Dedicating this long overdue post to anyone who's sweet enough to give me a gift, a.k.a. myself. 

1.) I just realized I really w̶a̶n̶t̶  need a hardbound Harry Potter set in my life, preferably before the rumored (?) 8th book will surface because we all know that it will no longer be the same when the 8th book comes out.


2.) A ream of Dunder Mifflin bond paper, which I probably won't use. And yes, THEY EXIST FORREALZ!


3.) Urban Decay's Naked (1) Palette. Self-explanatory.

4.) MAC Retro Matte lippies. Nyx Matte lippies if on a budget. 

5.) Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker. Because who doesn't love ice cream! 

6. It's in the only-in-my-dreams level, but I really want a trip to the Tomorrowland Music Festival at least once in this lifetime.

After being awake for 27 hours (excluding a 1-hr power nap), I went home from Fairview to Makati in a cab. Before flagging a taxi down, Jhuna consulted MMDA Interaksyon to see if C5 or EDSA was the route I should take considering the traffic southbound. While EDSA had many RED (heavy traffic) and YELLOW (moderate traffic) points, C5 was all GREEN (light traffic).

I haven't been posted anything this week because every Christmas party was jam packed in the entire week. We even had to skip the party last Friday because a.) we're tired b.) teammates will skip it c.) we'd rather work from home. I am glad to say though that my 12.12.12 did live up to be the most memorable and once in a lifetime event that I hoped for.


[R-L Clockwise]

• I came to the event knowing I'll get a chance to get a photo taken with Ramon Bautista. I'm no super fan but I really think he's intelligent and hilarious. Smart minds, for me, are sexy and such a turn on. That enough made me take that chance when he was at the side of the stage, getting a photo taken with another Groove friend, Dada. *cue memory snippet*
  
  Jenn: *makes my you're-the-only-other-person-in-the-world-right-now eye contact* Hiiiii! Pwede rin ba akong magpa-picture? *pa-cute smile*
  RB: Ang ganda mo naman!
  Dada: *sisingit* Thank you!
  RB: Ay hindi ikaw, siya! *points to me*
  Jenn: *slowly dying while getting our photo taken*
  
  And this is a highlight of my 12.12.12 night why? Because you know, abandonment issues can also make you feel really ugly, insecure, not worth it, plus every other negative thing, ALL AT ONCE. So really, this made my night in ways you can't imagine.


• Being that the production team sucked, we were not able to do tech runs on the stage, which eventually posed a lot of issues later that night. But being the sport that we are, we tried to enjoy the event and warm ourselves up before the opening dance segment. We did this by singing and dancing to the company bands' songs at the side of the stage. It was fun, even though everyone else in the audience probably didn't enjoy their performance as much as Groove did.


• The only action shot that I have from all the albums that surfaced so far. It's not perfect, projection-wise but I love seeing that my hair has gone this long. 

The POREfessional, Benefit

When the weekly getting drunk since November routine already showed it's effect on my skin, a.k.a. large pores, tiny bumps, coarse skin, and pimple scars, I immediately thought, "Shit, pano na yung mukha ko sa photos?" Then, I remembered that my BDJ Box subscription did include a renowned primer as a freebie on the first box!


I took it out of the box and lugged it into my makeup kit before I ran late to the call time in MOA SMX. Yes, this part of the blog post is still about the same day, 12.12.12.

After the last few rehearsal runs, we proceeded into getting our hair and makeup done. Everything was DIY so I had to pretend I know what to do in that hour. After I washed my face, I looked for my moisturizer and ta-da! It wasn't there so I skipped on to the primer.

Sleek PPQ and Original Eye Shadow Palletes

And finally, they have arrived.