1. 17 May


    You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.  - Jonathan Safran Foer   Photo: Nicole

    You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.  - Jonathan Safran Foer

     
     

  2. 13 May



    Give a damn.

    Many damns.

    More damns than anyone.

     

  3. 9 May


    Almost done… emphasis on almost!  The finished product should look something like this. 

    Almost done… emphasis on almost! 

    The finished product should look something like this. 

     

  4. 9 May


    I couldn’t fall asleep last night, and since Esty and I had this conversation about Shonda Rhimes and Ellen Pompeo, I decided to catch up on Grey’s. Grabe ka Shonda! I don’t even have the guts to continue Scandal. Yes. I know I get attached to shows, which is why I avoid TV as much as possible. 

    On another note, I’m using the lights I bought for my dinner party last month as my new night light(s). Solar lighting perfectionnn. 

     

  5. 3 May


    Current read If we accept time for what it is, how it flows and how we flow with it, I doubt very much that we would continue wasting loads of it by constantly checking our watches. The gnomon’s shadow falls where it falls — and so do we. Where we are now is where a lifetime’s worth of steps have taken us. Are we early for this moment? Are we late? Should we hurry back to the town house because your watch says so or should we linger as long as we can in the second where we stand? Photo on the right was taken at Lund Cathedral’s Crypt and I figured it was oh-so-appropriate for chapter four. Thanks for the book, Margs! I’m emotionally invested. As always. 

    Current read

    If we accept time for what it is, how it flows and how we flow with it, I doubt very much that we would continue wasting loads of it by constantly checking our watches. The gnomon’s shadow falls where it falls — and so do we. Where we are now is where a lifetime’s worth of steps have taken us. Are we early for this moment? Are we late? Should we hurry back to the town house because your watch says so or should we linger as long as we can in the second where we stand?

    Photo on the right was taken at Lund Cathedral’s Crypt and I figured it was oh-so-appropriate for chapter four.

    Thanks for the book, Margs! I’m emotionally invested.

    As always. 

     

  6. 2 May


    If you were the floor, I’d wanna be the rug

    GEEEEEZ.

     

  7. 29 Apr


    Do grab a copy of Meg Magazine and kickstart May with a whole lot of inspiration thanks to this woman!    All these extraordinary stories, they should be ordinary. We want good news to trend. - Chely Esguerra Happy Monday! P.S. Don’t drink coffee after dinner. Dangerous, dangerous thing to do.
    Do grab a copy of Meg Magazine and kickstart May with a whole lot of inspiration thanks to this woman! 
     
    All these extraordinary stories, they should be ordinary. We want good news to trend. - Chely Esguerra

    Happy Monday! P.S. Don’t drink coffee after dinner. Dangerous, dangerous thing to do.

     

  8. 29 Apr


    I don’t know why these TED Talks are suddenly all over my Facebook feed, but I’m really glad that they are. Let’s face it, close to midnight, all I really want is inspiration. This one is by Sabsy Ongkiko called Our Return on Investment. It’s interesting that she mentioned how people usually tell her “sayang naman” when they learn about her being a public school teacher.

    I hate that word. 

    Sayang. 

    It’s so closed-minded.       

    “Sabihin man ng karamihan na idealistic ang desisyon na magturo sa public school, para sa akin gusto ko nang ubusin and idealism ko sa isang bagay na makabuluhan at pinahahalagahan ko. Pero kung tutuusin, hindi ba mas realistic ang tumugon sa mga pangangailangan na totoong-totoo para sa bansa mo?”
    Think about it.
     

  9. 28 Apr


    “Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the believers and the thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see the greatness within you, even when you don’t see it yourself.” — Edmund Lee
    “Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the believers and the thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see the greatness within you, even when you don’t see it yourself.”
    — Edmund Lee

     

  10. 23 Apr



    Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
    — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
     

  11. 21 Apr


    Saturdate with the best titas in the world! I am so tired and I have so much school work left to do, but I have a bag full of chocnut and polvoron and I couldn’t be happier.  

    Amalienborg Palace / Copenhagen Central Station / The Gefion Fountain 

     

  12. 18 Apr


    This. Ahhhh one day! 

     

  13. 16 Apr


    Productive Procrastination: Obsessing over designlovefest I’ve missed my needles and Crazy Sexy Wool. TIME TO CREATE! (photo credit)

    Productive Procrastination: Obsessing over designlovefest

    I’ve missed my needles and Crazy Sexy Wool. TIME TO CREATE!

    (photo credit)

     

  14. 15 Apr



    Bueno, let’s get it over with.

    It’s a long walk to the depot.

    Tama na ang sophistication-sophistication.

    Sa steep incline, pababa sa highway

    Where all things level, sabi nga,

    There’s a flurry, ang gentle-gentle.

    Pagwhoosh-whoosh ng paa ko.

    The snow melts right under:

    Nagtutubig parang asukal,

    Humuhulas,

    nagsesentimental.

    — Valediction sa Hillcrest, Rolando S. Tinio
     

  15. 14 Apr


    Theater of the Absurd

    Watched The City by the Why Not Theater Company with some theater friends and our mentor Adam today. You guuuuys, it was a boat theater! Literally a boat docked at Nyhavn, converted into a theater. Acoustics were amazing I can’t even!! The play itself was a bit tedious but wow what. an. ending. Psychological obscurity right there.  

    Copenhagen rush x Caffeine = Perfect night to analyze The Zoo Story for Tuesday. 

    Oh and shout out to all our kababayans who were having Saturday dinnah out at KFC. It was like the motherland there today. Mabuhay! :))