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March 2025 highlights 📖
A month of new journals and getting back into taking book related photos.
I'm going to start making these monthly highlight posts of my favourite photos of the month. All timestamped with the time the image was taken. I have the written versions of my monthly wrap ups but I thought having these photo versions would be nice too.
October outdoor sketchbook highlights. Went to Beijing and Seoul this month!
March Monthly Highlights
This had been a hard page to fill out this past month due to illness. I actually missed most of my game meet ups so the only fave boardgame of that month was the only game I managed to play.
Even though I have a lot of memory keeping in my daily log journal and weekly logs, doing this forces me to look back through the month. Like, I forgot last month that my mom brought me a matcha cake from a new fusion bakery.
Or that I learned my pilates instructor takes baking classes on weekends and gave me pineapple buns to try out.
So it's a very good excuse to look back and remember the things I will definitely forget by the end of the month.
last day of august so let’s talk my top hits for the month!!
book(s) read: your heart is a muscle the size of a first by sunil yapa. only one because i’m still trying to get back into reading regularly but it’s a 4.9/5 for me. super descriptive, almost to the point of being annoying but i like being able to picture the scene in as much detail as possible. brutal and touching all in one, and a perfect last line that ties it all together. living really is all about love and care for humanity which is such an important theme in the novel. not a 5/5 because a white activist woman had locks :/
movies: only one movie I watched this month like. mattered (😐) and that was mosquita y mari by Aurora Guerrero on netflix ! i got sick of seeing the same white gay films on every wlw rec list, and this film is more of a coming of age and the intricacies of girlhood, but that damn couch scene😭 that couch scene fundamentally changed my core being. sadly, the movie feels very unfinished, and it’s a shame the director hasn’t been able to make a second movie.
albums: as someone who’s not much of an album listener, i did find one i really enjoyed this month. Vagabond Lullabies by Po’ Girl is folksy and soothing, with slower songs and background music that relies heavily on acoustic guitar and banjos. I’ve Got Time is one of the prettiest songs i’ve ever heard
songs: august ‘twas a very good month for my ever improving music taste, and it’s brought me some of my favorite songs! teen angel by mark dinning, superlover by birds of chicago, 49 ceiling tiles by schaefer llana (thanks to @longleggedsocialist ‘s music recs 😋) disenchanted by my chemical romance, natalie portman 2002 by Jason Is and cognac queen by eternal crush miss megan thee stallion!
video essays/podcasts: I only listen to one podcast, and that is the drama queens oth podcast! i’m a diehard tree hill fan and i love hearing the women take back the show and make it theirs. i only started watching video essays like three days ago 😛 but i watched two and thoroughly enjoyed them
a history of disney channel original movies
how drivers license by olivia rodrigo captures suburban sadness
can’t wait to see my dash flood with september poems for the next week <333
5th Anniversary Highlights
Here’s what we have going for us for the 5th Anniversary!
[Special Gacha] 5th Anniversary Duration: 3/31 (Sun) 22:00 ~ 4/15 (Mon) 15:59
Chance to get 5☆ “Awakening” and “Bond Awakening” Ruca, Lloyd, Eizen, Alisha and Pascal from the special gacha. Details here.
[Special Gacha] 5th Anniversary’s 10 Free Multi Pulls Duration: 3/31 (Sun) 22:00 ~ 4/16 (Tue) 4:59
Chance to get a new exclusive 5☆ Dezel. Every day is available a free multi pull! Details here.
5th Anniversary Login Bonus Duration: 3/31 (Sun) 5:00 ~ 4/19 (Fri) 4:59
Login during said period in order to receive juicy rewards! Details here.
Purchase Gift Duration: 3/31 (Sun) 5:00 ~ 4/19 (Fri) 4:59
Buy a 130 Stones pack and get a Bond Awakening enabled 5☆ character among Sorey, Tear, Elize, Colette, Milla and Asbel from the past Anniversaries.
[Item Collection Event] 5th Anniversary Memorial Parade Duration: 3/31 (Sun) 16:00 ~ 4/15 (Mon) 15:59
Challenge the limited quests to collect “5th Anniversary Medals (Gold)” in order to get 5☆ Spada [Formal Attire] and 5☆ Colette [Formal Attire]. Details here.
Boosted Missions Rewards Duration: 4/11 (Mon) 5:00 ~ 4/29 (Mon) 4:59
In occasion of the 5th Anniversary, the quantity of the rewards got wiht the Daily and Weekly Missions will be increased!
Master of Elements (Act 9) Duration: 3/31 (Sun) 16:00 ~
Mathias and the other Innocence antagonists will take over the Master of Elements. Details here.
Co-op Battle: Anniversary Morin
Schedule/Duration: Monday to Wednesday of each week of April. The timeslots are still the same. Details here.
Guild max level increase Duration: 4/4 (Thu) 16:00 ~
Guild max level goes from 400 to 500
Guild max attack stat goes from 810 to 1010
Guild max defense stat goes from 810 to 1010
5th Anniversary Special Roulette
Duration: 3/31 (Mon) 16:00 ~ 5/10 (Fri)
A 5th anniversary-only roulette will be added to the list of roulette spreads, where you have a chance to earn several items.
Co-op Battle Roulette Update Duration: 4/4 (Thu) 16:00~
5☆ Raine and 4☆ Aifread will be added to the options of the co-op roulette prize spreads.
A Weekend in My Life vol. 3: Spending the Long Weekend at Home!
It was a long weekend in celebration for the All Saint’s Day. Thus, I grabbed this opportunity to go home in the province and spent my long weekend with my family and friends. The commute trip to Pangasinan was so tiring and stressful but it was all worth it when I got home.
Day 1 | My Baby Brother, Yves
Every year, the family always sees to it that we go to the cemetery to visit the grave of our deceased loved ones and relatives. We (Mama, Papa, Jessa and I) first went to Malasiqui to pay some of our relatives a visit at our house there, and went to the cemetery there to visit my grandparents’ grave. We then went back home in Lingayen and the whole family on my mother’s side visited the grave of our Lolo, tita Jocelyn, and my younger brother, Yves.
This is one thing that majority of the people who “know” me doesn’t really know about me — that I had one more younger brother who passed away at the age of 4. Yves had a Down’s syndrome, a syndrome that’s caused by an extra chromosome 21 (thanks to my Bio prof, Sir Aris, who taught this in class on my first year in college lol). I was 6 and was on my first grade in elementary, when he suffered from measles, brought to the hospital, but then passed away due to complications. I was still young when all of those happened but it’s still clear in my memory how I was at home that time when I saw and heard Lola Ba bring the news to our relatives that day --- March 3rd of 2003. I saw how Lola Ba and Tita Ems cried while talking about what happened.
It was hard losing someone. I may have not felt the pain as much as my parents felt it way back, losing a jolly child who brought so much happiness and light in our lives, but I miss him. He loved dancing to music, Jollibee’s spaghetti, sweeping, and he loves Mama so much. He was a very sweet child. And I know that everything happened for a reason. He left us so soon but I know that it was part of God’s plan. The whole family and I know that Yves has served his purpose. He’s now our sweet angel and he will forever be in our hearts.
Day 2: Long Over Due Jog with Rose
Rose and I have always planned to go on a jog since we were still in college. Every time I go home from Baguio for vacation, we always make a plan to go jogging but we already graduated and all and it never happened until today, November 2 (LOL). I invited her for a jog at Narciso this afternoon. Papa wanted to drop me off so I decided to fetch Rose at their house. When we were on our way, I also informed Clyde just in case he wanted to go and jog, too. He went there too but he just watched us the whole time. He also tricked us. He treated us with a lot of food after our run (so useless din yung itinakbo namin!!!).
Day 3: la vié est belle — the gifts of family and friends
Just like the old and usual bonding that we do in the family, we had a picnic at the beach this morning. After a very long time, I got to enjoy the beach again (for real!).
Before the day ends, too, an unplanned meetup with the grade school friends happened. What we talked about was to meet and chill at Capitol beachfront but we ended up going to the town proper and ate at McDonalds instead just like the old times. It was a time well spent again with these friends. It’s always a blast (of laughter and mockery) with these people even after a long time of not talking and seeing each other.
Day 4: Blogging Time!
After spending some time with family and friends these past days, I allotted today for my blog. I have to catch up with my pending blog post entries and so I wrote and publish two volumes of my A Weekend in My Life series today.
A Day in My Life vol. 1: The Girl Who Wears Her Heart on Her Sleeves (plus, Christmas is Here!)
(November 10)
It was a hard and an emotional week for me so chilling out today was what I really needed. I already took the day off from work yesterday because I wasn’t really feeling well and I wasn’t sure if I could still take another crap without snapping out. I needed to breathe and to take a pause (Read on a blog post I wrote entitled, “To The Girl Who Always Wears Her Heart on Her Sleeves” to know more). And that’s what I exactly did today.
Christmas is here!
The plan was to chill at Starbucks to do some journaling and blogging with Jessa and JM. We spent the rest of the afternoon at SB and the night chilling, eating, and listening to the live bands.
Greenfield District’s already ready for Christmas and the ambiance in the whole place made me so happy and relaxed today. Christmas is my favorite season and having to watch the fireworks display, and seeing the Christmas lights and the giant Christmas tree made me so giddy. It was a day well spent!
A Weekend in My Life vol. 4: A Day at Divisoria (ft. My First MRT Experience Alone) and a Date with the Homies at Greenfield
Nov 17 | Divisoria Day and Riding the MRT by Myself
Today’s the day that Roel and I had set to go to Divisoria to canvass and buy some of the props and costumes that we will be needing for our New Hire’s Presentation. We agreed to meet at Magallanes MRT station so I didn’t have a choice but to ride the MRT alone to get there. It was the third time that I tried riding the MRT but it was the first time that I didn’t have anyone with me. There were a lot of funny and epic fail moments about today but thank goodness, we survived. It was a very tiring day!
Nov 18 | A Date with the Homies
After Jessa and I went to the mall to buy some stuff, we met with Ate Mae and Ynah, our cousins, at Greenfield. They went to Church and wanted to meet with us so we decided to chill at Greenfield. It wasn’t that long since they still had to go home to Cavite and it was starting to get late so we decided to part ways after an hour or so. It was a short date but it was great seeing these homies again.
A Day in My Life Vol. 2: Pizza Night and the Ayala Christmas Lights
(November 22)
Since it was ate Cami’s birthday last August 15th, her squad, surprised her today. I got invited to join them for a Pizza Night at S&R and have decided to see the Ayala lights afterwards too. It was nice watching the lights tonight.
A Weekend in My Life vol. 5: NHP Rehearsal and a Dream Come True
NHP Rehearsal
The group set a practice last November 24, Saturday, since there were only a few days left before the Year-end Party and we still had to polish our choreography and finalize the blockings. I never expected that I would enjoy this thing this much. I’ll miss this crazy bunch afterwards, that’s for sure.
“Teacher Jelyn”: A Dream Come True
This year’s really been about stepping out of my comfort zone. Today, November 25th, it is my first official day as “Teacher Jelyn” in the KIDS Ministry at Church. My heart is very full.
PS. Also tried ZARK’s Burger for the first time today and tasted their Three-pointer.
The 2018 Year-End Party White Mayhem
Last November 29 was the company’s year-end party. The party was held at the Green Sun hotel. Aside from dressing up, dancing to the music, and having fun with the colleagues, for me, the highlight of the party was really the New Hires Presentation.
Months ago, I remember saying that I was not excited about this whole presentation thing. But guess what? After months of rehearsals and being with my groupmates (Team Queen), surprisingly, I enjoyed the entire process. I enjoyed performing and sharing the stage with these wonderful and amazing people that night. And it was an honor to share the second place-win with the team! Even if we didn’t bring home the title of being this year’s champions, we still feel like “we are the champions of the world.” We did our best, invested our time and efforts on this, had entertained the audience, and made new friendships and these for us are priceless. Team Bon Jovi really deserved the win too!
May 2025 highlights 📖🌷
I cannot believe the posting of this means we are HALF WAY THROUGH THE YEAR! My reading is getting so much better, which is typical for me to finish the year better than I started it. I finished two books and started a third. I almost got it finished but not quite, in the month of May.
July 2025 highlights 📖⭐️
Another month of bookish highlights and looking back at the book things that happened. I got a decent amount of reading done but the stand out moments were probably the couple of books I purchased, one of which I had been waiting for the paperback for a while, and July was also the month I tried digitally annotating my books and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it.
