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Two days before my period, biglang bumagsak yung mood ko. That was a week ago at hindi pa rin ako nakaka-recover. I thought the mountains would cure me kasi galing kami sa bulubundukin nung weekend. For a moment yes, aliw na aliw ako sa mga bundok, lalo na at first time namin dumaan sa highway na yun so iba yung mountain views. Pero after being distracted, andun pa rin yung off feeling.
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It’s time for the quarterly report! Akala ko talaga magiging proud ako sa quarter na ‘to pero hindi pa rin talaga tumitigil ang mga gastusin. Anong quarter kaya kami makakabawi??
Just like last time, I’ll start with the percentages, then move on to the detailed breakdown of the numbers.
EXPENSE BREAKDOWN
Again, I’ve highlighted the highest and lowest expense for each month:
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Welcome to The Menace Bulletin! It’s where you’ll find a curated collection of little discoveries, interesting tidbits, and all sorts of odd curiosities.
First edition is on the house, but I’d probably reserve future ones for paid subscribers *finger heart*
THE GOODS
Cool people and things I stumbled upon.
Steal like an artist
Austin Kleon is one of my favourite artists and I’m happy to see that he has a new podcast guesting! He’s a treasure trove of knowledge about other artists and is just filled with creativity wisdom. I like how he can almost immediately pull up a quote relevant to the topic being discussed and cite his sources at the same time—his most popular book is Steal Like an Artist but he doesn’t neglect to credit the artists he’s “stealing” from. I appreciate that about him. Because what I can’t stand is when people bring up an insight or copy an idea but neglect or forget to mention where they got it from. It doesn’t give the opportunity for curious consumers to explore and dig deep into the source. Well, the worst thing is passing off an idea as their own and that’s just plain sleazy. Not cool.
Bilis ng panahon. A lot of things happened. Winter turned into spring, tapos ngayon summer na. Met new people, wrote a lot, feelings were felt, tears were shed. There were joys and laughter too—which I badly badly needed. It’s hard to face the second half of the year without feeling a sense of fear. I just really hope our family can take a breather and wala munang mangyari na mabigat.
Each start of the year since 2021, I make a game plan for the upcoming year. I also set a theme. This year’s was:
Make maximum personal impact through simplified effort
This theme’s goal is to prevent myself from being overwhelmed and just gain more clarity. I just want to keep things simple as much as I can. Whether it’s my routine, my clothes, how I eat, or my hobbies. I intend to have more feelings of peace and less anxiety.
So far, the feelings of overwhelm I experienced this year is less than last year, so pakiramdam ko nagagawa ko naman unti-unti.
Now let’s revisit my 2025 goals:
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One thing na tumutulong magpagaan ng araw-araw ko ay PBB. My big winner is Shuvee kaso na-evict na sya huhu. Dalang dala talaga ko sa mga ganaps at parang every episode na lang umiiyak ako. Nagulat rin ako paguwi ko last April kasi hindi ko alam na hooked rin pala yung mga pinsan ko sa PBB. So happy na nagkaron ako ng ka-bonding dito kasi lampake si Kenneth haha.
Skip this grey text if you don’t watch PBB:
Ngayon hindi ko na alam kung sinong duo ang gusto kong maging big winner. Gusto ko si River pero sobrang ayoko kay AZ. Okay naman si Charlie pero ayoko na kay Esnyr. Gusto ko si Will pero ayoko kay Ralph. Dati pareho kong gusto si Mika at Brent pero naayawan ko na si Brent kasi medyo rude sya kay Mika minsan.
Hindi available sa Canada yung mga full episodes ng PBB so umaasa ako sa mabubuting tao sa TikTok na few hours pa lang after the episode airs, uploaded na agad. At hindi sya yung pinaghati-hati sa ilang parts ha, full episodes talaga with decent quality! Thank youuuu!
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The last few months have been very difficult—it still is—and I continue to maneuver through this extremely tricky feeling called grief. I just want to say thank you to everyone who expressed their sympathies. Whether I managed to give a decent response or not, know that it made the heaviness a little bit bearable.
Our lola (I love you!) really made sure na bukod sa academics, marami din dapat kaming extra curricular activities. So bata pa lang ako, na-expose na ko sa iba-ibang hobbies. Kaya yung iba dito, inaral ko involuntarily pero nagustuhan ko rin nung huli. Yung iba naman, sinubukan ko talagang seryosohin as my career.
I will enumerate lahat ng hobbies na pinasok ko and try to rate them. Tapos sa huli, I will pick a top 3 and list kung ano pa yung ibang interesting hobbies na gusto kong i-try.
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Sobrang dami kong post na hindi natatapos kaya nakatambay lang sila lahat sa drafts (93 drafts to be exact). The oldest one is from 2018! Wow 29 pa lang ako nun.
Yung iba, medyo relevant pa naman at pwede ko pang i-convert into a new post. Pero yung iba, sobrang outdated na. So naisip ko, para hindi masayang, kokolektahin ko na lang sila into one post. Binabasa ko yung iba kanina at natatawa ako dun sa mga luma kong thoughts, at yung iba naman, napapa-“Awww..” ako sa younger self ko. Parang gusto ko syang i-hug.
Prepare for ultimate randomness and intense rants:
Nov 17, 2018
Title: List #1
MGA SIMPLENG BAGAY NA NAGUSTUHAN KO DITO SA CANADA LIST:
Hindi mabilis mapanis ang pagkain kahit nasa labas ng ref. Tanda ko sa apartment namin sa Pilipinas, pagkalutong pagkaluto ko, ref na agad. Tapos yung mga oyster sauce na nasa bote, ang daling amagin nung lid. Sobrang humid kasi lalo dun sa apartment namin. Dito naman, sobrang dry. Kung dati ang binibili namin ay dehumidifier, dito humidifier. Nakakadugo kasi ng ilong yung dry air.
Jan 2, 2019
Title: Typical Day
Kaninang lunch break nag-bbrainstorm ako. Ang hirap mag-brainstorm mag-isa. Kelan kaya ako makakahanap ng art soulmate ko. Yung super talented para madami akong matutunan sa kanya. Nowadays kase, art ang focus ko kaya yun ang gusto kong pagusapan. Kaya lang wala naman akong kilala. Madami akong nakikita pero ang creepy naman pag bigla ko na lang silang ime-message. Kahit ako maki-creepy-han pag biglang may nag-chat sakin ng “Can we be art soulmates?”
Revising my logo
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