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I’m sad to say that I’m a bubble tea addict. Kulang ang meal pag walang sugary drink. I can feel it in my bonez. Araw-araw, hinahanap-hanap ng puso at isip ko yung honey green tea ng Panda Tea o yung oreo chocolate slushy ng Happy Lemon. Kaya uunahin ko na ang bye-bye for this week.
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Hello! Huhu I don’t even know where to start. My mind is racing in every direction because so much has happened over the past few days. I already talked about the chaos of moving and how it was sooo stressful. So stressful that my period came a few days early. It messed up with my hormones and it’s another sign that I have to slow down.
I’ve also been very reflective about friendships lately. This isn’t exactly new, but I think it’s the first time I’ve talked about it extensively in a blog post. I guess it’s just hard to admit that I do feel alone at times. Emphasis to the word ‘feel’ because I know I’m not really alone. Also, spending a few days in New York with my good friend Nick just reminded me of what I was missing. All my closest friends are in different parts of the world, and I still find it hard to reconcile with this reality. We keep in touch regularly but it’s just not the same.
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I am a regular user of ChatGPT. In fact, I use it everyday. Sya na yung Google ko—minsan therapist. Speaking of therapy, I will share my therapy experience one of these days. One thing I can say about it is, I highly highly recommend it. Lalo na sa mga anxious and easily overwhelmed people like me. Minsan kelangan mo lang umiyak at maglabas ng mga stuff na wala kang mapagsabihan, habang may nakikinig na professional na alam mong ilang beses na nyang narinig yung mga sinasabi mo, so malaki yung chance na hindi ka nya i-judge.
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The commonplace section of my notebook is my favorite. I call it my ‘life notes’—a collection of quotes, insights, book excerpts, fun facts, new words I’ve learned—gathered for future reference. I have a digital version of this in my Notion where I can easily search for keywords, but I eventually stopped updating it. There’s just something extra satisfying when I see it on paper. Also, I can circle and underline words, I can add stickers, put my little comments on the side, and I just feel like I retain more from what I write rather than from what I type.
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First, my best buy and bye-bye of the week. I am going to exclude all food items because I’m just going to list almost everything we ate.
I am no collector of anything. Some people are into shoes, bags, books, toys, etc. But personally, I just couldn’t relate. I feel like I’m hoarding. It seems impractical. To be clear, I don’t mean this as a badge of honor, I’m just saying what makes sense in my head. I don’t see the point in having five pairs of shoes when I only wear one pair at a time. I rotate between two pairs, one black and one white. It’s just so easy to pair with anything.
I guess I’m also too lazy to style and mix and match. If I only have two pairs, and if it’s black and white, it would only take me 2 seconds to decide which one I want to wear that day. If I were a guy, I would probably one of those annoying men who owns a stack of the same black shirt and just wear those everyday.
I’m the total opposite of my mom who loves bags and has a cabinet full of decorative plates and cups on display. It’s also possible that the more I see my mother collect these bags that are taking up so much space in her already crowded room, the more I veer away from being that way. I share all of these little anecdotes about practicality only to say that, the moment I saw this crybaby things, something has shifted haha. Suddenly, I wanted to get my hands on these cute little things! I guess I just hadn’t found anything I was truly drawn to—until that evening when we were strolling around this random mall and saw a Pop Mart vending machine.
Having made a blog post of me being such a crybaby, this blind box toy spoke to me. It’s just so me! When I saw the side of the box with all the possible crybabies I could get, I’d be happy with any of them. Huhu they’re all so adorable. And those teary eyes? Ugh, too cute. I think my favorites are 01 and 06.
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Doing our quarterly expenses is completely new to me. I usually just compare our expenses month to month and that’s it. But every month is different, so I think calculating the quarterly average would give a more useful snapshot of our spending. I’ll provide the percentages first, then give a detailed breakdown with the numbers.
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