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Hello, from my work desk!  I missed Blogger's blank page so much and I'm getting all kinds of good, giddy vibes while typing this. Anyhoo, here's a Life Lately post for you to binge-read on if you want to. It will probably be long (long actually is an understatement) but I hope you have fun reading it! So, a bunch of different things had happened in my life for the past few months. Some moments are happy. Sadly, a good chunk of the moments are sad and, dare I say, tragic. I won't go into much details but don't worry, you'll know what you need to know. Work is still work If you've been following me on Instagram (shameless plug @hellobennj) , you'll know that I've been dabbling with freelance work lately and I'm extremely grateful for it. It gives me an escape from my nine-to-six job which is... mundane but very challenging. I am slowly but surely growing and learning a lot from the tasks I am assigned to. It's challenging me ...

Here it is, ladies and gents! The much awaited (by nobody but I'm so excited for this that I'm exaggerating everything hahaha) Hello Benj Giveaway!!! I am so happy I get to do this for you, my dear readers. It's about damn time that I give something back to those who legit read my blog. But if you are a new comer, hello and welcome! This is where girls and guys who like art, beauty and mindless but mind blowing (told you, exaggerating) blabber from a twenty-something girla-loo hahaha I'm soo excited I'm spitting out words I don't usually use here on the blog! But oh, well :) Back to the giveaway!!!                             I divided the giveaway into two categories: Stationary and Beauty . They're two of my favorite things in the world. I would die (exaggerating again) if I was given free stationary supplies! Anyhoo, the first on the list is this set I call "The GirlBoss Set." Here we  have 2 To-D...

        I don't have an ultimate favorite art piece. I can never decide which one I love the most. But I do have a list of ones that has made the most impact in my life. All ranging from the classics to today's modern digital works, here are a couple of art pieces that made my heart flyyyyyyy. 1. Van Gogh's Starry Night       It's not a secret that my love for this artwork is deeper than any feeling I have for any other art piece there is. My undying love for the night sky is one of the reasons why but the story behind this art piece is what made me adore it more. The Starry Night is an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh. He painted Starry Night when he was inside his studio in an asylum at Saint Remy de Provence on June 1889. It was said that he painted this just before sunrise about a year prior to his death. It was said as well that this painting was based on what he could see beyond his window inside his bedroom at Saint Remy. No one ever ...

There is more to this day than just this workshop and I promise I'll tell you all about it but for now, I give you a glimpse of what it's like to attend a workshop organized by Cebu Content Creators on a Saturday afternoon.  The workshop, by the way, is called Blogging for First-Timers   and it was hash tagged as #BFFWorkshop . It was held at Handuraw, Mango last July 29, 2017 . When I found out about the workshop, truth be told, I was hesitant to register. I had a bad experience with a blogging workshop last June. It was a total scam. I won't say any detail about the last workshop I attended because I don't want them to have any kind of traffic/views/searches. Good thing I didn't let my fear of being scammed again stop me and registered for this one though. I wouldn't have known all the things that they shared and taught us. 06.2017. #TatakC3 A post shared by Cebu Content Creators (@cebucontentcreators) on May 30, 2017 at 9:20pm PDT ...