A decent haircut, finally! :) (Taken with instagram)

“Why you gotta treat me like that? Don’t be like that, because I deserve better than this.”

I’m still alive and sorry if I don’t update a lot. These things called Marketing Plan papers, Feasibility papers, endless Logistics homework, and even tetris battle are taking up almost 95% of my time. I will just say hello to all my new followers. I’m Steph. I’m a Business Ad student and I don’t look like eighteen years old. :)

Random doodles from my notebook. This is what I do most of the time to fight boredom and to waste the time during my class every Wednesday. Special thanks to my friend, Jake, for allowing me to use his phone for this. :)

This post is dedicated to my lost 50mm f/1.8 II lens. /wrist.

Photos were taken at the University of Sto. Tomas last August 8, 2011. I don’t personally know the wedding couples here. I just took a snapshot of them before they leave the church. Hee. Processed this old photos just to practice my ~”adobe skills”~ and also to remind me that I have to save up my allowance to buy a new prime lens.

Starbucks 2012 Planner

I finally have my own SB Planner. This is my very first time to purchase (not totally purchase. Whatever!) a product from Starbucks and I don’t regret it. I was tempted to buy one from my friend but I still prefer to collect stickers every time I go there. The experience of drinking my favorite coffee and being with my boyfriend, mom, friends or just by myself is priceless.

To end this post, I am going to have my very first giveaway! And since I love notebooks/planners, two of my lucky readers are going to get not just one but two planners! I will post the giveaway entry next week so watch out for it! :)

Last Christmas

Was a very dramatic Christmas for me. If you’re following me on twitter maybe you already had a gist on w hat I’m talking about. Our class resumed yesterday (January 2! WTF!!) so I have to go back to Manila at Jan 1. I’m still exhausted and I haven’t gained back my energy. Going back to the title, since I am far away from Manila and from my boyfriend, I just received his gift for me yesterday. And now, I’ll post it here.

Doodle Book from Artwork.

Wallet from Penshoppe

And a heart necklace. <333

I wasn’t expecting that he’ll give me these stuff. Especially the heart necklace, omg! Hahaha! :D I’m just thankful that I have a loving boyfriend. I love you, Honey! :)

Tried to use the splitter on Photoscape. Processed the photo on CS5, though.

Nebula Eyes Effect

Here is a self-studied image processing that I accidentally learned a while ago. It’s easy and I know that everyone can do it! :)

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Random

Second year-end post. From one of my Flickr photo-set titled “Random”.

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What kind of a blogger are you?

After you’ve read the title of this post, I’m sure that the only thing that pops into your mind are the “fashion-photographer-personal-food” blogger stuff. Well, that’s okay. But now, I want to introduce you to a new (not totally new) type of blogger. Say hello to the Kind Hearted Blogger.

This is a campaign that was started by Joanne of emjayandme.blogspot.com on July 28, 2010. Here’s a short gist on how this pledge was started.

“I was recently involved (I don’t like the word “victim”) in a situation that was hurtful.  I got angry about it, I lost interest in blogging, I blamed.  but then I thought, “what can I do to change this?”  I can speak from my heart, and I can make an effort to be mindful of not doing the same to others.  and, even better I can hope that others will join in and do the same. And so the “kind-hearted blogger” campaign was born.” - Joanne

And then the pledge…

1. create, inspire, and admire rather than compete with fellow bloggers

2. be understanding of each other— in the blogging community, as well as in the world

3. stay away from internet/blogging bullying

4. speak my opinion freely, while still being mindful of other’s feelings— be tactful.

5. make an effort—no matter how big or small the gesture, to spread kindness or joy to others

6. acknowledge that I will make mistakes, (I am only human) but remember to learn from them

7. know that at times I will post about the negative stuff in life, and maybe even some complaining (I am only human) but I will always follow up with something happy/positive too.

8. believe that this world is a good place, filled with good people.

And lastly, you can add a banner (see image below) for those who want to join in.

Go directly here to get the codes of the banner and see her full story about this campaign. Feel free to join and take the pledge. Be a kind hearted blogger, too! :)