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My week in bullets

I haven't done one of these in the LONGEST time! I've had the best week so it's only right that I immortalize it through a blog post lol

Monday, Apr 21

Didn't really do much except rot in bed all day

Subscribed to ClassPass and booked a 7am pilates class at 7am pilates studio lol

Tuesday, Apr 22

Did my first pilates class at 7am studios in Parqal went with Gwen (paid for her session out of pocket just so that I didn't have to do it alone)

The studio was quite nice! There were only 3 of us in the class so it felt like we booked a private class

I was so out of shape that I barely made it out of that class alive haha – i felt so disoriented after doing curl ups :(

Went home immediately after because we were going to do an ocular visit in Cavite for my brother's wedding. I ended up staying at home because I was so tired and needed sleep

Wednesday, Apr 23

Went to MOA with my husband and nephew (yes, you heard that right blog, I'm married HAAHA) to get my underarms lasered

Zach went to the mall in his Spiderman costume because he didn't want to take it off hayyy

Skinstation had a promo where it was only 3k for 7 sessions which is super sulit considering how expensive underarm laser was when I was a teenager??

Also tried on the trendy square toe Havaianas slippers at SM Dept store so that I know what size I was going to buy on Shopee haha

Had dinner at our fave place – Tim Ho Wan

Thursday, Apr 24

Tried another activity through Class Pass - we went spinning at Ride Rev in Greenbelt, Gwen picked me up at home

Ate at Cibo right after hahaha so much for working out and losing weight

Ron picked me up at Greenbelt, went strolling around the mall - almost bought a rattan bag but thankfully didn't bec there are much cheaper options on Shopee

Added the Instax Wide camera to my wishlist

Fri, Apr 25

Went to SNR for a little bit of grocery shopping with my mama, papa, and ron :)

I bought mostly healthy stufff haha like vegetables, salmon, muesli. Ron was the complete opposite – he bought cup noodles and chips 💀

Ron and I went to MOA after because he wanted to look for Pokemon cards

As for me, I bought a new blush from Sunnies face (my fave right now!! Their powder blush in the shade bikini)

Saturday, Apr 26

Date with Mao! Went to Fullybooked and got myself a copy of Sunrise on the Reaping. Feels like 2014 again.

Had coffee at Pocofino – surprisingly their coffee was really good, but honestly the best coffee for me is still Starbz hahahaha

Yapped and talked about how we would go to Mcdo after Fullybooked/Powerbooks when we were teens because we spent all our money on books. So much has changed for us but I'm glad that some things are still the same :)

Had Dinner at Ooma, their sushi rolls are 💣, my mouth is watering just thinking about it now.

Went back to Fullybooked before closing time to buy some Sonny Angels hahahah they had the new cherry blossom series and it was just my luck that I pulled the one that I DIDN'T want.

Sunday, Apr 27

Spent the whole day at a wood working class which was my anniversary gift to Ron - he's always wanted to try wood working so I'm glad we got to do this together

Obviously not a hobby I'm interested in hahah but Ron already booked the next workshop for himself.

The class was at Wood Academy near Robinsons Magnolia (where I used to work) brought back fond memories of when I used to work at Uniqlo but also was a reminder of how far I'd come :)

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I'm back lol

I opened my blog last week because I was trying to find the track list of a mixtape I made on 8tracks when I was a teenager (after coming across a screenshot of it on my phone's gallery).

It's so funny reading the thoughts of 14/15-year old me. She was so stressed out and anxious about the future when she shouldn't have been :)

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Cheesy and long post ahead, but I had to share this and get it out of my chest, otherwise I’ll be crying my eyes out and feeling sorry for myself in my hotel room lol

Writing my feelings down and sharing them with a bunch of strangers on the Internet is my coping mechanism.

It’s day 4 of my quarantine and I am so homesick. I wouldn’t be if I was already working so I’d have at least that to occupy my days, but spending time alone and in isolation has really got me thinking and sentimental over my home life and how I must be crazy for ever even considering moving out of the comforts of my childhood home. Totoo nga na it’s not until you move out that you realize how much you’ve taken for granted living at home with the whole family. And it’s not even the free lodging, no bills, always clean laundry, and home cooked meals that I’m talking about, alamoyun, it’s the comfort and emotional support I get at home that I miss. Just being surrounded by my family, even without having to talk, my mind and heart are at ease.

Some days when I’m really pissed off at my siblings for not doing any house chores, and for not doing anything to help around the house, I would think “I can’t wait til I have enough money to move out of this house,” and even planned with Maoi that we’d move in together. But now that I’m about to live alone, in my own apartment, 8 hours away from my hometown, I can’t imagine how I’ll ever get used to coming home to an empty space.

Not coming home to my mama’s loud voice asking me if I already ate, then nagging at me for something I forgot to do in the house, papa’s tight hugs and goodnight kisses, Gwen’s annoying face na laging nakasimangot tapos ngingitian lang ako pag may kailangan sakin, Kuya Ger’s funny stories about what the bigols were up to that day, Kuya Gabe’s random visits to my room to show me his collection of Pokemon cards, babysitting Zach!!!! Those small things that you wouldn’t even notice but had made your day.

I just can’t help feeling sad even though I know that me living alone isn’t permanent, and that I’ll be back in Manila in 6 months, because deep down in my heart I know that this has already started a big shift in our lives, and sooner than later, my sister and my brothers would be moving out as well to go on with their lives, making it official that we’re adults capable of taking care of ourselves. My papa was even talking about retiring already!

I honestly think that this is also just me not being ready yet to let go of my childhood and accept the fact that my parents are growing old. I kind of always thought that we’d be living in one house together forever lol 🥺 At 23, I shouldn’t even be clinging to my childhood that much anymore!!!!!

And I know that people say if you want to achieve something in life, you have to step out of your comfort zone, and that’s true, but can’t it also be true that you can achieve success while staying in your comfort zone 🥺🥺🥺 haaaaay i’m such a baby, but I really do miss home. I don’t care if it’s only been 4 days. 186 days til home sweet home!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHHAH 😭😭😭

Anyway, if you made it this far, comfort me by leaving a comment about the “ah shit adult na nga ako” moment in your life and what made you realize it? Knowing I’m not the only one going through this phase would really make me feel better 😭😭

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‪I was in Makati yesterday for a job interview and I passed by Ayala Triangle where my friends and I would meet up everyday after work during our internship last year. No matter how tired we all were from doing nothing all day work, you’d find us there, waiting for each other just to catch up and make chismis lol (as if we didn’t have facebook messenger for that haha)

I can’t help but smile everytime I pass by Ayala Triangle because it brings back fond memories of my internship days and because I’m reminded of how I’m so lucky to have them as friends. I say a prayer of thanks everytime, because I am truly, truly blessed to have these people in my life. My heart hurts a little too, because I miss them and I kind of wish we could just go back to when we had nothing else to think about but boys, enrollment, and deadlines 😂

So, if you ever find me in, or passing by Ayala Triangle and smiling like an idiot to myself, you already know what I’m thinking of.

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The end? 031318

I remember about 4 years ago I wrote a blog post here on Tumblr about starting college, my new friends and my crush haha. Now 4 years later, here I am about to do the same thing. 

I haven’t written anything personal for a long while now, but tonight I felt like I had to because I am somewhere between completely sad and happy. Normally, during times when I would feel like this, I would message my friend but I really don’t want to bother anyone right now with my feelings (and because I don’t like people thinking that I make everything about myself, even though I oftentimes do)

Soooooo, here it goes. 

I am graduating from college in less than a month. 

You know every time we were asked by a professor to introduce ourselves in front of the class (even though we were already juniors and obviously know each other very well already) everyone would introduce themselves in the same format -- “Hi, I’m *states name*, I’m *states age at that time*, and I graduated from *states high school alma mater*” -- But you know what the saddest part of the introduction is? It’s when you are asked why you chose the school and your major and almost everyone (including myself) would answer “Walang choice eh,” or “I actually wanted to study at *states Big Four school,*” or “I wanted to take up *states fancy major.*” It seemed like no one actually wanted to be here (and I don’t really blame them, my school isn’t exactly the college anyone dreams of going to) 

I’ve always wondered what my life would have been like if I had pursued my dream of studying in DLSU. Would I have cried over failed grades and professors who had no mercy? Would I have been cheering for the school’s team during the UAAP? Would I have spent my Thursdays happy in a bar? Would I have had a boyfriend by now? HAHAHAHAHA and would I have had the total college experience I’ve dreamed of as told by the movies I watched growing up? 

But you know what? I always end up thinking that if I had chosen the Taft life (lol) I wouldn’t have met my college friends. I’ve found comfort in the fact that if I had chosen to go to a different school, I wouldn’t have met the amazing people that I have spent almost every day of the past 4 years of my life with. The same people who have changed and inspired me in so many ways, the people who watched me grow up and I watched grow up into the fine young women they are today. The people who made my change my mind about MTC and made me realize that choosing to study there wasn’t so bad after all. Sure, college wasn’t always fun and exciting but because of my friends I ALWAYS had a reason to laugh and for that I am grateful. 

A part of me still wants to stay in school, to wake up every morning knowing that I’ll be seeing the familiar faces of my friends, that I’ll be spending the day laughing with them or at them. But a part of me also knows that my time as a student has come to an end and that it’s time for me to face the real world now, to finally go out of my comfort zone and meet new people again. I do hope that once we graduate and go our separate ways, we’ll still stay friends and that we’ll keep in touch no matter what happens because I honestly don’t know what I’d do without my friends.

naiiyak na ako while typing this ayoko na maging emotional SOOOO, THIS IS MY COLLEGE LIFE IN BULLETS

I am happy to report that I am still friends with my OG squad since freshman year lol (Hi Lee, Shaina, Therese, and Mielsen i love you guys so much) Sophomore year we met Mariel and Psyche and ngayon inseparable na kami hahahaha.

My first college crush who I wrote a blog post about (LMAO) already has a girlfriend so obviously di ko na siya crush (weh?) 

DAMN SOBRANG NAKAKA CRINGE PERO ISHASHARE KO NA YUNG BLOG POST NA YUN PARA MATAWA NAMAN KAYO: KAHIHIYAN NO. 1 & KAHIHIYAN NO. 2

Made a lot of friends but made a ton of frenemies as well lol

I overcame my fear of speaking in front of the class (Thanks Sir Don)

I learned how to drive!!! Didn’t start driving myself to school ‘til my senior year though and until now di ko pa nakukuha license ko sa LTO lmao 

Towards the end of my junior year, I had a crush on someone. I ALMOST made a blog post about him as well pero buti nalang hindi ko tinuloy HAHAHAHAHAHA I reaaaaaaaally liked him but he didn’t like me back so that’s that. 

Experienced an existential crisis at the age of 19 hahahaha and I will never ever ever EVER forget summer of 2017 

I AM HAPPIER THAN I WAS 4 YEARS AGO AND THAT’S SAYING SOMETHING

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So this is my first post in months and the only reason I'm actually writing right now is because I needed to get things off my chest. Things haven't been okay for the past few months. And it's actually because of two things: the first one being the feeling that I'm compromising my future by staying in a shit school and the second one being a falling out with a friend. I don't know if she realizes this yet but I just feel like the friendship has come to an end you know? And it might be my fault because I know that I always make things about me and that I'm never really good at keeping in touch

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Harry Potter and The Cursed Child

OKAY SO HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD WAS 100 PERCENT PERFECT. LIKE GOALS UPON GOALS. LET ME SHOW YOU MY LIST OF PERFECTION THAT IS THE CURSED CHILD

(Spoilers)

-Scorpius is a total geek -Albus is gay af -Harry isn’t a perfect father -Ginny is still a bamf -Draco is trying SO DAMN HARD to be a good dad, especially after his wife died -James and Lily jr. are adorable rays of sunshine -HERMIONE IS MINISTER OF MAGIC -RON IS HELPING GEORGE RUN WEASLEYS’ WIZARD WHEEZES -Harry loves his kids and his wife and his job and is happy -Rose is an even more confident version of Hermione. -Rose is also probably such a protective big sister to Hugo -Scorose -ALBUS AND SCORPIUS ESCAPED THE HOGWARTS EXPRESS EVEN THOUGH FRED AND GEORGE AND THE MARAUDERS FAILED TO DO SO -The Trolley Witch is crazy af -Ginny is a fierce mama bear -Harry is a fierce papa bear -“How to distract Scorpius from difficult emotional issues. Take him to a library.” -“Mainly I wanted to be happy.” -“I’m proud he carries my name.” -“They were great men with huge flaws, and you know what— those flaws almost made them greater.” -“My geekness is a-quivering.” -“I’m Rubeus Hagrid, and I’m going to be your friend whether you like it or not.” -“People think they know all there is to know about you, but the best bits of you are — have always been — heroic in the really quiet ways.” -“Keep up, old man.” “We’re the same age, Draco.” “I wear it better.” -“DOG DIGGITY, CEDRIC DIGGORY, YOU ARE A DOGGY DYNAMO!” -“It is exceptionally lonely, being Draco Malfoy.” -Ron and Hermione are in love in evERY FREAKING TIMELINE BECAUSE ROMIONE WITHSTANDS ALL -Harry and Albus are basically the same person they are so similar -Shows that using a time turner –even if your intentions are good– is NEVER AN OKAY IDEA -Let me repeat, HERMIONE GRANGER-WEASLEY IS MINISTER OF MAGIC -Professor McGonagall still takes no one’s shit -Voldemort had a daughter (with Bellatrix LeStrange, like, what?) and she is as incapable of love as he is -Everyone was there for Harry as he watched his parents die -“I asked out Rose Granger-Weasley.” “And she said no.” “But I asked her. I planted the acorn. The acorn that will grow into our eventual marriage.” -Even though Scorpius found a reality where he was admired, he changed it back to normal because he his such a brave and excellent bean -Scorpius Malfoy in general -Ron always standing up for his loved ones because Ron -Harry still blaming himself for everything but Ginny promising that it isn’t his fault -Harry realizing that he’s made mistakes -Albus realizing that his dad never wanted any fame, and loves his son no matter what -Harry and Albus getting past their problems because they love each other -Albus being proud to be like his father -Hermione to this day being the real leader of the trio -FRIENDSHIP KICKS DARK MAGIC’S ASS -Just everything really

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what even is the promotion for this movie anymore

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coasts of Sardinia by cédric dasesson

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Hey!! I officially have all the Harry Potter prints up on my InPrint! Here’s the link if you’d like to check ‘em out. 

Also I’ll be at NYCC next weekend (Oct. 8th-11th) at my Alma Mater Ringling College’s booth selling Lemon & Ket, ERIS, lots of prints and something new!!! :oooo hope to see you there ^-^

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Reblog In 5 seconds for good luck

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It’s always been a habit of mine that when I listen to music in the car with my earphones on, I’d pretend I’m in a music video of the particular song that’s playing and I would make up scenes in my head that would fit the mood of the song. One of my fantasies is that a guy would ask me to slow dance with him to “Lady in Red” by Chris De Burgh. I’d be wearing a gorgeous red dress and we’d be in a garden (or a living room with the fireplace burning) lit by candles or christmas lights/fairy lights or whatever you wish to call them) hahaha sweet right? lol 

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“It was the moment between six and seven when every flower glows…softly, purely in the misty beds; and how she loved the grey-white moths spinning in and out, over the cherry pie, over the evening primroses!” -Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA THIS MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD

gifs not mine

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How do you properly start a blog? Which blogs do you have to follow? How do you make a blog elegant??? How do you post personal experiences without having to GET anxiety over what people might think? How do you let yourself, like, go???

I don't think there is a 'proper' way to start a blog. When I started blogging I usually posted about my day (kinda like a diary) or about random things like songs, books, or things that I like, stuff like that. If you're looking for blogs to follow I suggest that you go through some tags (like the #personal tag) and find blogs there. Tumblr also suggests blogs like the ones you are already following which makes finding blogs easy.As for the personal experience stuff, you shouldn't be scared of what people might think. This is your blog after all and nobody should tell you what to do or what to say. Just be yourself, and as long as you're not hurting anyone there's nothing wrong with sharing your experiences on your blog, may it be a kilig one or an embarrassing one. But do remember that there is a thing called "too much information." Lol.Good luck on starting your blog. I know that I'm not good at giving advice but I hope I helped in some way.

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Everyone who reblogs this will get the title of a book to read based on their bio/posts.

Everyone. I mean it.