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My 2013 Moonleaf Planner (+ Giveaway!)

hurricanekitty:

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Would you believe me if I told you this is my first time to use a planner? I initially thought planners are restrictive and only uptight people use them. I also thought that the best way to spend the day is for it to be as unexpected as possible.

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Of course I still think the latter is true but lately, I’ve been finding myself listing down things to do for the week on the back pages of my notebook and even here on my Tumblr drafts. So I’m finally taking back my biased opinion of planners since it’s evidently convenient to own one if you have a busy schedule. I decided to buy a planner the following year (which is now).

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After having this planner epiphany thingamajigger, I started scouting for planners and was surprised with how pricey the good ones are. But as luck would have it Jean of Moonleaf texted me out of the blue that she’ll give me their 2013 planner as a gift plus, another one to giveaway for you guys! :)

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If you can’t wait for the contest to end, you can buy yours at any Moonleaf Tea Shop branches. The black one costs 295php and the limited edition (only 1500 pcs produced) green costs 395php.

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CLINIQUE Loot Bag Giveaway!

Another giveaway! Yipee! Ms. Bec San Diego of mygorgeouspinkcheeks.blogspot.com is giving away these goodies for her birthday.

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Visit her site and join this giveaway by clicking the photo above. Only a day left to join so hurry up! :)

My Mother’s Day Tribute + Ms Eggplant x Laura Mercier Mother’s Day Giveaway!

Just yesterday, the world gave tribute to the most wonderful people who lived— our MOMS. It was the second time I was able to celebrate it with my little Kid and Kel.

My mother and I have such a peculiar (as I may say) relationship some people may never understand. We’d fight like cats and dogs but we reconcile like we wanna give each other the world. She was there through all my ups and downs and never gave up on me even If I had let her down.

I could never forget the moment when I myself became a mom. I was with her for a supposed-to-be weekly check-up when my doctor said I could not go home anymore since my cervix was already dilated. She stayed with me until it was full 10 cms open, until I gave birth to my son Nathan. She had to take a leave from the office just to take care of me throughout my post-partum days. If there was a so-called grandmother’s leave, she could’ve gotten a pay.

When I found out about this lovely giveaway a few days back, I knew I had to complete all the extras just so I could gain extra entries for a chance to win this for the both of us (of course, Mama will have to get more from the loot. haha!).

Ms. Sarah Tirona of http://www.fashioneggplant.com is giving away Laura Mercier products (isn’t that awesome?): Riviera palette ($40), Mineral Powder ($35), Hand Cream ($15) and gift certificates worth P200 from Mischief for make up brushes!

So friends and loveys, join now and get a chance to win all these for your wonderful moms! Click here and be redirected to her giveaway page. :)

P.S.

I love you Ma. Always have, always will.

Xoxo,

Your hard-headed Nin

sheisdainty:

Ohlala! It’s still summer here over at my blog because I have a sweet summery giveaway for you lucky dolls. Cocomo Beachwear is giving away Php 500 worth of gift certificates to two lucky readers of She Is Dainty!

I guess it’s never too late to buy that perfect swimwear ;)

To join,…

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A message to Planned Parenthood women’s rights supporters from President Obama.

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Buy Eyeglasses Online: Vision & Fashion the Frugal Way

A month ago, CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) published a piece of news about purchasing eyeglasses online; a month later, this news has already been commented on by thousands of people. With the rise of purchasing eyeglasses online, more and more eyeglass wearers have begun to focus their attention on it. However, with regard to buying eyewear online, some support it while others still have doubts about it. What has turned numerous eyeglass wearers from traditional brick-and-mortar eyeglass stores to online ones? Firmoo’s slogan tells you everything: Vision and Fashion the Frugal Way.

Most eyeglasses wearers have purchased eyeglasses at traditional eyeglass stores. Nevertheless, due to the limited styles and unaffordable prices, consumers have had to regard eyeglasses as a medical tool used to correct vision instead of a fashion accessory. But now, with the emergence of online eyeglass shopping, we can get fashionable eyeglasses at reasonable prices. Among the many online eyeglass stores, Firmoo, which combines fashion and economy, is undoubtedly the most outstanding one.

As we all know, we usually have to spend hundreds of dollars on a pair of glasses at brick-and-mortar eyeglass stores. Yet, you can get the same pair of glasses from online eyeglass stores at a fraction of the price. For this reason, buying glasses online is, so to speak, quite an economical way to get eyeglasses. Among the numerous online optical stores, Firmoo is the most economic one. Customers can usually get their beloved glasses at a price that is up to 90% lower than that in brick-and-mortar eyeglass stores. Furthermore, new customers can even get their first pair for FREE there. Some people may doubt the quality, safety, durability, etc. of eyeglasses purchased online, but there is no need to worry when purchasing from Firmoo. Firstly, all glasses provided by Firmoo are carefully manufactured by skilled workers and are strictly inspected by professional opticians before shipment, thus ensuring the quality and safety of glasses; secondly, Firmoo has developed a try-on tool for customers to try their beloved eyeglasses on so as to see how they look on them; thirdly, Firmoo has a customer service team that has always been committed to offering their valued customers the best service; lastly, all glasses available at Firmoo are provided by their affiliated factory, which is why they can offer eyeglasses at such a low price.

“We have dozens of affiliated eyeglasses factories which enable us to provide our customers with the most affordable eyeglasses around because there are no middlemen in between. Meanwhile, we have devoted ourselves to providing our valued customers with fashionable and aesthetic eyeglasses,” said Patrick Li, Firmoo’s CEO.

Compared with purchasing eyeglasses at brick-and-mortar eyeglass stores, purchasing eyeglasses online is not only more economical but also enables customers to select from more fashion elements. This is due to Firmoo meticulously picking several hundred classic styles from thousands of eyeglass models.

Firmoo CEO Patrick Li also added, “Our team has selected hundreds of classical and fashionable styles in order to save time for our customers when they are picking eyeglasses.”

So what do online eyeglass stores bring to us? We believe the answer is fashion and frugality.

For more details about how to get fashionable and economical glasses from Firmoo, please visit: http://www.firmoo.com/

If you want to get free glasses from Firmoo, please visit: http://www.firmoo.com/free-glasses.html

This article was republished from http://www.firmoo.com/z/bloggers-activity.html  Anyone who republished the article above will win a chance to get free eyewear plus free shipping from Firmoo.

You can also get free eyewear plus free shipping by writing reviews, more details from http://www.firmoo.com/z/free-bloggers.html

Republish Article and Win Free Eyewear Plus Free Shipping

Joyluck’s First Giveaway!

I am really looking forward to this. As in.. REALLY!

Ms. Joy Merced of Bundles of Joy, a fellow Cavitena, is giving away an 88-color palette, tropical shimmer eyeshadow by BH cosmetics for her very first giveaway.


The giveaway is open to anyone with a philippine postal address. So hurry friends, join now! The contest rules are easy-peasy and ends in a matter of days. :)

Click here to enter.


theatlantic:

Born in the Gulag: Why a North Korean Boy Sent His Own Mother to Her Death

Nine years after watching his mother’s hanging, Shin In Geun squirmed through the electric fence that surrounds Camp 14 and ran off through the snow into the North Korean wilderness. It was January 2, 2005. Before then, no one born in a North Korean political prison camp had ever escaped. As far as can be determined, Shin is still the only one to do it.He was 23 years old and knew no one outside the fence.Within a month, he had walked into China. Within two years, he was living in South Korea. Four years later, he was living in Southern California.
Stunted by malnutrition, he is short and slight — five feet six inches, about 120 pounds. His arms are bowed from childhood labor. His lower back and buttocks are scarred with burns from the torturer’s fire. The skin over his pubis bears a puncture scar from the hook used to hold him in place over the fire. His ankles are scarred by shackles, from which he was hung upside down in solitary confinement. His right middle finger is cut off at the first knuckle, a guard’s punishment for dropping a sewing machine in a camp garment factory. His shins, from ankle to knee on both legs, are mutilated and scarred by burns from the electrified barbed-wire fence that failed to keep him inside Camp 14.
Shin is roughly the same age as Kim Jong Un, the chubby third son of Kim Jong Il who took over as leader after his father’s death in 2011.
Shin was born a slave and raised behind a high-voltage barbed-wire fence. His mother beat him, and he viewed her as a competitor for food. His father, who was allowed by guards to sleep with his mother just five nights a year, ignored him. His older brother was a stranger. Children in the camp were untrustworthy and abusive. Before he learned anything else, Shin learned to survive by snitching on all of them.
Love and mercy and family were words without meaning.
Read more. [Image: AP]

A chilling account of the only person born into a North Korean prison camp and escape. It’ll leave you speechless.

theatlantic:

Born in the Gulag: Why a North Korean Boy Sent His Own Mother to Her Death

Nine years after watching his mother’s hanging, Shin In Geun squirmed through the electric fence that surrounds Camp 14 and ran off through the snow into the North Korean wilderness. It was January 2, 2005. Before then, no one born in a North Korean political prison camp had ever escaped. As far as can be determined, Shin is still the only one to do it.

He was 23 years old and knew no one outside the fence.

Within a month, he had walked into China. Within two years, he was living in South Korea. Four years later, he was living in Southern California.

Stunted by malnutrition, he is short and slight — five feet six inches, about 120 pounds. His arms are bowed from childhood labor. His lower back and buttocks are scarred with burns from the torturer’s fire. The skin over his pubis bears a puncture scar from the hook used to hold him in place over the fire. His ankles are scarred by shackles, from which he was hung upside down in solitary confinement. His right middle finger is cut off at the first knuckle, a guard’s punishment for dropping a sewing machine in a camp garment factory. His shins, from ankle to knee on both legs, are mutilated and scarred by burns from the electrified barbed-wire fence that failed to keep him inside Camp 14.

Shin is roughly the same age as Kim Jong Un, the chubby third son of Kim Jong Il who took over as leader after his father’s death in 2011.

Shin was born a slave and raised behind a high-voltage barbed-wire fence. His mother beat him, and he viewed her as a competitor for food. His father, who was allowed by guards to sleep with his mother just five nights a year, ignored him. His older brother was a stranger. Children in the camp were untrustworthy and abusive. Before he learned anything else, Shin learned to survive by snitching on all of them.

Love and mercy and family were words without meaning.

Read more. [Image: AP]

A chilling account of the only person born into a North Korean prison camp and escape. It’ll leave you speechless.

Reminiscing my days in Mindanao. This was taken almost two years ago in Iligan. The shore’s really messy, btw, given that it’s along the road. Everyone can swim for free. lol =)

Reminiscing my days in Mindanao. This was taken almost two years ago in Iligan. The shore’s really messy, btw, given that it’s along the road. Everyone can swim for free. lol =)

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