you can't say 'bubbles' without smiling. bubbles!

bubbles! bubbles! bubbles! bubbles!

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Historically, patience has never been my strong suit. My impatience caused me trouble more than once. By ‘more than once’ I mean, on a daily basis. I guess it’s something that I had to learn because just a month ago, life brought me at a crossroads again. It is when I am at those points that I get fully agitated beyond diversion.

I have decided to resign and take a new job somewhere. But resigning from my job now would entail costs ie laptop, new phone line, scholarship bond (because yes, the company partially sends me to school). I prayed for it but I have not been receiving the response that I want from God. Funny how that sounds. I prayed again, still to no avail.

I asked Ken about it. I kept on justifying why I had to resign immediately. I even told him that I can cover the expenses by taking out a loan. He listened very patiently but responded the same way after every rant session, “Basta hon, ‘pag may word ka, susuportahan kita.” Makes you love and hate someone at the same time.

Anyway, after weeks of waiting, boss finally spoke to me and told me that I can resign but they will be retaining me as a consultant. This means that I will be paying none of those costs mentioned above but I will be receiving the same compensation. It also means that I can take that other offer. *winks*

I’m glad I waited. Thank God for Ken’s EQ that’s enough for the two of us. :))

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This is how I look like these days: glasses, messy hair, shirt (denims and chucks). I am enjoying a month or two of life sans corporate attire because SUMMER! School break!!! It’s gonna be two months of proper sleep, proper diet and lesser caffeine ingestion.

Anyways, I will be back in tumblr because I have to keep writing while on break. This restlessness and almost-nervous energy has to be placed somewhere. :))

I will just be rambling.

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The crazies

I don’t blog much these days but, in light of my lack of case copies and of being stuck with Tolentino, I think I can squeeze out a few thoughts.

I am back in law school and Ken is, well, pushing through his Masters in Environmental Engineering degree while working as an instructor AND a lecturer while heading the church’s security department while taking care of his family. I can’t complain. My triad life is relatively simple. My work-school-ministry schedule looks like a very leisurely walk in the park compared to his.

We are working this through. My biggest challenge so far is accommodating my life into my schedule. I spent a good part of our first year together accommodating Ken’s life. I don’t know how to accommodate mine as well.

We don't sleep that much, we don't date as often as other couples do... We don't have the time. Neither do we have the time for drama and extended unresolved conflicts. We don't have the time to play around. We are dead serious. But most of the time just serious.

We are far from dead. As for me, my heart has never felt so alive. I finally feel alive again… Coffee in my veins, the smell of photocopied papers in my lungs, paper cuts on my fingertips and a universe of words and cases in unknown and indecipherable constellations in my head. I mean… What could be better than this?

I am always nervous, always running, always pleading for time, always at the brink of a 1 or a 5. I am alive! We are radicals. Or for people who really don't know what passion is... You can just call us crazies. I pray that one day you'd finally come across that one thing that would make you feel fully alive. :)

I am happy. I am incandescently happy. I can call myself Mrs D. ;)

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Bantayan Island, Cebu

My family loves the outdoors but we seldom cross cities and seas just to have fun. This is a first. Well, this was planned mainly as a treat to Ken for his first visit but also because my family deserves a break after everything that we have been through.

The ferry ride on the way there was spent mainly on sleeping. This wacky Caucasian photobombed my mom. 

We arrived at low tide so there was not much to do but take photos and fool around. 

Ken with my little brother.

My not-so-little brother. huhu! Time flies!

Captain America :3

We spent the better half of the afternoon buying food in Bantayan town proper. Sta Fe Beach Club’s kinilaw tastes good but te best-seller was definitely the kinason soup. (my idea. wuhoo!)

While everyone rested after the long travel, this workaholic finished checking his students’ papers for the summer classes. :)

Day 2 in a while.

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Romans 14:4 I believe in grace, in favor and in inner strength because He who is undefeated has given me the power to stand.

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I barely recognize this girl.

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I don't get it. Something is off. Like an itch that you can't scratch.

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If this were a song, this scene would be my pre-round jam.

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I am a damsel. I do not have time to be distressed. Too many dragons to slay.

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There is a space under my desk that I wanna crawl in. Huhu

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They call it Story Arc (n. a smaller storyline that is a part of the whole.) in anime-dom. I call it the Daily Grind. What most men don't take time to understand is this: while big dates would make us giddy for a while, it is what you do in little tough things we go through daily that really matters. Bow

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There are days when you just wanna be in the middle of an open space and sit.

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My questions have become moot and academic. It's easy to spot which thought is a lie.

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I walked around and stumbled on pearls nobody else noticed. :)

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Whoever invented coffee and earphones deserve a lifetime trust fund for their descendants til kingdom come. Barely slept last night because of the heat. Woke up at 8am and the first thing that greeted me was an unflushed toilet. Tried to shake it off. Then I was sprayed with baygon. Good morning holiday!

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This is how we spend our Sundays. Mornings apart, quick lunch, we run around in the afternoons, dinner usually a quiet affair.

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I get it that you don't get me sometimes. Try?