Sunday Currently Vol. 59

currently...

reading: nothing.

writing: this, and posts on IG about my recent S. Korea trip with my friend G. yep, slowly but surely i'm getting the hang of writing again. i even brought a journal with me to document my trip. i lasted only three days writing in there, but to my defence i was so tired from the days' activities in addition to always arriving at our guesthouse so late at night.

listening: to the ost of Business Proposal. Or, to be more specific, Love, Maybe versions by Melomance, Secret Number, and Kim Se-jeong. This song was one of the recognisable songs i heard on my last day touring Korea, in Hongdae.

thinking: of how amazing, efficient, and pro-commuter Korea is. i really can't, can't, can't get enough of how it was so frigging easy to get around Seoul and its neighbour cities Suwon and Guri. and oh. they even have free wifi AND usb ports to charge your phone in their buses.

smelling: the shampoo i used.

wishing: i was back in Korea. if only for its superduperultramega efficient public transportation system and walkable streets. as someone who vowed to never learn how to drive, i would definitely thrive as a commuter there just walking and taking public transportation to anywhere. come to think of it, anywhere as long as the public transportation is... yes, efficient. (case in point: my Hong Kong adventure.)

wearing: red tank top

loving: my recent Korea trip. it's actually the only thing that fills my mind the most since i came home. 

wanting: the good i experienced in Korea to be experienced and had in our country. yes, i am still talking about Korea's impressive infrastructure where people can move around freely without crowding so much, without smelling funky things, without stepping on something unsavoury, etc., etc.

needing: to write a more extensive travelogue real soon.

feeling: tagabundok at how amazed and impressed i am of everything that i experienced during my trip. and a bit melancholic. see photo below.

last sunset before i left.

clicking: on possible postgraduate courses.

Thanks to siddathornton for this great idea.

interlude

ang oa ng crickets dito sa kakapiranggot na natira sa garden namin. kung makasabay yung ingay nila sa construction sa kabila eh wagas. kung maka-crikk akala mo nasa loob sila ng tenga mo. nasaan na ba yung mga palaka para makain na sila?!

at yehezzz mag-a-alas nuwebe na ng gabi pero tuloy ang construction sa kabila. alam ko namang matatapos din yan maya-maya pero kahit na. mga ilang linggo na silang nag-iingay hanggang madaling araw may kasama pang truck/crane. pati yung usok pumapasok sa bintana namin kumusta naman ang hangin na dito diba. tiis-tiis na lang dahil matatapos din ang construction. pero ang hirap. ang ingay. at kasabay ng ingay doon at ng crickets ay ang ingay ng utak ko. 

isa pa yun na gusto kong patahimikin. siguro after next week tatahimik na ito. sana. pero ngayon saksakan din ng ingay.

may isang kaganapan last week na hay naku naman kung makadulot ng kaba eh grabe naman. sa sobrang grabe tatlong oras lang ang tulog ko. yung nakatulog ako after 2 hours of trying to sleep tapos nagising ako after one hour, tapos nakatulog uli almost 2 hours after kung kailan malapit nang lumiwanag ang kalangitan. siempre kung anu-anong scenario na ang dumaan sa utak ko kaya lalong hindi ako nakatulog. yung sumunod na gabi inagahan ko talaga tulog ko at buti na lang eh dire-diretso ang tulog ko na. 

dapat siguro mas gabi pa ako magsulat para tahimik talaga. para nga lang mangyari yun eh dapat totally tapos na ang construction. 

actually gusto ko lang magreklamo rito na saksakan ang ingay dito sa amin ngayong gabi.

humina na ang pag-iingay ng crickets.

pero tuloy ang pukpukan at ang ugong ng pangmalakasang steel cutter machine sa kabila.

yung utak ko? wag na nating pag-usapan pa.

grabe mag-a-alas diyes na ng gabi ano na ba yang pukpukan! may hinahabol?

yun lang. good nite!!

lalala

i'm just putting something in here since i realised that it's the 11th anniversary of this blog. 

my food and travel blog lasted 12 years before i stopped posting in there.

wonder how long this will last? 

hahahaha

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nothing much to update about, really. it's a holiday but it might as well be a regular day since the construction next door is going on full blast. all i could hope for is that the construction finishes quickly since their huge trucks keep hitting the side of our house and even our fence, thus crumbling a part of it. argh.

it's only a matter of time before another construction project begins where my lola's house used to be. and i don't think i can take it. more than the impending noise, tonnes of dust, and strange people coming in and out of the job site, my heart won't accept the fact that my lola's legacy will be gone forever.

but of course, i'm getting ahead of myself as usual. i still need to process things which i keep putting off. why i keep putting it off, well, i'm lazy in that aspect.

very much like how i'm lazy in writing in here. 

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here's a song that's currently riding the earwaves as of many weeks now. i'm thoroughly enjoying listening to it using my noise cancelling headphones. love the beat of this song. also the headphones is one of the best purchases i've ever made last year haha.

Sunday Currently Vol. 58

Currently...

reading: She Wears Pain Like Diamonds: Poems by Alfa. Title was enough for me to pluck a copy out of the shelf. Love the cover too.

writing: This, and a bit in my ten-year-old journal. HAHAHA I really need to use up all its pages already so that I can start on that lovely red notebook I bought... two years ago. 😂 I haven't forgotten about my fanfics that I kept mentioning in previous volumes but alas, I still have no idea how to make the characters do what I want them to do. So yeah, baby steps until I get my mojo back.

listening: Come to Me by Clazziquai. This song is one of my fave Korean songs way, way before Kpop was even a household name in the country (can I even classify this band as Kpop...?). My Korean friend sent me an mp3 file of this song, and I was hooked to this band since then. Clazziquai also sang Be My Love and She Is on the Kdrama My Name is Kim Sam-soon's OST. 

thinking: Of the recent happenings. Sometimes being backwards ain't too bad. 

smelling: Petrichor. It hasn't rained yet, I dunno if it's going to rain, but yeah the atmosphere smells like it's going to rain.

wishing: It's already the 22nd. Nyahaha.

wearing: Striped v-neck shirt and my old pair of khaki shorts that is missing a button and is torn more than ever in even more interesting spots. I've had this since 2013 I believe. 

loving: The Extreme Bass setting in the JBL Headphones app that I recently downloaded to my phone. It's been several months since I bought my noise-cancelling headphones and I only just downloaded the app today. Anyway. I'm soooooooo enjoying the bass in every song that I'm listening to since this morning.

wanting: Two things: return to arnis training and cycling, and begin Muay Thai. I've been in a deep funk for nearly a year, my workouts have taken a hit.

needing: That push to start exercising again. Masasayang ang pinaghirapang black belt! Yeah I was promoted to black belt in arnis last February yahoo.

feeling: Glad that I was able to meet up with my friend after many attempts in the past year. 

clicking: Through this blog just to see what's up with my past self. So far I haven't read anything that needs me slapping my past self silly. Bwahahaha

Thanks to siddathornton for this great idea.

sunday currently vol. 57

baby steps, baby steps.

Currently...

reading: none. ha.

writing: nothing.

listening: Taylor the Latte Boy sung by Kristin Chenoweth. love this song so much.

thinking: of possible things to do on my birthday.

smelling: nothing. do i really, really need to be near something smelly for me to be able to answer this item?? lol

wishing: to find a receptacle for my maelstrom of thoughts.

wearing: black shorts and t-shirt that i wore last night to sleep.

loving: yesterday. so just to jog my memory in case i get back to this some years later, went on an amazing overnight out of town trip with my crazy, lovable work mates. i don't think i've really had a relaxing time since last year until yesterday happened.

wanting: to find a receptacle. whoever that is. lol

needing: silence, glorious silence. and yes, that freaking receptacle. who's willing to listen without judgment and who's going to help me just make sense of things.

feeling: in that place between feeling grateful and giving in to my anger.

sunday currently vol. 56

For a moment some time ago I thought that this blog might go the way of my other blogs from over a decade before. 

My writing mojo is practically nonexistent that even my journal from 2014 still has a good number of pages to go. 

So hopefully continuing to do this tag will help me to bring that mojo back, and keep this blog going from time to time.

So here goes.

Currently...

reading: Intramuros: The Story of Old Manila by Jose Victor Torres. 

writing: Nothing except this one, anything to try and jump start my writing mojo after such a long drought. I could not even sustain writing ten pages of my thoughts in my journal.

listening: Die Alone by Ingrid Michaelson. Love the lyrics which won't be true for this old girl anytime soon. HAHAHA

thinking: Of oh, so many things. 

smelling: Nothing. Wala nang covid so hindi na issue 'to.

wishing: Upon a star

wearing: Hole-y shirt and torn khaki shorts. Perfect for such a hot, hot evening.

loving: The poems of Becky Hemsley.

wanting: To spend a whole day somewhere where I could shut my brain up and enjoy the silence.

needing: Still silence, glorious silence. 

feeling: Super blah but what the hey. 

sunday currently vol. 55

Currently...

reading: carnival of hate by augusto antonio aguila.

writing: nothing except this one.

listening: to would you be happier? by the corrs

thinking: of welcome to samdal-ri episode 16, and the upcoming new mountain to climb starting this week.

smelling: nothing. 

wishing: it would be march already hehehe.

wearing: dri-fit top and shorts.

loving: welcome to samdal-ri. beautifully written, seamless storytelling, great chemistry amongst the characters.

wanting: to spend a whole day in silence.

needing: silence, glorious silence.

feeling: taste the tension like a cloud of smoke in the air (iykyk)