Hello again dear reader! Glad to see you're not being put off by another blog...
Well, nothing's really new. I'm still working, trying to save up for my Masters which I've decided will be either in USC or UCLA. It all depends on scholarships and stuff like that. If I'm lucky I'll be there in January! Yay!
Fear not dear reader, it won't get a lot worse, I promise...
I might be going on a trip come September/October. If things go according to plan, I might visit Italy, then move up until I reach Denmark... It's still months away, but hopefully I can make this trip!
See? Not that bad!
I'm still single, life's been weird in that sense and I've just cut pretty much all the drama out of my life. I left Facebook (Oh! The horror!) And I'm keeping myself to Twitter and Tumblr. P.M. me if you want the link!
All in all I can't complain. I moved into a great apartment a month ago today and I'm happy. But if you guys can send some "luck in love" vibes I won't complain!
What's new with you?
I leave you with a picture of a giant green bug that haunted me all day today. Night folks!
♥
Mena
So, 2012 came and I am now 30. I feel happy about it, even if I'm being teased constantly for being the eldest in my group of friends (by months, but still). I also have a renewed outlook on life for some reason, every beginning of year I get amped up on positive vibes. Except for kids, they need to get off my lawn!
As far as business goes, I'm still gonna teach, which I wasn't expecting. I got my contract again and the chance to move my classes around if I need to travel, which is awesome. Apparently my evaluation was pretty fucking good and kids wanted me back. Kids these days, I swear... They must be insane!
I'm also working with 2 different companies, I got promoted to partner in one of them and the other is just starting, so if all things are done correctly, I might have a heavy burden but a lot of cash coming in, thank goodness!
As for love... Well, let's just say I better start collecting cats.
I hope you guys have a great year. I'm happy, a little stressed about my visa appointment tomorrow, but oh well. Thank you to miss velvet_petal for remembering my bday! I leave you with this for musical enjoyment... And with that I bid you adieu!
Love ♥,
Mena
That was fast! Hope you didn't suffer a lot through her senseless rambling dear reader, good night!
I've never been to a buddhist monastery. I have never "seen the light". I however, have had a moment of illumination in a reclining chair at my skin care appointment. More so humbling than illuminating though, mostly because it was scary as hell.
I hadn't been there for a facial in over a year, so I decided to make an appointment bright an early and there I was enjoying the warm steam opening my pores. Suddenly I feel a sting. Turns out she was using a needle to open some skin. Ok, no biggie, I'm tattooed, I can take this like the macho woman I am. Next a cleanser, nice. Then a weird electrical sound. What in the holy hell?!
I can't open my eyes because I have some sort of green goo on my face and a pair of cotton rounds soaked in some blue liquid on my eyes (I know this because I caught a glimpse before I was forced to shut them and keep them that way). So all that's left for me to do is wiggle nervously a bit and ask in what I'm sure was a panicked tone of voice: "What is that?".
"Just something to close the pores and make the skin prettier". Ma'am I am not 5. I WILL take that lollypop but that's because i want one. However, your explanation of what that horrendous noise was isn't exactly what you'd call professional talk. I ask "Is it gonna hurt?". No, it'll just tingle a bit she says. Ok, a tingle, I can take that too! God, I'm one tough cookie.
And then came the "tingle". If that's what tingly feels like I'm definitely not a fan anymore. It felt more like a dozen Australian spiders crawling on my skin and occasionally zapping me. Yes, that's right, spiders with lasers. I should mention I have metal on my face, which I'm not exactly sure if is conductive at the moment since I'm freaking out at the laser zapping spiders.
Ouch. Yup, it's conductive alright. Um, ma'am? That hurt. "Oh of course it didn't hurt, it's just to make you pretty!". Ok, one: I am fucking pretty already (don't mess with my self esteem woman!) and two: I don't think you were the one being electrocuted in the face, so I don't think you can attest to it NOT hurting.
I suck it up, clench my teeth, sink my nails on the rubber covered chair and start counting. I count when I'm nervous. Yes, I am insane.
It's over, now we wait with the green goo drying up on me. This could be part of some horror movie, not sure which but I'm sure the leading lady doesn't make it. Even the music is torture, relaxing: my ass!
They clean me up, a little massage (ok, I admit that feels good) and out the door I go. I can't believe we pay for this stuff.
Once in my car, trembling like a leaf, with my face looking like I was beat up by a pack of rabid wolverines I realize: that's one of the scariest things I've ever been through. I had to trust a broad with electrical instruments around my cute little visage (no matter what she says, I'm pretty goddamit!) while my eyes were closed shut. I had no idea what the hell was going on around me, I had no control over what she was doing to me and I still sat back and endured it.
Now I remember WHY I don't do this more often.
Yup.
♥
Mena
P.s. I'm being silly, by the way, I am sad but not bawling my eyes out or anything, I'll update later after I eat, it's been all day without food and that makes me grouchy!
The business isn't going all that well and a client even dissapeared on us causing some financial troubles. All is good though, we could be bankrupt, but we're trying to figure it out without me going into a panic attack.
In the meantime we both took half time jobs, I'm doing what I like best at the local TV station, so that's good and not so boring. I miss doing my video blog, but you know how sometimes you're just not in the mood? Yeah, that's how I've felt this last few months. We're getting there though, so hopefully soon I'll get back to it. The main problem here is, if we can't make the business work smoothly by next month, boyfriend's moving back to Mexico City. I'm not surprised nor sad about this, it's just out of my control and as a control freak it's kinda nerve wrecking. Would we stay together? I don't know, we didn't talk about it much.
On to other less stressful topics, I dyed my hair! And surprisingly, I didn't end up bald!
Here's a pic:. 
It was what I needed to feel better about myself. I'm still working out and losing weight steadily but slowly. Now I need to see a dermatologist because my break outs are becoming more and more constant and I hate it. I didn't even have acne in my teenage years, what the hell?
Anyway, that's pretty much all that's new with me and partly the reason I have failed miserable at updating my blogs. I hope SG Land will be forgiving!
♥
Mena
♥ Mena
