Yummy

Spent my Wednesday baking chocolate-chip-studded and Nutella-filled cookies with this boy. Couldn't have been happier. These babies are mouth-watering and hella sweet, if the ingredients are any indication.  Bora body? Summer diet? What?

To beautiful women out there.

This is how you lose her

This is how you lose her. 

You lose her when you forget to remember the little things that mean the world to her: the sincerity in a stranger’s voice during a trip to the grocery, the delight of finding something lost or forgotten like a sticker from when she was five, the selflessness of a child giving a part of his meal to another, the scent of new books in the store, the surprise short but honest notes she tucks in her journal and others you could only see if you look closely.

You must remember when she forgets.

You lose her when you don’t notice that she notices everything about you: your use of the proper punctuation that tells her continuation rather than finality, your silence when you’re about to ask a question but you think anything you’re about to say to her would be silly, your mindless humming when it is too quiet, your handwriting when you sign your name in blank sheets of paper, your muted laughter when you are trying to be polite, and more and more of what you are, which you don’t even know about yourself, because she pays attention.

She remembers when you forget.

You lose her for every second you make her feel less and less of the  beauty that she is. When you make her feel that she is replaceable. She wants to feel cherished. When you make her feel that you are fleeting. She wants you to stay. When you make her feel inadequate. She wants to know that she is enough and she does not need to change for you, nor for anyone else because she is she and she is beautiful, kind and good. 

You must learn her.

You must know the reason why she is silent. You must trace her weakest spots. You must write to her. You must remind her that you are there. You must know how long it takes for her to give up. You must be there to hold her when she is about to.

You must love her because many have tried and failed. And she wants to know that she is worthy to be loved, that she is worthy to be kept.

And, this is how you keep her.

Yes, yes, yes!!!

It's meant to be.

Summer Vol 1

Headed to Boracay tomorrow, more excited than I've ever been in a while. I only had to beg my parents thrice (real emotional stuff) to let me go. Persistence pays off.
Sad to say that I bear no photos of my recent Sorsogon trip because I forgot to load the memory card into my camera. So I guess the only thing to do is go back with my camera, memory card and all. It all works out in the end!
I'm not even going to try to bring a camera to Bora because of the abundance of photographer friends that will be present in the trip. Yay for events that I'm actually documented in sans selfies. I will bring my holga though once I figure out how to take out the film (without ruining it) and load a new one (without ruining it). I'm excited!!!!!11@!!!@!@
So far so good, summer. So far, so good.
P.S. I know it's not Tuesday but I'm going to go ahead and post these photos (and matching playlist) because reasons.

Blue Ocean Floor

Blue Ocean Floor - Justin Timberlake

Start fresh

Off to the airport in an hour and I just thought I'd start the summer right.
Clutter-free desktop, crystal blue waters, and a new mantra certainly do the trick.