This Monday wasn’t off to a good start: I almost tripped down the stairs while rushing about this morning. I managed to catch myself and avert disaster (and a few ouchies) when I somehow tripped on my house slippers as I was putting my coffee mug in the sink. It went flying off my hands (almost hitting the barcode scanner in the process) before landing on the floor in pieces, leftover coffee splashed everywhere.

Then I realized I had thawed the wrong chicken for lunch and that cost me an extra ten minutes of cooking and about two inches extra of oil.

I was sufficiently pissed, muttering angrily to myself and the heat (at seven in the morning, are you kidding me???) didn’t help at all.

Thankfully, that was the worst of it (I hope…). Now let’s talk about my hair! Here are a few photos I snapped last week:

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♥ Seeing Miley Cyrus live on June 17.

It’s no secret that I adore Miley Cyrus, not because I think her music is OMG AMAZING! but because… well, because she’s Miley. I took advantage of the Mother’s Day promotion Ticketnet had and saved about a thousand pesos on my Gold B ticket.

♥ Tara‘s birthday dinner at Crazy Katsu tonight. I love trying out new places.

♥ Getting my 50mm back. I dropped it off for repairs the day I got my haircut and I might be able to get it back this weekend. Finally!

♥ The weekend! Nothing planned but I want to go on a picnic, hang out at a playground and spend QT on swing sets, and maybe catch up on Games of Thrones and watch a bunch of old Olsen twins made-for-video movies.

I’m thinking of doing this a Monday/weekly thing!

Hello, hello. I’ve made a kind of big change in my life this week: I started waking up and going to work early! Now that my friend/neighbor, Tin, works with me, I’ve been waking up everyday at 6am since Monday. It feels great but I constantly feel strapped for time. I’ve also been clocking in ~6 hours of sleep nightly (not used to that); I definitely need to get to bed earlier.

This week’s (short) list:

Cooking/food/pasta.

What Tin and I had for lunch Tuesday.

What Tin and I had for lunch Wednesday.

What Tin and I ate Wednesday afternoon.

Today’s lunch (bacon, eggplant, red bell pepper pasta).

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I haven’t had my unnaturally-red red hair for two months when I started feeling anxious for a change. When my roots started showing, I told myself I would wait it out until the tips of my hair reached below my breasts before retouching. I figured the black to red gradient could pass off as ombre hair (aka laziness, really; something I’ve been doing since I started dyeing my hair 3 years ago). I then saw Abbie’s gorgeous gorgeous summer hair and felt pangs of jealousy (and love ♥).

Look at this beautiful lady. Photo credit: ♥

I was ready to do ombre hair properly (DIY, of course!) when I realized I wanted something… a bit radical. I adore Ruby Rose and her hair but I decided to take it further when I saw this photo, though I wasn’t so keen on having my hair buzzed down to a zero because I need hair to bleach and color.

In the end, I showed this photo of Alice Dellal to the stylist at Azta Katipunan.

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Just a quick update to show you guys what my hair looks like right now! I worked up the courage to have the left side shaved off (it’s more Alice Dellal than Ruby Rose, I guess) then bleached it to get rid of the roots. I then applied a light gray dye to tone down the yellowness. We also bleached Nan‘s hair and we’ll be dyeing it today.

I’m unsure if I should keep it blonde. It’s kind of growing on me right now but I’m still looking at dyeing it pink or red. Tell me what you think!

(It looks better now than when the second photo was taken… I think. I’ll post more about this whole thing tomorrow!)

Edited to add:

It makes me think of a tequila sunrise <3

Attempt #1 at really trying to make this a weekly thing! Or, at the very least, not a once a month thing.

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I turn a year older in less than three weeks and because I am not at peace with my position/situation in life, I am legitimately dreading it. I was having a very non-comforting conversation with my boyfriend about this today; I wailed to him (as much as one can wail over the internet)— what am I going to do with my over-the-hill self? He replied with “you’re gonna look back and be embarrassed at your younger self.”

But why can’t I have this wisdom, knowledge, etc and still be, I don’t know, 23?

(It’s okay, Helga, you don’t act your age anyway. Whether that’s a good thing or not is up for discussion. I’m just glad I don’t have to deal with things like adult acne.)

Anyway, instead of getting all sad and nancy (okay, that was terrible) on the internet/this blog/this life, I’ll just put together a list of what I’m currently doing or am into this month. This would probably be an appropriate Things I Love Thursday (TILT) entry but I am TERRIBLE at keeping up with that. Mondays and Tuesdays, I usually put together a list of things that make my little kitten heart go BABUMP BABUMP and then totally forget to write the entry and only remember it when it’s already Friday.

I need to work on that.

Back to this list— I’ll even give it a pretentious name, like… “du mois.” Yes, I totally checked Google Translate for that.

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I was supposed to stay in this weekend to give myself a chance to save money (lol) and to rest. The crazy heat and humidity had me feeling less than stellar Friday night and I could feel a full-blown cold coming when I dragged myself out of bed at 2pm on Saturday. I had dinner plans with Sam and Sanya, though, so I downed two paracetamols and put my game face on.

The plan was to eat at the elusive Van Gogh is Bipolar. I say elusive because everytime I make plans to eat there, they happen to be closed! After meeting up at a Korean grocery in Kalayaan and driving around Maginhawa for a bit (our second option was Ted P’s but they were closed, too), we ended up at Pino nearby.

Sanya and Sam are vlogging.

Read More: Snaps From The Weekend: Dinner at Pino + A Couple of Outfits.