Face it

"You're so dark again!" "How many times do I have to tell you not to stay out under the sun too long? You're going to have wrinkles when you get older." That's what my mom always tells me when she notices that I've baked too long. Mothers really know best. They know that staying out under the sun for hours and hours will eventually give you skin problems as you get older. But being the hard headed middle child that I am, I hardly listen and continue laying out in the sun with my iPod plugged into my ears. I'd rather have a nice and reddish brown tan than have no tan at all. I normally don't apply anything when I sunbathe, which is bad. I've always had this notion that if I apply sunblock or tan amplifier, I'd end up looking like a Pacific Islander. Not that it's bad. I just prefer not to have that skin tone. There was a time when I was obsessed with maintaining my Boracay-made tan that I'd lounge by the village pool every weekend to get another coating of uhm, tan. I don't recall the last time I had a sunburn nor peeled like a snake. But when I do start showing signs of flaking, I apply globs of moisturizer all over my face and body. When I washed my face this morning and wiped it using my white hanky, I noticed small flakes of skin. An hour later, I was in Kiehl's buying moisturizer. I normally use Clinique's M Lotion but I didn't want to go all the way to Rustans in this heat! The guy said that this product helps boost the elastic quality of the skin and improves skin's firmness and gives it a more unified look. Nobody likes looking like a quilt.

Cebu weekend

Aside from avoiding my client's boss (aka GM) who seemed to be wherever I was, my weekend in Cebu was consisted of: Basking in the sun by the beach, absorbing harmful UV rays ... ... while chugging down many, many glasses of coconut slush and wolfing down a big plate of Spaghetti Bolognese (which I forgot to take a photo of) ... .. then transplanted my almost-burnt self by the pool ... ... and after doing two laps in the pool, I had pochero and mushroom soup for merienda... .. then when it turned 5, rushed back to my room to get ready for the event I came to Cebu for ... ... went back to my room around 1130 and dropped dead after taking a long, hot shower. The following morning, I attacked the yummy buffet breakfast at Tides and finally had crispy danggit! ... .. after eating, I headed back to the beach to, this time, bask under the good type of sun. I wanted to feed the fish but they ran out of bread ... ... I fled after an hour when GM appeared and lounged on the chairs in front of mine, plus there were two young girls who kept on annoying each other which, in turn, annoyed me so much that I wanted to grab the coloring book they were fighting over and throw it into the water ... ... I didn't bother lingering around anymore because I had to pack and I hate being late to check in for a flight.