Counterproductivity at its best!

Bonjour! So how have your summers been? Mine is a dwindling mix of procrastination and counterproductivity. :D

And it kinda started out like this...

Our family went on a Holy Week getaway at Canyon Cove in Batangas. And as per tradition, we had breakfast at Pancake House. :D I'm not really sure why we keep going and ordering the same exact thing but we do. :) 

So anyway, after a few hours of driving, or in my case, blasting my ears with illegally downloaded albums, we finally get to the hotel. Yipee! And since all the cool kids are cool, we stayed in one room. Yes, I am still in doubt about how exactly I survived that fiasco. First and formost, I'm stuck in a tiny room that has just ONE bathroom with two teenage boys with phone attachment issues, two little boys who are under a constant cloud of war, and a not so little girl who might just be my twin from another mother. =)) So I think it must be divine intervention or else I wouldn't be here blogging about it a week later. :D And this is proof!

So this is us. The cool kids. With me, holding the camera TRYING to take a decent shadow picture

This is the view when you look to the left from our room. They were prettier through my eyes last night but the camera refuses to cooperate....

And this is the view directly outside our window. Forgive me if it's kinda foggy. I forgot to clean the lens and this was early morning so...

And this is me once again TRYING to take a decent nature shot. is it passable? =))

Macro shot of my slippers in the sand? Forgive me. It is part of thy bucket list to take up photography, and one that doesn't involve thyself (all the time) :D

So this is embarassing.... The clothes I slept in  the night before bwahahaha! Morning stroll on the beach! :)

'Course pictures of the pool are pretty but swimming in it is much  better, for the most part =))

So it's late afternoon and we're just chilling at the beach like cool kids

It's our last day on the beach so I decided to take on sand sculpting (if such a thing even existed) Whatcha think of my mermaid? Ain't she a beauty? :D

And when the day is nearing its end, we must inevitably take sunset photos because it looks pretty cool. :D

After a few days of the beach, the pool, the people, and the endless heat, we're finally back in the city and we didn't let a day go by without watching the latest to-die-for chick flick, The Host by Stephanie Meyer! I haven't read the book (surprising, I know) but I can assure you, the movie is so worth it. :D 

I might just be the dorkiest dork for keeping tickets :D

Actually, I am still at war with myself who is more swoon-worthy - Zac Efron's look-a-like or Percy Jackson's nemesis. (Meh. In the end, Jake Abel aka Percy Jackson's nemesis always wins teehee!) And I can't believe that I didn't recognize the leading actress sooner but she's actually the girl in The Lovely Bones (Another lovely movie, but an ever more fantastic book). She looked SO different as a blonde and as a brunette (or my eyesight must be getting poorer by the day). 

While we were positively swooning over The Host, one little boy was out on an Easter Egg Hunt and he brought back a completely white, completely bare, and completely in need of a make-over paper mache egg! Well, we all know what happened after one big sister saw the opportunity and got crafty... The pencil got to working, the eraser starter erasing, and all the colored markers went flying! And the final outcome is now here for all your eyes to see :

So how're you guys liking my egg? Colorful? Wild? Crazy? Flamboyant? :D I know I kinda went over the top but hey, it's Easter and it's an Easter egg so.... Sorry, I'm not sorry. :P 

After all this hullabaloo is over, I went back to my first love. Yes, books. :D As of the moment, I have read 2 out of the 4 Beautiful Creatures novels (which is a very interesting movie, and per usual an even more exciting book!)

Then off to my second love, movies. :D I felt like such a girl after devouring all of these movies on a movie  rampage. =)) First, I watched Ever After starring Drew Barrymore. Afterwards, I watched Mamma Mia for the first time EVER. I know. I have been living under the rock. Move on people. Then there was the Cinderella trilogy where I watched Cinderella 3 for the very first time EVER AGAIN and it was pretty cool I must say. And finally, there was    Pride and Prejudice. OM I love Kiera Knightly but Mr. Dancy's eyes are much more appealing. (sarreh gurl!)

And now, off to my next adventure, Cebu and Bohol! No I'm not there yet.... Unluckily, our flight got moved from 1:30 to 6:30 and now I'm stuck in the airport impatiently waiting so I decided to update my blog hahaha! Don't blame me, I have a LOT of time to kill. As of the moment, about 2 hours' worth.... Which explains the awfully long and wordy entry. :D But it's alright isn't it? After all, what better way to pass the time than to consciously release one's thoughts into cyberspace? =)) But anyway, while passing the time, I drew something (close your mouths guys, no need to be THAT surprised. I can draw a tad bit too ya'know). Let me know what you think about my drawing and editing skills (if there are any). Am I as bad as I think? =)) 

Well, c'est la vie! Till next time guys! I'll leave you to your lives while I take on my current adventure aka 101 Ways of How Not To Die of Boredom in an Airport. :D

Abientot!

-Cheska xoxo