starfish-hickey:

I’ve seen this post a number of times, and the amount of notes it has is appalling. For some reason Tumblr wouldn’t let me comment the post, so here it is:
This professor needs to be fired ASAP. (S)he knows nothing about how depression works and can manifest. Very many people who have depression have cognitive (the process of thinking for those who don’t know) symptoms. These symptoms manifest in a preoccupation with negative outcomes. Those with depressive thinking patterns relate those outcomes to internal, global, and stable events - meaning they believe the outcomes are due to something intrinsically wrong with them, are inevitable and encompass all aspects of life, and are unchangeable. This is called Attribution Theory. It’s a real thing, unlike the nonsense this professor is spouting. For example, let’s say a class had a pop quiz, and two students did pretty poorly on it. The one student who shows signs of depression thinks, “wow, I can’t do anything right. I always fail everything. What’s the point in even trying anymore?” At the same time, the other, mentally healthy student may be thinking, “wow, that quiz was really hard. Mrs. Teacherpants should really warn us about these quizzes if she wants us to do well. Oh well, I guess I’ll just start looking over my notes every night and maybe go talk to her about my grade.” Neither of these thoughts are the “truth,” although each person believes so. In reality, one series of attributions simply signifies potential depression and the other signifies likely mental health, or at the very least a lack of depression. Telling depressed people that their world view is the objective truth 1) is utterly and completely wrong, 2) may lead them to feel even more helpless towards their situation since it solidifies the idea in their mind that they can’t really change anything, and 3) adds to what I like to call “special snowflake syndrome,” although that is completely opinion-based and has no basis in theory nor evidence to back it up, so I won’t talk about it here. Just please believe me when I say, that post is NOT real psychology. Sorry for the rant. Xoxo

what's your daily make-up routine? or the make-up you wear in school?
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I don’t wear makeup to school because I am lazy and I have no time. I try to be makeup free as often as possible.

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However, if you really want a suggestion, physician’s formula wear mineral powder is really great for daily use. I used to wear this everyday to school during my first years at the university so I would know. Also use Lip/cheek tint because it’s natural looking. I would say The Face Shop’s lovely me:ex tint (not the plumper) is the best. I think it’s phased out now though, but their new line of tint looks like a good dupe. Etude House’s is not bad, just don’t get the milky ones. Revlon’s crayon looking lip balm is also really awesome and pretty long lasting. The red one is the most natural looking, in my opinion. And if you want a nice mascara, maybelline collosal (spelling?) hands down is the best, but for everyday look, I think hypercurl is better. It really works in holding curl and it’s less dramatic looking.

Just embrace your natural beauty so that you don’t have to go through all the trouble of buying those products and putting them on.

You seem to have a lot of friends. How often do you go out?
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Yes I have a lot of friends. It’s quite suffocating actually. Loljk it’s not, they’re awesome. I don’t go out that much anymore, especially now that I’m back in school for thesis. They’re probably mad at me right now for being so antisocial.

Girl! Those verified posts are scam!!! T__T Change your password. Log out and log back in - the act of logging out will kick anyone else out who may have broken into your account. ~ Follow these steps, your account maybe in trouble :O :O :O
◥		littlemissvalentine

Hey Mau! Just saw this now! Thanks for that! I was wondering what those posts were, I just suddenly found them flooding my blog! I managed to delete them all na. :)

Annyeong! People in Korea kept mistaking me for a Korean. I think it’s the glasses.

Hello! I’ve been neglecting tumblr for a while. I wasn’t planning on coming back but I just can’t seem to stay away from it lol. So maybe when I have more time, I’ll be using this blog more. In the meantime, here’s a photo of me, the gorgeous coleen, the fab taz and poulex’s perry cap.

Nice guys get friendzoned?

We always hear people saying that nice guys usually get friendzoned.

If ever you get friendzoned, don’t be so assuming that it’s because you’re nice. Sometimes, people friendzone you for other reasons. Perhaps it’s because you’re dumb, or you’re manipulative, or you’re possessive and needy. Or you’re creepy.

Perhaps you were even a jerk. Perhaps you were selfish, or stingy like Mr. Krabs. Being friendzoned doesn’t always mean it’s because you’re nice.

But if you were friendzoned because you’re nice, in that case, my sincerest condolence… to the person who friendzoned you, for his or her loss.

I on the other hand, have never been friendzoned. Nope. However, I did get sister-zoned, bro-zoned and ate(older sister)-zoned.

Aside from that, I also got Timezoned (weh).

We pimpzoned this mascot.

Everyone's sick and tired except me

Taz: I'm having fever right now
Pau: You have fever again? I'm wondering why I'm the only one who isn't getting sick. Almost everyone around me is sick.
Taz: Coz you don't have philpro and you're on acadres and you're single. HAHA!

Tuesdays with James Morrison

Spontaneous hang out with my favorite philo girls and guess who we got to spend it with? James Morrison! What a way to spend the day indeed. Just got another ticket in time for Espee Peeef! Thanks Auntie Andy!

Moonstar88 opened for James Morrison. Can you believe they were famous in the 90’s/ early 2000? They look so young!

Love him! He’s so full of personality! And his voice, oh god his voice is sexy.

His music sounds amazing live!

He is so talented. His energy is infectious! It was difficult to take a photo of him without his guitar coz he moved around a lot. I think he secretly got a kick out of the cameras following him all over the stage haha.

James Morrison ended his tour in the Philippines with his crew on stage. We’re just glad to hear that they’ll be back!

Wish my bed hair always looked like this

Honesty is essential in friendship. If you truly are friends, you don’t need to bullshit and manipulate each other. If you do, then that’s not friendship. That also shows insecurity, that the person will leave you. If you truly are friends, trust that the person won’t leave you even when you’re being honest and real. If they don’t stay, then that’s not a friendship worth keeping to begin with. (Taken with Instagram)

Got new glasses! My so called “hipster” glasses broke, huhu. Good thing I chanced upon this nice frame with purple temples in E.O.! It’s not often that I see them selling frames like this. Their frames usually look business-like. I had them use the same corrective lenses from my old glasses so I didn’t pay much. Happy little girl!

Hello Ze Pau,I'm new here&I just wanna say how fab you are&that I think that the person you dated is shallow&insignificant for still thinking she could sway you with how she looked. You're on the right track standing up for somebody who thinks you're a superficial pushover. Don't think she's a waste,you deserve so much better. Sometimes,beauty isn't enough to feed your mind,calm the soul and warm the heart. By the way...I like how you flirt, do you mind if I copied it? It looks authentic&daring!
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HAHA! Oh gosh you made my day. Thank you, I appreciate all this. I just want to make it clear though that I DON’T KNOW if it’s true that she thought she could sway me with her looks (but it’s a valid assumption). And of course you may copy it! A little warning though, your quarry may never get enough of you when you try flirting that way, haha! But that might actually be a good thing. :>

I agree on your intuition re:my previous question, Pau. In fact when we see things on a pedestal or in a museum,we immediately think it's good just coz it's pretty but content, motive, interpretation&medium should at the same time be evaluated. What you might think as ugly is actually beautiful due to its content or interpretation&what you think is beautiful just looks the part but it isn't art. Guess it's the same with people, just coz something is beautiful,it doesn't mean it's worth anything
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I agree completely! You’ve got it spot on. I like that you added motive and interpretation. And you’re right, it’s true that just because something is beautiful, doesn’t mean it’s worth anything. Now I wish I knew exactly who you are anon (and I don’t use the word “know” lightly because Sir Dacela will not be pleased, hahaha.) so that we can discuss this in school. But I have a feeling I might know who you are. :)

Hi Pau. I liked your blog pertaining to aesthetic consciousness. I would like to commend you for being able to distance yourself from bad art. Plato himself identified art as nothing but a form of mimesis. An imitation of the real thing thrice removed. Therefore it's possible that the person you dated is nothing but an illusion of beauty but not beauty itself-like a Chanel knock off. Noel Carroll strongly advises that the beautiful is not necessarily good. What's your take on good art gone bad?
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Bahaha! I’m guessing you’re a philosophy major! Thank you for your question and for taking time to read my blog. I love the Chanel metaphor. I’m not an expert on aesthetics but my take is simple— good art can sometimes be deceitful, or it might seem good, but with other things considered, it is actually not. Whether it be through its moral value (as in, is it still good art even though it is morally evil? Is morality relevant to art?), or the medium used (as in, is it still considered a good Chanel bag if it is made up of knock off materials?), or the gallery it was placed in to trick the minds of people that it’s good art (as in, is it still art whether or not you put it in a museum?). And I agree, art is ultimately about content, as well as its ability to move people.

So yes perhaps you’re right, that it might’ve been the case that it was just an illusion of beauty.