Once in a while

....you get all perked up and inspired to write about something you're not quite sure yet what's going to be about. Labo. I just miss this blog and all the happy feelings it gives me whenever I publish stuff that may not relate to anything so significant for the world but actually are just the opposite for me and my little self and a few good friends. 

Backstory lang: I laid down in bed feeling all so tired and ready to sleep when my wandering little mind got me into thinking about my life, the people in it, the God who sustains me, my dreams and even the vague connections between my yet-to-be-known purpose/s in life and what I really like doing, stuff I'd like to think I'm passionate about. Muni-muni ba. Do you ever feel that too? Like you suddenly wanna be this someone someday and then you get all excited because as random as it may seem your heart just screams that that's the YOU you wanna be, that's the thing you wanna keep on doing for the rest of your life. And then you pray so sincerely hard about it cos it felt really powerful for you. And then you wonder maybe, just maybe, this crazy little newly constructed dream of yours is actually the very true, absolute clue to your life purpose? Even more so, what if it's not even just a clue? What if it's the answer already and you just have to keep on moving towards it? I mean just how amazing is that, right? On the (basag trip) contrary, what if it's not? What if it's just a random thought provoked by a lot of factors: things I see on tv or hear from other people or feel whenever I am placed in a situation that gets my heart rushing or what ever not? What if it's just a ridiculous product of the mind? As for this, I'd like to remember this thing I once read about: "dwelling with what you know now" and honestly, what I know now is that this unforeseen motivational drive is one chubby gumball of a blessing and I love it!!

HABA NG BACKSTORY KO. So after that, I got up and made it all the way here in front of the laptop and decided to write about it.

Oh, how playful a restless mind can be! These are thoughts I don't wanna forget about having. No matter how weird and maybe even senseless they are (at the moment).

There is a certain intangible beauty in the unknown and I think it has a name: Hope :) there are aaaaall kinds of hope we keep in our respective hearts. They all beg to be heard and fulfilled at the right time. I think we just need to acknowledge it first before anything else!
I quote C.S. Lewis, "We do not want to merely “see” beauty–though, God knows, even that is bounty enough. We want something else which can hardly be put into words–to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in it, to become part of it."

Romans 12:12   

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

I'm saying goodbye to TV series

It's amazing to see a different world than my own. It's entertaining to see the characters progress, as if I really knew them. It's fun to learn, adapt and apply stuff I see there to my own life.
BUT
It leaves me empty after it's gone. There's a void I can't seem to fill afterwards. Hahaha. And I honestly think it's unhealthy for me. I've thought about it. There were pros and cons, of course. My emotional cons weighted so much more.

So I decided to officially say goodbye to television series. Forever! Huhu

I need a closure, though. Therefore this:

Number 1
GOSSIP GIRL

I read the first book of Gossip Girl when I was in 2nd year high school. That makes me 14 or 15, back then? Months later, I heard about its tv series adaptation and boy was I crazy excited. Of course, the high school life from our culture is entirely different from theirs -- which made me more curious and interested about it. I loved this series until such a time came when I didn't get the storyline anymore. Why this, why that. Now that I'm finally letting go, there's no need to spend too much time making fuss about every single episode.

My last words:

CHUCK AND BLAIR FOREVER! 

Number 2

NEW GIRL

Here comes something that actually embraced weirdness in real day-to-day life. I'm awkward and weird just as I am and like Jess, I think I'm one who's not the off-the-grid type. And this funniest thing ever tv series surely helped me to be totes okay with that. These weirdos are on the extreme level though. Wouldn't wanna compete with that. Haha. Also, I'm a Nick and Jess fan so.. deal with that!

My last words:

I'M OFF THE GRID!!

Number 3

GLEE

I'm one to say I hate musicals AT FIRST. But I always end up liking them a little bit too much. The annoying characters let me see how annoying I also am. Hahaha 'whoop, there it is'. Before the next seasons got complex and I started not getting it again, I loved the songs used, the fun storyline and all that stuff in season 1 that tackled the major teenage issues these days... teenage pregnancy, homosexuality, young love, disability, ambitions, potentials and dreams. *glee*

My last words:

 YOU THINK THIS IS HARD? I'M TRYING TO QUIT WATCHING TV SERIES. THAT'S HARD!

Number 4

ONCE UPON A TIME

At first I was like mmmkay, not my thing. But then wow! Like I said in an old post, I loved the twists of every fairy tale story we knew as kids, and how their lives were intertwined in this series. My favorite Disney princess was Snow White too so yay she's like the queen of the queens here. Bleh

My last words:

I'LL ALWAYS FIND YOU. 

(I speak to no one in particular. That's just my fave line hehe)



Books are a different story. They will have to stay with me.

Okay don't judge me but let me just finish all 9 seasons of Grey's Anatomy and I'm out! Completely out! Hahaha.

I'm pretty bad at making final decisions, and this post is just one to prove such. But I'll get better. You'll see

Thanks for reading, reader!! :)

A slice of summer

Why hello there reader! It's been quite a while, hasn't it? Boo me, I thought I could actually post here on a monthly basis but I guess I'm really bad at keeping my word, am I not? Well... so I've been told!

A lot of school-related stuff happened, as the ever usual. I don't really feel the need to tell you more about it as I do not wish to bore you off. I like school though! Don't get me wrong :)

Well anyway. As of writing time, it's 12:08pm, April10th here in Illinois. I just finished brunch with my mother and siblings and I don't know what to do next, so I decided to visit my poor, neglected blog.

My siblings and I have been here for more than a week now and we won't be gone until next week. It's a shame we can't stay for long because of MY summer classes. I guess we're all just gonna have to live with life's conditions. Am I right or am I right? Go go go! Sometimes it doesn't have to be so hard to choose to be thankful and happy.

Ok so remember that 2013 witty diary slash planner I got for myself? Well guess what. I haven't written to it for most of March and I even left it on my bed in the Philippines. :( BOO ME! But hey! That's fine, I'm still human, I'm still whole. What

Our stay here has been really nice, so far. Just like 2 years ago. Though simple, our daily routine of netflixing ourselves to death, eating and eating and eating, endless wifi, Jedi, and play are always more than enough. The roads are wide and there is more than enough space here and impressed I really am. Every now and then, we meet acquaintances and I gotta admit: I have to practice conversing naturally in english more. It's hard enough that I'm shy and boring and awkward to be with especially when we just met, and it gets even more challenging that I have to express myself in straight, all-the-way-down english. Because that's how it is here and there's pretty much no other choice but to adapt. I speak english but I speak Filipino better. Nuff said. Haha

My Long Kwento About Our Trip
The beginning of our journey
Our connecting flight this time around was in Beijing. We had a 10-hour layover there. I was reminded of our 5-hour layover in Korea two years ago. So I said okay, that shouldn't be a problem. We'll just sleep and enjoy the airport's nice facilities. Haha. We arrived there and it was fuh-reezing. We're humans from a tropical country so extreme low temp's clearly not how we roll. They didn't have the necessary heater! And we had 10 loooooong hours to go. Huhu. We were to have a free bus ride to the Terminal 3 airport.
The bright side of the matter
Although I'd complain about the absence of heater, and the lack of personnel who could speak basic english notwithstanding that it's an INTERNATIONAL airport... Terminal 3 was REALLY nice. From afar, the lights and glasses were so nice to look at. It was so huge too. Imagine Araneta Coliseum, prolly thrice as big, with all its walls in glass instead of those blue and yellow thingo. I loved how it looked. But not how it felt inside. We stayed inside a cafe and at first it was warm but soon the reality of the freezing weather would dominate the atmosphere so.... damn, girl.
It gets better
Nothing lasts forever and so did that 10 hour layover. All got well when we boarded the plane to U.S. I watched Wreck It Ralph (among others) for the first time. Boy, SUCH a good movie! We were well taken care of but the Korean flight attendants from two years ago did WAY better. They were drop dead gorge and barely made any mistakes. They moved with this great ease and just......wow, very well-trained indeed. Sabi nga ni Katy Perry '...comparisons are easily done once you had a taste of purrrfection' ---- Terey

Wow I just blabbed non stop without any pictures to show for. I'm tamad so maybe I can just save the photo uploading part for later? Hihi

Travelling can be such a drag, not only for one's pocket but for one's body as well. But it gets better. And I guess, before you know it, you're already entering with wonder and delight "a whole new wooooorld" :) You realize how really, really, reeeeally big, majestic and wonderful but still limited the world is aaaall at the same time.

May we all praise Him for this wonderful work of art that is our habitat too: earth. It's so beautiful.  Nakakakilig isipin na kahit ang dami dami kong pinagsasabi, it all comes down to this truth:

Psalm 139:14

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.