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Holiday Season 2024

Christmas Eve

Simula nung nag-move kami sa Canada, parang Dec 24 talaga yung Christmas day. Kasi ito yung day na may handaan at games. Samin kasi noon Dec 25 mismo may pakana. After 6 Christmases in Winnipeg, we celebrated this year’s Christmas in a different city with different people. Actually wala kaming planong mag-celebrate kasi sobrang preoccupied pa rin namin sa pag-move. Kung wala pang nag-invite samin, baka nag-takeout lang kami ng pagkain at nanood ng The Voice Season 26. Masaya na kami nun. Pero since naka-receive kami ng invitation from Kenneth’s former dorm mate, mas okay yun kasi makakakain kami ng mas masarap na food hehe.

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Two Weeks in Calgary

🍽️ La Boulangerie + Chipotle

Pretty

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36th Birthday Bop

December 15, 2024

Isa lang ang nasa checklist ko for this year’s birthday:

Makakita ng mountains!

I celebrated my birthday in a new place! Our new home. Ugh sobrang excited kong makakita ulit ng bundok. Pumunta kaming Banff ngayon and I can’t believe na 1.5-hour drive na lang ang Banff mula sa bahay namin. Bukambibig ko kay Kenneth few weeks ago na maiiyak talaga ko pag nakakita ako ng rocky mountains sa birthday ko. Hindi ko na kailangang pigilan ang aking tears of joy. Yung first time ko kasing makita yung rocky mountains last year, kasama namin ang parents at kapatid ni Kenneth, so nahiya ako at pinigilan ko yung luha ko hehe. Baka sabihin naman nila para kong tanga. Pero sabi ko ngayon, kung maiyak man ako, I will wholeheartedly let myself. Hindi naman ako naiyak, but I got super teary eyed.

Morning lambing from Almond 🤍

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November Recap

The month of November was our last official month in Winnipeg. We were making the most out of our last few weeks pero hindi pa rin talaga natatapos ang kabusy-han. Ang dami pang kelangan gawin.

Ambilis. One week na lang nasa Calgary na kami. AGGHHHH!!

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Ramblings #51

To soothe my anxious heart:

“even when the reasons why are a mystery” 🥹

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How I’m Learning French Pt. 2

Post author By Gleniz
Post date November 28, 2024
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Update: Unfortunately, Babbel isn’t offering live classes anymore.

I’m taking French classes again! I started posting them again on TikTok, so I’m currently receiving questions on how I’m learning the language, what platform I’m using, and most importantly, the cost. Since I’m no longer using Lingoda, I decided to make a separate post for Babbel Live. If you’re interested in reading my experience with Lingoda Sprint, click here.

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Ramblings #50

Napa-‘trip down memory lane’ ako nung may hinahanap akong book review ko. Every blog post kasi, merong link to the next post. Di ko namalayan pindot ako ng pindot ng next at nabasa ko yung mga old entries ko nung 2020. Nakakaaliw basahin yung mga ikinaka-excite ko noon and at the same time, yung mga dati kong hinanaings. Pero ang pinaka-napansin ko, halos lahat ng entries ko written in Tagalog. Lately kasi, mas nag-ga-gravitate ako sa English. Kasi gusto ko rin mapractice yung writing skills ko in English. Kaso mas ramdam ko talaga pag Tagalog. Mas naiikwento ko yung nangyari at yung emosyon ko ng maayos. Ewan. Nakakalito.

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The Child-Free Life

Minsan, I feel defensive sa desisyon naming hindi magkaanak. At yung minsan na yun ay ngayon. I think it’s due to some recent events, kasi ever present pa rin yung mga shocked reactions ng mga tao pag nalaman nilang wala kaming anak at wala kaming planong magkaanak. Siguro pag hindi ko na na-witness yung mga ganung comments and reactions, saka lang ako titigil magsalita tungkol dito. Since marami nang spokesperson ang mga parents, gusto ko naman maging spokesperson sa mga couples na nag-decide hindi maging parents, o kahit dun sa mga nagdadalwang isip.

One time habang nasa bakasyon kami, nakita ko yung meme na ‘to at naka-relate at natawa ako, so ni-repost ko.

In case wala kayong Instagram, this is the meme. Also, I’m jealous of you.

Pero the moment na ni-repost ko, bigla akong na-conscious. Naisip ko, “Hala, baka offensive sya sa mga friends kong parents. Okay lang kaya yun?” Tapos naisip ko, my momshie friends post their babies all the time. They are proud to say, despite the hardships, how wonderful and fulfilling parenthood is. So hindi rin siguro masamang i-express, despite the judgment and criticisms, kung gano rin ka-wonderful yung kabilang side? Kaya with an anxious heart, I let it exist on my IG stories for 24 hours.

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Ramblings #49 | I Trust You

Post author By Gleniz
Post date November 10, 2024
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I have parts of myself that I’m not a fan of, and I’m sure I have not-so-great traits that people see clearly but I’m oblivious to. But I realized that I have to accept my temperaments and trust that people can handle me, or better yet, let me know if I’m being too much—or too little. I have to trust that people who care about me will *kindly* bring my blind spots to my attention. People who genuinely want me to improve will not tolerate my shittiness.

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Adult Friendships

I read this New Yorker article about friendship, ‘The Trouble with Friends’. Feeling ko, it was a reality check. Narealize ko, my hope and aim for friendships were too idealistic and childlike. Ang nakatatak sa utak ko, “Gusto ko lang naman ng someone ngayon kung pano kami ng grade school bestfriends ko noon.” Yung updated kami with every single little ganap ng isa’t isa. Yung tanggap namin yung pettiness, we talk every single day, walang nakikipag-compete, we want to hangout as much as possible, etc.

For some naive reason, I still hope for this kind of friendship. But this article opened my eyes to the truth: adult friendships are just different. Old friendships won’t be as tight-knit as before, and some will just slowly falter. Your friends, no matter how inseparable you were, and no matter how close you are until now, will end up in different geographic locations—ako pa nga yung isa sa mga unang umalis, so ano bang nirereklamo ko?

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