Pag nakakakita ako ng mga videos ng mga farmer’s market haul, natutuwa ako. Parang ang saya nyang activity. Na-experience ko na sya dito pero hindi ako natuwa. Hindi kasi maganda yung farmer’s market dito sa Calgary—to be fair, isa pa lang naman yung napupuntahan ko. Pero ang layo rin kasi dito sa lugar namin. Tapos hindi sya yung farmer’s market na na-iimagine ko. Ang gulo dun sa napuntahan namin. Ang isa ko pang dilemma, once andun na ko, na-o-overwhelm ako sa nakikita ko at hindi ko alam kung anong mga bibilhin ko. But I think nakahanap na ko ng solusyon.
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Binge Galore
Ang daming magagandang series na lumabas nitong January! May mga times na wala na kaming mapanood ni Kenneth (evening routine naming mag-couch potato), pero this time ang daming options!
Can This Love Be Translated?
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Shrinking (season 3!)
Frieren (season 2!)
Bridgerton (season 4)
Lahat yan sabay namin papanoorin ni Kenneth except Bridgerton (hindi sya fan) kaya nasimulan ko na sya kahapon. Episode 2 pa lang ako at okay naman sya. Mala-Cinderella ang istorya.
Ang pinapanood namin ngayon ay Can This Love Be Translated? Maganda naman. Kaso minsan, nakaka-frustrate yung subtitles kasi parang hindi sya na-itranslate ng maayos to English. Lalo na dun sa isang scene na yung sinabi nung bida, hindi akma dun sa ginawa nya. Kaya may times na naguguluhan kami ni Kenneth, tapos ip-pause muna namin para i-decipher yung words.
Can this show be translated??
New Colours
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Before we go to the weekly breakdown, Best Buy and Bye-Bye of the week muna:
Best Buy
Si Cashew, bigla na lang hindi kumakain nung wet food nya. Samantalang dati, marinig lang nya yung pagbukas ng delata ng cat food, tatakbo na papalapit sakin tapos ingaw na ng ingaw. Sobrang worried ko kasi hindi raw magandang sign yung walang ganang kumain. May sakit daw pag ganun. Pero, ganado pa naman syang kumain nung dry food nila. Basta lahat normal except sa hindi nya pagkain ng wet food. I’m confused.
Since meron syang gingivitis, na-research ko na meron daw palang type of wet food na masakit for them. Kaya mas okay daw yung purée or mousse type, para hindi na nila kelangan nguyain. Pero bakit yung dry food kinakain nya? Diba mas masakit yun?? Pero ito ang sabi:
Okay, good to know. So in short (haba ng kwento 😂), kinakain na nya yung bagong wet food. As in simut sarap! I’m so happyyy 🤍
$2.60 per pouch
Bye-Bye
Nung Saturday, down yung mood ko, so niyaya ko si Kenneth na manood ng sine. Sakto discounted yung movie tickets buong January. Out of curiosity, ang pinili ko ay Marty Supreme. Bukod sa crush ko dati si Timothée, maganda raw talaga yung film. Tapos nalaman ko pa na dalwang best actor awards na yung nakuha ni Chalamet, so mas na-curious ako.
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Sometimes, I get conscious sa mga sinusulat ko dito, kasi pakiramdam ko minsan paulit-ulit. Or I sometimes negate myself, lalo na pag nababasa ko yung mga luma kong posts. Despite this worry, it’s not stopping me from hitting the publish button. Kasi yun talaga yung reality ko eh. Yun ang pinagdadaanan ko. Perceptions change. Tastes change. Normal lang magbago, at normal din na magpaulit-ulit.
It’s also a universal reality na mabagabag sa isang bagay, tapos akala mo resolved na at naka-move on ka na, until dadating yung araw na mababagabag ka ulit. Or yung may sasabihin kang gagawin mo, proud na proud ka sa plano mo, tapos sasablay ka nanaman. Wala eh. Yun talaga ang realidad. Sabi nga nung isang guest sa Ang Walang Kwentang Podcast:
I’m not here to be a role model, I’m here to be the real deal.
Inah Evans
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1.
Every year, I make a post about the goals I want to achieve for that year (I call it my game plan). Dun ko rin nilalagay yung naging result nung previous game plan ko. But this year, I decided to keep my 2026 goals private until the end of the year. Since there won’t be a game plan post this year, dito ko na lang ilalagay yung naging outcome nung 2025 goals ko:
2025 RESULTS
Maintain an organized and clean home 😊
Visit PH again, this time for Mama’s 60th birthday 😊
Take one or two C level French classes 👎🏼
Don’t go a 3rd day without working out—or doing yoga at the very least 👎🏼
No sugar Monday 👎🏼
Practice having my last meal at 3 or 4PM 😊
Start building 3 months worth of emergency fund 😊
Invest more than we did last year 😊
Find a remote job 👎🏼
Out of the 9 goals I set, I was able to achieve 5. Okay lang naman kung hindi sya ma-achieve lahat, kaso mas satisfying sana kung na-achieve ko yung numbers 4 and 5.
Note dun sa goal #1: Magkakaiba tayo ng standards ng kalinisan. So pag may pumunta sa bahay namin at nadumihan sila, it’s a them problem 😂
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I’m three months TikTok-free (my longest TikTok detox yet?), and out of curiosity, I asked my cousin what’s happening there and what are the things I should know:
1. KATSEYE
First, she sent me a voice message of her singing and bombarded me with videos of her dancing. Akala ko mga general TikTok dance trends yung sinesend nya. Yun pala dance trends specific to KATSEYE songs. I told her I would finally listen to their music.
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Kahit luhaan ako sa mga gastos namin, I am equally excited to look at our last year’s spending because I have now gained clarity. Since nagkaron ng major changes sa aming 2025 expenses, mas alam ko na ngayon yung i-eexpect for 2026. Nung naka-apartment pa kami, kasama na sa monthly rent namin yung utilities, kaya hindi kami sanay na nagbabayad ng tubig at kuryente. Ngayon, based on the monthly averages, alam ko nang kelangan naming mag-allot ng extra $250 every month.
Ang daming adjustments na nangyari last year. Lumaki yung housing costs namin because of the mortgage, tapos ang dami pang nadagdag na bayarin (home insurance, property tax, utilities). Bukod pa dun, nawalan ako ng income nung August. Kaya ang malaking bottomline ng lahat ng ito ay: kailangan ko nang makahanap ng trabaho STAT.
Natuwa akong gawin yung mga graphics this year. Favorite ko yung ‘Money Wrapped’—tingnan nyo mamaya hehe. Just like before, I’ll start with a snapshot of our average monthly spending, then show the numbers after.
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Just like the previous year, I rounded up all my published posts and organized them around the recurring themes of this blog (paid posts are marked with an asterisk) . My utmost gratitude goes to those who find joy and comfort in my writing. I hope it was worth your time. When you love to write, being seen and heard means a lot. But probably the more compelling motive is my internal one. Writing is how I make sense of the world. Thank you for being with me on this voyage of self-expression and discovery.
Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises.
The act of writing, turns out to be its own reward.
Gleniz da Menace 