Tricks and Treats

Me as Death from The Sandman for the Nth time XD

HAPPY HALLOWEEN Halloweenies! XD I just made you guys sound like wimps, no offense meant XD

It's that time of year again where, I dare quote Sue Sylvester from Glee, "...where little boys get to dress up like like little girls and little girls get to dress up like wh**** XD..."
Haha joke aside, I'm actually quite thrilled about Halloween. In fact one of the major reasons why my interest in Cosplay sparked was because of this occasion. I dunno, when I was still a kid, I've always begged my mom to take me around the city to go Trick or Treating in of course, my costume. But I wasn't the conventional type when it came to costumes. I was never the fairy princess little girl. I was more of a Iwannalookscarybutprettyatthesametime kinda kid XD

My mom would eventually tell me that the dogs would bite me if I went door to door so she'd bring home a bag of candies and chocolates for me and my sibs and tell us that she already went door to door for us. (Truth is, my mom and dad would go to the supermarket and buy treats for us in order to feel the Halloween spirit?! O_O)

Anywho, Halloween isn't celebrated the "traditional way" here in the PH. (Yeah no longer RP but PH or PHL.) Which kinda sucks especially for the kiddos. But hey, we don't exactly have the traditional neighborhood setting do we? But luckily our local malls and other business establishments hold their own public Halloween Party settings and Trick or Treat venues.

If you're going to ask me if Halloween feels like a normal holiday for a cosplayer, its not. In fact the holiday provides non-cosplayers an opportunity to dress in costume. Its the fun of being able to be free to express yourself and be someone completely different even for just a day. Maybe I'm just saying this because I've been in a Burton frenzy for quite a while now. But, in ways I cannot explain, I just really love Halloween.

When I was still in HS, we used to hold annual Halloween parties at our house for the kiddos, but we were only able to hold 3 proper ones due to a few complications. Our first was themed in Halloween Colors, then we had our Pirates of the Caribbean theme and our last was the RockStar theme. (You'll see two collages here in my blog with pics from the last two themes. Do note that those are VERY OLD XD. I may look different. In fact, it was before I started formal cosplay and what not.)

What I enjoy most about Halloween is the Horror movie/series marathons, ghost stories, popcorn and sweets. I love the thrill (lol) of the spine-tingling tales they air on the tube. I'm a big fan of the Horror and Thriller genre but I'm especially fond of the Gothic Romanticism that some movies/books have.

This year, I've decided to go with the whole Death from the Sandman headshot thing. It's sort of an annual tradition every Halloween.

Call me morbid or weird or whatever, but hey, that's just me. :)

I'll be posting some Halloween stories for ya soon. Right now, I have to hurry and prepare for our visit in the cemetery for our loved ones.

Enjoy the holiday!

Flood, Net Lagging and FREEDOM!

Seriously, the flood’s driving me crazy.

It’s been roughly a week since my vacation started and I just got back home last Wednesday only to be greeted by the flooded streets on our way home to Pangasinan. I just hope and pray that those who were badly affected are coping well.

I guess my family and I are among the more fortunate ones. Although at times the electricity fluctuates, we have it and our water and food supply is fine. Thank you God! <>

The flood I guess is primarily due to the water released by a nearby dam. The SUDDEN release really bites! The pictures posted here are proof of what I mean.

Ah well, I gotta find something to do right? I hope I’m lucky enough to be able to post this.

*Sigh* It’s quite heartbreaking how water got inside our house as well (due to bad drainage, but all’s good.) We have to eat up though, in our balcony and I’m not so happy with it since I get to see the flooded driveway T_T

I hope it subsides soon. My mom told me that I looked too pale when we arrived home. I need a bit of sun. (I guess I was spooked at the sight of all the water around us when we were on our way home. To think that we had to cross a river which was already overflowing O_O My heart skipped a beat…)

Gah, well at least I could take my mind off of the grade posting for a while. Besides, Halloween’s comin’! I’m just not sure if the things planned for the sem break will follow through because of the typhoon. Anywho, as long as everyone’s fine, I’m good.

P.S (Belated) Happy Birthday to Maki, the VOCALIST of the group. > :D

P.P.S. I didn’t like the Grilled Cheesus episode of Glee K

BTW, saw my grades! WHOOO! I'm soooo happy < >

Bored but safe,

+~bully

Make-up Ish part 2

MAKE-UP ISH 2

Yes, after n-months, I entered the beauty store in SM San Lazaro, and was pleasantly (uhuh, PLEASANTLY) surprised with what I saw that day.

Honestly, I was expecting the same dream team of the mean gurangs who insulted me since I last visited the store and what do you know, they are actually complete, even the way they put on too much foundation on their astringent burnt face was identical to what I saw last time. The only difference was that they actually greeted me in their entire saleslady demeanor. I winced and was reluctant to respond. I couldn’t believe it actually and that was when a new lady approached me and asked if I needed assistance. I smiled at her, she looked very nice and then that was when I knew why the wicked witches were acting all goody-goody with me. On her right breast pocket, a name plate with the label MANAGER was engraved. Syempre, nanjan si boss kaya dapat mabait. That was when something in my evil little mind cooked up. I decided to ask the manager about the Kajal eyeliner again and that’s when I noticed that one of the rude ate’s recognized who I was. Biglang lumapit si rude ate 1 nung pinapakita na saakin ng manager ung blue na eyeliner, sabay bungisngis.

(Manager explains and tests product shizzzz habang ako kunwaring nakikinig at si ate nakikisama sa discussion. Ako naman nagaantay na tanungin ako about sa product.)

Me: Oh, I see. Maganda rin pala yung blue.

Manager: Yes ma’am. *sabay tingin sa mata ko* Yung gamit niyo po ba Kajal rin? Ganyan po kasi effect niya, water proof and it gives more definition to your eyes.

Me evil grins (in case you’re wondering, I didn’t buy and Kajal product. I decided to go with another brand. > :D but…..): Uhm, yup. Mas prefer ko kasi yung black.

Manager smiles: Kaya pala mam. Dito niyo rin po ba binili na branch?

Girlalush na saleslady biglang umalis.

Me exhales: Uhm actually. I didn’t. Dapat pero ditto. > :D

Manager: Sayang mam! Next time po dito na lang kayo bumili. Bakit po kayo sa ibang branch bumili? Malayo po ba kayo dito? (MEGA LOL!)

Me clears throat (haha, it’s my chance to tell them off!!!!! > :DDDD): I was supposed to buy here but the same ladies assisting you treated my rudely when I inquired about the same product.

Manager’s eyes grow wide: Hala po mam. Can you please tell me what happened? So that I’ll know how to reprimand them?

Me (doing evil laugh and dance inside my head): Well….blah blah blah….rude…up and down…churvs…

I ended up telling the whole story to the manager who was patient enough to listen to my rants. I told her how degraded I felt with their tone and facial expressions (talk about facials… XD). The manager assured me that they’ll be hearing from her. She acknowledged the fact that they were there to be at EVERYONE’s service and to be courteous to customers. Thank God she did.

I left the store with a smile that day. I noticed that as I left, the three sales ladies were talking with each other and looked at me as I walked away. I guess they knew what they brought upon themselves. D: <

I’m happy I got that over with. I dunno if the way I dressed and put on a bit of make-up helped me that day, but I guess the eyeliner thing gave me a great opportunity to rat them out XD Seriously, that’s what I thing I learned in this country. If you don’t speak up, nothing will ever happen. Justice doesn’t come looking for you, you have to make effort in order to find justice. Because when the time comes, those who took away your right will have justice biting them hard on their sorry arses. XDDD

Note to self: Visit the store next sem and see if they’ve changed.

No one bullies the bully. Especially when it’s eyeliner we’re talking about ^___^ (I’ll give you a free PERMANENT eyeliner if you do :3)

I was supposed to use the Kajal eyeliner for my Death from the Sandman cosplay (as seen in the pic is the trial make-up. Yes, iz blurrryyy) and for my ate's Lady Gaga inspired make-up. Good thing I found a better alternative. GEL LINER BABEH!

RnR baby

The Bully takes a break. A semestral break I mean. Finally, our exams our done, now all that’s left is the lingering thought of our grades… O_O

Those aside, alotta things happened in the past weeks, I mean A LOT, then again if I tell you all about them, I’d probably be sued for over-use of blog space XD.

I’m just posting this as a partial rant, partial de-stressing post since it’s been nearly 3 days since the end of my finals and I’m still stuck at our grimy dorm T__T ugh, someone take me home already! (Yeah, you can figure that I’m broke, or rather, choose to be broke.) All my friends have gone home, I can’t possibly play Rockband by myself XD Plus, my crappy Windows 7 won’t play DVDs, I’m sooooooo bored D;

So yeah, I’ll just settle with my eBooks and updating my fiction press novel.

In case you haven’t realized by now, I have yet to pack my stuff. I’m too lazy to start knowing that I’ll have all the time in the world to do it.

I have a feeling though that when I do get home, I’ll be as busy as a bee. Ah well, better to be doing something productive though lazing around doesn’t sound bad at all.

I don’t really have much to say right now, though I will post some interesting things/events that I think would make good blog entries. (I know, I have nothing else better to do here! :DDDD)

Hopefully, as I write this, the storm reported to hit the Philippines changes route @_@ I cannot afford and extension our stay here at the dorm D;

P.S we saw FVR during the Run for Pasig event. It was pretty hilarious. XD More on the run next time.

Love,

Bored out of wits – the eyeliner wearing bully