THIRD WHEEL

Yes, I’ve always been a Third wheel. And no, I’m not complaining! At least, not a Third Party!

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SILENCE IS MY FRIEND

SILENCE is my friend… I’m comfortable with it. It energizes me. And I enjoy it. . It calms me when I’m angry. It heals me when I’m tired. It grounds me when pray. I desperately long for it whenever I’m overwhelmed with life’s busy-ness. And whenever we meet, it never fails to amaze me. Posible ra jud diay mu-storya kas-a in a day or none at all.

 

Ironic Tales

Whazzup! Here comes another post. I thought maybe I can post here the icebreaker speech I delivered in Toastmasters. You may also listen to it in Spotify via Sugilanon podcast.

What's in a Name?

If names have monetary value, I would have been one of those rich kids these days. I've been called so many names. Most names are related to how I look physically. While some complain about being chubby or fat, I was having that thing called "skinny" problems. People are complicated. When you're fat, you get a name. When you're skinny, you also get a name. And usually, these are not pleasing names. I guess everybody just have to live with it and just move on from it.

Living Life in Times of COVID

It's been a while since March 2020. That month when time seemed to slow down.

COVID19 entered Philippines and suddenly announcement of lockdowns were everywhere. I just came back from a week long vacation leave to visit home, process some business permits and attend a friend's wedding. Two weeks later, we were advised to move to WFH (Work-from-Home) setup.

That was 2 years ago. It's already that long but it still feels so fresh. But anyway, today's post is all about that 2 years span of updates and just getting day by day through series of lockdowns, challenges, achievements and realizations.

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Vietnam Says: 10 Random Thoughts I Had in Vietnam

The Indochina throwback post never ends as I share another 10 random thoughts about my two and a half day trip at Vietnam.

Cambodia Says: 10 Random Thoughts I Had in Cambodia

Like my previous post, this is another delayed post about my Cambodia trip last year. :D I could just forget about posting this here, but well... some experiences are really meant to be shared, or else it would be just forgotten... for good.

When I grow older, I also want to look back and easily remember stuff through blog entries and pictures. I already have an awful memory now. Who knows how bad it will get when I turn 70. :'( 

Anyways, Cambodia was our second destination during our (me and my former officemate) Indochina Trip. I would love to narrate everything, but of course, this post will be just about some random thoughts and realizations I've had during that Cambodia Trip. And definitely, I'm featuring some pictures taken there.

VEE Creative: Tissue Roll to Wall Decor

Turn your empty tissue rolls into some amazing wall art decorations. This month's VEE Creative feature will share how to avoid filling up your trashbins with empty tissue rolls. Yey!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR BLOGOSPHERE!

I know I'm already 3 days late but it's better late than never. Ha-ha! Happy New Year!
I really did try to make a post last December after my November post but then things got a little busier than ever and even my internet connection was being so ridiculous.

Anyways, just a little recap with my December and some peeks to my upcoming posts and blogging goals that I look forward to fulfill in connection with my resolutions. Hmmp.

UPDATES! UPDATES! UPDATES!

No words can explain how glad I am to finally have another post after almost two months of being absent online. There were lots of work, lots of travel and amazing experiences that I can't wait to share. Ow, I also missed my Rainbow Rowell October month plan but I think it can wait. Christmas is Coming (that sounded a bit of Game of Throne-ish) and I'm excited. That means vacation with the family and lot of time to blog, reflect and read. But before that, let me just blabber some random things about books and what I did for the past couple of weeks.

The Seven Deadly Sins Tag

Last Friday, Lola of Hit or Miss Books tagged me into this tag. I've been intending to publish my post during the weekend, unfortunately, my offline work demanded too much time. Anyways, here I am and I'll answer all these seven deadly questions.

Game On!

Greed:

1. What is your most unexpensive book?

That would be John Green's Looking for Alaska. I got this book as a prize of the 2013 July Challenge from Read Philippines. (Waves to Laila who sponsored the Challenge)

Wednesday Quotable Qoutes: Introduction

I've always been a collector of quotes ever since I became a movie and book junkie. I would write all the quotes I find very inspirational or just AWESOME.  

So, I figured I should feature my doodles on the quotes I collect twice a month and that would be every Wednesday. I'm actually excited since I've doodled a lot already. I even post them on my bedroom wall just below my Naruto Poster.

There..there... If Chloe Sullivan has her own Wall of Weird, well, I've got my own Wall of Quotes

Stephanie Perkins in Cebu

I hope it's not too late to post about another one of my exciting book signing escapades. I got stuck with work and I've been saving my post in flash drive just waiting for the perfect time(means being free from the demands of my boss) to finally post it. This is the time.

Stephanie Perkins at National Bookstore SM Cebu

First, I have to say that I've never read yet any of Stephanie Perkins book but I already heard so much about it and I always get stranded in the shelf where her books are displayed at National Bookstore. I'm curious about her books and she looks really pretty in the picture. The books she wrote are not the usual genre I read. What I mean are young love and all the teenage scenario plots. Maybe because I'm already 23 and the thought of reading this kind of stories makes me think about the high school version of myself reading a pocketbook about romance.  The last book I read that contained teen love was Meg Cabot's Jinx and I only bought it because it has some witchy-twist and all. I was always into some kind of Dystopian setting (Hunger Games, Selection, etc), suspense and Harry Potter kind of plots. 

My hands were always itchy every time I would see Anna and the French Kiss and Lola and the Boy Next Door at National Bookstore. Reviews say that it's fantastic and hilarious  and it really makes me want it. Part of me want to buy them considering that I have read John Green's TFIOS and teenage love kind of convinced me that it's not that bad and it's a feel-good(I mean awesome) book but there was a part of me saying "You're being a bad girl in the bookstore again. You got a pile of books in your room and you are not even half done with it and now you're adding another bunch" and then that's when I would turn my back and say "Good-bye Anna and Lola".

Reviewing The Fault in Our Stars

I know it’s a bit late to post a review for TFIOS but I’m still having a hang-over from the movie which is really, really not like most of the book-to-movie adaptation where series of things are cut-off and changed. The movie is just like the book. It’s what I actually visualized when I read John Green’s The Fault in our Stars last year.  Well, I didn’t know who would play the roles but Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort did the job really great. I can’t imagine anyone else play the role apart from them after the success of this movie.

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I watched the movie on its first day in the cinemas. It was already out in Cebu at June 5. I was actually looking forward to watch Maleficent that night but upon seeing TFIOS on the cinema schedule, I changed my mind in an instant and I forced my office mates to come along. My office mate are not bookworms like me so when I told them that the story is awesome and tear-jerking, they were having second thoughts since they were thinking that I might spoil them and that maybe the movie is not that nice since I kind of have a different taste on some things and they were thinking that I’m more of a sci-fi and superhero movie/book addict than a tear-jerking teenage love story.

The Post-it Doodles

I drew it while I was on a meeting.

A quote from the Amazing Spiderman 2 movie. I missed the word "were" in the sentence.