Yuna's Tulip: Believe In Me - Chapter 7

CHAPTER 7

OO nga't kabilin-bilinan ni Jerricko kay Yuna na huwag siyang pupunta sa closed court nang walang kasama. Pero mukhang iiral pa yata sa mga sandaling iyon ang tigas ng ulo niya. Hindi niya alam kung bakit bigla niyang na-miss makita ang lalaking iyon habang nagpipinta siya roon sa clubhouse. Walang dudang inspired siya nang mga oras na iyon sa pagpipinta mula nang dalhin siya ni Jerricko sa burol kung saan kitang-kita nila ang Aeraven Lake. Nangako naman ito sa kanya noon na dadalhin siya nito sa lawa mismo sa susunod upang makita niya iyon nang malapitan. Ikinatuwa naman niya iyon nang husto.

Para siyang isang batang nakagawa ng kasalanan at ngayon ay nagtatago upang hindi maparusahan sa paraan ng patagong pagsilip na ginagawa niya mula sa pinto ng closed court. Pero mabuti nang ganoon ang gawin niya upang makasiguro na wala siyang makakasalubong na kung sinong mokong sa lugar na iyon.

Mahirap na. Baka mapag-trip-an na naman siya roon.

Nakahinga lang siya nang maluwag nang makitang si Jerricko lang ang naroon at nagpa-practice gamit ang isang ball pitching machine. Isa-isa nitong pinapatamaan ng hawak na raketa ang mga bolang ibinabato sa direksyon nito. She couldn't help smiling at the sight of him so focused on what he was doing. Ganoon din ba ang itsura niya kapag nagpipinta siya?

First Sentai Fanfiction

Wow! I can't believe it's the third entry already. Well, I can't seem to find my drive to write the stories that needed my attention so I ended up writing this instead. I hate it when I suffer like this, especially those times I wanted to write every story I had in mind but my body won't even cooperate at all.

Or I have a feeling that it was just my excuse to escape, I think.

Anyway, there's a bit of a weird news. Thankfully, I got to  finish my first Kyuranger fanfic. And now it's posted on my Wattpad account. It's titled "Staying Silent" and it's a Lucky/Hami/Stinger fanfiction story, featuring two other Sentai characters--Kasumi from Ninninger and Agri from Goseiger. I know, it's a weird addition. I'm just glad it's over and finished. I had fun writing it, honestly speaking and now, I'm planning to write a reversed version of it. But this time, it will feature two different Sentai characters--both are from Go-onger.

Thanks to an online friend's suggestion, the two new featured Sentai characters from Go-onger were Kousaka Renn and Sutou Miu. I gave this reversed version the story title "How It's Suppose To Be". So if you're a Lucky/Hami fan and shipper, then this story is for you.

For now, I'm a bit pissed with my Wattpad app along with the slow internet connection. And I think that's what added to the reason of me having the hard time finding my writing muse.

So that's it for now.

Till the next entry... whenever that is.

NP: "Only For You" by Six Part Invention

Shrouded Flowers: The Last Sky Of The Earth 12 - Knight's Scene: Contacting

A few minutes after Takeru's conversation with Akemi, who left the mansion in secret, he entered the interrogation room. The guys guarding it bowed as he passed by. He only acknowledged them with a nod.

Takeru was surprised to see Hotaru and her cousin Amiko already there. "What are you girls doing here? Aren't you supposed to be training?"

Amiko just smiled.

"Mabuti nang mabantayan namin ang process ng interrogation," sagot ni Hotaru na hindi hinaharap si Takeru. "It wasn't even five minutes that has passed and this guy already blurted it all out."

A July 20 Birthday Greeting For You!

Yes, I know this is quite late for a birthday greeting here on my blog. And it so happened that today is my father’s birthday, as well. But I’ll do a separate blog post for that later. So this is one of my ‘first things’ I’ve done in my life—greeting a celebrity here on my blog and even in social media. I wasn’t really that ‘sociable’ both in cyber and real world. But for my favorite female green ranger (which was the first, of course), I’m going to do this.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, OKUBO SAKURAKO-chan!

Sorry about the honorific that I have to add. But I hope you celebrated your birthday happily and with the people you cared about and with those who cares about you a lot. Thanks to Twitter and even my online friends in Instagram, I was able to see photos and message about how you celebrated your birthday. Don’t lose that smile, okay? You’re really beautiful when you do that. Live a happy life as you go along. And whatever choices you make along the way now that you turned 19, I hope you won’t regret it when time comes. I can see that a lot of people supports you in your endevour. Make sure you find a way to return the love and support that they’re showing you now.

A lot of things can still happen to do once you finally reach adulthood (or have you already reached it?). But if you keep up a happy, brave, and positive disposition in life, I think you’d be able to handle it.

Happy birthday, once again! Enjoy your life and the love you receive from everyone.

Not Much Has Happened

I know I should’ve posted another entry last Sunday. And what day is today? It’s Wednesday. So that means I haven’t posted anything in 3 days and I’m really sorry for that. Besides the fact that I ran out of topics to talk about, I’m also suffering from itchy throat and runny nose for days now, which is extremely irritating. Can’t I just wish for it to go away? And I mean immediately. Urgh! I hate this.

Not much has happened during those days that I didn’t write any entries here. Trust me, that’s how boring my life could be most of the time. During the last entry, I did mention that I created a second Instagram account, right? Well, it’s already filled with 69 posts at the moment. Most of it are my photo edits I did featuring my Kyuranger OTP Stinger and Hami. Ever since I saw some of the edits created by the other IG users featuring that pair, it felt like I got a sudden burst of inspiration to write other stories with those two as my visuals. And of course, I also got inspired to do my own photo edits while still experimenting on how to use Snapseed which is a photo-editing app for Android. This was first suggested to me (and the other #daretoshareIGchallenge participants) along with a visual-planning and scheduling app for Instagram called Planoly. But I only let Snapseed remain in my phone. So here I am.

I’m not sure what will I post and when will I post the next Thoughts At Night entry here. I don’t want to say any particular date that I would end up not doing. That could really be a little disappointing and upsetting.

Until next time!

NP: “Megumi No Ame (Blessed Rain)” by Alan Dawa Dolma

Shrouded Flowers: The Last Sky Of The Earth 11 - Return

"Ang lalim na naman ng iniisip natin, ah. Hindi na ba magagawang umahon niyan?"

Napalingon si Seiichi sa pinagmulan ng tinig na iyon at hindi siya sigurado kung maiinis ba siya o matutuwa nang makita ang taong hindi niya namalayang sumulpot sa likuran niya. Naroon siya sa balkonahe ng silid na gamit niya sa apartment at naisipang magpahangin kahit sandali. At para makapag-isip na rin nang maayos bago niya tuluyang isagawa ang planong matagal na niyang gustong gawin.

"Inumpisahan mo na naman ang manakot. Ano'ng ginagawa mo riyan sa likod ko, ha? Hinayaan ka na naman nilang pumasok dito sa kuwarto ko nang walang paalam."

"Mr. Yasuhara, kanina pa ako nandito sa likuran mo, kung alam mo lang. Pero ang atensyon mo ang wala sa paligid. Ako pa talaga ang sinisi mo, samantalang ikaw ang lutang sa ating dalawa."

Yuna's Tulip: Believe In Me - Chapter 6

CHAPTER 6

"HINDI ka talaga titigil sa ginagawa mong ito, 'no?" naitanong na lang ni Yuna nang makasalubong niya sa labas ng clubhouse si Jerricko nang hapon na iyon. Pinili niyang huwag nang magpa-late ng uwi dahil gusto niyang magpahinga muna. Pakiramdam kasi niya ay masyado na siyang pagod—hindi lang pisikal kundi pati na rin sa mental na aspeto.

Siguro nga, masyado na niyang napapabayaan ang sarili nang hindi niya namamalayan. Kaya lang, ipinagtataka niya kung bakit ngayon lang niya naramdaman ang pagod na iyon samantalang wala naman siyang pakialam dati kahit alam niyang sumusobra na.

"Well, sorry. Ganito ako kakulit, eh. Dapat pala, binalaan na kita tungkol doon, 'no? Bago ko sinabing gusto kong maging kaibigan mo."

Napailing na lang siya at lumapit na sa binata. "Siguro nga. Para alam ko kung ano ba talaga ang dapat kong asahan sa mga pinaggagagawa mong 'to."

Explanation For Not Posting Something Sensible

Yes, I know. Today is a Saturday so I should be writing a Saturday Night Thoughts post. But then, I said to myself: “If I have posts here during Saturdays, I think I should also write journal posts on other days, as well.” Why not, right? Just to make things fair.

I was preoccupied with so many thoughts lately that I ended up not doing the usual things. And because I got so caught up in those thoughts, I even decided to do some things that I don’t know if I should consider absurd or just… something I really want to do—I just didn’t know it.

Besides writing down this explanation, I can’t think of anymore sensible things to write here tonight. My throat hurts and I think I’m going down with a cold. God! This is what I hate about rainy days. And because of that, I haven’t written anything related to my stories and pending manuscripts. I’m so behind schedule and it’s irritating. So I got busy doing other things:

• I created a second IG account which would feature my current fangirling moments (if I could really call that a real fangirling) which never happened before. Anyway, if you want to visit it, here’s my IG username: @dreamcoloredgift0830
• Editing pictures using Snapseed. But honestly, I still prefer using Adobe Photoshop.
• Listening to songs all day. *shrugs*

I should’ve added reading the ARC for “Bucket List of Love” by C.P. Santi, but I didn’t read any book today, sadly. So I didn’t place it. Tomorrow would be the 2^nd entry, but as a Sunday Currently post. Okay?

NP: “Panunumpa (The Promise/The Oath)” by Carol Banawa (a Filipino wedding song)

My Destiny From A Dream - Chapter 3

AGAD namang natapos ni Elena ang natitira pa niyang trabaho at dahil wala naman siyang masyadong appointments, nakauwi naman siya nang maaga gaya ng nasabi niya kay Joel.

Habang binabagtas niya ang daan pauwi sa ancestral house ay hindi niya maiwasang mapangiti dahil sa mga nangyari na kanina lang niya natuklasan.

Unang-una na rito ang kasalang magaganap sa pagitan nina Alexis at ng kapatid niyang si Angela. Hindi na siya nagtaka na ang dalawa ang nagkatuluyan. Kunsabagay, matagal naman na niyang napapansin ang kilos ng dalawang iyon kapag magkaharap. At hindi lang siya ang nakakapansin niyon.

Pero sigurado siya na isang malaking selebrasyon ito para sa mga pamilya nila. Alam niyang dahil sa mangyayaring kasalan sa pagitan nina Alexis at Angela ay mas lalo pang magiging mahigpit ang kapit ng mga Cervantes at dela Vega sa isa't-isa.

Shrouded Flowers: The Last Sky Of The Earth 10 - Listening

"SO IT was confirmed? Someone wanted to burn the shrine down? And because we're there, they attempted to kill us, too?"

Nanlumo si Kourin nang makitang tumango si Takeru. Sinasabi na nga ba niya. Kaya ang weird ng pakiramdam niya kanina sa shrine kasama si Raiden, eh.

Pagkauwi ni Kourin galing sa Shiasena Temple, sinalubong siya ni Amiko na agad namang nanghila sa kanya papunta sa study room. Naabutan niya roon si Takeru na seryoso ang pagmumukha. His expression immediately told her that something had happened that was beyond her knowledge.

She was right. Pero bakit?

Yuna's Tulip: Believe In Me - Chapter 5

CHAPTER 5

ISANG malalim na hininga ang pinakawalan ni Yuna nang magawa na rin niyang matapos ang routine na ilang linggo na rin niyang sinasanay. Normally, she was practicing a certain skating routine whenever she was supposed to compete. Pero nang araw na iyon, wala siyang sasalihang kahit na ano. Iba ang purpose ng routine na iyon sa kanya at maging si Sierra ay alam ang tungkol doon. It wasn't an intricate routine like what she used to formulate. But in more ways than one, that particular routine she was practicing was something special for her.

"Yuna, huwag mong masyadong pagurin ang sarili mo. Pambihira ka. Paano mo pa maipapakita iyan kung pinapagod mo naman nang husto ang sarili mo?" sabi ni Mirui na naroon sa gilid ng skating rink.

"Wow. At nagsalita ang hindi nagpapagod nang husto kapag may competition na salihan, 'no? 'Di hamak na mas malala ka pa sa akin kapag nagpa-practice ka, eh. Kulang na lang, magpakamatay ka sa pagpa-practice," nakalabing tugon niya at nag-umpisa nang mag-skate para makaalis na sa skating rink. "Mauuna na muna ako sa 'yo na umuwi. Kailangan ko pang bumili ng painting materials ko."

Hinayaan lang siya ni Mirui. Humingi pa nga ito ng tawad dahil hindi raw siya masasamahan nito. Wala namang kaso iyon sa kanya. Alam niyang abala rin ito sa pagsasanay para sa isa pang ice skating competition na nakatakda nitong salihan. Bilib din talaga siya sa kaibigan niyang ito. Kinakaya ang walang tigil na pagsasanay para lang magawa niya nang tama at maayos ang routine na binubuo nito para ipanlaban sa bawat skating competition na sinasalihan nito.

Lost In Translating... Or Not

I'm not quoting the movie title here, okay? Heck, I haven't even watched that movie (Lost In Translation) so I have no idea about the story of that film. What I'm talking about here are my stories. Yes, I've started translating two of them in English (finally!).

As some of you might have read on my previous posts, you'll know that I write--a lot. I started with personal journals and a few feature articles when I was in elementary. I was in Grade 6 at the time, if I remember it right. Or maybe even in Grade 5? When I reached first year high school (I'm talking about the previous Philippine educational system, so it's equivalent to first year middle school if you'll follow the educational system in other countries), I started writing poems and short skits (scripts usually used in role-plays). It continued until I reached third year (still equivalent to 3rd year middle school). By the second semester of that school year, I started writing prose. And I mean fiction--romance fiction.

Shrouded Flowers: The Last Sky Of The Earth 9 - Knight's Scene: Lurking Danger

May dahilan kung bakit apat ang naging chaperone ni Kourin sa pag-e-enroll nang araw na iyon. Tama rin ang sinabi ng prinsesa na dahil iniutos iyon ni Hotaru. Pero ano nga ba ang dahilan na iyon?

"It's quite unusual for you na agad na pumayag na mamasyal si Lady Kourin kasama ang ibang tao," sabi ni Kana kay Takeru nang harapin siya ng dalaga.

"If you don't want that boy to become suspicious of us just because we didn't allow her to accept his invitation, I think I just made the right decision."

"Kayong apat talaga... Bakit ba masyado kayong mabait sa prinsesa, ha? We're supposed to be strict with her."

A Simple Birthday Greeting For You

I don't know what to say as a birthday greeting to you. As I told in the first birthday greeting to one of your Kyuranger co-star Kishi Yosuke, this is the first time I've done such a thing. And I mean greeting an admired celebrities during their birthdays. But for some reason, I really want to do this. I don't know what kind of charm that you guys have for me to do all this for the first time in my life.

Backstory first:

The Sunday Currently # 18

Honestly speaking, when was the last time I posted something like this? Man, I really need to remember that. I can't say that I miss writing a Sunday Currently post. But things are a little messed up for md right now, especially on how my life really had a slow progress over the months. There were changes, but they were not exactly the obvious ones.

But I'm still trying. At least, I know I'm willing to try some things that might give me the progress I need.

Okay, so this would be the third post I have for this day, July 2nd of the year 2017. There are reasons for that, though:

Happy Wattpad Anniversary, dreamcoloredgift!

Yes! It's one year already since this username was born. Wow! I can't how a year can pass by so quickly. I didn't even notice it. Haha! Just kidding. Of course, I noticed. But for some reason, I chose not to pay attention to it.

In any case, I've been writing poems and stories way before I discovered Wattpad and I started posting some of my stories there at around 2013-2014 (I guess). I can't remember the exact day but I remember the month. It was the month of May. And yet the feeling of suffocation at the atmosphere of the site that was supposed to give me inspiration to write more made me end up deleting that first Wattpad account I had. Looking back, I still think if I regretted deleting that account where I met a few online friends that I still got to interact with even today. And yet, the answer I came up with was--NO. I never regretted doing that.

From A Not-So-Vocal Recent Fan

Is this a weird post coming from me? For now, I don't want to say anything about the reason why I'm posting this for now. I just want to express my thoughts since I can't concentrate on what I'm writing.

#DoingThisForTheFirstTime

That's the truth. I've been an admirer (not a fan) of many celebrities and idols of a few different races in Asia. In particular, I've been an admirer of some Japanese, Korean, Thai, Chinese, Taiwanese, and of course, Filipino celebrities. But this will be the first time I'm going to greet one of those celebrities a "Happy Birthday" here on my blog. So I'm not surprise if I'm actually nervous about doing this right now.