5 Things I Learn the First Few Days of College

Hello! So I started college this Monday and to be honest it was less scary than I thought it was going to be. I thought I could giving some tips I learn the first week. I’m not expert about this since really is my first week, but maybe for your first few days.

1.       You are not alone. Even if you are in a big school and none of your friends are there with you, many, many people are just like you. I found a lot of girls who didn’t have any friends and told them to join my group of friends.

2.       Professors understand. They know this is a new phase for you, it can be hard and complicate. They won’t pressure you and they know you might not understand. They are also really willing to understand.

3.       You WILL get homework the first day. At least I did. But don’t worry take your time and DON’T LEAVE ANYTHING FOR LAST MINUTE.

4.       Always accept car drives and always give car drives when you can.

5.       To people who study the same as you and it the same college. They are really willing to talk to you and share their knowledge.

Kind of short but once I am more used to college I’ll share more I promise.

Love

Pili

It Girl

Jeans- United Colors of Benetton// Similar here and here

Shirt- Mango//similar here

Shoes-Converse//similar here

Kimono- Forever 21-Similar here

Necklace- Forever21

Hello! Another outfit for this week. This is what I wore on the first day of college yesterday! I didn’t want it to be a simple outfit so I thought the kimono added some fun to it. Also most of the clothes are a little old that I dug through my closet and found. The jeans were not ripped and actually did it myself and was really happy how they turn up. Let me know what you think

¡Hola! Otro outfit para esta semana. Esto es lo que use el primer día en la universidad ayer. No quería un outfit simple y creo que el kimono le agrego algo divertido al outfit. También, la mayoría de la ropa son viejas que encontré revolviendo en mi armario. Los jeans no estaban rotos y los hice yo, me gustó mucho como quedaron. Díganme que les parece.

Love

Pili

10 Things that Made me Happy this Week!

Hello! It has been a long and stressful week and I’m glad it has come to an end to be honest. I’m really excited for next week since tomorrow I start University. Anyway, here is what made me happy even through the stress.

1.       College Orientation. We went to the university to be introduced to it and to learn more about it. It was really exciting to know the place, teachers and future classmates.

2.       Hanging out with old friends. A bunch of friends from my old school are also studying communications with me! Which is nice to know I’m not alone there. It was also nice to catch up with them

3.       New friends. I made some new friends when we had the college orientation, which I thought it was going to be harder.

4.       Dinner with dad and my siblings. My dad came to visit us and we went out for a really nice dinner. It was nice to have our dad over.

5.       Downtown alone. Like I mentioned before I went downtown on my own earlier this week. I’ve never done that and it was really good to do things on my own which I do need to get more use to.

6.       Reactions to my Moving to BuenosAires post. I got a text from an old friend telling me how much she liked my post from Thursday. Then, I got a text from my mom about it. It’s really nice for me to know that I had a great impact on the people around me, based on what I write.

7.       The Imitation Game. My friends and I went to see this movie with Benedict Cumberbatch and it was amazing. This movie is genius, I loved every second of it. Highly recommended.

8.       Volunteer offer. I got an email from someone asking me if I was interesting in volunteer program, which I am! I really hope I can join and do some volunteer work.

9.       Massage. Yes another massage. I got a relaxation massage on Monday and it was so relaxing and nice.

10.   Seeing Salinger’s books. While I was downtown I enter a few book store and it made me so happy to find a lot of books by J.D. Salinger, it’s so important that people are reading them and knowing about him because they are just amazing.

Hope you had a lovely week!

Love

Pili

Instax Mini 8 and my favorite Polaroids

Fuji Instax Mini-Candy Pop Film 

Fujifilm Instax Mini 8 Instant Film Camera (Pink)

Fujifilm INSTAX Mini film Twin Pack (White)

Hello! I’ve been thinking about this post for quite some time and finally I decided to do it today! So I got this camera a few months ago and I’ve been obsessed with it. I love how pictures turn out and I really love physically having the pictures instead of in my phone. It is also amazing the fact that it’s so small and I can carry it everywhere, I took to all of my recent trips and was really happy with how the pictures turn out. What I also love is that you can buy some of the papers with little decorations like the one with the dots. Even if you are not a fan of photography, I do recommend this camera. I honestly can’t believe how good it turn out to be, I was scare that I was not going to like the quality, or the size of the pictures but I do like them. Lastly, I love the way they are hang in my bedroom. It used to be a mirror that broken so now I use it to hang my pictures haha. But I think it looks amazing there!

Love

Pili

Moving to Buenos Aires

I officially moved to Buenos Aires this week, and being honest I thought it was going to be easier.  From the moment I hugged my siblings’ goodbye, Tuesday morning before they go to school I was heartbroken. It was difficult letting go of my siblings, who I have lived for 14 and 10 years knowing that I won’t see them until the end of the month. Then I said goodbye to my best friends, who I couldn’t be happier they were also doing what they love and achieving so much. We have been in each other life for three and half years and we saw each other go through so much, grow up and we will eventually watch all of us become professionals, each doing what they love. Then, I hugged my mom goodbye. As I was walking through security at the airport and waving goodbye to my mother I remember the kind stranger telling me “it’s going to be ok, don’t cry young girl.” But the words I’m hanging on the most are my mother saying “You are doing what you love.” And that’s what it keeps me going and not turning back. That I’m following what I want.

Yesterday, I went downtown on my own for the first time. It was scary. But I kept going because I know that if I ever wanted to achieve one of my biggest dreams of moving to New York, it meant that this was nothing. I knew that if I really wanted to work as a journalist one day, I had to move to Buenos Aires and study.

Lastly, something really metaphoric to me was that the first thing I saw when I got to Buenos Aires was a whole bunch of rye. I’ve mention before that my favorite book is The Catcher in the Rye that talks about growing up. So it seem to me funny, that I saw rye in the place where I was going to grow up and become an adult.

My last advice is, we spent our whole life wanting to grow or to move away from our parents, but do appreciate your time with them. Tell them you love them, hug them daily, spend time with them and never ever take them for granted.

Love

Pili

Where my Witches At

Shorts: Como quieres que te quiera//similar here

Shirt: Pink//similar here

Shoes: vans //Similar here

Necklace: Forever21//similar here

Hello! Another outfit I enjoyed wearing! I love the sporty yet chic vibe this one had. I wore it to the mall with a friend and I thought it was really comfortable and simple.  I showed this short in my previous outfit, and I’m loving how comfortable they are .The picture is not so good, because I did this in a rush and had to continue packing for going back home. Hope you enjoy it.

¡Hola! ¡Otro outfit que disfrute usar! Me encanta que sea deportivo pero con un poco de chic. Lo use para ir al shopping con mis amigos y pensé que era súper cómodo y simple. Mostré estos shorts en mi último outfit, y me encanta lo cómodos que son. La foto no es tan buen porque la hice media apurada y tenía que seguir haciendo la valija para volver a casa. Espero que les guste.

Love

Pili

10 Things that Made me Happy this Week!

Its march! Can you believe it? College starts soon, exciting yet terrifying! Anyway, this is what I’ve been up to this week and what made me happy.

1.       Back in Asuncion. Oh how I was missing the hot and humidity of this city. Not really. I was more like missing my friends and some place here and there. But defiantly not the weather. Still I’m happy to be back to this city.

2.       Seeing friends. It was so nice having lunch with my friends. I had miss them so much and spending time with them make me extremely happy.

3.       Visiting my old school. I went back to school for a few minutes! I visit my math teacher from 9^th grade to 11^th grade, and she was happy to see me and know my IB grades. Also pick up my grades and saying hi to a few teachers and friends from other grades.

4.       Spending time with mom. With my younger siblings in school I spent a lot of time with mom running errands or going to the mall which was really nice to be with her, since I won’t’ be seeing her for another month.

5.       Massage. I never thought I’ll ever get a massage, but I did! And it was really nice, extremely relaxing and refreshing.

6.       Proud of my friends. This week I realized how proud of my friends I am. Some are already in college, getting their acceptance letter, and others are getting job which make me so proud to see them going somewhere.

7.       Soccer game. My friend and I went to see a soccer game from our old school and al thought we felt way too old, it was fun and it felt like old times.

8.       MAC. Yes I got some MAC products and I’m so happy. I’ve wanting MAC products for a while now and now I finally have them and I love them so much. Promise to write more about them.

9.       Going to a bar. On Monday my friends and I went to a bar, which I really enjoy. I don’t drink but still being there it’s so chill and nice especially when you are with good people and those you haven’t seen in a while.

10.   New schedule. Last week I got my college schedule, and it was exhausted, staying every day from 9 to 16 or 15? But apparently Monday I’m only going until 13.15 which is a nice start to the week.

What made you happy this week?

Love

Pili