Contemplations Not Written On Journal # 3

I haven't written anything here in a while. But since I didn't write anything on my journal tonight, either, I might as well do it here. Nothing much has happened, though. I still have to deal with so many things. A few of them, namely:

❇️Cold weather
❇️Toothache (or better call it gumache)
❇️Headache
❇️Impatience
❇️Boredom
❇️Fear of a lot of things

Weird, huh? But it's a good thing that I could be distracted from all of these by simple things. At this point, I ended up enjoying to watch reaction videos of a few foreign channels with regards to P-Pop boy group SB19. I have to admit, I came to love some of their songs. But I actually find it hilarious to watch other people react to this group. At least, they don't just settle to reacting entirely to K-Pop.

Right now, I'm dealing with runny nose and headache because of (obviously) a common colds that I have contracted already. I could only hope that it won't get worse when New Year arrives. I don't want to end up getting sick on that festive event.

By the way, a while back, I was thinking of rewriting the "Eight Thorned Blades" entirely. Like start everything from scratch. Literally. Of course, the original concept will remain. But instead of multiple POVs placed together, I'll possibly focus on one to two. It still depends. It will start with Kourin's (the surviving princess of the Shinomiya clan), then the other clan princesses will follow. I'm still debating on this one, to be honest. I have no idea on how will I implement this, or if I will actually do it.

Anyway, I'm still thinking about it. I also need to read more materials so I could actually continue the story. I could seriously feel that my writing juice is depleting at a steady rate. It's still alaraming for me, in case you don't know.

So I guess that's it for my rant that I couldn't write on my journal for now. I have to sleep already, in hopes of dissipating this headache that's been going on since this afternoon. I really don't want to rely on more medicine because of this.

In any case, good night.

おやすみなさい。。。

잘자요...

Contemplations Not Written On Journal # 2

I couldn't think of anything to write on my journal tonight. So I'm doing it here. However, I have a feeling that I'm only going to do a short version of this.

I still have no idea what to write here, to be honest. It's already getting late and not to mention, I'm getting sleepy. Maybe the cold December weather triggers it. At the moment, I have no idea.

Well, today, I've written down the episode list of Detective Conan with the intention of rewatching it and maybe, write at least a short thought about each episodes. I kind of need to refresh my mind about the series before I actually need to continue writing the third book of the Prince of Tennis/Detective Conan crossover fanfiction series "Detective Tennis".

In any case, I still need the inspiration, so rewatching this was like a refresher for me. It's been a long while since I last watched this series anyway.

Here's To The Blue

Here's to the blue moments you never saw

As you never witnessed my falling tears

The day you decided to walk away

Here's to the blue color that was once my favorite

And enough to make me smile somehow

Even though it doesn't do the same thing anymore

Here's to the blue pen that once inspired me

The colored pen that was said to trigger inspiration

And could make me cry now as memories flooded me

Here's to the blue ink that would always stain

My beloved notebook and even my shirt

And would forever remind me of how you are in my life

Here's to the blue sky that starts a new day

As the sun shines bright on a brand new me

And I began stepping out to face a life without you

Even though life and the color that you love

Would never bring you back to me at all

I will stand firm, in one way or another

The love we once knew would give us a new life

Where we don't have to be reminded of things

That once made us regretful and forever blue...

Some Thoughts

I know you'll never wonder

About the life I have to ponder

Maybe you'll never care at all

About the time I took the fall

So here are the words I wrote

Back when I still love your quotes

Even though your words linger on

As soon as I'm done crying a ton

I'll forget you and let it all go

No matter how much I'll miss you so

Dream Journal # 3: Cracked Ceiling With Water Leaking From It

While waiting for my phone to finish charging, I decided to write this down before actually forgetting it again. I can't trust my mind to recall things anymore. And maybe because I couldn't trust a lot of things in my life that I ended up having a dream about a ceiling of the apartment where we live having a large crack. I mean, it wasn't just a small crack. It was a large crack where I could actually take a peek of the night sky in that dream.

That's one of the weird things in that dream. I could take a peek at night sky through that crack where water was leaking. And I don't mean a small amount of water pouring in. Faucet-like flow— that's how I'd describe it. I could tell that it was night time in that dream because through that crack, I could see the moon with few clouds around it. The real mystery to me was about the source of the leak and the water that flowed through that crack. But I never got to figure it out from there. All I know is that I tried to tell my family about it in that dream but it seemed like they just passed it off for some reason.

The dream I had was long. At least, I could tell that. But the only part of the dream that I remembered was that cracked ceiling. As for the rest, they all ended up blurry which made it hard for me to recall the actual topic and flow of the dream.

So going back to that "cracked ceiling with water leaking in dream" topic, I tried to look it up over the internet for possible interpretations. There was one on the website of 『My Dream Symbolism』that mentioned at least the symbolism that I needed based on the scenes I remembered from that dream.

It stated on one point that it was because the dreamer's head is full of so many thoughts and couldn't handle it all. Suppressing those thoughts became so hard that the dreamer (that's me, in this case) was starting to lose control over them. Another thing that the article stated was the place in the house that made an appearance in the dream. In my dream, the location of the crack and the leak was at the ceiling of the living room— and this room symbolizes the heart. It was this area in the house— at least in that dream— that states where the problem lies in the dreamer's life in reality.

After reading this article, I recalled the journal entry I wrote the night before. I was able to connect the meaning of my dream to that. I wrote many of my frustrations and disappointments on that journal the night before. I mean, it was a lot. Three pages of almost ranting thoughts, to be exact. Yes, all of it was about my frustrations and self-degrading moments that I couldn't even scream out or talk about to anyone. Not even to my family, as well, as they were the source of it.

So, yeah. That's some almost accurate symbolism of my dream, I must say. The article did say that I shouldn't be worried as it only meant that something positive would happen in my life and that I shouldn't think of the negative things which could hinder it.

Now that's a long entry, huh? I haven't written a dream journal in a long while, after all. And I really want to write this down and share it.

New Notebook, More Memories

It's been a long while since I posted anything here, huh? I'm sorry. I put most of my thoughts on my journal these past months, that's why. At some point, I post things on my Instagram and in a few cases, self-degrading thoughts on Twitter. But it's only because I didn't know where to turn to anymore. Writing down those thoughts did help as a way of releasing it from me, but it's still not enough. I guess I'm asking for something more. Right now, I still have no idea what it was.

Anyway, because I used my journal as my way of releasing those negative thoughts from my mind, I ended up nearly filling the entire journal with those words. There was a post in my Instagram where I mentioned that I also reached my 100th entry, which had never happened before. I've never written that many journal entries in my life until now. Yes, even when I had my diary back in high school.

With that, I bought two notebooks that I could use as my next journal.

They're really simple, right? I ought to let it be since I'm more concerned about the price than anything else. As you know, I'm unemployed and I only rely to what meager amount of allowance I get for me to use for the whole week. But then, I do have plans of covering the record book with something floral. Maybe I could find a sticker paper with such designs.

I do have one more blank notebook that I initially intended to use as a journal, but I decided against it after some thinking.

This is the one I was talking about here.

Until now, I have no idea what to write here. But I was actually thinking of writing sort of letters to my future "The One". I know it's cheesy and at some point, cringey. But hey, it's a part of me. I'm already 28 and I'm still living my life like a hermit. Maybe the words I wanted to write in this notebook could help me find a way.

One day, this will become a way for that to happen...

Contemplations Not Written On Journal # 1

So instead of writing an entry on my journal like the usual, I decided to do it here since my head is aching and I can't write anything at this point. Not to mention that I'm already sleepy and typing this down will be my last task for the night (or midnight since it's 12:02 AM here already).

Though I have to be honest, I have no idea what to type down here. I'm basically clueless since nothing much had happened today—at least if it's about my day. Or should I consider going out of the house and heading to town for the first time in a while as something different? Well, considering the weeks of rainfall even though it's September already, going out of the house after a while of not doing so is indeed something different.

At the moment, my head and my arm is aching while listening to a Japanese songs playlist. In particular, it's titled 『恵みの雨』 by Alan Dawa Dolma. And speaking of Japanese, I'm not sure if it's a good idea installing 4 language learning apps on my phone. But for some reason, I really want to up my game in learning the Japanese language. Well, let's see if it will pay off, as long as I keep practicing using these apps.

What else? Oh, I finally finished posting Alexis' story on Wattpad after a long while. I guess I also have to up my game in writing since I have a lot of pending ones. I know that it'll take a while for me to complete them all. But I'll do my best. At the moment, I'm thinking of which story between Hope From Love's Memories and Shrouded Flowers should I focus on writing next. And I mean I have to stick to that story until it's finished.

Hmm...

Anyway, I'll end this entry here for now since my head really aches and that means it's time for me to sleep. Good night...

おやすみなさい。。。

잘 자요...

The Sunday Currently # 27

Yoohoo! Here I am, writing something like this again. Anyway, at least I have something to write. I'd feel bad if I miss writing a Sunday Currently entry again. Since I've written on my journal quite early, I think I should do the same thing here, as well.

So this Sunday, I'm currently:

15 Weird Facts About Me

1. Hilig kong takpan ang kahit na anong sinusulat ko ng kamay ko. Alam mo 'yong feeling na may mangongopya ng sagot mo kapag may quiz o test at ginagamit mo ang kamay mo para takpan ang mga sagot mo? Ganoon. Minsan na ring nasabi ng Mama ko na weird nga iyon. 😂😂

2. Gusto kong natutulog ng nakatagilid lang at fetal position pa kahit na ano pa ang panahon.

3. Super Sentai fan since 2012. Starting to become a Kamen Rider fan since 2018. Ito ang rason kung bakit hindi ako nahihilig sa mga K-Drama kasi mas gusto ko pang panoorin ang mga ito.

4. Because of Fact # 3 kaya mas marami akong crush na Japanese celebrities kaysa Korean. Probably one other reason kung bakit mas madalas sa hindi, feeling ko isolated ako sa FB. Hehe!

5. Gusto kong pinagsusulatan ng mga story drafts ko ang mga scrap papers (hand-outs, books na x-in-erox lang at hindi na gagamitin, natirang notebook pages na hindi nasulatan) and cutting it to a designated writable size.

6. Mas gusto kong maglakad mula bahay hanggang town kahit may jeep namang puwedeng sakyan. Eh 35-45 minutes ding lakaran iyon compared to 10-15 minutes kapag sumakay ng jeep.

7. Hanggang ngayon, may mga pagkakataon na napapaiyak pa rin ako sa kantang "How Can I Not Love You?" Hindi ko pa rin alam kung bakit.

8. Anim na lengguwahe ng mga kanta ang nasa SD card ko. Filipino, English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, at Thai. Karamihan, ballad at old songs dahil iyon ang mas gusto kong pakinggan, sa totoo lang.

9. I'm a reader, but not a voracious one. Pero kapag may nagustuhan talaga ako, uulit-ulitin ko ng basa iyon. Walang sawa, kahit malapit na yatang mabura ang mga nakasulat doon. 😂😂

10. Mabigat ang kamay ko kahit pabiro. Kaya sorry sa mga nasasapak ko noon kahit pabiro o kung nagkakatuwaan na at nahahampas ko nang 'di ko namamalayan.

11. Hindi ako marunong lumangoy pero gusto ko talagang magbabad sa dagat.

12. 2018 lang akong nahilig na mag-selfie dahil noon, talagang masasabi kong once in a blue moon lang akong mag-picture sa sarili ko.

13. Wala pa akong nakikitang multo sa tanang buhay ko, samantalang ang mga kasama ko sa bahay, may mga nakita na. Marami na nga, eh. At hindi ko na pinangarap na makakita ng kahit na isa. 😂😂

14. NBSB — certified 'yan hanggang ngayon na 27 na ako. Teka, weird bang maikokonsidera iyon?

15. Hindi ako mahilig magbasa ng erotic stories sa edad kong ito. Dadalawa pa nga lang ang naisusulat ko na may BS, eh. I tried reading Crossfire series by Sylvia Day. Natapos ko naman, kahit papaano. But after that, hindi na nasundan. Hehe! Balik adventure, historical fiction at fantasy ang mga genres na binasa ko pagkatapos n'on.

The Sunday Currently # 26

I know. I haven't written any Sunday Currently entry last Sunday only because I wasn't feeling like it. Not that I hate it or anything. Anyway, I haven't written on my journal on that day, either. So I think that's enough for a compensation—at least for me.

A lot of surprises appeared to be about some of my former high school classmates—with some having a baby and others had just got married. And believe me, I was struck with envy (just slightly)—again. But I'd rather not dwell on that right now.

So this Sunday, I'm currently:

Book Comment: The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories # 1)

In all honestly, I've finished reading this about two years ago. What I'm doing right now is just rereading it only because I want to recall how the story went. I wasn't much of a fan in reading detective stories even though I love watching TV series and movies about them. But my mom would mention at times that she loved reading Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys stories. When I found a site where I could read them, I decided to give it a try.

The same thing happened when I started reading stories of Nancy Drew, the blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl detective to that of reading "A Walk To Remember". The former took place in the 60s (since I've read the later version of the books in spite of the original written in the 30s) while the later was in the 50s. I've envisioned them in my head as if they occured at least sometime in the late 80s to early 90s. I know. It does seem weird but it doesn't affect the way the story was told to me. Envisioning it as something contemporary was probably the best, anyway. At least for me.

There are dangers involved in solving cases but what I like about Nancy Drew from this book was the fact that she always go to where her curiosity leads her, especially if it was about the case that truly took her interest. The dangers were scary to deal with all the time, but she never let the fear got the best of her. Her optimism and intuition about the case that she wanted to shed light upon was both amazing and worrying. I couldn't held fearing for her life because of this even though her character was just fictional. But in the end, it gave her the thrill of an adventure that I know her detective heart was looking for.

Another thing I love about this is about the last part of the story, in which Nancy would wonder if she would encounter another case as thrilling as the last one she solved, only for the narrator of the story to actually give the title of the next story on one of the last few paragraphs as something similar to foreshadowing about what will happen next.

Till the next book comment, I guess. 😁✌️😁✌️

The Sunday Currently # 25

So I was just done using a facial beauty mask for the first time (yes, first timer user here) and my face is kind of cool right now. 😂😂 Sorry, but I think that was a weird way to start this blog entry. But that's the first thing that entered my mind as soon as I started typing here. It was an experience for me since I wasn't that much concerned about beauty and the things that most women in my age do to appear beautiful and young. At least, I wasn't that concerned until the start of this year.

And believe me, that was a big deal to my family. I won't wonder, as well, that almost everyone—myself included—would view me as a wallflower.

Okay, I won't start with this topic again so I'd better start writing this entry properly since it's Sunday night.

So this Sunday, I'm currently:

Happy Birthday, 岸洋佑!

I should be writing this before the day ends... again. I mean, this is about what could possibly be the only Sentai actor who I recall his birthday. For real. Ah, wait. I should also add about Minami Keisuke's birthday tomorrow. But that's another issue.

For this point, it's about Kishi Yosuke and my birthday greeting post for his special day.

The only thing I could say, I hope you had spent your special day meaningfully—whether alone or with the people you care about and those that cares about you, as well. I hope you don't lose your passion to both music and acting as more years would pass by in your life. A lot of things could still happen that will test you and your determination to reach more of your dreams. But I hope you won't let that deter you or anything.

Do your best to become a better person than you were the year before you turned 26 today. Let every day become an inspiration for you to raise yourself as the best person you can be. I hope you also have more acting projects to come as I want to see more of you acting on screen.

Happy birthday to you once again, 岸洋佑さん! 🤗🎁🎊🎉🎈🎂

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The Sunday Currently # 24

So I'm writing this at quarter to midnight and I just realized that my last Sunday Currently entry was a year ago—specifically, June 17. Yup, it's been that long and I don't really have any excuse for that.

Anyway, here I go.

Since I had been writing on my journal since June 14 (?) of this year, I thought that I should be dedicated in posting here, as well. I'll try, but to be honest, I'm still unsure if I could do it.

In any case, let's start.

So this Sunday, I'm currently...

Book Comment: "Hidden City Series # 1: Lost In The Shadows" by Kyra Wheatley

In any case, I am finally done reading this book after weeks of doing so bits by bits since I got busy with other things. And to think I decided to actually for this book after playing the game version of this story. I've always like playing hidden objects games similar to Hidden City. But more so about hidden object games with a storyline. Though the book version and the game version had MCs with different backgrounds about how they got into the City, the places and possibly the items indicated are the same.

From the time I discovered that there is a book version of the game, I really had the urge to complete it and read it. Unfortunately, I only got two out of five books in this series. In any case, I guess I'll be able to find a way to have the other books.

So in this book, the MC named Nicole was able to go to the City (rather by force) with what appears to have something to do with her missing grandmother's necklace and several visions that she couldn't fathom the origin at the time.

Regardless of the character names and other changes, I still find this book fascinating as I was able to see—at least in my head—what it's like to have an adventure in the mysterious City. From the shadows, the places, and the items that appeared in both the game and the book, everything really made me feel as if I was transported there like Nicole.

The first book was short (if you only consider the number of chapters) since this only have 8 chapters, but each chapters were long. Almost like a 254 pages novel. Or maybe that's just what I think, though. But this book definitely left me in a major cliffhanger. For real. The kind that makes you want to read the next book already to know what happens next. But then again, I have to focus first on my other currently reading book list.

Anyway, this is my short review—if you can actually call this a proper review. Hopefully, I could finally read the next book soon.

My Final College School Article

Before I graduated in college, I wrote this small article about our field trip last February 16-17, 2015. This was the second article I wrote for our school newspaper that time. Sadly, I never got my own copy so I have no idea what the final output of the article in the newspaper looked like. I would’ve taken a picture. I also haven’t been able to take pictures of the aforementioned places concerning the two groups. So most of what I’ve mentioned here was from my own experience and a few verbal accounts from the students of the other departments who also went to the field trip.

All in all, even though it was just a short trip, it was fulfilling for me since I don’t get to go out of the town that much. I really wish I could still find some time to travel even just here in the Philippines. I’d do my best to ignore the scorching heat if I would really be given another chance to travel outside Baguio.

Anyway, this wasn’t an article written by a professional so I’m sure you’d find mistakes, especially in the structure of the article. Even still, I hope you’d enjoy reading this one! You can probably think of this as just a blog entry rather than an article for a school newspaper. I think that’s for the best.

To Feel Sad Before Smiling

I really don't know what to say about this day. I mean, I was just looking at my Twitter feeds this morning and I was surprised and felt sad when I learned that Pua Magasiva whom I've only known as Shane in Power Rangers Ninja Storm (possibly the first PR series I've watched) was found dead. I'm not that active and vocal in expressing my interest in PR compared to Super Sentai. But that doesn't mean I'm not familiar with some of the actors in the franchise. One that I'm quite familiar with was Pua.

It's really sad to know that he's gone, just like that. I still couldn't believe it. I would've accepted that if he died of old age or something. But there seemed to be no further explanation as to how he died. He was found dead in Wellington. The other articles I read doesn't seem to further explain things with regards to that. And that's what frustrated me until now.

On another note, there was something in Twitter that made me smile and also scold myself because I forgot about it. What was it?

It's Seiya Inagaki's birthday.

今日は舞台ダイナミックコード初日でした！！
そして、誕生日ということもあり、
カーテンコールの時にサプライズ。。
嬉しすぎた。

本日昼の部にいらしてくださった、
皆さんありがとうございました！！

夜公演もがんばるぞー！！#ダイナミックコード#ケーキ嬉しい#29歳 pic.twitter.com/CK89pcfT9m

— 稲垣 成弥 （公式） (@SeIyA__InAgAkI) May 11, 2019

This is the tweet I've seen that reminded me of that. In case I haven't mentioned anything here yet, Seiya Inagaki is actually one of my Japanese celebrity crushes despite not having so little filmography since he's more active in doing stage plays.

I might write a separate blog entry to express my birthday greeting to him, even though I know he would never be able to read it.

So now, I guess you know that phrase as my blog title. 😁✌️😁✌️

Dream Journal # 2: Weird Things In This Dream

This are the only things that I can remember from my dream just this morning. I knew it was a morning dream because I woke up at around 7 and I heard my sister contemplating on whether or not she would head to work despite feeling sick.

One thing I was sure of, there were four weird things that had happened in my dreams. But when I woke up, I could only remember two of them. If I was right, it was Weird Thing #3 and #4 that I can only remember upon waking up.

So here goes:

• WEIRD THING IN DREAM #3: The large statue that moved and walked. I have no idea as to who could that statue was based on. But I think I would describe it to be something similar to the one in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Yes, it's that big. The only difference was it seemed to be cradling something on his chest. And it was erected near the house that my family were living in (at least in that dream but I know they were nothing similar in real life). So yeah, in the dream, that statue suddenly moved — though slowly and most likely graceful, as well — and walked away from the place where it was erected. I saw my mom was shocked as well when she saw that. But I brushed it off not long after, though at some point, I could feel my heart beating fast.

  

  This is the closest possible image that I could get about the position of the statue I saw in my dream. One other thing is that it was colored purple and silver.

• WEIRD THING IN DREAM #4: Tsunami that even reached the area. I consider this weird because I could still feel that in that dream, we were still in Baguio. And most of you must have known that Baguio is a city up north which is a part of the mountaneous Cordillera region. So how could a tsunami reach the area where we were at the time? Because let's be honest here. If that kind of wave could truly reach us up here, then those in the lowlands must have been sunk completely beneath a series of tsunami. And that's truly scary, if you would ask me.

  

  I couldn’t find any sketches or pictures depicting tsunami reaching the mountain areas. So again, this is the closest that I could get.

So there. That's the only part of my dream that I can remember. I really don't know what that means, but I just want to put it here for now.

Episode Comment: Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger Episode 1 - Que Boom! Ryusoulger

This one took a while. Sorry. And to think it's been three days already since the pilot episode started airing in Japan. Well, I have to wait for the subbed version and trust me, this episode was even more emotional for me as soon as I was done watching it with subtitles.

I have to say that it's a really good start for me. I was amazed in all of it. It's been a while since I got this hyped up for a new Sentai series. But then, this start was also something emotional because of what happened to the new Ryusoulgers' first battle with the Druidons. Should I spoil? Well, it involved their masters as they all deal with the threat coming from the Druidon. The great powers they revived and possessed came with a price. The Ryusoulgers had to deal with it, the pain and the rage of losing people important to them right in front of them.

Episode Comment: Super Sentai Strongest Battle Episode 4 (Finale) - And Towards Tomorrow!

Yup. Definitely a long overdue review for this one. And to think Ryusoulger already started airing today in Japan. I was still debating on whether or not I would post it on my Instagram. Then again, I was never the one to come up with a firm decision when it comes to these things.

I would say this was action-packed for a finale of a mini-series. And it made me wish they could've lengthened this one. But I'm just wishing for something weird here.

The Team Weirdo really had it hard here. But at least they finally got together after dealing with each other's differences. Not to mention, they finally discovered what really happened to Planet Nemesis before Rita used it as a site to revive Ultimate Great Satan. Honestly, even though I read on an article that it was an enemy formerly from Zyuranger, I had no idea who that was. Probably because I haven't watched that particular series yet. In this part, I wasn't sure what to say about Rita's reason for doing all the trouble to host a competition like this in order to retrieve the power of the gem for herself and her desire to erase justice in the universe. In this part, as well, I have to say that Stinger's way of thinking truly evolved.

They finally found Luka and let her deal with whatever creature was keeping the barrier around the planet in check (at least to Rita's benefit). When the final battle started, I couldn't help smiling that each of the members of Team Weirdo used their power-ups to deal with Satan. Though I have to say, this was the first time I saw Marvelous use a power-up other than the Ranger Keys. He used Ikari Gai's power-up on this particular episode that he never did in the actual Gokaiger series. I know that the other four got their respective power-ups as they journey into defeating their respective enemies in their own series. Yamato/Zyuoh Eagle was able to use all three "Beast Unleashed" power-ups which, I think, had first appeared in Zyuohger's final battle with Genis. Takaharu/Akaninger got his Transcendental Mode when they finally convinced Lion Ha-Oh to join the Ninningers into fighting the Kibaoni Clan. Stinger/Sasori Orange received his Ikkakuju Arm during the Episode of Stinger movie which has a tragic backstory to it. Kagura/ToQ #5 use the Hyper Ressha Mode as all five ToQger could do so.

Anyway, dealing with a giant entity with just their power-ups didn't seem to be enough. But Luka finally finished her task into destroying the source of the barrier, which finally allowed the Gokai Galleon to do a greater damage to Satan. The one that ended it was, of course, Team Weirdo's version of the first Sentai's finisher. I like the last part of it when the five of them threw energy blades towards the ball similar to Gokaiger's Final Wave attack that ultimately destroyed Satan.

After that, they had to deal with Rita who then donned Gaisorg's armor. At this point, I questioned the part when Luka mentioned that the armor contained the will of those that belonged to a race of warriors somewhere in the universe that disappeared. But it was the Ryusoulger brothers Green and Black who defeated her, throwing off the helmet someplace else in which the others didn't notice.

This episode answered one other question for me — which was about Master Red with regards to the blank Ryusoul in that cave. When the blank Ryusoul transformed followed by his words "I finally got one for him", I realized that at this point of the series, the Masters (including Blue and Pink) were just getting ready to finally appoint Kou, Melt, and Asuna to become Ryusoulgers. Master Red's last piece that he needed to complete the preparation was his protegé's Red Ryusoul and so he came looking for the blank Ryusoul in that cave.

I really like this team. That's all I have to say after watching the finale. I hope the actors of this team could work again in other future projects, probably a movie or just a mini-series. And soon, I thought of one thing. This is perhaps the closer thing we could ever get for a Kyuranger vs. Zyuohger crossover, with Stinger and Yamato being in Team Weirdo and these two dealing with Rita.

That's quite long for an episode comment, huh? Maybe on the next update, I'll try writing about Ryusoulger's first episode. Till next time!

【Episode Comment】 4 Week Continuous Special Super Sentai Strongest Battle!! Episode 2: The Secretive Armor of Mystery

This is a bit overdue since I had to do something else, so sorry. As for my comment for this episode, some were already expected to happen. Others were surprising, but a lot brought smile to my face. Speculations and more questions were brought up after unmasking Gaisorg but surely, there is an explanation since they wouldn't promote a five-member team if one of them turned out to be the one causing a great deal of trouble, right?

So, yeah. That was a bit of a shock for me near the end when they actually did that to Takaharu. In any case, I like the interaction between him and Marvelous who still like acting all prideful that way. And with Kagura listening to all of it, as well. They were still a team that liked to work on their own -- or at least at the moment, it appeared that way. Stinger had his reasons for doing that, I can tell. He wasn't the current Commander of the Rebellion if he was just acting that way only because he wanted to. I'd like to see his real reason in the next episode.

Yamato... just do your best in maintaining your cool and trying to connect everyone in your team, okay? I know they were all odd in their own rights, hence the name of your team. Hehe! That was a joke. But Yamato was surely doing his best in that team, huh? Kagura would be the second in that department. The other three had their own level of hardheadedness that could be a hindrance in uniting the team in figuring out what was really going on with that heck of a game in that place. But I'm sure they'd be able to figure out a way.

Right?

Anyway, I'm not sure if my episode comment right here actually made any sense. But I'll do my best in writing an episode comment on the next episode until this mini-series is over. Okay? Till next time!

Forget Or Continue?

Forget everything and start anew?

Or continue where it was left of?

Yup. Those are my questions at the moment while reading those pending stories I have after finding them again. In particular, I was talking about my supposed first original fantasy story titled Rainbow Knights.

It was a fantasy story inspired by various mahou shoujo animes like Sailor Moon, Wedding Peach, Precure, and Magic Knight Rayearth. Another inspiration was the English-translated Italian comic titled W.I.T.C.H. and the Italian cartoon Winx in which I watched both the English and Tagalog dubbed versions.

But if I have to add another story to my blog entry's title, it's my first action English-Filipino story titled The Last Sky of the Earth. I started writing it around late 2014 and posted it on my first Wattpad account in November 15, 2014. Yes, I have a date on that story because it's one of my favorites of the stories I've ever written in my life. I couldn't do anything to continue writing it for quite some time now and it saddens me.

So what am I suppose to do now?

Book Comment: "Flipping The Script" by Danica Mae P. Sison

Genre: Romance, Young Adult
Release Date: February 15, 2019
Book Cover Info:

Cover Models: Liane Palomo, Boo Gabunada
Cover Designed by: Tara Frejas
Flicker Design Identity: Clarissa Ines
Photographed by: Chi Yu Rodriguez
Makeup by: Carla De Guzman
Styling by: Alex Lapa

Synopsis: 

Miri dela Merced’s film director grandfather and Pabs Paglinauan’s studio head grandmother had a huge falling out that ended Lolo Ikong’s career. At seventeen, Miri finds herself in the same summer film internship program as the down-to-earth film studio heir Pabs, whom she’s decided to automatically write off, just because of his lineage. As Miri gets a crash course in her expectations vs the reality of what it's like to work on a real movie, her true feelings for Pabs become harder and harder to ignore. In between attending outdoor screenings of classic Pinoy movies and battling monster production assistants together, can flipping the script on a decades-old grudge be only a few sequences away?

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Short Excerpt:

So now what? Are we a thing? Do I want us to be a thing? Would it be so wrong if I say that I do? What do I do with these feelings, exactly? 

It was definitely more simple when we weren’t friends. It was easier hating Pabs, but I must admit that falling for him is a lot more interesting.

Episode Comment: Star✩Twinkle Precure Episode 2 - A Friend From Space ☆ Cure Milky is Born!

I had to post this first before continuing to watch the 3rd episode. So this episode is about the start of the aliens' stay on Earth. But more importantly, it was focused on Lala on her journey to becoming the 2nd awakened Precure, Cure Milky. If I had to comment on her alter-ego's name, it sounded delicious. 😊😊

Lala's desire to become a Precure herself stemmed from the time she saw Hikaru changed to Cure Star for the first time. She wanted to be a Precure, but having a computer analyze the probability for that to happen had only made her sad and disappointed since it pointed out that Lala has a slim chance of becoming a Precure like Cure Star. Computers, especially those with AI built in them, can be really smart. But then, as this episode implies, there are miracles in which even technology couldn't predict. Yes, there are also miracles that only happen once.

But sometimes, determination and passion can surpass that. Lala proved that as she said that it was her turn to have received the miracle — just as how Hikaru received her miracle when she became Cure Star.

The last part of the episode got me curious, though. It's like Hikaru's Star Color Pendant acted as a compass or detector of some sort since it glowed. It could be about the Zodiac Princesses' scattered powers, right? By the way, I saw a pic of the Zodiac Princesses on animelover_569's IG feed and I have to say, they all looked beautiful.

Anyway, I'll end this comment here for now. Till next time!

Episode Comment: Super Sentai Strongest Battle Episode 1: Who Is the Strongest in History!?

I know this is Sentai-related, but I still decided to post this here only because it's a personal comment on this show. Trust me, I don't think the hype for this 4-week show is going to subside anytime soon... as long as the story plot won't mess it. That's what I think. By the way, thanks to Over-Time for subbing this episode.

The episode started off as intense because of the mysterious warrior Gaisorg attacking the Gokaiger. Stating that he seek only the strongest in the universe before leaving the defeated team, Marvelous soon received a gold plate before getting transported to a place called Planet Nemesis by a girl named Rita. (Okay, I think I'm doing some sort of recap here instead of writing down my actual comments.)

Anyway, the game was announced and soon split everyone invited into 32 teams of five. One of those teams consisted of three Earthlings (Yamato, Takaharu, and Kagura) and two aliens (Marvelous and Stinger). I still don't know why they were called the Weird Team (sometimes the Oddball Team by others). Then again, after watching their interaction with each other, I guess I could see thd reason for such name to be given to their team. Marvelous is obviously on the edge because of Gaisorg, which is why he wasn't communicating much with his teammates even with Yamato acting as a mediator. Takaharu was playing it cool. Kagura was scared at most point but the others' presence calmed her somehow. The ones seemingly having a hard time getting along—enough to have them get pitted against each other—were Stinger and Marvelous.

But they each had their reasons and their personalities were almost similar to the point that they acted like magnets in which same poles repel each other. At least, that's how I think it is. We're still in the first episode, though. There are three episodes more to come. So I know they will get along at some point. By the way, the returning characters Eiji and Sousuke seemed to get along well... somehow. Their personalities were different, obviously but they got teamed up (as part of Team Vehicle) and ended up fighting Takaharu and Stinger. I like seeing those two again.
I forgot to add about the appearance of two of the Ryusoulgers — the siblings Ryusoul Green and Ryusoul Black who both appeared to have arrived late (at least that's what I think). But I have a question. What's with the cave with the emblem of the Ryusoulger carved to it? Green was holding a gold plate so it's still related to the battle. But why they weren't taken straight to Nemesis Palace like the other Super Sentai members?

Another question I have right now is about Luka. What happened to her and where is she when the team was attacked? Marvelous did notice that Gaisorg used one of her moves against him to take him down. So was it possible that Gaisorg had something to do with it?

Anyway, I think I'll stop right here for now. Till the next episode, I hope. 😄😄

【Episode Comment】Star✩Twinkle Precure Episode 1: Glitterific~☆ Shining In Space, Cure Star Is Born!

For the first time, I'm going to watch a Precure series. Yes, I'm back to watching magical girl animes again after a long, long time. And yes, I know. It's been a while since I last posted an episode comment of any of the shows I've watched. Trust me, I have a lot of episode comments to post. It's just that... laziness struck me a lot of time.

Sorry. 😄✌️😄✌️

So this anime is a sort-of space-themed Precure since it involves space combats and aliens. Yes, which is new for a magical girl-themed anime, if you would ask me. At least I observed that on the battle part between the first batch of Notraiders and Cure Star. Of course, magical powers are still involved for that feat to happen. There's no surprise there.

I first noticed in the episode that Fuwa looked a lot like Chiffon from Fresh Precure, though. Definitely cute and huggable. But there are differences, too. Especially in terms of powers, I guess. Or maybe a mix of Chiffon and Candy (from Smile Precure) in terms of appearance. At least, I think of it that way.

I just had one question, though. Was this the first time a girl was singing while transforming into her Precure alter-ego? To be honest, I found that weird when I watched it even though I like the message the short song implied. If I were to compare it to Sentai, Star✩Twinkle is like a mix of Kyuranger (space-themed) and ToQger (based on the power of Imagination).

Then again, maybe that's just me thinking of it that way.

Till the next episode comment... though I'm not sure which show. 😄😄

Day 26 of 365, 2019

 It's 11:42 in the evening. I'm suppose to finish something but here I am, writing nonsense things again. Wait, should I really consider journal writing as something nonsense?

Forgive me. I really don't know what I'm saying right now. It's a good thing I didn't miss taking my vitamins today after forgetting to do so for two days straight for some reason.

I finally got to start writing again. Finally, I was able to continue that Stinger/Hammie fanfiction that was put on hold for more than a year, believe it or not.

Yes, a year. My last update of that story was around July of the year 2017. I can't remember the reason why I decided to put it on hold, though. Probably because it's been that long. I could only apologize for not taking my writing quite serious even though I kept on saying that it will always be a part of me whatever happens.

What else? Oh, right. I suddenly came up with a decision of watching Hallmark movies for some reason (again).

For now, I'll watch those that were posted on Youtube as they were easily accessible somehow ㅡ at least most of it. I might post comments about those movies here on my blog once I'm done watching them.

And I think I'm having a crush on another Japanese celebrity. Not that it's surprising since I have a list of my celebrity crushes featuring a lot of Japanese actors. But this time, I'm having a crush on another Kamen Rider actor. Not only that, this actor is also a secondary Rider.

The actor's name is Akaso Eiji who played Banjou Ryuuga/Kamen Rider Cross-Z in Kamen Rider Build.

Normally, I would only have crushes on selected Sentai actors. So this one turned out to be a little different for me.

Anyway, for now, I'll end this entry here. Till next time!

Day 25 of 365

Sorry. I couldn't think of an appropriate title for this entry so I went with this one. Back to usual.

I know I've missed posting blog entries for a few days ㅡ again ㅡ all for the reason of not having anything to say at all. Should I apologize to that? Ah, wait. I think I have to add laziness as another reasom for not being able to post anything. That, I know, is something to apologize for.

It's currently 10:38 in the morning here and not even half of the day had passed. Even so, I might post something later again.

Two days ago, I was able to come up with visual inspirations for my Sentai story Utsuwa Sentai Seitenger (at least for the 10 rangers). And all of those visuals were actually actors and actresses from various Kamen Rider series. I got inspiration from animefics569's posts about her visuals for her own Sentai story.

And you know what?

I like how it turned out. 😄😄

I'm Back!

 I know. Lame title for a blog entry after three days of not posting anything. But yes, I just got back from a two day trip to Vigan with my sisters and my father.

They really planned it, if you ask me.

Anyway, I enjoyed visiting the place for the first time. And you know what? I think that trip partially fulfilled one of my 2019 wish list.

My 2019 wish # 8: To travel somewhere. Possibly outside Luzon area. pic.twitter.com/hKSeDz3FOh

— 🌸Florence Joyce Dongael🌸 (@drmclrdgft_fjad) January 1, 2019

I've posted most of the photos from that trip on my personal IG account.

I'll post another blog entry later. 😄😄

About To Travel

 ...and that will happen tomorrow.

So yes, I think this will be the shortest entry I'm going to post by far for this month because I need to sleep already. We're supposed to leave Baguio at around 4 or probably 5 in the morning tomorrow heading to Vigan, Ilocos Sur.

It will be my first time in my 27 years to go there. And it will also going to be my first travel of the year.

(Yeah, right. I never even leave the house unless it's necessary.)

Anyway, before I completely call myself a little crazy here for writing something in parenthesis like that, I think I should end this point so I could finally sleep.

I'll try to post something by tomorrow once we reach Ilocos. If not, then I'd be able to do it on Sunday night.

Self-love and Self-confidence

 These two could be my biggest wish for this year 2019 even as the Year of the Earth Pig approaches. Alright, I'm not being dramatic here and I'm not going to. I just saw this mostly posted on Twitter. And then I just took a sort of quiz on Soompi on how will love come to me this year and the result is Love Yourself. Yes, just like BTS' song.

To be honest, I can't really tell if I'm confident enough if I'm still shy and nervous to face the world. Maybe on the line between confidence and lack of it? I can't tell.

Anyway, it's Thursday today so I'm wishing my favorite loveteam a Happy AlDub 183rd Weeksary!

Alright, now that this came up, I recalled wanting to tweet something a while back but never got to. It's about supporting someone, especially an artist that truly changed you and gave a big impact in your life. Unfortunately, I couldn't remember that now.

Though I'm sure they won't be able to know, I still want to let both Alden and Maine know that I love them and will continue supporting them even though I don't show it in social media often.

I'm prioritizing my (almost hermit) writer life, that's why. I couldn't give this up, even though people keep on telling me to. I guess that goes to my admiration of AlDub/MaiDen/MaiChard fandom.

What else?

I'm still keeping up with my #90DaysWithDrops challenge (still in Nihongo). Thanks to the Premium Drops Giveaway that I ended up winning along with one other, I could do it any time I want to and I won't have to wait for 10 hours to fill my time dose of 5 minutes per session. I couldn't be happier because of it.

Thank you, Lord! You just gave my year a really amazing start.

"Premium Lifetime"

Weird for a title once again, huh? This time, it's a no. But only for the reason that I finally got my price from the #90DaysWithDrops challenge launch on Instagram.

And it's a Premium Lifetime (at least that's what was stated when I redeemed the promo on the App Store).

Pretty cool, huh? It definitely made the start of my year quite fun for my learning experience in using Language Drops app. And I'm really thankful for that.

I still couldn't think of a way for me to start that angel-themed short story for WANI's next anthology. But even so, I got inspired in creating three more manips for the story featuring my visual inspirations Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza using PicsArt.

This is one of those three.

I still couldn't figure out how to incorporate this in the story. But I think I'd be able to find a way.

I think. 😂😂

Trying To Start That Angel-Themed Story

 It's 11:22 in the evening and I'm only rewatching Kalyeserye at the moment instead of finally starting to write for WANI Publishing's next anthology. Yes, the very same publishing group that approved my short story for the second book of their Valentine Diaries anthology. Sorry for those reading this who couldn't understand Filipino, but I wrote that one-shot in Taglish (mix of Tagalog and English).

So now, the new theme for WANI's next anthology will be about angels (fallen, warrior, half, archangels, and others).

I was made aware of the theme ahead of the formal announcement from WANI's FB group. I had an initial plan for that using my previous unfinished fantasy series. And when the formal announcement appeared, I ended up thinking that it would be a little hard for me to initiate my initial writing plan for the angel-themed stories for me to submit for WANI.

But to be honest, I'm not really sure if I could pull it off since I haven't written any stories like that at all. Believe me. I think I could pull off writing fairies or humans with superpowers.

But not about angels, even if I have to deviate immensely from the theological aspect of it just for me to start writing it. Especially when it comes to the angel's backstory. And it's probably for that reason why I decided to place Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments series and Lauren Kate's Fallen series on my next-to-read stories.

Of course, I have to finish reading Garth Nix's The Keys To The Kingdom series and possibly even James Dashner's The 13th Reality series since I already started reading the first book of each series.

Anyway, I might be able to update you about it.

Lastly, even though I said that I have doubts in starting to write that angel-themed short story, I still came up with visual inspirations for the pair to be featured in it. Yup, rewatching Kalyeserye made me decide to make Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza as visual inspirations for the pair in the story.

In fact, because of that, I even created a photo edit of those two using PicsArt (using that app for the first time) that has a relation to the story ㅡ at least a clear indication on Maine's character.

Here it is:

So what do you think?

Aching All Over

 The title of this blog entry (which was supposed to be posted yesterday night of January 13) was the result of lifting too many water buckets. Yes, they were filled with water so I could transfer them to the two water drums outside the house. I know, it seems like I'm complaining here. I could be.

But that's not the issue here.

It's Sunday yesterday, right? That means I should've posted a Sunday Currently entry. But I never got to do it. Again. It feels like I have nothing to tell yesterday. Or should I say too tired to even write something? I didn't even do the 2nd part of my #90DaysWithDrops challenge because of the same reason.

So yeah, let's just proceed typing this down to sum things up ー if there's even something to sum up.

• I tried editing photos using Pixlr yesterday night for the first time. And I tried it first on Kishi Yosuke and Okubo Sakurako's photos.
  

• Like I said, fatigue got me yesterday. And my arms still ached until now.
  

And now...

Wait, should I start suming things up that had happened today, as well? Still thinking. It's only 3:47 in the afternoon. I guess I could post something for today.

Anyway, we'll see.

General Cleaning And Cooking

Well, I was one of those who did the cleaning while my sisters and my mom did the cooking. It was Saturday. They were all here and not working/going to school.

Weird start for yesterday's journal entry, huh?

Sleep got the best of me again so I wasn't able to type this down late at night. That is, if you consider 10 and 11 PM as late. The one I consider late is 12 midnight. 😆😆

So besides cleaning and cooking, one thing different from yesterday concerns one of my writing plansーagain. This time, it's about the Emberwatchers. I finally decided to use the characters and names I thought of for the other version of Utsuwa Sentai Seitenger for this story. Which means some of the back stories of the characters in Emberwatchers will be in parallel with Seitenger.

I also posted the first five character profiles (or should I call aesthetics?) on my IG account, as well.

Now I have to think of character profiles for the last 5.

Drowsiness Got The Best Of Me

It's 7:50 in the morning of January 11. Which means I never got to type down my supposed blog entry for January 10 since drowsiness got the best of me and I ended up sleeping for good ー at least for the night. I guess I was that tired, huh?

Well, I did go out to town twice yesterday so it's no surprise. Not to mention that I just walked from my house to the town proper itself for no reason. I just felt like walking.

Sadly, because of that, I never got to finish (let alone start) the one-shot that's been in my mind since yesterday. Seriously, I won't be able to finish anything if this keeps up. It shouldn't be like this.

And here I am retweeting Maine's tweet about being productive. I even said that I'd make it my mantra. 😕😕

Puwede ko rin bang maging mantra ito ngayong taon? 😂😂#ALDUB182ndWeeksary https://t.co/7aeAux9Bpx

— 🌸Florence Joyce Dongael🌸 (@drmclrdgft_fjad) January 10, 2019

In any case, yesterday is another unique day for me apart from tearing more scraps papers to write on (you'll eventually get what that means when you see my previous IG posts involving a pile of papers). But the one that stood out was me thinking of a way to write down my thoughts regarding a certain show that I've watched before tweeting about it.

Yes, I had that plan since I want to fill up my Twitter acount with actual tweets rather than more retweets. But we'll see on how will I be able to pull it off.

Still Thinking

Typing this blog entry # 9 of 365 at 12:17 AM of January 10 while I'm still awake. I still have to finish one more task, that's why I'm still awake. I'm not sure if apples could help me stay awake, just until I'm done with it. But since coffee has no effect on me, I think I should find another way.

By the way, I want to congratulate Georgie Henley for being selected as one of the casts for the Game of Thrones prequel. This was the news that I saw on my Twitter yesterday morning (January 9) I woke up.

#GameOfThrones Prequel Casts 8 Rising Stars https://t.co/leXclFpBaR pic.twitter.com/u4JEeNtzse

— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) January 8, 2019

I don't usually do this, to be honest. But I love the fact that I could express small things like this on my blog when I rarely even do that before. I'm happy and I want to express it somehow. Anyway, I don't know if I can promise that I'd be able to watch it. But I think I might be able to do that once I started watching Game of Thrones at last.

I told you, I'm not getting involved too much when the hype happens. Unless of course, it's a different story if it's about Super Sentai. I'm somewhat updated when it comes to that. 😄😄

What else?

Oh, yes. I'm babysitting again since the two kids my family were taking care of had just arrived at around 10 yesterday morning. It will last until Saturday.

I still want to tell more things here but my eyes start to droop again and I'm seriously struggling to keep it open right now. Listening to music on my playlist somehow helps in keeping me awake aside from munching sliced apples. But I know that won't last long.

One last note: My mind still keeps on imagining things about you. I'm trying hard not to but it won't stop. They were about things that I know will never happen since we live on different parts of the globe. But then, who knows? Perhaps a miracle will happen. It's only the start of 2019, anyway.

おやすみなさい。。。