.

Even so, in the back of your mind you still have a few lingering doubts. That is because liking the same things or having similarities and having sparks is not enough to sustain a long- term relationship. Rather, you need to be sure that you two are also fused on a deeper, more intuitive level.

Some of the things that can test your relationship would be:

Do you worry that things will end when you argue?

It is normal for partners to fight but only megatight twosomes don not have it without holding back on hot- button issues. A lot of partners do not bring up important subjects because they fear it will damage the relationship. Deep down, they do not trust that their union could withstand real conflict. Of course, expressing every little grievance will doom and not deepen your bond. But if you and your girl tackle tough topics, it shows that you are not scared to try the strength of your relationship.

Can you reveal secrets without fear of being judged?

Everyone has dark life secrets they try to keep concealed. But if you can reveal the dark secrets without worrying that your girl will leave you, then your bond may be built to last. Divulging your most intimate secrets demonstrates that you can show your true self, and you know it won' t affect his attraction to you.

So, you think you have found your girl? Only you know...

Mind over Heart... (harhar!)

How well do you decide? Are all your decisions right and have no regrets on all of them? What must be followed when you make decisions?

We are faced by a lot of different problems in everyday of our lives. Problems about money, family, studies and relationship are just some of those everyday problems. There are those who find it just easy to solve these problems but there are some who take so much time thinking and some even day dreamed trying to figure out how to get away from it. Decision making is a very crucial part in everyone's life not just because it solve our problems but because it can change our lives forever on what decision we make and if we wrongly decide, we feel so much guilt inside.

I have read something about this common problem of ours and I wanna share it with you. It goes like this:

"When you make decisions, follow your heart, not your mind. For if your mind' s decision fails, you regret, but if your heart fails, you will just smile and say- Nice try! "

I myself got a lot of problems and it gets more everyday. I even have tried to day dreamed about it but day dreaming does not really help me solve my problems at all, what' s worst is that it is a big waste of time and yet not all are well decided. I used to solve my problems by reading books and magazines and most likely I found answers to my problems but the statement I shared above really did help a lot. I agree it is not always the mind that works for all of our problems but the heart because it does not feel that bad when your decision fails. Trust me, you will regret a lot when you let your mind decide all of the time and the decision you made fails because you are expecting a lot from your mind and you forgot to balance your decision with your feelings. That is why we have a brilliant mind and an emotional heart so that we can decide well by balancing both factors. The final decision is still up to you.

Nobody' s Perfect....

Do you know the reason behind why nobody is perfect?

It is because of love. We are all destined to love an imperfect person and our mission is to fill each other' s emptiness. It is only when you are loved that the emptiness of you is suddenly filledand from nobody you are, you become a somebody. Even if we consider each of ourselves a very imperfect person and that we are not worthy to be loved, it is nice to know the fact that we love someone behind his imperfections. It is in this way that we feel love the most and we can say it is true love that we feel for that person. Love bears with all things, no one can hinder, and there is no perfect reason why you love a person. That is love. It is in imperfections that our love is being tested and it is where we see how much we love that person, not for being someone he/ she pretended to be but it is all about himself. To accept the whole of him with his/ her imperfections is up to us because we are the only one who knows what we feel for that person and if you are willing to do so, go ahead and fight for it. As the saying goes, to love is not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. This is the real essence of love- loving unconditionally and accepting everything in that person because it is knowing all about that person and not regreting for the imperfections he/ she have that you will discover in the later part. Just prove your love to everybody and work things out and not worry about the rules in love- what must be done and what must not. Go on lose yourself. You will just find yourself one day living in a happy ending story with the perfect moments, no regrets, no sorry, just in the top of the world.

You have it!!!

Are you contented with the life you have now? You must be. Do you think there' s still something missing even when you have already work hard for something you have been wanting? You should not. Do you think there is some thing wrong with the world? There' s nothing wrong with the world, it must have been you. How can you say there is still something missing when everything you need is just around you and they are all of your reach. As you see, we just have to work for it because there is no such thing that just walk in front of you and say "Hey, I' m just here... c'mon take me." Just like when you need money, you ask your parent for it but there are some conditions in giving it to you like, doing some household chores. You see you have to sacrifice something to get what you want and just do what you have to for it. After doing these things and having what you want, you will feel fulfillment to yourself and really worthy of it but contentment does not ends there. It is because, CONTENTMENT is not always the fulfillment of what you want but it is the REALIZATION of how blessed you are for what you already have. This is the reason why most of us are still not happy of their lives and would still ask for more blessings for themselves. I know we are living in a very busy world today and we want everything to be fast and instant just like the blessings we are asking and just forget what it takes to have it. I think everybody should know the essence of contentment so that they will know or realize what they already have and because it will just cost them more time and effort to work for something they already have. We just have to spend time in this busy world of ours and reflect ourselves the reason of living a luxury of life where everything we need asked for is just a reach away and when we have them, let us give importance to each because it is not everyday we get o have these blessings we receive.

How I want to be remembered...

The close- to- nature surroundings of U.P. High, the brilliant teachers, the hardworking students and just everything about high school life is just so great. From the first day of school where we first met our dear friends to day of our graduation where we' re about to depart our ways was very full of heart- warming memories.

How I want to be remembered when I left high school?

I just wanna be someone together with my batch mates be remembered as the batch of U.P. High who made it to the end of their fourth year life who never gave up on the trials that our school has given. Maybe we lose hope sometimes, that it came to our mind to stop going school but there' s no way you can payoff the bonds of friendship we made, the laughters and tears we've all experienced, the thrill and excitement we've faced in every day we came to school. We' re just ordinary students with great minds and a heart that beat as one which made as extraordinary persons, knowing how to survive in a fierce competition in this world with hard work, dedication, patience, and the help from our friends. When you are surrounded with these kind of people, you just lose yourself and be the best you can not just because you have to but because you know you can also be too. And when you are the best of you, there is no need to worry and regret for what is going to happen because you know that is what you are capable of doing and you did not cheat just to get what you want instead, you accept what is going to happen and learn from it to be better next time. You may think going in this school would be like committing suicide but it is not, you are just being challenged by everyone because they want you to be a strong person ready to face the global competition of great minds.

I know I have achievements and that I have made U.P. High proud of me and maybe I made a name worth remembering for everybody but still I wanna share it with the rest of my batch mates who inspired or in a way let me do what I thought I can not. It is not how long we had been in our school but it is the way we lived each day and make the most of it that made us contented that we are worthy to leave our school and be proud to call ourselves UPIAN.