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Baby girl

One of the K-pop groups that I like is Le Sserafim (I'm fearless). I saw a random video of them eating where Eunchae (their youngest member) was eating too fast. Yunjin (my bias) told her to eat slowly.

She said, "baby girl, slow down" and ever since then I have been using "baby girl" to address my friends especially at work.

I accompanied my mom in a lunch out with her college friends in SM Megamall and after eating with them, I left them so that they can bond. While waiting for her, I decided to go around the mall. I went to the topmost floor where the conventions usually happen and to my luck, Comiket was having their convention there. I bought a ticket for myself and then went in.

I just strolled around and then bought some items for my monito monita. I got a mug and some funny stickers from Sskait. Before going out, I saw some cool keychains and I saw this "baby girl" one and knew that I had to get it.

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Girls night out at Tambai

Tine suddenly asked us if we want to do a girls night out in Poblacion. We all agreed and then we went to Tambai. It was my first time in a bar (literally - because my parents didn't let us go to when we were younger haha and we also didn't dare, that's why) so I was excited.

I asked my mom for permission and she agreed but I must book an Airbnb nearby so that I won't have to go home late alone sooo I did haha.

The bar is kind of a mix of Japanese and Western styles???? Well the outside has lanterns and stuff and then they offer Yakitori and then they have like a western-ish style rooms for groups that availed bottles.

Yakitori is 10/10 - my faves would be the quail eggs with bacon wrapped around it and isaw!

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Baking and catch up

IDIM (I did it myself) Bakery launched a promo for all Twice concert attendees last November '23. Each ticket holder must present their physical ticket in their SM Megamall branch where they can select from any of their four-inch cake designs that they would like to bake for free!

Lolyn and I availed it along with Lianne (Lolyn's younger sister) and Charlyn, our other best friend (I'll post about us soon!).

There's a design to be followed but I opted to do something else hehe. Here's the picture of my cake:

I decided to do the Twice logo hahahahahha I promised it looked so much better in person than on the picture.

Sadly, I don't have any pictures of us from that day because it's all in Lolyn's and Charlyn's phones.

For late lunch, we were deciding whether to eat in Yabu or in Sambokojin but we all agreed to eat in Sambokojin because it's almost Charlyn's birthday that time so we availed yet another promo but this time its from Sambokojin.

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Halloween '23!

October last year, Likha IT (the company that I am working for) prepared a halloween party for the employees and their kids!

It was a simple event but there were loot bags for the kids, they also hired a face paint artist, a sweets and gummies station for the kids, food for everyone, and of course... games!

Everyone was grouped and if I remember correctly I think there were four groups. Here's my group!

For the last game, we played a scavenger hunt! There were hidden items on different floors of the office building and there were also missions which involved the staff of the building too!

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Twice "Ready to Be" - My first ever concert experience!

October 1, 2023 - I attended my first ever concert. The whole experience was exhilarating, fun, and my voice was hoarse for a week but I'd happily do it all over again (I'll be getting a closer seat next time!)

FOR CONTEXT - I started liking K-pop way back 2013 when my friends performed I got a Boy by Girls Generation during our school's Foundation Day when we were in our third year high school. Even though I don't understand the lyrics, I think what got me hooked with it was the vibe, beat, and how powerful some K-pop songs were. My K-pop playlist is my go-to in Spotify whenever I need a booster whenever I feel sleepy or I need to get things done at work.

I have been a Badminton player ever since I was in fifth grade. My parents are also Badminton players and they greatly influenced me to play the sport. My parents are members of a Badminton group where majority of the other members are their friends. It was only me and another kid that belonged to the "younger members" list but there was a time where we met a group of teenagers in the Badminton court where we usually go to. They played with us and then we invited them to join our group and they gladly accepted. In that group, I met my so-called "Badminton crush" (but this is all in the past now, okay? Haha) and one time during our quarterly Badminton tournament, he brought his own speakers and played Heart Shaker by Twice while I was warming up before my game. I saw him dancing the steps while laughing with his friends and found it cute that's why I got curious about the song and the artist and that's how I started to know and liked Twice. I think this was around 2019-2020?

And by the way, my bias in Twice (favorite singer or band member in an idol group) is Dahyun but I love the other members too!

FAST FORWARD - February 2023, JYP Entertainment announced that Twice will be having their third world tour and Philippines is included in their Southeast Asia stops. I got excited because the last time that they came to the Philippines, I was not able to secure a ticket. I just felt happy that they are coming back here and I wondered if I can go to their concert but also feared that I cannot be able to because my parents would be angry with me if they knew that I bought a concert ticket (I don't hate them for that but I grew up not having most of what I wanted when I was younger because for them it is a waste of money).

Early June 2023, I got the news that I will be laid off. I was so lost that time because I have no plans of resigning from my position any time soon because I was actually supposed to be trained for a promotion but unfortunately, they had to hire people from a different agency which meant that they had to let some people go to make room for those and I was one of them.

I received what they called a "retirement package" or compensation for the employees that got laid off. It was enough to last me for a bit (This is considering all my bills for a month and it could easily last me for at least 6-8 months if ever I don't get a job quickly) so I started considering buying a ticket. I had the money that time but I am worried to go alone because it was my first time so there are a lot of things that I do not know yet. I don't know if it was fate (but maybe it was) because my bestfriend Lolyn told me that she wants to go to the concert too. Now both of my problems are resolved - I have money and someone to go to the concert with.

The ticket selling for their show on September 30 was scheduled last June 15. I was having my PC professionally cleaned that time so I queued at exactly 10 am in the shop using my cellular data for the ticket selling but I got placed 64000th. I already lost hope because I think in less than an hour the concert was already declared sold out.

After I got home, I saw in Facebook that they will be having another show on October 1 and another round of ticket selling for it last June 16. Lolyn and I came up with several ideas on how we can get tickets - we contacted someone to help us find a valid session link and they will give it to us (It's not illegal but for those that were able to get into the website early, their session is still valid for I think 10 minutes and they can share it with other people so that they can buy tickets as well without having to queue) and then we queued on all our available devices.

June 16 came and then I asked my sisters (they're twins, by the way) to help me out. It was nerve-wracking because every link that we tried always cuts off midway due to network traffic but luckily, the session that was on my PC went through and I immediately got 2 tickets for me and Lolyn. I was crying that time because I was nervous as heck and then I laughed it off after I received the online receipt because it was a success!

D-DAY - Concert day came and I wasn't able to get some sleep hahaha. I went to Lolyn's house because her sister is going to drive us there. There were four of us attending - Lolyn, me, her sister, and their family friend. I bought their light stick or "Candybong" (the name of the Twice' light stick), their only official merch that I have. We got to the venue early because we aimed to get a good parking spot. We got some food from Burger King in the gas station near the venue (Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan) and then we ate it in the car after settling down. The doors are scheduled to open at 5pm (if I remember correctly) because the show will start at 6pm. After eating and then staying in the car until around 3pm, we decided to go out and line up. We got a bit lost because there's so many Onces in the venue but we eventually found where we need to line up. While on the line, there were a lot of Onces with freebies so we got some! We got stickers, bracelets, and headbands!

CONCERT EXPERIENCE - The whole 3 hours that they were performing, I was always shouting. I can hear my seatmates laughing because of loud I was but I can't help it hahaha. Every member performed their special numbers and there were also parts where they performed as a group or by threes (since there are nine Twice members in total). Aside from shouting, I sang my heart out, jumped, participated in the wave (there's this thing with K-pop concerts where they start a wave using their light sticks and the crowd will follow), caught some confettis as souvenir, and took lots and lots of pictures and videos.

There are times that I felt the whole arena moving with us as we jump hahahaha and its definitely one of those moments where I felt the most alive. I was so happy being a part of that ocean that day.

Thank you, Twice!

In the next post, I'll share some pictures and clips of me that day!

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Hello!

It has been a while since I last posted. I stopped updating at the height of the pandemic (late 2019 - early 2020) because there's really nothing much that I did back then.

Right now, I suddenly felt the urge to become active again. I'll be sharing some of my notable previous experiences, activities I did, or events that I went to.

Some might be a little too long but it's up to you if you will read it all ♥

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Family!

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Fam goes North!

(Late post)

Originally, we were supposed to go to Pangasinan together with our cousins but they had to cancel because the vehicle the we were supposed to rent became unavailable on the date of the trip. Both my parents decided that since we have our own family car, why don’t we still go to the trip instead?

After thorough planning, we went to Bolinao, Pangasinan last January 25-26 and rented out a room in Casa Carolina Beach Resort. Our itineraries that time was:

1. St. James Church

2. Enchanted Cave

3. Cape Bolinao Lighthouse

We still weren’t able to really explore since my father is the only driver we have and his knees might hurt if we go to places that involve too much walking.

We still had a blast that time because it was the first time that we went to the beach by ourselves (we usually have summer outings sponsored by my mother’s company) and I think we will do it again soon!

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These were both taken by Andrei. I suck at posing sooo yep :>

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