I had a three-day weekend because of the U.S. Federal holiday celebrating their Independence Day. As is the case of my normal weekends, the plans I carefully laid out in my head (and on paper, too) all fizzled and before… Read More ›
Citizen Judie
Closer and Closer
Practically everyone who has access to social media platforms already expressed their fears, disappointments, paranoia. We crossed the first year mark of dealing with COVID and despite vaccines being made available, we here in the Philippines are still struggling to… Read More ›
One Year Hence
That’s how this point in history started for me. We welcomed it in different ways. A year later, wearing a mask is a norm and every waking morning I’m thankful I still smell my morning breath because it means I… Read More ›
Week 3: Birthday, Blowing Nose, Books
The first month of the year is flying by fast. Contrast that with January 2020 where it became a running gag that it took forever. This month has been super swift. On the third week I was hit with highlights… Read More ›
The Nose Knows: My RT-PCR Test Experience in St. Luke’s Global City
I took an RT-PCR swab test for COVID19 in St. Luke’s Global City in November because I traveled overseas recently. There are plenty of clinics and hospitals providing RT-PCR tests, many of them even offering home testing, but I chose… Read More ›
Starting Over Again
My relationship with working out has restarted more times than I have attempted to be in a real relationship. I do not remember lasting more than six months in a routine. My working out mostly had a lot to do… Read More ›
My Tabo
With the Muji water dipper ad coming out along with the memes and clapbacks, I remembered the yellow tabo I used in Maui last month. The first thing I looked for when I inspected the bathroom of the rented condo… Read More ›
My Shopping Time is Your Me Time
You would think I will adjust my shopping habits when on vacation but turns out it’s hard. Not really about spending though; lately I learned the value of putting things on my cart and making an elimination process before falling… Read More ›
2018
This year, 2018, has been all kinds of interesting, eventful, hurtful, shocking, and surprising to me. In many aspects of my life, not just in one. Major shakeups and new feelings I didn’t know I can possibly feel. I don’t… Read More ›
The Big Holiday Catch Up
It’s that time of the year when we find ourselves cramping our schedule with get-togethers. In a way I view it as a blessing having friends from different sets of interests and from different times in my life. The bonds… Read More ›
Neurotic
The man I currently like so much just told me I am the most neurotic person he has ever known. It may have been in jest, I don’t know. We were in the middle of what I consider a light… Read More ›
More Honolulu Goodness – Part 3
Halfway through my short trip and I can say I already got the hang of it — I was waking up on island time, my body and the weather already reached an understanding, and I was raring to tick off… Read More ›
Shoestring Adventures (A Teaser)
I am off to a different continent with one of my bestfriends in a few days. To say that I have prepared for this well won’t be true. I may write about the trip upon our return, and I’m sure… Read More ›
Days
There are days when all is good and steady, that despite the inconvenience and substitutions, you make do with what you have, and days end better than it started; it does not hurt as much, it does not make you… Read More ›
Back in the Day
Of all the drafts I prepared, written and otherwise, I am publishing this one out of an inspiration from my friend Ida’s tweet earlier today. She was right when she said more people are going back to blogging on a… Read More ›
In the Most Unlikely of Places
I wrote this two weeks ago. The vacation’s over but the sentiments remain. I am in the middle of an island vacation as I write this. I made a firm realization that I feel my most confident self when I… Read More ›
Life is short, go to Hawaii!
I just came back from an amazing Honolulu trip! I was there for seven full days. I planned it six weeks before my departure date which left me with a few expensive options but overall it was worth it. Besides,… Read More ›
Brake to Break
I came from one full week of vacation leave from work and it was a good one. Someone even commented at work earlier that I look rested. Partida pa yan, I look like a strawberry 🍓 after my skin tags… Read More ›
