August 7, 2015

friday's 10 happy things


Something doesn't quite add up to this week. I think my introversion has spiked up, because all I yearn for in my floating moments is to escape the daily routine: sit with a cup of tea/coffee or tuck myself in to a cave. Nevertheless, everything went on as they should, and so did the things that made me smile:

  1. New journal and pens. I deliberately did so, to sort of break the fogginess of my mood this week. I just knew I needed something tangible.
  2. CBTL talk with my bestfriend over some matcha. Heart-to-heart talks are the end of me.
  3. Caffera. A tiny camera-themed coffee shop in Maginhawa :) Darn cute!

  4. A photo posted by April (@grewlegs) on

  5. Books for Less' 20-peso book saaaaale! Braved the first day of sale, and it was a combination of sweat and trigger happiness. 17 books for only $8 :) :)

  6. A photo posted by April (@grewlegs) on

  7. I volunteered to revamp Q's blog, and had a blast. The layout's super simple, but I enjoyed it so much, I swear I almost wished it was mine hahaha.
  8. New small notebooks and a bookmark. Again. I think I'm taking jotting down stuff seriously. I now have a separate notebook just for this list. It's actually fun, you know.
  9. Cappuccino Muscovado + Sansrival at Cafe Mary Grace. My newly discovered definition of perfection.
  10. Polly's Iceland posts. The colors are so rich, I want to slurp it.
  11. Lea was killing time and open to entertain some questions, so I took a shot, tweeted her and got an answer in 1 minute.
  12. FLAWLESS.
Let's all dive in to this weekend, shall we? :)


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July 19, 2015

hong kong: yau ma tei community centre rest garden


Had a few minutes to kill before our airport pick-up arrives, so I crossed the street from our hotel and walked around this rest garden with huge trees. I wanted to get closer to the people to take photos of how normal this day was for them, but fear of being shoo-ed got the best of me (as always, bleh).