52-Week Money Challenge

So, this money challenge has been on my FB timeline for a couple of days now. A lot of my friends are sharing this one and I guess I'm sucked into it as well. If I'd be able to save this much by end of the year, then why not?

Let's see by end of year if I'd be able to complete this challenge. :)

Omiyage

Roses just got back from her trip in Japan and look what she got for me and Nikka gurl! :)

Pink Minnie & Purple Minnie!

Aren't they adorable? :) And they're so us! Thanks Roses!

The Originals

Aside from reading (and now that I'm sort of on hiatus with fangirling), I love watching TV series. Starting last year, I have been watching probably around 15 different series (I know, nag-a-adik lang and walang life) and well, The Originals is actually NOT one of them. LOL. Thing is, The Originals is a spin-off of the series The Vampire Diaries and I'm behind by 2 seasons already with it. I thought that I need to have seen TVD for me to understand The Originals. But, as a friend said, I can watch it standalone. And he's right! :D.

Given that most of the series I'm watching is on a break and won't be back until mid-January, I finally had the time to sit down and watch The Originals. I'm glad I did. :)

The story is about the Mikaelson siblings, the world's first vampires, thus called, The Originals. There's Elijah, the eldest and the noble one; Rebekah, the youngest and Klaus, the strongest simply because aside from being an original vampire, he is an original hybrid (half-vampire, half-werewolf). A werewolf, Hayley, is pregnant with Klaus' child and is being used by witches to overthrow Marcel, current "ruler" of New Orleans and Klaus' protege. Klaus, with his siblings, returns to New Orleans to reclaim what is originally his city.

I'm really loving this series. And yes, I think it's better than TVD. I have a love and hate feelings towards Klaus. Originally, I'm all Elijah. But as I continue to watch, I'm suddenly having all this love for Klaus. His character is so tortured. He's a total ass. King of all asses. But just when I'm starting to think that I totally hate him, another side of him is shown, the lonely, tortured one just looking for acceptance and happiness, and I'm again loving him. Arrggh.... 

I can't wait for the comeback episode this January! :)

Weekend Brunch

Love waking up during weekends because I usually wake up to this yummy brunch prepared by my dad :).

2014 Reading Challenges

I've always wanted to complete some reading challenges for the past years. Sadly, I was only able to complete the GoodReads reading challenge (and it's the only one I was really able to keep track of!). Anyways, for this year, I'll TRY (sorry, favorite book, dipa maka-move on) again, to do some reading challenges. I wonder how much I'll be able to accomplish by the end of the year.

I think most of the ones I chose do NOT require a review, since I'm too lazy to do real reviews. I haven't "officially" signed-up (except for the GoodReads one), but well, I'll just post their links anyways. Also, I'm still thinking of how I'll be able to track the books for the challenges. Let's see!

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2014 Goodreads Reading Challenge

Reading Challenge

I signed up to complete 300 books. Yes, 300. I finished 292 last year, so why not? :)

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A-Z Reading Challenge

This was actually a reading challenge from a Goodreads group that I'm a member of - Fans of Eloisa James & Julia Quinn .

12 Months. 26 Books. Either the first word in the title of the books or the author’s name (first or last) should correspond with a letter in the alphabet. “a” and “the” should be omitted from the titles. Letters Q, X and Z can be positioned anywhere in the titles or author names.

This is a Romance group but they allow other genres to be read as well.

For myself, I'm thinking of limiting this to just "Titles" (depends if it would be too hard to look for titles! haha) and to the Romance genre :).

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50 States Reading Challenge

Now, this one I've been TRYing to complete since 2011! But, still no success. The challenge is hosted by Book Obsessed . I'm not sure if they'll be hosting one for 2014 (no sign-up page yet).

12 Months. 50 Books. Set in each different state.

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The Eclectic Reader Challenge 2014

Eclectic Reader Challenge 2014 by Book'd Out

This is a new one. Just to challenge myself to read different genres :).

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2014 Book Bingo Reading Challenge

Hosted HERE

Also a new one! Goal to cross-out all those squares!

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And I'm also trying to read books from the NPR Lists that we've got way back! For some reason, I read a LOT but everytime I look at lists, it seems like I'm still not reading enough. :( I hope that I get to read some from those lists as well.

Ohh, and yes, I've ditched my goal to finish reading my TBR list. I finally realized that my list will forever be long! :D.. What can I say, I'm a book hoarder! I've decided to just enjoy and read from the pile as leisurely as I can :)

Good Luck to me! :)

Blog... Blog... Blog

It's been awhile since I've written anything. Well, it's a New Year and feel ko na ulit mag-blog. I just hope meron akong ma-i-blog. Not even sure what to write! :D.. And I'm afraid I might turn this page into a book blog. But then, tamad din naman ako to do actual reviews! And isn't that's what Goodreads is supposed to be for? :p.

Hmm.. Anyways, I guess if the mood strikes and whatever comes to mind, I'll try to blog. And I'll TRY hard! (*giggles* - sorry, just thought of something - book related something with the TRY thing).

Sorry if the updates are going to be mostly about books - I might be spending most of my year reading. And well, probably TV series updates or whatnot. Bahala na.

I'm rambling. And I don't think I'm making any sense.

Happy 2014!

Thor The Dark World

I've never been much of an avid movie-goer. But who wouldn't want to see a half-naked Thor? LOL. Anyways, since I can still remember gushing all about all that is godly Thor in the last movie, I was definitely up to watching the latest Thor movie - in 3D... in Imax. :p


I've managed to drag (not really, bilang kasama ko siya drooling over Thor the last time) Conchi with me.  We met at FullyBooked, The Block (as per usual) and then had an early dinner at Mary Grace. After which, Thor na eto!

I really enjoyed the movie. I think it's funnier than the first one. Ang dami kong tawa especially the ones with Loki. Tom Hiddleston is just awesome (have I mentioned that I've been fangirling for a little bit now). He's such a cutie! And he really did give Loki justice. He might have actually stolen the show, in my opinion. And wala paring chemistry whatsoever si Natalie Portman and Chris Hemsworth. *sighs* Try as I might, di man lang ako kinilig sa kanila. Kay Thor lang ako kinilig. LOL. The train scene was so cute (though wrong info daw yung nasabi dun, whatever...)!

I can't wait for the next Marvel movie.. Captain America, I think.. and Avengers 2 (though, sadly Loki is sitting this one out).

Blogging

Hay, I miss blogging. But, my muse left me, I guess. Or tamad lang talaga... I really want to post something new. Pero, ewan! I hope I'd be able to get back to this soon (at hindi next year... hahahha).

My To Be Read List

Happy New Year Everyone! :)

And I was able to finally update my TBR List. I hope that I haven't forgotten anything... So, start off, I have 352 Books in my list (WHOAH! as in WHOAH)... I think I need to stop buying for now and start reading :))).

Like last year, I'm attempting to cut my TBR in half by end of year. Good Luck to me! Current list can be found HERE