Words haunt me

She loves the smell of cute notebooks, of colored pens, and of new books. She eats like a man, although she has never been mistaken as one. She laughs at the lamest jokes here on earth, but can't pull off a decent joke herself. She's clumsy, but always makes sure her heart is in the right place. Follow my Instagram account (@arrarraa) and witness my story captured through photos! Maria's Tags Hit Me Random Musings Photo Musings Food for the Soul Living Life Earthlings Falling Fast Turning Pages Melt Away For Keeps Home The Gang Letters Pogi Points Reviews Alma Mater GPOY Never Forget Very Personal Quotables Eargasm  Cute boys and girls *wink wink

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Parati siyang huli tuwing magkikita sila Trapik e. Hindi ko namalayan ang oras. Ito naman, buong araw naman tayong magkasama... Gusto mo magkita rin tayo bukas? Ngayon lang ako na-late nang ganito katagal, ah? Treat ko lunch tapos mag-shopping pa tayo. G? Sori. Hindi niya alam kung kailan natatapos ang lahat. At mas lalong hindi niya alam kung saan nagsisimula. Noon namang mga una nilang labas, maaga naman siya. Pinagmamalaki niya pang "American time" ang sinusunod niya. At 'pag may lakad kasama ang mga kaibigan, nako, ilang oras pa lang e nandun na sa meeting place. Kailan kaya siya nagsimulang tamarin sa akin? tanong niya. At hindi na naman niya mapipigilang sisihin ang sarili niya kung bakit sila nagkaganito. Hindi rin niya mapipigilang pagdudahan ang sarili niya kung ano nga bang kulang sa kaniya - kung ano ba 'yung hindi niya nabigay, o kung ano 'yung labis niyang nabigay. Lahat ng ito ay maglalaro sa utak niya. Kahit na alam naman din ng utak niya kung ano'ng sagot. Siyempre walang kulang sa kaniya. Alam niyang kung mahal talaga siya ng taong ito, wala itong nakikitang oras. Hindi niya ito kailangang diktahan dahil mabilis pa sa a las kwatro e darating siya kung gusto niya talaga. Marahil ay madaling husgahan na maliit na bagay lamang ang pagiging huli, pero maraming sinasabi ang mga sumunod na pangyayari ukol sa pagkatao niya at sa nais niya sa relasyon na ito. Kaya't tumakbo siya. Sa malayong-malayo. A la una ang usapan nila. A las dos na at may tumatawag sa kaniya. Naroon na raw siya, nasaan na raw siya? Ngunit walang patid pa rin siyang tumakbo. Papalayo nang papalayo. Nandito na ako, kanina pa, nasaan ka na? Lagpas lang ako nang kaunti sa usapan nating oras pero nandito na ako. 'Yung oras na sana magkasama tayo, wala ka pa. Mas maaga ako ngayon kumpara dati. May bagong kainan akong gustong subukan, baka magsara na sila! Hindi ka naman nahuhuli nang ganito, ah? Patuloy pa rin siya sa pagkaripas tungo sa kawalan. Hindi niya alam kung saan siya patungo. Hindi niya alam kung ano ang hinaharap. Hindi niya alam kung kailan susuko ang binti niya. Hindi niya alam kung konkreto pa ba ang tinatakbuhan niya o kumunoy na. Isa lang ang alam niya -- hindi na siya kailan man lilingon. Wala na siyang babalikan pa. Sori.

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Sputnik Sweetheart, Haruki Murakami (1999)

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Glasses and red lips

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He is love

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Books, beds, and teal

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Book stack.

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Vietnamese Iced Coffee

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The first few chapters of Jeffrey Eugenides' Marriage Plot proved what my instincts told me as soon as I bought the book in a quaint book shop in UP-Dilliman: this is not Eugenides' usual voice. Although Eugenides's quirk for descriptive paragraphs are still intact, the book explores another side of the author, which is still hard not to love since I've loved the guy since Middlesex (bought in a book shop along Recto; read in December last year) The Virgin Suicides (bought in Booksale, SM Centerpoint; read early this year). In typical Eugenides fashion, TMP was rich in detail, information, description, and is told through flash forward. For some reason, I like the 1980s univ-life setting although I wasn't even born yet at that time lol. Maybe because I still have a hangover from my college life. The characters were okay (Mitchell became an early favorite because I am a sucker for good guys mehehe). The dialogues were okay (except for the gross/non-hygienic parts which I was never a fan of, thank you very much). Told in classic Eugenides flash-forward storytelling, narration was commendable. I also like how depression was depicted and treated in the story. I don't know why all the novels I've been reading lately seem to touch this sensitive illness (The Marriage Proposal is my third consecutive book with depression as one of the topics), but it's a good mind exercise and it's good to be informed. Eugenides was able to pull off Leonard's bouts of depression so well, I had to take sympathy - a genuine sympathy, for that matter. The graduation scene is also a personal favorite. Apparently Mitchell's best venue to get stoned lol. This book has a number of great points but in truth, I read the first 100 pages of the book without enthusiasm, but I liked the story flow, the witty remarks. One of the drawbacks of this book are the literary references which seemed forced -- maybe reason why some reviewers would refer to this as pretentious. I love Eugenides, but I think the book could've worked more if all the literary inserts were removed (Phaedus, Barthes, etc), except if needed really for Madeleine's character. Another thing I didn't like about it were the poorly executed sex parts. Sex parts aren't essential parts of any book - any story could go on without these - but once you decide to put it sexual elements, you gotta nail it. Mind you, it wasn't the sex parts per se - no Kama Sutra needed please - but how sex is narrated in the novel. The religious talks were also very very dragging. And this is a very objective insight since, for the record, I am quite prayerful. Hahhaa. I dozed off during that meeting between Claire, Larry's girlfriend, and Mitchell. Again, this is maybe the part where people accuse Eugenides of being pretentious. I also didn't get why Eugenides needed to quote the books that Mitchell read and why did we need to talk about condoms like we are stupid. Am already on page 200 of the book and I can't waste any more of my lifetime to read more than 300 more pages just to finish the book so I had to skim through the pages and read the ending. Oh well. It had good points, but I am still rating this book with a 1 out of 5. It breaks my heart because Eugenides is one of my favorite authors, but I have to admit that this book is kinda annoying. Hurts me so much, but I will still recommend Eugenides to any bookworm and every bookworm should read his Virgin Suicides and Middlesex which will never be disappointments! Unlike this book.

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“I am incredibly passionate about my life, I am absolutely unable to hide any emotion. If I wrote a book, I’d have to call it ‘P is for Passion’. I don’t go in for anything halfway. My feelings about things are instant, on the spot. And my heart is always, always on my sleeve.” - Kate Winslet

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i’ll re-write this somewhere..

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