Khryzette’s Bucketlist

Earlier today, I came across an interesting website. Bucketlist.org lets people post their bucket lists online where others can see them too. I’m guessing the purpose is to inspire one another in catching their dreams, but what really caught my attention is the ability of the website to show everyone else what the world has to offer. I discovered a lot of new things from the bucket lists of other people all over the world, which also made me want to do those things too.

Whoever made this site is a genius. Think about it. Who in the world has never made a bucket list in their entire life? You don’t need a pen and paper to say that you have officially made a bucket list. Just the mere thought of that thing that you want to do before you turn eighteen or before you die, you are already unconsciously building your bucket list.

Whether it’s for academic purposes or personal uses, I’ve always found it comfortable to make to-do lists. Somehow it makes me feel more organized and less forgetful.  Maybe this is also the reason I took interest in this website in the first place.

If you guys don’t mind, I want to share my bucket list too!
✯ Travel to AT LEAST 11 different countries/cities (excluding Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, and Osaka).
✯ Learn to speak Japanese fluently
✯ Ride a Vespa.. IN ROME.
✯ Learn to shoot a firearm
✯ Ride the hot air balloon
✯ Play Poker… IN LAS VEGAS.
✯ Make a snowman and a snow angel
✯ Skydiving!
✯ Ride a camel
✯ Spend $10,000 shopping in Tokyo or New York
✯ Drink wine… IN ITALY.
✯ Get to the uppermost part of the Eiffel Tower
✯ Swim with the dolphins
✯ MATTRESS SURFING :>
✯ Backpacking in Europe
✯ See the Northern Lights
✯ Stay in Poseidon Hotel (Fiji)
✯ Carve my name on a tree
✯ Finish a 365 Photography Project
✯ Ride a limo like Chuck Bass
✯ Read 1000 books
✯ Learn to play a musical instrument
✯ Have my haircut in an expensive salon in Japan (and have a Japanese hairstyle)
✯ Get drunk in another country and get lost
✯ LEARN TO COOK
✯ Take a homeless person out for dinner
✯ Go after my dream job
✯ Create a handwritten journal
✯ Visit the Louvre
✯ Spend new year’s eve in Tokyo or New York
✯ TIE-DYE WITH FRIENDS at someone’s garden like Lizzie McGuire
✯ Have my picture taken with a Hollywood star (preferably someone I like)
✯ Crush grapes using my feet in a Vineyard
✯ Become a panelist at an Opman or Marketing defense :>
✯ Dinner in the sky [Belgium]
✯ Meet someone of royalty!
✯ Eat an ENTIRE pizza by myself
✯ Show up at an airport with a bad and passport. Take the first available flight. (Yay, Japan passport!)
✯ TACSIYAPO
✯ Play baseball at a baseball stadium in Japan
✯ Watch Shakespeare at The Globe
✯ Ice Hotel (’nuff said)
✯ Visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Universal Studios Orlando)
✯ Ride a horse
✯ Drink a butterbeer
✯ Learn how to surf
✯ Pull off the best April fool’s prank ever!
✯ [Impossible but you never know...] Pet my own dragon
✯ Visit where Harry Potter was filmed!

Yup, it’s a long list, but I’m not yet done. Why don’t you start listing down things you want to do too?

#rant

Yes, Khryzette. I think this is fate’s way of telling you that you are now officially experiencing life.

I just realized how young and foolish I was when I thought that I have made a couple of life-changing decisions back in college. Now I understand why my mom would look at me the same way I look at my younger sister whenever she thinks like she knows a lot of things more often than not. It’s because I’ve always put my head high thinking I’m a grown up already. Well, stupid of me. Choosing which college I should go to, which career path is the best for me, or which company I should work for may have been some decisions I had to make that brought me to where I am now. I must tell you; they weren’t easy. Maybe that’s why I’ve always thought I’ve gone through a lot these past few years.

I’ll be honest. I’ve never felt so confused and lost in my entire life. I’ve always felt like I was in control of everything despite being out of hand with some things. But this time, I feel like I dropped a 10,000-piece fixed puzzle and don’t know where to start putting them back together again. Trust me. It’s worse than staring into blank space. At least with blank spaces, you get to clear your mind and have room to think. In this case, you don’t even have a second to think anymore because every thought is screaming inside your head. Good thing I don’t get headaches–or maybe I said it too soon.

It is true that I have impulsively accepted the job offer. It is also true that pride may have played a big part in this step of my life. I will also not deny that OpMan wasn’t my favorite subject back in college, which brings me to the question: what am I doing here? I’m not sure what’s better: to have a choice or not? I mean, if you think about it. I don’t like my job–but I don’t have anywhere else to go. What choice do I have? It’s not like bumming around is an option. Although I am left with misery, at least that makes things easier for me. But when you have two choices and the pros and cons weigh equally, it’s like a death sentence. I know I said I never regret anything I did–I just learn from my mistakes. Unfortunately, this time I feel regret in every decision I made these past few months.

So, now I’m stuck. I didn’t expect that there was going to be a quicksand along the journey so I wasn’t really able to prepare myself from getting sucked in and being unable to lift my feet from the sticky mud. Now I have two options: give up and leave my feet sucked into the mud until someone comes (even if it takes a year or two) or fight with all my might to get passed through the quicksand to finish the journey early.

One thing I realized from this is no matter how hard what you’re doing, as long as it is something you find worthwhile your time, it will always be worth it at the end of the day. I get more than eight hours of sleep everyday. I enjoy weekends and holidays. I am paid very well. I get to take a leave whenever I want as long as I inform my boss in advance. It may sound like I’m having the time of my life, but I would rather take my friend’s job where she has to give up her weekends, sleep five hours if she’s lucky, and get paid not as much just because I LOVE WHAT SHE’S DOING.

Remember Ateneo Open? After work, I go home and check my e-mail and facebook for updates. I finish at around 5 AM and get enough sleep for the next day if I’m lucky. During the weekend itself, I had less than 8 hours of sleep for four days and wasn’t able to eat at least twice a day. But you know what? I’d repeat it all over again if I had the chance to [uy, Ateneo Open 3? HAHA!]. With my job that treats me well [I think?], I just can’t wait for my bond to end.

#unorganizedthoughts
#rant
#excusemygrammar

F21 Mall of Asia: Service FAIL

You know what really pissed me off? It was the fact that I haven’t shopped for ages and I don’t think I’ll have the time to shop again soon. The two-hour shopping spree turned out to be a waste of my time–and obviously the saleslady didn’t get it. Now I have to wait for another month or two to go shopping. GREAT.

Today was supposed to be spent for family time. Since I’ve been busy with work and Ateneo Open, I almost never had time for my family. When I realized that I can’t remember the last time I had a decent meal with them, I became desperate and asked for their time today.  But since I’m running out of clothes to wear, I asked a tiny favor from them if I could use a couple of hours to go shopping before we go on with our little “bonding”. I went straight to Forever 21 because I’ve always found it easy to shop there.

My sister and I went around for almost two hours, gathering clothes we liked. After that, I went ahead to the dressing room because the mesh bag was already heavy and full. Of course I can’t take everything with me inside the dressing room. The saleslady took six pieces from the bag and handed them to me with a new bag, asking me if it was okay if I do the fitting six pieces at a time. I was fine with it, until I was done fitting the first batch. THEY COULDN’T FIND THE REST OF THE CLOTHES.  At first I was calm and patient, but when one saleslady started to raise her voice and sounded as if she had nothing to do with it (when in fact it was her who took the rest of the clothes before I went inside the dressing room), I couldn’t help but give them the taray face. SERIOUSLY? My sister and I were there for at least twenty minutes, waiting for them to find the rest of the clothes. At the end, I didn’t like the trouble I was causing the other customers, so I decided to leave the dressing room not buy anything for myself anymore.

While I was waiting for my sister to finish, there was a saleslady who came up to me to apologize and make sure I was okay. She also insisted on getting the clothes again for me, but, really, I wasn’t in the mood already. Here’s the catch, this saleslady was not the one who lost the clothes. Honestly, at first I felt irritated at her because she didn’t stop talking, but after she left, I actually felt better. Kudos to her.

Dear Forever 21 MOA, yes, the clothes are great, but if you keep on doing this, I guarantee you that you will lose your customers one by one.

#ReallyPissed

Forever 21: SALE

I can’t remember the last time I went shopping. I think I’m in need of new clothes. Time to burn some cash!

P.S. This one’s just in the Philippines.

 

IPANEMA Goodies

I would like to personally thank one of our Presenters, Ipanema, for sponsoring this year’s Ateneo Open by sharing one of their gift packs that were distributed as one of the products to be given away. Guess what’s inside this super cute case?

At first, everyone thought it was a laptop case. (Well, it kind of looks like one doesn’t it?) But, once you open the case, you’ll be surprised what’s inside. Kashka wasn’t kidding when she said that Ipanema’s gift packs are not only useful, but also very cute!

Not only do you get one pair of slippers inside the case, but TWO pairs! It’s like a slippers’ case. Instead of putting laptop inside, you use it to bring your slippers. It’s a good way to bring your footwear to the beach.

Ipanema has also given away other gift packs, GCs, and slipper key chains to our spectators, volunteers, and players. Hope everyone had fun with their Ipanema freebies!

Thank you, Ipanema!

Final words…

On behalf of the Ateneo Open core team, I just want to impart my last words about Ateneo Open this year.

I think it is my responsibility to apologize to the teams for having a hard time with the messy schedule. I do admit that the number of teams joined this year were not controlled properly; hence, finishing the championships at 1 in the morning. There’s also a reason behind the awful schedule that made teams wait for hours for their next game. Although we have tried our best considering each team, we found it hard to account for the schedule of the thirty teams.

I’d also like to send my thanks to the following people: first, the teams and coaches that joined this year and made time to be part of the Ateneo Open history. I’m really grateful for the patience and kindness that they have shown before, during, and after the event. Second, it is important that I thank the Ateneo men’s and women’s volleyball teams for their support through providing our  promotional and logistical needs. They have made a big impact in attracting over 700 spectators in those two days. Without these supporters, the tournament would not have been this successful. Third, those people who stood out in helping us make the event possible. Those who weren’t really part of the planning, but have made themselves present during the event and those who have help us create the Ateneo Open image not only online, but also through print media. Fourth, the Blue Eagle Gym staff for making a lot of considerations for the event to push through and met us halfway to give the teams’ demands and needs. Fifth, our sponsors who gave their support and trusted us with the deals. Sixth, the vendors who sold their products during the event and, made sure that spectators and players were well fed. And last, but not the least, the core team and AVC volunteers who made time and put effort in helping out with the manpower needed before and during the event.

A lot of people have congratulated me alone, but in reality, these people deserve the “congratulations” more than I do. Making the event successful was a team effort and I could not have done it without them. Funny how everyone has encouraged me to make this an annual tournament, but until now it is still undecided because it will also depend on these people if we’ll make it next year again.

The question now is: should there be an Ateneo Open 3? :>

P.S. Pictures will be uploaded in the Ateneo Open Facebook page soon.

Ateneo Open wants to help!

Because of the bad weather recently, there is a possibility that the tournament will be POSTPONED or CANCELLED. But as of now, it has been decided that the event will still push through this weekend given that the rain will stop by tomorrow. Final decision will be released on Friday. Teams will be informed first before the public, of course.To answer everyone’s question about entering the Ateneo campus on the tournament days, YES, outsiders are allowed to watch the tournament inside Ateneo. This is why we imposed the entrance fee of P40 for those who want to watch the annual event.

In the event that the tournament pushes through, the core team has decided to put up a booth where Ateneans and outsiders can donate anything that can help those who were badly affected by the continuous heavy rain. Clothes, food, drinks, and cash are welcome. Other things that might help those who are homeless now would be great too. Rest assured that these will proceed to the student council of Ateneo and will immediately distributed to those in need.

We are hoping that everyone’s safe in their homes and people are taking the best measures to be careful.

Thank you.

#RescuePH

From: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19160604

Almost everyone is aware of what’s happening now. I hope this post will help everyone finding their own way of helping out. I collated some of the posts I saw from Twitter and Facebook about donations, evacuation sites, and volunteers.

Hotlines

Happening at the Cervini Dorm Lobby, Ateneo de Manila University

 

I really hope everyone’s making an effort to help each other out and at the same time being careful as well. Be safe, everyone!

An excuse to wear BOOTS

Finally, the bad weather has shown its good side. I never get to wear boots anywhere because of the hot weather. Don’t get me wrong, I prefer the bright sun over the dark clouds any day. Most probably it’s because I got used to beach volleyball or maybe it’s just that I don’t mind sweating from the heat and I don’t like the feeling of my feet getting wet from puddles.

Black ruffled see-through dress, Japan. Black mid-calf boots, Japan. Black basic blazer, Vietnam. 

P.S. Yes, I know: crappy quality of photos. Since it was raining hard, my sister and I didn’t have a choice but to take the pictures inside the house.

LOOKBOOK

Screw this. I wanted to create a photo journal of my clothes so that I remember what I wear. Why? Sometimes I do it so I don’t keep repeating the same outfit, sometimes I just want to keep track of my clothes. Before, I used OneNote to post pictures, but I’ve decided to use Lookbook instead. I have nothing to lose, anyway.

THREE SHADES OF GRAY