The word interim is stuck in my head because I reread City of Bones and William Shakespeare’s term in Julius Caesar was mentioned in the beginning of the book lol. Just some fancy words to describe recent good occurrences in my life! One of those occurrences is the fact that exams are finally over(!)

This was taken during the Centennial Fun Run of Boy Scouts at Quirino Grandstand last October 12 with my friends Louie, Gia, AJ, Micah, Neil, and JC!

This fun run was way more fun than the first run we had which happened the week before this maybe because the Bakood Festival Fun Run in our city happened just an hour after our Rover Vigil which means sobrang bangag kaming lahat 4th year bec it’s a requirement to attend the all-night investiture.

It was also more fun because my batchmate Micah kept on intentionally dropping her 100 peso-bill on the street while running to see if someone will not return the bill lmfao :-(( Also while running she suddenly screamed “Sino? Sinong bubugbugin natin? Yung naka-violet ba?” and we all threw fits of laughter because all participants were wearing violet so other running scouts looked at us and lmfao i just- HAHAHA! Even our scout master kept on scolding us because we were too noisy and not at all running but it was worth it!! 

I AM FINALLY GOING TO SEE THE VAMPS NEXT YEAR OH MY GOD!!!!! SCREAMS!!! That’s the only thing I can say because gah!! I seriously love their songs they’re all so chill and spread good vibes all over uggghhh I’m so excited to see them perform! (and coughs I really want to see James and Tristan and Brad and Connor coughs)

These two, I guess, will be the last book haul I will have for this year because ipon gaming mode: on. I bought these when National Bookstore had its 20% off in all books and they were certainly worth it!

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell justified my life as a fangirl who spends her time devoting her life to something/someone she likes. Though I used to read fanfics and not write them. And Levi ugh Levi!! He reminds me so much of Chanyeol because he’s all smiles and plaid flannel shirts!

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart was one hella mind-boggling read! Just by reading the title, it got me intrigued already. It is so tragic and beautiful that after you read it, you’ll have that burning sensation in your chest! This book taught me to be a little kinder than I have to be and kind of reminded me of Robert Frost’s poem, The Road Not Taken. I suggest this to everyone who wants to breathe a different kind of air; and according to the synopsis, if anyone asks you how it ends, just lie.  

6 dreadful years of joining journalism contests, I have just won my first award on my last year of high school!! And it’s even a field I know nothing about–sports writing!! I am still so thankful and surprised because whut?? I won??

And what’s more surprising is that I’m going to regionals :-(( I don’t even know I even wrote Gilas players’ names all wrong lmfao I wrote George Norwood instead of Gabe (I am a horrible person because when I watched FIBA months ago I proclaimed that I have a crush on Norwood)  :-((( and I told my classmate “Ay confident ako kay Pingris!! Mark diba?” “Oo! Ano spelling ng Mark mo?” “Letter K!!!” “HALA KA LETTER C YUN!!!" and all the confidence was drained out of me.

So I am still surprised that I won 6th place!! My co-journalists told me that it was my writing that made me achieve that award and I am so thankful because I was so close to feeling that maybe writing is not just for me but thank God because He really brings out the best when we least expect Him to!

The month of October really brought me good stuff and the month hasn’t even ended yet! Next up, sembreak and birthday!

School has invaded my life but thank goodness I found the time to blog! We had to make a scrapbook of our greatest treasures for English so I put out 5 things which I consider my precious stones in life.

EXO // My happy pills, these boys. I’m a multifandom but not since this boy band debuted. After that? I couldn’t bring myself to stan other groups. Reality has woken me up but when I get old and move on from kpop I know I won’t regret that I spent almost all my teenage years wasting my time on them.

Books // Who would’ve thought I could travel the world (and even the other dimension) without moving my feet? I get to escape reality but at the same time I get to learn how it is to walk in other people’s shoes. “She reads books as one would breathe air to fill up and live." 

Friends // These are the people who are with me through this one helluva ride of life. They are the reason why my stomach aches because of too much joy and laughter. Despite having diverse personalities we seem to find our common ground.

Family // Ohana means family, and family means no one gets left behind. They are my first teachers who taught me that I need not to be afraid of stepping out and live, who told me Bible stories and force me to go to kids’ church, who let me do my own thing and when i fail, they tell me it’s okay, who taught me to be independent and know what is right from wrong. 

And last but definitely at most,

My relationship with God // I learned in our Values class that according to Ecclesiastes, life is meaningless–our labor, wisdom, pleasures, wealth, youth and vigor are all meaningless if we do not have God in our life. I know that it is true because once we reach the top, that’s it. The happiness doesn’t last forever because one day we are all going to die and we can’t bring all the success and material things we have attained in life in heaven. 

*I give full credits to the owners of some of the pictures I printed and I swear I didn’t use them for commercial purposes.