6pm

I was randomly scrolling thru my now defunct tumblr account when I stumbled upon above photo and realized na matagal ko na pala na-appreciate yung view outside my window. Photo above was taken 8 years ago sometime around April.

Below I took last month consecutively from May 13-16, around 6pm to :45. It was that time I was struggling with anxieties and overthinking I found solace looking out my window after work, before I do chores.

La lang. Felt like I needed to put this out here.

Week 7

And in here, we seek

Decluttering, Overthinking

Today, I decluttered again.

Last time I cleaned my room was 3 weeks ago. I found old things and finally had the courage to let go of some. I'm the type who keeps things kahit walang sense or walang gaanong meaning as long as I know when I see it I remember the day I got it and why I have to keep it.

It was hard. Well, atleast for me. Every little thing I say, shocks baka kailanganin ko ulit or baka di ko na maalala kapag tinapon ko. I thought of all the things and reasons I could think of on why I should keep them - but cleanliness won. I know I won't be needing them at talagang kalat lang sila, i'm so sorry.

Earlier I tried decluttering my closet. I got the same dilemma since I found old PE shirts, org shirts, and event souvenir shirts I have brought with me from college. Sucks to let go of majority but I know I have to - I know I won't be wearing them anymore and it eats up so much space I have to let go. Some I will throw, some will be re-used as rugs, most will be up for donation.

I had a good feeling afterwards. I feel like I can finally shop for new clothes or buy new things. Lol

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I took myself out on a date

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I took myself out on a date with no concrete plans. I took a leave on a Monday after my birthday. All I want was just to get out of the house and try to do things I have never done before. I went out to ran a few errands, bought myself my go to iced drink (Emperor's Cloud), gone back and forth around SLEX enduring the rainy weather, and was able to *finally* try and watch a movie alone for the first time. It was good. I'm quite hesitant at first, but i'll definitely do it again.

I just need to work on my indecisiveness though.

Old clippings

Life update: I finally have my old laptop fixed! Yay! Buying a new one is still in the works tho but so happy I have something to use. Altho an iPad is a very hassle-free tool for things, it's hard for me to work on documents and writing stuffs there.

Anyway! I just want to share some photos I found on my iPad while I was transferring some files, This was an impromptu shoot the boyfriend and I did at home.. It was just that time last year I appreciated the sunset rays in our living room.

Three weeks left

I've been meaning to write my thoughts and rants for the TV show 'On The Wings Of Love' since. It has that 'can't get over' effect on me and I am pretty sure I am not the only one having this "Otwol fever". Aired last August 2015, everything that has happened since then was on pure kilig but in a very light comedy and realistic set up which is I think why we are all hooked; this is not the typical teleserye that we are used to.

After i've read CJ De Silva's thoughts on the Simon-Leah-Clark loveteam, I told myself na "ay okay na ako" because finally someone said what I had exactly in mind that I cannot quite put up into words. But when the last flight trailer aired Friday, I told myself that I had to rant because there are so so much emotions and thoughts! OA na kung OA but naguumapaw!

Let me just herewith share my thoughs, rants, and some realizations I learned from OTWOL.

RECAP

Simon's arrival was a big impact on the lives of Cleah: Leah on her career, and Clark facing his own personal issues. He was introduced as the typical boss, the one we read and see on novels and romcom movies. Simon is an example of the typical masungit-na-boss-pero-may-hugot-kaya-ganun-at-maiinlove-sa-bida, only that this time hindi sya bida.

His background is quite predictable. Somone who is a geek, fell in love for the wrong person, change his looks, got hurt, and the realize that he loves his best friend and accidentally the two of them didn't have the perfect ending. Forward to the present wherein his experiences made him stronger, tough, and very private. You know, kapag nasaktan ka you have to get your strength somewhere far from your bad experiences. I think that's why he doesn't go on full commitments and only dates vanilla girls.

When Leah came into his world, nagulo sya because she isn't the usual girl who has a crush on his good physique or work wise, someone who is afraid of him. As much as Simon gives challenge to his staff, Leah had challenged him as well. If we look deeply into his character, we can predict that he is not looking for love as he thinks he has found the one already and the way that he felt for Juliet cannot be replaced. But Leah unconsciously gets Simon's attention by just being herself - shy and unfocused at first but learned how to stood up and be confident. Let's admit it guys, si Leah ay isa sa 10 out of 25 na babae na kakaiba. Okay mali yata ang math ko pero basta gets nyo na yun! Haha

Leah on the other hand is also our typical girl who dreams. She is also bubbly and someone who will do anything for her family. That's why I get her when she needed to get marry just for the green card and how she quite reacted when her known dead mother tries to get back on their lives.

Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice

I love watching cartoons when I was kid. I sometimes stay up late and wait for Chowder while talking on the phone. Some cartoons shows that I really wait for the time slots back then were Courage the Cowardly Dog, Shaun The Sheep, High 5 (this is a kid show you guys), Mr. Bean, and all the others.

One of them was the very classic Powerpuff Girls. When I was a kid, I always root for being Bubbles because she is the cutest among the three having her octopus dolls and with the cutest charming voice. Dibs!

So when my blockmate linked me this parody video, I had so much laugh and nostalgia about PPG!

"Have you ever typed with elbows?!" HAHAHAHAHAHA I LOVE RYAN HIGA!!

P.S.: I don't like the grown up PPG anymore. I think they are at their best in their kindergarten.

Baking 101: Mug Cake!

I've known for quite sometime that one of my very best friend, Sig, has been into baking recently. Every time we chat, I am always pushing her to bake for me since she has all the resources and the ingredients and of course the knowledge. Haha So last week, I asked her again to bake for me and she had sent a photo that contains all the ingredients and the process of making a Mug Cake. It was all easy! But I don't have the ingredients yet so I let it pass.

And so last wednesday while my boyfriend and I were making some home made pizza for everyone at home, I remembered the mug cake and immediately told my mother about it so she could buy all the ingredients for me. And she became somewhat excited. Hahaha

The next next day, I decided to do it since I have nothing in line for that day since it was also Holy Week so just staying at home is really a sort of 'social life' fasting hahaha chos.

So here's how I did it:

What You Need:

1/4 cup of Flour

An Egg

2 tbs of Cocoa powder

3 tbs of Milk

3 tbs of Sugar

3 tbs of Chocolate Chips

3 tbs of oil

A pinch of Salt

A dash of Vanilla Essence

First, prepare all the ingredients.

Note: Use baking gloves!

 I pour the flour and sugar first on a mixing bowl.

 Then I added the cocoa.

And the egg.

Mudra weren't be able to buy some chocolate chips so we use this Galaxy chocolate bar instead.

MIX MIX MIX MIX MIX MIX!!!!

Seryoso, bro. Messy hair, bro.

Mudra put this extra table in the kitchen for me 'daw' which means she's expecting more baking. Whaaattt.

After mixing, pour everything in a mug. Make sure that you use a microwaveable friendly mug to avoid explotions. Haha BE SAFE.

Set the microwave oven for 2 minutes or in my case, I use a 4 consecutive 30 seconds because I cannot figure out how to set the timer. Hahaha

TADAAAAA!!!!!

MUG CAKE plus my haggard face!

Masarap sya, in fairness. Not too sweet, not matabang. Tama lang for people who don't like too much sweets on their cakes. Try it guysssss! :>

Thanks for thanking photos my dear sister! :p

P.S.:

Me along with Rachel and Sig tried baking cookies yesterday! Check out Rachel's blog entry and be ready to see black cookies! Hahaha http://mspoopypants.blogspot.com/2014/04/how-to-burn-uh-bake-woops-cookies-with.html/!!!!

The cut.

I knew it. I am really enrolled in a different track and this isn't where I want to belong. I have found about this feeling 2 years ago when one of my closest block mate decided to shift from marketing and advertising to communication arts. I was sort of jealous because she had this courage to step out and start anew again, while me, having big doubts and was really scared that my parents won't allow me and stuff. And so here I am, onto my last year surviving the world of marketing. I am not saying that it's hard and stuff but you know, it just happened that I knew to myself that I am really not for this.

Anyway, since I cannot undo things out I am really planning onto studying again after this. I applied for Creative Writing in U.P. Diliman but I failed that dreadful UPCAT exam, so yeah maybe I should do it. Why not right? I mean, I really am into writing ever since. I am also thinking of venturing into film! I really wanted to be good in film stuffs! Oh, and becoming good in musical/film scoring also since I am really into instrumentals and good music that could be put into something! Yay

Confession: I really spend a lot of time watching random wedding videos and short films in the internet. Sometimes, even movie trailers and when I do love the music scoring, I watch it over and over again! Am I sort of obsessed? Or weird? I don't care! Heck, I really wanted to be a director!

Here are some of my most watched 'artsy' stuff videos..

Red Mask. Directed by Avid Liongoren. This was actually a three part short film.

Red Mask part 2

Red Mask part 3

Sana Dati. A film by Jerrold Tarog. This was an entry at this year's cinemalaya! I love the scoring of this one! Sobrang pinaulit ulit ko sya! Haha Sayang I wasn't able to watch it's gala but I'll wait for it to come out in cinemas!

Sparks by Jason Ho. I love the feels of this one! Very hopeless romatic-ish!

Sparks - Short Film from Jason Ho on Vimeo.

This was MY attempt into film making. This was actually a midterm requirement for my Advertising Production class.

Limerence from Leobhel Cueto on Vimeo.

I want to share my kwento about this project of mine. Haha Well, I crammed this one so if you think I fail, I will accept that whole heartedly. Glad thing my sister and her classmates agreed on being my actors. They were really into it! Haha

Storyline: The theme was to make a story that we could relate on what 'Advertising' means to us. I really wanted to pull something love story-ish in a more teenage way because I really wanted to use my favorite Stars music pero wala akong maisip! Hahaha So I shifted things and made it very teenage puppy love. Mas nauna kong isipin ang storya bago ko sya nirelate sa mismong topic.

Music: It wasn't hard for me to pick the BGMs. I know friends who are indie addicts - because for me indie songs are the most perfect way to use in short films, and tried to ask them. But its still me who had done it. I still tried putting something Stars but Bloc Party did the perfect fit.

Actors: I was at the dorm when I had taught about my story, I texted my sister right away and asked her to find me 2 girls and 1 guy that are willing to act. And she immediately found me 3 persons, including herself! Haha They are good actually. Since my story doesn't have any scripts, it's easy for me to direct them.

Here's me, doing the demo on what should be done - and my actors at the back na not paying attention! Hahaha (feel na feel)

Editing: I am also a frustrated video editor! Hahaha See? I am a frustrated person. :p Anyway, I edited it a day before the deadline. Haha I cram most of the time you see. I used Corel (I forgot the version but I think it's the latest) and it had given me less stress since I had used it naman before. :)

Production: I am so glad that my bestfriend helped me! She also became one of the actors in the video, the "changed" girl. Haha My mother also helped in re-arranging the rooms and convincing my sister to follow my commands. Yehey

All in all, I am not sure about my real score in this one but my film wasn't picked as the best as shown in the big screen when we held our Ad Wars production event (I'll try to blog about this the next time!). But anyway, I got a very high grade so I think I did it okay. Yay!

Right now, me and my friend Ching were planning on making a film. We are still on the process of planning everything out but we are glad we had gathered help and actors already! I'm hoping we could pull this off. I'm am so stoked!

I still sort of wonder right now about my life if I had taken a shift - I would've been taught by Ryan Carlos or Atom Araullo by now siguro. Haha But anyway, I am planning about this. I will be in film! I will be a director! Soon! Soon! Soon! *crossfingers*

JMA x Street Fashion

We, DLSU-D JMA, had our semestral AVP shoot last Independence Day at The Fort! It was actually somehow an out of school bond for us because we have different schedules and its very rare that we hang out and have a meeting that we are 90% present. Haha

Shots from Ching Melegrito

Future candy heartthrob ang AVP for Prod namin oh!! Hi Ian!! :)

Karla and Sai - President and EVP!

AJ! Our AVP for Audit!

Corporate Secretary, Renzo!

The girl behind all of this, lo and behold my awesome friend, Ching! VP for Production! Naks!

From fierce and quirkness, I now present to you DLSU-D JMA Executive Board 2013! *insert audience claps*

Doomsday!

This was supposed to be last year pa but due to laziness and so much school works, super delayed na but oh well, you know what they say - better to be late than never! :p

So on the day of doomsday (December 21, 2012)...

Morning: JMA Christmas Party! Danielle and I headed to buy some utensils and other stuff for the party. We were a bit late so when we arrived they were already having games.

We had few uploaded shots on the page and I don't even have a single shot kahit stolen haha but anyway...

Ate Ahlex! :)

After the party I went out with Jil, Clyde, and Ching as we headed to continue our itenerary for the day. From Cavite we headed straight to Laguna to visit one of our friends!

 We had our merienda: Carbonara and Conti's lemon square prep by Dudsy!

Hi girl!

We danced and laughed our assess off at their mini garage/terrace!

Medyo haggard.

Jilly and Clydie!

After visiting Duday.. enroute to expressway! We took the Alabang way going to Bacoor because there's a huge traffic in GMA and we wouldn't want to be late for our next plan!

We dressed up at Ching's place and off we go! En route to Taguig to party at 7th High!

Too bad SLR's are not allowed inside so we really had no photos when we partied. We really only danced our feets off there and when we tell people that we really didn't drink that night, aba mahabang paliwanagan. :p

Yep, this is our only complete photo inside. Hahaha

We had a long story of experience when we got out at 3am - there are so many guys (whom I guess all of them are already drunk or tipsy) who swarm over and we had a hard time shooing them off but they didn't harm us naman.

After, en route to McDo Alabang to eat and rest. Haha Then to Jil's place at Alabang Village!

I am really sleepy in this photo. A little disturbing but wth. Haha

Most photos and some video clips grabbed from Ching! :)

Here's a compiled version of all our videos that day! Enjoy! Yay!