May 2021 Wrap-Up

Man! What a hot May this has been. And I wasn't really glad about that at all. But at least, it started raining. It helped drop the temperature a bit, especially during night time. This month, however, had a lot of happenings ― at least in my life. Or not exactly my life, but of those around me who are a part of my life. Okay. It just got more confusing than usual.

For now, let's do a bit of a monthly wrap-up, shall we? This will also be a bit of a checking on what May goals have I managed to achieve. But I must say, they're not a lot. And I'm not sure if I should be glad with that or not.

By the way, I'm getting a new headset. Or should I say, earphones? Sometimes, I'm confusing the two, which could be annoying. In any case, this is my affirmation for tonight as the earphones that I'm using has started to malfunction. I just have to earn enough for me to buy that, of course. I was able to do it when I had to pay for the TIN ID. Why not do the same thing here? Right?

I'm writing a new blog entry which is going to be the last one for this month, as well. As you guessed it, it's going to be a monthly wrap-up again. I'm still thinking, however, if it's right that I set a goal this month.

Let's see...

ETB Book 3 List of Characters

LIST OF CHARACTERS

THE FOUR FAMILIES

*Shinomiya Clan: The Noble Sky of the Earth*

Kourin Shinomiya (Morita Suzuka) – The "Last Sky" and the current leader of the Shinomiya clan. She is the youngest child and heiress to the position of being the Four Families' leader. He is Seiichi Yasuhara's fiancee.

Mari Shinomiya (Kim Tae Hee) – The "13th Knight of the Sky" and eldest among the Shinomiya siblings. She became Ren Ikegami's fiancee.

Ryuuji Mikazuki (Jung Yunho of TVXQ) – The "Phantom Blazer" and the protector of the Purple Iris Crystal. He is in a relationship with Kana Miyuzaki and the maternal cousin of the Shinomiya siblings.

Akemi Mikazuki (Kim So Eun) – The "Aerial Rave" and Ryuuji's sister.

Shingo Yanai (Sato Takeru) – The "Ethereal Sky" and the Shinomiya siblings' paternal uncle. He is revealed to be the commander of the a group called the Phantom Knights and became the wielder of Hitoshi's Iris Sword in accordance to the prophecy. He is engaged to Yasha Wilford.

Hitoshi Shinomiya (Chiba Yudai) – The "Iris Knight" and the middle child. He is the only non-Yasunaga practitioner of one of the Shichi RaiRyuuKen kenjutsu and Seiichi Yasuhara's best friend. He is said to be the only member of the Four Families who was given the gift of prediction which manifests in his ability to analyze hidden codes underlying in each of the historical records with regards to the Four Families and the Yasunaga clan, making him able to predict the danger that lies within various important events.

Takaharu Kousaka (Kim Joon) – The "Jet Edge" and Ryuuji Mikazuki's shadow guardian, replacing Shiro Nishikawa's duty.

*Azuraya Clan: The Blazing Sun Knights*

Satoru Nanasaki (Matsuzaka Tori) – The "Stirring Fire" of the 12 Knights of the Sky and in a relationship with Nanami Miyuzaki.

Amiko Azuraya (Kim Yoo Jung) – The "Blue Shadow" of the 12 Knights of the Sky and Kourin's shadow guardian. A romantic relationship between her and Natsume Shiraishi is hinted.

Kenji Azuraya (Jung Yong Hwa) – The "Iron Howl" and the current leader of the Azuraya clan; Amiko's adoptive father. He is engaged to Shouda Miyuzaki.

Aki Yoshikawa (Ichimichi Mao) – The "Princess Blade" of the 12 Knights of the Sky, replacing Satoru's sister Hotaru Nanasaki.

*Yumemiya Clan: The Elegant Moon Knights*

Mamoru Yumemiya (Shirota Yuu) – The "Whirlwind Falcon" of the 12 Knights of the Sky and the current leader of the Yumemiya clan.

Chrono Arthur Elzea (Mario Maurer) – The "Iron Eagle" of the 12 Knights of the Sky.

Iria Yanagi (Iitoyo Marie) – The "Silver Phantom" of the 12 Knights of the Sky, replacing Mamoru's sister Miyako Yumemiya. She and Raiden Wilford are in a romantic relationship.

Kaito Homura (Shison Jun) – The "Wind Raven" of the 12 Knights of the Sky, replacing Chrono's sister Julianna Marie "Julie" Elzea.

Shari Kurosawa (Inoue Mao) – The "Ray Storm" and the protector of the Yellow Jasmine Crystal after her cousin Tetsuya Kisaragi's death.

*Miyuzaki Clan: The Devoted Star Knights*

Takumi Miyuzaki (Lee Min Ho) – The "Storm Hunter" of the 12 Knights of the Sky.

Kana Miyuzaki (Kwon Yuri of SNSD) – The "Crimson Lancer" of the 12 Knights of the Sky and Ryuuji Mikazuki's girlfriend.

Nanami Miyuzaki (Takei Emi) – The "Scarlet Saber" of the 12 Knights of the Sky and the wielder of the Blue Dragon Sword. She and Satoru Nanasaki are in a romantic relationship.

Shouda Miyuzaki (Ha Ga In) – The "Cloud Knight" and the current leader of the Miyuzaki clan. She is engaged to Kenji Azuraya.

Takeru Uehara (Im Seulong of 2AM) – The "Levantine" and the protector of the Peruvian Heliotrope Crystal. Since the end of TLSOTE Book 1, he is in a relationship with Reiko Kirisaki.

Ren Ikegami (Jo Hyun Jae) – The "Death Stalker" of the 12 Knights of the Sky, replacing the Miyuzaki siblings' eldest brother Shigeru Miyuzaki. He became Mari Shinomiya's fiance.

Riya Fuji (Suenaga Haruka) – The "Illusory Autumn" of the 12 Knights of the Sky, replacing Takumi's twin sister Tsukasa Miyuzaki. A romantic relationship with Hiro Gushiken is hinted by the end of TLSOTE Book 2.

Adrian Corazza (Saito Syuusuke) – The "Rumble Detonator" and Soujiro Hiwara's protégé. He is Daryll Corazza's younger half-brother.

YASUNAGA CLAN

*First Branch: The Blue Rose Tasuke *

Seiichi Yasuhara (Suzuki Shogo) – The "Schwertkreuz" and the leader of the Yasunaga clan's Four Branches. He is also Kourin Shinomiya's fiance. He is one of the practitioners of Shichi RaiRyuuKen kenjutsu using the Yasunaga clan's Full Moon Sword which he wields.

Natsume Shiraishi (Yeo Jin Goo) – The "Meister Column" and the pillar of the Blue Rose Tasuke Branch of the Yasunaga clan. It is also noted that he and Amiko Azuraya are hinted to be in a romantic relationship.

Hitomi Natsukawa (Yamaya Kasumi) – The "Icicle Glaive"

Sakura Oshiro (Shin Da Eun) – The "Imperial Phoenix"

*Second Branch: The Red Rose Kakeru*

Marco Lanster (Yokohama Ryusei) – The "Jovian Column" and the pillar of the Red Rose Kakeru Branch of the Yasunaga clan

Itsuki Asahiro (Furukawa Yuki) – The "White Devil"

Hiro Gushiken (Takahashi Mitsuomi) – The "Blood Ice"

Jian Tsukuda (Lee Hyun Jin) – The "Blood Prince". He is half Chinese and a certified Casanova.

* Third Branch: The White Rose Mihane*

Raiden Wilford (Shiono Akihisa) – The "Lightning Dragon" and a practitioner of four out of the seven sword techniques he mastered from his uncle called the Shichi RaiRyuuKen kenjutsu or the Seven Lightning Dragon Sword Techniques which became a reference of his title. He and Iria Yanagi have been in a romantic relationship since the end of TLSOTE Book 2.

Yasha Wilford (Baifern Pimchanok) – The "Divine Breaker" and Akemi Mikazuki's protégé. She is Raiden's older sister and Shingo Yanai's fiancee.

Riel Willard (Song Joong Ki) – The "Cosmic Column" and the pillar of the White Rose Mihane Branch of the Yasunaga clan.

Sui Hirota (Ryusei Ryu) – The "Herculean Lion"

Asami Hirota (Konno Ayuri) – The "Raging Tiger"

*Fourth Branch: The Peach Rose Isami*

Reiko Kirisaki (IU/Lee Ji Eun) – The "Sword Flash" and a practitioner of the Shichi RaiRyuuKen kenjutsu's Lightning Dragon Kodachi Twin Slashing Style. She has been in a relationship with Takeru Uehara since the end of TLSOTE Book 1.

Kaede Shimizu (Nichkhun of 2PM) – The "Ethereal Column" and the pillar of the Peach Rose Isami Branch of the Yasunaga clan.

Eiji Aoyama (Kataoka Shinwa) – The "Sapphire Dragon"

Yukiji Yamazaki (Aizawa Rina) – The "Ocean Admonisher"

THE PHANTOM KNIGHTS

*The Water Shark Squad*

Shun Fujimoto (Jerry Yan) – Referred to using the call sign "Water Shark 1" and the captain of the Water Shark Squad. He is half-Taiwanese.

Akio Hagiwara (Nishijima Takahiro) – Referred to using the call sign "Water Shark 2" and the vice-captain of the Water Shark Squad.

Hajime Asano (Nishikawa Shunsuke) – Referred to using the call sign "Water Shark 3" and the youngest among the Water Shark Squad.

Yamato Komiya (Okada Masaki) – Referred to using the call sign "Water Shark 4"

Jiwon Toyoshima (Kim Jeong Hoon) – Referred to using the call sign "Water Shark 5". He is half-Korean.

*The Earth Tiger Squad*

Makoto Yanai (Song Jae Rim) – Referred to using the call sign "Earth Tiger 1" and Shingo's maternal cousin. He is the captain of the Earth Tiger Squad.

Minoru Nonomura (Shinjiro Atae) – Referred to using the call sign "Earth Tiger 2" and the vice-captain of the Earth Tiger Squad.

Hachiro Nakasato (Ken Theeradeth Wonpuapan) – Referred to using the call sign "Earth Tiger 3"

Tsubasa Usami (Matsumoto Gaku) – Referred to using the call sign "Earth Tiger 4" and the youngest among the Earth Tiger Squad.

Junseo Onoe (Alexander) – Referred to using the call sign "Earth Tiger 5". He is half-Korean.

*The Fire Lion Squad*

Kenichi Oshiro (Kim Soo Hyun) – Referred to using the call sign "Fire Lion 1" and Sakura's cousin. He is the captain of the Fire Lion Squad

Renshu Yunokawa (Jiro Wang) – Referred to using the call sign "Fire Lion 2" and the vice-captain of the Fire Lion Squad. He is half-Taiwanese.

Yasuhiro Fuji (Kim Kibum of Super Junior) – Referred to using the call sign "Fire Lion 3" and Riya Fuji's half brother

Noboru Shiroyama (Onew of SHINee) – Referred to using the call sign "Fire Lion 4"

Seiji Natsukawa (Hongki of FT Island) – Referred to using the call sign "Fire Lion 5" and Hitomi Natsukawa's older brother. He's the youngest among the Fire Lion Squad

*The Wind Falcon Squad*

Ryuunosuke Tsukimori (Wu Chun) – Referred to using the call sign "Wind Falcon 1" and the captain of the Wind Falcon Squad

Jirou Fujioka (Im Si Wan) – Referred to using the call sign "Wind Falcon 2" and the vice-captain of the Wind Falcon Squad. He was the one who suggested to use his surname when Kourin decided to change her name in the events of Book 1

Kazuhiko Ryusaki (Yoshi Sudarso) – Referred to using the call sign "Wind Falcon 3"

Yuuto Asahara (Acharanat Ariyaritwikol) – Referred to using the call sign "Wind Falcon 4"

Hikaru Ueto (Dong Ho) – Referred to using the call sign "Wind Falcon 5" and the youngest among the Wind Falcon Squad

MINOR CHARACTERS (These characters would most likely appear on one to two chapters only or near the end):

Jun Nishikawa (Yamada Yuki) – Shiro's younger brother and Takaharu Kousaka's protégé. He is a member of the Shinomiya clan and the Shinomiya siblings' paternal cousin.

Shuichi Yoshino (Lee Changmin of 2AM) – Wielder of the Red Dragon Sword and one of the protectors of the 14 Celestial Succession Ceremonial Items. He is a member of the Azuraya clan.

Hanako Morioka (Kinoshita Ayumi) – The protector of the Orange Lily Crystal after Arisa Azuraya's death in Book 1. She is a member of the Azuraya clan.

Akira Sakagami (Jo Kwon of 2AM) – One of the protectors of the 14 Celestial Succession Ceremonial Items. He is a member of the Yumemiya clan.

Soujiro Hiwara (Hamao Kyousuke) – Adrian Corazza's mentor. He is a member of the Miyuzaki clan.

Mio Koizumi (Han Hyo Joo) – Shouko and Shouda Miyuzaki's protégé. She is a member of the Miyuzaki clan.

Yuji Hanazawa (Ozawa Ryouta) – Codenamed "Crimson Petrifier" from the Yasunaga clan's first branch, the Blue Rose Tasuke.

Misaki Nagishima (Park Min Young) – Codenamed "Storm Rider" from the Yasunaga clan's 2nd branch, the Red Rose Kakeru.

Risa Asai (Honoka Miki) – Codenamed "Palladian Aegis" from the Yasunaga clan's 3rd branch, the White Rose Mihane.

Shizuka Mizuhara (Koike Yui) – Codenamed "Talismanic Silencer" from the Yasunaga clan's 4th branch, the Peach Rose Isami.

Hayate Akashi (Maruyama Atsushi) – The Wilford siblings' uncle who trained Raiden and a few others on the seven styles of a certain sword technique he had mastered called Shichi RaiRyuuKen kenjutsu (Seven Lightning Dragon Sword Technique) under his brother's orders before the latter's untimely death. With that knowledge, he is identified as a member of the Yasunaga clan's 3rd branch, the White Rose Mihane.

THE DEATH CLOVER ORGANIZATION

Linker (Kim Myungsoo) – leader and commander of the organization

Bardiche (Kyuhyun of Super Junior) – secondary leader of the organization and captain of the Crossfire and Arthra squads

Crossfire 1 (Crystal Liu Fei)

Crossfire 2 (Park Yoo Chun)

Crossfire 3 (Daito Shunsuke)

Crossfire 4 (Jirayu Laongmanee)

Arthra 1 (Jang Nara)

Arthra 2 (Mike He)

Arthra 3 (Choi Min Ho)

Arthra 4 (Jo In Sung)

Excelion (Heechul of Super Junior) –secondary leader of the organization and captain of the Axel and Logia squads

Axel 1 (Ariel Lin)

Axel 2 (Luhan)

Axel 3 (Fukuhara Yasuhisa)

Axel 4 (Jesdaporn Pholdee)

Logia 1 (Kim Hee Sun)

Logia 2 (Aaron Yan)

Logia 3 (Do Ji Han)

Logia 4 (Joo Ji Hoon)

ETB Book 3 Plot (Tentative)

NOTE: This is the initial plan for the story which will be the third and final book of "The Last Sky Of The Earth" trilogy. Puwedeng magbago ang mga eksena rito depende na rin sa takbo ng mood ko sa pagsusulat nito at sa magiging takbo na rin ng kuwento. Hehe! Anyway, hindi ko pa naman naisusulat ito dahil wala pa nga ako sa kalahati ng Book 1. This is still in response to the post I made before (). And as usual, it might contain spoilers.

The third and final installment of "The Last Sky Of The earth" trilogy follows the succeeding adventures of 4 prestigious Japanese families who had sought refuge in the Philippines after the attack at the Shinomiya mansion in Kyoto more than 3 years prior. This time, it's not only the clans of the Shinomiya, the Azuraya, the Yumemiya, and the Miyuzaki who are recognized around the world after the deadly battle with ancient organization called the Black Thorns. Even the originally forgotten Yasunaga clan is steadily becoming recognized, as well. Just when they think that they can finally attain the peaceful lives they've always longed for, the news breaks out that Shingo is attacked!

shichi rairyuuken

AKASHI HAYATO

Lightning Dragon Chaotic Flash Nodachi Style

Lightning Dragon Thundering Dance Naginata Style

Lightning Dragon Violent Fang Wakizashi Style

Lightning Dragon Phantasm Crossfire Katana Style

Lightning Dragon Twin Slashing Kodachi Style

Lightning Dragon Hurricane Impact Yari Style

Lightning Dragon Supreme Striker Uchigatana Style

REIKO KIRISAKI

Lightning Dragon Twin Slashing Kodachi Style

RAIDEN WILFORD

Lightning Dragon Chaotic Flash Nodachi Style

Lightning Dragon Thundering Dance Naginata Style

Lightning Dragon Phantasm Crossfire Katana Style

Lightning Dragon Supreme Striker Uchigatana Style

AYUKA INUBUSHI

Lightning Dragon Supreme Striker Uchigatana Style

THERON KARL MIYAMOTO

Lightning Dragon Supreme Striker Uchigatana Style

HITOSHI SHINOMIYA

Lightning Dragon Chaotic Flash Nodachi Style

AMIKO AZURAYA

Lightning Dragon Violent Fang Wakizashi Style

Lightning Dragon Twin Slashing Kodachi Style

SEIICHI YASUHARA

Lightning Dragon Phantasm Crossfire Katana Style

HITOMI NATSUKAWA

Lightning Dragon Hurricane Impact Yari Style

RISA ASAI

Lightning Dragon Thundering Dance Naginata Style

jyureiger (tentative story plot and character list)

NOTE:This is the official list of characters from my second Super Sentai story "Kumo Sentai Jyureiger". I'll be adding other characters—if I managed to think about adding even more—once I had it done. The characters written here are fictional, just a product of my imagination, and had no connection whatsoever to those people with the same name. As for the Korean characters included here, they actually first appeared in the fantasy series I wrote titled "Operation: Cloudbreak". So this is like the spin-off of that series.

WARNING: Contains spoilers regarding how the full story will run.

JYUREIGERS

*Jyureiger (Jyureijā) is a portmanteau of Japanese words for "Beast" (Jyu/Zyu), "Spirit" (Rei), and "Ranger" (Renjā)—can be translated (hopefully it's the right one) as "Beast Spirit Rangers".

What is one song that resonates with you?

It would be the English version of Ai's Japanese song titled "Story".

I already heard the Japanese version first, but it didn't draw me to the song as much as the English version did. Setting the language reasons aside, it's probably because the English version was used in the movie "Big Hero 6". I love that movie. And I've always imagined a scene in my head in which the people I care about would be singing this to me as a way to thank me for so many things that I'd do and will continue doing to help them and guide them in their lives. 

One other reason why I love this song and why it resonates with me is that maybe (just maybe) I'm still waiting for someone to actually help me see what I can do and what I can become with no prejudices and judgment. A person who could possibly act as a major catalyst or something for my life to be set in motion (finally).

I don't know why I wanted that, though. But it's something that's been in my mind for quite a long time now since I heard that song.

Memories That Tortured Me

Hindi na maalala ni Mamoru kung pang-ilang beses na niyang bumuntong-huminga nang araw na iyon. It wasn't a habit. At least, sigurado siya sa bagay na iyon.

And yet...

"Huwag na huwag ka ngang sumimangot. Lalo kang nagmumukhang matanda sa ginagawa mo, eh..."

Just great. Heto na nga ba ang sinasabi niya. Maalala't maalala na naman niya ang mga sinabi nito sa kanya noon. He wasn't supposed to think of anything else other than the mission at hand.

Pero ano na naman itong nagpapagulo sa kanya ngayon?

3 favorite quotes about life.

These are the quotes that I recall telling to myself (or at least trying to live by) since high school days. And seriously, that was a long time ago.

1. "You never fail until you stop trying." ― Albert Einstein

2. "It is never too late to be what you might have been." ― George Eliot

3. "Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game." ― Babe Ruth

They're pretty short, but they're the ones that really got stuck to me all these years. I'm still doing what I can to actually live by these quotes, though.

The Pain I've Kept

There was nothing wrong with Yasha crying, right? Isa pa, ngayon niya lang ito gagawin. She would only do this at the moment. It really hurt and I couldn't hide it anymore. Kahit anong tago ang gawin ko, hindi ko na maitatanggi iyon.

It hurt too much.

She always thought that it would fade as time passed by that that person were not here by her side anymore. In her life. But she guessed she assumed too much about things.

【My Fiction Writings】All About "Our Memory Of The Dawn"

Okay. Since I just update this fanfic 3 days ago, I guess I should start telling more about this particular story on this segment of my blog. Come to think of it, I haven't written anything for a long while that talks about the stories I wrote, right? The last one was about "The Secret Of The Rose Clans" from the Chronicles Of The Roses romance series and I'm not sure if it was enough.

Anyway, here we go.

The Sunday Currently | 29 |

The first for this month. Okay. Like, seriously? How come I didn't write any Sunday Currently for 2 Sundays after the last? I still can't seem to fathom that, honestly. How come I can't stick to doing this continuously? Anyway, enough complaining. It already happened. I don't want to add fuel to the fire (or in tonight's case, it's heat) because of that. I should focus more on what to write, right? Or at least, that's the best option for now. I'd rather not think about the heat that the country is going through right now.

I was supposed to write on my journal first, but my alarm for this blog entry started ringing. So before I'd forget again, here we are. Let's write this while contemplating on certain things, shall we?

For this Sunday, I'm currently:

Above Everything Else

Kung may ilalalim pa ang buntong-hininga ni Takeru nang mga sandaling iyon, baka iyon na ang ginawa niya habang patuloy na nakatayo sa ilalim ng isang matandang puno sa parkeng iyon. Wala naman siyang planong tumambay roon. Pero anong maligno ang sumanib sa kanya para pumunta roon ng wala sa oras?

Pero sino ba ang niloloko niya?

He eyed that crying woman who he saw at one part of that park once again. Had Takeru truly gone cold so now, instead of consoling the woman he'd been looking at from afar for a while now, he just remained standing there, just watching her cry like that?

Baguio On My EXO-Inspired Stories

I'm not really sure why, but I just noticed this while my sisters and I were riding a taxi earlier. I actually wrote a few stories in which I managed to write as I thought of a certain spot here in Baguio, my hometown.

I once wrote a story titled "What This Heartbeat Means" which was an EXO fanfic based on the result I got from an EXO dating game I found on Youtube years ago. I played it for fun and maybe out of curiosity. Anyway, that story is now deleted and I only remembered it again when the taxi that we were riding on took an alternate route going to town to avoid the traffic along Naguillian Road. One of the routes it took was an alley heading to Guisad Valley National High School ― a once familiar path to me as I usually use that route when I was in high school. Only I didn't go to the high school on that route. As soon as I was writing the story before, that was the place that would pop up in my mind, for some weird reason. It would happen like that, even though the area doesn't have any relation to the story at all.

Your favorite books.

I think I'm going to list 10 here, but not in any particular order. Okay? I'd rather not rank the books I've been reading and going to my list of favorites.

📖 "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J.K. Rowling (English)

📖 "Nights In Rodanthe" by Nicholas Sparks (English)

📖 "39 Clues # 9: Storm Warning" by Linda Sue Park (English)

📖 "The Sign Of The Twisted Candle (Nancy Drew # 9)" by Carolyn Keene (English)

📖 "A Ring Of Endless Light" by Madeleine L'Engle (English)

📖 "Para Sa Hopeless Romantic" by Marcelo Santos III (Filipino)

📖 "Made In Heaven" by Louise Dane (Filipino)

📖 "My Mischievious Star" by Maricar Dizon (Filipino)

📖 "Unwritten Letters To You" by T.B. LaBerge (English)

📖 "Bucket List Of Love" by C.P. Santi (English)

Happy Mother's Day, Mama!

29 turning 30 years... That's how long it's been, huh? That's how long you've been such an amazing mother to me. I know I can be really annoying, irritating, frustrating, hardheaded (at least sometimes). Not that I'm proud of that. But it seems that I grew up learning things on my own most of the time. At some point, I know I let my pride rule over me to not ask for your guidance or help unless I deem it necessary. It's a really weird mindset of mine that, until now, I can't seem to remove.

And yet, even with that, I still want to thank you.

Thank you for still listening to my selfish wishes. Thank you for being there for me, regardless of the fact that I rarely come to you to ask for anything. Thank you for a lot of advice that, most of the time, I tend not to listen to them. I don't who or what to blame for that part, though. Even still, thank you for so many things I learned from you.

I'm sorry... for being a hard person to deal with sometimes. I'm sorry for being a stubborn woman who can't seem to make a firm decision since the time I noticed how my life is falling apart in front of me, even with your presence. I'm sorry for being a continuous disappointment because of my decisions. I'm trying . I'm doing what I can. But several negative thoughts that had haunted me for so many years would always do its best to cripple me. I was never proud of myself. And yet here you are, still saying that you are to me.

I don't know what will happen in the next years. But let's have faith. At least, I'd like to have one for myself that something will change this year. You've always have one for me and I'll always be thankful for that.

I love you, and thank you. I'm always thanking the heavens that you're my mother all those years.

Happy Mother's Day!

Your favorite songs.

I have lots, but I'm going to list here 6 in each language that I have on my playlist.

English:

🎵"The Call" by Celtic Woman

🎵"In Another Lifetime" by Gary Valenciano

🎵"Come What May" by Air Supply

🎵"If You Met Me First" by Eric Ethridge

🎵"When God Made You" by Newsong and Natalie Grant

🎵"Forevermore" by Side A

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Filipino:

🎵"Hanggang May Kailanman" by Carol Banawa

🎵"Panunumpa" by Carol Banawa

🎵"Hanggang Sa Huli" by SB19

🎵"Sana" by Shamrock

🎵"Sobra Kitang Mahal" by Miguel Aguila

🎵"Kung Hindi Ikaw" by James Wright

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Chinese:

🎵"Season Of Fireworks" by F4

🎵"One Persistent Thought" by Hu Ge and Alan Dawa Dolma

🎵"Just Lose It (Hurts So Much)" by Pets Tseng

🎵"Back In The Days" by BY2

🎵"Half Of Me" by Jiro Wang

🎵"My Love For You Won't Change" by Bii

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Japanese:

🎵"Megumi No Ame" by Alan Dawa Dolma

🎵"Kimi No Zutto" by YuYu

🎵"Kiseki ~Mirai He" by Tiara (originally by GREEEEN)

🎵"Your Best Friend" by Kuraki Mai

🎵"Crystal Snow" by BTS

🎵"Only One (Ballad Version)" by Fujita Maiko

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Korean:

🎵"Moonlight Drawn By Clouds" by Gummy

🎵"This Love" by Davichi

🎵"Only You" by 4Men

🎵"Spring Day" by BTS

🎵"Miracles Of December" by EXO

🎵"Don't Forget Me" by Bae Suzy

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Thai:

🎵"A Song Khai (Countless/Infinite/Inumerable)" by Ying Thitikarn

🎵"Peua Tur (For You)" by Gun Napat

🎵"Khon Bap Nai (What Kind Of Person?)" by Mix Sahaphap

🎵"Yom Jum Non Fah Din (Surrender To Heaven And Earth)" by Ying Thitikarn

🎵"Neung Kum Tee Lon Jai (One Word That's Overflowing From My Heart)" by Pijika

🎵"Saai Dtaa Go Hok Mai Bpen (Eyes Can't Lie)" by Earth Pirapat

6 drink/beverages I love (give explanation for each)

1. Coffee ― I guess you could say this is a night owl/writer's best friend? Hahaha! But honestly, this will always be my favorite. Except the strong ones, only when I truly need it.

2. Milk ― I only drink this when I badly needed something to make me sleep soundly. It's better this than resort to using sleeping pills or something.

3. Milo/Chocolate drink ― Possibly my second favorite after coffee, only because I've loved chocolate. At least the slightly sweet ones. 😄

4. Cucumber lemonade ― This juice drink that started to become a trend a few years back was a little milder and sweeter than lemonade. So I guess this is one reason why I included it in this list.

5. Pineapple juice ― My go-to Vitamin C drink when I don't want lemonade or any other citrus-y drinks. I guess you could say that this is my favorite juice drink.

6. Cookies and cream milk tea ― I've only started loving this recently, and only when I have the money to buy one. Then again, that doesn't happen often.

This list just asked for 6, which I considered a good thing, honestly. I don't drink a lot of stuff, actually. Not a alcohol drinker, as well. I'm the only one in my family who's not. At this point, I had a feeling people would have a glimpse of how boring I could be. Or not.

April 2021 Wrap-Up and May 2021 Goals

An April wrap-up that I'm writing in May. How weird is that? Well, I wasn't able to write this last night as I was too sleepy to even concentrate. My journal writing nearly suffered from that drowsiness, as well. It's a good thing I was still able to write something there as I've made a goal of writing on my journal for 1,000 days straight. I still need to calculate as to how many days I've been doing this straight days journal writing, but I can say that I'm making quite a progress.

Anyway, I'll list down some of the major things that happened last month, with information courtesy of my journal. Hehe!