Those days

Have you ever had that day or days when nothing seems to be going right? Well, just a week ago I had this 'on the brink of sanity-insanity' moments. It felt like being crushed in the deepest part of the ocean. Losing breath and almost giving up. I even wanted to stop whatever I was doing (T*****). The kind where you drop everything and just walk away.

Then you might be wondering what brought me back... (brought back for the good or bad this I will learn later on). An email from 1 of my bosses asking for the plots I promised earlier.

It was like an electric shock, the kind used for reviving dying people. No, I haven't tried it yet but I think it would feel just the same. Now I was in a frenzy. Cramming for a deadline set at 12mn. For a while I forgot about my bout of depression. Yes I admit it. It was in a depressed state. But it didn't go away in a snap, because the effect of the 'electric shock' faded away fast but good thing was I didn't go back to the deepest point. I think it also helped that I pushed my self to go out of my writing hole. I went out into the open air, jogged and even just walked around to clear my mind. It was really invigorating.

And right now I'm back to finishing what I started 'cause I know that this is the only way I can finally be free of this stressor that dragged me into that deep dark hole.

Ciao! :)

from one rainy city to another

Hello, Habagat.

Strong rain and wind greeted us as we land in NAIA, this was not unexpected since it's the southwest monsoon season but I hoped the rain would be much less daunting. Desynchronosis + the fear that flood waters will enter the house is very potent in keeping one alert, alive, and definitely not enthusiastic. But as they say: this, too, shall pass...

rain drops and space needle. seattle, washington. aug2013.

Indie. Chill. Study. Acoustic

Since being introduced to 8tracks and kexp I became more addicted to this type of music. It is just soothing and relaxing to listen to. Regulars in my playlist these days are The Paper Kites and The Lumineers. I don't know with others but I think having the right music helps get me into the mood of writing. Well, it doesn't work everytime but I think mostly it does.

There are still lot of artists I'm hoping I could listen to 'coz you know there's this enormous forest of videos called Youtube where artists who have a hard time getting through mainstream can post a video of their songs and hitting the play button might just land me a new favorite. Covers are also great but listening to original songs are much better.

To see what I'm talking about here's The Paper Kites with their latest single St. Clarity. As of this moment, there's just over a hundred thousand views but I think that number will shoot up in no time ;)

Grounded

To be able to give priority to my most pressing task, the adviser and I decided to suspend my volunteer services (inc... haha ) until further notice.

Bye, my L-O-V-E, 'til we meet again...

A refreshing take on poetry

A series of fortunate events

Getting my scales wet for my first fieldwork for 2013!

I am once again on the road to my next fieldwork site to do a reconnaissance. This is actually not a project of mine but a volunteer work for another group. But I'm always happy to be of assistance since nothing makes me high than exploring new places and meeting new people.

This time fieldwork is close to home. Bato is a little town 3hrs away from Tacloban, Leyte. We took a passenger van from the downtown area and travelled through sleepy towns and the mountains to arrive at our destination.

The series of fortunate events started when we asked a lady who was in the van with us about Bato and where we can get good accommodations in the area. It so happened that another passenger overheard us and he said that he was a resident and he also knew about Dawahon Island, which is our study site. We got off at the town center and proceeded to the Municipal Hall. Since the mayor was out of the country, we talked to the people left in charge and we got almost all the information we needed! They recommended us a good place to stay and they gave us contact numbers of the boats for hire.

After resting a bit, we went to the port to look for more boats that can be used for the field survey. On the way we saw the man, the resident, who was with us in the van. We asked if he knew any boatman that can be hired for Dawahon. And again, just our luck, his friend was a boatman and was from Dawahon. We went to talk to him and arranged for a trip for the next day. On our way to check out his boat we saw a lady who was busy texting and fortunately it was the boat contact that the staff at the municipal hall gave us so we also saw and took pictures of the boats that they had. We parted ways and  my officemate and I realized that we forgot to ask something from the boat lady. We decided that we will just call her through the phone and arrange for another meeting.

We then went back to the port to take pictures of the sunset. At the port, due to another stroke of luck, we saw the lady who was renting out the boats and talked to her about the plans for our fieldwork. We were almost done with our reconnaissance save for the visit at Dawahon which we visited the next day. And the series of fortunate events continued.

Sunset  at the sea port (Bato, Leyte : 31 Jan 2013)

Over a bottle of wine

but more likely 2 bottles of Spanish wine...

Bonding with my housmates over wine, cheese, ube and a handful of conversation about finding our mr. right and marriage. We are at that age where we are already looking for (but not quite ready to settle yet) a partner, preferrably in the 40s (this is a new category that came up from watching korean novelas and sir chief), who is mature and wealthy enough to take care of a family. We talked about friends and friends of friends who has the luck of getting hordes of these men without even looking. Sigh. When will our time come? Will Mr Right just pop out of nowhere or do we have to struggle hard to look for them... But, for the mean time we'll just have to enjoy neverland while keeping an eye for who ever 'he' may be.

Gracias!