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#folklore: hell was the journey but it bought me heaven


In isolation my imagination has run wild and this album is the result. I’ve told these stories to the best of my ability with all the love, wonder, and whimsy they deserve. Now it’s up to you to pass them down. –Taylor Swift

Surprise! Here’s a new blog post of me. Of course, it’s nothing as surprising and exciting as Taylor Swift dropping a new lead single, music video, and a whole ass album without any notice. My Twitter was very active with this news and you best believe that the less than day since the announcement, we have been talking about TS8 non-stop. In this post, I’ll be sharing my first impressions, thoughts, and favorite lyrics per track.

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On July 25, 2020 • By
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Hong Kong• Travel

Hong Kong 2016: Day 3

Day 3: Zoological and Botanical Garden, Disneyland, Ladies’ Market

It’s so weird to be typing a new blog post about something that happened more than 4 years ago. It’s also weird that it both feels recent and so long ago at the same time. I always say that Hong Kong holds a special place in my heart because it was the first country my friends and I went to after we graduated college. Now, it holds another new, fond memory, because my family and I recently went to Hong Kong as well. And I want to have them all documented which is why I’m still writing about my backlogs from four years ago. So, here I am, trying to write down bits and pieces of what I remember, with photos that I still have (did I mention my hard drive crashed while I was in the middle of backing up my files so I only have a few folders saved?). Fun times.

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On April 11, 2020 • By
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Life Update… after almost a year.

I’m not exactly sure how to do this anymore or what to write anymore. My last blog post was last June, and even then, it was about an experience four years ago. To say that my blog is outdated is an understatement. There’s so many new stories just from last year alone to share and they will most probably come in separate blog posts after this one. Fingers crossed. And 2020… Well, that’s a different book altogether. For all of us, me thinks.

I’ve been stuck at home for almost three weeks now, like most of us are. It’s the littlest things I miss: doing groceries, having a milktea run, plain old window shopping, even taking a quick nap on my Grab ride to work… I’m never taking anything for granted again. In the meantime, I have a lot of time to spare and I plan on using that to update my blog before it starts to really collect dust. Here’s a few, quick updates from the last couple of months:

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On April 2, 2020 • By
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Hong Kong• Travel

Hong Kong 2016: Day 2

Hong Kong Day 2
Day 2: Wong Tai Sin Temple, Ocean Park.

I think it’s not crazy to generalize that people from Manila gets cold easily. I mean, if it drops to lower 20 degrees, we already bring out our sweaters and jackets. It was 15 degrees on our second day in Hong Kong. It was the first time I experience that kind of cold that I considered skipping the shower and just layering up. But fret not, people, as my friends and I manage to drag ourselves to the shower and pray that the hot water doesn’t run out before we stay the day.

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On June 8, 2019 • By
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Hong Kong• Travel

Hong Kong 2016: Day 1

Hong Kong Day 1
Day 1: The Peak, Madame Tussauds, Sky Terrace 428

My Hong Kong trip already feels like so long ago but it’s just turning 3 years right about now. In fact, we were in Hong Kong from February 20 – 23, 2016! It’s still one of my favorite trips. Then again, I loved all my trips so far, but this was my first international trip without family members. I believe that who you’re with in a trip influences how the whole thing would go. And travelling without family meant that my friends and I are responsible for each other during our 4D3N stay in Hong Kong – and that we could do things we usually won’t when parents are involved, like staying out past midnight.

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On February 21, 2019 • By
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