I am Aileen

'Aileen' is a twenty-year-old blogger from the Philippines who is happily single and living life at its best.

She was born and raised in Batanes but currently living in the bustling city of Manila where she is a ~~superwoman~~ corporate woman by day, a blogger and homebody by night, and a party animal come weekends.

She likes lazying around, traveling, eating different cuisines, writing nonsense as well as those with sense, being weird, laughing ridiculously, city lights, partying out late, blah blah blah.

She is interested in fashion, music, arts, desserts, internet, dancing, sleeping, and singing. And oh, she misses Batanes with a passion. ★

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Mother’s Day

For Mother’s day, I brought my mom to this new restaurant in an equally new hotel in BGC. I also bought a purse for her (the white one in her picture above) and have given her the phone which is my brother’s gift. :)

We had a swell night which we spent at Serendra afterwards; window shopping baby! Haha! To my followers: Happy Mother’s Day to your mom! ♥

Thankful

My mom and I were having this conversation where I was telling her my plans and my goals in life; as well as the things that I’m saving up on, when all of a sudden, she said…

“Why do I have this feeling that you’re in a rush…? Slow down… You’re still young. You don’t have to pressure yourself like this.”

I almost broke down when she said that…

But I quickly shook my head, saying that I don’t have the luxury to slow down. And I know that I am young, but this phase will soon pass without my knowing. With a sad look in her eyes, she just nodded. She’s my mom so I know that she understood, but still she said, “But don’t forget to have fun, okay? Well yeah, true enough, being young is only for a while, so when you get past that point, often times, there’s no more room for fun. So just remember to NOT forget.”

To which I replied, “You know me, I know how to have fun… despite the bullshit.” I know that she was about to comment on how I was cursing like that, but she just left it at that and squeezed my hand with a smile.

I have a cool mom. :)

FOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

I just called my mom to bring some reinforcements, and by reinforcements, I mean food.

I’M SO HUNGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRY.
And I can’t get out of the house because of this cold. And yes, my fridge is empty because I haven’t done my grocery shopping for weeks. I’ve never done that before. Never.

# food

# family

# sick

CRY BABY

This happened yesterday, and I was out in our balcony. You see, these past few days, I was feeling a bit lost and depressed. I was questioning how I was leading my life in the corporate world, if I should take any steps, blah blah blah. To keep it short, I was just stressed and I was having such a hard time trying to put out my feelings (YES, EMO MOMENT, YO!) when all of a sudden, my mom showed up out of nowhere:

ME: Oh my God... mom, are you crying?

Mom: A while ago, but--

ME: *starts crying* Don't cry! Or else I'll cry too!

Mom: But... you're already crying!!!!!

ME: Why are you crying?

Mom: Why are YOU crying?

ME: Because you're crying!

Mom: Not anymore!

ME: Did something happen?

Mom: I was just peeling onions and I was going to ask for your help!

ME: LIES!!! That's so cliche!

Mom: I'm not lying! I'm preparing dinner anyway!

ME: LIES!

Mom: Hush! Now, why are you crying?

ME: ....

ME: You have this effect on me!

Mom: What.

ME: ....

Mom: You're just trying to find a reason to cry.

ME: ....

Mom: Awww... Come 'ere, I'll comfort you.

Me: Go away.

# family

# funny

My Mom and Dogs

Me: Mom, I want a dog. I have my own apartment now and I think I can already handle a dog. I mean, I really want and NEED a dog.

Mom: No.

Me: What? Why?

Mom: When a woman, who lives alone in an apartment, has a dog... it's bad. It would mean that a man owns her.

Me: ...................

Mom: .......................

Me: ...................

Mom: .......................

Me: What.

Mom: .................

Me: What?!

Mom: I don't even know what I said.

Me: You just don't want me to own a dog, do you?

Mom: Because I'm sure that when I come visit you here, you'd just make me clean up the mess.

Me: Well actually, I'm already living alone so why am I asking for your permission...?

Mom: That too, exactly.

Me: .................

Mom: Why are we having this conversation again?

# family

# funny

# animal

Candid photo taken by my mom while we were at Dusit Thani.

Mom: Hey, what are you so mad about?
Me: *looks up* Huh? What? I’m not.
Mom: *shows me the photo* You really looked mad. And stressed.
Me: Wow… do I always look like this when I’m reading?
Mom: I don’t know. What are you reading anyway?
Me: Something about food.
Mom: That makes sense.
Me: What.