My post in which I actually used spirit animals as I was debating what to use as symbolism for the Cloudbreakers. There wasn't a specific animal that applies as the main symbol of the team, to be honest. So I ended up with spirit animals to be the symbol for each of them, specifically their major trait that can appear mostly later in the series. And yes, I included everyone in the Cloudbreakers team.

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⚜️Bear for Re-na

⚜️Hawk for Hyon-jun

⚜️Dolphin for Ji-hun

⚜️Dragonfly for Ye-seul

⚜️Raccoon for Jae-hwa

⚜️Swan for Ae-ri

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As for each of the interpretation, I think I'll let the story explain that sooner or later. 😁✌️😁✌️

I don't know. This might be too much of a spoiler. Then again, today's challenge asked for a spoiler, so...

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In this case, though, it's still a question on who actually said these words to Hyon-jun. And just when things are starting to get better for him and Re-na. Only two people knew who Chon Hae-il really was to Re-na, and any of the Cloudbreakers aren't included in that list.

This is a little late which asked for the MC's signature scents. In this case, I'm only going to have scents associated with Re-na. It's lavender and ocean. Lavender was actually her mother's favorite scent that she only apply on herself as a way to still feel her mother's presence beside her. Ocean is hers since she felt free and would always calm down whenever she wears the ocean scent.

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:

For today's challenge that asked about what is the worst job my MC had or could ever have, it's corporate jobs. Not that she hated it. But for Re-na, corporate jobs actually reminded her of her murdered mother and the restrictions it could impose on her in finding the one who took the life of the person who truly believed in her. So it's more on the mindset and the emotional attachment that her mother had about the job rather than the actual job's workloads itself that made Re-na thinks it's a worst job she could ever have.

As for the post, the fictional character I immediately thought about that fits the prompt, which was about which MC would have brunch with a fictional character, was Shadowhunters' Clary Fray. I just thought it would be fascinating for Re-na and Clary to have such interaction at some point.

For today's post for the challenge, I would say that these two need the hug more than anyone. Even their boss Ra Ji-tae would think so. Re-na shielded her heart when her mother was killed in front of her and even the spirit of her great-grand-uncle Chon Hae-il told her that it was the right thing to do at the moment. Hyon-jun was hell-bent in defying his father and placing his destiny onto his own hands as his mother would want him to do before a Black Cloud Vessel murdered her.

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The Fire Pair (as I'd like to call them) had shut their hearts away as they continue to do their mission laid out to them as the Cloudbreakers. Doing so, however, prevented them from fully expressing their true feelings and unleashing the pain they've been keeping in their hearts.

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.

Weird that I used BTS members as visuals for my planned stories. But hey, I usually use almost everyone (in the entertainment industry, I mean) as visual inspirations only because I'm having a hard time writing without them since five years ago. As for this series, these guys won't appear in one story. I already mentioned here that Jin was the first that I used as a visual inspiration in my first Korean-themed story as the Red Fire Caster character named Nae Hyon-jun. Right now, I only have one member with a definite character name. As for the others, though their powers were already set, I still don't have any name thought up for them yet. Anyway, I'll finish the first story before thinking of what to do with the next one.

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The power designations were, in fact, random. Okay? A few of them, I think, I based off from what they're known for. Here's the list:

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⚜️Seokjin - Red Fire Caster

⚜️Jimin - Blue Water Caster

⚜️Namjoon - Yellow Thunder Caster

⚜️Yoongi - Purple Sound Caster

⚜️Hoseok - Gold Dust Caster

⚜️Jungkook - White Ice Caster

⚜️Taehyung - Green Wind Caster

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We'll see what happens next. 😁✌️😁✌️

I draw out inspiration from almost everything I watch and read. I don't go out that often, even before this quarantine started. So I'm almost like a hermit in my own home. Or not? Anyway, for this particular story, it's these people who started the idea in my mind. They became my muse and my reason not to let go of this story. Though "Operation: Cloudbreak" only used Kriesha Chu and Jin (BTS) as my visual inspirations, I also ended up expanding the series where this story started. So each member of BTS will be used as visual inspirations in the next Korean-themed "Power Casters" stories. There are also Japanese-themed, Filipino-themed and Western-themed stories in the "Power Casters" series, that's why I was specific that "Operation: Cloudbreak" is Korean-themed.

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:

There are, in fact, two major prophecies mentioned in "Operation: Cloudbreak". It's these two prophecies that Ra Ji-tae used to decide to form a team that will at least defy it from totally putting the country in annihilation by the Black Cloud Vessels. He used one of these major prophecies to seek out someone from the Red Fire Caster faction who could fulfill it. He learned about the Red Fire Caster named Nae Hyon-jun. But before he was able to do so, he discovered something about the last White Fire Caster who was believed to have died 80 years prior. Ji-tae's search for the truth about it led him to find Elena Grace Chon (given the shorter name Chon Re-na) and eventually recruit her to become a part of the Cloudbreakers team. This made him realize that in order to end the long feud between the White Power Casters and the Red Fire Casters, he would need both Hyon-jun and Re-na to fulfill the prophecy with regards to that. Of course, they all knew it's going to be a dangerous mission, and one of them might die from doing so. It was said to be the price of defying what was in the prophecy. Question is: could they defy the prophesied death, as well? Or will the cycle continue?

If you're going to ask me, I'm not sure if Ae-ri's idea of prank can be considered a frustration or a blessing in disguise at some point. In any case, Jae-hwa was well-aware of Hyon-jun's wrath once the latter finds out about what they did to his precious dreamcatcher. 😂😂

Antagonistic OC - Ra Ji-tae has his eyes on one of the agency members by the name of Wu Nam-seon (visual: Kim Myung-soo) from the start. Well, for some reason, he was against the idea of the agency head recruiting Power Casters from different factions instead of choosing from just one or two. So he didn't exactly gave the recruited Cloudbreakers a proper greeting up until they proved themselves capable of fulfilling the mission to ending the Power Casters' war with the Black Cloud Vessels.

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Most wholesome OC - Han Mi-yong (visual: Kim Se-jeong) was Ra Ji-tae's secretary and niece and probably the most innocent out of all the employees of SK-Nephelus Agency. Well, innocent in a sense that she's still a growing girl. But even when her uncle was trying not to get her involved in any danger that the agency was dealing with, Mi-yong wanted nothing more than to help him achieve his goals of ending the war in her innocent ways possible.

AU's that's fit your WIP

The AU ideas I'd like to try, particularly focusing for these 6 characters, would be the Soulmates AU, Roommates AU and University AU. I could do a lot of mix and match when it comes to the pairings here. 😁✌️😁✌️

Favorite OC ship

There are actually 4 OC pairs existing in this WIP, but the ones I've really taken a liking would be the Fire Pair. Why fire? Because of their powers. Both Hyon-jun and Re-na manipulates the power of fire. But Hyon-jun is a Red Fire Caster while Re-na is a White Fire Caster (which she only discovered as she arrived in South Korea and encountered the spirit of her great-grand-uncle Chon Hae-il). With that in mind, they both knew they were up against a bigger hill knowing that both factions of Fire Power Casters were in each other's necks for centuries. And so they tried to keep whatever feelings they had for each other to themselves. But Hyon-jun had always been known to fearlessly defy his faction leader father, with the final straw accepting the fate that Ra Ji-tae had laid out for him in order to end the war between the two Fire Power Caster factions once and for all.

National Mad Hatter Day! Any mad characters?

In this WIP, the only ones I could say that falls to this category would be the Cloudbreakers' enemies—the transformed humans as soon as they were infected with the Black Cloud Phenomenon that had haunted the country since the Joseon dynasty. There were various terms used to refer to these mad humans gaining superhuman strength and interminable lust for blood and violence as soon as they were infected. But over time, the Power Casters referred to them as the Black Cloud Vessels, in reference to the "black cloud" that had infected them.

A BrOTP

Though Re-na and Jae-hwa first met on the day the Cloudbreaker recruits were introduced, they become quick friends and almost inseparable. Regardless of the disagreement between Power Casters that Re-na knew nothing about since she didn't actually grow up in South Korea, Jae-hwa made sure that it won't affect their mission and their newfound friendship. Of course, three people were actually reading that friendship a bit different from how it was supposed to be.

Share a snippet story challenge!

My WIP right now doesn't really have proper page numbers as they only contained scenarios written on several papers. Out of all the scenarios I've written for this story, for some reason, I ended up choosing this particular part of one of the scenes I wrote before. 😁✌️😁✌️

What is your MC's darkest memory?

Re-na could never forget the day her mother was killed in front of her. Her heart become filled with nothing but the desire to discover the reason why it happened, thus isolating herself from the others. As soon as she knew it was the time to fulfill it, finding the one who killed her had been one of her biggest reasons why she decided to leave the comfort of her life and travel.

Though I've only written three synopses out of the six prequels of "Operation: Cloudbreak", I still decided to post this. After a long time, I finally have visual inspirations  for the six Cloudbreakers of Nephelus Agency.

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Jin (BTS) as the Red Fire Caster Nae Hyonjun (내횬준)

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Kriesha Chu as the White Fire Caster Elena Grace Chon (에레나 그래스 촌)/Chon Rena (촌레나)

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Gongchan (B1A4) as the Blue Water Caster Ryu Jihun (류지훈)

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Na Hae Ryung (Bestie) as the Green Wind Caster Nang Yeseul (낭예슬)

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Cha Eun Woo (Astro) as the Yellow Thunder Caster Won Jaehwa (원재화)

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Seulgi (Red Velvet) as the Gold Dust Caster Hung Aeri (훙애리)

Hello! So here I go combining prompts from two challenges since I'll only be referring to one MC/OC here.

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→Would your MC keep a secret or tell all?

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⚜️Keep it, preferably. At least on Re-na's part since she also have secrets of her own that she didn't want mentioning or anyone finding out unless she intended it to be discovered.

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→Main OC

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⚜️Though I did mention six main OCs, the story would be told mostly in Elena Grace Chon's POV. She was a travel blogger that lived most of her life in the Philippines before deciding to travel the world and become a blogger about it. But one other reason why she decided to go from one place to another was to find out why she actually possessed the power to manipulate white fire. Until she reached South Korea where she was nicknamed Re-na and met two people whom she realized was holding the key to revealing something powerful enough to change her life, either for better or for worse.

I know I haven't put the story cover and synopsis at all for this story. And yes, I ended up changing the cover again and settled for this one.

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In any case, here's the story description for Operation: Cloudbreak.

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✨Ra Ji-Tae, the current director of Nephelus Agency, once journeyed in order to find recruits that would help him end the root of the chaos happening in South Korea due to the Black Cloud Phenomenon. After eight years, he managed to find six people—each came from the existing factions of Power Casters in the country. But finding the root of evil lurking in the country wasn't their only problem.

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Ending the several centuries old war among the Power Caster factions turned out to be the greatest battle that the Cloudbreakers had to face...✨

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:

journal entry #23

Yup. I'm writing in my journal again just a few minutes before the day actually ends. I'm close to being late — again. I really need to fix that habit sooner, huh?

In any case, I was supposed to start writing a story when nothing comes up in my mind. Seriously! And here I was, planning to submit two manuscripts for the Pixie Project — just like last time. Anyway, the number of stories lining up to be included there now added to around 8 or 10. Unsure about the number? Yes, I am, only because the added stories wasn't even polished yet. At least on the initial plan.

As for other activities, my mom watched some of the classic Sharon Cuneta movies — again. Well, she watched them again after a long while since she was actually watching Korean dramas and movies these past months. Most of them revolved on mystery, psychological, thriller and action for some reason. From what I can see, she'd gotten a bit better. But it's for the best if we still watch her over her situation. I know she wasn't getting any younger, but we couldn't exactly risk it.

My imaginings were still lingering around. But this time, they changed drastically. "Drastically" to the point that I actually imagined myself getting married and giving birth to twin sons. And I also imagined myself getting married to a foreign celebrity. I was well aware that this is something impossible. The idea of getting married itself is already shocking to me. But to a foreigner, at that? And an entertainer, too? That's way too much. Even if I say here and now that fate and destiny could work their ways to make even the impossible happen, I still wasn't sure.

For now, I'll just let my imagination run wild. At least I know it will only stay in my mind. But if it works its way to make a miracle, then I'll only have God to thank for that.

Good night! 😊❤️

journal entry #22

It's 11:52 PM already so I better write something before I end up late — again. Even when I say that I'm trying to keep up, there are times that it's still hard.

As for what happened today...

It's still the same — at least most of it. Watching the same shows, listening to the same songs... and experiencing the same body pain. Well, that last part was actually my mom. I'm still praying that she would feel better.

Anyway, I was able to post the recorded voices I sent to the group chat of WANI Pioneers on Messenger to both my IG and YT account. I don't know. I just had the urge to do it. Right now, I want to keep it up, but I'm still trying to think of what to record next.

There's just this question I've been asking to myself all day.

What exactly is stopping me from finishing to read even just one book? And I mean read it in one go, with no distractions. I really want to go back to those days that I could do those.

My thoughts for today seemed to be a bit boring, huh? I know. I've always known myself to be one. But I'm trying to be someone active or vivacious, even. And yet here I am, thinking that it wasn't me at all.

Anyway, I'll end it here today since it's time to go to sleep.

journal entry #21

I'm supposed to be sleeping already, but I have to write something in my journal first. Though now that I'm here, I have no idea what to write. And that sucks. But I'll try, even though my head starts to ache again.

The members of WANI continued with their practice in recording voice clips as preparations for their plan in recording for audiobooks. I've been trying, with me submitting two voice clips to them. But I'm still unsure on what they think about it. Though I know I have a lot more to improve, I'm going to try again. Just until I finally got rid of this anxiety that was really obvious on my voice.

Aside from that, I just recorded myself actually singing! And that's completely scary! But I wanted to do it for a long while now, just for the purpose of knowing how my voice sounds when I sing. I have to admit, I don't have the singing voice known for Filipinos. But I tried. I'm only trying to impress myself here, in case some people would want to know that. I only recorded myself singing the first chorus of the Japanese song "Love Is..." by Tiara and KG. Next time, I want to try singing a Korean song. Of course, I need a LOT OF PRACTICE to actually get the pronunciation of the lyrics right.

By the way, I almost forgot that I lighted a candle today, just for the purpose of reaching out to Him to ease my mom's health at the moment. It's still lit up. I hope He would be able to know and hear that.

Anyway, I'll end my entry here for today.

Till tomorrow! 😊❤️

the last sky of the earth 85 - knight's scene: loyal stars

"WOW! Himala, Kuya! Nakauwi ka na talaga?"

Natawa na lang si Shigeru sa naging pagsalubong ni Kana sa kanya sa kuwarto niya sa Miyuzaki mansion. Pagkatapos ng naging pag-uusap nila ni Mari sa study room nito ay agad siyang umuwi sa bahay para maghanda. Hindi pa siya sigurado kung ano ang gagawin niya para mabantayan si Kourin pero alam niya na hindi siya dapat magtagal sa pag-iisip. May palagay na siya kung sino ang sinasabi ni Mari na isa sa mga Dark Rose members na desidido nang patayin si Kourin.

Pero magkakamatayan muna bago magawa ng sira-ulong naiisip ni Shigeru ang plano nito para sa Shinomiya clan princess. Humigpit ang hawak niya sa baril na ina-assemble niya bago dumating si Kana.

"Hay... Trabaho na naman ang aatupagin mo, 'no? Hindi ka talaga mapirmi sa isang lugar, alam mo ba 'yon, Kuya?" sabi ni Kana na pumutol sa pag-iisip ni Shigeru.

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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journal entry #18

It's the start of a new month! And rain greeted it. Seriously! Well, I know it's still the rainy season. But heck!

Sorry. I know I still have the right to rant here since this is my space. But I really want to lessen it somehow. At least I'm trying to. I'm doing my best.

So today, I finally got the books I ordered on FPH which included the complimentary copies of the books under the Pixie Project. The books I ordered in FHP were:

• Ang Asawa Kong Amasona - S. Light
• Beauty Spell (Pixie Dream) - Azaeah Eunice
• Twinkle In The Dark (Pixie Dream) - Estrelya Spica

While the titles of my books under Pixie Tears were:

• Even Without A Name: Smiles Of Love
• Even Without A Name: Tears Of Love

Yes, I finally got them. And the Pixie books were really cute, they were only the size of my hand. I'm planning on writing book comments to the first three books listed above once I'm done reading them. But I'm still keen on finishing to read the books from my other currently reading list. And that's a lot, believe me. I might not be the bookworm that I used to be. But reading books (novels, to be exact) still gives me a sort of reviving energy, for some reason. To be honest, this part is still hard to explain to me.

Anyway, I'm still elated and truly grateful that Sharmyn included me in the dedication of her new book — which was one of those that I ordered. I guess that even though we haven't met personally, I'm truly glad that I found a friend in here. And it doesn't matter even if we were only friends online.

As for my writing, I'm still trying to make a progress on the other stories I had on Wattpad. I hope I could truly stick to it, even slowly.

For now, I'll end this here. It's time for me to say goodnight.

Until tomorrow. 😊❤️