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The Sunday Currently | Vol 12

Oh wow! It’s been really a while since I last post about my “sunday currently” I was thinking of what to post here and I remembered about this “trend” So here I am reviving this and hopefully I will be consistent to post. R E A D I N G I just finished reading The Woman in Me by Britney Spears. I’m planning to read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo next. W R I T I N G Currently this blog. L I…

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Vlog: Alberta Travel 2023

After our Thunder Bay adventures, we went home for a week—got some rest and spent Thanksgiving with our families. It was unfortunate that my brother-in-law and his girlfriend didn’t made it because they were both sick and was unsure if they got CoVid. They just dropped the cake outside and we gave them some foods to take home LOL Anyway, we were back on the road by Friday morning. Our first stop…

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Exploring Thunder Bay

Last October 2023, we had our very first long drive. We decided to go to Thunder Bay, Ontario to hike the Sleeping Giant which my husband has been wanting to hike since before I got pregnant. The drive was well, kind of a disaster. Since it was the first time that our daughter stayed in her car seat for more than 2 hours, she cried non-stop. We had to stop multiple times so she could stretch out…

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My 2024 New Year's Resolution

I think I’m getting old for new year’s resolution but here we are! Nothing wrong with writing what you want to change for the new year and try your best to follow through. It’s okay if you don’t do them all—they are there as a guide for you to be a better person. I won’t keep mine long but here’s a few of them: Let go of the things I have no control of. Recently, I noticed that I have been…

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7 Months Postpartum Check-In

The days are long but the years are short. It has already been seven months since I’ve given birth and I wish time would just stay still. Whenever I look at our daughter’s newborn pictures, I couldn’t help but feel emotional. She used to be so small, and now, she’s as big as my upper body. Pretty soon she’ll be crawling and then before we know it—we will have a toddler running down the hall and…

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Vlog: First Camping of 2023

We had our first camping as a family of 4 last September—four because we also brought our fur baby, Bullet. Was it a good idea? Well, at first it was. But when we’re already camping, it wasn’t. Bullet is a good boy, but he got not manners LOL He wanted to be friendly but he doesn’t know how except to bark. Instead of us enjoying and relaxing, we spent most of the time making sure he won’t bark…

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My Birth Story

TL;DR I was 39 weeks 0 days when I gave birth to our baby girl and here’s my birth story. Morning Surprise Early morning of May 28th, around 0450, I had the urge to use the bathroom. As I was rolling myself off the bed—rolling, because I couldn’t sit up properly lol—when I suddenly felt a gush of fluid. I was frozen on the spot. The first thing I thought was: “Did I just peed myself?” then, it…

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Adventures Up North || 2022

Finally uploaded this video. I’ve been trying to finish editing it since last year but couldn’t due to pregnancy related laziness LOL We went to Churchill for our “honeymoon” last year of August. We actually had no idea on what to do once we land but luckily, our friend-turned-ninang served as our tour guide. She gladly booked us a tour to see the whales and to see polar bear(s). Luckily, we…

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Vlog: Fall Hike 2022

Vlog: Fall Hike in Alberta | 2022

And I finally uploaded it! LOL Funny thing about this trip was: we didn’t know I was already 3-4 weeks pregnant and we hiked and attempted to climb the ridge in Kananaskis Upper Lake trail. Which *spoiler alert* we didn’t due to the bears lurking around at the top of the hill or surrounding area—and we found out that we have to use a rope ladder(?) to climb up in order to get to the ridge.…

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TL;DR: We're Pregnant!

TL;DR: We’re Pregnant!

Happy New Year! It has been a while since the last time I posted here (my forever intro) But this time, I am so excited to share a very good news to everyone. Let’s consider this as my first post of the year (I started this draft last 26th of December lol) Long story short, we’re pregnant! I tested October 1st as soon as we got home from Alberta. I already had my suspicion while we were there.…

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CoVid 2.0

Just when we all thought that everything’s back to normal, good ol’ CoVid hit me the second time (it was my husband’s first). Symptom started Friday morning—I was just about done with my night shift—I noticed my throat was sore and my voice was getting hoarse. I honestly thought it was just dry and it was due to weather change (hey! same excuse as CoVid 1.0) Anyway, I did a rapid swab at work and…

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The Big Day

A month late but here we are lol

It has been a month since we tied the knot. Was there any changes? Personally, there were no changes that I could think of—probably less arguments? I think we just made everything legal and official. I mean, we’ve been living together since December—almost 6 months—and we’ve been doing everything together since the start of our relationship. Sneak peak to days leading to our big day: The girls…

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2022.05.21 We were together. I forget the rest -Walt Whitman . . Venue: @oaklandestate Photo: @rollantemporosa Video: @deanroverfilms Coordinator: @annand.co DJ: @tridentmusic Florals: @enchantedfloristco Caterer: @bennysbdn https://www.instagram.com/p/CeRxjSbPtfUUEp8mktKMPD3Okj87DXJjAsJj9E0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Tiny Changes

There has been one change in my life that I haven’t realized until recently. When I was still living with my parents, on my day off—I usually spend it on my laptop. If not, I’d just be in my bed all day, sleeping. When I moved out, I thought I have been spending my days sleeping all day—especially if I just came off my night shift rotation. However, I just realized that that wasn’t the case. On…

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Breakup Playlist | Vol 4

Breakup Playlist | Vol 4

This is my: if my break-up have a theme song. This song literally broke my heart and still the number one breakup song on my list. TITLE: Fine ALBUM: My Voice ARTIST: Taeyeon | ROMANIZATION | jjijeojin jongitjogagedamanaen naye jinshimeseonmyeonghaejyeo somethin’ bout you Yeah nareul mani dalmeun deut dareunneon hokshi nawa gateulkka jigeumgwaenhan gidaereul hae haru han dal il nyeonjeum…

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Busy Life

I haven’t writing anything for the past 2 months or so because I’ve been busy with wedding planning and work. And household chores, though most of the time I was just being a couch potato. How’s wedding planning? Well, it’s coming—it was kind of stressful—especially when things don’t go according to your plan. We’ve finally handed out invitations/RSVPs and I’m 100% sure, that half of them won’t…

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Being Happy for Others

TL;DR: Focus on your own goals. Don't compare your achievement to others #blog

Question: How hard is it to be happy for others? How many times have you caught yourself feeling envious to someone else’s achievement? Have you genuinely told someone you’re happy for them or were you just saying it for the sake of saying it? There are times wherein I catch myself wishing that I too, would be able to do what this person achieved. Then I would compare myself to that…