Sunshine 🌞
Just heard these Thai songs
earlier and they’re such a breath of fresh air, just like a certain someone all
the way in Chiang Mai.
Game Changer 🧡
I was always a rainy day person,
but have you ever met someone whose vibe feels so much like sunshine that you
just can’t help but smile along?
I could listen to Paganiniana a
million times and I still wouldn’t get how I can just sit here. It’s as if I
didn't even have ADHD to begin with anyways.
I don’t have a way with words like
Shakespeare, but listening to Caprice No. 5 is like seeing a tree being hit by
a lightning bolt for the first time, every time.
I feel like I just drank a whole
case of energy drink every time I listen to Vivaldi’s Summer just 'cause it
literally feels like my energy just jumped from 0 to high-voltage in a second.
0% Room for Error
So I’m watching this top-tier
neurosurgeon do a brain surgery the other day and it was just so intense. Like,
imagine you're 77 and you stay awake the whole time while he places an
electrode into a spot in your brain no bigger than a grain of rice. I can
accept that the brain feels no pain, but I just can't get over the nightmare of
knowing that if he’s off by even a teeny-tiny millimeter, your speech is messed
up.
I happened to see some bomb-defusal scenes, too, and it’s actually
so terrifying because one tiny error could kill them. I mean, imagine being
under that kind of pressure where it’s their life on the line or everyone
else’s. Talk about a deadly trade-off. Can you imagine a job where you can't
just walk away when it gets scary, because it’s on you to make sure nobody else
dies?
I’d literally just pass out in 5
seconds.
Feeling Light
Took a nap earlier and now I’m
just singing and dancing through this happy feeling. No wonder I’m going all-in
on Thai, even if Mandarin is still my favorite side quest though. Either way,
I’m just enjoying things right now.
Elyza, this is how we show up for
Azyle. What seems like little things to you can mean more than you think to
your baby brother. 👶💖
Teammate
I remembered exactly how my lil’ sib
looked when the eggs slipped out of her hands and cracked wide open at her feet.
She went pale, like she was sure she was in trouble. I just laughed and said,
“It’s okay, we’ll clean it up and get more.”
I do that ’cause I know that
feeling way too well. I’d get chewed out for stuff like this and I would
literally just sob. That’s why we have this bond where she knows she’s safe
with me. We’d rather just figure out the mess than make more of a mess.
The Audacity of Napping
I spent the whole day doing
nothing and my little sister’s like, ‘Are you dead?’ I just said yes. And she’s
like, ‘How dare you?’ while trying to hold back a laugh.
Since when did she become the Grim
Reaper’s manager?
Susundan pa yata ako niyan sa
langit para lang itanong kung nasan yung medyas niya... or how I even got in 🤭
I was gonna write it like this…
Nagtatalop lang naman ako ng
kamote bakit may pakanta-kanta pa noh? Just tryna nail the pronunciation, I
guess. Or para hindi ko ma-feel na magbabasa sana ’ko ng libro pero kamote muna
raw, sabi ni nanay. 😆
But here’s how it actually went
down...
Habang kumakanta ako at nagbabalat
ng kamote, biglang sumulpot si little sis at binasag ang moment ko para itanong
na: 'Is it okay to not simplify circumference with 3.14 for pi?' Kailangan niya
raw i-verify kasi hindi accurate yung ni-report ng classmates niya kanina. Nagtatalop
lang ako rito pero sa rami ng rants niya, mas kabisado ko na yung value ng Pi
kesa sa lyrics ng kinakanta ko eh.
Remember that time you caught me
reading nothing but manga and gave me that look, like, “So, how’s your comic
reading going, lazybones?” HAHAHA! It’s funny how you make me want to be a
better version of myself, like I’m even reading more math books now. 🙃
I dunno if we’ll see each other
again but if we do, snacks are on me 😆 Anyways, I
just thought I’d say…
I have always felt happy when
you’re around, and maybe because you’re someone who makes people feel looked
after even when they don't ask for it. I’ll admit, I wasn’t sure how to open up
to you at first. But you were such a special surprise.
We don’t really talk as much as other
friends do, but you’re genuinely one of the kindest people I’ve met.
P.S. I’m not saying this because it’s
your birthday month or anything. I just think of you now and then and smile
like a little kid.
I’ve realized that whenever I need
to get things off my chest, I usually just sing or put on some piano or violin pieces.
Especially when I think about things way too much. I let it pass me by, kinda
like clouds floating by letting
tap water pour over my hands to feel the cold.
Around 11 AM
Ang sarap lang talaga kumain ng
fish balls, kwek-kwek, tsaka tokwa na may sweet-spicy sauce sa kanto.
Afternoon energy
So, Elyza and I were playing a
spelling game over a pack of spicy nuts. One thing led to another, and we made
Spam musubi even though we were missing half the ingredients. She had four
pieces, I had two with iced coffee. As usual, she shared story after story
right up until she got sleepy, and that was my sign to binge-watch Beyond Evil.
She’s destined for the courtroom
We’ve been having some real talk
these past few days, and I was honestly surprised when she said she wouldn’t
even bother saying sorry to anyone if it wasn’t for me. I was like, “Why
though?” ’cause I’ve always coached her to answer a question with a question
anyway. I’m not even gonna try to explain her answer. But it felt like everyone
around me got life sentences, and somehow I’m innocent. 🤭
Like that one time she caught a
classmate cheating (who actually had a crush on her) and said, 'You’re aware
this is cheating, right?' I bet his soul left his body for a sec.
I was watching a murder case while
my little sister played a cookie game next to me, giving me a play-by-play of
her game. Now I’m trying to process murder on one side and her Cookie Run:
Kingdom team on the other. She even tells me about the school dance and shows
off her moves whether I asked or not (I didn’t).
It's the same energy in the
morning, too. I’ve just been asking her to wake me up before she goes to school,
but I still sleep anyway. 🤣
Well, it’s been a whole year of annoying
the life out of each other. I was supposed to move out by now, but seeing her
kinda feels like seeing my younger self. And since I know all too well what it
felt like when my dad left, I’m just not gonna let her go through that.
I walked by the school earlier and
couldn't resist the Spam musubi. My brain simply won't sign the contract to
study cases unless there's food involved. Yeah, it’s a total bribe.
Got some candies for my sib too,
but she only gets the goods if she proves she can study solo. Pretty much using
candy as a silencer for her before I lose my last remaining brain cell. 🤭 🍭
Sunshine 🌞 Just heard these Thai songs earlier and they’re such a breath of fresh air, just like a certain someone all the way in Chiang...
