A balance of light and dark

treasurewisesilliness: This is Japan in a nutshell. Forget all...

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:38:42 +0800

This is Japan in a nutshell. Forget all the crazy stuff with the weird tv programs and the cosplaying—that’s just the outer shell that gets attention because it’s unusual. This, this is the beauty of the country. I’ve had little grandmothers chase me down because I dropped my shinkansen tickets. In amusement parks, the attendants do their upmost to get lost items (usually cardigans or kids’ shoes) back to the owners—before the owners even realize they’d lost said item(s). I’ve had complete strangers not only give my thorough directions but have offered to drive me to the place I needed to go.

It is so, so, so hard to go back to the States after you get the J-treatment. I mean, Japan has its downside (“What is this madness you call pizza???”), but the general attitudes of everyone—even the so-called hardcore yankees (two of whom who, on a blazing summer day, helped me find one of my schools when I was heinously lost in the labyrinth that is the neighborhood in which said school is located)—is the epitome of the mindset that I wish everyone would adopt. Because yelling at people gets you nowhere. And being able to empathize with people kinda helps make this country a really nice place to live in.

COUNSELLING BLOG: Tips for Improving Your Memory

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:20:26 +0800

COUNSELLING BLOG: Tips for Improving Your Memory :

onlinecounsellingcollege:

1. Try and give your work your full and undivided attention. Don’t multitask or flip between activities when it is important to retain what you are learning.

2. Study over a number of equally spaced sessions instead of cramming the week before exams. That allows you to gradually consolidate…

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Tue, 21 May 2013 13:54:28 +0800

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Mon, 13 May 2013 11:30:08 +0800

GOOD MOVIE <3

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:53:07 +0800

GOOD MOVIE <3

A note on appreciation

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:37:45 +0800

I’m a person who appreciates what I have easily. But this appreciation does not last long. I’ll be grateful for that day but I can’t retain that sense of gratefulness for a very long time. Like for example, I’d appreciate it if you give me a bar of chocolate on that day but on the next month I won’t even remember you gave me a bar of chocolate. Am I making any sense?

Well, so anyway it’s a really bad habit(?) I’ve got and it sucks so bad and I want to remove that kind of habit. I want to be able to appreciate things, appreciate what I’ve got for a very long time. Because it scares me because of the quote “You never know what you have until it’s gone”. And it’s true.

So today I’m going to list the things I’m grateful for:

electricity
life
God
mom
and her fried chicken
water
laptop
good movies that makes me appreciate things
Silver Linings Playbook
my boyfriend
and his call
and his text message
cotton buds
the leftover mango juice
a/c

Well that wasn’t so hard…

Now you see me, now you don't

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:08:18 +0800

It has been so long, since I’ve written and it feels kinda weird.

<p>I used to write everyday. I have even kept a diary to write the feelings that were left unspoken(so emo) or write about stuffs that were happening to me. It’s like I had a life but I didn’t have a life. I was always excited to go home and be alone and re-tell my day in a page or two of my diary. But then things change, and they will keep on changing. And who knows, my annual posts may turn to biennial or I may keep on posting weekly. We don’t know. And adding the fact I’m not the most consistent person in the world, well I don’t know for sure where this blog is going. I’ll probably read this again in a year and I’d be laughing at myself for being too melodramatic at this post. </p>

<p>So a little something about me:
I feel like a totally different person when I’m writing
I started writing when I was about to enter college, summer of 2010 I think
I suck at writing any academic papers. Because sometimes or most of the times, I’d feel insecure about the way I write or what’s on my paper. I feel like I’m not making any sense. Until I forget about art and be lazy and just write for the sake of writing.
I wasn’t really into writing until I started reading books,
Books have inspired me to write. Whenever I finish a book, I’d always say, “I wanna write something like that.”
My thoughts are really disorganized and the only way to organize them is by writing them. I always depended on my visual thingy.

Okay, enough about writing…

I’ve been into anything about art since I was a baby. Yep, a baby. I was drawing in my mum’s tummy for 9 months using her blood. [OH MAN! THAT’S WAY TOO CREEPY. WHY DID I EVEN WRITE THAT?]
But yeah, I’ve been into arts ever since I was young.
I have even kept my old sketchbooks and I can’t throw them away
It’s like a have developed some kind of attachment to it
Whenever I look at it I would always laugh and say “ohmygosh did I really draw this?”
I wanted to be a Fashion Designer since I was young
I was always drawing dresses
I focused drawing on portraits when I reached 2nd Year College
I got into photography when I was in high school or even before that…
I always remember the things I’m not supposed to remember. And forget things I shouldn’t forget.
blaaaaaaaaaaaahhh I got lazy…The motivation left just a second ago

As the sun starts to hide And the moon and stars starts to...

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 17:54:06 +0800

As the sun starts to hide
And the moon and stars starts to show…
3-3-13

#unfinished #poem #branches #sunset #tree #leaves #nature

Cool kid.

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:11:11 +0800

Cool kid.

LOL MY THESIS IS DRUNK

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 01:48:38 +0800

LOL MY THESIS IS DRUNK

Pre-Christmas and Christmas

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:42:53 +0800

December 23, 2012

We went to MOA the day after my mom’s birthday.

Then mom bought us tickets to ride the ferris wheel…

…and she also bought us tickets to anchor’s away. And I got really really sick, thank God Gio was there. And then we ate at Dampa, Macapagal.

Christmas day! We went to Nuvali at Sta. Rosa Laguna first…

We love feeding this fat Koi fishesssss~ here fishy fishyyyy

And we ate at Yellow Cab. And there’s my cousin!

And my other cousin! :))

And we headed to Tagaytay! Normally it would take us 30 minutes to get there from Nuvali, but since it was a holiday and eventually “everyone” was going to Tagaytay it took us 3 hours to get there. And you can even buy from the stores near the road and the cars wouldn’t even move! imagine the traffic! And there was a car in front of us (which I suppose were composed of college students), where their friend managed to go to a bathroom while stuck on the traffic.

And here’s a dog we saw at the Mahogany market.

It started drizzling when we went to Bag of Beans, so instead of ordering cold drinks, I ordered a hot choco. It wasn’t really that good and made it made me regret ordering, I should’ve ordered the Banana thingy instead :(

And again, we were stuck in traffic while going home and the gas is almost empty and there was no gasoline station in sig

And finally! Rockwell, Makati :)

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Because these are the stars within our feet And we could trust...

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:08:20 +0800

Because these are the stars within our feet
And we could trust that it can’t easily fleet
These stars are like people we meet
Some remain, and some disappear

promisethemoon: Day 4: A song that calms you down Lough Erin...

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:30:03 +0800

promisethemoon:

Day 4: A song that calms you down

Lough Erin Shore by The Corrs
This song reminds me of the sea and floating on water. Whenever I feel tired or uneasy, I listen to this song and my worries just fly away. I used to listen to this song when I was studying. I find Rebel Heart and any Jim Brickman song really relaxing. :)

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Breakfast at Dinner. The most delicious scrambled eggs...

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:27:08 +0800

Breakfast at Dinner.

The most delicious scrambled eggs I’ve made in my whole life.

We all know what happened in Sandy Hook Elementary School in...

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:49:21 +0800

We all know what happened in Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut right?

No? A man named Adam Lanza shot his mother straight in the face then left their home then went on a rampage in Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut killing 20 kids and 6 adults. And he killed himself after the inicident.

It’s just sad, really sad. Maybe the reason why I’ve been affected by this incident is because they are kids and I’m not saying that if those who died were adults or criminals I wouldn’t be affected. Everyone deserves to live and no one, NO ONE has the right to take away someone else’s life. And to think Christmas is just around the corner.

May those kids’ soul rest in peace. You’re now in our Father’s loving arms.

December 6, 2012 This has got to be the laziest semester yet the...

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:09:00 +0800

December 6, 2012

This has got to be the laziest semester yet the hardest.

Received the coolest shirt from The Lance #Letran :) Thank You...

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:20:24 +0800

Received the coolest shirt from The Lance #Letran :)
Thank You po :))

Happy Anniversary Love! 

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:58:27 +0800

Happy Anniversary Love! 

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Sun, 11 Nov 2012 15:19:50 +0800

Community Service

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 21:00:09 +0800

Letran Catwalk at 8am

Hello kids!

Lol at the kid who had his right leg raised!

They played “The Boat is Sinking”. There was even a group where everyone tumbled to the ground. No one was hurt badly thank God!

And then I hanged out with these kids and started talking about stuffs.

And I taught them how to use my camera. It was really fun teaching the kids ‘cause they pick up really fast!

The kids I hanged out with.

Then I asked them to jump so I can take a photo of them jumping. And the place was filled with smiles and laughter and the endless chanting of “Ate isa pa!”.

But sadly, they have to go.

So far this has been my favorite community service ‘cause I got closer to some of the kids. And they were very talkative and fun!

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