"the small things of life were often so much bigger than the great things . . . the trivial pleasure like cooking, one's home, little poems especially sad on...
January usually feels like such a slog: vacation/the holidays coming to an end; the backlog of work you’ve left for the next year last year hitting you full force; the days trudging on in an endless haze of “when’s the next day off?“; add to that the pressure of new year’s resolutions and feeling of you needing to get your life together because it’s the first month of the year and 2026 should…
1: merribee zoo with family! saw giraffes up close 2: watching justin willman shows with family 3: safe flight home 4: felt pretty in my outfit + got several compliments! 5: seeing carlos again after so long + yummy carbonara 6: devo time with family 7: learned a lot about hip hop foundations 8: wfh day!! 9: good chunk of progress on the 2025 roundup 10: good dance class at spac3 studio! another…
i consider myself a fan of direk tonet (antoinette jadaone), though i know of her more through the ang walang kwentang podcast rather than her works (i’ve watched fan girl though!). so, when i saw the trailer for sunshine circulating on twitter back in 2024 and learning that it was directed by her, i knew i had to watch the trailer. and, after watching the trailer, i knew this was a film i needed…
yesterday, i joined jessica zafra's book club for accidents happen by f.h. batacan, a collection of crime fiction short stories set in the philippines. i have previously read smaller and smaller circles, which i absolutely loved, so when i heard that she released a collection of short stories, i immediately bought the book and ended up loving it so much. so, when i heard that one of jessica…
i was scrolling through my storygraph, trying to decide what book to read next (i wanted a read that was a bit lighter), when i stumbled upon the people on platform 5. the title rang a bell, as i vaguely remembered having already encountered it before. i saw that the book had pretty good reviews, and since i was in the mood for something a lot more lighthearted (after finishing sylvia plath’s the…
update (7/6/2025): sharing an artwork i've made while letting the movie linger :") hehe last saturday, carlos and i watched wim wenders’s perfect days (2023) , and afterwards, this movie earned a spot on my letterboxd top 4. there was actually only one other movie there, whisper of the heart, but i digress. i immediately noticed the aspect ratio and the editing. i’m not sure if it’s because of…
my mom laughed and commented on how i'm regressing, and honestly? i don't think she's wrong. lately, i've been so nostalgic for the music, movies, books, things i used to love when i was a kid. it's not that i'm unhappy now - in fact, i think i'm a lot happier than i was a year or two ago at this same time - but i feel like i'm not as carefree anymore. which, duh. i'm working now. 2000s athena had…