<body> Lost In Beauty-
...she's Beautiful

.name; alycia.
.age; twenty-two.
.resides; in norwich, ct.
.status; single.
.occupation; full-time student.
.education; three rivers community college.

...she is

a daughter
a cousin
a lover
a roommate
a true friend
& a best friend

...other beautiful souls

♥ MEAGAN ♥

...Dreams

.see a shooting star.
.get my masters degree.
.travel around the world.
.be emotionally stable.
.build my own house.
.be debt free.
.make a difference in lives.
.be a loving wife & mother.

...TALK OF LOVE





...beautiful melodies

.the stars we put in place.
.the dreams we didn't waste.
.the sorrows we embraced.
.the world belonged to you and me.
.the oceans that we crossed.
.the innocence we lost.
.the hurting at the end.
.i'd go there again.
.cause it was beautiful.
.it was beautiful.
- amy grant.
Thursday, February 14, 2008


i'm way overdue for an update so here it is even though i don't really have anything significant to say, lol.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!! i believe the last time i wrote was on christmas day, wooooow. time flies by fast.

an update ; so school started for me after 4 years of education hiatus, lol. im loving every single minute of it. the people there are extremely nice. i just had a test in one of my classes, personal health, & i got a 91!!! 1 down & 3 more to go for that class, lol. sociology is one of the most challenging classes of this semester. it is very informative & the information my teacher provided about our economic situation really made me realize how corrupted politics is.

i have been doing a few things differently, health wise. i started taking hydroxycut because i wanted to lose like 25 pounds by end of march. after the first week of taking it, i noticed a difference. it actually decreased my hunger & it gave me no side effects. i bought the caffeine free. i don't need caffeine because i already have problems falling asleep, lol.

speaking of sleep, i found a remedy, not the best one, but something that gives me a good nights sleep, taking ONE simply sleep at night. if i take two, i wake up really groggy & i'd end up sleeping over 10 hours which is ridiculous.

i have started to boil some water every morning when i wake up & add a teaspoon of lime juice & honey in it. drink it like tea. it is supposedly to flush out your toxins. i do this before i drink or anything else. not sure if i notice a difference but it feels good having a routine, lol.

i bought some turmeric 3 days ago because it is REALLY good for you. it is commonly used in indian cuisine. i love spicy food & curries but i have NO idea how to use it. the day i bought it i decided to make some rice & added turmeric in it & had some chicken with it. i also had some naan to eat with it. it did not even taste like the way indian cuisine should, LOL. I TRIED! i also tried to make a facial mask with turmeric because i have moderate acne & it is frustrating when my skin would decide to be clear & i get excited & within a few days, i have 7 new ones!!! =( anyway, so i put two teaspoons of turmeric, 1 teaspoon of cold milk, & 1 teaspoon of honey & mixed it to become a paste. i applied it on my face & it was BRIGHT yellow/orange, lol. i left it on for 10 minutes & rinsed it out & my face was stained yellow! LOL. i rinsed it with milk because milk reduces the yellowish tinge. goodness, i looked jaundiced, lol. i really felt the smoothness immediately after though. i woke up the next morning with a glow on my face. i did it again last night & i woke up with new pimples. i am not sure if my skin is getting rid of the toxins before it becomes clear. i decided not to do it tonight because i realized i needed to get besan or gram flour in order to make a better paste & it won't stain my face. i will post an update on that method later. aside from facial mask, i did something i did not think i would do. i actually boiled a cup of milk and added a teaspoon of turmeric in it and drank it. i held my nose the entire time because turmeric does not have a great taste to it. again, i do not know if it helps but i will adding turmeric to my diet. one thing i noticed, it stained my toothbrush orange when i brushed immediately thereafter the drink! LOL.

enough turmeric for now, on we go to coconut oil!!! i ordered some coconut oil from amazon.com 2 days ago. it was shipped yesterday & arrived in front of my porch today!!! i was in awe with the stuff. it does smell coconutty. i do not like eating shredded coconut but i LOVE pina colada. im weird, i know. the main reason i decided to get this because i have LONG, CURLY hair which needs a lot of care & it becomes dry, damaged & frizzy. i did a research & found that coconut oil is amazing at strengthening hair. not only it is good for your hair, it is good for your skin as well as your health! coconut oil is one of the HEALTHIEST oil there is. so, i decided to use it tonight when cooking my chicken. i decided to use coconut oil instead of butter or the olive oil (it can be used in different ways) & i added some turmeric & grounded red pepper to my chicken & fried them. the house smelled delicious. i stood by the fryer with my mouth simply watering. i wanted to know if it tasted as good as i've heard & if it tasted good as it smelled. when it was ready, i cut them up & put them in my salad, & OH MY GOD! it was freaking delicious!!! it tasted like fried chicken, only WITHOUT the skin, bones, & tasted BETTER & even HEALTHIER! i am dying to know if coconut oil does live up to its fame when it comes to hair & skin. when i find out, i will post my results.

i have been drinking about 2-3 liters of water every day. im addicted to it now. i eat a bowl of salad every day as well for the past two weeks. i am trying to have a better lifestyle because my body deserves it after a childhood of rich food & fast foods.

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i just discovered my cat, freedom, has separation anxiety. she would hide under the blanket when i am getting ready to go somewhere. she would follow me from room to room . she would throw up when i am gone for a period of time. at times, when i open the door, she would be right there & it worried me. so i decided to leave my tv on when i am gone. i think that does seem to do the trick but i cannot believe how attached she has become to me. even when i am home all day, she still follows me everywhere & would want to rest on me or near me. oddly enough, when i am away from home even for 10 minutes, i immediately miss her, LOL! now who has separation anxiety>


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today was my first valentine of as a single woman for past 4 years. strangely enough, it was the best valentine i have had in the past 4 years, LOL. i cried on every of those valentine days except for today! today was amazing. my spirits were high & i was unusually giddy.

i started off the day by attending to a workshop that i was invited by this organization i do community service for. the workshop was about how the captel phone works. the workshop was boring but the people that were there were awesome. there was a guy there who offered me a job opportunity. he said he would train me to install videophones at people's homes & install videophone service on their computer. (yes on a computer, i was amazed.) in result of that, i will get $50 for every home i go & install. my instinct is telling me to go for it because i could really use that side money for my summer tuition & the debts i need to pay off. any opinions are welcomed!

after the workshop, i had this deep desire to go to the pandora's box near my favorite pizza great oaks & near my great great grandpa's shoe factory. pandora's box was supposedly a store of the mystical theme. i was afraid to go in but today, something inside me told me to go. i went in & it was beautiful inside. the stuff there was fascinating. after looking, i spoke to the owner, allison, and told her that my cousin meagan & i wanted to have a reading done but we were wondering if our hearing loss would interfere the reading in any way. she told me she has never tried but she is more than willing to. i had a great vibe coming from her. she is a self practicing witch but what i love about her is that she was raised catholic. she said i can't be called a wiccan because i believe in God & i can't be called catholic because i believe in goddesses. she said she couldn't even hurt a fly. she was really sweet & i could sense that right off the bat. she said that witches get a bad rap of casting spells & such but she said spells are like prayers. it is nothing that happens so sudden. it is something your heart wishes for. it is like when you supposedly cast a spell, you would burn herbs, but really, you are PRAYING. coming from a catholic/wiccan point of view, i understood her. she LOVES angels as well. i decided i will get a reading done by her but i would like my cousin to come with me. =) i also had to buy this beautiful angel hanging on a crescent moon wall hanging ornament. it really reflects my inner self because i always picture myself as an angel sitting on a crescent moon. =) here is a picture of it.





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as for milinda, i have not heard from him since january 3rd. i really miss him. i think about him so often. i have written him a letter & still no word. although, i remember what he said to me before he left, he asked me not to get mad at him if i don't hear from him for more than a month because the accessibility to internet/phones & such is not as easy over there than it is here. he also might have gone back working on that cruise so if he did, it would take months. i don't know. something tells me i will hear from him... someday. what we had was VERY REAL & i know he wouldn't turn his back on me. is there a future for us? i doubt this now but i will undeniably LOVE him until the end of time. happy valentine's day, my love. ♥

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