IN MY ROOM

I'm blaming it to the human dietary change that our jawbones today could not fully accommodate all of our teeth, hence they've got to come out later in life and sprout from a totally unacceptable angle that the only way to get them out is through a minor dental surgery, which costs so much, I had to scrimp on gift-giving this Christmas, and yet I still have to settle on referring it to as wisdom.

Phew.

I have a few more days to recover, and by the looks of it, my room and I will be spending some more time together after this weekend. Hopefully, I can do something creative, or at least productive out of this bed (ar)rest. So far, what I have only done was to:

• watch movies
• Frozen
• Yep, just watched it now, I can't believe it myself either
• Begin Again
• the original soundtrack is GOLD
• I want all of Keira's clothes and sandals
• This Is Where I Leave You
• Tina Fey is still my hero (esp in sarcasm)
• Jason Bateman is still the love of my life
• What is there left to say aside from Jason Bateman and Tina Fey in one movie is my dream come true and it has been all sorts of awesome as I expected it to be
• get up to fetch some
• soup
• chocolate drink
• meds

Ideally, I hope to:

• write some more
• read Fangirl or Landline
• do something crafty
• assemble my calendars
• try to draw and watercolor

Let's see how I fare tonight and tomorrow. Meanwhile, we are gearing up again here in the Philippines for Typhoon Hagupit, which means lash in Tagalog. I wonder why they made the international name in Filipino.

Anyway, happy end of the weekend to you!

A BRIGHT DAY IN HARBOR SQUARE

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS IN AYALA TRIANGLE

Oh look, it's the last month of 2014 :)

These were still taken from Ayala Triangle's Christmas Lights Show last year. It was my first time to see it, and what could be more endearing than to watch thousands of lights hanging from the trees, twinkling, blinking and synchronizing to the tune of Christmas carols.

I have been to this year's show twice already and it's still a delight to see. I'm hoping for another opportunity to come again so I could bring a camera next time :)

YOKI'S FARM | TWO

LIFE AFTER FILM

I am not sure if it ever was obvious enough, but I honestly feel detached from this blog for the past weeks. I have thought about it, and it is probably because of my inability to write when I want to, which practically made me months delayed with updates. Imagine, we are days away from December and I am still stuck with my photos from May (wow, a May-December affair?). It is nice to be reminded of past experiences and travels whenever I update with a 6-month delayed post, but as I do it longer, I kind of grow this feeling of irrelevance between what I am trying to re-live and with what I am currently going through in daily life.

Adding to this, I have undeniably found it so difficult to write about my thoughts. I am perfectly aware that what I think or do is not essential to anyone's consciousness; but to me, it is quite what I am clinging to, for a chance of maintaining sanity and hope in this life. I don't think I am a blogger per se, but I have learned to know myself well that no matter how mundane/sentimental it sounds, writing about things keeps me going. Probably why I feel in disorder is because I was in distress last October and did not get to express any of it out of me, the first part of November brought me a bit of calmness and surprise, and now something cradled me into a disappointment again. It is a fluctuating line, really.

But I am not here now to express forlorn. I am still in the middle of things, I guess. Some of it may have fell apart, but I can only try to pick up the morsels of this whole cookie crumble.

So here's a short list of what transpired in life lately:

• Bought a journal (it is nowhere near a creative one, but writing on it helps my brain from imploding)
• Caught up with my TV shows (aside from my usual Grey's Anatomy/Scandal/Homeland, I have reconnected with Suits and started a new show How to Get Away with Murder)
• Been emotionally affected by Downton Abbey (hahaha, I love the characters so much)
• Got an office recognition (i might have inwardly fainted from shock, but am oh so grateful)
• Traveled to Coron, Palawan (one of my most beautiful trips so far, location/experience-wise)
• Squeezed in some precious alone time in coffee shops
• Tried to draw
• Enjoying train and bus trips no matter how bad the traffic is (by daydreaming, imagining scenes like in the movies, mentally guessing each person's life story from afar haha)
• Have not read books (because I'm busy watching aforementioned TV shows, what a shame)
• Purchased a lot, and different kinds of stationery (it's a therapy)

It's a wonder how quickly November has flown.