Category: Free Posts

  • The 12 Books I Read in 2025

    I was able to achieve this year’s reading goal (yay). Since 2023, my reading goal has been the same: read 12 books in a year. This number feels right to me—it’s not too many, but still personally challenging enough. Here are the 12 books I read in 2025 (with quickie reviews), starting with the ones…

  • My Decembers

    December is a sensitive month for me. Kasi simula pagkabata, as mentioned before, ito yung favorite month ko. Festive and vibrant ang paligid, magbi-birthday ako, nung bata ako alam kong magkakaron ako ng pera pamamasko, nung tumanda na nakakatuwa yung mga sale, and just overall looking forward to family holiday events. My brain had a…

  • My 19 Year-Old Playlist

    Many years ago, after getting my first iPhone, pinamana ko yung iPod Touch ko kay Illysa (my cousin) because I figured hindi ko naman kailangan both at the same time. But now that she’s no longer using it, I retrieved it for nostalgia purposes (buti na lang hindi nya naiwala or tinapon). Nung binigay ko…

  • November Recap

    November 28, 2025 Nabilisan ako sa buwan na ‘to. November felt like two things: Malapit na ang US barkada trip namin (our flight was November 7th) and Tapos na ang US barkada trip namin (we flew back November 18th) Pero since kasama namin si Benson pabalik ng Calgary, tapos lumabas pa kami nung 19th and…

  • California 2025 Highlights Pt. 3

    Rainy days in LA Since sobrang konti nga ng kaalaman ko about LA, nito ko lang nalaman na hindi pala karaniwan umuulan sa LA. Kaya niloloko nila kami na kami yung nagdala ng ulan kasi maulan nung week na punta namin. Ngayon ko lang din nalaman na since hindi nga maulan dito, ito yung ideal…

  • California 2025 Highlights Pt. 2

    Kitchen chaos After Sequoia, it was inuman night. We had drinks, sang our hearts out, and stayed up until 4AM. Just like old times. We had this one free day which wasn’t exactly a free day. We planned a surprise pre-baby shower dinner for Aryan and Hudas to thank them for hosting us, so while…

  • California 2025 Highlights Pt. 1

    November 7-18, 2025 This whole California trip was an achievement in and of itself. Our schedules were aligned, no flights were cancelled despite the US government shutdown, (and most importantly) we now have some adult money, and even with some unavoidable hiccups, we all managed to take with us special and fun core memories. Travels…

  • October Recap

    After a very tiring September, October was super chill. Sabi ko gusto ko naman ng maraming alone time this month, and that’s exactly what I got. Andami kong nabasang libro (I think finishing 5 books in a month was a personal best), dami kong sinubukan na bagong recipes, I went back to baking, andami ko…

  • My Mind Reader Cat

    Last night’s dream: Ang setting ay nasa palengke ako, naglalakad, nang makita ko ang Mommy (my lola) na nagtitinda ng gulay at isda. Except it wasn’t really Mommy. It was Mommy’s hologram projection (the work of AI). She had this pleasant wide smile at suot nya ang kanyang pambahay uniform: daster. Nandun din yung mga…

  • 💭 Ramblings #56

    Not that any one cares, but I have a funny little PSA: Dito sa Canada, they spell color as colour, flavor as flavour (they use British spelling more often) at gusto ko syang i-adapt. But I’ve refrained from doing that kasi laking Pilipinas naman ako. Baka sabihin bakit biglang naging ganun yung spelling ko. Kaso…