Happy 100th, Julia Child!

Today, I just wanted to send ya'al some Julia love!! Awkward, original, pioneer, hilarious, 365 and more surprises up her sleeves! Sold!

Did any of you ever watch Julia Child's TV shows? She always wiped her hands on her dress and threw flour everywhere. And her voice!! Let's not forget Madame Child's singular commanding voice! Julia never set out to be a famous chef. She herself once said, "I was 32 when I started cooking." Her late start in her career is legendary. It wasn't until she found herself a bored military wife in Paris that Julia decided to sign up for a cooking class at Le Cordon Bleu. That changed her life. She proceeded to become a true master of French cuisine, and educated and contaminated billions with her numerous books and television programs.

Any girl aspired to be Julia. Everything tracks back to her and as Anthony Bourdain said, though uniquely situated to do so, she never endorsed a thing: not a pot, not a pan, not a chain of restaurants, not a spice blend, apron or boil-in-the-bag dinner. She will be remembered for what she did on this earth, which was to inspire millions to cook -- and eat -- better." It all works because she is unpretentious and make the intimidating effortless and welcoming. Every fan of Julia ought to get a copy of "As Always, Julia", a compilation of some of the hundreds of letters she and Avis DeVoto wrote during the years up to the publication of her book.

This is why I love Uniqlo..

UNIQLO to Donate 3 Million Yen to Flood Victims of Philippine Monsoon Relief

The FAST RETAILING Group today announces that it will donate, thru its brand UNIQLO Philippines, 3 million yen (1.5M Pesos) to aid flood victims in Metro Manila and the surrounding areas where heavy monsoon rains have recently caused serious flooding damage. 

The donation will be made to the SM Foundation, the socio civ

ic arm of the SM Group of Companies, which is the parent company of SM Retail, Fast Retailing’s joint venture partner in the Philippines.

Commenting on today’s announcement, Katsumi Kubota, Chief Operating Officer of Fast Retailing Philippines, Inc., said, “UNIQLO is saddened by the current natural occurrences in the Philippines, and we would like to express our deep sympathy to all Filipinos who were affected by this calamity. We stand together with our Filipino friends in providing a helping hand.”

Now that's a good retail therapy on my book! What cracks me up are the way people messaging Uniqlo to pretty please throw a massive sale at them, as they needed Uniqlo refills being the flood victims that they were..oh well..
Oh, and others are also begging for sale so they can rid off their closet scraps and donate for good use, ah, I wonder what Uniqlo hafta say, whatever it is, UNIQLO had already won me over for donating 3 Million Yen.

Hellweek, buckets and buckets of rain, and the ugly shades of danger!

Sure, I am probably quite catastrophically grumpy these days, but can you blame me? Firstly, it has been raining non-stop for weeks now. Secondly, I hate the whiff of molds slapping right through my very nostrils. Third is that, my clothes are still too damp and smelly! See, I could go on and on but I think it’s best for me to kick my temper to the curb just for now.

Yearly it has been flooding up the neck crazy. I took my graduate studies in University of East and I've seen first hand how they are not kidding when they report on tv that flood over there is not only up the neck but even up the neck of another person on top of you, if that person is standing on your shoulders, crazy right? Today nothing fell short of different, tv are still saying acrobatics doing the pyramid would still drown on UE! What?! It wouldn’t be tradition if same thing doesn’t happen year after year? Tragic! Tragic! Tragic! Flood drives me crazy. To me, that is just high exhaustion level shooting up, up, up and up!

In a nutshell, here is the tri-color warning system:

Yellow means “caution”. Residents are advised to monitor the news for further updates. “Yellow warning” represents 7.5-15 mm rain in an hour which could also cause flooding.

Green means “go”. Go ahead and prepare for possible evacuation. “Green warning” stands for 15-30 mm rain in an hour that is also expected to continue within the next two hours. At this point, low-lying areas are expected to suffer from floods because of relatively heavy downpour. The memorable Typhoon Pedring (Nesat), which hit the country on September 27, 2011, fell within the green warning range as it had a recorded rainfall of about 15-25 mm per hour.

Red means “stop”. Better stop what you are doing now if PAGASA says your area is under a “red warning.” Evacuate. Think about the amount of rain at Typhoon Ondoy’s (Ketsana) peak when it hit the country on September 26, 2009. The recorded rainfall at that time was approximately 56 mm in an hour. According to PAGASA, if more than 30mm rain is observed in an hour, and is expected to continue in the next two hours, then low-lying areas are expected to experience serious flooding. Residents in areas that have low elevation, such as coastal towns and cities, the CAMANAVA (Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela) area, are advised to evacuate immediately.

Since yesterday, the Philippine Red Cross Amphibian, as well as the other rescue vehicles have been deployed. I hope most of you are with your families. With plenty of goods right up your stash. If you can, please donate some old tarps, mats and foods for the flood victims. A lot of malls and other avenues are open for the convenience of those who wish to shell out for the flood victims. These may be handed over to Concierge booths in all Ayala Malls, etc., now filing a mental note to make another post about emergency kit, btw, what’s in yours? 

TROUBLE IN SURI'S PARADISE..

And..somewhere around the globe, someone would love to have my first world problems..

Suri, Suri, Suri, poor darling girl got some real first world problem. This has nothing to do with Tom and Katie’s current split-up, but seems to carry much weight just as well..Oh, poor lil Suri, gahh..her serious rich kid problems, what a girl gotta do?? Mommy Katie won’t let the young Suri wear designer duds, heels, lipstick, blahblahblah..

She's issued instructions to remove Suri from all freebie lists. She's also put the word out in LA to stop any mini-me diva products being sent her way. "Tom loved to spoil Suri and indulge her, but Katie has other ideas."

Nailed it!

A few days ago, I was telling you about me sharing tidbits of what I know and have encountered. I'm thrilled having been able to nail the scores I needed even without much practice, hey but only because I love the language or perhaps because I have the passion for it. Anyway, the other side of me, would like to go further for the much harder mode as I'm always up for the challenge, however, Tic Toc, still have to see though if time would allow me to undergo such another rock in the boat! When I make up my mind, I'd be sharing what I know with you, so for those who'd wish to nail it too, I'd just be one kembot away aite? Bring it onnnnnnnnnnnn!

Pinoy Birkin Scam, latest update here!

Today, I just wish ya’al good readers out there not to be fucked with your monies and for not a single dirty soul pulling any of their funny business with you. Hm, or could be vice versa, ya know. Anyways, this is an update after the talk of the town took and immediately left with her P500-million, unfortunately for us though, her bred massively had widespread like fungus, lurking on ebay, sulit and the likes just waiting to see if any gullible one yet fell for their bait, hook, line and sinker! 

“She even asked me to have it Authenticated before purchasing.. At first, i told her that i'm positive in buying the evelyne bag. She told me i can have the hermes birkin authenticated at bagaholic or tresorie , unfortunately that time the owners of bagaholic and tresorie is not available and present. She even taught me details regarding different kinds of leather of birkin bags and made a lot of stories. She told me that she bought the item to a reputable seller and that she'd meet him if I'm not getting the bag, because she's willing to resell her birkin for a sale price of 270,000 to him and that this reputable seller is a reputable buy and sell of designer bags. Being naive and ignorant I trusted her and believed her word. Everything she told me was a lie, she even used and drafted names  that are reputable sellers of designer bag in Philippine Society.”

And why wouldn’t anyone believe her? Dressed to kill, not to mention, equipped with all her power for you to buy her well rehearsed bullshit, I see no reason why someone wouldn’t take the bait. This person is actually of high caliber to fool you silly, pretty much time to strip off the veil of deceit! She constructs elaborate lies to the highest level, but on a practical level, it’s way too hard to remember all the dirty deets (read:details) and for the record, even the best liar will lose it sooner or later.

But while they think they are fooling everyone, it’s such a surprise how often people tumble to even the most carefully crafted foolishness, as I actually don’t see the point because once you are established as a liar EVERYTHING you say is suspect so you just become this foolish psycho-path untrustworthy person. It’s just really sad though how these bitches have suddenly scathingly became so brilliant and much crafty day after day.

These smart cookies have been baked so well, you won’t believe me? See for yourself how they vulca-seal all possible loopholes which even makes them sound more believable and honest for telling you the flaws of the item you are about to get. Now, does that answer the other questionable doubt you have in mind, why is it being sold so cheaper than usual? (pretty much got ya there, didn’t she?), told you! smart cookie! But the attitude here must be: And so am I, so pretty sure between the two of us, we can ping-pong back and forth all day, but why waste my time? Who wants to bicker? Next!

Bottom line is, just always try to be critical of whatever it is you are buying. Also, stay alert and beware of death by salesman. Oh, and shall she bequeath merely a receipt of deceit, don’t ever lose it! (This is the most important piece of evidence the victims of Birkin scam forgot to ask their thief! *Ugh, sucks to be you, kidding!* As for me, nothing that is just sort of “meh” for my closet. I have enough of “meh” things on mine.

Btw, Birkin scammer was hunting down an online bag reseller and threatening her on Twitter, before her account disappeared on thin air:

” You have time to tweet but no time to answer my calls. What’s up with you?”

” Just checked. No deposit yet until now … driver is still here in my house waiting. Call me.”

” I need all the bags today.”

“My driver can pick up in your house if you don’t have time to bring it over.”

“Call me. It’s already the 28th.”

“Check your messages and bring everything this weekend to my house.”

“Soon you’ll see your photos in newspapers and perhaps on TV. Twitter and Facebook included…”

Was the scammer scammed too? Um, seriously? Fell for it yet again? No..no..nooo.noo, now seriously please pay attention! So, remember, beware of distractions, crafted alibis ahead of time, speaking of which, heck yea, of course buying time, included. This is exactly the story-teller wants you to believe…for you to keep guessing, lose your focus and get yourself dumb founded as she packs her duffel, scoots mcgoots!