Beryl and Audrey's 2016 Bucket List

We're pretty excited to finish this year already and just say hello to 2016. We feel like a huge mess this week cause of being unproductive, eating more than 5 times a day lol, and having no pep training. :( Finals are also coming next week! UGH! SAVE US!

Enough of us blabbering and ranting, let's get down to business! (to defeat the Huns) HAHAHA. Kidding guys.

NUMBER 1:
GET FREAKING ABS

Since last year and the year before that and before that and before that, we've been wanting to have abs! It's just a mixture of hard work and perseverance which we don't really have.

HASHTAG GOALS
NUMBER 2
MAKE A PERSONAL BLOG

Don't get us wrong we LOVE this blog, but we love other things too like fashion, beauty, and food. We've also been wanting to create one since forever, so we hope to make one SUCCESSFULLY, It's not that easy ya know from creating the design and all those especially since we're not experts.

NUMBER 3
BERYL WILL FINALLY DECIDE WHAT SHE WANTS TO BE

I need serious help because I have zero idea what I want to be in the future, what i want to take in senior high and in college! I have no choice though because I can't be a bum forever.

DIY Lip Scrubs! ♡

Another DIY! YAY!

Because of our Pinterest addiction lately, we thought of making some lip scrubs. If your lips have been dry for a while now, we now have the perfect solution for you. Again, the ingredients are very simple and most can be found at home. If you're interested in making one then here are the steps!

Option 1: Lush Inspired Lip Scrub

You will need:
Bowl
Measuring utensils: 1 tbsp and 1 tsp
1 teaspoon Olive Oil
1 tablespoon Honey
Optional: Food coloring of choice
Small containers
Optional: Petroleum Jelly
1 tablespoon sugar

Step 1:
Combine 1 tablespoon of honey and sugar in a small bowl.


Then, add 1 teaspoon of olive oil, 1 teaspoon of Petroleum Jelly and two to three drops of food coloring. Mix well.


Step 2:
Using your spoon, place the completed scrub inside the container. You can use a smaller spoon or a chopstick to help place it inside easier. Our scrub required two containers.

Step 3: 
You're done! Just scrub it on your lips and feel extra moisturized!


Option 2: Vanilla Lip Scrub

This second scrub is based off of the first one, but we changed a couple of ingredients so that we could get this kinda vanilla-y and coconut-y scent while still being moisturizing. 

We basically did everything that we did with the first scrub, aside from adding a little vanilla extract for scent. We also switched out the olive oil for coconut oil because coconut oil is very nourishing and smells really great, especially when it has that slight hint of vanilla. The amount of vanilla extract that you'll add depends on how strong you want your lip scrub to smell. We only added a little, around two drops, and it turned out really well, complementing the coconut smell. The portion of the coconut oil stays the same: 1tbsp because we don't want to deviate from the original recipe too much in fear of the scrub becoming too liquid-y. Also, we're telling you guys now not to make too much since a little goes a really long way with these scrubs. We already tried it out and it works well and laves your lips feeling great. They make you want to eat them too! :)



Hope you liked this DIY! If you ever had the chance to try them, don't forget to show us at twitter! (@GeekyChiquitas)





GCQ Travels: South Korea

So there's a reason why we weren't able to blog last week... We went to Korea!!! 

We arrived there on April 1st at around 8 pm and went back home on April 5th although when we arrived back at the Philippines, it was already April 6th. We'll be sharing to you our experiences, but we'll be skipping day 1 as nothing much happened. We hope you enjoy!

Day 2:

Places We Went to:

Gyeongbokgung Palace and National Folk Museum


Petite France


Nami Island


Food We Ate:

Lunch: Bulgogi (Beef)

Dinner: Dakgalbi (Chicken BBQ)

Snack: Ice Cream at Petite France


Other Stuff:

We found this little book cafe while exploring Nami Island and decided to take a short look inside. It was an adorable, quaint little shop where you could sit down and take refuge from the cold weather, drinking coffee and reading a book.





Day 3:

Places We Went to:

Mt. Seorak National Park


Gwongeumsong Fortress with Cable Car Ride

View from Cable Car
Big Bronze Buddha


Food We Ate:

Lunch: Grilled Fish

Dinner: Ginseng Chicken Soup

Day 4:

Places We Went to:

Everland Theme Park


The place was full of gorgeous flowers for their Tulip Festival.

Kimchi Making and Wearing Korean Costume (Hanbok)




Seoul N Tower

Love Locks

Food We Ate:

Lunch: Samgypsal (Pork Belly)

Dinner: Meal inside Everland

Day 5:

Places We Went to:

Sanmeoru Winery and Jam-Making


Cherry Blossom Street

Cherry blossoms are just beginning to bloom.

Myeongdong Cathedral and Street


Food We Ate:

Lunch: Under the Sea Buffet (Seafood Buffet)

After all this we went to Incheon International Airport and got on a flight back to the Philippines. The flight was around 9 pm so we arrived the next day past 1 am. We were exhausted, but it was worth it. Korea is an amazing place.


Interviewing Gail: Week 2

It's already week 2 of our little feature! If you are new to our blog, we basically interviewed different bloggers, so that you, yes you who are reading this right now can get to know them, while we get to know them too. For this week's featured blogger.. *drum roll sound* IT'S...


1. Share your favorite joke or chat-up line.
"Do you know what this shirt is made of? Boyfriend material." HAHA I just think it's so witty and cheesy.

2. Most embarrassing moment?

OH GOD I HAVE PLENTY. Um, I guess it was during my reading of honors in grade school. We were getting ready to have our picture taken when the photographer yelled, "WACKY POSE!" so I did my own thing. I remained in that position, not knowing he already took the "serious" photo. I was the only one doing the wacky pose while everyone looked so regal. I burned that photo soon after.

3. Zodiac sign?

Libra

4. Most daring thing you've ever done?
I guess my life's been pretty safe and boring. Does bathing and feeding an angry monkey count as daring?


5. If you were about to be dropped in a pit of lava, what would you
choose as your last words?
THE FLOOR IS LAVAAAAAA!

6. Who is your favorite cartoon character?
Toph from Avatar: The Last Airbender

7. When you were a kid, what was the thing that was understood by
everyone but misinterpreted by you? (Example: ______ used to wonder
why people said that there was 0% interest. She means why would anyone
buy it if it wasn't even the slightest bit interesting?)

Sales confused me a lot. I used to think 70% SALE meant you would pay only 70% of the price. So I got confused when people were happier when the sale was 50% instead of 20%.

8. Who is your favorite blogger?
The Bloggess. I recently found her blog. I think she's awesome.

9. Future plans?
My dream is to get published. I've always loved making up stories and getting to share them with the world would be just wonderful.


10. Animal that you would own as a pet? (Birds, cats, dogs, fishes,
bunnies, and guinea pigs not allowed)
Starfish. They're so cute in their own weird way.

11. Do you believe ants are nutritious?
I had to Google this and it says ants are high in protein but I still would not eat ants. 

12. Star Wars or Star Trek?
Star Wars!

13. Favorite superhero?
Iron Man

14. Favorite super villain?
The Joker

15. Name one thing you love about yourself?
My imagination.

16. TBH…
TBH I'm afraid of the future.

17. What is your favorite shirt/dress/pants/jacket/hoodie/any piece of
clothing? Attach a picture.

I love this hoodie so much. I bring it with me whenever I travel, and just having it gives me comfort. 


18. Word that best describes you?
Mysterious

19. Favorite app?
Twitter

20. What food do you crave right now? Attach a picture.


21. What's the thing you can't live without?
Family

22. What's your happy place?
I'm in my "happy place"whenever I get this sudden burst of creativity and determination, like I just wanna write everything, not caring if it's written perfectly. But I'm most happy when I'm left alone with my thoughts.

23. You just murdered someone. How would you dispose of their body?
(Examples: throw it in the ocean, bury it, dissolve it Breaking Bad
style) We're just curious, promise. :)

I would set it on fire.

24. Attach a selfie!

25. Links on where to find you? 
Twitter: www.twitter.com/HeyItsGail      Blogger: www.gailaranas.blogspot.com

Don't forget to follow her twitter and her blog! Trust me, it's awesome. :)

If you missed Week 1 of our little feature, just click this link:
WEEK #1

If you want to be updated with our future blog posts, here's our twitter links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Geekychiquitas
Kimi's twitter: https://twitter.com/randomsupergirl
Beryl's twitter: https://twitter.com/berylski8

Leave a random comment below!! We really appreciate commentssss. Stay tuned next Sunday for the next featured blogger. BYIEEEEEE. 

Interviewing Divergent Gryffindor: Week 1

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We recently asked a couple of bloggers to answer a few interview questions. Every week, we will be posting the response of various bloggers, and by various we mean book/fashion/food/beauty bloggers. We really had fun doing this and we were able to talk to some bloggers, and became blogger friends too. This week's featured blogger is known as Divergent Gryffindor! Get to know more about her by reading her answers with our questions. We really enjoyed reading her answers, and we hope you do too! :) 

1. Share your favorite joke or chat-up line.
I can't remember anything funny right now! I'm a pretty boring person, sorry.

2. Most embarrassing moment?
I can't think of the most embarrassing moment, but here's a book-related thing. I was waiting while Melissa de la Cruz was signing my copy of Blue Bloods, when she asked me if I have read the book yet. I was on an internal battle because I didn't want to admit that I haven't read any of her books yet, but what if she asks me about it? So then I decided to tell the truth. I asked her to sign my friend's book too, and she asked me if I knew who their favorite characters were, and I just shook my head no! I actually didn't know any of the characters! I just brought Blue Bloods because I didn't want to miss the opporunity, and also, because there were two other authors in the event. I was so embarrassed, I wish I read the first book before meeting her!

3. Zodiac sign?

Saguittarius. :)

4. Most daring thing you've ever done?
Zip-lining! Yeah, it's lame, I know. I'm a pretty boring person. :P

5. If you were about to be dropped in a pit of lava, what would you
choose as your last words?
I can't think of anything now. 

6. Who is your favorite cartoon character?

My favorite cartoon is Phineas from Phineas and Ferb! Even at 17, I still watch that cartoon. HAHA!

7. When you were a kid, what was the thing that was understood by
everyone but misinterpreted by you? (Example: ______ used to wonder
why people said that there was 0% interest. She means why would anyone
buy it if it wasn't even the slightest bit interesting?)

I can't remember anything like that! :O

8. Who is your favorite blogger?
I don't really have a favorite blogger, but I have bloggers I look up to.

9. Future plans?
Save the world! Just kidding! It's actually always been a dream of mine to help an orphanage. I don't know why, I just thought of it back when I was still a kid! :)

10. Animal that you would own as a pet? (Birds, cats, dogs, fishes,
bunnies, and guinea pigs not allowed)
Dolphins! Aren't they just cute?

11. Do you believe ants are nutritious?
Uh, no. I'm scared of ants, actually, when there are a lot of them at once. *shivers*

12. Star Wars or Star Trek?
None? I know, I know. How lame am I, right?

13. Favorite superhero?
I don't like super heroes. I don't watch them. I have no childhood, I know! T.T I even fell asleep while watching Avengers. (Don't kill me, please!)

14. Favorite super villain?
Same answer as above.

15. Name one thing you love about yourself?
I love that I love reading! Teehee. :3

16. TBH…
I don't know why I'm still blogging. It's not that I don't love it, because I really do. It's just that I tend to get tired and quit things easily, but it's different with blogging.

17. What is your favorite shirt/dress/pants/jacket/hoodie/any piece of
clothing? Attach a picture.


I love the shirt because I love nautical stuff, and I love the shoes because it goes with anything! :D
(Same pic as my 'selfie')

18. Word that best describes you?
CRAZY.

19. Favorite app?
Kindle, no question! :D I get easily bored with games, that's why the answer would change everytime, so I chose a non-gaming app.

20. What food do you crave right now? Attach a picture

 
 I LOVE FOOD!! <3

21. What's the thing you can't live without?

Internet. I can't imagine a world without internet, even though we didn't have internet back when I was younger. But now that I've gotten used to it, I can't live without it. Besides, how would I be able to blog without the internet?

22. What's your happy place?

My quiet room, where I can be alone to read or catch up on TV series. :D

23. You just murdered someone. How would you dispose of their body?
(Examples: throw it in the ocean, bury it, dissolve it Breaking Bad
style) We're just curious, promise. :)

I'll throw the body into the ocean, so it can't be found. Also, because I'm not that original. Hart, hart. :))

24. Attach a selfie!


I know it's not exactly a 'selfie'. But hey, at least I'm alone in the picture! Sorry, I only have few pictures alone wherein I look like a normal human being. HAHA! :))

25. Links on where to find you?
 
http://www.divergentgryffondor.blogspot.com
www.divergentgryffindor1.tumblr.com 
www.twitter.com/divergentgryffi
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/10140696-divergent-gryffindor

Make sure to follow her links, and don't forget to stay tuned for next week's featured blogger. Leave a comment about what you think, and a link of your own blog if you have one, so we can visit or follow them! 
Byeeeee! 

What We Normally Do on a Random Saturday (Beryl & Audrey)

As you all know we're sisters, which means we live together, sleep together, get to annoy each other, dance together and all that jazz. That also means that  we can easily document whatever the other is doing. And we definitely have a routine. In this post, we will be showing you guys what we do on a normal Saturday. Basically, it's a day in our lives blog post. 

Let's start with when we wake up.
9:30 to 9:45- Obviously this is when we wake up. Since it's our summer vacation, we sleep past midnight, and wake up late. We wouldn't be up by this time if we weren't going out. Yes, we are lazy creatures. There is no denying this fact.

9:45 to 10:00- Beryl allots this time checking out notifications, instagram, twitter, pageviews and comments. Meanwhile, Audrey spends this time lying down, wrapped in the blankets like a burritto, wishing that it was night again.

10:00 to 10:30- It's breakfast time!!! YAY. We eat whatever's on the table, providing it's edible.

10:30 to 11:00-  Beryl usually uses half of this time to lie down again and the other half picking out her clothes for the day. Audrey uses this time to read on her iPad and wait impatiently until Beryl is finished picking out her clothes so that she can pick out her own.

11:00 to 11:45: Beryl takes a bath for around 15 minutes. After taking a bath, she does whatever her weird mind directs her to. Audrey takes a 30-minute bath because she prides herself on being clean and smelling good not because she's just slow and wants to irritate people. Obviously, Audrey wrote this part. And she does not regret anything.

11:45 to 12:00- Um, we lie down again? I don't really know what we do at this time. Seriously no idea. Maybe a wizard is robbing us of our memories or something. Why would they be robbing us of our memories, you ask? Well, maybe, they're taking us to their secret world and showing us their magic way. But then why would they take our memories if they take the time to show us their ways, you wonder? Well, we haven't gotten that far yet.

12:00 to 12:45- Food time again!! We LOOOVVEEEEE food. 

12:45 to 5:00- It's either we watch tv series all day, lie down all day, sleep all day, go the grocery or mall. We don't know if it's just us, but we love going to groceries because we get to buy food. HAHA. Who doesn't love food? 

5:00 to 6:00- Watching YouTube videos. Recently we've been addicted to YouTube. There are a lot of great YouTubers. ( Tyler Oakley, Troye Sivan, Zoella, Caspar Lee, Joe Sugg, Alfie, Joey Graceffa, etc...) Basically, their gang. I wish there was a vidcon in Manila. Comment down below your favorite YouTubers! =) 

6:00 to 7:00: DINNERRR. WEEEEEE. They say that you should eat a lot during breakfast, but we're the complete opposite. We love dinner time, and that's the time we eat a LOT. Which will probably lead to us getting fat, but whatever.

7:00 to 8:00- We shower. Again. Because we are addicted to being clean and also because this is what people normally do. We bloggers are not so different. We eat and sleep and go grocery shopping. Just like you guys.

8:00 to 10:00- This is the time when we start panicking about what we'll post today (well, Beryl panics and Audrey watches her tv series). This is also the time when we start thinking to ourselves: If only we'd done this earlier, we wouldn't have to do it now when all we wanna do is watch our tv shows/read our favorite books. Usually, Beryl figures out what we need to do and tells Audrey to do it while Audrey glares at her for making her stop watching her show.

10:00 to 10:30- We'll publish the blog post around this time and share it so that people know we exist. We then wonder what we will post tomorrow but won't really think of anything because by this time, our brains will be useless jelly.

10:30 to11:00- We reply to emails and see if there are any comments awaiting moderation. That's like a fancy way if saying: "Do you approve of this statement, master?" We're not making sense, are we?

11:00 to 12:00- Audrey resumes watching her tv series. Beryl continues watching youtube videos and laughing to herself like a crazy lady. 

12:00 to Whatever- Well, we sleep again and dream about bunnies and marshmallows and chocolate and stuff. Although, Audrey hasn't dreamt of anything in a long while. Is that an indication that something bad's gonna happen? I hope not.

So that's our day! We think we left out the toothbrush-ing and... other things. We definitely do that but we're pretty sure that no one wants to know about that so be grateful that we have spared you from this horrible fate.

What did you think about our totally normal day? Anything you wanna say? Just leave a comment!

ALSO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OVER A HUNDRED FOLLOWERS. THANK YOU. 


Book Blogger Love-a-Thon // Mini Challenge #4: Mash-Up


We were very excited for this challenge because we already had the perfect idea for it. Our idea was to mix fashion with books. We thought that it would be perfect since fashion seems to be far from books though there are books about fashion. Aside from fashion, we also had the idea of mixing our love for food with our love for books. We had a really hard time in deciding which one we should use so in the end we decided to do both.


First, we will write about fashion and books mashed-up. How did we choose to do this? Well, we decided to choose a character and an outfit of hers that we would want to wear too. The character we have chosen is Lola from Lola and The Boy Next Door. She has a very quirky fashion sense. We believe that fashion isn't about wearing nice, expensive, and branded clothes but about expressing who you are through what you wear. Lola does exactly that and is proud of it.


We all admire her for not being afraid to go beyond what other people believe is normal. We would want to wear the outfit that she planned to wear to her prom. She wasn't just going to buy it, she was actually gonna make it. From scratch. She wanted to make a Marie Antoinette-type dress. Just imagining it made us want to steal the dress and go to prom wearing it. There are a lot of other fashionable characters out there and we respect them just as much as we do Lola. Remember that fashion is about who you are and not about who people want you to be.


Our next choice is food. We just LOVE eating! We eat when we're happy, sad, angry, excited, scared, and basically any other emotion. We even eat just because we're bored. How do you even connect food with books? We guess it's how, like food, books can be sweet, bitter, or bitter-sweet. There is also the recipe to a perfect book. Like creating a new dish, you can create a new book. You can use unique themes with unique characters and plots. You can also choose to use a "recipe" in making a book. Meaning, you already have a basis for what the book should be. It could be a cliché but approached differently. It can be the same recipe just treated differently depending on the author and/or cook. Just like the fact that there are no books that are exactly the same, there is no dish that is the exactly the same with a different one. Every book and every dish is unique.

What about you? What else are you passionate about aside from books? What's your hobby mash-up? :)

My Experience in The Dark

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'Twas a day of darkness and a night of light... No, seriously. There was a brownout today and we didn't have internet, we couldn't shower in hot water, and we couldn't see all that much... It sucked.

It started when I woke up this morning, I went to the bathroom and opened the light, or at least I tried to but the light wouldn't open. I thought that the bulb was simply burned out so I went back to sleep and forgot all about it until my sister said that there was a brownout. We had to go to our grandmother's house in our pajamas because there was no water in our house. After showering, we went back home.


A cousin of mine came over to our house hoping that there would be wifi and hot water unfortunately though, there wasn't any. We ended up talking about life and stuff. After a while of complaining about the heat, my mother came in and suggested that we play basketball since we never do anything sporty, my sister and cousin disagreed and we were back to talking about life and terrorizing our 4- year- cousin but even that gets boring after a while. My sister finally fell asleep and my cousin and I started eating. A lot. My 5- year- old cousin (brother of the 4-year- old cousin) asked me to go and play basketball with him so I went out and bravely attempted to play basketball. I sucked, of course but that doesn't mean it wasn't fun! I went back into the house sweating and smelling like the foot of a person who has just ran a marathon and the worst part was that there was no water so I couldn't take a bath. That was already around 5 o'clock though so I only had to wait an hour and 53 minutes to freshen up and be able to see well enough to change clothes.

Countdown to 2k14: Top 4 Best Food

Hunger could lead into a blog post and that's exactly what's happening to me right now. (lol) Because I am really hungry right now, an idea came to my mind to share to you my top four favorite food. Also, there are four days left before New Year, so I'll share to you four different kinds of food too.

WARNING: What you will read below is all about food. Food that will make you hungry just like me. ;) FOOD THAT WILL MAKE YOUR MOUTH WATER. 

You have been warned.

1. Red Velvet Cupcakes 

First up on the list is a small dessert. It's red, it's beautiful, and absolutely tasty. It has a taste somewhere between chocolate and vanilla. Plus, it is topped with cream cheese frosting that will leave your taste buds craving for more. I love this cupcake, and it has been my favorite dessert of the year. I love you red velvet.


2. Salads

Since I've got a dessert on my list, an appetizer should be too. The best appetizer of the year goes to salad! I am not a fan of vegetables, but salad is amazing! It's also a ready to eat dish, so you can eat in anytime. The salad dressing makes it even more delicious. I especially love the salad in Italianni's so you should go check it out. Definitely, this green dish is part of my top four best food of the year. 



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