Life Updates - Calling out Volunteer Tree Panters

Hello World!

How's your life in the past few months? Mine have been totally busy after resigning on my first job.

Yes, I resigned. I was working for a mapping department on a private company (Asiatype Inc.) as a GIS (Geographic Information System) Specialist. To give you an overview of what I did, we are simply doing road maps--on your GPS device.:) 

Some of my students in RareJob think it's cool. Yes, I have to admit, it's cool and fun at the same time but the environment in the office is something not enticing for me; plus the travel (I travel almost 4-5 hours a day) made me sick and very unhealthy. I lost so much weight. I also did not have much time for RareJob after going home since I am totally tired after the travel.

I did not see myself doing it in the near future, GIS is a minor subject in college, it was fun but I wanted to practice what I learned in college.

I resigned on my first job. I think that career path is not for me. I feel there is something missing, I feel there is something more that I can do.

Luckily, when I resigned, there is a vacant slot for a government department which is just 5 minutes walk from my home (isn't it awesome?! no more travel fees..hehe).

Now I am working as a contractual (Extension Officer) to the government under the NGP (National Greening Program). 

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The Bacolod Adventure II + Nature's Village Resort Review

OHAI GUYS! *u*

This is the second part of the Bacolod trip/competition last year.

The flight to Bacolod was not comfortable. There was slight turbulence and we are quite worried since we have heard that it was raining hard at Bacolod airport. My boyfriend was hungry already but was waiting patiently for us at the airport. I know it was quite uncomfortable for him at that moment, waiting at a place he has never been before--while it's raining hard.

We arrived past 10:00pm in Bacolod; before we had our flight in Manila (to Bacolod),  I was already exchanging text messages with the customer service personnel of the hotel we had reservations with. 

We have heard that at Bacolod, taxis might not be available after 10:00pm. It's not like Manila where you can have a cab 24/7; here there's still this peak time and off peak time of cabs.  Especially now that it was raining hard, we overheard some passengers (probably a locale of Bacolod) that it would be very hard to get a cab in this rain and time. Good thing Nature's Village Resort's personnel was very accommodating. They suggested a car (big enough for 4 persons with big bags) to pick us up from the airport to the hotel for P600 (more or less). It's really no big deal for us to pay the fee since it's raining and we really wanted to get our ass on our comfy warm rooms right now.

The ride from the airport was comfortable even though we were quite drenched because of the rain (we got a dose of rain shower while loading our things in the car). The ride took us 15-20minutes (without traffic) to our hotel. When we get there, the worst greeted us on the face: brownout.:l

My Hair Story I

OHAI LADIES~!

Have you read my newest post? Yes, I'll be continuing the next part of the Bacolod Adventure with a review of the hotel where we stayed! Please wait for it.:) For now, I'll be telling you my hair story.

*WARNING*: This story might be too long for you to read and might bore you to death. Read at your own risk.

When I was 7years old to 11 year old (grade school days), my Aunt (my mother's sister) used to pay for our haircuts---yes, HAIRCUT. It's not trimming, my  hair was as short as a pixie cut. My Aunt's reason was because we were still 'kiddos' who doesn't care about hair that much, so we (I) ought to have a very short hair. When I was 4-6 years old, I used to have chin to shoulder length hair. I still remember that I always have braided hair or pig tails, but when I started to learn to play--I mean to play like a boy--running around, going everywhere without a care what my appearance is, my aunt thought it's time to cut it really short.

I was not affected by hair commercials when I was younger (early grade school years). I always use JJ Baby Shampoo. My older cousin commented on our (my sister and I) hair since she told us our hair was shiny and soft.

Image is not mine. This picture is from this link.

 I do not understand the "importance" of having a shiny and soft hair at that age. 

The Bacolod Adventure I

OHAI GUYS! *v*

WARNING: A year old review/story that I think is worth writing about.. I've been saving this for a loooooong time in the draft section. I guess it really time to publish this before it's second anniversary.lol

I said I'll be having a quick trip to Bacolod before my board exam right? This is the reason why: me and my teammates represented our university on the recent POC-PSC National Games held in Silay, Bacolod. Our team played for the archery event.:D

Anyway, our flight in Cebu Pacific was supposedly May 24, 2011 at 5:25pm. I was at the airport at 3:30pm and I waited for my two more team mates to arrive. Half an hour before the flight, it was announced that our flight was delayed (because the plane made a trip in Gensan, Mindanao). I thought it was okay as long as we get in Bacolod that day and not the next day.

To our horror, our flight was moved to 8:00pm, but around 6:00pm it started to be really cloudy. At 7:00pm it started to rain--hard. The rain stopped around 8:00pm so we cheered because hopefully we can safely fly, but no, we were VERY wrong. The airbus that we're waiting for was still NOT landing! WTH. We're also starving! At this very moment we should be at our hotel booked in Bacolod. AARGH.

Maybe they heard our stomach growling. HEHE

How to put "Reply" button on comments section

OHAI LADIES!

Being so busy with other stuff, I am still a total noob when it comes to editing/formatting my own blog. Thank goodness you can ask everything on Google! Currently I did this step by step and it took me less than 5 minutes to do this. I know this can help for future commenters, since I can reply faster to anyone who asks/inquire/shares thoughts. :)

Travel

I want to do this someday. I just want to share to you people the happy feeling I've felt watching these vids.. It made me a little teary-eyed because of inspiration.:)


Let's MOVE
                           LEARN
                                               and EAT.

Life's beautiful. 

Find it in youtube:

 MOVE

 LEARN

EAT

Wanting my Own Beauty Book

OHAI GUYS~! *v*

Sorry for the late updates and other reviews not yet posted, still busy with other stuff like "Job Hunting" Gaah..

This image is NOT mine. Visit neutrakris.com because this is hers. Maybe I'll have mine soon.

:)

Anyway, while surfing the net after online job hunting, I've seen this review about ELF's Little Black Beauty Book and I was thrilled! Now I want mine too. Maybe I'll get mine next week. He-he.



Do you have new things you want to buy this month? :D

Stress Reliever

OHAIGUYS. *u*

A little break from reviewing. I just need this happy energy. :) Enjoy~!

Keep safe and warm,

June: Hair Cut

OHAI GUYS! YEY, JUNE! *u*
(Aren't this month the start of the mid-year sales?:D)

It's already June and I have to get my ass off my laptop and start my very own 'personal' review for the board exam but --as you can see-- I'm here typing this..lol

Anyway, I hope I can finish reviewing before the end of June.(and finishing my requirements for June 20!) errr.

This month, I plan to:
1. Post progressive reviews on the lip balms that I love.
2. Review for the board exam.
3. Update on the Bacolod travel.
4. Earn money while reviewing.   > Already doing it!:D
5. Have a new haircut.
6. Ready my next batch of item reviews for the month of July.:)

Okay, at least I'm already doing one of the five items above. bleargh.

About my hair cut, these are the hairstyles I'm aiming for (because I wore my hair long for the past 4 years and it's really hot nowadays..) :

DISCLAIMER!! These are NOT my pictures, I google-d them and now I forgot the direct link to where I got them. I saved the pictures for reference. :<

Bob cut style A

The *ultimate* Forester Licensure Exam Review and RareJob

OHAI GUYS!*u*

I’m a fresh graduate and currently enrolled in a review for an upcoming board exam.

I'm one of them.. can you find me?:)) Last April 26, 2011--Freedom Park

Last week I was taking it slow in reviewing but this week I have to juggle my practice with it. I’m quite bored in my review and trying my best not to fall asleep—I now picked seating on the front row table so that I can force myself not to doze off—but it’s no use. I only find myself really, really listening to the discussion when something roused my curiosity (I know I must listen to the resource person because this is for my own sake). YES, I want the “For.” title before my name, I therefore conclude the month of June will surely be the ultimate review month, ha!  *crossed fingers* 

Exam schedule.D:

BTW, we’re reviewing at TREES in CFNR (College of Forestry and Natural Resources) and other reviewers from different colleges/universities. We are more or less 55 people and like 30%-40% of it comprise the reviewers from different schools in different parts of our country, isn’t it cool? I mean, the number of outsiders reviewing here for the licensure exam is increasing (compared to the number of outsiders who reviewed last year) and this reviewing thing could be a good business.. hehehe, kidding.:D

On the other hand, we really thank our (outstanding) professors for sharing tips for the board exam and their experiences; at least I know where to start somehow: start digging my piles of notes, handouts and manuals when I was still one of the undergraduates.

For those who don't like Skype version 5.

OHAI GUYS. *u*

I just 'googled' the image. Can't remember where exactly I got this.:<

I don't like the new version of Skype.  :<


Luckily, you can uninstall your new version of Skype and revert back to the old Skype Version 4 by downloading it here and installing it.

I like the older version of Skype because I teach online. My co-tutor(s) don't find it helpful for our jobs. When i got the version 5, I was horrified. :)) I just don't like the UI (user interface).

It's really lucky that you can revert back to your old version unlike Facebook where you're stuck in the new version and you have no choice but to deal with it.:/

I hope this helps to those who are looking for the old version of Skype.:)

Yummy salad afternoon.

This is made by my brother a month ago, and if I remembered it
correctly, its life didn't last more than 15 minutes. Haha!

Made by my youngest brother, Joshua. Photographed by my younger sister, Itey.

Ingredients: Lettuce, carrots, cucumber, tomatoes, mangoes and bread topped with Parmesan cheese and
honey mustard dressing.

Hope you can try this at home, it's really delicious and... guilt-free! XD

First entry that lacks creativity

 OHAI GUYS.

Ding! Ding! Ding! I just got an idea.:D I got this photo here.

It took me forever to come up with  my url name (cluttergenius.blogspot.com); now I'm taking up infinity for my first entry, not a good start. :(

ClutterG (CG) needs a trip to Creativity Ville.  I got this photo here.

This is because:
1. I'm still thinking of what my blog would look like.
2. I'm still figuring out my way in blogspot.
3. Everything is unplanned, I was checking a blog and was like: 'hey, I can't read a review until I'm one of the bloggers, guuuuuh' So I made my own.
4. I still don't know to whom I'm going to write for.
5. I still don't know what my blogs will contain (reviews, random rants, etc.)


Okay, screw it. I'll do whatever I want.
*EDIT* August 17, 2011

This started to get my attention:

I mean, seriously?

So I started to get the question: WHY is my first post popular?
I guess you guys are having the same problem that I have.
After reading online tutorials (on how, what, why to blog), I've decided to answer the questions I asked myself (above) a few months back. Also, because people started to look up at this post quite often, I guess you deserve a better post to read than a crappy "First post that lacks Creativity"

Why ClutterGenius? Why not use your real name or like "name here Diaries" or "name here Confessions" or the like?

• It describes 10% of my personality. I took the name from my room. You'll know exactly what I mean when you see my room at home, it's a mess but I know where my things are. he-he
• I just like two opposing words that when joined together, they perfectly fit to describe something/someone.
• I plan to hide my real identity online.
• This is not a diary/confession of any sort. I plan to just share my insights of other things.

Why did you choose Jin as your pen name?

• Because that's what my boyfriend calls me. He saw a picture of me 6-8 years back and I was chubby/fat. He called me "Majinbu" from the anime Dragon ball-z (because of my transition of being fat to thin--but not super thin.) I'm not as scary as Majinbu---well, sometimes. To make it short, he calls me "Jin".

• "Jin" also means human in nippongo (I forgot from what book I read it from) and "Gold" in Chinese.

1.  What my blog should look like?

• I want it something that will show some of my personality without exposing my 'real 'self offline.

• I want it simple and easy to navigate through. I will look for sometime to figure blogspot out until I can come up to my desired blog theme/look. If can't do this, maybe I'll switch to tumblr or the other blogging sites.

2.   I'm still figuring my way in blogspot.

• I know some "super" basics in HTML from highschool and now I'm relearning everything. I don't want to pay for someone to customize my site because I know I can do it myself. I'm still looking up for tutorials. It will be nice to get some help from fellow bloggers. 
• I have accounts from Xanga and other blogsites before, but that was way back in highschool and I just want to erase everything because I'm not active at those sites anymore (plus everything I shared there was almost all about ranting).

3.   I made my own blog so I can read others'

• I want to learn more from others. I love reading reviews. I guess it won't hurt giving my own.

4.   I still don't know to whom I'm going to write for.

• I want to write for people with the same passion as mine. 
• I like using makeup, traveling, reading books and blogs, reading mangas, eating and drawing. I just started to get curious of makeup around 2008 and I've started to build my own collection. Back in highschool, I collect comics and mangas. In college I start collecting magazines and artworks so I can use it as reference in my drawings. Recently, I started to learn how to take care of my skin (because I don't bother about it) and how to prettify on occasions (when needed).

5.  I still don't know what my blogs will contain (reviews, random rants, etc.)

• I want to share reviews from makeup (discoveries), random rants, foods, places I've been, books I've read--almost everything! 
• I also want to have a Tree Of the Month (TOM) section where I can put the significance of a tree found here in the Philippines--just spreading information about the trees you can plant, take care of AND in return, help mother nature and our future descendants.

In the end, I'll be blogging things I like. Because blogging is a way for me to relieve some stress and hone my skills while I'm still looking for work.:D

with that, I HTH (Hope That Helps) in creating your own blog.
Good luck~!

PS. Always remember, Google is your friend! (Or Search Engines are your friends.lol)