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it's easy for me to get used to

the happiness people bring

to me.

if you don't have a plan to

stay, please

tell me.

if you don't want to

talk

anymore, send me a

song.

it's better, and

a mature thing to do than

not saying anything

at all. no

hard feelings. tell me, and

i'll give you

socks.

— it socks, but you are now free.

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trying out some lightroom presets.

i miss posting on this blog of mine. hello, i'm rea. thank you for not unfollowing me. i'm back after a year. 💕

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the last full moon of the decade will be in gemini on 12-12! a perfect time to say goodbye to the pain of the past, free self from anxieties, let go of unresolved issues & feelings from the last eclipse in july (lol fudge that month!). let's release things that no longer serve our soul and future growth. here's to healing! 🌚

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Little Mermaid has been one of my favorite Disney movies, and Ariel is still on top of my favorite princesses. I don’t know how many times I had watched The Little Mermaid when I was a kid and why I love Ariel so much even though I never wanted to become one. Watching the animation again made me realize why because I can relate to her. Ariel wasn’t able to do all the things she wanted to do because of her strict father. And when she sang the Part of Your World? Oh, boy, I felt it. Haha. That was the only Disney song I had memorized, though. Perhaps deep down I knew, and I understood it when I was a kid but hadn’t given enough thought about it until today.

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I’m selfish when it comes to my favorite songs. I don’t like to share it with anyone, but I’m trying to change now so I public my Spotify playlists because all artists deserve to be heard, known and enjoyed by all. 

I’m channeling the inner hoe in me on this mixtape. LOL. Just click this link. Listen to it in order because every mixtape, there’s always a story behind it.

1. Take your time - Marian Hill 2. So it goes - Taylor Swift 3. Dress - Taylor Swift 4. Bad things - Meiko 5. Say it again - H.E.R 6. All to you - Sabrina Claudio  7. Don’t let me down - Sabrina Claudio ft. Khalid  8. Don’t do it - Marian Hill

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WHY DID I PICK IT? I saw the book last November on Goodreads, and I had been intrigued since then because of the good reviews.

WHAT I LIKED? Harry love Potter. Some of my favorite books have Harry Potter references. Haha. I love that the main character is a fellow Potterhead and the book has many HP references in it.

Black people. The first book I had read where the main characters are black. I got to know and understand what is really happening these days. I love that I’m learning while reading this.

The things you need to do when the cop stops you. I didn’t know about it until I read this book. We must all know it because no one is really safe, and I don’t trust cops anymore.

Chris and Starr. They’re cute! I can’t put my feelings into words—Ah, I love them. Really.

Starr’s family. A realistic family. I love the bonding, sweetness, talking, and caring. I love the kids especially Sekani, such a cute boy.

WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE? The interview/questioning! My nerves were too high on this chapter. I can’t believe the detectives who are handling the case ignored the real issue like it was the first time it happened, where in fact it’s always happening.

Justifying the case instead of investigating it.

Grand jury’s decision.

FAVORITE LINES: “Once you’ve seen how broken someone is it’s like seeing them naked—you can’t look at them the same anymore.”

“Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right.”

“Faith isn’t just believing but taking steps toward that belief.”

“We let people say stuff, and they say it so much that it becomes okay to them and normal for us. What’s the point of having a voice if you’re gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn’t be?”

“I learned that people make mistakes, and you have to decide if their mistakes are bigger than your love for them.”

“Brave doesn’t mean you’re not scared, Starr,” she says. “It means you go on even though you’re scared. And you’re doing that.”

WOULD I RECOMMEND IT? A must read! This book talks about the differences between black and white, police brutality, discrimination, oppression, drugs, racism, justice system, etc. You’ll see how black people live their lives. It’s just so sad, and I’m mad that they are still experiencing it until now.

This is really a great book that should be read by all especially teens to become aware on current issues and to encourage us to speak and call someone out when someone needs to be called out. This is not “just some story”, this is real. It’s happening.

PS: The book tackles serious issues but still finds a way to make me laugh, smile, and moved. Hands down to Angie Thomas for her first great novel.

PPS: I’m glad that the book is being made into a movie. Here’s the trailer. *click here*

FINAL VERDICT: ✫ ✫ ✫ ✫ ✫ 

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although you’re untrue, i’m attracted to you all the more why do i need you so? ~

i realized that build me up, buttercup is actually a sad song despite its upbeat music. feels hayy lol

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Iloilo was one of the places I had planned to go to this year, and I was glad that it happened. (The trip was a birthday present from my cousin. Xiexie!) In those days, I had felt safer in Iloilo than in Kalibo. Maybe because Iloilo is more peaceful and quiet. I love how the Ilonggos talk because it’s so calm and soft. There’s not much to see and do in Iloilo, but I like it. I think it’s one of the well-off cities here in the country.

Here are the highlights of my trip.

Garin Farm Pilgrimage Resort

This is one of the tourist spots you must visit! I love how heavenly look this place is.

The entrance fee is Php150. Farm animals will welcome you with a smell upon entering. Haha. But after minutes of walking, you’ll see the man-made lagoon where you can do some activities like boat paddling, kayaking, etc.

The most challenging you can do here is to climb the 456 steps and see the main attraction of the resort. On your way up, you’ll see statues of the famous Bible stories like Adam and Eve, Noah’s Ark, The Ten Commandments, The Last Supper, The Crucifixion, etc.

Holy Trinity Divine Healing Ministry

Mother nature is beautiful! I love it here. 

Molo Church & Plaza

The church doesn’t look old and looks like it was not built in 1831 anymore because I think it’s newly renovated but still beautiful. 

Jaro Church

Esplanade/Riverside

My nephew’s dad is one of the engineers who built this. Esplanade is just a park alongside the Iloilo river where you can stroll, play games, and eat in nearby restaurants. This is where you can find the I am Iloilo stand.

Boardwalk & Playbarn

This is where the restaurants are, and a place to play trampolines at Solana Premiere, rent a bike, etc. It’s along the riverside.

Bakhawan Eco Park

We didn’t make it to the end of the trail because of the rain, and we cannot risk our lives for it.

Hotel

We stayed at Smallville 21 Hotel in Iloilo (walking distance from Boardwalk and Esplanade) and Marzon Hotel in Kalibo. You can all search for it, I don’t have photos of the hotels because I hadn’t thought about it, but the hotels are nice!

Food

You all should try the sisig of Ocean City Bistro in Boardwalk, Iloilo and Rose and Angelique R&A Café in Kalibo. R&A has a nice ambiance and it’s Instagram worthy. I don’t have photos again.

Expenses

We didn’t commute because my cousin’s husband has a personal driver and car there. I don’t know how much we had spent. But I think it’s more than Php12,000 per person + the gas.

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I created the list a year ago (January 7, 2017, to be exact). I didn’t publish it because I cannot execute them properly and someone told me to change the title to ‘Before I Die’ but I then decided to push its original title.

For those who don’t have any idea what is 30 before 30, it’s basically 30 things I want to achieve or want to accomplish before I turn 30. I just turned 21 this month, so I have 9 years to get all of these done. Hopefully, I can figure out what I really want in the process.

The list consists of work, life, and travel related stuff.

WORK:

1. Permanent job.  A job that I’ll love. I still need to figure this one out.

2. Establish a business. 

3. Be financially stable. 

4. Thousands of readers, and followers here. I should work for this. I need to be productive and active.

LIFE:

5. Learn a foreign language and be fluent. Probably mandarin.

6. Record a video of me singing and playing instruments. A video where I’m playing the piano, guitar, drums, violin or ukulele while singing. Ah, that’s a dream! But I don’t know how to execute it, though, because I don’t know how to edit and combine all of it to form a song.

7. Learn photography and film. I want to learn even just the basics of it. But I’ll buy a camera first. Haha. 

8. Learn to swim. I’m scared to go to the deeper level of the water because I don’t know how to float. 

9. Learn to drive. I love the feeling when I’m on the road. I want it to be my to-go-to when I’m not in the mood, and just want to get out of the house and out of the city.

10. Learn instruments. Guitar, ukulele, the piano, drums, and violin.

11. A church. Well, not exactly a church, but a place where we can gather, and pray and have our Bible study. 

12. Learn martial arts. Seeing women who can and know how to defend themselves are so cool. I want to be cool. LOL.

13. Get married before 30. 25 or 26 was really my target age before. Hahaha. I changed it because I think I’m going to be single for life. LOL. I don’t see myself with anyone…yet. 

14. Learn how to cook. I want to give this a try because this is really important.

15. Finance my family’s needs and wants. I want them to go to places or to wherever they want — I’m sure they want to go to Australia first to see my sister and my niece.

TRAVEL:

16. Tour Harry Potter film locations and visit Harry Potter world (Universal studios). I’m a Potterhead ever since I was a kid. I swear, I’ll go there no matter what. Japan is my target for now because it’s the closest country, cheaper than the U.S of A, and easier to achieve, so yeah, hopefully, in the year 2020.

17. Tour Europe especially London. London has always been a dream ever since I became a Potterhead. The place already has a special place in my heart. LOL.

18. Visit the historical Biblical sites. I want to see it with my own eyes. I want to feel it. Ah, I’m sure I’ll love it.

19. North Star and Northern Lights. I love to watch the sky at night because it’s so relaxing. What more when I see how stunningly beautiful the North Star and Northern Lights are. (Ah, the beauty of the natural light display in the sky!) I want to go to Finland or Iceland because of this. But you can also see the Northern Lights in Canada, Sweden, Norway, and Greenland. OF COURSE, I should also visit the ice hotel. That’s also the dream! I remember how fascinated I was when I was a kid while watching cartoons with their igloo houses.

20. Meet my favorite artists. I don’t want to spend my money on concerts. Perhaps when I’m financially stable, I can do it.

21. Surfing. One of the things I’ll feel brave enough to do so.

22. Visit a castle. It has been a dream of mine ever since I was a kid. I guess I’ll go to the location where they film Me Before You in London.

23. Visit Pyramid. I love watching the history channel when I was a kid, and there was an episode where they went to a pyramid and tour the place, and because of that, it became a dream of mine to visit it.

24. Canoeing or Canyoneering in Cebu. I’m afraid of the water, so this is a must. Haha. I wanna go swim in the waterfalls also.

25. Volunteer (as tribute LOL). I want to go to someplace just to help other people and donate some money. I want to do it every year on my birthday. Instead of throwing a party, I’ll just buy groceries and give it to those who are in need — unless I have extra money thus I can do both.

26. Travel alone. I’m afraid to do it, and that’s why I want to do it.

27. Meet Hollywood actors/actresses. This is so lame I know. Haha. I don’t know, but I want to see them even from afar.

28. Visit Batanes. There’s this thing in me that makes me want to go to Batanes. I don’t know why, but I really want to go to that place. (Maybe, I’d meet my future partner there, joke)

29. Ride a helicopter. If I’d be given a chance to learn how to fly a helicopter, I would gladly take the opportunity. But that will cost me a lot, so I’ll just be a passenger ‘cause it’s less expensive.

30. Ride on a cruise ship. Ever since I watched the Titanic when I was a kid, and despite the ending of the story, I still want to experience the luxurious lifestyle inside the cruise, but I already crossed this one out, though. Here’s my Royal Caribbean cruise ship tour. *Click here* 

How about you, guys? What is your 30 before 30 list? I’m curious, so let’s talk about it in the comment box below or make a blog post and tag me in it, please. :)

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obliviate ——————

the first night i saw you, i thought you were the one who i can trust to cast the memory charm on me.

i’ve been waiting for so long to see the green light, it made me blind.

the first night we talked, i thought you can erase it — worries, anxieties, and the voices inside my head.

boy, i was wrong. i should’ve learned occlumency for you are one legillimens.

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excerpt from the letter i’ll never send.

I saw someone who looks like you - the built of his body, the color of his skin, his hands, his nails, his watch, his cap, his facial hair, and the way he did the boredom gesture made me think it was you for a second.

I sat beside him because it was the only available seat left outside the doctor's clinic, and for some unknown reason, I couldn't help myself not to scrutinize him. Maybe I like the idea of you sitting there beside me or maybe, I just like remembering how happy you made me feel by looking at him. Minutes after, I've felt the negative emotions again, and I suddenly want to crack up at that moment.

To be honest, I'm tired telling myself it was all my fault. Now I'm starting to think you just manipulated me. I regret everything, and I hate that I still think about it because that was the last thing I was proud of having until I gave it away and you took it.

Of course, I can't blame you.

But you knew I was different; you knew my principles and what I believe in, and that's the reason I'm still feeling like shit because I compromised it. You made me feel like everyone else because of how you chose to end it a week after - you just proved to me that you are what they named you for, though.

I don't know why I'm writing this. You probably don't care because of course, who am I? I'm just one of those girls, right?

You know part of me wants you to read this narrative, but also a part of me hopes not because I don't want you to feel bad for what I'm feeling - it's my fault for still feeling this way.

I hope you can be a man now. I know behind that masculinity, behind that " I don't care" spiel you're always pulling off, you still care. I can see that because you're a good brother to your sisters and a good friend to your friends. I hope you start thinking about the future, and what is coming after you because of what you did in the past so you can make it right. Stop justifying things, and be brave enough to face it - to apologize.

Also, stop being afraid to show your emotions. It doesn't affect your masculinity believe me. :)

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you know i like you when i’ve made you take the test which hogwarts house you’re in.

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Nicknames: Rea, Iya, Riri. (My close friends, nephews, nieces, and other relatives call me Tita Mae, Ya, Angge, Yang, and Iyangge. Haha.)

Star sign: Gemini

Height: 5’2

Sexuality: Straight.

Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw all the way!

Favorite animal/s: I want to have a hamster or a dog, so I guess those are my favorites.

Number of blankets: One

Dream Trip: London, Japan, Batanes, Iceland, and Australia.

Dream Job: Business owner. HAHA.

When I made this account: I made this account in January 2010, but this blog in June 2016. (It is connected to my original blog, so I only have one account.)

Why I made this account: GM (group message) was a thing back then, right? Thus, I made this account to copy the quotes and send it to everyone I know. LOL. Then I started pouring my thoughts, feelings, and emotions in writing and it became one of my hobbies.

(My original blog used to be the online diary of mine that I don’t want everyone I know in real life to read, so I made wanderealust; another personal blog that is now made for everyone. Haha.)

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a brief encounter with you, oh, sunset, leaves bittersweet memories. you quickly allured people by how beautiful you are, then leave them in the dark. 

sunset, the beauty that brings darkness.

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Last Friday, I went to TUA to get my diploma and transcript, but all I got was them telling me to go back and gave me a request letter for my form 137. (Yes, I’m only just getting my diploma now because I was too lazy to care about it last year.)

So last Monday Ethel accompanied me to our beloved alma mater. The school got so much better. I love the new look of the library, chemistry lab, the chairs, and rooms. We forgot to visit the clinic and computer lab, though. But our high school teachers are still the same except that they are not petite anymore. Haha.

Every corner got me feeling so nostalgic. I was suddenly back in high school for a day and relieving so much fond memories. High school is really the best!

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rohese, a delicate, and beautiful flower; wonderful to touch but painful to hold. thus, a hand that wants rohese must love and accept its thorn.

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WHAT I LIKED? The ending. I liked that in the end, he learned to let go Avery, and stopped pursuing her because sometimes we’re just chasing the wrong person. The soundtrack. Listen to I Will Follow You by Rivvrs. The credits scene. I liked the photographs.

WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE? Predictable. Annoying Noah. Noah’s attitude in the movie is one of my pet peeves. Yes, he’s kind, but continuously pursuing Avery who he clearly knows cannot reciprocate his love for her was a major turnoff. Like, respect her dude. Stop overstepping her boundaries.

FAVORITE LINES:

“Things happen for no reason at all, but they create opportunities.”

“Relationships are about intangible things. They’re about moments. The real moments and who you share them with.”

WOULD I RECOMMEND IT? Yes, I’d recommend it. It was simple, but a nice film to kill time.‬ Must watch for those people who got friend zoned.

FINAL VERDICT: 6.5/10