10 Favorite Food

 

1.     Fettuccine Alfredo

2.     Ramen  

      

3.     Adobo

 

4.     Sushi/Sashimi

5.     Xiao Long Bao

6.     Dumplings

7.     Kimchee Rice

8.     Steak

9.     Batangas Lomi

10.   Laing

 

A Typical Day in my Life (2020)

                Since I started working from home as an ESL Tutor, there were quite a few that I kind of have to change from what I used to do, just like waking up early in the morning because I usually have early classes. I am so used to staying up really late, and I really like darkness, well I still do. If I don’t have an early shift or any plans the next morning, I would still stay up really late. Some of my friends actually called me a vampire, for the obvious reason and also because they rarely see me outside especially when the sun is out.

                I would usually try to wake up at least an hour before my shift (5:00 am, I’m starting late now, since covid19, it used to be 3:00am), I would also listen to some pop music while prepping. My schedule kind of varies, I’d usually open two classes so that’s an hour and I’d get myself ready if I have a booked class then, and oh! before that, I make sure I drink at least 1 glass of warm water (You gotta keep yourself hydrated, It used to be two, but now I feel like there's so much water on my system more than what my body needs so I decided to limit it to one). After an hour, I realized now I have to allow some time for breakfast too (I never did before), so I’d have my breakfast for about 30 min, and then if I have a scheduled booked class again after I would then continue taking classes, usually until before lunch (1130-12).

            I have instances where I don’t have early classes, so sometimes I would use that time to do some exercise for at least 20-30 min.

                I still, live with my parents, so usually, my mom would cook food for lunch, sometimes I would If I have gotten some spare time in between classes or If it so happens that I don’t have any booked classes, then so after I finished with my work I would have my lunch. 

                After that, it’s my FREE TIME, so it depends if I don’t have any plans( like groceries, or run some errands and whatnot), normally you’d find me either reading some book, (recently also some Mangas) or watching some random videos online or movies or binge-watching some TV dramas, or maybe trying to catch some sleep, esp. If I wasn’t able to get enough sleep the night before (which is almost always. night owl, eh?)

                In our house I made everyone to eat dinner at least before 6pm, so we do that, because I want to make sure that we already had our dinner at least 2-3 hours before bedtime, which in my case even more since I’d usually had trouble sleeping, especially if without music.

Sometimes, after dinner, if my internet is okay, and If I feel like it, I would then open classes again, usually for about 2-3 hours; it really depends on the day. Hopefully, I could be able to do it consistently added to my new routine is to practice my writing, like this.  

 It is necessary that I have music on when sleeping, otherwise, I won’t be able to sleep at all, and it has to keep playing the whole night, because if suddenly the music stopped playing for some reason, I’d automatically wake up, no matter how deep my sleep is.  

So there you go! That’s my typical day for the whole week, I‘d even get busier sometimes on the weekend though.

What Makes Me Excited (during the pandemic)

                This is kind of tricky, I feel like there’s so much that makes me excited and at the same it seems like there’s nothing that really makes me feel giddy at all, recently some of the things that makes me feel kilig, would probably be the characters from some of the books that I am reading, I am actually have been reading quite a few YA adult Novel lately. And I guess yes, that’s it.

                Honestly, wherein a very strange time, that I kind of wonder if it’s even okay to feel cheery about something without feeling somewhat guilty. However, I guess it’s going to be really part of it, I mean writing this thing doesn’t really make me less unsympathetic about the situation of the world.

                Another thing that makes me feel excited would be the arrival of my delivery packages, at a time where we are mostly forced to stay home, (not that it really is a big a deal for me, because I have already been working from home and also I have always been into solitude, so.) And in as much as I am okay with these kinds of condition, it’s still different when you know you can just go out anytime and go somewhere freely, but we have to stay home, so getting your delivery packages brought to your home makes you feel something to really look forward to. Keeps you away from the anxiety or forget even for just a little bit about the circumstances we are facing in the world right now.

                I also get excited of course whenever it’s that time of the month when I can get my paycheck, I mean who doesn’t, right? No matter how small or (hopefully) big it is, it always brings joy to me.

                I’ve always been really the loner type, but sometimes I get excited whenever I’d meet some interesting student in my class(I works as ESL tutor, btw!), It’s just like meeting new people with different perspectives only in a virtual way, it makes me feel less lonely too, and what’s best about it is I don’t even have to go out, which is sumth that’s really beneficial also right now.

 

 

 

My Favorite Things

      

               

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Being one with the most complicated and conflicted personality, I find it really hard to fathom what I like specifically, or what in particular would I consider that sets apart from the other or actually, I think even if when push comes to shoves I wouldn’t still be able to choose, or prolly I would just pick anyth in random or without much thought. Maybe because however the end result I would usually just roll with it,…uh-kay, now this is starting to bore out, because I’m only supposed to enumerate some of my favorites, but instead, I’m being too vague here, and already on the verge of dropping this whole thing off. Lol.  

Uhmm, let’s see, I like reading books, or maybe only sometimes. I am not really the usual bookworm type who always has his/her nose on a book, because it only depends If I found a book that was able to really caught my interest. Some of my favorites were All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven, which is a story about these two young people who found solace with each other from the emotional scars of each of their past, this one is really heartbreaking though. I also like Dark Places and Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, both stories entail about horrible people who like to do horrible things, which I’m very enthralled of, then  as well as One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus and Girls Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson and of course the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.

I mention that I like reading and I realized that doesn’t have to be just a book; I’m fond of reading pretty much anything that sparks my interest, so it could be just as a simple passage from a book or some inspiring quotes or poems, or a blog post or an article from a magazine,.etc.

I haven’t been watching any TV drama for some time now, especially Kdrama, but I have quite a few fave such as; Scarlet Heart: Ryeo, She Was Pretty, Because this is my First Life, Hotel de Luna, Cheese in the Trap, Pinocchio, Kill Me Heal Me, Go Back Couple, Signal, Angel Eyes, Love Rain, Missing You,..and so on.       

A bid of goodbye to a good friend.

Your demise comes quite as shocking as like with Kane died, I am more saddened that because of the unfortunate circumstance that is happening in the world (hence, covid 19 pandemic), I couldn’t even come to your wake to at least bid a proper farewell. I feel guilty that I don’t even have any idea how bad your situation was. Though I am well aware of your illness, I didn’t know how severe it was, it must have been quite lonely and difficult struggling especially in the past few months because of your illness. When I heard about your passing I couldn’t believe it, I was in denial, but then again that’s how it has always been, I really couldn’t accept it, you’re still so young, and I thought you're living healthy and okay, that what I thought so.

I was suddenly reminded of that letter I gave you one time when we were in college, one proof of your kindness, I am not particularly the type who likes giving a letter, but I did so to you, for some reason even I don’t really know why, all I remember was at that time I just had the urge that I wanted to let you know how much I appreciate you as a person, just simply because you are being you (and I for one really has so much respect with people with just being their authentic self), I could just feel that you’re being nice and kind because that’s just you’re natural nature and which is the very reason why I adored you, and I just needed you to know that.

I’ve always liked the odd, eccentric, weird, different and perhaps that’s also part of the reason why I like you, you have a unique personality.

I can only hope that now you are in a much a better place no longer in pain, away from all the sufferings that you went through and may have struggled for so long, you have fought so well, but now you deserved tranquility and hopefully, you are together with your mom. You will surely be missed. May you rest in peace Kupkeyk.