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• i love. . .   making lists. customizing. rainy days. spicy foods. collectibles. reading. trinkets. mango shake. miniatures. gojo satoru. the scent of sandalwood. debate on morality. sharks. capybaras. joseimuke. making playlists. video essays. gachapons. arcades. father and daughter dynamics. annotating books. amusement parks. writing love letters. early morning commute. radio. golden retrievers. baked goods. giving gifts. terrariums. hiking. my childhood stuffed toy. moshi manju. blackout poetry.

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——— i'm surrounded and defined by the things i love

• . . . keepsakes & random things i collect
  • k-pop and anime photocards
  • dvds and cds of bands i like
  • bus and movie tickets, bookstore receipts
  • nct and exo albums
  • mangas and books i have read and liked
  • keychains and phone charms
  • brooch and button pins
  • usb, old sim cards, memory cards
  • figures and plushies
  • art prints and postcards
  • bns thank you cards and notes
  • stickers that will never see the light of day

——— songs in the radio that would have lulled me to sleep

• lover's moon by glenn frey
• didn't we almost have it all by whitney houston
• if tomorrow never comes by ronan keating
• to love you more by celine dion
• truly madly deeply by savage garden
• you're still the one by shania twain
• if you're not the one by daniel bedingfield
• only hope by mandy moore

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⠀⠀ ⠀ to-do. . .

• ☐   |  start japanese lessons
• ☐   |  start journaling again
• ☐   |  create a blog site
• ☐   |  twitter media account

⠀⠀ ⠀ to learn. . .

• 日本語, brush up on english grammar
• video editing and graphic design
• coding: html, css, python
• upskill in microsoft excel

⠀⠀ ⠀ to explore. . .

• imperialism and marxism
• transformers lore, the covenant of primus

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• achieved: 5/8

t h i s  y e a r.

• ▨   |  watch five animes (10/5)
• ▨   |  watch five tv series (9/5)
• ▨   |  watch twenty films (48/20)
• ▨   |  read three manga (24/3)
• ☐   |  read five books (0/5)
• ☐   |  make ten practice edits (2/10)
• ☐   |  save ₱10, 000 — current: PHP 1k
• ▨   |  write more than five articles — lost count

• achieved:

b u c k e t  l i s t.

• ☐  |  create a mini terrarium
• ☐  |  design and tend an aquarium
• ☐  |  make air dry clay projects
• ☐  |  send out first penpal letter
• ☐  |  first (might be last) bungee jumping
• ☐  |  learn excel and coding in-depth
• ☐  |  renovate and design my room
• ☐  |  create my first perzine
• ☐  |  lose 10kg weight

• . . . writings that altered my brain chemistry
  • in the name of the father, patricia evangelista
  • the butcher in the palace, and other fab... patricia evangelista
  • living with passive suicidal ideation, anne borges
  • sanayan lang ang pagpatay, albert alejo
  • adventures in depression, hyperbole and a half

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• paramore mcr deftones laufey slowdive fall out boy phoebe bridgers frank ocean radiohead nirvana evanescence pierce the veil arctic monkeys basement sufjan stevens indigo la end car seat headrest red hot chili peppers bruno mars lady gaga adele marina

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• . . . a random recollection of my childhood
  • meet the robinsons — when i was a kid, i bought a secondhand dvd of this film from the nearest supply store in our neighborhood for fifteen pesos. i played it countless times on our player and kept it separate from my father's stash of horror films because it was very dear to me. i felt like if i put it next to the conjuring dvd, i would somehow be maltreating it. and then one day, i noticed scratches on the back so i pulled out a wet wipe and cleaned it. it never played again after that. it was my comfort film. not even my papa going abroad left me as devastated.
  • doraemon — i always watched it on our old panasonic crt tv but it was the summer of 2015 when i began rewatching the first few episodes on 9anime. i never really stuck ar...