The New Years

2014 is coming to an end, can you believe it?! It just seems like yesterday was just January 2014 and it has just started. Now we're entering a new chapter of our lives! 2015 could be a great year, we should all think positively about it. 2014 was a really great year for me, I had a lot of achievements and happy moments! :-)

Here's a list of my favourites for 2014:

Favourite Show: Gossip Girl

Favourite Food: I actually have TONS but then I would have to say pasta or steak! :)

Favourite Store: Gingersnaps

Favourite Book: The Fault In Our Stars

Favourite Place To Visit: Italy

Favourite Song: Starlight by Taylor Swift

Here's a list of things I want to do for 2015:

• Wake up earlier
• Stop procrastinating 
• Use less of my phone & computer
• Spend more time with my family
• Read more
• Be more punctual with posting my blog entries
• Make more friends
• Get better grades
• Using my breaks productively 

Here are some great quotes to keep in mind:

Alright, that's it for this post! Hope you guys enjoyed and HAPPY NEW YEAR! Have a great one!

Photos from Google Images

Things To Do On The Airplane

Hello everyone! Today I will be giving you guys things to do on the airplane whenever you're bored since a friend requested it. Although, I'm only putting a few because honestly I don't really do anything else aside from these things. 

#1 Sleep

After the whole trip to the airport and all the things you had to do there too, you might be really tired so why not just rest? 

#2 Watch a Movie

 If you have those screens in front of you (which would be really great if you have a long flight!) you should watch a movie that you might like.

#3 Talk To The Person Beside You

The person beside me is usually my mom  or dad, meaning I usually talk to them during the flight. But then if its a stranger, I don't talk at all. Although, if you want to make new friends, why not? 

#4 Eat

Who doesn't like eating? 

#5 Play Games

You should try playing the games on the screen other than just watching movies. It's kind of a good way to play with the other passengers since they're usually playing too! It's usually lots of fun!

#6 Read

Pull out your book and relax!

Hope you enjoyed that post! Watch out later and I will be posting something! It's a surprise! :-)

Figaro Coffee

Hello everyone! I hope you guys had a Happy Holiday! :-) 

So earlier, we went to Shangri-la Mall and ate dinner there. After that, we shopped a bit and went to Figaro since the movie was still 30 minutes later. 

Some shots around the café

I ordered some Chocolate Eclair, which tasted amazing!  

My parents' coffees, which had really great art on it!

A close up shot of the coffee.

Alright, that's it for today, hope you enjoyed! :-) 

All photos by Kathrynne Yu

                                                                       

Blogmas #4: Christmas Quotes

Alright, fourth day of Blogmas! I hope that you're all feeling the Christmas spirit in the air, to add up to the spirit, here are some quotes! 

Hope you enjoyed all of these quotes, Happy Holidays! 

(Most photos from Pinterest and Google Images)

Blogmas #3: Christmas Movies

Third post for the Blogmas series! So for the this post, I will be putting some Christmas movies that you guys might like, also I will be updating the Blogmas series until the 24th. Hope you'll all enjoy! Oh and one more thing, 5 more days to Christmas so MERRY CHRISTMAS in advance!

1. Home Alone

2. A Charlie Brown Christmas

3. White Christmas

4. The Muppet Christmas Carol

5. It's a Wonderful Life

6. Elf

7. Frosty The Snowman

8. Christmas in Conneticut


9. A Christmas Tale


10. Love, Actually


11. The Holiday

Blogmas #2: Christmas Songs

Hello everyone! I'm sorry I haven't posted these blogmas posts, I've been procrastinating a lot lately :(
But these are some Christmas songs that I really like put into one post! Hope you enjoy!

Christmas Is Coming - Jason Gray

Jingle Bell Rock (Glee Version)

All I Want For Christmas Is You - Maddi Jane

White Christmas - Michael Bublé

Let it Snow - Frank Sinatra

Winter Wonderland

Little Drummer Boy

Christmas In Our Hearts

Perfect Christmas

That's all for this post, hope you enjoyed this,

Have a Merry Christmas everyone! 

Blogmas #1: 12 Challenges To Christmas

First day of Blogmas! Since there's 12 more days to Christmas, I will be putting 12 challenges to do until Christmas! 

On the first day of Christmas:

 Wrap a big gift under a minute

On the second day of Christmas:

Say tongue twisters

On the third day of Christmas:

Go on a Christmas movie marathon

On the fourth day of Christmas:

Finish reading a book

On the fifth day of Christmas:

Try to not to use your phone for the WHOLE day

On the sixth day of Christmas:

Only listen to Christmas songs

On the seventh day of Christmas:

Send someone a Christmas card

On the eighth day of Christmas:

Do a good deed to a stranger

On the ninth day of Christmas:

Give one of your parents a hug (lol)

On the tenth day of Christmas:

Sing a Christmas carol 

On the eleventh day of Christmas:

Have an eating contest with your friend 

On the first day of Christmas:

Bond and have fun with your family on Christmas

Ok so that's it, hope you enjoyed! BTW sorry for putting this up a bit late

Announcement: Blogmas!

Hello everyone! I'm excited to announce that starting this Saturday, I'll be doing a "Blogmas"

It's basically me blogging everyday starting Saturday until a week after! Although, I will resume "Blogmas" by December 22-25! I'm open for suggestions so if you have any, I'd be more than delighted to take it into consideration. You can send it to me either on my email, kathrynnevictoria@outlook.com or just simply comment down below! Don't forget to follow! <3 By the way, let me give you a teaser, on the fourth and third day of Blogmas, I will collab with a fellow blogger who has recently joined, make sure to check out her blog once its out! :-)

Reasons To Be Thankful

#1 You Wake Up Everyday
If you're sad, think about it, it's a new day and a new start. So much possibilities could happen, make the most of it, do not let sadness come in your way!

#2 The Internet 
Without the internet, you wouldn't be able to connect with people, and we wouldn't be able to watch Youtube to amuse us, or Twitter to share our thoughts.

#3 Food
Food makes me happy. Especially when it's my comfort food we're talking about.

#4 Your Home
Home is a place where you could be sad, happy, excited and etc. So be happy since you have one, remember others do not have a home, be thankful.

#5 Loving Family and Friends
Family and friends always helps you whenever you need help or simply celebrate joy with you.

#6 Weekends 
We all have school stresses, and weekends have basically saved you. It's like two days of relaxation!

#7 Vacations
Who doesn't enjoy a long period of time of relaxation and fun?

#8 Songs
Songs just instantly make me feel better when I have a bad day.

#9 Movie Marathons
I love movie marathons so much. That is all.

Ok, hope you enjoyed this post! Hopefully a new post by Saturday! BTW, did you notice my new blog title? ;-) Anyways, comment down below the reasons you are thankful!

Edsa Shangri-La Paparazzi

Hello everyone! Today my mother celebrated her birthday. So as usual, we went out to eat so that we could celebrate properly! :-)

We ate at Paparazzi, which is located in Edsa Shangri-La Ortigas. 

The iced tea for my refreshment! 

Some bread that we dipped in olive oil which tasted dee-lish-ous

For the appetizers, my mother and I ordered the lobster soup while my dad ordered the salad.

For the main course, my dad and I had the lamb chop while my mom had halibut- which was basically fish.

For dessert we had layered ice cream that tasted good as well.

This was already in SM Mega Mall, where we went shopping. At the end of the day, we stayed at Akiba Café and I ordered the Vanilla Twist. Which tasted so... Creamy! 

That's it for today, hope you enjoyed this post! :-)

All photos by Kathrynne Yu.

 

Are You Feeling Guilty?

Well, if you are, you have come to the right place. I have created a list which is consisting of 3 tips on how to make you feel less guilty.


#1 Do The Right Thing
If you have done something wrong and you know that it's wrong, usually, you'd feel guilty. Honestly, the only thing that you can do to make the guilt go away is to do the right thing- for example you have accidentally made your friend cry or you have saddened her, say sorry. That "sorry" would not hurt at all and trust me, a simple sincere sorry is better than having to go through something worse like losing that friend.


#2 Do Not Think Of It All The Time
If you think of it almost all the time, your time would be wasted. I say get up and do some action, solve this problem. Dwelling on the thoughts of guilt will not do anything, it will just make you feel worse. As I said in #1, Do The Right Thing.


#3 Open Up To Someone Whom You Trust
At some point, you will have to open up. If you just keep this to yourself, you will feel bad. But then if you open up to someone like your mom, your dad, your siblings or to anyone you trust, they might be able to help you and talk to you to make you feel better. They might even give you more advise! :)

Photo from Tumblr

I hope that this has helped you guys, have a great night! :)

How To Review Better

Hello everyone! Today, I'll giving you some of my tips on how to review better! I've already done another post VERY similar to this, but I thought, why not make this anyways? But if you'd like to see it, it's over here!

#1 Blue n' Yellow

I don't know about you, but for me whenever I try to memorize something, I get yellow pad and write with blue ink on it. I actually end up with good results most of the time. 

#2 Easy Ones Come First!

When I have LOADS of things to do, I actually do the one I like the most because it motivates me to do more. 

#3 Creativity 

If I have lots of time on my hands and there's not much work to do, I usually find myself ending up drawing random typographies and doodles on my notes just because it motivates me. Also, it makes studying fun! Adding a little color won't hurt! ;-) 

#4 Manage Your Time Well 

This is probably the most important tip out of the five. Well aside from studying, I'm sure you also have other priorities. You could always set your alarm on your phone. A number of minutes/hours for each matter, depending on how much you need to work on it. 

#5 Keep Away All Distractions 

This is honestly the HARDEST one for me. I am basically attached to my phone. But then, whenever I have to review, I put it in some kind of cabinet. 

That's it for this blog post, I hope you enjoyed!

Motivational Thursday // Courage

Hello everyone! From now on, I will try to post weekly about inspirational quotes and trying to figure about the deeper meanings! I hope you all enjoy! By the way, all of these quotes are from brainy quote.com


He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

Muhammad Ali

For me, I think that this quote means that life is too short to not try out new things. If we don't try out new things, we will never learn. We would just hear all of the lessons from others but then we would not be able to have the actual first hand experience. I mean imagine, if we you to die today, tomorrow or even next year and you did not nothing in your entire life because you were beaten by fear, what would you be remembered as? You would not be remembered as someone unique, you would not stand out.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Nelson Mandela

This basically means that you have the power to be able to conquer your fear and stand strong. If you were to be conquered by fear, you would not be able to experience what you could have or be able to know your inner-most potentials. Fear has basically controlled you. If you are the brave man, imagine all the things you would be able to do since you are able to control yourself, and fear won't. You could do different amazing things if you have the courage.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

Steve Jobs

THIS IS BASICALLY ONE OF MY FAVES. Do not EVER live by people's thinkings. It's your life, it's your choice. If they don't like what you are doing, then it's fine, it's their opinion, we all have our own opinions. Do not ever be discouraged by their thinkings, do what makes you happy. You only have been blessed with ONE life, YOUR life. It has been given to you to do what you really want to do. The other people have their lives too, so they can live theirs with whatever they want to do as well. Do not be afraid, it is your choice. 

I hope you guys have been inspired! That is all for today. Bye! <3