Sunday, October 24, 2010

JAM PACKED: Update, FOTD, NOTW, Haul (Bazaar+MUFE), Rant

My week was interesting to say the least.

Before anything, I just want to get something out of the way. If anything else happens on twitter or any comments come related to this part of my post, it will be left unanswered/ignored. Why? Silence doesn't mean you're stupid. I just think it's not worth it anymore.

Where am I going with this?

This is the type of condescending attitude that I HATE.

Today I saw a retweet that made me go "WHAT?!" and srsly just irritated me so much because I personally have been on this earth long enough to know sellers who give a damn about consumers and those who have the attitude of "Srsly, are you buying anything?"

And I had to srsly check the profile of the person to make sure they said it!

Tell me. TELL ME. How is that NOT snooty/snobbish/condescending. TELL ME. And if you can relate to this tweet and you're in the retail business or something, then WTF. Seriously, WTF.

I even backtrcked a little and found anoher tweet that made me go, "wow, really?"

I admit, I'm not the biggest fan of stupid people either, but if you have the audacity to blatantly tell potential customers this, then again, a big WTF award for you, bub. While you're at it, have four more. WTF, WTF, WTF, WTF.

I wonder if there's ANY store where anyone and everyone walks in and comes out with something 100% of the time. I don't even want to know if there's such a store because frankly, I don't care. I don't think that statistic is helpful to anyone but the store. If anything, it's a big turn off.

Wow. Really? Because I didn't think that it's the right thing to do. And if you can't feel the sarcasm in that then I've lost all hope in you.

I have a dream. When I finally earn a living for myself, I am walking into a high-end store in either jammies or better yet, in tattered clothes and all, and I want to see how the people treat me before and after I hand them a huge wad of cash.

I mean, we all have mean, judgmental moments, but I never believed that I ever wanted to broadcast anything uncalled for. But if you thihnk this entry is, then by all means, you may leave.

So I backtracked on my own tweets and these were the kinds of responses I gave.

That's one and another... (it's timeline version so it's from down to up with these two)

(Same case with this, bottom up approach :p)

To which I got this reply

Yeah, saw that. But somehow, I still CANNOT see what has been said in a good light. Can you? If so, please enloghten me. What, you wanna rid the earth of people who don't buy stuff when they ask about it? Geez.

At that point, I've had enough. Well, almost. I stopped looking at their tweets 'til I saw this.

An RT by a friend by so I checked it out (again, bottom up approach :p)

Now tell me, am I INSANE, or did you not just read the first tweet and go "WTF" along with me? I had SUCH a hard time seeing ANY good in that tweet.

Then I got a DM

("Aw, Mara. I hate how I started this. Let's just pray that people get what they truly deserve. Anyway, you're not alone. Tweet deleted)
To my friend -- it's nothing. What needed to be said was said. Doesn't matter if I was the only one who would stand up to something that sounded and pretty much is SO WRONG and just FILLED with WTF-ery or if I was with a bajillion (note: not real number, lol) but really, come on. Kudos to those who were bothered about such a snide remark. My faith in humanity is not lost. Anyway, with that being said, I checked and yep, deleted (thankfully after I got proof, and as Em said, people RT'd it so too late)

I also tweeted this just to air my thoughts and I'm glad Em RT'd it because it means I didn't have to look for it, lol.

And you know what happens when you can't back yourself up? You either apologize, keep pushing and/or give it up.

("It's cut... the other half says, hence we answer 100% coz wel will never know who is the 10% :)) ) Mhmm. No shit.

These tweets were from "the perso" to Em. First of all, what brought on the deleting Twitter thing? I don't care about that. Second of all. Oh, so you DID want drama. You wanted to stir people up. WTF. They also had this to say

Wow. Ya think?

They also had this to say to Em who was battling the forces of evil with me

Wow. So it was a question for everyone? It never occured to you that by some "slim chance, it'd be taken like it has been received by a number of people? And by the looks of this, I'd say, quite a number of people took it the way I did and decided to stand up to the WTF-ery.

  1. No shit
  2. Out of context? WHY DID YOU WANT TO WAIT FOR WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT? That alone shows that you were looking for drama.
  3. For the lack of a better term. ARE YOU EXALTING YOURSELVES? I think helping/answering when you're the sales person is but necessity. I mean, who gets a congratulations for doing what is expected of them? liek if you brushed your teeth every night, should your parents be all, "HOT DAMN EVERYONE, THAT'S MY KID! YES S/HE IS!"
And btw, they RT'd this saying that this is what they meant with what they said. They're hoping it would be a good analogy.

  1. Hate Bieber. Not fond of him AT ALL
  2. I would not freak out if JB jumped off a cliff
  3. I would not catch him
  4. Where's my share of the population? I am not negligible and I think I'm not the only one who feels the way I do.
Okay. Srsly. I wish my day was like the "And not a single fuck what given that day" meme but it's not. I can also relate to those who read stuff and go "heck... please don't procreate, don't spawn, just.. no..."

OKAY LET'S END THAT. ENOUGH. THAT IS SUCH WOW BS.

Next is update time.

I honestly don't know how I survived my week.

Oh wait, I do.

It's because God helped me drag myself through it the best I can.

I was mostly stressed, trying to study for my 180 finals that was supposed to be on Tuesday.

Supposed to be.

And I was going through the motions of family stuff.

Tuesday happened. I was freaking out over drama and then, over 30 mins before the exam, it was cancelled due to the weather.

I was thankful for it. Got my issues together. Studied more, then judgment day came.

Now, because the exam was moved to Thursday, it meant exam in the morning, fieldwork in the afternoon.

I slept at 3 am. Studied everything I had to. I went to school, anxiety was high, I was in bad shape and I was all over the place. I didn't get to eat breakfast because of me sleeping and I had to endure the long exam.

I gobbled my meal hastily after that and prepared for my patient.

But wouldn't you know it, I suddenly got a new one... and I had NO idea about the diagnosis.

Needless to say, I was a wreck but I tried my absolute best.

Before I knew it, the day was over and I was hanging out with April.

Soon I was with Mai.

Soon it was raining hard and I got wet as my umbrella wasn't enough to shield me from the gusts and showers.

Then I was home.

I ate some but didn't really get to chow as much as I should've because the hunger got tired of me ignoring it =\

But you know what? Somehow I was free :) Finally. I can't really remember much from fatigue, but there you go :p

Friday.

I was determined that day to finish my IE.

I went to my mum's place BUT I wasn't able to really start right away :))

As night came, I was finally in the groove. I worked hard and finished my IE AND observation paper before 5. I wrote up an email to my professor and slept at about 5:18am.

Alarm set for 9:30 since I had to pick up my bro after his xam.

I know. An exam on a Saturday?! But it was true.

ANYWAY

Just a little after 8, my mom was gonna go, so I had to lock up after her. I heard all her instructions and somehow, though I was running on a little less than three hours of sleep by that time, I understood. After telling her to take care and all, the door was closed, ec, I was running on tiptoe chanting "bed.. bed.. bed!" hurriedly back to bed. It was cute, believe me :p

But when I got there I decided to check around online instead before I got ready :|

I decided to do my makeup that day, ready for bazaaring-ing. After all was done, this was how I looked :)

What was used:
  • Liquid foundation
  • Concealer stick
  • BareMineral Powder (to set)
  • Too Faced Primed and Poreless
  • Too Faced Shadow Insurance
  • Too FAced Duo Eyeshadow (Heaven side - base color up to the brow bone)
  • Urban Decay Naked Palette (Virgin - lid, Creep - outer v, Naked - blending/transition color)
  • MAC Blacktrack Fluidline
  • MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Comfort (blush/contour)
  • MAC Fold and Tuck Lipglass
So off I went to get my brother. We ate lunch at a mall near his school (Kitaro = suck). We checked out Japan Home, got a few stuff for cleaning the house and got something from CDR-King.

What'd I get? A USB hub/card reader! I needed one, and thanks to that, I'm able to rediscover my camera and show you some shots I took while I was bored at mum's office :)

My connector ring from F21. I'm not much of a ring girl but this is perfect :)

Shoes on sale at Topshop. Got this pair for 995 or something like that. Less than 1000php I'm sure. And yes, I took off the price sticker but wasn't that victorious :p

One of my favorite bags :)

NOTW: Chic Chestnut Brown. Prettier than it is in the pic (my grandma said that it must be her next mani color :p). Couldn't photograph it well because I wanted to eat the chocolate ASAP :|

After that, we headed home and me and my brother cleaned up. M mom got home and was happy that we actually cleaned :p Soon after resting we were off to the bazaar!

Now let's fast forward, I didn't get much the first day, and I actually went to Sol three times this weekend (once the first day, twice the second)! Yep, she was there. Should've gotten pics but I was too shy and/or too many people and/or mum'd be like "let's go" :p It was nice to actually meet her and her voice was quite pleasant and accommodating and... buh I suck at describing voices :| Anyway, you know what this means?

HAUL PICTURES

(Btw, pics were take at diff. times of the day so pardon the difference in lighting and whatnot)

Stamp for the bazaar.

Everything I actually got. (Ignore the green bag, it's random Xmas pressie material :p)

Scented candles. For the longest time, I've been wanting a burner + funky soy melts form Ichabod's Hollow BU this is the best I could get. I was gonna buy form Amber Lights Laguna buuut it was a little far for me and I don't wanna order online w/o actually smelling 'em first. So I settled with this form S&R at less than 200php a pop. I have one in Vnanilla and Rose for my room while nan got Rose, Ocean and Strawberry for All Souls Day.
Comparing the size to a polish. It's pretty huge I think. Good for the price, high fragrance, making me a happy bear :D

My super awesome data transport device :p J/k, you can read on what it is and it's just 250php. Handy? For me, it's a HELL YEAH.

Then it's time for the stuff I got form Sol :D (PS, SOl, if you're reading this, sorry for being so makulit. There's no other word for it xD)

L-R: Orly Galaxy Girl, Misa Toxic Seduction and Orly Out of This World.

I got GG the first day and the other two today the first time I stopped by Sol. I'm quite happy that I didn't totally miss out with Orly and I'm pretty happy with the price becase they're $10 and I got them for 500php each. The Misa on the other hand was 380php :)

Misa Toxic Seduction

Orly Galaxy Girl

Orly Out of This World

Lovely. Every single one of them :)

Round two!

Fal on the overly shiny pic. But after stopping by the bazaar I headed on to Makeup Forever for something I've been lemming :D


That's right. I got two lipsticks form Sol and a lipliner all for just 500 pp! And I finally have my very first MUFE Rouge Artist Intense in #17 a beautiful gold. Not the most practical color, but I promise you I'm in love with it and I have plans for it! I've been trying to find its price locally online but he only one I found actually has it wrong! But now I'm telling you, a MUFE lippie here in the Phils costs P1280. YAY FOR FUN FACTS! I'm planning to get #43 akak Moulin Rouge next :) And the guy I transacted with was nice. No pressure, no bad feeling like I get from MAC :)) And I'm prolly switching over to MUFE I guess. Should've gotten his name, huh? =\ Oh well.

So there's that. Sorry if it's long, I feel like I've been away for a while anyway. My sem isn't over yet, I still have one "gigantic requirement" left, two PAASCU meeting s and I'm hoping I don't have to take removals for OT 180.

What do you think? (Yes, about anything and/or everything I've said :p)

I'm pretty much cleaned out :p But hella happy for everything I've got!

So yay. Happy long weekend! (If you're in the Phils :p, if not, just happy weekend :p)

'Til then,
Love muchness,
Ciao!

9 comments:

Chelsea said...

MARA! Sorry again. Anyway, I know you don't want to hear anything related anymore but a small part of me likes to gossip. (I love their stuff, so okay) I think weeks or months ago they used to have this word war with TOMS. Okay, there's my lame gossip. Hehe. Moving on...

WOW! You got a lot of items! :) Haven't finished reading yet. So I'll comment some more after reading the whole thing. I'm guessing you got all of that from the bazaar?

lelila said...

hi mara! nice meeting you in person!!!

i had a hard time connecting your name and you're face! you look totally different in person, swear! Pretty girl, maybe because you're making a face in your FOTDs haha.

as in, as i told you earlier, when i woke up this morning (no time to think last night, i slept the moment i hit the bed!), shocks! that's mara-be-like-what, not the other mara buyers! crappy memory i have LOL!!!

you're mom's pretty too huh! and you're bro's makulit, not you! ang cute that you need tumakas pa from your mom LOL! and nung nakita ka, alam na alam daw san ka nya hahanapin haha!


PS! shocks, who's that seller! if ganon iniisip nya, don't tweet it na lang, keep it to herself sus!

Chelsea said...

I'm so happy with all that you got, esp. the MUFE. :) Happy long weekend, Mara. It's a good read. Hope you won't have to take the long exam.

MINAKICHU said...

Whoa! t'was a lengthy post! But I had fun reading your many interesting stories. From that arrogant tweeter, (yeah I also was like WTF!) to your makeup hauls (pls do a post about that golden lippie, I'm so curious)..also NOTD for Orly the shades looks fab! And I must add I heart those freaking shoes from topshop! So here's a lengthy comment for you too! Haha! Cheers!

Mara said...

@Chels: It's okay :)) Idk who/what TOMS is but It's okay, they're not worth my thoughts anymore :) And yeah, couldn't believe it! I don't really usually get a ton of stuff for myself. Looks like this was the first year that I was actually thanking about that more than I usually would :)

@Sol: YES! It was nice to see you, and I swear I could've listened to you handle customers all day. You seriously have a pleasant air about you that I never felt to that extent as I did when I actually met you!

As for the FOTDs... is that a good thing or a bad thing? :)) Which is better, online or real life face? :p

I bet I have worse memory :p I'll be like so I'm... what am I doing again? Haha. I should change my name. It's too common! XD

My mom's real pretty, she doesn't look her age. My brother's naturally... him, no other words for it XD

And amen for keeping it to his/herself.

@Mina: I know. It was annoying because I had trouble with it and had to type it all up again but I really missed blogging without impending doom form studying lurking in the shadows. I can't wait to change my polish up! Prolly later. I'm getting tip wear anyway XD (bad excuse). Definitely would post about the golden lippie. Haha. Sounds legendary :p

dashashash said...

hello! Ü

first, can i just say that the stench of that mind-blowing BS from that uber arrogant seller/tweeter/whatever-you-wanna-call-her still lingers? i dunno where to start but sige, i'ma save nalang my litany for our next hang-out session aka 'project'.

and please do a review on the Orly GG. convince me to get one from Sol too. =P you know how much am lusting over that one.

re Chic Chestnut Brown, am so envious! i'll make sure to get that and Caress Sea Green this week. Ü

awesome candles, btw! i've always wanted to get the soy candles from Alice Blue with [with a great assortment of scents that can make you go crazy] but i find them a tad pricey [P650 each].

ok, i talk too much. sorry. lol. thanks for this post! Ü loved it, as usual! Ü

Chelsea said...

Mara, this is a bit off-topic... But I'd like to ask in the near future would you be doing a review of some sort for Orly Metalic Chic (Matte) or Sephora's? That'd be interesting.

Matte vs. Glossy? The cool thing about the Matte ones is Matte + Glossy = Glaze. Super cool. :)

Mara said...

I don't think I'd be reviewing either :) I'm not a big fan of single matte polishes just yet (since it seems they chip easier) because I have China Glaze Matte Magic so that's enough for me to play with since it'll make anything I have matte :D

lelila said...

i prefer yung personal hehe. pics are fine but try a less goofy posing once, then ask me again haha

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