One Lovely Blog Award

Yay =) I can not believe it but this is my 100th blog post and I have received another blog award! Hopefully there are still another 100 more posts to come. Thank you so much Elina for the nomination. I love knowing that someone out there is actually reading my blog and (hopefully) enjoying it. This award’s rules are very similar to another one that I have already done, so I shall keep my answers short and sweet!

Rules:
1. Thank the blogger who nominated you and include a link to their blog.
2. List the rules and display the Award on your post.
3. Add 7 facts about yourself.
4. Nominate other Bloggers and comment on one of their recent posts to let them know they have been nominated.

My 7 Facts:

1. I am strongly against Volvic water, it just does not taste right to me (similar to Pepsi and Coke for some people.)
2. Currently, I stand at 5’7 but sadly I do not think I am going to grow anytime soon.
3. I FINALLY own a bike! Nothing fancy, but I love it.
4. Cold drinks over hot drinks any day.
5. I love to take pictures but I am pretty sure everyone knows that.
6. Non fiction over fiction (when I am listening to audiobooks!)
7. 70s and 80s music is golden.

My Nominees:
1. No Juan Is An Island
2. Gail
3. Bong Bong Books
4. Alyssa
5. khayceelyncordovilla

Sept. 25 | BLOG-TEMBER CHALLENGE

Friday, Sept. 25: Three songs you are connecting with right now.

Alessia Cara – Here (Vincent Remix)

I have decided to only mention one because I have never found a song I so deeply connect with. The first time I heard this song was on SoundCloud, so hence why I have the remixed version up. My favourite part of the song is right at the beginning where the lyrics go:

“Truly I ain’t got no business here
But since my friends are here, I just came to kick it
But really I would rather be at home all by myself
Not in this room with people who don’t even care about my well being…”

I have an introverted personality so whenever I go to a big party with tonnes of people that I do not know I can find it difficult to enjoy myself. I much prefer more intimate settings or as it says in the song, I would rather be at home. Since I have never heard lyrics of a song like this (talking about being by yourself at a party), I love its different angle and I am really connecting with this song right now. Please let me know if there is a whole collection of music like this that I am missing out on!

#blogtemberchallenge

Sept. 5 | BLOG-TEMBER CHALLENGE

Saturday, Sept. 5: Put your iTunes/music player on shuffle and share the first 10 songs that play.

This should be interesting…

Medley: Summer Love/Set the Mood (Prelude) – Justin Timberlake
The One – Tamar Braxton
Wannabe – Spice Girls
I Know What You Want – Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey & Flipmode Squad
Candy – Cameo
The Boy Is Mine – Brandy & Monica
Talking About – Conor Maynard
Mysterious Girl – Peter Andre
Gimme That Remix – Chris Brown & Lil Wayne
Oops!.. I Did It Again – Britney Spears

I think that is a fair representation of what is on my Spotify music at the moment.

#blogtemberchallenge

Some Will Win… Some Will Lose

The Philippine Community Fund Christmas Music Quiz

I first met Helen who works for the Philippine Community Fund (PCF) back in November to discuss what the charity does, how I could get involved and possibly visit their projects back in the Philippines. PCF work in some of the most depressed parts of the Philippines and help them with everything from building community schools to health programs to improve their quality of life. She also mentioned some fundraising events that they were holding including the Music Quiz.

For the Music Quiz, we could have a total of six people per group. I invited Jasmine (Miss Friendship), my sister (Charlene) and three of her friends, Trisha, Alex and Hieu. Our team name was ‘Wildcats!’ (since we were the youngest team there we thought we would embrace it and dedicate our team to High School Musical. *cringe*) On the night, there were 6 rounds with different themes and a bonus round to name the artists from their picture. There was also a raffle throughout the night to win some great prizes that included a pair of beats by Dr. Dre! (Unfortunately, we didn’t win anything big but we won a box of chocolates!) We didn’t win the music quiz (or anywhere close to winning) but we had lots of fun and I know that everyone there had as just as much fun as we did. I am looking forward to attending more of their events and to hopefully see their work in the Philippines when I go back.

The Philippine Community Fund
The Philippine Community Fund Facebook Page
I suggest subscribing to their mailing list or liking their Facebook page to stay up to date with all of their current events.