Monthly Archives: January 2017

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Lately, life has been kind of suffocating. It’s actually crazy how at one point I thought that I finally got my shit together, then life happened and reality hit me straight on the face once again. 

It’s been months since I last felt okay and it’s been a struggle since then. And it’s hard knowing that no one can actually help me but myself and I haven’t felt this way before, ever. I badly want to scream and tell the world to stop and hold still for a second because I honestly can’t keep up anymore. 

I hate it, I hate this—not knowing what to do and where this is all coming from is very stressful. Suddenly, waking up every morning is the hardest thing to do and I always find myself looking forward to the afternoons when I get to go home and when I finally do get home, I feel exhausted and tired and helpless, not to mention the stress that adds up to it when everyone and everything at home seems to be in such chaos.

I’ve never felt so alone in my life and it’s crazy because I am almost always surrounded by people and the weird part is, on most days, I feel more at peace when I am alone at a coffee shop or at home than I am when I am with other people. Maybe I just got used to it, maybe I’m no longer happy with what’s currently happening in my life since everything has been “just a routine” and I don’t know how, but one thing is for sure, I gotta find my way out of this.

Book Review: Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney

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Rating: ★★★
Read: December 2016

It’s been four years since I’ve read the first book in the Diary Of A Wimpy Kid series and I don’t know why it took me that long to finally get a copy of the second book given that I enjoyed the first one! Silly me.

This time around, I still enjoyed it because it was a very light and easy read. I’ve been too busy with a lot of things last year that I didn’t really get to finish a lot of novel books. I got to read a lot of interesting comic books though, so I guess that isn’t a bad thing.

The story still follows the everyday life of Greg Heffley and how he deals with school and everything around him, especially his brother who’s basically a pain in the butt for the most part.

I liked the way the story is light and funny that it will keep you turning the page until the end. Although, I didn’t enjoy it as much as I did the first one for unknown reasons, I can say that it still was good enough for me.

2016 Wrap Up: Year In Books

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The past year has finally come to a close and though it has been a very frustrating and challenging year for most of us, I actually still had a great reading year!

So in 2016 I’ve read a total of 52 books of my Goodreads goal of 30! This was actually the first time I’ve ever read more than my goal and I am so happy. I’ve read A LOT of comic books last year since DC Comics launched their Rebirth series and I was just too hyped about it. But aside from that, I’ve also read some novels and poem books. So below are list of the titles I’ve read:

Comics:

I didn’t push through with Harley Quinn and Supergirl because it didn’t quite work out for me as much as the others.

Novels:

So I guess that wraps it all up! I’m certainly looking forward to more reading this 2017 and may all the booknerds out there have another great reading year ahead!

#Christmas2016: Tagaytay

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It’s been our family’s routine to celebrate Christmas in Tagaytay ever since our house there was built. I used to hate leaving home during that season since I grew up celebrating there, but I eventually got used to it as time passed by.

This year, we stayed home during the 24th and busied ourselves with the preparation. My aunt, godfather (my aunt’s husband), and I drank wine and tequila while waiting for 12mn. I used to drink twice a year and with them and with my friends during college week, but ever since I graduated, it has been reduced to once a year, and because I’m not that of a fan of drinking, really, that’s fine with me.

On the morning of the 25th, of course we heard mass and headed to Starbucks (since it’s the only cafe open at that time) for breakfast.

I was really excited to read the book my mom gave me for Christmas, which was Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur (read my review here). So I basically read a few pages before we head for the grocery to buy stuff we need for dinnertime at home. We also dropped by a few cute shops there!

And then we had lunch at this new steak house at Ayala Malls Serin, T-Bone King Steak & Grill. The place was kind of quiant and there are a lot of bible verses and God related quotes hanging around the place.

The food was amazing!  I had their local T-Bone steak and house iced tea and we shared a basket of nachos as well. It’s affordable and the food is delicious! So if you happen to stop by Tagaytay, drop by the place at Ayala Malls Serin!

Here’s our obligatory family photo to end this post.