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Sunud-sunod mong pinipilit yung mga gusto mo kahit ayaw ko tapos magtataka ka bakit nagagalit sa’yo. Eh di wow.

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Peste.

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My March in 9 Pictures

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He who thinks that only his feelings matter.

Your body fat isn’t the problem.

It’s the way you wallow on negative feelings instead of confronting your issues.

The way you go to Twitter and write your heartaches there instead of communicating with the person involved.

It’s as if your life’s drama is a drug you’re addicted to and you’d do anything to prolong them instead of seeking solutions.

It’s as if you’d want to drag other people with you—to sympathize with you—so that you can all unite in antagonizing the person whom you believe have wronged you.

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Staying would’ve been a great disservice to all the people who loved me and cared for me—even those I never loved back.

They wished for my happiness. They wished for me to find someone who gives me peace. Someone whom I can talk to about anything and communicate with, and doing so would just be so natural and easy.

Yeah. I owe that to them.

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Why is being weird deemed like it’s negative trait?

Just heard someone's impression of me. They said I look good, neat, and seem like a nice person, BUT the catch was that I look weird.

I'm not offended by it because I know that I am weird, and I will never apologize for embracing who I truly am.

But why would anyone think that weirdness is bad? What's so wrong about being different anyway? Ironically, normal and ordinary sounds very boring and uninteresting to me.

In a world where everyone's forced to conform with what's on trend or "normal," I'd rather be the one who is original. The one who goes against the tides of normality to rise above the waves and be true to who I really am.

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Ayoko lang talagang sabihin na, “Hindi kita nagustuhan kasi bad breath ka tsaka shushunga-shunga ka. Di ko alam kung immature ka lang o bobo ka talaga. Teacher ka pa naman, kawawa mga studyante mo. Major in English, pero wrong grammar kung minsan. Juice colored.”

“Yan ang dulot ng pakikinig lamang sa sarili mong paniniwala at opinion. Di lumalago ang isip mo.”

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It’s frustrating to live through the consequences of the decisions made by someone else.

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Running my first 10K at Milo Marathon 2025

I’m not sure if this was my fourth or fifth time joining the event. Back in college, our school participated in the Milo Marathon annually as a requirement for students in their P.E. class. Fortunately, I wasn’t affected by that mandatory participation, yet I volunteered to join anyway. 😄

For at least three times that I joined, it was because I had been assigned to cover the event and take pictures as the designated photojournalist. We only ran 5K each time. Nevertheless, it has become a sentimental memory for me and I always knew that I would run in Milo Marathon again someday.

When I first picked up jogging and running in 2023, then lost the habit, and restarted it in December of last year, I usually ran 5 kilometers on average—sometimes 6. In preparation for this year’s Milo Marathon, I managed to stretch that 6 to a 7 in two of my runs.

So… yeah. I just ran the longest distance of my life.

And I did it with my ever-loving and supportive boyfriend, who always sees the best in me—even when I don’t. 🧡

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Stuff from my 31st birthday last month

Simple party at home. Cooked some food and had some friends over.

Teammates gave me cupcakes, while we’re having our planning session. Then an unexpected delivery of a bouquet of flowers came.

Then a dinner date with my boyfriend.

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1st Place – Top 5 Books of My 2024

The Electric State by Simon Stålenhag

This is an eerie and hauntingly beautiful masterpiece—a unique take on a dystopian Earth set in the 1990s, where humanity and civilization are in complete disarray after being ravaged by technology.

Admittedly, there isn’t much to the story if you look at it solely on the surface, even with a heart-wrenching plot twist in the book’s final chapters.

But as they say, the beauty of a story isn’t just in how it ends but in savoring the journey toward the finish line. Pair that journey with Stålenhag’s unsettling and surreal illustrations, and you’ll find yourself living in a melancholic dream.

I love that a huge part of the book explores themes of people becoming addicted to gadgets—or mobile screens—to the point where they lose themselves in that reality and forget that there’s a world out here where all that virtual shit doesn’t matter.

In my experience, I often see people in a trance while using their phones, to the point where you really have to make an effort just to get their attention. Technology may have made our lives easier and serves as a tool to foster connections, but we shouldn’t forget that the connections we make in real life are far more essential.

I haven’t read many books this year, but even if I had, this one would probably still top my list. I can’t wait to read it again.

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2nd Place – Top 5 Books of My 2024

Some People Need Killing by Patricia Evangelista

I guess this one doesn’t need much explanation. This is one of the two books I’ve reviewed in the past year—and the only one that received a positive review.

The mixed emotions I felt while reading it initially led me to conclude that it would top my list last year. However, I struggled with it and, instead of finishing it in 2023, I only managed to complete it in early 2024. I kinda thought it would top this year instead, but it got edged out by another truly deserving book.

Anyhow, you can read my previous post about this here.

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3rd Place – Top 5 Books of My 2024

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

I picked up this book because of the film Arrival. I’ve watched it more than once, and it was truly one of the most remarkable films I’ve ever seen. Upon looking it up, I discovered that it was actually based on a short story by Ted Chiang titled “Story of Your Life”. Ted Chiang has compiled this story, along with seven others, into one book called Stories of Your Life and Others, with the story that inspired the film as its highlight.

That’s when I looked it up and bought it on my Kindle.

It’s rare to find a collection of short stories where each one is so thought-provoking and unique that you remember all of them—or at least still have a grasp of the plot. They were all mind-blowing, but my favorites were:

“Tower of Babylon”: This story felt strange to me, having been raised on the biblical story of the tower, but it was so enthralling.

“Liking What You See: A Documentary”: This piece perfectly explores how we perceive physical beauty.

“Seventy-two Letters”: It deals with golems and nomenclature—concepts I’ve never encountered in anything I’ve read before but found very welcome in my mind.

“Story of Your Life”: Of course, this was beautiful—one of the best short stories I’ve ever read.