Easy Summer Hairstyles

Summer in Manila is hot, humid and at times peppered with crazy rains. During those days, I just want to cut my hair but  with advent of technology and most especially Google and Youtube, I was able to find some tutorial sites that teach how to fix your hair up in easy and creative ways:

Bubzbeauty :
She has a lot of hair creative hair styling tutorials that would put any boring braids and ponytails to shame. However, she has some other vids on her channel for hairstyles that are not limited to summer.

Justbebexo:
For a more Boho look, you can check out her channel for added inspiration:

YayaLifestyle:
Dedicated to all things girly, this channel offers easy steps on fixing your hair for summer,beauty tutorials,
DIY and fashion tutorials.

Lilliththedarkmoon :
I've featured her on my previous blog entry. If you want to have a glamorous 'goddess like' hair styling for summer, you better check out her video.

Feel free to choose what styles would suit best. After all summer is about adventure and having fun :)

Nature Tripping at Malagos Garden Resort

Malagos Garden Resort is a great place to be one with nature. The 12 hectare land is abundant with trees, orchids, flowers and other ornamental plants.

Just one of the interesting tropical flowers you will find

Ornamental Plants and Trees

Uniquely shaped bonsai tree

Some beautiful landscaping 

Jack's Ridge - Overlooking Davao City

Jack's Ridge is notably a must go site when traveling to Davao City. The place not only gives visitors the best view of the city, it also provides some starter facts on Davao.

Due to the nature of its scenery, you can expect an uphill terrain going there. However, once you get to the area you would be greeted by some good selection of restaurants and cafes. 

This will be the first thing that you would see reach the place

What makes it different from the usual collection of culinary offerings, are the quirky yet definitely interesting sculptures that reflect Davaoeno culture.

Sculptures representing various tribes of Davao

Lighten Hair Naturally Using Honey

Coloring my hair has always been my part of my beauty regimen. However, since I'm recently into organic products and since my last visit to to parlor for a re-color had almost deep fried my scalp with chemicals,I was looking into lightening my hair naturally and painlessly.

Good thing my sister recommended me to a youtube channel  AndreasChoice. You can see the link below:

She uses simple kitchen ingredients to lighten her hair:

• 1/2 Cup Honey 
• Banana -1 piece
• 1 Tablespoon Olive oil
• Empty jar

Steps: 
1. Combine all ingredients into the jar
2. Apply it on damp hair
3. Wrap hair in towel or wear shower cap
4. Wait for 30-40 minutes
5. Wash hair and dry

Honey contains natural peroxide that lighten the hair and olive oil act as peroxide boosters. Other honey hair treatments use either lemon or cinnamon.

I have yet to try honey as hair lightener for myself but I once I did, will be definitely posting the results afterwards.

Saving The Haribon

Haribon is a shortened term for 'Haring Ibon' which refers to the Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi). This majestic bird is the largest bird in the world as reported in this article ,which gives out detailed measurement in comparison to other eagles from other countries.

Haring Ibon tops in 5 of the 7 external measurements:Total length, bill gape, culmen, bill height and tarsus.                        

In 1995, thru Proclamation No. 615 , the Philippine eagle became the National Bird, replacing the Black-headed Munia or the Philippine Maya.

Sadly there are reportedly around 400 pairs of wild eagles in the Philippines which makes them critically endangered. Even as early as the 1960s,the world was alerted that the eagles were in serious danger of extinction.

The Elusive Bulcachong Part 2

I had attempted to cook Davao-based Bulcachong before but it ended up like kare-kare as I narrated in my previous blog. Having no time and moolah, I sent my sister to go to the place where Bulcachong was created to check out the restaurant and food and to let me know how was it.

I'll let her blog this one for me :)

Bulcachong is a small old fashioned house turned into a simple restaurant.  It's known for its bulcachong, which is where it got its name.

This place isn't so hard to find since it's located at the heart of the city.  Just few steps away from JS Gaisano, you could spot this small resto.

Things I Learned When Buying Furnitures and Appliances

After having lived for almost 6 years in different dormitories and bedspaces, I found myself looking for furnitures and appliances for the bare apartment that I have recently moved into.

I first made the common mistake that other newbies make when canvassing for appliances and furnitures--that is to search in malls. Sure, malls like SM, Shopwise, and other popular shopping venues are very conducive and accessible but when it comes to product pricing and payment terms, I've come to realize soon enough that there are other better alternatives out there.

I tried online purchases through Alibaba, Sulit.com and OLX. I looked through new and second-hand furniture but I wasn't really satisfied with items posted. Pictures cannot compare with actual appraisal so I cannot really conclude if it would be a good bargain once I purchase it.

Furnitures and appliances such as dining set, sala set,refrigerators and the like entail a sufficient amount of purchasing power.

But as much as possible, I wanted to avoid paying in credit card. So it was such a great news to me when I heard about the cash installment terms of K-Servico and Emilio S. Lim Appliance stores. When I checked out an ES Lim Branch in Marikina, I was surprised how low the prices were compared to malls (and I've checked a lot of them).

A Panasonic Ref that costs around 12K-14k in Ace Hardware and SM was priced just around 10K in ES Lim. They currently even had this 'No Cash Out' Promo upon your cash installment application. My boyfriend even had to literally stop me from making an impulse purchase on that item.Not that I would regret it of course.

I also realized that small/medium stores that are located outside malls and commercial areas offer good bargains. Following the advice of my BF's officemate, we went to Bayan, Marikina to look around for those Mom and Pop stores.

Sure enough we found one that was still open during Sundays. The entrance to Blooming Furniture was nondescript. There were piles of furniture on top of the other but having been used to looking at different furnitures at various places, I've realized that I found some diamonds in the rough.