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Abby Joy B.


Each year passes by and the one musing that I always thought: It has been a year? The Christmas season is done, and now we're about to welcome the start of 2017. But before the year ends, I want to look at the year memories and adventures I had for 2016.

The year 2016 has been one of the most exciting and exhausting years of my life. Yes, exhausting. Exhausting in terms of academics and social events, but life always has its plan to bring joys to counter any less than happy events in my life. This year I have so much to be thankful for.

I would like to share my experiences with my college friends whom I learnt and had fun with. This is my 2016 photo academic dump post, also this a way to preserve the memories.

COLLEGE EDITION. Some of the major accomplishment I had this year.
  • Survived the hell-est week of my college life so far (10th week of 2nd term). It was probably the most exhausting since the projects and defenses were all over the place.
  • These 1 defense done with minor revision. Thank you to my groupmates and advisers.
  • First ever academic scholarshipppp!!! I was more than elated 🙏😍😄
  • Communication track 1 ✨ Communication lecture and laboratory 1-3 done ✨
  • Passed the Electronics Exit Exam 😍
  • Electronics Design done 😁


Thesis 1 defense with Sir Balbin and Sir Cardenas. Holla, groupmates ♥

EECE night '16 @ Le Pavilion

Pig Out + Bonding After a Stressful Term

HSM Christmas Party ✨

Lucky Chinatown Adventures

Spur of the moment swimming term ender! 

Ramen @ Eras ✦

Almost one week stay-cation in our home because of COE121 & Cisco design. We were supposed to study and wake up at ****3 am**** Oh well! ✰ Team Intra wearing matchy-matchy top courtesy of James HAHA
Comm Track 1 Proto (DTMF Controlled Robot) and Traffic Lights (Tronics 3) These are only two of all the prototypes that we've done this year and the past years. 

These are some of the photos that I accumulated these year. I have more to this, but these photos probably highlight our 2016. My college friends are so easy to get along with. They are ridiculously funny and jolly. All of them are very supportive and helpful in all my endeavors. I love you, TEAMECE! You guys are one of my rocks in this world ♥ 

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Hi, everyone who've stumbled upon this post. I guess you are kind of wondering: why the hell am I following this blog? If you're following Enthralling Reads in GFC, Blogger, Bloglovin you'll probably be updated with this post. I am Abby and my blog was previously named as Enthralling Reads, but I recently revamped everything here. For my whole explanation, you can read HERE. The gist of the story is, I stripped the book blog and changed my blog name. My posts won't solely revolve around bookish stuff, but I'll also add more personal experiences and one major addition: make-ups! YAY! ♥ 

If you happened to stumble on this blog and new here, hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! ♥ I'm Abby and I hope we can be friends 😁😁



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The Fine Art of Pretending
Author: Rachel Harris
Date Published: September 30, 2014
Publisher: Spencer Hill
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According to the guys at Fairfield Academy, there are two types of girls: the kind you hook up with, and the kind you're friends with. Seventeen-year-old Alyssa Reed is the second type. And she hates it. With just one year left to change her rank, she devises a plan to become the first type by homecoming, and she sets her sights on the perfect date—Justin Carter, Fairfield Academy’s biggest hottie and most notorious player.

With 57 days until the dance, Aly launches Operation Sex Appeal and sheds her tomboy image. The only thing left is for Justin actually to notice her. Enter best friend Brandon Taylor, the school’s second biggest hottie, and now Aly’s pretend boyfriend. With his help, elevating from “funny friend” to “tempting vixen” is only a matter of time.

But when everything goes according to plan, the inevitable “break up” leaves their friendship in shambles, and Aly and Brandon with feelings they can’t explain. And the fake couple discovers pretending can sometimes cost you the one thing you never expected to want.
It's so hard to review this book because there's an endless issue about feminism, misogyny and slut-shaming involve. This is the kind of review that I avoid. But we're already here so let's hit the road. What drew me in the first place was the bestfriend-turned-lover troop in YA, but it really came out a terrible read. Teach the woman to love themselves and help them gain their confidence by supporting them in beautifying themselves. BUT NEVER ever tell them that their worth is based on the perception of the guys.

The main character's transformation: from the usual baggy pants and jersey shirts to wearing make-up, tank tops, skimpy short and skirts, but it's not for her own, but for the male population. Period. Now, we don't forget her bestfriend that started feeling intimate/romantic about her when she brought out the girly-ness in her. That's why the romance also didn't work on me. It really felt forced. The lack of deep, strong friendship connection here between Aly and Brandon made me wonder where all these love love love thing came from. 


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Smelly caaaaat, smelly caaaat... I've been staying in a dungeon having the time of my liiiiiife producing hysterical laughs since term break (translation: I'm obsessing over FRIENDS and Parks & Recreation.)

Hi fella-over-there-with-a-hella-good-hair! I'm on a term break for two weeks, but I'm having a little reading ruuuuuut. It's kind of a letdown since I miss reading and blogging. I'm trying to rectify the situation by starting with Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson, but so far my heart is not fully into it. WHAT'S MY PROBLEM??!??!  I've written this post before but I never posted it. I figure this is the right time to publish this and ask for your opinions and recommendation in hopes that any of these books will be the reviving glory for my slump.

Being an avid fan of series, one of the cons(or maybe also a pro) is the agony of entering a beautiful, painful, cavernous hole and finding that it's still going to get deeper but you have to wait for a year or more. Terrible metaphor, but you know what I'm saying. Series makes me impatient but at the same time makes me exuberant especially if I can finally marathon it. There's no in-between.

I'm sharing a few first books of a series that I haven't read yet. This can also be my compensation to the latest TTT that I badly want to do but too occupied to write.


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Since You've Been Gone
Author: Morgan Matson
Date Published: May 6, 2014
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
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The Pre-Sloane Emily didn't go to parties, she barely talked to guys, she didn't do anything crazy. Enter Sloane, social tornado and the best kind of best friend—the one who yanks you out of your shell.

But right before what should have been an epic summer, Sloane just… disappears. No note. No calls. No texts. No Sloane. There’s just a random to-do list. On it, thirteen Sloane-selected-definitely-bizarre-tasks that Emily would never try… unless they could lead back to her best friend.

Apple Picking at Night? Okay, easy enough. Dance until Dawn? Sure. Why not? Kiss a Stranger? Um...

Getting through Sloane’s list would mean a lot of firsts. But Emily has this whole unexpected summer ahead of her, and the help of Frank Porter (totally unexpected) to check things off. Who knows what she’ll find?

Go Skinny Dipping? Wait ... what?
In a well-ordered universe, I would love this book and vigorously shove it down on anyone's throat, er.... I mean must-read-ASAP list. And I guess I'm living in one right now. Trust me, I rarely do that. This is the kind of book that has every element of wonderful and versatile characters and relationships. Oh, and the fluff???? I'M ALL SQUEEEEE.
“I don’t think you have to do something so big to be brave. And it’s the little things that are harder anyway.”
What struck me the most and totally pulled my heart strings was how much I could relate to the main character. There was a time that I stopped reading for a moment and muttered to myself, "Is the main character me???? Or is Morgan Matson writing a plausible story about me????? ??" And for me nothing beats a character that I could relate to. Emily is shy and she's working on it. I love that the book didn't try to transorm everything about Emily unlike the usual from shy-timid-quiet girl to everyone's-friend-and-wow-become-suddenly-hot-and-popular. Emily explored things and worked up the courage to do things out of her comfort zone but still being herself. She's more confident and braver by the end of the book. It's very important to empower women whilst not deteriorating who they are.

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