Today I marinated pink salmon steak and salmon belly in lime, dried oregano leaves, salt and cracked pepper. Then I steamed the proteins for about 5-10minutes before I pan-seared it in cholesterol-free butter.

Pink Salmon with apple and mini bagel.

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Today I realized one very important thing: it’s difficult (very difficult, thank you very much) to be an excellent MS student and to be a very effective employee all at the same time. This is what I am trying to achieve, and by doing that I am compromising both my studies and work.

At grad school, I have to invest extra time to study lessons outside my class hours (pretty much the same thing you do in undergrad studies), but only this time it has to be few notches higher. Usually I fail to do this because I have a work to be busy at, a screwed up sleeping pattern to bear with and a workout program I am very obsessed to follow.

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Yay 3rd birthday?

Last year I made the same list and I am not repeating that list because [1] I got some of the items already like the Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer, NARS blush in Torrid and a camera (yeay Lumix LX3!!) and [2] for sure I got a new set of “wants” for this year hahaha (and I know this post will only interest my boyfriend (or my mom, Hello mother dear I know you’re reading this ) haha)

So please, my dearest friends, indulge me

• Nike iTouch armband – or any iTouch armband that I can use everytime I run. I found one at the Nike store in Boni High Street last night and it costs Php1990+ or something. But a cheap alternative is very welcome Mehehe

• Camera case/bag – something that my LX3 can fit into. :’) Again, doesn’t have to be expensive.

• A Tarte Limited Edition Collector’s palette – this one is very difficult for me to get because it’s being sold exclusively in Sephora. But these 10 flattering colors are to die for! They are so perfect for my skin tone.
  

  image from Sephora.com

• Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer in Almond – this you can find in Rustan’s. It’s around Php1800. I think this is best on my lazy days when I don’t want to wear any makeup at all but would still like to look a little pretty.

• A Hannah Montana birthday party! Wooooot.

Now this is what I want to get for myself:

• A new laptop and a new job, hopefully a high paying one.

And of course, world peace.

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Yesterday I went to Flawless Megamall to get a body scrub. Am big fan of body scrubs but it was actually my first time to visit a beauty clinic to have it done. Most of the time I would just scrub my own self using body salt I would buy in drugstores.

So because I have a very busy day ahead of me, I decided to visit Flawless very early. I got there just few minutes after ten. And I waited for about an hour before I got my body scrub. And while waiting, I took pictures around the clinic.

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And I should thank Beauty & Butter for giving me such pretty nails that gained me a lot of cute compliments from the last two weeks! From my previous post about Manila’s blooming nail art salon, I told you I got myself a nail art and here it is!

@Starbucks McKinley. One of the lady barista noticed my cute nail art. :')

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Yeay! Finally, I have my own Coastal Scents Pink Kabuki Brush! This item, along with my other makeup finds, arrived sometime last month. I ordered this one from the Coastal Scent site along with the Coastal Scents Pink Duo Fiber Powder Stippler brush (I will make a separate post for this one)

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Yay! My Pink Kabuki Brush! (on top of my pink Suesh vanity case)

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Last week I had a relaxing Monday afternoon at Flawless. It’s not my first time in Flawless but it was my first time in SM Megamall branch. It’s located at 5F Bldg B, and is actually just in front of Beauty & Butter.

Flawless - SM Megamall Branch - 5F Bldg B

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I feel like Saturday is the busiest day of my week since I went back to the university. It’s the day that I go to UP in the morning (after my work if I get really unfortunate to be working on night shift that week, which happens a lot), try to get some sleep in the afternoon, do the groceries, do the laundry, and sneak in some me time at night.

So last Saturday, despite all the business I had – gym, UP, sleep, a little shopping, laundry and groceries – I still managed to book some date time for Boiffie.

And we bought ticket to watch The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. It was 8pm then and the next screening at 9.40pm was full so we had no choice but to get the last full show at 12mn instead. IKR.

It’s okay though because it bought as some time to roam around and window-shopped. Unfortunately for me I bought three items from Zara – a floral jumpsuit, a floral skirt and a long blue-striped button-down shirt. I said I will not buy any clothes this month but phew I just can’t resist it T______T. I hate sale.

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If there’s one thing that I am most vain about, it would be my nails. I love them always neat and colorful. Next would be my hands and feet. I would never fail to get foot spa and home-style hand spa every two weeks. Yea, I am more religious with my nails, hands and feet than with my face. Ikr.

Beauty & Butter at SM Megamall 5F

So imagine how excited I was when I went to Beauty & Butter two weeks ago to get a Hand & Foot Paraffin Wax with Manicure and Pedicure. Beauty & Butter specializes in services like foot/hand spas, facials, and of course nail art! So I got myself a nail art too! How can I miss that, eh? (But will tell you about it on my next post )

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Last Sunday, Boiffie and I watched StreetDance 3D in Gateway. Yes I was supposed to finish my problem set in Advanced Algo that time but but but *roll eyes*.

UK's StreetDance 3D

So while I was draining my brain to solve algo-and-stat-related problems, I asked the Boiffie to buy movie tickets. I stayed in Starbucks Gateway for a good 4 hours, had dinner in Max’s (three quarter-chicken FTW!) and went back to Starbucks for coffee and more probset-solving then by 10pm we’re off to a very good movie treat!

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