My name is Lyka Velez, 17 years old, Scorpio.
Adventurous, self-aware, and outgoing is what I am. Future media producer and PETA advocate.
I love art, and the great outdoors.
Happily Ever After's don't exist but in Disney it does.

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Time for a change.
So I've had this blog for about 3 and half years now, and let's face it. This past year I haven't written one concise, substantial post. I think I need to start a new blog.
I turned 18 last month. Wehewwww.
Ah.. I need change. I need. change. 

So goodbye closet-sixteen.

I need a new home.



I'm a terrible terrible person.
Revamping this god forsaken place and I'm never leaving you again!


ALEXANDER SKARSGARD IS SEX
Hola mi amigas!

Yes! I am back home and I am ecstatic! I arrived a week ago, and considerable changes have happened since, I can now sing while playing guitar and my guitar playing has improved as well, I have finally gotten over my ex once and for all! and I feel exhilarated! I feel like nothing is holding me back from happiness anymore, and I feel like I can do anything! Because I have pushed my doubts away and I know I am! I am happy, and confident, and I can't wait to show the world the new me. I've never been this content and satisfied with myself and it shows me I really have grown up. And just in time too, it's my 18th birthday in 2 months and... It's time to change. For the better.

So! here's a few updates:

  1. I've been watching True Blood and I am soooo obsessed with it now, sure watching this show has bruised my morality, but man is this show goodddddd. UGH. NEW BEEF CAKE in the list, Alexander Skarsgard, who is absolute masculine PERFECTION. Damn, I need to get me some Swede. Anyways...
  2. School in 4 days, and I'm not excited about it like I usually am, but... I'm looking forward to it.
  3. Because of my mom's cancer treatments, we're really in a tight financial crunch, meaning we no longer can afford our usual luxuries and... meaning.. WE'RE POOR NOW. And I'm not really complaining, it's just one of the facts of life. You can't be happy forever.
  4. I'm not depressed anymore! woohoo!
  5. I bought THE hottest dress before leaving Cebu, and I cannot wait to wear it! Definitely gonna save it for a BIG occasion where all eyes and cameras will be on me. Seriously, this dress is a show stopper.
  6. I got my hair rebonded last night, and I think I really did it this time, I was so scared my hair would fall off from all the abuse it was receiving, I feared the heat killed my roots and now my hair's gonna fall off. Thank God it didn't, but from now on, I'm being EXTRA careful with my mane. It's the source of my confidence after all.
Not gonna bore you with boring details, I'm happy so, la dee da, that's all that matters right? :)

One morning you just wake up and you feel new.

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Honestly...

  1. Your ex texted you and wanted you back. Would you take him/her back?
    - Yes.
  2. Has anyone told you “forever and ever” then left?
    - No.
  3. Your relationship status?
    - Forever alone.
  4. Where did you meet your crush(es)?
    - School, family friend.
  5. Have you ever lost a close friend?
    - 4 times.
  6. Would you parents be mad if you were in a relationship?
    - No.
  7. When was the last time you really laughed?
    - I can't remember.
  8. Something is wrong. First guy you turn too?
    - N.
  9. First girl you’d turn to?
    - Radhika.
  10. Is there anyone who doesn’t like you because of something you did?
    - Haha, well I wouldn't know, no one's ever confronted me saying they had a problem with me.
  11. Angry at anyone?
    - Angry at everything. But not anyone.
  12. What’s stopping you from going for the person you like?
    - I'm kind of old school. I wouldn't ask a guy out, I'd feel like I'm throwing myself at him. The other thing that's stopping me is well, he's taken.
  13. When was the last time you cried really hard?
    - Last week.
  14. Is there anyone you would do anything for?
    - My mom.
  15. Who was the last person you talked to for more than 10 minutes on the phone?
    - My cousin.
  16. What is your favorite song?
    - Currently, Karmin's version of 'Look At Me Now'.
  17. Do you like Red Bull?
    - NO.
  18. How many people can you tell just about everything to?
    - 2.
  19. Have you ever wished on a shooting star?
    - No, what's a big ball of burning gas gonna do for me?
  20. Does the last person you held hands with mean something to you?
    - Yes.
  21. Describe yourself in one word.
    - Hard.
  22. Do you have anything that belongs to your ex?
    - Nope.
  23. Can you honestly say you’ve had a sleepover with the opposite gender?
    - Yes.
  24. Do you rebound?
    - No
  25. Ever cheated on someone?
    - NEVER.
  26. What would you do if you found out the person you like was in a relationship?
    - HAHA, already livin' it. I would suck it up, and keep walking.
  27. Do you act differently around the person you like?
    - No, I am who I am at all times.
  28. Honestly, what guy’s number do you have memorized?
    - My dads.
  29. Is it hard to make you laugh?
    - I have a weird sense of humor, so maybe. I laugh at jokes for socialization's sake. But LAUGH LAUGH, that's kinda hard.
  30. Who was the last person to make you mad?
    - This annoying maid in the house. GOD. Insolent child.
  31. Do you think your last ex will eventually want to be with you again?
    - No.
  32. Have you ever fallen asleep in someone’s arms?
    - No.
  33. Has anyone ever called you scrumptious before?
    - No.
  34. Would you like to put a night on repeat and live it forever?
    - Yes. This one night I spent laughing, and dancing... I felt good.
  35. Do you have a best friend that knows you inside and out?
    - YES.
  36. Is your best friend a slut?
    - LMAO. No. I wouldn't be good friends with one.
  37. Are you happy with life right now?
    - .... Human emotions are complicated, right now I'm chill, I'm not upset but not happy either. Right now I'm not 'content' with my life.
  38. Are you still in love with your ex?
    - I don't think so.
  39. Have you ever been the “other person” in a relationship?
    - NEVER. Being the mistress is just as bad as the one cheating.
  40. Have you ever had your heart broken?
    - Yes, and it was my fault.
  41. Have you ever broken someone’s heart? 
    - Regrettably, yes.
  42. Is there anybody you’re really disappointed in?
    - Yeah, a girl, who I was close with.
  43. Where is your best friend?
    - Kenya. But coming back to Dubai the SAME day I am, amazing :D
  44. Something you’re happy about?
    - That my 1 1/2 old puppy can walk up and down the stairs by himself!
  45. How is your heart lately?
    - In bad condition.

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Art Appreciation: Sarah Bernhard






Sit at a typewriter and bleed.
I was watching Predators, and Adrian Brody's character said something that fascinated me. I'm always fascinated by literature - beautiful words. So, he said this line, which was more like philosophy, and the girl asked him if he made it up himself, and he said no; Hemingway. 

This is the second time I've heard that name in media, the first was in Katy Perry's song "Ur So Gay". Katy Perry's Scorpio, so.. I guessed if she mentioned Hemingway it would be a good, deep and meaningful read. I know, shame on me for not knowing who Ernest Hemingway was, for not reading any of his literature. Me! A lover of speech and comprehension.

Anyways, I've been reading up so quotes and filling up my mind with quality substance, that it made me realize how so many things nowadays dumb me down... dumb as down! And I never really notice it. I think everyone should read the classics, not just the gossipy, racy books out now a days that are solely written to excite sexually frustrated teens. Hemingway's words are so fulfilling, it makes me wish that even my words could one day become as fulfilling as his, as good, and as mind-bending. Hey, like I always say, keep working to get there cuz I got my whole life to do it! I want people to quote me, and really take what I say, and have it ingrained in their subconscious.

Hemingway! You are my idol!

Next to Christina Aguilera, Gordon Ramsay and Pauline Mata.

Oh crap I just read he commited suicide... that's not good... Nonetheless, Hemingway you are a hero in literature.

"Once in camp I put a log on a fire and it was full of ants. As it commenced to burn, the ants swarmed out and went first toward the center where the fire was; then turned back and ran toward the end. When there were enough on the end they fell off into the fire. Some got out, their bodies burnt and flattened, and went off not knowing where they were going. But most of them went toward the fire and then back toward the end and swarmed on the cool end and finally fell off into the fire. I remember thinking at the time that it was the end of the world and a splendid chance to be a messiah and lift the log off the fire and throw it out where the ants could get off onto the ground. But I did not do anything but throw a tin cup of water on the log, so that I would have the cup empty to put whiskey in before I added water to it. I think the cup of water on the burning log only steamed the ants."

"Often a man wishes to be alone and a girl wishes to be alone too and if they love each other they are jealous of that in each other, but I can truly say we never felt that. We could feel alone when we were together, alone against the others. But we were never lonely and never afraid when we were together."
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