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Finally! I've been planning to post something about our wedding preps on a Wednesday just to label my post "Wedding Wednesday" (lakas maka-blogger ang peg :P) so here it is. I've been thinking of beautiful pictures to post, and I can't think of a better bride than my girl crush... Patty Laurel! :) She is at her prettiest during her wedding day and I am day dreaming of being the most beautiful girl on my big day! (the impossible dream)

She is indeed a blushing bride! I know my fiance is tired of hearing me say "ang ganda ni patty laurel-filart!" or while browsing her wedding photos "baby gusto ko sa wedding natin ganito din" hahaha! I'm really like that when I like something or someone! Here are some of the ever radiant photos of a very pretty girl. Missus Filart. ;)

I know! She's really pretty!

Soooo sweet! of course I can have this as our peg! I know John's photog team can come up with something like this!

Can someone tell me how to look this gorgeous while saying my wedding vows? I can imagine myself sobbing with my red puffy eyes and messy make up! Oh pretty please, I know my make up artist will never let me down. I need waterproof make up! hahaha!

That's all for now folks! My life peg, my bride peg, Patty, I shall take a picture with you before I die. haha :)

I am already in my mid-life and I think I just deserve to make a bucket list! I know this is more exciting than I thought it is and also, as I grow older, I want to do more and more things before I die. So (drum roll) I'm presenting my bucket list! I already did some of them, and hopefully, before I die or before the world ends (which ever comes first) I can finish this bucket list!:P

-Make my parents proud of me. (little by little... getting there)

-Be a successful gadget geek.

-Marry the man I love. (in six months this is happening!!!)

-Fairy tale wedding

-Jump off a cliff. (Check! Boracay 2011- Ariel's cliff)

-Kiss in the rain.

-Own a ring with a diamond. (Got my engagement ring now!)

-Go to Paris and see the Eiffel Tower. (parents are going there next week, jeaaalous!)

-Go to Tokyo, and visit Hello Kitty! (fingers crossed for next year.)

-Meet and take a picture with Patty Laurel. (read:girl crush)

-have a potato corner, candy corner and fruitas birthday party

-enter a horror house (I'm such a horror junkie but I cannot enter a horror house!!)

-maintain a blog. (this!!)

-forgive those who have hurt me in the past. (check!)

-be sexy in a bikini. (this is my bucket list, okay??)

-Visit US again

-dance like no one is watching

-Take a photo in Boracay sunset

-finish my MBA

-Publish my own book

-Be seen in TV

-Hello Kitty-fy my car

At the age of 21, I'm already a self-proclaimed busy person. CS Agent in one of the country's leading promo (slash low-cost) airline, athlete, blogger, girlfriend, bestfriend, friend, family member (because I am the eldest) and of course a follower of God equals Zee Paduganan. My officemates even ask me how I do things and honestly, I don't have an answer for that. Maybe that's one big reason why (if you read my twitter posts about myself) I call myself as *insert hero intro song* SUPERGIRL ZEE. It got stuck, eventually that my friends call me Supergirl. True story.

I'm an accustomed reader of Patty Laurel's blog and I happen to have stumbled upon her post on 21 Tips to be the most Productive Person You Know. I just had to repost it because at 21, I do need these 21 tips. You know what they say, productivity induces success!

#1. Check email in the afternoon so you protect the peak energy hours of your mornings for your best work. #2. Stop waiting for perfect conditions to launch a great project. Immediate action fuels a positive feedback loop that drives even more action. #3. Remember that big, brave goals release energy. So set them clearly and then revisit them every morning for 5 minutes. #4. Mess creates stress (See? There's really nothing wrong with being OC. Hahaha!). So clean out the clutter in your office to get more done. #5. Sell your TV. You’re just watching other people get successful versus doing the things that will get you to your dreams. #6. Say goodbye to the energy vampires in your life (the negative souls who steal your enthusiasm). #7. Run routines. It's always good to have a list of things to be done for the week or the whole month. Peak productivity’s not about luck. It’s about devotion. #8. Get up at 5 am. Win the battle of the bed. Put mind over mattress. This habit alone will strengthen your willpower so it serves you more dutifully in the key areas of your life. #9. Don’t do so many meetings. Not only is it brain draining, you can't process everything in a day. #10. Don’t say yes to every request. Most of us have a deep need to be liked. That translates into us saying yes to everything – which is the end of your elite productivity. #11. Outsource everything you can’t be BIW (Best in the World) at. Focus only on activities within what I call “Your Picasso Zone”. #12. Stop multi-tasking. New research confirms that all the distractions invading our lives are rewiring the way our brains work (and drop our IQ by 5 points!). Be one of the rare-air few who develops the mental and physical discipline to have a mono-maniacal focus on one thing for many hours. (It’s all about practice). #13. Get fit like Madonna. Getting to your absolute best physical condition will create explosive energy, renew your focus and multiply your creativity. #14. Workout 2X a day. This is just one of the little-known productivity tactics that I’ll walk you through in my new online training program YOUR PRODUCTIVITY UNLEASHED (details at the end of this post) but here’s the key: exercise is one of the greatest productivity tools in the world. So do 20 minutes first thing in the morning and then another workout around 6 or 7 pm to set you up for wow in the evening. #15. Drink more water. When you’re dehydrated, you’ll have far less energy. And get less done. #16. Work in 90 minute blocks with 10 minute intervals to recover and refuel (another game-changing move I personally use to do my best work). #17. Write a Stop Doing List. Every productive person obsessively sets To Do Lists. But those who play at world-class also record what they commit to stop doing. Steve Jobs said that what made Apple Apple was not so much what they chose to build but all the projects they chose to ignore. #18. Use your commute time. If you’re commuting 30 minutes each way every day – get this: at the end of a year, you’ve spent 6 weeks of 8 hour days in your car. I encourage you to use that time to listen to fantastic books on audio + excellent podcasts and valuable learning programs. Remember, the fastest way to double your income is to triple your rate of learning. #19. Be a contrarian. Why buy your groceries at the time the store is busiest? Why go to movies on the most popular nights? Why hit the gym when the gym’s completely full? Do things at off-peak hours and you’ll save so many of them. #20. Get things right the first time. Most people are wildly distracted these days. And so they make mistakes. To unleash your productivity, become one of the special performers who have the mindset of doing what it takes to get it flawless first. This saves you days of having to fix problems. #21. Get lost. Don’t be so available to everyone. I often spend hours at a time in the cafeteria of a university close to our headquarters. I turn off my devices and think, create, plan and write. Zero interruptions. Pure focus. Massive results.

So those were 21 ways to be productive. Challenge accepted!

        This is attached on my desk. :)

        Perspiring face from a morning run. :)

        My airport life :)

...and for those who are preparing for their big day, here are a few tips from model, host, blogger & bride-to-be Patty Laurel ♥ ♥ ♥

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