Heather Kim Turns 18

I know that debut or the 18th birthday is one of the most important events in a woman's life. Everyone has their own way of celebrating it of course. The 3 most usual is 1. to have the grandest celebration with all the 18 roses and candles 2. Just celebrate it plain and simple and treat it like an ordinary day and 3. No Celebration at all

I think for us we did celebrate it just like a normal birthday celebration. We dine out... just the four of us and still we had fun. Bottom line is how you grow as the days go by. Knowing your priorities, setting your own goals and plans and achieving them bullet per bullet is the best gift you could give to yourself.

Happy Birthday Heather!

What's in Men's Closet

Men too has their own simple way of taking care of their own skin. After a days work, men should have their little time of pampering their skin so as not to age early and to at least look younger and better. Being good looking doesn't stop by simple having a pretty face.

To be good looking is simple being free from oily face and of course pimple free. The only way to have it is of course to simply have a clean lifestyle.

Don't just grab any products out there. You should always know your skin type and always have a moisturizing cream before leaving the house and of course before going to bed. A facial wash is a good way to eradicate those harmful substances our face gets whenever we go out. 

I don't like the feeling of shaving because it hurts. However, Nivea Shaving Foam and Nivea Shaving Gel is just perfect.

Your Perfect Tiffany Wedding Band

Wedding ring for me is the most important part of the wedding ceremony as it signifies to person's never ending love and a remembrance of their vows when two couples are apart.

Over the weekend, I was browsing Tiffany's website and was able to find these beautiful and yet very elegant wedding bands.

Photo were taken at Tiffany.com

Getting ready for your wedding day? Are you looking for your perfect wedding band? Check out whats new at Tiffany.

Nail Polish War

I was just wondering what would be the best Nail Polish that we have in the market. So I started searching for what is pleasant to my naked eye an option my sister and the rest of the ladies out there who might want to have a luxurious and beautiful nails.

Lets start the parade of these beautiful nail polish and find out the perfect compliment for your skin tone, outfit and a color that would speak for your personality. Select the best color that would represent you.

Essie

China Glaze

Nature Republic

OPI Nail Polish

ORLY Nail Polish

Where to buy these nail polishes? They are basically almost everywhere. You can also do online shopping. Speaking of online shopping, the convenience of just buying it online and just wait for the order to be delivered right at your doorstep is just so awesome.

I normally buy my stuff at Zalora since it is free shipping within Metro Manila. What brings Zalora to the top of my list is their awesome Cash on Delivery scheme. Here's their website in case you want to check it out. ZALORA WEBSITE

Pampering is Loving Yourself with Ponds

More than anything else, we have to love ourselves. We need to give ourselves the treat it deserves after a long day of working. In this way we are not only healthy but we still stay younger.

Pampering ourselves is not going to the spa everyday. Well you can do that if you have the means. However there are in expensive ways to pamper ourselves. Eating proper foods is a great way of rejuvenating yourself to get all the nutrients your body needs. When we say proper food it would mean, a lot of fruits and vegetable a little of meat and fish. 

Aside from eating we also need to exercise so we could eliminate the unwanted fats. Exercise is also a great way of eliminating toxins in our body. Drink plenty of water is another tip for staying healthy. Waters helps alot in flashing out toxins in our body. Of course the next one is having a proper amount of sleep. Sleep is very important in keeping your body strong and healthy.

Last but not the least, a beauty regimen is really important. Using the proper product for yourself will keep you glow and looking vibrant all day. Ponds has done a tremendous amount of work to bring give their customer the best beauty products in the market that is totally affordable to everyone.

 Ponds has a everything in store for you on their facial wash from oily skin to dry skin. Facial foam is your first step in being beautiful.

We also don't just wash our face but we also need to put on our facial creams to have a smooth, fresh and rejuvenating your skin. It is always best to put on your day cream before leaving the house. It will not only make you look fresh but it will also protect your skin from harmful elements you may encounter outside your house.

The more we age the more we need to be more careful with our skin. It is always best to nourish it with Ponds Age Miracle Cream. Wrinkles are just part of growing old but excess wrinkle is not good. It will only make you look older than your age. Ponds Age mircale complete set can help you look younger. As they say, it is ok to be 40 as long as you look 30 right?

Ponds also provides you with your day cream that could protect you from the rays of the sun.

At night, it is wonderful to have the Ponds Deep Cleansing foam. You've been out for the whole day and you skin might be damaged because of air pollution. It is best to clean your face with these Ponds Deep Cleansing foam to wash away all the impurities.

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85th Academy Awards - Oscars 2013

The long wait is over! Who will bring home the most coveted Oscar's Trophy!

Let's all tune in on February 24th 7:00 Eastern Time!

Want to know the nominees? Here they are...

Actor in a Leading Role

Bradley Cooper in "Silver Linings Playbook"

Daniel Day-Lewis in "Lincoln"

Hugh Jackman in "Les Misérables"

Joaquin Phoenix in "The Master"

Denzel Washington in "Flight"

Actor in a Supporting Role

Alan Arkin in "Argo"

Robert De Niro in "Silver Linings Playbook"

Philip Seymour Hoffman in "The Master"

Tommy Lee Jones in "Lincoln"

Christoph Waltz in "Django Unchained"

Actress in a Leading Role

Jessica Chastain in "Zero Dark Thirty"

Jennifer Lawrence in "Silver Linings Playbook"

Emmanuelle Riva in "Amour"

Quvenzhané Wallis in "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

Naomi Watts in "The Impossible"

Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams in "The Master"

Sally Field in "Lincoln"

Anne Hathaway in "Les Misérables"

Helen Hunt in "The Sessions"

Jacki Weaver in "Silver Linings Playbook"

Animated Feature Film

"Brave" Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman

"Frankenweenie" Tim Burton

"ParaNorman" Sam Fell and Chris Butler

"The Pirates! Band of Misfits" Peter Lord

"Wreck-It Ralph" Rich Moore

Cinematography

"Anna Karenina" Seamus McGarvey
"Django Unchained" Robert Richardson
"Life of Pi" Claudio Miranda
"Lincoln" Janusz Kaminski
"Skyfall" Roger Deakins


Costume Design

"Anna Karenina" Jacqueline Durran
"Les Misérables" Paco Delgado
"Lincoln" Joanna Johnston
"Mirror Mirror" Eiko Ishioka
"Snow White and the Huntsman" Colleen Atwood

Directing

"Amour" Michael Haneke
"Beasts of the Southern Wild" Benh Zeitlin
"Life of Pi" Ang Lee
"Lincoln" Steven Spielberg
"Silver Linings Playbook" David O. Russell

Documentary Feature

"5 Broken Cameras" 
Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi

"The Gatekeepers" 
Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky and Estelle Fialon

"How to Survive a Plague" 
David France and Howard Gertler

"The Invisible War" 
Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering

"Searching for Sugar Man" 
Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn

Documentary Short Subject

"Inocente" 
Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine

"Kings Point" 
Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider


"Mondays at Racine" 
Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan

"Open Heart" 
Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern

"Redemption" 
Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill

Film Editing


"Argo" William Goldenberg
"Life of Pi" Tim Squyres
"Lincoln" Michael Kahn
"Silver Linings Playbook" Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
"Zero Dark Thirty" Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg


Foreign Language Film

"Amour" Austria
"Kon-Tiki" Norway
"No" Chile
"A Royal Affair" Denmark
"War Witch" Canada


Makeup and Hairstyling

"Hitchcock"
Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
"Les Misérables"
Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell


Music (Original Score)

"Anna Karenina" Dario Marianelli
"Argo" Alexandre Desplat
"Life of Pi" Mychael Danna
"Lincoln" John Williams
"Skyfall" Thomas Newman


Music (Original Song)

"Before My Time" from "Chasing Ice"
Music and Lyric by J. Ralph

"Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from "Ted"
Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane

"Pi's Lullaby" from "Life of Pi"
Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri

"Skyfall" from "Skyfall"
Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth

"Suddenly" from "Les Misérables"
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil


Best Picture

"Amour" Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz, Producers

"Argo" Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers

"Beasts of the Southern Wild" Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers

"Django Unchained" Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers

"Les Misérables" Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers

"Life of Pi" Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers

"Lincoln" Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

"Silver Linings Playbook" Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers

"Zero Dark Thirty" Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers

Production Design


"Anna Karenina" 
Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" 
Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright

"Les Misérables" 
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson

"Life of Pi" 
Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock

"Lincoln" 
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Short Film (Animated)

"Adam and Dog" Minkyu Lee
"Fresh Guacamole" PES
"Head over Heels" Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly
"Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"" David Silverman
"Paperman" John Kahrs

Short Film (Live Action)

"Asad" Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
"Buzkashi Boys" Sam French and Ariel Nasr
"Curfew" Shawn Christensen
"Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)" Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
"Henry" Yan England

Sound Editing

"Argo" Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
"Django Unchained" Wylie Stateman
"Life of Pi" Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
"Skyfall" Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
"Zero Dark Thirty" Paul N.J. Ottosson

Sound Mixing

"Argo" 
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
"Les Misérables" 
Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
"Life of Pi" 
Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
"Lincoln" 
Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
"Skyfall" 
Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" 
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
"Life of Pi" 
Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
"Marvel's The Avengers" 
Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
"Prometheus" 
Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
"Snow White and the Huntsman" 
Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

"Argo" Screenplay by Chris Terrio
"Beasts of the Southern Wild" Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
"Life of Pi" Screenplay by David Magee
"Lincoln" Screenplay by Tony Kushner
"Silver Linings Playbook" Screenplay by David O. Russell

Writing (Original Screenplay)

"Amour" Written by Michael Haneke
"Django Unchained" Written by Quentin Tarantino
"Flight" Written by John Gatins
"Moonrise Kingdom" Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
"Zero Dark Thirty" Written by Mark Boal

Source

HBC Nail Polish Saga

Nail is a very important part of women's beauty regimen and of course selecting the best to good choice is a must. There are a lot of nail polish available in the market. In fact, when you go to Divisoria, Baclaran or even in public markets you can always find a wide variety of Nail polish. Of course there will always be danger in buying those nail polish.

So when my sister came to Manila and stayed with me so she could study in college. I immediately thought of buying her good stuff of nail polish and of course I always tell her to buy in trusted stores like HBC. HBC offers a wide array of beauty products to choose from and when it comes to hair and nail products I always believe them. They are one amongst the store I truly depend on.

Maybe one amongst the many reason why I choose to buy stuff at HBC is because of their friendly staff. Plus I had been using their body soap and wash.

SCAM: Don't Be a Victim of ATM Scam

Automated Teller Machine or pupularly known as ATM comes in really handy most specially when your ATM card has depit card function. You can always have wallet free transaction. A swipe of your ATM card WAAAALLLLAAAA! you can go shopping already.

However, a few days ago a news broke announcing that there are some fraudulent activity circulating around the Metro and probably around the Philippines as well.

So here are some tips on to protect you from possible falling into the traps of fraudster's malicious mind:

Photo Credit: This is just an example of a scam.

• Only use ATM's in secured places like malls. Don't withdraw on remote areas as this could be an easy targets of people who are installing devices in the ATM machines.

• When punching your PIN make sure everything you are covering your hands as you punch the pins. There might be hidden camera's installed capturing the your pin. (Refer to picture 3 and 4) that's a hidden camera trying to capture your pin.

• Also, check on the slot area where you are going to enter your card. (see picture number1 above). This would transmit your card information to someone smiling and siphoning all your money in your card.

• Don't let anyone know your pin. So make sure your pin is known no one else but you and it shall not be written anywhere. Do not put your real name and exact birth date in social network because fraudulent mind can always use those information and never give out pin information via the phone. Policemen and bank people should not be calling you asking for your pin.

How to add Nuffnang Codes in Between Post

I really had difficulty figuring out how I added the codes for Nuffnang Advertisement just below my first post. After trial and errors I have finally made and captured it so I could share it with everyone.

For easier to locate look for <b:if cond='data.post.location'> then look for </div> and </b:includable> place large rectangle codes in between </div></b:includable>

Taking Care of my Japanese Spitz

For me dogs are just like humans. They have their own needs that the owner should be providing like vaccines, shelter, food and of course grooming in order for them to have a healthy lifestyle. I make sure that I have my dogs vaccine every now and then.

What your dogs needs:

• A regular visit to your dogs vets.
• Shower every after 2 days.
• Proper dog food and twice in a week give them some fruits and vegetable.
• Bath them twice a week but during summer make sure to bath them regularly.

I have my own fads. Of course like master like dog. My Japanese Spitz has his own fads too most specially on hygiene.

My Japanese Spitz has his own set of BEARING shampoo, BEARING conditioner and BEARING  powder.

My Japanese Spitz has his own toothbrush and toothpaste.

My Japanese Spitz has its own sets of cologne and will only use it depending on my dogs activity. My Spitz would use SPA FRESH during his lazy days and just staying at home. If we are going for a walk on a bright sunny days I normally spray my dog with RENEW SPA AROMA THERAPY with UV Protector and after a long walk and jogging I would spray with COMFORT SPA AROMA THERAPY with UV Protector.

What about you? Do you have your own dog? Share your own tips on how your taking care of them.

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