I wasn't able to watch the TV coverage because I had to wrap up some goodie bags and put up the balloons at work for our launch party so I just scoured the internet for some pictures of the red carpet arrivals at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards Red Carpet (SAG Awards).

There were a few hit and misses and here are the ones that caught my attention:

Did you like any of the dresses/gowns? Were you able to watch the show? Who do you think was Best Dressed? 

Almost a year ago from when the OPI Hongkong Collection was launched, I decided to paint my nails with one of the pretty colors in the collection. You've probably seen it everywhere already except on my nails. You know me, I almost always resort to any shades of red. Just to make sure I am using up all my nail colors before they dry up on me, here's a pretty green one.

One of the many movies I like is Mean Girls, which was released back in 2004. I think this is one of Lindsay's best movies not to mention Rachel McAdams stars here too (she's the villain) and of course the very young and innocent Amanda Seyfried. This 97-minute movie is a perfect combination of fun and nostalgia (the kind that brings you back to grade school/high school where bullies and cliques abound).

Late last year, I heard that Mean Girls is being remade and I wonder if it could ever compare to the first one.

Here's the trailer of the first version:

Danica Flores Magpantay took home the prestigious title of Supermodel of the World 2011! She is the first Filipina to win this competition ever at a young age of 17. She only started to model and join competition August of last year. Danica Magpantay was announced the winner of the prestigious title in New York last Saturday. Reports said she was followed by Lithuania, Poland, Brazil and Estonia. Filipino talents rocked the world in 2010 and it looks like we have a great start for 2011 considering it is just January.

She is straightforward in saying she wants to make it as a Victoria’s Secret model. Who doesn't? She has the making of a VS Angel as she looks a lot like Chanel Iman – first of all because she’s busty for a slim chick (31 inches Cup B, 22.5 inches waistline, 34 inches hips) making her an awesome lingerie model. What do you think?

Supermodel of the World (Ford Supermodel of the Year, formerly Face of the 80s) is an international modeling contest established by Eileen Ford in 1980. The contest showcases young fashion model entrants from over 50 countries in order to discover new talent for the fashion industry. - Wikipedia

The winner of the international final event receives the industry’s largest prize, a $250,000 modeling contract with Ford Models. The two runners up receive contracts of $150,000 and $100,000 respectively.

Celebrity Sarah Meier wrote on her twitter, “So to my dear Filipinas – take a look. Venus Raj, Danica Magpantay. Beautiful, dusky, exotic. STOP with the whitening creams already.” - Well said! :-)

Think about it for a minute: What does happiness mean to you?

For most, being happy starts with having enough money to do what you want and buy what you want. A nice home, food, clothes, car, leisure. All within reason.

The Top 5 Happiest countries in the World

1. Norway

2. Denmark

3. Finland

4. Australia

5. New Zealand

But happiness is much more than money. It's being healthy, free from pain, being able to take care of yourself. It's having good times with friends and family.

Furthermore, happiness means being able to speak what's on your mind without fear, to worship the God of your choosing, and to feel safe and secure in your own home.

Happiness means having opportunity--to get an education, to be an entrepreneur. What's more satisfying than having a big idea and turning it into a thriving business, knowing all the way that the harder you work, the more reward you can expect?

With this in mind, five years ago researchers at the Legatum Institute, a London-based nonpartisan think tank, set out to rank the happiest countries in the world. But because "happy" carries too much of a touchy-feely connotation, they call it "prosperity."

Legatum recently completed its 2010 Prosperity Index, which ranks 110 countries, covering 90% of the world's population.

To build its index Legatum gathers upward of a dozen international surveys done by the likes of the Gallup polling group, the Heritage Foundation and the World Economic Forum. Each country is ranked on 89 variables sorted into eight subsections: economy, entrepreneurship, governance, education, health, safety, personal freedom and social capital.

The core conceit: Prosperity is complex; achieving it relies on a confluence of factors that build on each other in a virtuous circle.

Ultimately how happy you are depends on how happy you've been. If you're already rich, like Scandinavia, then more freedom, security and health would add the most to happiness. For the likes of China and India (ranked 88th), it's more a case of "show me the money." What they want most of all? The opportunity to prove to themselves that money doesn't buy happiness.

With very high levels of social cohesion and a first-place ranking in education, New Zealanders trust and help each other. The country ranks first in civil liberties. Ninety-four percent found the beauty of their physical environment satisfying (the other 6% must be blind).

Excellent education, strong personal freedoms, a tight-knit society. Australia's economy is strong, led by raw materials exports, but it's also a good place to start a business, with plentiful Internet connectivity and low startup costs. Aussies trust their government.

Excellent education, universal health care, plentiful personal freedoms, trusted government, peaceful. Lots of R&D and low business startup costs give the Finns economic strength. But as is to be expected in a country with the highest redistribution of wealth, only 75% of Finns believe working hard will help them get ahead.

The world's lowest business startup costs, excellent education, unrestricted civil freedoms. Danes have overwhelming faith in their government and in each other, and report the highest standard of living in the world.

The world's highest per-capita GDP at $53,000 a year. Spending on health care is second-highest after the U.S. An unparalleled 74% of Norwegians say other people can be trusted, 94% are happy with the beauty of their environment, and a very high 93% believe hard work will help them get ahead in life. Having a lot of oil and gas reserves helps.

By Christopher Helman

This morning we walked at the park and took some pictures...

I am in-love with the handcrafted organic soaps that I recently discovered. I love how wonderful the smell of the different variants are and how soft my skin feels after I shower. The scent is delicious, every shower almost feels like I am eating at the same time. As these are made of organic ingredients there are no harsh chemicals, no toxic ingredients such as synthetic preservatives, additives and mineral oil in it. The fine, creamy, rich lather is distinctly different, which cleanses thoroughly without drying my skin.

Have you tried any of these soaps? What is your favorite? If you want to try out these soaps, let me know...

Yes, I'd rather have flowers on my table than diamonds on my neck...

For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant! ~Edward Abbey

To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat. ~Beverly Nichols

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into. ~Henry Beecher, Life Thoughts, 1858

Ah Sunflower! weary of time.

Who countest the steps of the Sun;

Seeking after that sweet golden clime

Where the travellers journey is done.

Where the Youth pined away with desire,

And the pale Virgin shrouded in snow:

Arise from their graves and aspire.

Where my Sunflower wishes to go.

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844

Perfumes are the feelings of flowers. ~Heinrich Heine, The Hartz Journey

If you've never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom. ~Terri Guillemets

Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity. ~John Ruskin

Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock. ~Henry Ward Beecher, Star Papers: A Discourse of Flowers