just like my other friends, this year has been a turning point for us. And this year’s abnormal mercury retrograde is kinda forcing me to look back and figure out the past in order to move forward. i had to make a lot of thinking so that i can plot the path for the future.
it’s [...]

i am now experiencing envy. i somewhat envy colleagues who are still out there in the field, being out there in the middle of the action. writing stories that matter. asking questions of utmost importance. writing stories that could rock the world.
but then, just thinking about the effort…and as someone said, i should prioritize the [...]

there are people who can write about anything. unfortunately i am not one of those people. if there are stories that i have to say no to i think it would be sports and police stories.
i know i would suck at sportswriting.
i don’t know what makes good sports writing but i kinda liked this one [...]

I just turned thirty yesterday. I don’t know if that should be cause for celebration.
My mother had me when she was thirty. She was having problems making ends meet then because both she and my father were just university instructors/researchers with 3 kids. They were also pursuing their masters degrees.
I am thirty but it seems [...]

found a new addiction: MANGA
for the past month, i’ve been glued to the computer screen until 5 am in the morning reading scanned and translated manga online. i finished samurai deeper kyo (and the manga–which is 308 chapters long–is waaaaaaaay better than the anime) and now finishing fruits basket. i have other mangas in the [...]

it’s only now that i am seriously thinking of applying for a scholarship…to japan. just to get back.

two weeks after ondoy hit, our subdivision was still underwater

material things are inconsequential. the floods have made my husband realize that it doesn’t make sense to buy a P300,000-living room set (we don’t own one) when it can easily be swept away in an instant by floodwaters. he realized that it’s useless to buy stuff [...]

two nights ago, i dreamed about a friend. a very close friend from highschool. she saved my sanity during those years. we remained close even until after college. she was on my speed dial in those days. Other Half and I went to her place almost 9 years ago so that she would get to [...]

…err, not really new. let’s just say “intensified” adventure.
i’m talking about this plan to document my travails towards financial freedom i.e. being more responsible with personal finance. i don’t know where it would lead me but blogging about it may help other people (just like my budget wedding entries, which received many requests for info).
it [...]

they say you have to spend 10,000 hours in order to master something.

i have never mastered anything in life. the closest thing i have “mastered” is writing but i am not yet good at it since i still commit so many mistakes, my prose doesn’t “flow” like the river, my narratives could use more help…
but [...]