Jasminian

How much of you has gotten braces and retainers? Yep some of us have been through it all. May it be for health reasons or for the sake to get that perfect smile. Whether you're still wearing it, going through the retainer phase, let's agree that those years are just about discipline! The discipline of actually cleaning your teeth in a way you kind of never did before (not saying that you never clean your teeth before, omg that would just sound bad, why am I even writing this? lol never mind, ignore the voice in my head babbling. So, I meant cleaning in a good way, seriously!), you get used of more that just one tool to clean your teeth, that mental preparation of facing the facts that some of your teeth must be taken out, monthly visits to the dentist (my dentist is a living witness of me growing up), wearing retainers everyday, cleaning them, put it in the case and try not to lose it honestly. So well, I am going to share you bits of my story. I had had braces for 6 years...

Are you new to TOEFL IBT? To give you just a very short introduction, you'll be challenged to read, listen, speak and write. What’s the difference with other TOEFL tests or IELTS? The most significant difference of TOEFL IBT with other tests would be that it is done online, your speaking will be recorded in an amount of time and the test requires you to take notes. Well here’s the thing. Your note taking skills will be very important and will pretty much be your savior. Your notes will not be graded, but it is by creating an effective one, that will help you not only answering the questions but moreover it will help you understand your way of thinking. I am writing these tips based on personal experience and they seem to be quite effective (at least for me). I hope these tips will help you as much as it has helped me. The note taking tips that I’ll write about is for listening, speaking and writing. While taking notes, you will likely be doing it while reading and listening,...

Dear reader, Tonight I’m not going to write about anything particular. But I’m just going to sit here and type all these words to you as a friend. Let’s talk and perhaps have some coffee or tea or juice or water or whatever you please, as you keep on reading this post letter by letter. You know it’s really nice having someone to talk to. Not to get any advice or to be criticized but just to be listened to. It’s that simple. So, how’s life? Has it been a little rough? Some of you perhaps might be going through a hard time and maybe dark. Feeling that you’re lost, lonely, feeling stuck, trapped and you think you can’t get out? Let me tell you. You will get through this! Just hang on there and it will soon be over. The word is ‘COURAGE’. Have the courage to keep going on, small steps are okay but you have to keep moving with your life. Even if you’re at your lowest point, once you get through this, you will come out and grow even stronger. Just like those days you thought that yo...

Forgiveness is the synchronization of the heart and mind to accept to release resentments and heartaches that once had nested in you. Unleashing it by letting it go with the breeze of the wind and a big smiling heart. Now you have a winner :) Forgiving is healthy and it feels deliberating. So set it free. I came across various websites and found quotes on forgiveness which are very heart warming and open minding. So I thought to share some of my faves with you guys. I hope you like it :)  "Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting." - William Arthur Ward "To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you." - Louis B. Smedes "Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it." - Mark Twain  "Forgiveness is the sweetest  revenge ." - Isaac Friedmann "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." - Mahat...

If you're one of those who enjoy the smell confectionery, sweets, warm vanilla, cookies, then this perfume might be something that you want to get a whiff of. Aquolina Pink Sugar is like entering your childhood candy land fair fantasy .You're walking on clouds of spun sugar, everything is interesting and edible, you're riding on candy-made-of attractions. It's tweeny, never serious and way bubbly. The perfume bottle comes in a cylindrical carton tube in the color pink and white. These two colors swirl at the cap. Inside, you get a cylindrical shaped bottle, and it has pink ribbons design all over the the bottle, not to forget the swirl on the cap. Just smelling from the bottle, you can instantly detect that this falls into the gourmand family. On the first spray what I detected was that it smelt prickly and sharp. I don't even know how 'prickly' smells lol, but I think it has to do with the licorice note. You'll smell artificial strawberries, the on...

Happy New Year everyone! Today, let's talk about the iconic DKNY Be Delicious for women. With the top notes of grapefruit, cucumber and magnolia, middle notes of tuberose, rose, liliy-of-the valley, violet, green apple and base notes consisting of amber, woody notes and sandalwood, this green apple shaped bottle is inspired by New York City, so it's why the main note is apple, as in 'the big apple'. DKNY Be Delicious is confident and vibrating. It's like saying 'Apple!' out loud in the middle of NYC. It it really does smell 'apple'. First sprayed on you'll get this loud flowery, citrus and ripe green apple. Later on it tones down to green apple-cucumber and flowers. And after it's apple-cucumber-woody notes. I would say too much sprays of this would be a little overwhelming, so you definitely don't want to bathe in this perfume. With the right amount, it's nice, it fruity, it's happy, sweet apple-y and confident. There is ...