A few days ago, I was invited by Watsons to shop for my dear readers, and I decided to choose:

Two (yes, two) slim ceramic hair straighteners (since I always get asked about how I style my bouncy hair),

and two (yes, two) treatment shampoos made of yoghurt and beer!

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So, how does this hairmazing (too much) contest work exactly?

1.) Like Thirstythought on Facebook.

2.) Follow Thirstythought on Twitter and re-tweet this line about the giveaway:

“JOIN the yoghurt, beer and hairlectronic giveaway from Watsons on http://kryzuy.com @kryzzzie”

3.) Re-blog/re-post this contest entry and double your chances of winning!

3.) Leave a comment on this post with your facebook name, twitter username, city of origin, link to re-bloged post and the answer to this question:

“How much do you think I spent for all these items?”

That’s it!

This contest is open to all PHILIPPINE RESIDENTS. One user = one comment = one entry. Those who re-blog  get to leave two comments (make sure to include the link to your blog!) Winners will be chosen via random.org (but of course, you have to have the right answer to get randomized!).You’ll have RIGHT NOW until June 18 to get your answers in, so HURRY!

I have decided to resurrect my blog with a rant and rave with two different companies I dealt with recently.

BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE
Last May, Karl and I decided to cut off our Sky Cable service both internet and cable. Since Sky cable started imposing the digibox, we decided to move to Destiny.  We were leaving for the US in June so I called and emailed (to formalize) to schedule disconnection on the 3rd week of May. Unfortunately, they didn't show up the first scheduled time. So I rescheduled it for the last week of May, second time, they didn't show up either.

We left for the US, on the 3rd of June, hoping by some miracle our cable would just get cut. Technically they can because it's outside the house. When we got back June 23, it was still there. We got cut around the second week of July because I scheduled it on the first week and they didn't show up (no surprise there!).  Of course, they charged me with the June and July bill. I called their customer service and told them I wouldn't pay, because I religiously scheduled disconnection. They said they would readjust the charges.

Having cable, we were entitled to a modem deposit. Kaya pala they could care less about disconnecting me and me not paying, they can hold back the deposit! And even though the Internet cable reinstated the rightful deposit, the TV Cable doesn't want to readjust it!  Every time I talk to a call center operator/ Sky Cable person, inaatake ako ng high blood! I always think, shucks, sulit sahod niya today.  

I have wrote Sky Cable so many letters already and of course they're ignoring me because I'm no longer a customer. Well, I'm writing this in retaliation. I hope alot of people read this. DON'T GET SKY CABLE BECAUSE THEY REALLY SUCK IN CUSTOMER SERVICE! Once you stop getting them, they could care less where you end up in.

GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE
Last August 4, I sent out a surfboard to one of my surfboard buyers in Cebu via LBC. Unfortunately, when the board arrived, it was kind of in smithereens.  I called an LBC outlet to ask what to do. I didn't call the one I sent it to, thinking the salesperson would just wash his hands on the issue.  I had to email a letter of complaint to LBC Head Office.   I emailed customer service via their website and the next day the sales person who serviced me called and APOLOGIZED!

Talk about fast! Talk about service. He kept on apologizing and he said that LBC would investigate further. Lucky for me, I did pay extra for insurance. Now, they're processing the rebate for me.

I can't guarantee I'll get the check but the manager for complaints said it's no longer a problem because they'll pay me. In 3 weeks I get my answers. With Sky Cable, I'm actually supposed to wait for my cycle billing this September AND YES I got disconnected last JULY. Ridiculous!

I honestly do not remember the day I joined Sulit.com. I just knew I was very frustrated, I had items to sell and they weren't being bought on eBay.ph. Every 10 days I had to renew my items and it was just a hassle because I didn't even know if people were even interested or looking at them.

So I stumbled unto Sulit.com, I don't know through what means, but I'm very grateful that I did. Not only did I know my items were being viewed, but also more people were responding to my posts!

So far since I joined last July '07, I have earned more than P40,000 from selling 3 Refrigerators and around 7 Skimboards (I have lost count) from this website. I still haven't stopped! Tomorrow I'm meeting with a Ego (Waterproof Ipod Case) buyer and skimboard buyer. Sulit.com will find you the buyer/seller that you need to find.

Click on the link below:)
http://www.sulit.com.ph/?ref=candicetan

I should have promoted this a long time ago.

My cousin (Dr. Sandy Tan) is a derma who does armpits and mesotherapy (and everything else in between). Think Belo except way cheaper. Anyways, if you're my friend you get a great price. If you're from Unilever, you also get a good price.

Armpits- P1,500 per session. If you're not my friend, I don't know how much he charges, but of course it'll definitely be more expensive.
Mesotherapy- P2,500 per session (But for the first 2 weeks you have got to go 2x a week). If you're not my friend, P4,000. If you're not my friend AND you're fat P5,000.

If you want to ask people if it's effective or not ask:
1. Armpits- Abby, Cesca, Brenda, Mia Fuentes, Anna Ocampo Alvarez, Janie Latayan, Cheri Masipag, Abby Valencia, Me
2. Mesotherapy- Abby, Cesca, Perky

I'm sure there are other people but I forget who.

For Meso (I will plug. Haha), Perky lost 3 inches off her waist already after 3 sessions.

His clinic is in Magallanes. 3rd floor, Tritan Building- the building which has Monterey and El Comodore. Hope to see you guys soon.

From Muradito.com:

The PowerShot A430 digital camera is geared towards the entry-level photographer, it's functional as well as intuitive for a beginning photographer. The A430 features a 4.0 megapixel CCD image sensor, 4x optical zoom lens with a focal length of 39-156mm (35mm film equivalent), 1.8-inch LCD screen, continuous shooting up to 2.3 fps, and a new widescreen 16:9 ratio setting facilitates creating panoramic-style prints.

The PowerShot A430 digital camera comes equipped with eight Special Scene modes, including Portrait, Night Snapshot, Kids & Pets, Indoor, Foliage, Snow, Beach and Fireworks and five Photo Effect modes, including Vivid, Neutral, Low Sharpening, Sepia, and Black & White. What's more, the PowerShot A430 digital camera is capable of recording VGA movies with sound for those times when a still picture just won't properly record the moment.

* 4.0 Megapixel CCD imager and 4x optical zoom lens
* Widescreen option, create images and movies that are ideal for 16:9 viewing
* 1.8" color LCD display and optical viewfinder
* Advanced TTL AiAF 9-point autofocus system with focus-assist lamp
* Program AE automatic, 8 Scene and a Manual exposure mode
* Movie mode w/sound 640x480/320x240 up to 1 hour (1GB max per clip)
* Continuous shooting at 2.3 fps to the capacity of the memory card
* Evaluative, Center-weighted average or Spot metering
* Exposure compensation: +/-2EV in 1/3-step increments
* White Balance: Auto, 5 presets or Custom
* Photo Effects: Low Sharpening, Vivid Color, Neutral, Sepia and B&W
* Shutter speeds of 1 to 1/2000 second
* Selectable ISO settings from 64 to 400
* Runs on two standard AA type batteries
* Direct print and PictBridge Compliant
* High-speed USB 2.0 connectivity for PC and Mac
* Secure Digital/MMC card storage, 16MB MMC supplied

Selling Price: P7,500
Message me if you're interested: 0917-8440140

I was just thinking about what a silly goose I am. That even though I've crashed and burned 5 freaking times, here I am giggling like a high school girl about something that isn't even anything (stuff that I'm just inventing in my head).

Anyways, I don't really want to expound, but is it really like this? When something ends, do you completely forget? Why am I throwing myself to all this again knowing that it may turn like crap just like before.

Oh yeah, just wanted to thank my friends for being a wonderful support group. Couldn't have survived without all of you. You know how some people just jump back to the dating scene like nothing happened. Well, I'm glad I have friends who I can just hang out with. At least when I mope, I know who to call :) Cheesy.

Thanks: Perx, Bee, Patti, Carlo(Honorary hotgirl/boy), Abby and Toby, Cesca and Ardo, Bren and Geo, Liel and April (Hindi kayong 2 couple, dulo lang kayo ng list. Ha ha). I wouldn't have survived without you guyses. THANKS! Siguro nagpakasuicidal na ako kung wala kayo.

Download this song. This song is ♥

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be IT.

The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.

I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.

You are NOT as fat as you imagine.

Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.


Sing.
Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.


Floss.
Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.


Stretch.
Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself, either. Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.

Dance. Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.


Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.

Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.

Since Rissa feels like she hasn't read from me since 10 thousand years ago, I decided to update this very dead livejournal. Ha ha. I'm so witty.

The past few weeks I've been to 2 store openings by my account- SM Clark (The "Greenbelt" of Pampanga. A must see!) and SM Mall of Asia. Spectacular! You guys better go there. Really purty.

I'm looking forward to going to Singapore with my girls: Perx, Patti, Cescardo, April, Abby. Still under negotiation and very much in denial, Liel. Will post pictures in my multiply when we get back. It's still in the independence day weekend, but Great Singaporean sale here we come! You better be great! Hee hee. Gimmick in another country. Woohoo! I declared this trip my parents' birthday gift for me. Something to cheer me up since I'm turning Michael Jordan/LeBron James, whatever basketball era you're from.

Shucks, speaking of which. Detroit I love you!!! Even if you made pa-suspense pa na 3 straight wins from Cleveland.

Still thinking if my friends are I are going out this weekend. I want to celebrate the last remaining days of my 22year old hood with a bang. BANG! Baduyyyyy...

So that's that. That's pretty much what I've been busying myself with.

My.friend.just.got.engaged.

CRAP!

I'm old.

Goodbye my company issued car. I just realized I threw P1,000 away. I shouldn't have rushed into taking that exam. I just learned driving manual a week ago and I guess I am really not a fast learner. Boo! I'm stuck with using my sister in law's Sentra that has been giving me shoulder pains because the stick is so tigas. Malicious people can just die. I want my company issued car!!!!! I wonder what it is though. I have to spend another P400 to retake the exam. I tried to charm the guy who was examining me and I guess I failed. Pft.

Why can't everyone just drive automatic. Aren't most cars automatic anyways?

Anywho, for the loser that I am, surprisingly I have a gajillion events to go to on Saturday. Fine, not really a gajillion, just 3, obviously, I haven't been out much so having 3 is giving me shivers down my spine. Trisha's birthday, Andrea, Denise, Laise and Jen's despedida and JMA Week culminating. Sigh. I'll try to go to all of it. Hopefully, traffic won't be bad that night.

Oh and I still can't get over failing that stupid driving test. Why?!?!?