Quite-Late

just some random thoughts.

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It’s been almost 5 years!

While I was scrolling through my YouTube suggested videos, I stumbled across a vlog titled "the tumblr girl is coming back". I suddenly thought of visiting my Tumblr account. Heck, the last post I have here was last 2017! 

My Tumblr page really missed a lot of happenings in my life. It even missed the COVID-19 pandemic. Anyhow, just to quickly catch up (as if there's someone still reading this aside from me), here's what happened to the last 4+ years.

- I kept on traveling until the pandemic happened, of course.

- The guy I posted last 2017, we're still dating and going strong. He's now turning 30.

- I'm now turning 29 and still working at the same company.

- I had my baking business but ended it after a year (because of the pandemic too)

- I now have my beauty blog (www.callhermaria.com)

- I also have a YouTube channel. I review beauty products.

- I got bigger. Yep, I gained more pounds.

- We now own two lovely dogs. They're Oreo, a YorkiePoo, and Pretzel, a Toy Poodle.

- I now go crazy for the color black.

Since it's already late, these are the only things I can think of now. Maybe I'll just edit this post if I suddenly think of more updates about me (again, as if you care lol). So yep, that's all for today. Until next time!

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In Polaroids: His 26th Birthday

We celebrated Thomas’s 26th birthday in Tagaytay last February 10. He’s now on his second quarter of his life so why not celebrate his birthday a little bit more special, right? So to celebrate his (extra) special birthday, we impulsively booked a night stay at Nest Tagaytay via AirBnb and oh boy, it’s really worth every penny. The hosts are really accommodating and was able to help make my surprise happen. They did the effort of decorating and shopping of balloons, the only effort I did is to just pay (I paid extra for the balloons btw). The extra money I paid? It’s nothing when you saw his face. Thomas really loved it. I could see he’s really happy that exact moment he saw my surprise. He kept on kissing, hugging and thanking me for the surprise I gave him. Even though he already got a clue that I have a surprise (I suck at keeping all the excitement in), he still got shocked on how much effort it took us to give him that. He never thought it would be a balloon arrangement! 

I’m happy that I got to make him extra special on his birthday. I really had fun spending the whole time with him —  the dinner at Bag of Beans, playing board games while drinking wine and munching on some cheese, to having coffee while taking in the beautiful view of Taal. 

Happy 26th birthday to my Thomas. I love you.

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Hi, MJ. I believe we're of the same age now but your age at the about section is still 20. Hehehe. I love your shots! Have a great weekend and keep safe. Thanks for following. :)

Oh god, just checked on it and it’s beyond outdated. LOL. Thanks for pointing it out. I will definitely take the time to update it. Have a great weekend to you too!

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Photo Dump: Snorkling at Bauan, Batangas

Before I start writing anything about this trip, I wanna ask first what’s the problem with Tumblr limiting only 10 photos on text and photo posts?! Honestly, I’m shocked and disappointed. I love Tumblr. This blog is already existing for years now and even if I go on hiatus, I still go back. But if this is what they’re going to do.. I’m better off, people. Just to ask, do you have something that can help with the photo limit thing? I’d be glad if someone can give any ideas on how to upload more than 10 photos on my blog.

Moving on to what this entry is suppose to be about. This summer, me and my ex-officemates and now my travel barkada went to Bauan, Batangas for our yearly travel! This place is actually unexpected since we are actually opting for Puerto Galera or Zambales. Well.. You know, the hot weather, the people, and their love for travel happened. It’s so hard to book resorts or hotels in any beach we could think of! Thank goodness, my friend Camille was able to find a place which is kind-of unique and exciting. We are almost out of hope!

Bauan, Batangas is a 4-hour drive from Manila. It has a rocky beach. If you know Anilao then you’ll get me. It may not have the sandy beach most people love but, it has very rich marine life. Very, very rich. This is the most exaggerating place I went to  when it comes to fishes and marine life. There are so many fishes everywhere! You don’t even have to chase them. Anywhere you look underwater, there goes a school of fish.

It’s really a different experience in Binukbok View Point. Something I will be treasuring for a long time. No bad experience on this place, really. The CR and the showers are good and clean, the tents are really good and comfy (they are not using cheap ones and they’re using mattresses as well since the ground isn’t sand. Who wants to sleep on hard cement) and the sunset is to die for. The tents are placed just in front of the beach which gives you the perfect view of the sunset.

I love everything about this trip. I will definitely go back here and try their scuba diving training! I’m keeping this short and will leave you the 10 photos below! 

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Year-End Plot Twist

With the ups and downs of 2017, this guy is the unexpected plot twist that I never thought will happen at the last quarter of the year.

I’m happy that I got to date my guy before the year ends. Every thing about the date is simple but romantic.

Part 1: He prepared some wine and cheese. He even setup an aroma diffuser to set the mood in the room. Whilst I’m installing the sims on his PC and taking a sip of the wine, he is playing a few songs with his keyboard. His voice really makes my heart warm so imagine how I felt at the moment.

Part 2: We ate at Samgyupsalamat, Banawe because we’re hearing good reviews of the Korean restaurant and we are craving for some korean cuisine. Well I must say, it doesn’t disappoint! The unlimited beef and pork they offer is worth the money and the time we spent on waiting for available seats. 

After the satisfying lunch, we got to watch Ang Larawan and All of You at SM Sta. Mesa. These movies are really good. They are not your typical Filipino movie. You should watch these movies.. They’re worth your money. I swear!

That’s all that happened yesterday. I had so much fun! I’ll be leaving here a few photos for future reminiscing.

Happy New Year everyone!

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Subic Trip 2017

Here’s our Subic Trip in black and white photos. Hope you like it!

Photos above  are taken with Nikon D5100 35mm f1.8g lens and Nikon D7000 18-140mm lens.

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Tumblr just got busted and I lost my hella long blog post to upload and yep.. 2017 is really that harsh. It’s currently 5pm and I started writing that blog post at 4pm. It’s an hour of writing and I lost it! So here’s the photo with the blog title. It’s the one thing that remained so let’s just deal with it.

Towards the new, my ass. Just go, 2017.

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Ang ganda mo po. :)

Thank you to whoever you are! <3 

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You give me hope and I’ll be forever thankful about that.

Someday I will love you. Maybe not now. Not tomorrow. But I promise you, when the time comes that I am ready, you will be the first person to see how capable I am to love. You will be the first person to see my heart. You will be the first person to feel how much I care. The only favor I’m asking you now is to just be there for me. Be patient and wait for me no matter what.

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Mini photoshoot with my bro a while ago. Lovin' my morena skin in these photos. ❤️

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I missed this blog soooo much. I’m here at home, bored as hell then suddenly came the thought of this visiting this blog. This blog became my safe haven years ago. Everything personal is right here. This blog contains myself, me before I am now, and upon reading my entries (specially the old ones), I’m beyond disappointed of myself about how I abandoned writing here. I miss sharing a piece of myself. I miss having the thought of writing so that my future self can go back and see what I am before which will make me ask myself “Am I better?”

This blog gave me so many realizations and I’m glad that it gave me a spark to start again. Write more memories and spend my life much better than before. 

I’ll definitely write again. It might not be as often. But I’ll write every emotions and memories that will come my way. Never will a memorable moment to be forgotten. Everything will be here. In this tiny space I can call “My Safe Haven”.

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Last for the day. Double the drama

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Hola from the office. HAPPY WEEKEND!

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Hi!! I'm back ☺️

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Visited my lolo yesterday. For sure, he's now happy in heaven.

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Celebrated our birthday last Friday at Mercato Centrale. It's been a fun and crazy night. I know I just met these people for only a month but we definitely are loud when together. Too bad we are going our separate ways a month from now. Thanks for being extra friendly and easy to deal with. I hope we meet in the future and reminisce the month long bootcamp, hardships and memories we had. Forever mga bes, #TeamValkyrie

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Hellow.... ask ko lang po ano po yung app na parang polaroid yung filter? Thanksssss :)

Hi! It’s RNI Films. For the light leaks I used Afterlight. Basically, RNI Films have better filters. I downloaded mine in the Apple App Store. Not sure though if it’s available in Google Play Store.