"floating on the waves was not a boat but the sound of our laughter"

october

• finally allowed to wfh / hotpot / discovered bfc's strawberry matcha /

april

• ordered oreo strawberry for kayla's birthday (hbd baby ko) / ordered gong cha for me and mama (dada & angkol ended up devouring the drinks) / green valley with the fam and pinang / samgyup and riverside date with jamie / morning walk bought oranges at people's mart / easter brunch and merienda at my mom's hometown / adopted kiki / public good library's outreach / hound cafe with kiki /

march

• shared lunch with zeir, kat and fraze / camped at the lib to study for t&t long quiz. ate, slept, and read banana heart summer after studying / got a perfect score and plus points on midterms / mcdo with jai, lea and kath / mama ordered palitaw from our butcher and they gave us a LOT. it was so good. floathing faith / renjun's なんでもないや cover. the album still holds a special place in my sixteen-year-old heart. renjun you're so perfect tew me! / ukay with auntie mommy, nene & ate ivy / family studio photoshoot / blackscoop date with ate ivy / pay day! watched lea do her make up it was so funny / ukay with irika got a kiiroitori plush :) bought a new phone. mcdo date with auntie mommy / bubbletown date with kath / senior's retreat. was grouped with a former classmate, a japanese student (both from english dept), and an educ major / camped at the lib the whole afternoon / samgyup and coffee date with ate ivy at harina / bubbletown date with irika and kathy / tried an unfamiliar route otw home we got lost and ended up at mags / scholars' recollection. stayed at bonoan with jona until 6pm bc of the wifi. harina cafe with ate ivy / haircut / kinalas with jona, zeir, lea & jai. laughed our asses off at the carinderia / market and ukay day with irika / intrams and cba business summit week. watched jai's game alone. wanted so bad to watch jonas & kat's game at the sports complex but it rained so hard / fraze dropped us at the ukay

february

• jonas' choco cake (hbd!) / bambam's nuggets takeout (small wins ika nga) / treated myself and my mom to gong cha / perfect score on t&t prelims / mama's seafood birthday lunch & surprise party / orange essential oil. room smelled heavenly like someone just peeled oranges / lost my phone / toga photoshoot / friday duty with jona. shared lunch (chicken adobo and mixed veggies). found a good spot where we can see the pretty skies. discovered a new kinalas place / "to be loved is to be changed." / did a good job on my report / had to formulate a yearbook quote in less than ten minutes. the pain was self-inflicted.

january

• spent the first hours of 2023 eating spam seaweed rice and nilaga / blueberry cheseecake / "Kindness, kindness, kindness. I want to make a New Year's prayer, not a resolution. I'm praying for courage." / morning walk with pinang. so calming and nostalgic / enrolled. last college sem of my life / ate ivy's seafood birthday dinner ★ / samgyup and milktea date with jamie / the best takoyaki ive ever had in my life (thirty peso takoyaki beside my high school) / did a major decluttering / chao fan on chinese new year / xavier booth opening