Sunday Currently Vol. 60

I know it's Friday now, but what the hey. I just need a little jumpstart. 

Currently...

reading: Serena on Webtoon. 

writing: This after eons of not writing at all. The last time I ever wrote something in a good old journal was in 2024. I was in Korea then having the best week of my life.

listening: moonfesta by Kalafina. This is one song that I will always relate to the rainy season, cos I first listened to this song in July 2012. I believe I've written all about them here in this blog as well. This song also made it to my Your All-Time Top Songs playlist on Spotify. No surprise there!

thinking: Of what to do on my upcoming staycation. My brain is so fried these past months.

smelling: Nothing.

wishing: For a long, long, paid break. Hahaha.

wearing: Old t-shirt from H&M and running shorts from Peak Sports.

loving: The fact that I achieved my first weight goal five months into my nutrition intervention. And now, my weight is just going down, down, down to my next weight goal. Hopefully once I hit the final goal I'll be able to maintain it. This is just actually a very good side effect, since my main goal in losing weight was to prevent diabetes and possibly hypertension. I'd come too close last year and I'm sure as heck do not want to live the rest of my life using maintenance, and worse, developing complications. So more than losing the excess weight in less than a year, achieving normal numbers in my blood work is the best thing I can do for my health,

wanting: A long, long, paid break.

needing: A long, long, paid break.

feeling: Eggzhausted.

clicking: Nothing.

Thanks to siddathornton for this great idea.

 

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.

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. 54

 Currently...

reading: jumping between political and random romance books as of late.

writing: nothing except this one.

listening: literally to the rhythm of the falling rain

thinking: of what to do this week. i have been going out for the past few weeks already and i'm already tired of spending, spending, spending. and having to deal with people all the time.

smelling: the fresh rain scent.

wishing: i would be able to spend a whole day in silence. yes that includes my mind being quiet in addition to everything that's going on around me.

wearing: furry jammies. so perfect for this cold rainy night.

loving: i'm not loving anything at the moment. there's so many things on my mind they just keep on being loud.

wanting: to spend a whole day in silence.

needing: silence, glorious silence.

feeling: blah at the moment. 

sunday currently vol. 53

Currently...

reading: pachinko

writing: nothing except this one.

listening: newest ost from the kdrama see you in my 19th life: down (juicy juicy) by jo yuri. this is by far my most fave among the released songs.

thinking: of life.

smelling: nothing.

wishing: i would win the lottery.

wearing: sleepwear and an IV splint on my right hand. need it for my strained wrist and somehow there's one in the house so yeah.

loving: the new song.

wanting: to win the lottery.

needing: money. lots of it. as in literally diving and swimming in money like scrooge mcduck hehe.

feeling: the strain in my wrist so the IV splint is a big help. i actually had PT done on my right arm last friday but since there's a little makulit in the house, had to carry him sometimes and so i guess that put a strain on my wrist further. second round of PT is this week.

Sunday Currently Vol. 52: Then and Now

I just recently realised that this ol' little corner of the www is ten years old this month. So to celebrate, I'm gonna do this with a bit of tweak. Responses for "Then" are left unedited except for the italicised font, picking up from the previous volume back in December 2020.

Currently...

Reading

Then: come sundown by nora roberts. i'm happy to be reading once more.

Now: Komi Can't Communicate manga. I've been collecting the manga since watching the anime October of last year. The 29th volume had just been released recently so that means I still have 16 more to go.

Writing

Then: this! ha. and a bit of each of the three fan fictions i've been writing since the beginning of time lol.

Now: Some write ups on Instagram. 

Listening

Then: to jj heller's music. she is one of my top five artists according to spotify, and i couldn't agree more. she is also one of my musical discoveries for this year, starting with her song "meant to be". 

Now: Top 5 on my Spotify On Repeat playlist: Nonstop by OH MY GIRL, Inevitable by Bae Suzy, Tanikala by Munimuni, one of the songs from Bai Ling Tan (Good and Evil Cdrama) OST, moonfesta by Kalafina

Thinking

Then: of how in the world will i ever get a job in my chosen field, preferably remote. (yep i lost my job no thanks to this pandemic but i'm still hopeful amidst everything else. i should be weirded out by this but nope.)

Now: About how good this weekend is, starting with meeting up with a good friend from my flying days and how hilarious it was that we originally planned to go twinning with just jeans and our Docs, and the top will be whatever we wanted... and then discovering we went twinning all the way to our black sleeveless tops! It will never be not funny. 😂 And then yesterday with another good friend from high school. Had a relaxing time at Ace Water Spa, a food adventure at Ramen Wave, and best of all, deep conversations over nachos and cocktails at Sky High Bar (I had two Cosmos btw it was so delish). It's so amazing how our conversations have evolved ever since we were 13. It's like getting to know each other on a whole new level, especially since we have just reconnected during the pandemic despite being literal neighbours too haha. 

Smelling

Then: nothing. before, this answer would not have any bearing. but being unable to smell anything now might signify one has covid... then again, i'm nowhere anything quite smelly so i guess that's still a good thing. 

Now: Still nothing. Do I really need to be near something smelly for this? 

Wishing

Then: for all this to be over. 

Now: For Australia.

Wearing

Then: pink racerback tank and blue batik pants. kinda cold tonight!
Now: Some flowy top that's already torn in places at the back and khaki shorts that are torn in places as well and missing a button. Hehehe.

Loving

Then: i dunno, maybe still the silence. metro manila has definitely gone back to the old normal (puke) whilst trying to make the most of living with covid still lurking about.

Now: See You in My 19th Life Kdrama starring my new ultra fave Korean actress Shin Hye Sun.

Wanting

Then: for all this to be over.

Now: To go back to Enchanted Kingdom and ride Space Shuttle and Twin Spin twenty more times. Lemme just say, riding those roller coasters last month especially Space Shuttle was very therapeutic. So therapeutic, I actually lost my voice the next day. 😂

Needing

Then: remote job or a job that will require me to leave this country. not saying it's safer than here, but i'd rather live in a place where it's less populated and less noisy (meron ba 'non?! lol). 

Now: To push myself to get back to arnis and cycling regularly. 

Feeling

Then: like my brain is going to explode. again and again and again and again and again. --> this was what i wrote in vol. 50. still rings true today. 

Now: Relaxed and excited for episode 4 of See You in My 19th Life which streams on Netflix in a couple of hours.

thanks to siddathornton for this awesome idea.

sunday currently vol.43

Currently...

reading: nothing yet although i just finished reading neverwhere by neil gaiman this morning. a review from san diego union-tribune states how it's the stuff of dreams and nightmares. i totally agree on that. it's a very descriptive book that reminds me of my own dreams and how i narrate it to my brother, much to his consternation as he got older and eventually sick of listening to my tales of my vivid dreams ('how can you remember every single detail???' he often says in disbelief). i also like the cover from the 2016 edition, which is illustrated by robert mcginnis. it's what caught my eye in the bookstore many months ago. the copy i have on hand with that particular cover was graciously lent to me by an officemate who also shares my love for fiction.

writing: oh dear me. i've been stuck in the writing rut since forever.

listening: to stone cold by demi lovato. oh my heart, how i love this song. it's the first song of demi's that i really took notice of back in 2016 because of its melody. it is described in wikipedia as a soul sentimental ballad. much like my strange affinity for the melody on let's hang on's line 'got a lot o' love between us', i love how demi sang the line 'if happy is her, i'm happy for you'. the song is just fairly new that it doesn't have a lot of versions/covers like let's hang on or else i've had created a playlist dedicated to it. i do have a favourite live version of stone cold which is the one from billboard's women in music. there is so much emotion in how demi sings it, the listener would have to have a heart of stone not to feel all that pain in the song. and let me just say that this is one of the songs in this millennium that i don't need to check out the lyrics websites for, well, the lyrics. the song is just that good, and demi slays it every single time, may it be live or recorded.

thinking: of vacations in faraway places

smelling: nothing.

wishing: on nothing.

wearing: sleepwear. duh.

loving: the song stone cold. lol.

wanting: i don't know what i want at the moment. maybe just a restful sleep.

needing: stone cold has replayed ten times already but i really have no idea what i currently need.

feeling: cold. literally. nothing to do with my current ultimate lss, thank you very much.


oh. will i end this post without sharing the video of my latest (old) favourite song? of course not. hit play!

official video



billboard women in music

sunday currently vol. 35

update first!
doc finally lowered the med dosage to 2x a week. what a relief. on the flipside, i have gained weight steadily since last december. eep! even before the check up i could already feel my jeans becoming snug once again. double eep! my only comfort is that my present weight is the same as from my flying days but still.

i think i want to blame exhaustion for my ravenous appetite these past few weeks. travelling to and from makati is no laughing matter to this old timer. gone are the days when travel time from let's say greenhills to makati med while riding the love bus only ranged from 20-30 minutes. and that's just by taking public transportation. going there by car took less.

at any rate, am still grateful that hyperthyroidism is going to be a thing of the past really soon.

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reading: still a daughter's choice. haven't gotten much reading this past week.

writing: this and still that fanfiction that i've gotten nowhere with. hoping to finish it. when that would be i have no idea. i guess by now it's obvious i haven't had any downtime except for sleep, glorious sleep. and a little bit of arnis.

listening to: lucky by kat edmonson. this song holds a special place in my heart as it reminds me of my flying days, horrible and heavenly ones alike. so love the stanza that goes,

so cast your troubles into the sky

they can be the stars in our eyes

and we can count them all another day

from far away.

thinking: about the future. naks.

smelling: nothing

wishing: everything will fall into place.

wearing: glasses, striped green, brown, blue and white shirt, and... navy blue shorts. no cycling shorts this time lol!

loving: nothing materially speaking.

wanting: to try out the newly-opened 1919 grand cafe in the old hsbc building in binondo. my nerdy heart is giddy at this because a lot of changes had happened since my first bindondo traipses. ten years ago, i was in that area for my birthday to explore the old, practically abandoned building beside it called el hogar filipino. both buildings looked decrepit then and then through the years that followed they looked the same whenever i visited that little strip of juan luna street. not too long ago el hogar was in danger of demolition but fortunately it was stopped. i have no other updates regarding its restoration or God forbid its eventual demolition. i await with bated breath on that. meanwhile, after passing through the area a couple of weeks before, i was pleasantly surprised at the big change that the old hsbc building underwent. it has been restored beautifully and now its first establishment, the 1919 grand cafe, had opened its doors november of last year. i took a photo of the door back in 2009 and when i visit the place again soon, another photo of it will definitely be taken. and that's the only 10-year challenge i care about. ohh fun fact. the old hsbc building was used as backdrop for sitti's music video para sa akin. heehee.

needing: ten hours of uninterrupted, restful sleep every day.    

feeling: quite rested after a three-day weekend.

thanks to siddathornton for this great idea.

sunday currently vol.34

reading: still a daughter's choice. haven't gotten much reading in this week as i've been one busy old gal.

writing: this and still that fanfiction that i've gotten nowhere with. hoping to finish it. when that would be i have no idea.

listening to: songs for carmella by christina perri on spotify.  again. hehe.

thinking: about a job offer i got last week.

smelling: cigarette smoke from the workers. i don't like the smell at all.

wishing: everything will fall into place.

wearing: glasses, yellow t-shirt... the ever-present cycling shorts. nyahaha

loving: nothing materially speaking.

wanting: to snack on something.

needing: more days in the weekend and sleep.   

feeling: exhausted yet relieved that the past week is over. overwhelmed with amazement and joy that i was able to power through it and deliver the first assignment nicely. preparing myself for this coming week.   

thanks to siddathornton for this great idea.

sunday currently vol. 33

welcome to the first sunday currently for this year, dear hapless reader who just happened to stumble upon this little slice of the www. 

reading: just finished reading finally london encore, book 7 of the zion covenant series. also finished reading three books by enid blyton, so thoughtfully published as an omnibus: the naughtiest girl collection featuring the first three books in the series. the naughtiest girl in the school, the naughtiest girl again, and the naughtiest girl is a monitor. as the titles suggest, it's all about the naughtiest girl you could ever meet in your lifetime. each book is published in the 1940s but the omnibus edition came out in 2012, with a colourful, quirky cover art. the cover itself as well as the titles should make for a really light read, but the stories of the other children that elizabeth allen (the naughtiest girl) encountered in her private school are quite heavy. i will dedicate another post for this as a not-so-much-as-a-review because i have a lot to say about this. ANYWAY. my actual current read is a daughter's choice by june francis. it's about a teen who discovers her true parentage and... i still have to read the rest. what i can say about this is that the plot is normal stuff in pinoy soaps. but i have to continue to see if it remains so until the end.

writing: this and... another fanfiction which hit a rut. hehehe.

listening to: songs for carmella by christina perri on spotify. i have been christina perri's fan since jar of hearts's release and a proud one. hers is a voice so natural and pure, she never needs autotune for any of her songs. i love her voice range as well. the high notes are on point and to me she hardly ever pushes for an extra high octave (don't get me started on this lol). in songs for carmella, it's just right for standard favourites rendered as lullabies. most of them are my favourites and i especially like the new song christina wrote especially for the super cute carmella, entitled you mean the whole wide world to me. it's super playful and invokes images of playgrounds teeming with kids. but that's just this listener. tonight you belong to me is another favourite of mine. i often that with my bro; he on the guitar and moi on the uke. all ten songs in the album are less than three minutes long but in addition to that, there are also sing-along versions of each. perfect for parents who love to sing to their children.

thinking: about too many things as usual. it's a miracle my head hasn't exploded after all these years. hohoho.

smelling: nothing.

wishing: on a falling star if there ever is one.

wearing: dark blue t-shirt and... the ever-present cycling shorts. nyahaha

loving: there's too much stuff going on in my brain i got no time to love anything. or even think of it. ohohoho.

wanting: to sell all my books. i tried asking a second-hand shop but they don't buy the kind of books i have. hope i can find a shop that will get all of them, because my to-read pile is... well, piling up again. no i never made any new year's resolution on not buying any book until i've read everything in my read pile. one unofficial resolution i did make is to read the rest of the books in the read pile this year.

needing: alam na ni Lord yun.  

feeling: like my heart is in my throat. or i wanna barf. because there are so many things to do this week and i just hope i'm up to the challenge.  



thanks to siddathornton for this great idea.

sunday currently vol. 32

reading: just finished reading dunkirk crescendo (book 9 of the zion covenant series) and have started finally on book 7, london refrain. in fairness even if i've read the series in this order: 1, 2, 6, 4, 5, 8, 9, and now 7. looks like i'll be finding book 3 (munich signature) next year.

writing: this and... another fanfiction which i can't seem to finish. boo.

listening to: a jazz playlist on spotify, with God bless the child by sonny rollins currently on.

thinking: about too many things as usual.

smelling: nothing.

wishing: for something.

wearing: sleepwear

loving: i don't know anymore. lol.

wanting: to sell all my books. to get away. peace and quiet. silence.

needing: see above.  

feeling: the usual melancholy mood that the christmas season brings about.  



thanks to siddathornton for this great idea. 

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ohhhhhh a major throwback song. can't believe i still remember most of the dance steps to this one. so much love for this. click here!!! 

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after five years, the awesome christina perri will finally be releasing a new album in january 2019 called songs for carmella, an album of songs and lullabies dedicated to her superduper cute and adorable daughter carmella. that teaser for the new album last week got me hooked and oh my goodness i sooooooo love the song christina wrote for her daughter entitled you mean the whole wide world to me. click play!

sunday currently vol. 31

reading: just finished reading paris encore, the 8th book of the zion covenant series. ww2 has started heating up! but i need to read the 7th book which i don't have yet. ha. guess i'll have to start with the 9th and the last in the series, dunkirk crescendo.

writing: this and... another fanfiction. hohohohoho

listening to: nothing but i can hear the dialogues in kingsman 2.

thinking: about too many things as usual.

smelling: nothing.

wishing: on a star

wearing: checkered shirt and... the ever-present cycling shorts. nyahaha

loving: still emma swan, snow white and prince charming. ha. they're such a sticky-sweet-fluffy family that gives out all the feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeels lol

wanting: to sell all my books.

needing: alam na ni Lord yun.  

feeling: happy that there's no more ban on the food i could eat. also feel like i'm gonna barf due to the things that stack up each day. useless. 



thanks to siddathornton for this great idea.

sunday currently vol. 30

reading: none again but just finished shopgirl by steve martin. a very nice read. profound in its simplicity.

writing: this.

listening to: don't leave me alone by david guetta feat. anne-marie

thinking: about many things it will take too much time and in each passing minute the day is a minute closer to crossing over to the next.

smelling: nothing. have a cold that's been at it for several days now.

wishing: on a christmas night lol

wearing: sleepwear. cos i am about to sleep anytime soon.

loving: emma swan, snow white and prince charming. ha.

wanting: the same thing.

needing: same as the last time.  

feeling: more sure in the decisions i'll be making in the next few days. 


thanks to siddathornton for this great idea.

sunday currently vol.29

reading: the cosy christmas chocolate shop by caroline roberts. first time to buy a new book in months and the reason is to pass the time while waiting for my photos to be printed. i had other choices but i got this one because three words: cosy, christmas, chocolate. a very light and enjoyable read that i'm bound to finish tonight. oh and i'm also still reading fanfiction of ouat. found that i'm partial to the fics about the charming family. there are a lot of good ones out there.

writing: this. and another fanfic but i think that will take quite some time to finish.

listening to: nothing

thinking: about many things: 1. job opportunities at hand, 2. what to do with the problem at work, and 3. also what the coach told me yesterday at arnis training. which is to join two competitions at an upcoming sports event. i dunno how to feel about this. i should be nervous but i'm not. i think i should be excited about this as well but strangely i'm not, considering i have been actually toying with the idea of joining at least one (the one which does not require sparring) since june. didn't think i would have the opportunity since i was told by one of the older guys in our team that there's an age limit for the competitions. but... here it is. and it's not just in one competition, but two! the coach asked/suggested/told me to join the padded sticks and anyo (form) competitions. i think i really want to join. now the question is, how could i practise both in a month's time with being able to go to training only once a week?

smelling: nothing.

wishing: on a christmas night lol

wearing: sleepwear. cos i am about to sleep anytime soon. but maybe i will watch another ep of ouat.  haha!

loving: once upon a time. this is one of the shows that i've always felt that i should watch from the beginning compared to, say, grey's anatomy and law and order: svu, which i was comfortable starting in the season currently showing on tv. this is because of the complicated family relations and such in ouat which confused me some by just reading articles about it. the numerous ships in the show didn't help one bit too lol. at any rate, i am now in season 3 and i'm so enjoying it! i just love the premise of the show as well as the family dynamic, i think it's brilliant. and sooooo glad for the hundreds of clips on youtube because i just love spoilers. but spoilers or not, seeing the full episodes still tugs at the heart especially those that concern the charming family. guess it's obvious who my fave characters in ouat are lolol

wanting: the same thing.

needing: to talk to some people. it feels like years since i've really had a heart-to-heart with any of my two friends. actually it's only been a month but still.   

feeling: tangled in a lot of emotions that i don't know what to feel. ha. drama. 
 
thanks to siddathornton for this great idea.

sunday currently vol. 28

reading: the heart of the matter by emily giffin and some fanfiction.

writing: this. and oh. i was able to write 2 fanfics in two weeks. the second one just published yesterday. i just realised. there's a two year gap from the last time i posted a fanfic and another two year gap before that. hoping i wouldn't go on another writing drought, fanfic or regular fiction-wise. i didn't attend that online fiction writing course for nothing.

listening to: monsters by ruelle.

thinking: of a lot of things.

smelling: nothing.

wishing: on a falling star. hope i see one on this cloudy night lol.

wearing: sleepwear. cos i am about to sleep! i've been sleeping late again lately which is so not good, as in sleeping at 1 or 2 am. i think this is one of the factors that got me into such a health crisis.

loving: doctor's green light on doing strenuous exercise, aka arnis. hahaha. i've been back for two saturdays now and it feels oh so good.

wanting: the same thing.

needing: to be fully free from hyperthyroidism and the abstinence from anything dairy and seafood. because the doc still upheld those dietary restrictions. thank God i am not crying a lot anymore about not being able to have dairy. so i discovered that almond milk really goes well with tablea chocolate. hehehe.  

feeling: like i got jetlag. i really need to sleep. i tried napping in the afternoon yesterday but my brain was too active which really sucked. then i went to bed at 1am, woke up at 6, then again at 8am. this afternoon i tried napping again and i think it was ok but only for 45 minutes. lack of sleep makes me absolutely cranky which is not so good for the people around me. so what am i doing here still rambling about sleeping, eh?? good night then! lol

siddathornton, this is a really great idea. thanks!

sunday currently vol.26

reading: none. what a travesty.

writing: this and another assignment for the online course i am currently taking.

listening to: i will possess your heart by death cab for cutie.

thinking: of my new haircut. and how in the world i can format the sd card i put in my phone to system memory instead of external memory. i am so not a techie person.

smelling: nothing.

wishing: the same. i could get a break from everything. even for just one day. but if it's two days, all the better.

wearing: sleep shirt. cos ya know. writing this at midnight on a sunday! ha!

loving: arnis more and more. heehee.

wanting: still the beach! the weather has become hotter indeed by last week. thank goodness that the cold persisted till the first week of april so i was able to have classes in the afternoon without feeling like a dried-up prune. but yes! i want the beach!

needing: a better job. so there. 

feeling: like i want to sleep but i don't feel like sleeping yet.

sunday currently vol.25

reading: still danzig passage, although i am almost done with it. i can feel every character's terror, worry, desperation, and anguish at every turn of the page. except for the actual events that happened in history, the rest seemed frighteningly real as well! i guess after david baldacci's one summer, this is the second book that turned on the waterworks quite easily. grrrr!

writing: this, and still trying to do the assignment for an online course i am currently taking. so far it's just a bunch of observations and imaginings, but no concrete story yet. i'm just glad that the rest of the tasks do not yet require another rewrite of the story since nooooo i haven't written anything yet.

listening to: nothing at the moment. i want to enjoy the silence that late sunday night brings. of course it's still punctuated by some vehicles passing by overland and in the skies and the occasional bark of the neighbourhood dogs.

thinking: of how i can finally slap that nasty mosquito that's been bothering me for several nights now. it wasn't affected by the insect spray!

smelling: nothing.

wishing: i could get a break from everything. even for just one day. but if it's two days, all the better.

wearing: red tank top.

loving: arnis more and more. heehee.

wanting: still the beach! and also, i ranted last week that the weather has gotten hotter since hanging amihan was practically gone. well, well. just last wednesday night the weather suddenly turned cooler again and it shows no sign of letting up. 25 degrees celsius tonight, baby! looking at accuweather report it seems like the weather will stay the same until the end of this week. which is good! official summer season delayed! lol. and oh. i still want that ten-hour sleep!

needing: i want and i need that ten-hour sleep. i have lost precious hours of sleep this past week (or is that weeks already?) no thanks to those mosquitoes. and yeah i still need to kill that last mosquito flying and buzzing 'round my ears. 

feeling: don't know why i feel so tired lately. 

that's all! and good night!

sunday currently vol.24

reading: still danzig passage (book 5). this book certainly has a lot more action than the previous one, jerusalem interlude. like duh. it is as interlude-y as interludes come, yet it set the scene for danzig passage.

writing: this, and trying to do an assignment for an online course i am currently taking.  

listening to: say you'll be there by the spice girls. and other spice girls songs. and melanie c's songs from northern star ohhhhhh late 90s-early 2000s music... *heart, heart*

thinking: of the whole day arnis event yesterday. how fun it was, how much more i have to learn, and the day that i will get my belt. also the whole body ache i got from the event.

smelling: the minty scent of the oil i slathered over my aching muscles.

wishing: the hanging amihan would still blow strong. but nooooooo.

wearing: black tank top and blue batik print pants.

loving: this weekend. it started with a chillaxing day/night with my girls from college at a hotel, climaxed with the whole day arnis event, and a restful today.

wanting: still the beach! it's getting hotter everyday!

needing: ten-hour sleep isn't asking for much, isn't it? i thought that the exhaustion i felt yesterday would translate to that but noooooooo my body aching actually woke me up after a measly two and a half hours of sleep. and made me lose two extra hours of sleep.

feeling: so tired. i guess i'll try writing that assignment tomorrow instead. hay.

sunday currently vol.23

reading: danzig passage! so i finally bought the 5th book of the zion covenant series... plus the ninth and last book of the same series. the only books missing then would be the third, seventh, and eighth.

writing: this, and i feel like the day will cross over already. that's for starting this just fifteen minutes before midnight. 

listening to: let's hang on! what else? ;P this would be the cover of the manhattan transfer. 

thinking: of the things that needed to be done tomorrow.

smelling: nada

wishing: for more slots to be filled

wearing: tank top

loving: grey's anatomy 6th season, arnis, let's hang on! some kids.

wanting: to go to the beach even for a day. although overnight would be better, and spending two nights the best. i need to get out of this stifling city!

needing: junk food.

feeling: ready for battle when i go to the bank tomorrow. even if it means i have to miss the rerun of the "latest"episode of grey's anatomy.

well, well. i be publishing this a good three minutes before midnight! still sunday in my timezone! hahaha what a loser. 

good night!

lss: let's hang on! by frankie valli and the four seasons

i didn't realise that the video for sherry baby that i clicked on youtube last night was actually a mix for frankie valli and the four seasons' songs. i almost skipped this song since i haven't ever listened to it yet and to be honest i just have this thing that i tend not to listen to an unfamiliar song of any fave artist of mine. strange but yeah.

at any rate, my gut told me that i would be missing out on a great song if i moved on to the next video, so i stuck with it. thank you Lord for guts. now i have this awesome song playing over and over in my head since last night up until probably next week LOL.

i guess what got me hooked to this song is this very catchy tune in its chorus particularly in the line "got a lot of love between us". yes, yes, i'm really weird like that but who cares.

let's hang on! was released in september 1965. composed by bob crewe, sandy linzer, and denny randell, this song that was popularised by frankie valli and the four seasons reached the number three position in the billboard hot 100 singles chart. so far this is the only four seasons song i know that has been covered by several artists like jan & dean, barry manilow, and the manhattan transfer, to name a few. the videos below though are of other artists who did their own covers of this song, all released in the '80s.

no analysing the nitty gritty of each version will ensue here; simply hit play and enjoy!









but! i think somebody should go and make a version of let's hang on! in this millennium. if producers were able to do it with amy grant's baby baby with tori spelling, then this would be a possibility as well. it would be really interesting to know how it will sound like.