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April and May

April and May, the almost-cold-but-sometimes-warm months of Australia.

Great months to spend time with the family.

I'll write more about my adventures but for now, I'll leave you two of my precious family photos from the past month. Oh and from yesterday as well.

I'll post more I promise.

Oh and, I got a tattoo hihi.

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Leave my niece alone.

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Good news, yey!

Ryan got his job, he'll be signing the contract on Monday.

Erlia got a job.

Mum is feeling a lot better now since her operation...

THANK YOU LORD!

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Wreck This Journal Activity.

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Late Morning Madness.

Good morning. It's 2.10 pm in Australia and yes, I do classify waking up anytime of the day as morning.

We have Nilaga (Beef Stew with steamed veggies) for lunch and I cant wait to eat it because I had been craving for it for the whole week. I promised my mum that I was gonna cook it but I dont know why I didnt. Silly me.

Last week was just... unexplainable. I cried pretty much the whole time I was alone and prayed so hard.

I was confused on so many levels but I went to church yesterday and it felt good and I'm kinda hoping that my week will be good as well.

Ok enough with the drama.

Busy day today. Journal and laundry day.

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Sleep is Love.

I dont think I've ever been so sleepy all my life. But for the past month, I have been sleeping like theres no tomorrow.

It started when I started re-taking my pills. It isnt sleeping pills but it makes me look for the nearest bed and just bury my head in a pillow. And then I'd sleep for 12 hours straight and then eat for a few minutes, tumblr or facebook for an hour or so and then back to bed like I didnt sleep before I got up. So unhealthy. But I am losing weight by doing this. Strange.

It is becoming an everyday thing that it messes with my day-to-day routines and my plans.

If you've been reading my blog, I know you are aware that I was planning to have a canvas-tote bag business and that I remember telling you guys that I had been looking for inspirations online and in magazines. Yes, I've ticked that box but what I have not accomplished is my plan to get my licence. 

Oh the horror of uncontrollable sleep. I wish I could stay up late and just browse like I used to. Work & sleep is all I've got right now.

But since I am not gonna sleep (yet, lol) I might just start looking for crafty websites. I mentioned Hello Sandwich (www.hellosandwich.blogspot.com.au) the other day right? She is such an inspiration that I want to blog even more about all my discoveries and research and my day-to-day adventures. That's what blogging is all about anyway.

Like, legit blogging. Not reposting of shit.

Oh how I missed tumblr. Actually, I miss my tagalog blog.

I guess, sleeping like this makes up for all the sleepless nights of my highschool/college days. I love you, sleep.

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Hello Sandwich

Craft making isnt the kind of stuff I'm into but since reading about "Hello Sandwich" in a magazine I've picked up a few days ago, I've been really keen to take my creative self to a completely different path.

Okay, okay. So I've been telling you guys that I am on a quest to find my "creative" style and after weeks/days/hours of seeking my creative inspiration, I've finally realised I want to try anything that requires hands on duties.

But because of personal responsibilities coming towards me, I dont know when I could officially start my quest. 

Anyway, click the source thingy below and you'll find Hello Sandwich's website. I'll blog about this some other time.

Arroz Caldo for dinner.

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I've made up my mind.

I am definitely getting a tattoo in May.

I'll be turning 23 in May and the only gift I'd like to receive is a permanent ink tattooed on my wrist. 

No, this isn't a sudden/random decision just because everybody else is getting inked. I've always wanted to get a tattoo since I was a kid because I just wanted to have something special permanently written/drawn on my skin. Every time I would tell my brother or my dad  about it, they would always tell me to think of something else to do with my life because having a tattoo is something you really have to think over. Also, it cannot be erased once its done. I mean, duh. Of course, I know that. That's why I wanted to get it done and I am really looking for designs that have meanings and will never go out of style (and sometimes, I'd come up with my own but would end up losing the idea of getting it done cos my Kuya said he'd scrape my skin). My brother and other cousins and uncles got theirs when they were barely 20, so I think I'm old enough to endure the pain.

I want a design that has a significant meaning to me not just some random hipster quotation from tumblr or weheartit.

And, if you are from Sydney... please recommend me a very hygienic tattoo place. Preferably near the West. Thank you :)