Random Snippets #21

15 May | 02:23H

I couldn’t sleep again. This is normal. I guess it’s my prime indicator that I’m well after my 2-week sickness.

After

I’ve just started reading the After series by Anna Todd and as much as there are parts that I hate about it, I am actually drawn to it. I’m currently on 2/5 books and I must say, my now tita self disapproves of the seemingly toxic and unhealthy bickering but looking back at my previous teenage naive self, I can actually relate. Of course I wouldn’t want to give away too many spoilers about the book but yes, I am hooked!

Oddly enough, on hours that I’m adulting and not reading, my mind tends to drift off, remembering my past years and comparing my similarities in terms of impulsiveness to Tess, the female protagonist. You know that stage where you’re just too in love and the only way going forward was to stick with that person and fight against all odds until the end. As in forever and ever. That was the idea back then. That was sort of my norm. My baseline. Too much romcoms and happy ending movies I guess. I thought it was noble and the right thing to do at the time. And man, even the way I defied friends, family and especially my Mama all those years just to get what I want makes me wanna cringe. But the experience was a vital chapter in my character building (taraaaay). I’ve learned more about life and love and it comforts me knowing there were a lot of happy moments so no regrets. Only facepalms and shaking of head. I will stop here before I go on divulging more details about the book lol.

I miss traveling. I aim to travel more and practice more photography and videography but warm and sunny England makes me want to just stay home and read. Thirtyta me is such a bore.

I haven’t watched Avengers End Game yet because I’m part of a small percentage of people who goes after all the hype has died down. I am also unbothered by spoilers so yeah. Add to that, I also haven’t started on the last season of GOT because hey, I’m also on that spectrum where bingeing the whole complete series is more reasonable. Worth the wait right?

Aca-ntahan, Random Snippets

Random Snippets: #20

Watsaaaap!

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2 years after the show opened in London, I finally watched Hamilton! Just a backstory, ever since I saw them promoting this play and opened for one of the awards show, I have fallen in love with the music. I’ve watched performances on youtube, memorised some of the songs and even saved the playlist on my phone! So imagine how happy I was when they announced they were coming to West End right? It was quite expensive though and seats get fully booked easily. Of course, being the cheapangga person that I am, as much as I loved seeing it asap, I had to be practical and patiently wait for a more budget-friendly ticket. Subscribing to Ticketmaster’s email alerts was my saviour and luckily, my wait had to come to an end – yasss!

The music just won me over a thousand times. I was bopping my head and thumping my fingers the whole time. Another proud moment was Rachel Ann Go’s superb performance. We did try to see her after the show but she already left when we got to the backstage door. Still, we got to personally congratulate the rest of the cast. And PS, that’s not Craig David! It’s Alexander Hamilton Lol! PPS, I was so haggard kaloka! hahahah!

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April marks the end of my second module in Uni. Which also mean cramming to finish all the final requirements. I am still trying to polish everything right at this very moment and I just felt like taking a break from writing a very structured and formal essay hence, the random snippet. I am liking the challenge though. And that feeling of accomplishment knowing I am getting somewhere. I don’t exactly know where, but definitely somewhere. I do hope I pass though lol. We’ll see! Also, here’s my mandatory university pic! I am loving all the student discounts!

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I have been chasing Aurora for 2 episodes (Iceland and Scotland) now and all I (literally) have is a 3 second image from my mind (she literally just said hi and bye when we were hunting her in Iceland) but nothing for me to physically keep which I can call mine. I know one day, we will eventually catch her but this faux Northern Lights installation in Tower of London a few weeks ago did leave me wanting for more. Artificial but already breathtaking. How much more when I finally see the actual thing? Sooooon bessssh! PS. Not the best photo but, you get what I mean char!

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Lastly, can I just say.. Level 1000 nako sa Candy Crush (ultimate pampalipas oras) and on the 1000th day on Timehop. Babush!

Random Snippets

Random Snippets #19

Thought block. My brain is dry. I am currently trying to finish another round of essays and I think I’ve exhausted everything I have for today hence, the random entry. Maybe this will allow me to reset my neurons. So, watsap por yu?

Last Tuesday, we went to watch Lany at O2 Academy Brixton. I’m not the biggest fan but I do like and sing along to most of their songs plus tickets were cheap! In fairness, they’ve impressed me. Paul Jason Klein’s (Kelangan whole name talaga?) voice was exactly the same and if not better live and his energy on stage is quite infectious. Kitang-kita mo talaga na he’s enjoying and todo-bigay with all the kadyot-kadyot moves niya on top of the piano lol. I did enjoy the feel-good vibes the whole night.

We just finished watching After Life on Netflix last night and I’ve got to admit I didn’t expect to be so moved by Ricky Gervais’ acting. I guess I was just so used to seeing him doing comedy but this series (which he also wrote and directed) was just superb and I was tearin’ up each episode kasi damang-dama ko talaga siya. I am nothing but grateful for the life I have now despite how hard it is at times. There’s also a lot of powerful lines to live by and one that struck me was ”Happiness is amazing. It’s so amazing it doesn’t matter if it’s yours or not”.

During one of my heart to heart talks with one of my closest friends here, it was brought up about how sometimes you just get so caught up with work all the time that even on days off you don’t even have the energy to do anything because you would rather rest and conserve what is left of your katawang lupa for the another day at work. It’s a vicious cycle, one that we can never escape but, as I reminded him, we can always find ways (wow BDO ba itey?) to make it worthwile di ba? Find a hobby or experience something new just to break the monotony. We can’t allow ourselves to be enslaved by our jobs because reality is, we’ll never know when our time is up or when our body suddenly decides it just can’t function anymore. Kalma din minsan sa kayod beh. Aanhin mo pa yung madami kang pera pero di mo din naman nagamit sa mga bagay bibigyan ka ng saya. Thanks for coming to my TED talk, charot!

In line with this, siyempre di pwedeng hanggang advice lang ako. I also have to apply it sa totoong buhay. Little by little, I tried to recall things that I’ve always wanted to experience, something that is more achievable and short term and arranged for it to happen. So far, I have 3 pending ganaps and I can’t wait to tell you more about it (once it happens siyempre). I’ve also been thinking of hibernating on social media again – mainly Facebook ( I’ve completed 7 months last year, wooot!) and Instagram just so I have more time to be in the moment. April perhaps?

Also, thanks to all my avid readers a.k.a my future self. I hope one day when you’re 50 or so, you won’t roll your eyes so much reading all the randomness your present self has been writing here. Pasensya nadin kung may wrong spelling or grammar, I’m not perfect hahaha charot!