A Quick, Amateur Photo shoot.

Model: My sister. Makeup & Photo by yours truly.

This was an unexpected photo shoot. I was just going to try out the 'smokey eye' look on my sister, then it turned into a photo shoot session. The location was actually just in our parents' room and the lighting was the yellow light installed in the room. There's a white space in that room so it was convenient. I've also touched-up the photos a bit like the one on the left, I tweaked the highlights, shadows, etc.

Same for this picture at the left, I've also just tweaked the lighting. the background gave off a white-ish color because of the TV. There are black and white versions of these first two pictures in my sister's Facebook account since she wanted it to be in B&W.

The next is in B&W since I thought that it is better without color. I used the preset in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom to give it a B&W effect. 

This photo on the right is quite a weird one. Through the course of my experience in taking photos of my friends or family, I've always had a liking on weird shots like this one where the model has a blank expression (I'm thinking of posting that other picture..). It's just that it's not pre-determined or expected. I played with this photo in Lightroom and I stumbled upon this effect and viola! I liked it. I call this one the 'frozen' look.

Love Rain.

 Love Rain is Jang Geun Seuk's new drama with Im Yoon Ah from SNSD (Girl's Generation). The story basically has two parts. First is the part set in the 1970's, and the second is the present. The first four episodes of Love Rain is dedicated to the 1970's part.

The screen cap on the right is Jang Geun Seuk <3 and in just 3 seconds, he fell in love.

So how does it go? The first part is set in the 1970's wherein a college student, Seo In ha (yes, I got bothered at first when I found out that his name is the same as my nickname), fell in love with a college girl named Kim Yoon Hee (Im Yoon Ah). However, things got complicated when something happened. I don't want to spoil this stuff because I basically watched this clueless of what would happen. (I was right with my guess though..)                                                                                                                   
Look at how they dress (at the right)! 

The title. Why is it called "Love Rain?" Look at the photo on the left, that particular frame tells a lot of story so I think there aren't much to be said here.

 And the screen cap on the right also tells a lot. I put it there because of its importance so yeah. Well, the guy there is Lee Dong Wook (no, not the actor LDW) played by Kim Si Hoo. Lee Dong Wook is a med student and he comes from a family of doctors. He's also a "casanova." He's pretty charming..

Well of course, Jang Geun Seuk here on the left is happy playing tennis. I just want more screen caps of JGS. >.<

And yet another screen cap..









These screen caps come from episode 1 of Love Rain. However I'm on episode 5 and later is the airing of episode 6. I'm just waiting for the English sub and I'll be able to watch it. That is why I cannot talk about the second part yet because I don't know which details to say. But if you do some research, the second part is about the present. This will not sound good because unfortunately, Kim Yoon Hee and Seo In Ha will not be together. That's why the present is about their daughter and son, respectively, and their own love story. If you've watched the Korean film "The Classic," this is quite like it.

Random Post

This is random post #1. I will blog about random things from time to time when I have time and energy to do so. Well, this first post about randomness is firstly about the layout of my blog! I'm so lazy to fix it and the PS in my laptop is not working. When I get ALL free time, I'll be making something like a banner 'cause the title part is too plain for me. I don't want to add color since white is the best for me cause it's neat. Second is about school. I've been quite slacking off lately this Holy Week vacation but I've already finished two works that needs to be done. However, there are many more to go and there's my finals. That's why I found time to re-start a blog because of pro-cras-ti-na-tion. Oh our good friend procrastination. Well, I'm currently slacking off. Third is about this blog and its future. I'm planning to make this blog last looong (cause my blogs tend to be short time ones). This will be my sort of investment so that I'll be reminded of continuing this blog by the time I graduate. I'm also hoping that my life would be REALLY full of adventures like the title of this blog. If not, should I change my blog address then? XD 

That's it for my random post #1 and more random posts to goo~

Makeup Haul: Etude House and The Face Shop

I was planning to go outside (yes, outside. I've been stuck at home) this Holy Week that's why I checked which malls are open. I checked online and turns out that almost all the malls are already open today. So I went to SM Masinag, to buy some goodies since I had extra money. I went to both Etude House and The Face Shop and I bought these:

Etude House

This is the 'Lovely Cookie Blusher' in 03 Orange

This is what it looks like..

Fresh Cherry Tint #01

Fresh Cherry Tint #01 (Red)

Happy Teatime Green Tea Cleansing Tissue. I always buy this as a make-up remover.

And tah-dah! I got this! I actually bought my sister a powder brush, that's why my purchase was 1,000+ pesos. If you purchase about 1,000 pesos and above, you either get a sticker something or this ticket to the Etude House Play House: Pink Fair 2012. It's on April 21-22 from 2pm to 7pm. There are lots of things to do in the Play House like make-overs, photobooth, games, etc.

 Face Shop

Phytogenic Infinite Powder Foundation with SPF 20 NB 25

When you open the box..

Powder Foundation itself..

Face it Designing Eye Shadow 04 Gold & Brown

Face it Designing Eye Shadow 04 Gold & Brown

Inside.. with 4 shades.

Swatches, clockwise from the darkest color.

 7P Eyeshadow Brush

 Freebies from The Face Shop!

I put on the Lip Tint, Powder foundation and Eyeshadow. ^o^

  

Trip to Full House (Incheon, South Korea)

When I was planning our (with my sister) trip to Korea, going to Full House was definitely included in our itinerary. The Korean drama ‘Full House’ is my favourite drama of all time since it was first aired in the Philippines. I was a small kid back then and the drama was aired in Tagalog dub. When I reached high school, I watched it again in Korean audio with English subtitles streaming from the internet. Until now, I am watching it over and over again. I’ve even persuaded my friends to watch it with me since I had bought an original director’s cut DVD of the drama. I love watching Korean dramas and this drama is first on my favourites list. That’s why I needed to visit its set ground.

We went to Full House on the second to the last day of our trip. I can say that it took us so much effort and time, since its location is quite far from Seoul wherein we had stayed at. So here are the details on how we got to Full House…

Since Full House is in an island called Si do, we had to go to Incheon International Airport first to ask for assistance on how to get there. Thankfully, there were English speaking tourist information assistants who helped us get a cab. We needed to take a cab first to go to Sammok harbour (still in Incheon) in order to ride a ferry to an island called Shin do. After arriving at Shin do via ferry, we actually taught that it was hopeless to continue our trip because we couldn’t see any cab. We then asked an ahjussi (mister) about how to go to Full House, and since it is a popular tourist destination, he could answer us. He made us take a bus and we asked the bus driver to drop us off near Full House. Turns out that Shin do is connected to Si do by a bridge, that’s why the bus could travel all the way there. When we arrived at a stop near Full House, it was still not in sight, therefore we asked an ahjussi again for directions. He made us follow him since he was also going to the same direction. Walking was tiring because it was so far from the stop! Forgot to mention it was also raining. (Yes, it was raining in a cold weather! Oh the torture) Then we finally arrived and all of my sufferings came to an end. The house was definitely beautiful. However, I’m disappointed that the exterior wasn’t quite preserved (it needs re-painting). But the interior was still the same as in the drama that I wanted to re-live it (fan girl madness). After touring the house, I was getting worried that we might not catch the last trip of the ferry back to Incheon which was at 6pm. Fortunately there was a taxi hotline and we asked the ahjussi caretaker of the house to call a cab for us. We then asked the cab driver to bring us to Incheon International Airport (the ferry can accommodate land vehicles). Summary of our transportation information:

Airport Train Line to Incheon International Airport > Cab to Sammok harbour > Ferry to Shin do> Bus to Si do> Full House> Cab to Incheon IA> Airport Train Line to Seoul> Cab to hotel

Monetary concerns: (per person, in Korean won)

Cab to Sammok harbour – 4,500 won

Ferry (roundtrip) – 3,600 won

Bus – 1,000 won

Cab going back – 30,000 won (this is cheap considering the convenience. Btw, this was fixed price, not by meter)

Entrance to Full House – 3,000 won                                

Travel time: 12pm to 8pm

However, I suggest that from Incheon International Airport, you should take a cab because it’s much more convenient. The cab can get into the ferry so you can just sit back and relax and let the GPS teach you the directions.

Photos!!

Ferry going to Shin do

Kitchen and dining area

Living Room

Han Ji-eun's Room

Hall, right is the door, left to the kitchen

View from the garden area

If you're planning your trip to Full House by yourself, or just simply concerned on how to get there, you can ask me about other details and I hope I can address your concerns. :)

Update:

Full house has been demolished. I have been informed by Steve Mercier that the house that we, Full House (K-drama) fans, love is now gone. Check out his comment below for his post about it.