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.

Another day has passed again. And this is my first Saturday writing in that diary. That means I've been writing there for three days straight, as well. It's already an achievement, you know. I went out again today and headed to the market. I also bought more personal things on Watson's since I want to take advantage of the fact that I have money to buy them. I'm not sure if I mentioned it there previously, but I don't usually buy personal things like cologne/perfume, toothpaste (whitening ones), and even micellar cleansing water and even whitening soaps since I don't really give that much of a care about my skin. But only this year that I actually gave a damn about it.

Sorry for my word usage. I don't do this often, to be honest. And even if I do want to say something bad, I'd rather keep it to myself and not talk about it. That's because I kept on remembering Conan/Shinichi's words from the Detective Conan movie "The Quarter of Silence" and an episode of Detective Conan titled "Three Days with Hattori Heiji". They were said like this:

• "Words are like knives. Once they come out of your mouth, you'll never be able to take them back. There are cases of broken friendship that should've lasted long if not for verbal abuse..." — This was from the DC movie "The Quarter Of Silence".
• "Words can be a double-edged weapon Use those words with discretion... no matter who it is you're dealing with..." — This was from a DC episode "Three Days with Hattori Heiji".

I only wrote these as I remembered them, though. They may not be the exact translation, but they're still similar. And trust me, these lines never left my mind. Probably the real reason why, even though I wanted to talk back or burst out and tell what I really feel, I'd rather hold it in. It's not always a good idea, though, since it could give me enough stress to deal with. Especially at night when I'm about to sleep. I think it's better that I bought that diary. I could just write down those frustrations I have. Or if it won't be like that, at least I could rant there through writing.

Anyway, I should end this here since I need to sleep already. It's Sunday tomorrow and not only that, it's also going to be a Father's Day celebration. I'm still unsure on how I will greet my father on it tomorrow since I could still feel some sort of strain in my relationship with him since my parents' separation in 2015. There are several issues that further created that strain after that and it's going to be long for me to mention here. But even so, he's still my father.

So, yeah. I'm ending this here by saying "goodbye".

Till tomorrow!

It's 11:42 in the evening so I better write something here before the day ends. It still rained in the afternoon. I'm listening to a different music right now because at the moment, I don't have to listen to rain BGM online since it's already raining outside. Preferably, I'd only like to stay lying in my bed but I had to run an errand for my mother. We still have problems financially. I guess that's almost every people's problem right now.

But then again, I had to thank Dreame somehow for actually earning a little something from those that I've previously written. I still couldn't believe that I still managed to gain something from them. Aside from that, Miss May Herrera of FPH posted the photos for the first set of Pixie books on her Messenger and the FB page of FPH. So yeah, I'm still writing even though there's only little I could gain from them.

Thinking about it right now, I think I'm really glad that I remained holding on and do what I really love to do all this time ever since discovering this passion I had during elementary. 6th grade, to be precise. It was the same year in which I used my crush as my inspiration to strive for something, to write those words that always remained in my imagination.

I got nothing much to write about write now except for those I put above. I guess it's starting to become obvious about how boring my life is. Will there come a time that I'd be able to write something exciting here? About an unforgettable experience or a memorable, if not, life-changing moment? Maybe not today.

Who knows? Perhaps one day... before I knew it.

Anyway, let's stop here right now.

Good night!

The day after Philippine Independence Day celebration. On this day, I bought a journal. Pero sa tingin ko, hindi tamang magsulat ako ng entry doon in English. Feeling ko, sasakit ang ulo ko, eh. Kaya lang, gusto ko talagang subukan. Siguro, may mga instances na English ang isusulat ko. Alam mo na, kailangang mag-practice.

Tingnan natin.

Anyway, it's been a while since I last owned a diary. Wait... Should I really call that a while if the last time I actually owned a diary was during my last year in high school? That was way back 2008 and I was in fourth year high school back then. So I think I shouldn't call it a while when in fact, more than a decade had already passed since then.