Saturday
Almost failed to make it home for New Year’s Eve!
Sunday
Longest streak of quitting coffee so far!
Wednesday
Long queue at Burger King drive-thru.
Thursday
My thoughts are deep into you.
Friday
Woohoo we did it, ASEAN Research Team!!!
Saturday
Wow, clingy yarn?
Monday
I miss eating avocado toast for breakfast.
Tuesday
Sometimes, isolation and being indoors get to my nerves.
Wednesday
Shall I give Prague another chance?
Thursday
It’s supposed to be simple, effortless, and drama-free.
Friday
Maybe soon, maybe not.
Saturday
Seems like the plan is working.
Sunday
Ice cream is sweet, and so am I.
Monday
Remind me why you’re getting yourself in this again?
Thursday
Boom, boosted!
Friday
Maybe I’m trying so hard, and maybe I should stop trying?
Saturday
Wanna fight?
Monday
Why do some people assume that everything is about them or something?
Tuesday
First, Greenwich phased out the Baked Mac, and now their Lasagna serving is getting smaller and smaller.
Wednesday
I can’t afford to lose people who are willing to stick with me through thick and thin.
Thursday
One day at a time, you know the drill, honey.
Friday
Back to the drawing board.
Saturday
The 13-year old me must be ecstatic right now, I took a ride at our town carnival Ferris Wheel for the first time!
Sunday
There is nothing more comforting than finishing three Matt Haig books.
Monday
My creative ideas are all over the place and I want to sharpen my craft on street photography alone.
Tuesday
Two years at Zoom University and I still forget to hit the record button ugh.
Wednesday
I feel like checking my emails at Starbucks while sipping some hot matcha latte today, hmmm.
Thursday
“Don’t ever, for any reason, do anything to anyone for any reason ever, no matter what, no matter where, or who, or who you are with, or where you are going, or where you’ve been… ever, for any reason whatsoever…“
Friday
Can’t wait for the weekend to make some art with my new 120-color crayons yay!
Saturday
Issues and tissues.
Sunday
Myanmar, Afghanistan, Cuba, Belarus, Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina… what an interesting time to be a Security Studies scholar.
Monday
Wrapping up my classes this week!
Tuesday
I found myself watching TED talks and taking notes like a student.
Wednesday
OMGOMGOMG!
Thursday
It’s my hometown’s fiesta and here I am, eating McDonald’s inside my apartment.
Friday
So many ideas, so little time.
Saturday
Proposal defense day for my students!
Sunday
Stuffed myself with fiesta leftovers, aka 4 cups of rice.
Monday
I don’t know what I should be more emotional about: Boxer in Orwell’s Animal Farm being sent to the knacker’s yard, or the Russian working class getting betrayed by the Bolsheviks.
Tuesday
I realized I’m the toxic one, and I decided I should stop ‘poisoning’ people.
Wednesday
I think I’m re-converting to being a morning person again woohoo!
Thursday
Today is a beautiful day to be creative.
Friday
Pizza day yay!
Saturday
Hot chocolate and sunshine.
Sunday
It’s freezing in Tagaytay City and the view is refreshing.
Monday
My obsession with Nordic Noir has got my academic self researching some syllabi on the subject from Scandinavian universities.
Tuesday
My parents are out so I got the home theatre to myself yay!
Wednesday
Biryani alert: I discovered an Indian-owned Indian restaurant here in my hometown!
Thursday
Got to hang out with a work bestie in Lucena City!
Friday
A holiday means I’m doing a reading marathon of Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Saturday
I had 4 cups of green tea today, and it’s not normal.
Sunday
Ukraine 🙁
Monday
All undergrad final grades are out, and I’m back to teaching an ASEAN grad school class!
Tuesday
Not that I’m expecting it, do students ever wonder whether their Professors are doing okay?
Wednesday
I guess #MeatlessMarch is not happening lol
Thursday
Peace and quiet.
Friday
Boring is peaceful, not trading it with anything.
Saturday
The Bridge Season 1 for my Nordic Noir fix this weekend!
Sunday
Carbs, carbs, and more carbs.
Monday
I’m excited to take photos with my new toy!
Tuesday
I’m impressed with Italo Calvino’s sci-fi series.
Friday
Choco the Cat is sick 🙁
Saturday
The rainy day is just perfect to catch up on yet another new Grey’s Anatomy Episode.
Sunday
Seriously, Russia, stop the madness!
Monday
Errands and lots of queueing.
Tuesday
The jeepney driver on my trip to the vet blames Russia for surging gas prices and said, “If other countries decide to intervene, it’s definitely gonna be a world war.”
Wednesday
Having a casual and/or professional relationship with me does not automatically entitle you a friendship ticket, so stop.
Thursday
I’ll be co-hosting our ALDP graduation tomorrow woohoo!
Friday
Choco was finally discharged from the animal hospital!
Saturday
Reading marathon and Cat Mama duties.
Sunday
So much pizza for my lactose intolerant tummy.
Monday
First day of the term and it’s nice to teach freshman blocks again.
Tuesday
That was so much queueing for a 20-minute doctor’s consult.
Wednesday
Read about the US Foreign Policy on the Tiananmen Massacre and the Government of Tibet in-exile to prep for my lecture, and my mind was like, “Oh, well.”
Thursday
Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit have all become Tiktok-like, and I think I’m ditching them altogether.
Friday
First Friday free of work-related stuff in a long while!
Saturday
Refilled my tea stash and I have new flavors in the house woohoo!
Sunday
I was able to buy my tuna pesto ingredients, finally.
Monday
A week full of Zoom lectures, let’s do this!
Tuesday
Exhausted.
Wednesday
Welcome home, Cheesecake!
Thursday
Well, that wasn’t the plot twist I was expecting.
Friday
So, moving on to the next chapter.
Saturday
It was nice being on Marites mode with cousins ’til 2AM lol
Sunday
My lazy ass is starting to rethink being a full-time professional pooper scooper for Cheesecake the Cat.
Monday
Drinking lemon and ginger tea really makes me feel like I’m gulping some chicken tinola soup.
Tuesday
My heart and soul are genuinely happy whenever it rains, and I will never be sorry about that.
Wednesday
Three things: (1) any song by Cigarettes After Sex can calm me down, (2) I think Casey from the TV series ‘New Amsterdam’ is my ideal guy, and (3) I wish I have more free time to finish reading The Red and the Black.
Thursday
How do we know if it’s time to get out of our comfort zone?
Friday
Canned gourmet cat food for Cheesecake and instant ramen for me.
Saturday
Can I just make a living out of photography, like, full-time?
Sunday
I wonder where I will travel to next…
Monday
This time I know it’s for real.
Tuesday
Go where you breathe free.
Wednesday
How do I stop making everything existential and actually live my life?
Thursday
I wonder how many million times I will be rewatching The Office in this lifetime…
Saturday
I wish I was a cat, no school, no work, just meow meow.
Sunday
Being a Cat Mama is a huge-ass responsibility.
Tuesday
Building up my war literature ‘to-read’ list!
Wednesday
Sometimes, I miss partying like it’s college, but mostly I don’t.
Thursday
I guess I still love teaching after all.
Friday
Small restaurants in Batangas are uh-mazing and I think I don’t need to move back to Manila anymore.
Saturday
Declutter, declutter, declutter.
Sunday
Holy shit, my hometown has a supermarket with a view!
Monday
Bills trigger me and I don’t want to adult anymore.
Tuesday
Oh, the smell of freedom and peace.
Wednesday
I’m a 30-year old who still can’t perfect flipping pancakes.
Thursday
Analog photography is an expensive hobby!
Saturday
Sleepyyyyy
Monday
It’s so freaking hot in the Philippines!!!
Tuesday
Fika Cafe is now my go-to place for my matcha fix!
Wednesday
Stressed af.
Thursday
I’m cramming my midterm exam questions ugh!
Friday
Productive day, Japanese literature, and pizza!
Saturday
Second thoughts about moving back to Manila.
Sunday
Is election anxiety a thing?
Monday
Fuck, here we go.
Tuesday
Now I think post-election depression is a thing.
Wednesday
Self-love and ‘Hello, Love, Goodbye’.
Thursday
It was nice seeing Scary Spice and Baby Spice on The Circle!
Friday
Armenia and Iran dreamin’.
Saturday
This summer feels hot like a motherfucker.
Sunday
Greek salad all-day, everyday (I wish).