wanderlust.

Happy New Year! ✨✨

Looking forward to a lot of things this year. I hope i don’t get myself disappointed again. 2017 had been a tough year for me. There were a lot of really good things that happened and i treasure them. I really do. But i am only  human and i only remember the bad things. 

Enough of the negativity, i hope this year i’d get to travel to places and discover myself more. 

first blog for this year and tbh i;m :(((((((((( this year had started so badly (i wanted to put emphasis on this bec just wow things had never gotten better since then. things just actually get so much worse i;m sad).

i want to put the negativities aside since i’m still having three exams this weekend, how do i concentrate at that but this problem is just a major major problem. :(((((((((( i really don’t have anyone to talk about it srsly i’ve written a lot about in my private journal but - luh i would be surprised if my journal would talk to me.

why is this post so chaka. goodbye for now because i can’t think of anything else to write aside from all these... depressing stuff i am suffering right now. i can’t even rant about them on twitter.

xoxo,

val..... 

went to the dentist and had my braces yesterday TTT.TTT i’m still not used to it. masakit and i can’t chew properly nakakaloka. how much more if pati ha ubos na (my dentist said na after two weeks pa itataod an ak braces ha akon lower teeth). ;A;;;;; heolp

November 3 to 5, 2016

This trip was really memorable and even more exciting compared to my previous trip to Thailand. On this trip, i traveled solo most of the time since Tita Chona (a family friend who adopted me for the meantime lol) has work and we only see each other around 9pm over dinner lol. I had no other choice but to survive hahahakaloka. The experience was really somthinggggg. 

#161103 Day 1.

Before coming to Singapore, we already purchased a city day hop-and-off bus tour. From the airport (and after leaving my things to Tita Chona), i went to Singapore Flyer to find the office of this tour. At that time, i was not familiar with the train stations yet so it took me awhile to adjust. I was afraid getting lost, of getting on the wrong train, so it usually took me two mins or so staring at the MRT map every station lol. Anyway, i arrived safely at Singapore Flyer tho it was really hard work kaloka hahaha.

I started my bus tour around nine am. It was supposed to be a hop-on-hop-off experience but i decided not to get off the bus on my first ride. I think, it was better since i was able to check the places out. I decided the stops and my schedule from that. 

There were really a lot of places to see. It’s just sad that i have no one with me that time. I realized traveling with a family member or with a friend is really better. On the other hand, i had a good time with myself and was able to reflect on a lot of things. I also learned to become independent charot. 

I ended my city tour and went to Marina Bay Sans skypark around 6pm. It was prolly my favorite part of the day because i was able to see the whole of Singapore. The view was really breathtaking. <33

After that, i went to get my free traditional tea hahaha. It was the best tea i ever had pero jusme the struggle to find the cafe kaloka. I arrived there around 8pm. i was thankful for that experience though because i was able to experience Singapore at night. 

My day usually ends by heading back to Sengkang Station to meet my tita, eat dinner with her, and head back to her place. 

#161104 Day 2.

I went to visit Universal Studios on this day. This day was my favorite tbh <333 There were lots of attractions and the rides were really awesome. The performances were also lit. Ginsulit ko talaga an akon admission by trying almost everythinggg --- from shows to rides and just everything in between. 

Again, i felt sappy for a bit, especially when i ate my lunch because ahahaha the people were all in groups there (with their family members or jowa). I just told myself i’m def going to visit this place with my family next time. 

There’s free wifi tho around sentosa so i was like yey!!!! hahahaha wifi is lifeu.

#161105 Day 3.

This day was a Saturday which also means Tita Chona’s free day yey! We decided to visit Malaysia for awhile. We went there by bus since the tickets in the train station bound for Malaysia were already sold out kaloka haha. 

It was difficult, getting to Malaysia. There were long lines everywhereeee from the bus station to the immigration area. We finally passed through the immigration around 2pm. We only stayed there for 45 minutes, ate lunch, and headed back to the immigration right away. 

Tita Chona took me back to Singapore and went to a lot of places around downtown. This was tbh better than my hop-on-hop-off tour. Being with someone is def better.

It was only three short days but it was already enough for me to visit the beauty that is Singapore. It is indeed a fine city. 

i suddenly miss ten and his cutieeee voice (i really like his talking voice sheeeems). ten was one of the reasons why i became an nct fan. his predebut did!!! charot. pero srsly, the first few pics i saved in my tab were his predebut pictures. he’s just too cute and i was rly overwhelmed abt the number of predebut pics lol that’s why it is not a wonder i turned into a fan right away. another reason was nct u’s perf of without u @mcountdown. i rly didn’’t know abt nct on their debut. i didn’t care much on smrookies before even after the amount of mrktg sm did on them. i said they were too young for me i am not going to stan them. but then i remember watching that performance and even saying what a shame they don’t belong to the big three, may talent pa naman.. thinking they came from smaller companies and let’s be real, unless u have the talent and well the right timing, earning fans and actually getting the recognition is rly difficult. even those coming from the big 3 are having a hard time. dbaaaaa. it turned out they are from sm!!! i didn’t know it then!!!!! i stan them for their talent BEH!!!! pero what rly made me stan them were ten’s pictures as in!!!! when i saw them in my timeline tapos after knowing he’s part of sm’s new group (u see, i am also an sm biased and i stan and support everyone in smtown HA), yun na yun. my life got ruined by kpop again HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA.

i uploaded two fancams on my youtube account today. my initial plan was to upload all of them on my yt acct to back-up my copies just in case my laptop die on me. since i was streaming online for running man episodes, i decided to just upload the rest of my fancams next time.

today, i watched an ep of scarlet ryeo and running man episodes (and a few kpop vids sa sideline lol). i miss watching running man and srsly my faveeeee. this is a selfish opinion but i hope running man will continue forever if that’s even possible. 

i want to stay like this. to watch variety shows and kdramas, and just rot for the next five hundred years. balit, even now i hate getting up early in the morning, wash up, and adult the whole day. i hate adulting why is life so hard

ok ok good vibes ok ok let’s start with kang haneul. HAHAHAHA SHEMS writing his name lightened up my mood instantly. sheeeeems talaga. i remember falling in love with this guy while watching him on Angel Eyes. He’s already a familiar face since i have watched his supporting characters in TBY and The Heirs so that’s prolly why i instantly fell in love with him WAAAAAH. MY LABS

he’s a talented guy: both in acting and singing (he can sing you guysssss plus points!!!) and a kind kid. i mean, i watched him at youth over flowers in iceland and he’s really sweeeeet and nice and just waaaa so ideal. you can’t fake kindness ever so i think it was not an image. 

kang haneul is also quite good in variety (tho it prolly too early for me to judge since i have only watched him on running man and YOF lol) i am really fond of watching him on screen because of his smile. HIS SMILE IS SO SO SO PRECIOUS.

i am watching scarlet ryeo and his acting just waaaaaaa kang hanuel is a really good actor. i have watched him in movies and in series DUDE THIS IS NOT A BASELESS CONCLUSION. 

September 8 to 12, 2016.

This trip was really memorable. First, i only had a week of notice for it. My initial trip was supposed to be in Singapore, my parents had it booked since august and the travel was supposed to be this coming October. But they heard that one of my titas is going to Thailand and my parents thought it would be a good opportunity for me to come along lol. 

I traveled alone. I was scared at first because i am not really familiar with international travels and stuff. Fortunately, everything went fine. I realized that traveling alone is not hard at all. I even had fun by myself. I felt like a legit adult charot.

My tita met me at the airport and it was kinda awkward at first because we have not seen each other for four years. There were a lot of catching up to do.

We arrived at Marriott Hotel that afternoon, ate dinner (the kitchen staff prepared a cake for me as in i was touched. my tita was also touched. she stayed there for more than two weeks na actually so she was already friends with almost everyone there haha kaloka), and went back to my hotel room and sleep. LOL

After breakfast, my tita and i booked for a private tour around this famous “elephant village”. we had a tour around the village (so many lovely things esp flowers i esp love the flowers), rode on an elephant, watched a traditional thai dance (i was shook when a couple of elephants participated in the show) and watched an elephant show (they did a lot of tricks i’m shook hahha). the weather was really hot, same ngadi PH. i also bought that hat at a shopping center in the village tbh that hat saved my trip bec luh can’t avoid bad hair days lol.

The ride was only worth 400 baht. The photo op only costs 100 baht. I was amazed at the elephants carrying people and stuff. I wondered how much time it took them to train?

Day 2 // Sept. 11, 2016.

On that day, my tita and i, once again, booked a private Temple Tour. The tour guide was nice though i feel bad because i forgot his name. He also shared a lot of interesting stuff about the temples (i feel bad again because most of the time i was not really listening huhuhu). We also visited the Grand Palace and it was really beautiful and asfhknasknaskn dako  hin duro an bug os na place. my favorite was the reclining buddha.

Did a lot of walking since day 1 and in a span of two days, i already lost 2 kgs charot.

At night, we went to visit Asiatique. It was highly recommended by the concierge at the hotel so we decided to go. 

Day 3. Sept 11, 2016

We were supposed to take a City Tour on this day and also rent a private boat but i actually got dysmenorrhea on this day lol. i also planned on having a dip in the morning as in juskolord bad timing. we went to visit siam paragon to buy some stuff and just stayed in the hotel the whole day. it turned out to be my favorite day because no walking lol chill lang. i was also able to appreciate the place. 

I only stayed one night at Marriott actually tapos we transferred to Hilton Sukhumvit Bangkok Hotel since it’s within Bangkok. i was shook pinaka sosyal na ini nga hotel nga akon nakatduan. 

I am really thankful for my parents for giving me this opportunity. Birthday gift ini actually nira ha akon :(((((((( na-sad ako kay bisan dapat ako it mag-treat ini ha ira. someday po..... diri ko pa keri fr now. hahahaha. 

Ok since i am on a guilt trip rn...... nakokonsensya ako because on this same month i attended a kpop event using my own money hahahahahahahahahahahahuhuhuhuuhtbh. :((((((((((((((

while i was there in thailand, i thought na it would have been better if my parents and siblings were here :((((((((( pero dre kami riko. and aside from that, my parents were saving up money for my siblings’ OJT in the US next year. :((((((((

i don’t deserve this tbh :((((((( pero my parents say (aside nga ira ini bday gift ha ak) this is their “big sis” reward for me and for being a good daughter daw yknow for not having kipar / jowa-jowa since 94 charot. 

P.S.

sideline lang. i met a cute thai guy. he’s 26yo na pero as in mas lagas pa ak face. baby face talaga hiya. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA first legit crush after ilang years na ba hahahahahahge. also first crush who acknowledged my existence CHAROT. pero dre balit. ang cute po tlga niya hahahahaha. NOD iya ngaran. 

P.P.S.

favorite thai food is pad thai. <33 feel ko picky eater bec an iba sobra kaharang diri keri akon taste buds how sad

P.P.P.S.

it’s not twoam yet but here  i am writing to this blog. well, today is a sunday and i am enjoying my weekend. i love nct i love seventeen i love somi i love red velvet i love kpop shows.

it’s monday again tomorrow, what do u expect huh.... i will enjoy while i still can because it’s going to be a long and very stressful five days again. my life has been a routine now, i hate it rly. 

at least i will be going to manila this sep 3 to attend mbc show champ and see the perfection of bts, vixx, knk, bap, aoa,and other groups i am not rly familiar with ie astro and sonamoo. 

i am also looking forward to my trip to singapore this october but that’s two months away so yes.

i am also looking forward to my trip to thailand (tho it is not yet confirmed. just wish me good luck)

Book: The Manifesto on How To Be Interesting

started watching abnormal summit today. i have sassy go go, another miss oh, doctors, uncontrollably fond, w, even DOTS, and age of youth put on hold as of the moment. i am actually a bigger fan of variety shows and reality shows. the list of unfinished kdramas can attest to this huhu. however, when i’m into a kdrama, the level and intensity are rly diff compared to normal. i also needed to be “into to the mood” to finish a series in one sitting (in which, unfortunately, is rare these days.) getting into mood is getting harder to come by. 

why am i writing this instead of making an intro post? well......... laters! lol.

i’d like to continue watching so i’ll end it here.