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WEDNESDAY QUOTES #6... You can break down a woman temporarily, but a real woman will always pick up the pieces, rebuild herself, and come back stronger than ever.

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Perfumes From The 80s - Where To Get The Best Deal




I also loved wearing perfume popular from the 80s and I still do up to this day. Friends who are younger have no idea what brand I am referring to, hard as it may for them to guess from their current popular fragrance brands. When I say Poison perfume, they think I am mentioning a bathroom cleaner.. when I say Charlie perfume, they think I am talking about my son Charlie's perfume... when I say  INDRA Perfume by  Jacque Saint Pres  , they think of some exotic fragrance from India. 'Oh my, how the years have passed!' I exclaim, I wished I could share them a sample or a whiff of that 80s scent!

Well, now I don't have to look for the perfume further, nor do I have to trawl through the retail shops' perfume aisle to look for these hard-to-find perfumes. You can now find a lot of perfumes that are reasonably priced at Galleon Ph where they offer hard to find items like the 80s perfumes. Galleon PH offers even well known branded scents and fragrances at discounted prices. You can get a 10% off with your perfume purchase, you can also get freeshipping offer through their site or you can get the latest seasonal link to avail of the best discounts for gift-giving.

If you have selected the 80s perfume or just the authentic fragrances that you like, you can now purchase them online at a cheaper price sometimes even near wholesale prices at Galleon PH because of the low overhead expenses that an online store spends on. Galleon PH can offer great savings on fragrances without you leaving the comfort of your home.Now that's a best deal!

I love the 80's perfumes as well as the new scents we have out in the market. Perfumes are really my thing and what I found awesome right after I wrote this article in 2013 is that there is a networking company here in the Philippines that sells a variety of perfumes for men and women. One perfume I really like from that has that 80-ish fragrance is Ascento Parfum VIII similar to Lacoste Pink. This is how my favorite pink Charmis cologne  used to be, yey! Ascento Parfum VIII has top and base note of blood orange, coriander, jasmine, violet, sandalwood and vanilla. Costs only Php399.00 SRP. This is also a perfume business :)

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(A Not So ) Wordless Wednesday - A Mother's Day Photo Tribute To My Mom



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Above: The pretty lady at the office
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Above: A photo of my mom during her early years working abroad. I believe, this photo was taken somewhere in Europe. The girl with her is the daughter of her colleague at the Philippine Embassy.
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Photo above: taken in  December 1973, in the province, when our family visited the Philippines as returning visitors at town homecoming.
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Above: when our relatives and I visited her at the hospital, this was probably taken months later after my father and grandmother died, that is, after the car accident in 1974.

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Above: Photo taken with my mom when I was 7 years old in Makati, Manila

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Photo above: 1979 me with my mom and grandpa, with us are distant relatives grandma Mina and the cute little girl, Juris. ~I must've been acting up here to make the little girl smile for the camera :D  photo 5de0ad1d-2d7e-4995-9b3c-bab59b26a74c_zps8e56bc1d.jpg
Above: 1982. Me with my mom and my nephew and nieces. I was 12 years old by this time. (standing from left to right ) my mom,  me, Faye, and Olive. Also with us is Bacon, their older brother and another niece
from the UK, Christina.
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Photo above: June 1988, my mom with my 'big sister-cousin' Ate Edith. This photo was taken in Manila about the time we were residing in Makati while I was going to university.

These are just a few of my most cherished photos of my mom. There are times I miss her a lot. Every Mother's Day, I think about the sacrifices she has done for me. She was all I had then, and I was her only child. I am thankful for her love and guidance especially during my formative years...
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Scent Nostalgia - Perfumes From The 80s




When someone walks past, or stands next to me and smells of an 80's perfume I am familiar with, I feel like going back in time and feel nostalgic over something I can't quite put a name to. And I wonder if the familiar 80's perfume I miss is still sold somewhere and where I can buy it. It's been two decades, and a huge number of new scents introduced in the market every year that some of the 80's perfume scents are left on the back shelf or even on storage. Some, I think, may have been off the market for a long time or may be phased out.

Well, let me jog your memory and mine, here's a partial list of the perfumes from the 80s that I love! And the good news is that these 80s perfumes are still sold by reputable online stores.


 

ANAIS ANAIS CACHAREL 3.4 oz /100ml Women Eau de Toilette New  

Anais Anais Perfume by Cacharel is a scent my big sister- cousin love. She wore it during the office days. I think she got it as a present from a relative abroad, maybe Australia. Occasionally, I would try wearing Anais Anais perfume when I'm off-school and going out with friends. The scent reminds me of fresh cut flowers from Baguio City.


Primo! Spray Cologne  was one of my most favorite for all time. Thanks to a schoolmate-friend at St. Paul's College Manila who introduced the perfume to us young ladies. The fragrance reminds me of strong-scented flowers in mid-spring to summer.



Christian Dior Women's Poison Eau de Toilette Spray, 3.4 fl. oz.Poison Perfume by Christian Dior is a classic favorite by the college school girls and the office ladies. It was pricey, I remember costing as much as one thousand pesos a bottle but it was worth it. The scent is romantic with a hint of berries and spices.





Calvîn Kleîn Obsessiōn Perfúme For Women  Eau De Parfum Spray + a FREE Perfume Obsession Perfume by Calvin Klein is the kind I didn't have personally but only through friends and relatives who have it and share. I love the scent, it's kind of heavy with a mysterious touch.





Coco Chanel Perfume for Women Eau De Parfum Spray 
Chanel
Created Coco Perfume In 1984. It Is The Result Of The Following Top Fragrance Notes: Mandarin, Pimento And Coriander. The Middle Notes Are: Rose, Carnation And Cinnamon And The Base Of The Fragrance Is: Amber Vanilla And Honey. Coco Chanel Perfume Is Labeled As A Classic Fragrance.


 A particular perfume can also make us feel good and more confident about ourselves, making us feel positive and having the ability to attract friendship and love. Indeed, scents and fragrances often bring back old memories and the emotions associated with it. :) But for most of us, it is still the fragrance that matters on why we choose to wear a particular scent. In the end it is a matter of how we want to project ourselves.

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Music Monday - If You're Not Here Fabiana Monero and Charlie Masso

I'm back!!! I missed Music Monday for a week because I was working on other quick online income that I really had to do while I wait for my blog to become a hot page ... hahahaha .... kidding! ;-)   Okay, so my intentions for the beginning of the week was to blog about the perfumes that I miss from the 80s, which led me to think of any song that talks about perfume in the lyrics. I was all ready on google search when the lyrics "I need your tender kisses .. the feel of your hands, your caress... your perfume has me burnin' .. my heart's yearning to touch you, I need you so much" rang in my head. And I exclaim  ..of course! those lyrics came from the song from my Fairytale Dreams, a song I know so well by Robby Rosa of Menudo : "If You're Not Here (By My Side)"!!






Well, here's what I'm sharing today, a newer version of "If You're Not Here" performed by the child wonder  Fabiana Moneró and former Menudo member Charlie Masso. I think they're great!

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80's Movie Meme - Some Kind Of Wonderful 1987




 Some  Kind Of Wonderful 1987 was one of the movies I watched in 1988 when it was shown on the local theaters in Manila. I was in first year college then at an all-girls school. A college friend recommended this movie to us, saying that "it was very touching" So I went to see the movie, I think - together with my "big sister" cousin Ate Edith, at the Quad Cinema in Makati. It sure was fun and romantic! :)



Some Kind Of Wonderful was another movie hit produced by John Hughes. Starred by  Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart-Masterson, Lea Thompson, Craig Sheffer, Elias Koteas ( the punk friend of Watts), Chynna Phillips and  even the young Jane Elliot and Candace Cameron were in it!

There were some parts in the movie that I found quite challenging to do, like hanging out with the Class A group and still get better grades. As I watch the movie again, because I am now a parent, I love the father's zest to send his son off to college by encouraging him to save money aside for his college tuition. Quite smart move :)



Watch the rest of the movie clips here (courtesy of JigsChannel)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNaGag1VM0g
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnqC7mDHQzo

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Wordless Wednesday - Jennifer Connelly 80s Poster Memories



                                             Photo courtesy of Japanese Movie Posters


                                                            Photo courtesy of Labyrinth Museum

Actress Jennifer Connelly
        

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Presenting "A Day In Life" my series of texts from my journals that I kept between the ages of 14 and 17. I'll be adding new entries every now and then to share all my thoughts, ideas,events, experiences, memories, ideas I had during the eighties. It is for my continued amusement that I read and reread my old journals, even when there isn't much content, I still gain occasional insight how I'm still in the process of changing to maturity. Most of the names have been changed to protect the people I recently found on Facebook. A few are just partial entries, my bleeping and blinding exclamations have been removed and some entries have been modified to give way to my now correct spelling and grammar. Yet the mix of excitement, melodrama and pleasant memories from the eighties are still much felt :)I hope, as you read my old journal with me, you enjoy the same sentiments.