Behold -- Orly Galaxy Girl :D Two coats. In this shot it was taken at my school before our meeting started today :p 2 coats, three days old :3
A close up shot.
A closer close-up? :p
Different views, still indoors.
Outdoors in the sun.
It's a really interesting color. It's mostly a dark violet base that pulls off hints of burgundy in particularly bright sunlight. The sheen it pulls off is mostly blue though green seems most apparent in the bottle and if you look under different angles and/or hard enough, you'll detect magenta shimmers. When I asked myself what words could describe this shade (aside from the colors that have come to mind), the first to come to me are mysterious and almost vampy, especially since I'm looking at my hand with my sparrow connector ring on :p Adds to the effect.
BUT the sad thing is, this isn't being carried locally. I got mine through Sol at Digital Traincase for 500php so it's best to turn to her if you have your eyes on this. BUT (yes, another but) if you want a similar duo-chrome effect and don't care for the triple digit price tag then I recommend you try 24k Black Pearl for 29php available at select Watsons stores.
Here's the two together. Looks completely different right?
But if you look at me holding it like this and I told you that I was wearing 24k, you may believe me :p
The difference? There's much more shimmer particles in Orly's polish, it's chunkier and catches the light better. When I wore the 24k polish, the green sheen (compared to the blue sheen from Orly) was pretty much a thin sliver while that of Orly's is more of a band than a sheen.
Next?
Freedom.
Since yesterday, I'm officially "free."
From academic work that is. Today I had a PAASCU meeting, tomorrow I get my class cards and on Friday I have to attend to something personal/important. I'm also toying with the idea of working for a week just to earn a little extra but I'm not entirely sure yet. What I'm most excited for though is time with the family :) After my meeting today I felt light, free, happy. Snapped random pics, too.
But of course, I can't help but look back at my journey and be thankful for the people who helped me through it :) It's been a rough ride but I've survived thanks to God and the angels he sent me -- friends.
October 19. With Donna. I was feeling worthless that day, forgot what my status was but she took the time out to reach out to me and said this.
Donna: You are a wonderful person. :)
Mara: *hugs* Awww :) Love ya, Donna :D
Mara: You're wonderful as well :)
Donna: I swear it's true. :) So if ever you really feel empty, remember there's still a percentage inside you that is worth loving :)
Mara: :"> Thanks, Donna :)
That caught me off guard. Donna, you don't know just how that affected me, but thank you :) You gave me hope that day.
October 20. The fieldwork AND finals for OT180 was going to be the day after. I was losing steam, losing hope again and I was filled with anxiety. Instead of waiting for a miracle, I asked for one. And you know what? The results overwhelmed me :)
19 likes. NINETEEN. I was hoping for like two or three but look at that :) So now I want to thank all them peoples in the order facebook's showing me :p
- Glenda
- Kaka
- Ate Da
- Jan
- Ernest
- Millie
- Gi
- Luis
- Sam
- Isay
- Andrian
- PatZu
- Mica
- Julz
- Suyen
- Em
- Niel
- Yayie
- Shiela
You guys gave me hope :)
And I looked for another sign, thinking I had nothing to lose.
I know it's facebook, blah, blah, blah. But in that moment, I felt that those words were meant for me. I still do.
October 21. Do or die.
I ended my "training" at 3am. I was at peace knowing that I've done what I could and that I needed rest. Before the exam, I was a wreck, I was all over the place. After the exam I half-could-not-care as I had my fieldwork to worry about. I mainly gobbled up my brunch and prepared (best I could) for fieldwork.
The day was hard to get through, 1/3 of me said, "the day is finally over," another 1/3 said, "I'm so anxious, I wish all I've done is enough," and the last 1/3 said, "it's all okay, you'll be alright now." I got home, tired, feet hurt, wet as the rain didn't yield to my umbrella. I saw this and again, I took it as a sign.
October 22. OT 179 news and trying to do my IE
"Lord, thank You for 179. Really, thank You. Just 180 now :) Hope it'd be okay even though what happened to me with fieldwork was a SUPER SUPRISE!"
List of those for removals came out. I wasn't listed :) I passed!
"I really hope so :) Today, I'll do my IE because tomorrow I have something important to take care of and I need enough strength. Thank you :)"
It was hard starting, I wouldn't have if it weren't for April. Later in the evening, I finally got into the groove of it though I did lose steam as midnight approached...
Haha. This? Well I was, as I said, losing steam sometime around midnight when Jigz suddenly messaged me. I was surprised he did and he showed me his new "crown" via webcam. It was funny. I'm not posting the big picture as I'd like to give him some peace, but yeah, t'was pretty funny and gave me enough life to get on with my IE. The comments? He was making puns. 1 out of 3 puns was good :p He told me to get back to studying/working and I surprisingly had no problems doing that. Somehow I can't help but think that the unfolding of events were really in my favor then. I ended up sleeping sometime afer 5am but hey, I was done :)
October 26. Judgment day
Fast forward to yesterday. It was judgment day.I wore all the lip products I hauled from the weekend :p Why? Sometimes I look at makeup as my war mask and I had to put my game face on. My red lips highlighted subtly with gold was a hit XD I had my meeting with my faculty teammates, hung out with Mai a little, helping her look for a dorm/apartment for the next sem and soon, we were waiting for our prof to come around. Call time was 3 but prof wasn't there yet so I just chatted up with my friends. Jolo came around and I HAD to take a pic of his awesome shirt!
Shirt = EPIC WIN.
Soon, our prof came with a huge stack of papers -- our finals. My heart skipped a beat and we ran inside the classroom to see how we did. I looked at the grade sheet. At first I though I failed, my heart sunk as I remember I calculated around 210 or something as my target but I got around 204 instead but when I looked at the percentage, I remembered something. I calculated 75% as my target but I still passed :) I got 72% and when I checked everything, I realized that I passed! I asked my prof to be sure, too! But in the end, this was all I could say when on FB when I got home
Thank God.
Thanks to Miki who's always there for me, and though you may feel under appreciated, I do appreciate you being there no matter what. Sorry for when I snap and when I have terrible memory for my age, but do know I love you.
Thanks to my family. When I told them I passed my subjects they said they were really happy and thankful as they'd see me stay up a lot. They told me they were proud of me :)
Thanks to my friends/the believers. Up 'til the very end, you all prayed for me and all the "God bless" 's were really just wow.
Next sem, I'll try/fight even harder. For now, I'll enjoy victory :)
That's it.
I'm a happy girl.
Hope you're all doing well, too :)
'Til then,
Love muchness,
Ciao!
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