Pixie Cut Red Hair

We are at the peak of the summer season, and everyday it seems everybody just want to escape the heat. Since we're already done with the travelling part, and we have an ongoing summer classes for one of my youngsters, here we are stuck in the hot, humid and dizzying temperatures. So bye-bye long hair!

I think my hair is very Alice of Twilight. Or very Korean if you look at it another way.
What do you think of my new 'do?

Rebonded Hair

Salon trips for special occassions

Contrary to the rebonded hair epidemic gripping the women of the country for the past 10 years or so, I am still quite happy with my big, monstrous, wildly layered colored hair even if it looks like I borrowed it from Simba and when I wake up it's like I'm Chuckie the doll who rose from the grave. What I lack in excitement, my hair makes up for it. Sure it's not slippery, frizz-free, but it has a lot of character and perks me up.

My hair before any invasive treatment

My first time to color

Salon trips for special occassions

This must be my 8th rebond

People are starting to look the same far too long. No offense to those who love their rebonded hair, I have a great number of friends you used to hate their Hermione hair and their confidence has definitely improved after a trip to Going Straight. I am actually a late bloomer, I didn't touch my hair until I got out of my parents' house because I was trying to fit in the "simple girl" club. I wanted something like what the popular girls in school had, which looked very pretty and all the boys wanted to be your boyfriend. So after my first few paychecks, I braved my first foray into the expensive side of the salon menu. I was ecstatic with the results and felt like a thousand bucks, even though I got two thousand bucks poorer.

I think we should finally say goodbye to this fad, explore other options with our hair than conform with shampoo commercials. I think what went wrong here was when Lucy Torres with the "mirror finish 100 brush strokes" hair "captivated" Richard Gomez, everybody started thinking the same? Or when Kim Chiu's hair magically never went out of place even if she was racing a god damn scooter, teenage girls started wanting something like it. Rebonded hair doesn't equate social status anymore. It will not even guarantee you a date with your crush. Everywhere I look, rebonded, rebonded, rebonded. Going Straight still has good business. Even the vendors in divisoria have rebonded hair. You practically look the same everywhere you go, the only thing that changes is the background. The 80's had their fashionable beehives, and now we're showing a completely flat, unmoving and indestructable hairstyle known as rebonded. Or banshee. Or those dolls people use in voodoo. 

Rebonded again. Oopsie, this isn't me.

And let me tell you it doesn't look good on everyone. But if you really feel so strongly about your rebonded hair and it makes you feel beautiful, then by all means keep it. It's what your hair is for after all, your crown of glory. 

He thinks it's porn-ish

My Simba Hair (Current)

I just want to save all of you from making excuses to your grandkids why everyone had banshee hair and all you can say is, "it was THE hairstyle back in the day, you know." I know I shouldn't make up some twisted psychology about hairstyles but I do believe there's a reason why people choose to wear specific clothes each day, how the color they wear somehow shows what they feel and think of and why they choose to have their hair a certain way. We all have something to say. 

Quarter Life Crisis Manifesto

When I was younger, I thought I would have figured everything out by 25. I thought 25 was OLD. I envisioned myself being the best that I could be, without fears and insecurities. And now that I am 25,  indeed in my quarter-life, it feels like I am only at the beginning of this big roller coaster ride, and I begin to wonder where I'll be in a year or two. It's only been a few years since I entered "the real world" and I sometimes worry if I can handle all the stresses and uncertainties a person is required of to "grow up." This transition to adulthood brings up a lot of anxieties, like financial independence, choosing a career, starting a family and aging!


In this process of discovering myself, I am beginning to understand what I want and do not want. I learned to embrace change, and to take this as a time of opportunity of adventure and exploration. I may have a lot of down days, but I'll take heart and treat this as a part of growing up. To put my best foot forward, I will make sure that I put out my best self and inspire positivity and build my life step by step. A lot of exciting  things happen everyday, and  I have no choice but to move forward or stay where I am.


My appearance has also started to change, my first gray hairs, putting on a lot of extra weight, lines and crow's eyes, rough skin texture, sagging skin, dullness, open pores, dry skin and age spots! These can hamper my confidence.


Together with a happier disposition, healthy living and self-enrichment, I am less insecure, and I feel like I can take on any challenge that gets my way. I feel less in a rush and I lea rn to enjoy each day. I know that I still have long years ahead, and I pray that I can take on the challenges that will come to me someday.


I am currently battling with obesity and it is not an easy journey. I'm afraid that with the pounds I melt away, my skin will become really saggy, especially in the face, neck, tummy and arm areas. I am not wishing for supermodel-firm skin. I just want to improve what I already have. Do you have any suggestions for me?

Hair questions

I just found this photo from '08 while vacationing in Baguio. This was the first time I had my hair colored, and the dye used was mahogany brown. Prior to this I did not have any white hair. When the roots started to grow back, white hair sprouted like unwanted fungi. It was horrible. Which reminds me to get my tresses colored again.



Any hair color suggestions? Where can I get a decent hair color without breaking the bank? I have thought about coloring on my own, but still horrified that I might turn my hair into something worthy of Star City horror house ride. Sowee, I'm cheap that way. :D Yeah, most probably I'll make a trip to the salon soon.