Pretty Little Liars Binge

I love the caption: Never trust a pretty girl with an ugly secret.

Mystic Nymph singing Secret by The Pierces, "Got a secret? Can you keep it? Swear this one you'll save. Better lock it in your pocket. Taking this one to the grave. If I show you then I know you won’t tell what I said. 'Cause two can keep a secret if one of them is dead."

I'm no closet queen when it comes to my enthusiasm for ABC's Pretty Little Liars. I have an absolute fascination over that TV series, and I'm not going to hide it. I do believe that if certain things makes us happy, then by all means, we should not hold back in letting it show. Y'all agree?

I may get a lot of eye-rolling for this, but I love PLL! It's because of the on-going mystery that engulfs the whole story. It's very catchy, and that's what makes it more alluring. I love it that they have a mix of different genres. It has romance, drama, comedy, action, suspense.. name it, PLL has it!

I've read a lot of negative critic reviews about the show, but those stuff will not change the fact that PLL is one of my ultimate guilty pleasures. We have different interests, but that doesn't necessarily make us less of a person. It may be a cliche and predictable show, but hey, others also are. Walang basagan ng trip!

Based on Sara Shepard's teen novel of the same title.

PLL S02E13 The First Secret. Halloween Special.

I just finished my PLL marathon, and now I'm thinking of re-running it. The "Over My Dead Body" mid-season finale has made my heart pound fast, literally. It may seem a tad bit OA, but that episode had clouded my mind with so many questions and further confusions like the following:

• Will Spencer get back with Toby? Why did she have to kiss Wren?

• What made the Rosewood Police think those 4 girls really killed Alison?

• What will happen to Ezria with Jackie's petty threat? Will their relationship cause another trouble on the Montgomery family?

• Did Garett and Jenna plan that shitty situation to turn in the 4 girls?

• Who the hell is Pretty Eyes? Who is A, cause definitely it's not Alison?

According to some reliable sources, PLL S02E14 will be shown on January 12 2012. Wait for it, PLL-lites? I've seen the promo, and I bet it's going to be an explosive comeback. More revelations will be unleashed. Someone will go missing. Someone will die. Someone will be exposed. I seriously can't wait!

Meanwhile, here are some of my favorite photos from PLL stars. Grabbed them from their Facebook Page. And oh, they already have 6,132,301 Facebook fans and counting. That's something!

Sasha Pieterse as Alison DiLaurentis

Lucy Hale as Aria Montgomery

Troian Belisario as Spencer Hatings

Shay Mitchell as Emily Fields

Ashley Benson as Hannah Marin

Chicos de PLL
Ian Harding (Ezra Fitz), Drew Van Acker (Jason DiLaurentis), Keegan Allen (Toby Cavanaugh) and  Tyler Blackburn (Caleb Rivers). Ian you're hot!

And by the way, do you know that one of our pretty ladies is actually a Filipino? She's none other than Shay Mitchell who was born from a Filipino mother and an Irish/Scottish father. No wonder why she's talented and beautiful! It's so good to know that Filipinos are becoming well-known globally. I'm proud of her!

I'm very sleepy now, so let me bid you goodnight. Sleep tight everyone! Enjoy the Halloween!

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Sonic Boom: Rainy Monday

Between Us - Peter Bradley Adams

Hey stranger when may i call you my own?

I know i don't know you, but there's somewhere I've seen you
before.
Whatever your name is, whatever you do
there's nothing between us I'm willing to loose

Just call me if ever our paths may collide.
I want you to call me under these darkening skies.
whoever you love, whoever you kiss
the ones in between us I'm willing to miss

now I'm drifting out over deep oceans
and the tide won't take me back in
and these desperate nights I'll call you again and again

More of You - Mozella

So it goes without saying, that I'm hooked on you,

And by now I'm out of mind with this self-abuse,

I guess I should have looked out for myself,

I guess that I could have found someone else,

But I never met anyone, who's loving made me so damn crazy,

Everything little thing that you do,

Every single word you say,

Every time you’re looking away,

you got begging for more of you, more of you,

Everytime I'm ready to go,

Everytime I think I'm back in control,

Something gets my heart and my soul

and I'll be begging for more of you, more of you.

Please Don't Leave Quite Yet - Adam Agin

Underneath my bed there’s a raincoatPacked with scarfs and books Just go look

But don’t let the storm slow you down

No honey, don’t let the storm slow us down

The sound the furnish makes irritates you

I promise by next spring we’ll replace it

But dont let the wind run you out

No honey, dont let the wind run us down

It’ll run us down

I want it to get better I swear

I’ll work to make it better

So please don’t leave quite yet

Please don’t leave quite yet

Please don’t leave quite yet.

Don’t Leave Don’t Leave.

It's raining at this very moment in Davao City, and I'm listening to these lovely songs. I'm glad to say that I just had my last exam today. I hope I passed all my subjects, so that all I have to think about is my thesis. I had a bad plenary experience last week. Good thing my panelists and adviser gave me a chance to graduate this semester if I comply with my incomplete research output by November 5. That would be next month. Anyway, I hope you like the songs I've shared today. This is something very short again. I hope to be back on track with my oozing blogging juices by mid-November.

SVS: Ezra Fitz and Aria Montgomery

Reblogged from http://-amandasdays.tumblr.com/

This is one of the cutest scenes from Pretty Little Liars Season 1 Episode 15: If at First You Don’t Succeed, Lie Lie Again. This was when Aria went to Mr. Fitz’s room and flirtatiously convinces him to accompany her to the BASIA Art opening. While Aria was showing her “work” to her big love, Katie Herzig’s Hey Na Na was being played in the background. I wish I can be that sweet to my man!

And by the way, please pray for me because today is my Thesis Plenary. It’s sort of a second defense for my research's Results and Discussion. I hope I can finally graduate this October! May God bless me. I can't wait to finally write lengthier and more substantial posts after this week!

Sonic Boom: Brooke Waggoner

Took this photo last week.

So I'm back from my unannounced hiatus. My last post Child's Play: BYG Belle, which I wrote more than a week ago, got more than twenty comments for the first time. It never would have gotten that much of attention if I didn't leave my blog for nine days. LOL! Big thanks to those who managed to visit and follow Mystic Nymph, even when I didn't have time to pay them a visit in return. Anyway, I'll be giving you a short synopsis on how my past week went just in case you're interested to know.

Last week was one of the worst in my scholastic life. I had my practicum & written exam in PE, thesis defense and a report in STS class. I was dog-tired that much! I got a bundle of nerves the whole time because of the pressure, lack of sleep and whatnot. I even messed up in my report and defense because my speech anxiety got the better of me! I felt embarrassed, but dwelling on it won't help me graduate so I let it pass that way. I just did things to "de-stress" me like pigging out and watching PLL.

I'm so hooked on Pretty Little Liars! I've been catching up on it since last week, and now I'm on the 18th episode of their pilot season. I love it because it's not your usual bitchy and girly girl TV series. I don't know why, but I'm really into mystery stories like that. I'm not a good judge of shows, so I may be wrong but personally, PLL has become my favorite foreign drama next to Heroes. If you ask me about the characters, I like Aria and Spencer but I think Emily (Shay Mitchell) is hotter. I wanna dress like them! Their nifty outfits are to die for! Their styles are wicked!

Aside from the story, I also love its soundtrack. One of the best songs in their collection are from Brooke Waggoner. Here are two of my fave songs from her.

Fresh Pair of Eyes

'Cause I want to be seen
With a fresh pair of eyes
The single white tree
In a black hood of disguise

I want, I want to be seen
With a fresh pair of eyes
The single, the single white tree
In a black hood of disguise

I miss God, I miss God
I miss God, I miss God

Heal for the Honey

Points of light
Shootin' through the tree-stained vines
It draws me in
To catch a fistful of wind and chime

But all day long I heal for the honey
Waitin' for the one I love
The noons are hot with heartache aplenty
I'm lovesick and undone

I bet my future Sonic Boom posts would still be from PLL. Their OST has been dominating my play list these days. You might want to check it out as well. They're very nice! Okay, I need to have some grub now. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. Au revoir!

Pretty Little Liar Wannabes

L-R: Francis, Ali, me and Jael.

This is one of my favorite shots.

With Jaimie who did Jael and Francis' make up.

I wish I didn't tilt my head like that.

We look like Showgirls.

I love this a lot! It looks vogue-ish.

The pretty Jael. Check her out in Cosmopolite.

The sultry Francis. Check her out in Cosmopolite.

The alluring Ali. Check her out in Cosmopolite.

Make Up: Jael Magbanua and Jaimie Cabrera

Photos Taken by: Ourselves

Style: Ourselves

We had a photo shoot last Wednesday to practice Jael's make up skills with the help of her "mentor" Jaimie, whom I heard took up Fine Arts in UP Diliman before transferring here in UP Mindanao to study Communication Arts. Nice meeting you, dear! I would love to feature you in one of my blog series soon. 

Anyway, that day was also our skirt day as you can see. Francis pulled off a rockstar vibe and Ali had a corporate slutty look. I'm not sure about my theme though. For me, Jael was the best dressed among the four of us. She looks like a walking doll, especially with her Fedora that I want to steal! I love it big time.

Again, this is something very short. Much love!