Gooood morning! 

I've been in Exuma, Bahamas for almost 4 days now, and I am in love. I visited a different island last year--Eleuthera--and they're both equally amazing. We rented a beach house, which has a spectacular view of the caribbean, and with no other souls other than my family. How amazing is that?! We were actually supposed to arrive around noon last Wednesday, but there were some complications on the plane. The flight attendant literally prepared us for a crash in the middle of our flight: everyone panicked. 

"I'm sorry to inform you all this but I'm afraid we'll have to turn back to the United States, folks."

That was possibly the worst thing we'd heard that day. Thank God we landed safely in Miami. We just waited a few hours for the plane to be fixed and voila--we arrived at Exuma around 5 p.m. 

The first day was kind of a kickback. Everyone was exhausted from the flight, especially because most of us hadn't gotten sleep in over 24 hours. Our very own beach is just perfect. It began raining in the afternoon, but that made it even more memorable as we swam in the ocean. 

We decided to explore a bit the next day and drove to Little Exuma, which was just 30 minutes and a bridge away from the main island. There we found the Tropic of Cancer Beach: heavenly. Surreal. 

This picture couldn't even fully capture the turquoise caribbean waters and the white sand. Later on, we found a blue lagoon--definitely one of my favorites so far. We spent most of our time there on the third day and met the only other 3 filipinos on the island! 

I'm constantly updating my Instagram and Snapchat with the latest pictures here in Exuma. For more updates, follow/add me on:

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Kisses and Kitkats,

Denise

Hi guys!

In  approximately 22 hours, my plane will be taking off, as we are on our way to - wait for it -

THE BAHAMAS!

Just 2 weeks before vacation, my parents decided to actually book a trip to the beautiful island of Exuma. We weren't planning on going anywhere this year to save money, but things changed. My mom was stressed out; my dad felt the need to travel someplace because my mom really needed a getaway.

Exuma is the home of Johnny Depp's private island, also known as Little Hall's Pond Cay. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was filmed on the Tropic of Cancer beach. Exuma is also known for the Thunderball Grotto, which appeared in the James Bond film, Thunderball.

I'm EXTREMELY excited. This trip was a huge surprise because I completely thought we were staying home this year. I'll definitely have a bit of time to blog during the trip; I'll keep you all posted!

I'll be back in the US by July 5th!

Kisses and Kitkats,

Denise 

My newest favorite actor happens to be Paul Walker. PAUL WALKER.

If you haven't heard, he died in a car crash maybe a year and a half ago, which I found kind of ironic. One of his quotes were, "If one day the speed kills me, do not cry because I was smiling."

And that makes my heart ache even more.

I recently just found out about him through Allie. She really badly wanted to watch Furious 7, as did I. I saw the trailer and thought it'd be a great movie to watch in the theater. She proceeded to tell me about her obsession with Paul; little did I know that a few months later I'd be obsessed too. 

Call me crazy, but I think I've watched pretty much all the movies he's been in--in the span of 4 days. I lost my social life, became the slowest texter, and never did anything productive. This always happens when I become obsessed with a celebrity, i.e. Dylan o'Brien. That obsession doesn't ever end.

The Fast & Furious franchise has become my religion: I worship everything about it. I enjoyed the 1st, 2nd, 6th, and 7th, the most, but all of them were just amazing. I can't pick a single favorite because that's pretty much impossible.

Into The Blue is definitely one of my favorite movies that Paul Walker starred in, alongside Jessica Alba. It's about the two lovers swimming and finding treasure in the Bahamas, not to mention all the complications they run in to.

Varsity Blues and She's All That are two that I could watch over and over again. They're typical coming-of-age teen movies, but I love them. And Paul Walker's hair. And his blue eyes. Okay, I just love everything about him.

I just can't get over that charming smile of his. 

Here's a great video that everyone should definitely watch:

Kisses and Kitkats,

Denise

I've been spending a lot of time on SoundCloud lately. The website doesn't offer much new music, but it does offer some pretty amazing tracks. Recently, I've been listening to Vanic, Spooky Black, Fetty Wap, J Boog, and Alina Baraz--each completely different from each other.

Here are some of my favorites at the moment!

Vanic x K.Flay // Make Me Fade

Spooky Black // Without U

Fetty Wap // RGF Island

J Boog // Let's Do It Again

Alina Baraz // Urban Flora

Kisses and Kitkats, Denise

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Kisses and Kitkats,

Denise

By the table of contents, I really meant the list of people that I may or may not talk about. It's sort of like an introduction? Description? Of my friends and family so you all have a sense of what the person is like when I bring them up in posts.

No, I am not going to put up a picture for every single person. I never got their permission to do that on here because they don't have a link to my blog! Or if they do, hi guys. Don't hate me.

Plus, it's too much work to put in a picture for every single person. I mean, do I look like the type of person who would upload 10 pictures in one blog post?

Okay so here it goes (in no particular order):

1. Mother: vertically challenged, most of the time strict and occasionally funny, loves spicy food, works as an assistant nurse manager at Kaiser so she probably knows how to take care of the fam pretty well;

2. Father: loves the ocean life, fishing is life, can barely hear a thing, pretty funny, enjoys sleeping a lot on the couch, watches baseball, hockey, horse racing, and basketball;

3. Brother (Chris): very short-tempered, very impatient, loves to eat ice cream, makes weird noises, farts a lot, spends a lot of time either on his xbox or playing with friends that are just like him;

4. Jackie: my very first friend since I moved here, loves the color purple, bubbly attitude, extremely friendly, enjoys painting her nails, always there when you need her;

5. Eegee: vertically challenged like me, my twin, watches Supernatural and The Walking Dead, very upbeat, daring and willing to do mostly anything, very spontaneous, also best friend;

6. Allie: so extremely unique, sometimes unpredictable, loves all things related to One Direction/Tokyo Hotel, insanely obsessed with Paul Walker, listens to "See You Again" at least once a day;

7. Miguel: quirky relatable teen, first friend in high school, asexual but loves boys, gives really detailed descriptions about everything, enjoys watching 1923102 shows on Netflix, owns a record player and many vinyls;

8. Kat: met her during Disneyland trip, 2 years younger, good company, knows much knowledge about shows and movies, owns a cute dog named Botas, enjoys online shopping, drinks Mexican coke a lot, whitest Mexican I know;

9. Gabe: lives fairly close to me, has lots of money, sometimes can be lame because he doesn't respond to texts, loves his fam, smells really good, wears nike everything;

10: Julia: egg, also quirky relatable teen, very tumblr, has a perfect body, always has hummus at her house, good taste in music, enjoys everything Buzzfeed, corn.

Those are pretty much the people I talk to on a daily basis, according to my recent messages LOL

Kisses and Kitkats,

Denise

I recently just received my first debit card for my birthday, as well as a few gift cards from various stores. Since I've been home and on the computer most of the time, I tend to spend some money on clothes--clothes that I barely even wear because I'm never out of the house! lmao. It's the truth.

Kisses and Kitkats, 

Important question that I don't even have the answer to.