Quotes.

• There are no deaf as those who don’t want to hear. – Corona De Lagrimas.

• You may not be rich enough to buy your dreams but you can be rich enough to buy the basics. – Shanah

• Desire makes the future but avarice kills the future.  -The Fugitive: Plan B

• If you admit to your mistakes, the past becomes the present. – The Fugitive: Plan B

• The good people attach good strings. The bad people attach bad strings. – The Fugitive: Plan B

• You’re relationship is a house of cards. Don’t open the door for a breeze. – Awkward.

• When we lose someone we love, we have the obligation to honor their memory. – ARROW

• A sure enemy is better than a vague friend. – The Fugitive: Plan B

• Curiosity is the root of all illnesses, it’s more harmful than drugs. – The Fugitive: Plan B

• To live is to form a small cloud. To die is to scatter that cloud. – The Fugitive: Plan B

• Every fight in this world has an end, except for family quarrels. – The Fugitive: Plan B

• Nothing inspires forgiveness quiet like Revenge. – Gossip Girl

• It’s better to be a king of your silence than a slave to your words. – Forbidden Passions

• Lying is really an art. An art you learn with experience. – Shelter For Love

• The things that are worthy don’t come cheap. – Shelter For Love

• Like a hurricane of hatred that’s out of control. – La Patrona

• When we choose to keep secrets, they sometimes become even harder to bear. – La Patrona

• People tend to rely on what doesn’t change. – The Fugitive: Plan B

• Many live beautifully after becoming a traitor, but no one dies beautifully. – The Fugitive: Plan B

• Real love takes more than just emotions. – The Fugitive: Plan B

• Modesty is a virtue for mediocre individuals. –Corona De Lagrimas

Chemically Induced?

A few weeks ago, I discovered this light patch of skin on my chin while in the process of checking my face. You can’t imagine how shocked I was by the discovery! My heart broke into a gallop as I became more frantic! I kept asking myself if I was getting vitiligo at my age while I did an all over body check for missed symptoms.
The knowledge that only my chin was affected put my mind at ease for a little bit. I tried to recall what might have brought it on which wasn’t so hard to figure out since I had mixed acne cream to my usual body cream to help take care of the rash that had broken out on my face. I probably used the mixture for a month at most.

I immediately ceased with the acne cream and prayed the depigmentation disappears before it turned into full blown vitiligo. I went to Wikipedia to assure myself that it wasn't what I thought and if at all it could go away? I learned there is such a thing as chemically induced vitiligo which can either be static or disappear with time. Also the usual symptomatic areas of vitiligo are the mouth, eyes, fingers and armpits. If either of those show discolouration, then…

It’s coming to a month since I stopped using the acne cream and I am glad to say the patch is slowly fading. If it was to be static: I wouldn’t have minded because it is directly under my lower lip, a thing only a closer look at my face would bring to attention. And it would serve as a reminder to never mix creams – something I shouldn’t have done in the first place cause of how sensitive my skin is. I never use facial powder, foundation etc because I break out immediately and any form of bruise on my body takes forever to fade!

When??

When will her problems end?
When will we be free of the constant worry brought on by these problems?
When will we be free of the fear in our hearts for her life?
When will her smile come from the heart and not clouded by the sting of tears?
When will she be truly happy and not bogged down by sad thoughts?
When will she learn it’s not always about the material things?
When will she be content enough to accept and believe in it?
When will we be as carefree as we were a few years ago?
When will they re-discover the love they shared back then?
When will their voices ring with the laughter in their souls and at themselves?
When will they look and smile at each other with love in their eyes?
When will they remember what they mean to each other and all they have been through?
When will they mend the rift that seems to drive them further apart?
When will they remember what it means to have each other’s backs and no one else’s?
When will they rebuild the trust they had in each other?
When will they forgive and get over past indiscretions and misdeeds?
When will they bridge the gap, mend fences and go back to who they were? When it seemed so right?
When will it all go back to the way it was?
Before life takes it all away and makes it impossible?

Dusty Purple.

It’s been awhile since I did a post on the state of my nails. The reason is I use the Avon Midnight Plum whenever I decide to because I love the colour and I did a post about it here. Hard as it may be to believe or not, I have one nail polish in my life at the moment and that’s it.
I recently borrowed my mother’s nail polish this time round to try on. I thought it was a dirty brown cause of how it looked in the bottle but on application, it turned out to be a dusty purple. I spent an entire day ruminating over this until I finally had my suspicions confirmed by Google.

It looks like a very dark brown in the dark and a very dirty purple during day. It is such an odd colour though, something only an experimenter or curious soul like myself would wear. I recommend it to those with a light complexion because it really brings it out. The contrast in the dark is really something.

Tip: The trendy nail colours at the moment are nude, mint and blue.

Expressions.

I’ve had the urge to get my hair for the longest time that it suddenly became something I couldn’t ignore anymore. I felt I shouldn’t look like a certified village belle just because I am a homebody nowadays, it’s no excuse to let oneself go. Sometimes, you need a bit of glam to make you feel better and looking pretty 24/7 does that.
I had my hair done twice in the space of a day. I got it weaved on 04/04/14 and I hardly recognized myself. It was a weave I had used before but red this time. When the job was done, I looked like a redheaded scarecrow. The worst I have ever looked with a weave!
With a lot of misgivings and a heavy heart, I gave myself a night to sleep on it then see if everything would be rosy in the morning. After flat ironing and a lot of oiling on Saturday of 05/04/14, it didn’t look any better just more polished. It was then that I unequivocally proceeded to take it out.
Everyone at home was surprised by how fast I’d taken it out but I felt better going around with my God given hair than be seen with a bad hair job even if at home. Luckily, my mother had decided to get hers done too and fortunately for me, she let me get it re-done on 06/04/14.
Much as I have a veritable home salon, I find human hair weaves hard to maintain. I hate having to iron or curl whenever the need arises so I chose to use Expressions; a synthetic weave I first used in 2012 (but removed after two weeks) and a different weaveologist. Before it was all done, I felt and looked more like myself so much so that I thanked her profusely.

The Shanah everyone knows

Moles and all, this is the Shanah everyone is used to. Ironically, the compliments flew in immediately unlike the day before where everyone had looked and kept quiet.

The Fugitive: Plan B.

The Fugitive Plan B cast

After IRIS’ intense and tragic end, I didn’t have to wait long for the next Korean Drama as The Fugitive: Plan B aired right on it’s heels. It was such a welcome comic relief and so different from IRIS. None of that political, espionage stuff and the war between the North and South Korea.
This is  about a Private Investigator and his client whose entire family had been killed due to gold discovered and hidden during the Korean  war. The client is in search of her family’s murderer and the reasons why. The underlying issues are the villain’s son’s political aspirations as the next president and his need to take care of all the people who know about the gold so the son’s aspirations come to fruition.
I loved it because I found it quite funny and it starred Bi Rain (Private Investigator) who won an MTV Award for Ninja Assassin. It is neither sappy nor sob story-ish and Na-young Lee (client) is a fearless female. No swooning and simpering for her. She gives as good as she gets without having a hair out of place. The scene where she’s dishing out kicks in the sand absolutely blew my mind.
Bi Rain looked so young a times but he is good (Koreans have such fantastic genes). I never watched Ninja Assassin so seeing him in this made me believe. Also, it is the second time I see David Henney in a Korean series, first was in My Lovely Samsoon where he was quite young. In this; he is very grown up and HOT! I guess even hotter now, considering this is a 2008 serial.
The good thing about Korean series is; they are 22 episodes long if not periodical dramas and they pack quite a lot in the hour and half duration per episode. They are so well written and the plot never drags.
I absolutely love this song from the series and naturally, I downloaded it. I hope y’all like it too.

A March Retrospective.

Sad to see March go. It was filled with so much inspiration that I have nothing to do but appreciate. For those of you who are in any way or form artistically inclined, you’d know how rare this is.
As I was going through my sketchbook a few days ago, I noticed majority of my drawings were done in March this year. This is due to the fact that I successfully date marked most of them this year unlike the previous ones. There were a few moments where I had to scratch my head trying to figure out when I did a particular drawing.
Aside from the drawing, I made quite a few accessories this past March. I found a new home for my little heart, made my first pair of earrings amongst others. March has been really good inspiration-wise. I am glad my muse is still with me.

On to April now. April made me a few promises that it is yet to keep.  I keep on thinking and wondering if at all it will deliver? Only God knows this. But until then…
Happy month of the Fool everyone.