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TIL ang buong pangalan ng pinsan ko. (Second cousin in fairness) Lol. Nickname basis lang kami e.

I don’t even recognize his photos. Tatay na tatay na ang itsura. We got old na, kuya toto.

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we were meant to live slowly!!!! we were meant to savor moments and feel unabashedly lazy and frolic and smell the flowers and laugh with our entire hearts and love with our entire souls!!!!! don’t ever feel guilty for resting!!!!!! don’t ever feel guilty for slowing down!!!!!! enjoying life shouldn’t be something you’re ashamed of

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its a long time since I posted :))

this is from my fav author in facebook Ambeth Ocampo

( I WOULD LIKE TO MEET HIM SOMEDAY FGGDFS)

So basically, its just a simple headcannon

But Everytime that Miong writes, Pole slowly checks by time and if its really bad, Pole just finishes all over again while Miong is asleep

"Can I check your work Mr. President?"

"*blushes* w-why?"

"sige na, why do you seem so red then"

I NEED CONVERSATIONS LIKE THESE ON HISTORY BOOKS PLEASE

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Me: *eating with two spoons 🥄🥄(instead of a spoon and fork)*

My ancestors: babe, you’re doing it wrong. you’ve spent too long away from the motherland.

Me: *licks sauce from both spoons* it’s a bowl life gramma.

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Taglagas na naman. Paborito kong panahon. Yun lang eto ang pinaka-busy na oras sa trabaho. At sa Oktubre dalawang workshop ang gagawin ko. At ilan pang event na kasali din ako. Dami ko ding gustong gawin pero kaya ko ba? Meron akong pupuntahan sa sumunod na linggo pero gagabihin at may pasok pa kinabukasan. Usually, ubos na ang lakas at gusto ko lang umuwi pagkatapos na isang araw sa trabaho. Naiinggit ako sa mga gala. Ako taong bahay lang talaga.

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ᜉᜒᜈᜋᜒᜎᜒ᜶pinamili

(Sa buong buwan)

ᜉᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜉᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ ᜅ᜔ ᜉᜓᜐ᜶pansipilyo ng pusa

ᜐᜒᜈ͓ ᜀᜆ͓ ᜁᜐ͓ᜆᜒᜃᜒᜇ̢̟᜶sin (zine) at istiker

ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜁᜈ᜔᜶pagkain

ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜓᜄᜐ᜔ ᜅ᜔ ᜋᜓᜃ᜔ᜑ᜶panghugas ng mukha

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Medyo kulang ako sa dasal these days.

Ang kinakausap ko lang si Lolo. (Tawag ko sa ilog.)

I guess ganun din yun. Kahit pa sa diyos na kinagisnan, sa diyos na gawa-gawa, sa sarili, sa espiritu ng tubig o kung anuman, basta nasasabi ko yung gusto ko. Nailalabas ang sama ng loob. Nasasambit ang ninanais at inaasam. Ganun din yon.

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I started reading a chinese danmei (genre: crematorium) prepared to go into wallow mode (period-induced) pero himala! I’m still mostly ok. Maybe the frequent morning walks I’ve been taking have a bigger effect on me than I thought.

Lagi kasing puno yung bus sa umaga so inaagahan ko pa. So I spend that extra time walking at a park near work. Masarap ang feeling ng hindi nagmamadali. Makalanghap ng simoy ng hangin, tinitingnan ang daloy ng ilog, at kung anong tumutubo sa paligid.

Yun lang humahaba din ang nilalakbay ko paakyat papunta sa trabaho pero training din yun sa katawan ko. Medyo nangangayayat ng hindi pwersado at lumalakas ang capacity ng lungs ko. Sana matuloy-tuloy.

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Money fast broken. Oh well the month’s almost over anyway… what’s a little spending gonna do… looks at the total (120$ in two days) and chokes.

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Happy madaling araw. Tulog na f.

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Didn’t touch this blog for a month. What happened in August? Too much poetry reading not enough social media. Plus zine-making. Summer’s over. Sadface.

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I’m digging into my savings the past few months so I’m trying to actually stick to a budget this month. Except a shipping charge came in for something and I have a subscription for something that I was gonna cancel after one more purchase and there’s a conference I want to access. Already over budget…

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I’m alive! I’m alive! I’m alive! Don’t bury me yet!

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A kitten aboard a floating Victoria water lily pad in the Philippines, 1935.Photograph by Alfred T. Palmer, National Geographic Creative

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The cufflinks go together!

Lion cub wandering the forest.

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The problem with writing in Tagalog is sometimes you want to look something up but the slang changes too fast to make it to a dictionary. Straight Tagalog sounds archaic and mixed Taglish—which is my mother tongue—sounds unliterary. A lot of local writers prefer English. Language is viewed through classist lens in the country itself.

My problem with writing Tagalog is I am rusty and have to translate myself and even then there’s connotations that are often missing in dictionary meanings. The only Tagalog I consume is from songs, a little from Filipino TV shows and news, and very very little from books.

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Umalagad, salamat at nakauwi ang aking ama ng ligtas.