the crazy iceberg

Year in Review: 2019

If I am going to be honest, 2019 was a series of trial and errors, of giving myself chances to experience and do things I haven’t before. There were changes, lots of moving around and being honest with myself. There was a lot of things in 2019 but it didn’t feel too much – and I’m still thinking whether this is good or not.

Life update

Things are bound to change. Every day, every minute, we…

2018: More for me

2018 has finally ended and it’s time to turn over a new leaf. The past year may not be full of plot twists and excitements but it’s the everyday little things that made it a good one. I mean, 2017 was a bad year and thankfully, 2018 was better in all aspects.

Highlights

Slipping into the diamond life

I know it may sound shallow but what made my year better was SEVENTEEN. Yes, that K-pop boy group…

Frau’s 2018 Consumption

Music

Just a head’s up for others, I am now back and in with Korean mainstream music. This year got me into k-hiphop, RnB and indie and those are the music that I have on my playlist for most of the year. But I do still listen to new releases from the few bands that I still keep up with.

Here’s a round-up of some of the songs that I listened to throughout the year:

Sunmi – Siren

Chung Ha –…

All I have in my mind are two words:

"I'm tired".

As soon as those words slipped from my mind to my mouth

The farther I got

The more steps I took

Away from home

Away from

people I did not choose

people I want to cut off

The better I felt

Frau’s 2017 consumption

Music Last year, I wrote that the KPOP enthusiast in me was on a hiatus. This year, however, it made a comeback (get it?) and I went full-on KPOP for a good ¾ of the year which would explain why most of the music and artist I listened to may not be familiar to you. Don’t worry though; I was still updated with what was going on in the pop punk scene and some local bands – and they write songs in…

The Sunday Currently Vol. 7

Reading I just started reading Demian by Hermann Hesse. I found out about it because I’ve watching a lot of BTS-related videos lately. Some of its passages are read throughout the trailer videos for their Wings album and those got me intrigued. Writing Aside from this post, nothing. Ug, I need to write more often or journal. Listening Citizen’s entire discography on Spotify. Stoked for their…

The Sunday Currently Vol. 6

Reading English lyrics/ translation for BTS’ songs especially those off of their latest album, “Love Yourself: Her” Writing This Currently post but aside fron that nothing. I’ve been putting off writing on my journal for days now. Ihdk why. Listening Jung Sewoon – Never Mind (a.k.a. the Tsundere song) Thinking Wow, uhm, about a lot of things. The future, purpose/ passion vs. practical, the…

The Sunday Currently Vol. 5

Hello! The “Currently” series is now back on it’s regular programming. Reading I actually  just finished reading Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith so right now I’m reading Abbey Sy’s round-up post on her blog. Writing Well, this volume and also my daily report for our HQ. Listening Lately, I’ve been more into KPOP (BTS specifically) so I’ve been adding songs to my playlist on Spotify. It’s constantly…

A moment of silence for the exhausted

“I’m not growing up I’m just burning out And I stepped in line to walk amongst the dead” Burnout, Green Day Work has been hard lately and at times I feel like the world is punishing me. Being an introvert, the biggest struggle that has been recurring in my life after graduation is the fact that the line between work hours and personal time is blurred. I get that people development not only…

I thought of you and how we were. This song came on and it just felt right, even some of the lyrics fit this, whatever “this” is.

Junior standing: 5 tips after two years of #Adulting

Hi! This is Frau and I am now into my third year as a member of the “real world” where adult things (uy, pun intended) happen. I don’t have a lot of experience yet but who’s to say I’m not qualified to give my own advices? No one! So, read on and hopefully some, if not all, helps you in one way or another. 🙂   Me when asked “y u give advice?” You do you – there’s no point in trying to keep up…

Why do I like my job? It’s unlikely for a young professional to like their job, right?

Well, first off, I have flexible hours. I am not a morning person, I am a night owl in a world that wants everyone to operate like larks. So, I’m thankful that I can work till one in the morning and wake up at ten. My energy spikes at midnight can be utilized to do work.

Second, there’s not seniority. Sure, there are older people at our company but we treat each other equally. I can call 30 year-old workmates by their first name and newbies can call me by name – so not “Pinoy” of us.

Another reason is career growth. I always get told by my parents to switch jobs – go work for the government or a big corporation. I know they’re just looking out for me and they mean well, but I always give them a “NO”. I don’t want to work in a corporate setting and wait for years just to move up the management ladder. If I work hard and always do my best, I help can run two locations and that’s a big deal.

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I’m thankful that I have a job that challenges me everyday. Being one of the very few people running the back end operations of our company and sort-of managing one of our locations is no joke. But not a lot of companies trust 21 year-olds with this kind of responsibility so I feel very lucky.

The future freaks me out (yes, that’s a MCS reference) but it also excites me. Here’s to being better and going bigger! #

The Day-off Currently Vol. 2

Reading The Conjugal Dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos by Primitivo Mijares. I downloaded this last year since it was shared to the Filipino public but I’ve just gotten to reading it now. It’s very interesting especially for me since it’s an account of one of the dark times in Philippines history. Also, there are a lot of revisionists denying the abuses during that time so I’m curious…

The Day-off Currently Vol. 1

Hello! Before you get on with the post, just a little head’s up for future “Currently” posts. I have work on Sundays so I usually am too tired to write so I’m changing things up. Posts of this kind are now called “The Day-off Currently” ‘cause my days off are more interesting. That’s it. J Reading I just finished a fiction book called The Hating Game so as of the moment I’m not reading anything.…