The things I miss the most about the old normal
Dude, it's been five months that I am stuck at home and I am still thinking about the life I had (we all had) before all this mayhem. The preside…
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Bullet journaling chased my stress away
There's something therapeutic about watching other people plan their lives thru notebooks, colored pens, and stickers in a time lapse. Those Yout…
One hundred days of stay-at-home, now what?
It's been more than a hundred days since the quarantine period started, and most people are now allowed to go outside and even dine in at restaur…
Enhanced community quarantine has ended, now what?
I'm done watching my fourth Kdrama of the month and I plan to keep on going. I suddenly lost the drive and the interest to work on the unread boo…
My kind of silence in the time of quarantine
Alone time is the greatest gift I could give myself - in between the craze of my 9-5 job and helping my indecisive character until 2 in the morning t…
Realizations in the time of covid-19
1. Most people don't really care. As long as it's convenient for them, they'll be quiet as if they don't exist. But if the odds are n…
My make up essentials for everyday (the 2020 version)
Let's get the pretty started! It's been two years since the last time I posted about makeup , and god, how I missed it! I do not ha…
What's life like the past decade
Time flies by when you're having fun - this is what I always say whenever I feel like I am running out of time to meet deadlines, or catch myse…
How I motivate myself to be productive every day
Should I get up now? Wait, it’s still dark outside, I can still have like, seven minutes, right? Should I go to work today, though? What if I just c…
Thoughts on a random Saturday errand day
The forever symbol of consumerism My Saturdays have already been devoted to working on my freelance projects, or some of my almost forgotten WIP…
The joys and pains of a work from home office babe
Penne pomodoro, anyone? Work from home shouldn't be new to me - it's what I used to do some years before I got employed. I lived throu…
Late night thoughts in late June
It's two a.m and I don't know what I'm doing, or maybe I do, and I just don't want to admit it to myself. This is too clean a pl…
Stop chasing the right person
"Is he my Mr. Right?" "Is he The One?" Many of us single women (especially my age) are in search for the perfect life part…
In life, some things aren't worth fighting for
She said there are things that aren't worth the fight even if you know in the end you'd win, says the character in one of my many WIP short …
The Commuter Diaries: How manong driver made me reflect on singlehood
"Kaya nga nag-asawa para magkaanak eh..." (That's the reason I got married, so I could have children... ) were the word…
How hard did aging hit me?
In 2009, life was much simpler and less complicated. I craved for more sleep (I was customer care specialist catering to clients 12-13 hours away fro…
What it’s like living with chronic illness and invisible disability
Not all disabilities are visible. Life with chronic illness is unimaginably challenging - it’s stressful and has the potential to pull away eve…