journal entry #1894

I'm so freaking tired and a hell lot sleepy. That's all I can complain about for today, to be honest. Then again, what's new? That's what I've been complaining most of the year this year. But like I said, I was able to do things slowly this year that I thought I'd never do at all and do over again.

We were almost done with the food preparation for the media noche later. At least, I was done with my part of the task. So all in all, we have fruits, macaroni salad, leche flan, ube biko, lechon belly, vegetable tempura, grilled bangus, bopis, chopseuy, lumpiang shanghai, crispy pata, pork barbeque and pancit bihon. That's actually a lot, now that I wrote it all down. Oh, yes. There's also the cake that TP's friend gave to us. I don't know why, though. But thank you. 😊 Wait, there's one more to that list. Fresh lumpia. I almost forgot. LOL!

So don't be surprised if I find myself tired and sleepy today before I could even welcome the New Year. And why do I have a feeling that I would be coming down with colds after all this? Yikes!

To be honest, I don't really know what else to write here. I know that it's the last day of the year and I would've had a thing or two to say about how 2024 had fared for me. But I don't think I have to do any recap or something about my year. The journals I would write on to already held my thoughts on each day of the year, even though majority of them were really repetitive. But those were my real days. And they were my real thoughts. I don't have any reason to lie about it or hide about my mundane days. Similar things could happen in 2025, but it doesn't matter. My days are my days. I don't have to lie about them. Maybe the one thing that I need to do as a change next year starting tomorrow is to be more honest and not hide and hold back on my journal entries.

With this entry, I'm finally saying goodbye to my 2024! 😊❤️

【silent vlog】another 3 days' worth

This is another 3 days worth of video clips (Dec. 27-29, 2024) that I just randomly filmed while going about with my life now that the year is about to end. I mean, it's crazy to think that the year just passed by fast for me. It's going to get busy again now that we have to prepare and buy the things we needed for the Media Noche this New Year's Eve. And for this silent vlog, I decided to talk about the one thing I chose to do with regard to my blog and my journal entries. Just so I have something to talk about and post daily. I still haven't given up on the idea of daily posting on my blog, you know. 😊✌️

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 6.2

But if one would look at Itsuki's face when he left the mansion, one could see the confusion and frustration on his face. At the moment, he decided to just leave without notifying anyone than take it all out on Helen. Not that he intended to do it like that since he knew very well that the novelist didn't do anything bad.

To be honest, he couldn't understand himself when it came to that particular issue. That feeling of irritation that bubbled up as soon as Hideoki declared that Helen would be helping them train to become full-fledged Vessels remained a mystery to him. There had to be a reason for that. He only needed to figure out what it was.

There was only one place that Itsuki had intended to go to as soon as he left the mansion. His favorite place --- the lake near the cliff that Shuichi would usually frequent. He didn't understand the intense need to go there. But he knew it was the only place that usually helped him clear his mind before.

At the moment, he was hoping that the place would actually provide him the peace of mind or at least the little bit of clarity that he needed.

journal entry #1891

I actually walked back and forth today. What the heck? Reason for that? Lack of transportation available and traffic. Can it get even more annoying? Urgh! And because of that, I'm so tired even as I write here.

I did try to be productive, by the way. I got to write again! I started a one-shot fanfic featuring Sousuke/Mako pair. Yup. It's a crossover. I guess I did post a lot of crossover pairings on my IG and now I'm tasked of writing a story for them. Gosh! My head's hurting. But I chose this. So I might as well see it to the end.

Managed to film a lot more short clips today. But I don't know if I'd be able to even do some more editing. I really don't like it when I'm this tired. It's a good thing that I'm still able to write here even at this point. It's going to get busy again for me tomorrow. So I'll be ending my entry here tonight. 😊❤️

【silent vlog】3 days' worth (merry christmas 😊🎄!)

This is 3 days worth of video clips (Dec. 24-26, 2024), since I still tried to film whatever random and short clips that I can even when busy. I should've edited it in each day to make the usual 30 seconds mini vlog. But the fatigue would really get to me. So I decided to compile them all. I hope you guys have a good Christmas. 😁🎄😊💕✌️

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 6.1

RECORD #6: ILLUSION WITHIN THE SONG

Even though it was evident that the Vessels were tired from their Reikarajutsu training the other day, things around the Mizuhashi mansion seemed to remain as lively as ever. Or at least, that was what it looked like on the surface. Even if it was a usual busy and noisy morning for the five Vessels, something was still bothering them.

Erika could only heave a heavy sigh as she turned to the garden and eyed her brother Itsuki. He was outside and only looking at the morning sky rather aimlessly that day. Then again, the rest of them knew that this wasn't the only day that Itsuki was acting strange like this.

To be honest, it was a worrying thing to look at. They knew that something was wrong. Something had happened that they didn't know. They just needed to figure out what it was.

Though Erika was done setting up the table just so they could finally have their breakfast, Shuichi decided to do something else at the moment. The said man tapped Erika's shoulder, prompting the pianist to look up and face him.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 5.8 (Episode 5 End)

It took a while for Hideoki to form a response to her question. He didn't think that the woman would come to realize that something was indeed off with the passing of his wife 12 years ago. Then again, Mariko would always say that Haruna was a perceptive woman and it was one reason why she took her as an apprentice.

And it looked like that nothing had changed since the day Haruna was appointed as Mariko's apprentice.

The man sighed and soon faced the inquiring woman standing a few feet away from him. The look he gave to her wasn't that of a scolding one, though, even though she was prying about a painful past. She did deserve to know the truth --- or at least a part of it. Just until they settled their affairs with the Tareans.

"That woman... Mariko... She died because she knew it was the choice that she had to make."

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 5.7

The holographic figure disappeared and a Guardian Medallion soon replaced it, glowing and now floating towards Eichirou. It landed on his palm before he clutched it. He soon closed his eyes before whispering "Spirit Shift, Start!"

The glow from the Guardian Medallion engulfed Eichirou and made him don his Seitenger suit once again. The bright light dissipated almost immediately that confused and surprised both the other Vessels and even the struggling Macera. The Vessels stood up as they looked at SeitenWater now holding an unfamiliar Medallion on his gloved hand.

"Eichirou-san, could that be...?"

SeitenWater turned to Erika who asked that question before nodding. The blue warrior soon pulled out his Hyakureider and extracted its blade. The others could only stare at each other at the response but did not say anything else.

journal entry #1886

Last minute grocery shopping and heading to market to buy the other ingredients needed for tomorrow's Noche Buena and also for the ordered food to be prepared today. And yes, there's a lot of them. Should I complain about it being annoying? Yes, I should and I will. But I'm doing that here. This place is pretty much the safer option for me to rant and complain about a lot of things.

Lots of work to do, and I just wanted to sleep, to be honest. Even my youngest sister did her last minute shopping today for the Christmas gifts that she would be giving out by tomorrow. I couldn't do the same this year because I couldn't give myself some time to even go to SM where I can use the gift cards that I got from my father. Going there is already too much of a hassle, to be honest. And when you're tired most of the time, then don't expect any window shopping or even actual shopping to be done at all. The errands are the priority at this point of the year, as much as it sucks. 😕

I still managed to do some line adding to the remaining notebooks. But I'm still not done, as annoying as that sounds. I couldn't give it enough attention, you know. Same goes to writing. 😞

I can only write this much and I'm sorry. I just want to sleep. It'll get really busy tomorrow. So I should be sleeping already.

But before that, I nearly forgot to write about that one client that backed out on the last minute. He was originally planning to comtinue the order, but on a credit basis. Mama didn't like it. And then he said that he would cancel the order altogether. Mama was frustrated about it because the expenses that she had for the ingredients that were supposed to be used was wasted, for the lack of a better word. She was crying about it. And so I just decided to give my own money to compensate for that. I hope that would appease the frustration for a little — or even a lot.

【silent vlog】just a dream of mine

This is actually two days worth, since I didn't get to post yesterday. I was so tired yesterday that I fell asleep before I knew it. Things would surely get busier starting tomorrow, so it would be a miracle if I managed to even post here by then. But it would surely be an achievement if I ever did, right? 3 more days before Christmas. 😁✌️🎄

journal entry #1884

In my opinion, the date felt... kind of ironic. I mean, this was supposed to be my parents' wedding anniversary. But ever since they separated for almost a decade (or probably more), this date became an ordinary day to our family. But why would I comment that way, you ask? We actually met up with Papa today, of course. Minus my second sister, since she's in La Union together with her workmates for their Christmas party. So there was just me, my youngest sister, my first sister, and her family. Kind of insane today because of all the traffic and the lack of taxis. Then again, it's weekend. That's to be expected.

Anyway, I received ₱2,000 worth of SM gift cards and another ₱2,000. Well, not just me. But also the rest of my sisters and the husbands. That's like ₱4,000 each. That's just... wow!

I went out again after that to go to the market and buy other ingredients needed for Christmas noche buena and also ingredients for Mama's orders. I mean, 23 is going to be chaotic and stressful. Let me survive that and my mom's nagging and bossy attitude. 😕

I only got to add lines to only one notebook — again. That's understandable, though. I mean, I was tired as hell. And I didn't even walk from house to town this time. This is getting crazy, you know. Why do I have a feeling that it would be worse once 23 arrives? Gosh! I really need all the energy and luck that I can have to survive this day.

【silent vlog】just wanting to write

I made it! Got to finish this and posting this before midnight. Holiday rush is still going on and it's tiring me out. But I got to write! After a long while. 😁✌️

【silent vlog】showing up again

I didn't get to film anything yesterday because of all this holiday fuss that was making me tired the whole time. I mean, I often find myself sleeping before I knew it. But missing a day was already bad enough for me. I was supposed to include a writing vlog here and make this silent vlog a little over a minute to make up for the ones I didn't get to film yesterday. Didn't happen. Yikes! But this was still longer than my usual short vlog. So... I guess it's still a win for me? 😁✌️

【silent vlog】more walking done

Yup. I broke the chain after 9 days. Sorry. But I was so tired that all I want to do was to sleep already. I don't feel bad, though. I was doing this as more of a favor for myself than anything. And because of that thought, I didn't feel as bad as I was expecting now that I missed a day of posting after making a self-declaration or something. The deal here was for me to do this consistently and regularly. And I think I did a good job. Now I just have to keep it up. 👍😁✌️

journal entry #1880

I went out to go to the market to buy some ingredients for tonight's dinner.

Here's one thing I noticed, though. I'm starting to feel so tired easily again. I don't know if it's solely my walking from home to town that made it happen or I was just stressed out of the fact that my mom was taking more orders than what she could handle again. And she even accepted orders for the 24th! I mean, seriously? Urgh! She's seriously not taking into accounts on the aftermath of those activities on her, is she? Yes, she was earning. But not truly worth it if it would make her be in pain again for who knows how many days. Okay, I know I shouldn't be feeling this way towards my mother. But she was hardheaded that she wouldn't even listen to any of us here. 😕

Anyway, I just continued adding lines to the writing notebooks and I got to finish two of them today. I guess I was just tired that I even took a nap (quite a long one, I might add) before I knew it. Sorry about that. I might actually end up sleeping before I could finish editing my short vlog for today. Hopefully, that doesn't happen.

Now I don't know what else to add here. I just felt so tired and sleepy that I just want to hit the pillows and doze off. 😝❤️

【silent vlog】scared of mundane

So I decided to have the clips taken while I was outside the house. Nothing about the inside of any building or the house. I don't know why I decided that, but I think it's good to do this from time to time.

【silent vlog】just start

I guess I'm making this a sort of a journal of my thoughts that included random clips of my daily life, huh? Well, I just realized that today. Kind of strange, isn't it?

【silent vlog】my reason for doing this

There are a few things I tried doing here while editing the video. And I will keep doing what I can to improve while keeping everything short and hopefully, something people can take inspiration from.

【silent vlog】papers and cooking

For the first time since I started doing this, I haven't put a clip of my face here. Not that it would change anything. But I was in a hurry to do this, to be honest. Maybe I'm just doing this so I won't break the chain.

【silent vlog】even when it's late

I nearly panicked when I realized that I haven't filmed any clips the whole morning. It was already lunch time when I realized that. Forgetful me strikes again. 😅😁

【silent vlog】each day is different

Changing the thumbnail on top of not actually adjusting the length of each clip to exactly 1 second... Yup, I've defied my own rule somehow. But things got a little chaotic here. Not to mention, the pain from dealing with red days is starting for me. So... this is what happened. 😅😁

【silent vlog】with late christmas decorating done

Maybe it's a good thing that I showcase even just a little difference in each of my short videos featuring my daily life. I mean, I know my daily life would mostly turn out the same as the other days. But my journal entries had proven to me that even in those similarly looking days, there would always (and I mean "always") be something different. It might be subtle for anyone to see. Yet there will be something there that will make each day unique to us.

【silent vlog】with something to say

So instead of counting the numbers of the days that I'm doing this, I'll just post the "title" of each short video. I saw my last silent vlog and I could actually go back to doing that. But I should plan it out first before anything else. That way, I won't have to feel lost and frustrated on what to post.

【silent vlog】back again!

This was basically inspired by the videos I saw here about one second a day. But I wanted to create a different version that still applies the same concept of taking 1 second long video clips and compiling them. I'm making this my way of vlogging in the meantime without having the need to speak too much (for now) while trying to navigate my way in taking videos and facing the camera at some point.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 5.6

"These kids... I can't believe it!" It was the only reaction that Genma could say as he, Hideoki, and his daughter Kanako were watching the ongoing battle from the rooftop of one of the buildings near the Four Clubs on the right.

The Seitengers didn't know that the three of them were there and it was a good thing. They didn't want to cause worries to the young warriors as they fought the Triske Monster causing trouble for the second time. Of course, that doesn't mean that they were not going to see the way the Seitengers fight the Tareans.

In this case, however, there was a different agenda.

"That same bright light... But to see it again so soon..." Even Kanako couldn't form a coherent sentence based on what they had observed from their position.

Tusk (Zyuohger)/Fuuka (Ninninger): You Were There, Saving Me

It seems that I can’t avoid getting hurt and suffering from it. But you were there, saving me over and over again… — Florence Joyce

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“I just wish that it didn’t have to be this hard for me to save you…”

Those were the haunting words that remained in Tusk’s mind as he wandered off once again. Apparently, this was a disturbing change to see about him, according to his friends. It was never easy to deal with someone who looked like his life was about to fall apart.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 5.5

Their short peace came to an abrupt end. Macera started causing trouble in the city once again. This time, it didn't just extend to one institution and establishment. It was nearly a whole town that the Triske Monster had targeted. Not to mention that there were a lot of Gargonema all around to let that happen.

"Stop moving! You're all too fast! It's getting annoying!" Macera kept on shouting as it fired beam after beam from its camera-like hand towards the escaping and screaming citizens.

Some groups got hit and were petrified on the spot, while others were able to avoid it even if it was just barely done. And yet they were scrambling to get away from there.

More beams were fired toward the citizens and horrified screams resonated throughout. During the commotion, it could be seen that others were shouting something different from the fearful ones.

Crossover Fanfiction 2 — Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger VS Gokaiger: The Light From The Farthest Corner Of The Universe

A crossover story along with the Gokaigers taking place 3 months after the events in the first crossover fanfiction. Just as the Seitengers were enjoying their moments of peace, Helen found a slightly malfunctioning Navi in the middle of the road. She learned from him that the Gokaigers were forcefully teleported back to Earth just as they tried to retrieve a galactic treasure called the Universal Crystal Light. It turned out that the Gokaigers were separated as they were teleported and each had ended up in one of the 7 Holy Mountains. After rescuing them with the help of the Grand Vessel Spirits, they learned that the said treasure was going to be used by the enemy as a powerful weapon to destroy all life on a certain planet with just one blast—even more destructive than Emperor Darshao’s Dark Empress Saber. The Gokaigers learned that they were teleported back to the planet where the true wielder lives and could unleash its full power. The true wielder, however, was the one who bears the Divine Sword and the Ethereal Shield—meaning, both Shuichi and Helen can wield the power of the said treasure, and worst, they would be the enemy’s target. Now the two sentai must combine their powers and strength to prevent the worst possible case scenario from happening.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 5.4

Meanwhile, Eichirou went back to the Four Clubs Building at that early time in the morning. He couldn't help smiling, though, when he thought back as Erika didn't allow him to leave the house without having a proper breakfast. Well, perhaps anyone would've done the same thing as she would. Not to mention that their battle with Macera wasn't over, so having a proper breakfast would provide him with at least the majority of the energy he needed.

He sighed as he finally entered the building with the guard's permission. But instead of heading to the room where his photos would be displayed for the exhibit, he decided to go to a different room.

To the room where Haruna's fashion show would be held.

Yes, it was a bad idea to deal with that woman again. But he was sure that there was something more to Haruna's hate for his mother than just being overshadowed by the said woman even though Mizuhashi Mariko was already dead for 12 years. He felt it when he confronted her the last time. He just has to make her see it.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 5.3

Even with a lot of things going on in his mind, Eichirou surprised himself for actually sleeping well last night. But then again, he knew he had to rest properly for him to be able to continue with two tasks at hand --- dealing with Haruna and defeating Macera. Well, the latter could be done with the help of the other Vessels. It was the former that he would surely have trouble accomplishing. At the moment, he was unsure if he would be able to do anything about his plan.

But Eichirou wanted to do everything to make sure the exhibit would work well in the end. It was about his mother, after all.

And yet, it was that same reason that he found it hard to talk to Haruna. Well, he could understand her sentiments towards the shadow of Mizuhara Mariko still towering over Odagawa Haruna in the entirety of her career as a fashion designer. It was like Mariko had never died.

Looking up, he found himself standing outside of the room that Hideoki had allowed Helen to use for the duration of her stay there. To be honest, it wasn't just Haruna and Macera who made him think a lot of things. The conversation between Helen and Erika that he heard as soon as he arrived home... He wasn't sure why he felt something different about that. He wasn't mistaken that the topic those two childhood friends were talking about was the painting given to Mariko a long time ago.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 5.2

Heaving a heavy sigh wasn't enough to calm down the Vessels, especially if the situation hadn't been settled completely. Not to mention that there were petrified victims who they all needed to save before the Triske Monster's given time limit. Though at some parts, Itsuki couldn't help doubting the Triske Monster's words.

"Well, I think the damage that Erika and Eichirou-san did is enough to shut him up for the time being," Misae stated after placing all the victims in one room for the meantime for protection's sake.

"Yeah, and that means we need to do all that we can to bring them all back to normal."

"The only question is, how we'll be able to do that. It's not like we can drag that monster out of the Tareus Dimension and send him to the spot. That would mean suicide for all of us," Eichirou said, speaking for the first time.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 5.1

RECORD #5: STILL PHOTOS

The Vessels woke up early that one morning. But as soon as they reached the garden, they soon noticed that Hideoki was busy tending the garden.

"Okay. When was the last time I saw Hideoki-san do this?" Itsuki couldn't help asking that soon broke the silence among the group which consisted of him, Shuichi, Misae, and his sister Erika.

"Last year, I guess. Though I'm not sure," Misae answered and proceeded to think about it.

"Well, we're all unsure about that. Besides, Hideoki-san rarely tended the garden. He's usually in his room reading some papers or more often, in the restaurant's kitchen thinking of new dishes to add to the menu." This time, it was Shuichi who said that.

Koh (Ryusoulger)/Umika (Lupinranger VS Patranger): Who I Want To Understand

I didn’t think that a person so strange, with different thoughts and values, would become a person I want to understand… — Anata Ni Koishite (In Love With You), Fujita Maiko

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Not to make things even more complicated, but it seemed that Umika would just want to scream and forget all about that date that she reluctantly promised to Koh. Then again, in her and her friends’ opinion, it was better than going on a date with Sakuya.

In her opinion, a date with that guy was more troublesome than she could ever think of.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 4.8 (Episode 4 End)

Before SeitenFire could even approach the revived monster, he saw his teammates running in his direction. They placed themselves on both his sides and stared at the Unsealed.

"How is it that we have to deal with a giant version of this racing lunatic again, huh?" SeitenWater complained the moment he stopped beside SeitenFire.

"There's nothing new with that. Get used to it already," SeitenEarth placidly replied which only made SeitenLight laugh.

"How about we end this together?" SeitenWind asked towards SeitenFire. The red warrior just nodded and positioned to a stance along with the other Seitengers.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 4.7

Thrown quite hard from their fighting position, and the situation for the Seitengers didn't turn out so good as they dealt with Motross with only the four of them while waiting for Shuichi to finally appear and help them finish the fight.

"I guess this monster's out for blood this time," Eichirou commented with a grunt as he struggled to get up despite the pain he felt from the impact.

The other three followed suit with their blade-extracted Hyakureider as their support. Itsuki was already clutching his left side because of the pain coming from there as he tried standing. "No kidding."

"I think we know the real reason as to why Motross' speed is unbeatable right now," Misae said with a grunt.

【reading blog】

The original posting plan was for me to post an update on what I've read as soon as I was done reading nine books. Well, that didn't happen because I forgot. And before I knew it, I ended up posting here again the moment I learned that I read 18 books. I should really be more mindful of the time I should be posting here while I couldn't give a proper update on my writings.

But at least, I'm making use of my free time productively. And now, I came up with a realization about what I could end up writing in the future.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 4.6

Of course, it was given that those words would catch Natsume's attention who was also a fan of the said author. The boy approached Shuichi and asked him to see the autograph.

"This is crazy! It is Hanasaki-sensei's autograph!" Natsume announced excitedly.

"But why would Tennouji-can give you something that came from the famous author herself? I don't think you could use the reason that she knew Shuichi-kun was Hanasaki-sensei's fan," Kanako said, only making the biker fall into deep thinking.

It went on like that for a short while before Shuichi looked at the autograph once again. But soon after, something else caught his attention.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 4.5

Night time was supposed to be the time for the Vessels to rest their immensely tired and injured bodies for them to have the energy to deal with Motross should that monster begin attacking again. But Shuichi wasn't in the mood to do something like that.

He might use the reason that his body was moving on its own, that was why he was currently heading to the garage where he was told that his motorcycle was placed there. He made it sure that the others were asleep by now so he had no worries about disturbing them at the moment.

Shuichi turned on the light as soon as he reached the garage. On one side was the car that Hideoki would usually use and even Eichirou. But the one occupying a larger part of the area was his damaged motorcycle. He heaved a sigh---albeit ragged---as he approached it. He couldn't help feeling weak at the sight of the damage that the vehicle had sustained.

He wanted to regret ever deciding to use his favorite motorcycle just to deal with Motross' challenge. But his comrades' lives were more important to him at the time. Besides, he said that he'd deal with the consequences later on.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 4.4

The day didn't even end and Shuichi was finally able to regain consciousness despite the injuries he sustained from Motross. That was why Misae couldn't help feeling worried for the biker because it was obvious that Shuichi was forcing himself to move.

"Shuichi, you should rest for now. You're still hurt," she suggested but it seemed that her words fell on deaf ears.

Misae sighed at that. She knew this trait of his very well, especially when he was truly acting stubborn that he would refuse to listen to anyone at all. The past ten years that they lived at the Mizuhashi mansion together made her able to know a lot about Shuichi. Not just the biker, but also the other Vessels.

But before Shuichi could even take a step outside his room, he looked at Misae who was only pouting and had placed both hands on her waist. "How did you manage to bring me here? You guys were also injured."

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 4.3

"Are you sure we should be here, Tennouji-san? We could watch the battle from the lab, you know," Kanako said to Helen as they reached the rooftop of the tallest building near the racing stadium where the Tarean attack was currently happening.

But Helen didn't say anything for a while and Kanako understood the reason why. The said Vessel Support followed the direction where Helen was looking. She was surprised to see the number of victims even from her position.

"Something tells me that one of the Seitengers is about to gain something important from their battle with this Triske Monster," Helen said softly as she faced Kanako.

"What exactly is your purpose in coming to the Mizuhashi mansion?" Kanako bluntly questioned the girl who only eyed her blankly. "You seem to know a lot about the Tareans and the Vessels. It also appears that you're not just a normal Vessel Support to me if you are one."

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 4.2

The other Vessels, together with Helen and the two elders, were just done eating breakfast and were about to wash the dishes and fix the table when Shuichi and Natsume had finally arrived together from the mall.

"Both of you! You're late," Eichirou started, only making the others laugh at that.

"Sorry about that. The line was long," Shuichi explained, complete with an apologetic look as he approached Eichirou and tapped the photographer's shoulder. "Here's a compensation." He gave a small paper bag to Eichirou who only eyed it suspiciously. Shuichi sighed and rolled his eyes. "It's the CD that you've been asking from me for weeks now."

With that, Eichirou's expression brightened, and immediately grabbed the paper bag from Shuichi that only made the latter smile. It wasn't just Eichirou who had a gift from Shuichi, though. Even the other Vessels got theirs and all of them were just the things that they were looking at in the shop weeks ago. Not long after, they soon noticed that Shuichi was carrying two more paper bags.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 4.1

RECORD #4: A DANGEROUS RACE!

Eichirou was still yawning when he went down to the living room, still in his pajamas. It would appear that the preparation for the photo exhibit that he was planning was a really taxing one. Erika soon handed him a cup of coffee.

"Good morning, Eichirou-san," Erika greeted as soon as Eichirou took the cup from her hand.

"Good morning..." the photographer replied quite lazily.

Erika could only shake her head and proceeded once again to the kitchen where she saw Shuichi talking to Hideoki. At that, she couldn't help frowning. What could they possibly be discussing? But even from her position, she could tell that it wasn't anything grave or something.

Stinger (Kyuranger)/Sela (Zyuohger): Wait For You

 

If it's not you, then there is no love. I knew that I loved only you, I'll wait for you here... ㅡ Only One Person, FT Island

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It had been quite a crazy night, if one would ask Sela. Then again, with rowdy companions such as her friends, the word "crazy" was just something normal to them. Even so, she would acknowledge at one point that she wasn't herself lately.

And she knew that her friends were well aware of the fact. So they made it a mission to make her smile or laugh or just unwind from all the overthinking that they knew she was doing lately.

Crossover Fanfiction 1 — Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger VS Shinkenger: Forgotten Chronicles From 200 Years Ago

A crossover story along with the Shinkengers taking place one year after the final episode of Seitenger. This will be the story where Priestess Isami would appear for the second time. In this story, Misae reunited with Shiba Takeru after many years and it appeared to be someone she knew. Of course, it was a surprise to the others that she was acquainted with the 19th Shiba clan head. It turns out that Misae used to train with Takeru and play with Genta when they were younger 2 years before the hotel fire. The Fuumiya family was said to be the official archery teacher of the Shiba clan. Just as they enjoyed the reunion, they learned that Deino was revived and Helen just returned from her travels for good. As they began to battle an old enemy, the two sentai realized that in order to defeat the enemy, they must combine the Shinkengers’ Mojikara and the Seitengers’ Hasureiki but they couldn’t help thinking that such a thing had never happened before. Until they learned that once in the past, two individuals had managed to achieve such a feat. They learned a forgotten story from 200 years ago about Priestess Isami’s involvement with the Shiba head of that particular time and also about a HiDen Disc that was actually created from the combination of two completely different mystical energy—the Fushishou Disc (Phoenix Disc)—hidden in the revered 8th Holy Mountain. But the problem is: the said Holy Mountain lies in the Central Region of the Hundred Heavens—and mortals are forbidden to enter the said place. Eurya was tasked to forge a weapon that would combine two mystical energies in order to fuse it with the power from the Fushishou Disc and fully activate it. And they could only do it—once!

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 3.5 (Episode 3 End)

When the explosion dissipated, the Seitengers heaved a sigh and looked around. This was the third monster they've destroyed by far and yet the damage that Diwall caused was too much for them to see. Indeed, it was the kind of damage that reminded them of the hotel fire ten years ago.

"Onii-chan, are you okay?" SeitenLight asked as she placed her hand on her brother's shoulder.

SeitenEarth just nodded and placed his hand on his sister's head. But the Seitengers became tense when they felt something foreboding that was about to come.

"Get ready. Here it comes again," SeitenWater warned the others and prepared himself for the trouble that was about to appear before them.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 3.4

What the others didn't know was that Hideoki remained watching the interaction the whole time, even before the Vessels went down. His mind was still stuck in between the letters he received a week ago and the conversation he had with Helen the day before. There were a lot of things that still didn't make sense to him.

Especially about Helen's so-called mission that she mentioned to him when they had their conversation yesterday.

Why was he feeling something foreboding from all this? But he was sure it had nothing to do with Helen's arrival. He was glad that he was able to finally meet Tennouji Atsuko's daughter. Even though that woman died earlier than expected, he was sure that Atsuko's legacy would live on through her daughter who sure grew up as beautiful as her.

"Hideoki..."

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 3.3

Misae heaved a sigh of relief as soon as she was done healing Itsuki. Thankfully, he didn't receive too much injury. Eichirou was probably right about one thing with regards to Itsuki and his powers connected to the earth. It would suck out a lot of Hasureiki. And to think they were just starting to get used to having that kind of mystical energy within them.

She wasn't joking when she said to the others a while back that for some reason, even though she was exhausted and was weakened because of the Triske Monster throwing her, the wind surrounding the area of the Mizuhashi mansion was helping her with her healing ability. And she would ask her mentors about that matter.

After standing up, Misae gave a meaningful look toward the sleeping Itsuki. She smiled when she remembered how he fought earlier and how he managed to deal with the Triske Monster alone. But from what she could see, that driving force must have been taken from something quite tremendous for him. She also noticed that since that morning, he was slightly distracted. Was there something bothering him?

Perhaps Misae would be able to figure it out sooner. Right now, she had to check on the others' condition, as well. But as soon as she went out of Itsuki's room, she noticed someone standing by the veranda and looking at the sky. It didn't take her long before she was able to discern it was Hideoki.

【reading blog】

I guess this is going to be a habit from now on while I haven't been able to provide any writing-related updates at the moment. Just done reading 18 books/novellas since my last update. I mean, at least I'm keeping up with my goal of reading daily. Then again, I have lots of books that I should finally read after a long while of being stuck in a shelf. So doing this just to refresh my creative well at some point would probably do good for my brain. Right? 😁✌️

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 3.2

The breakfast was going well for the Vessels that time but for some weird reason, only Nanami ate along with them. Amuro went on ahead before the breakfast could even start since he said he had to go to the racing stadium to help out his uncle who managed it.

"Nanami-san, where's Hideoki-san?" Itsuki managed to ask when everyone seemed to be hesitating to do so.

A sigh came out of the woman's mouth before facing the composer. "He has to go to the restaurant for a while to fix some things."

"But what could that be? I've never heard anything about any possible trouble the restaurant was facing yesterday," Eichirou said and the girls nodded in agreement.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 3.1

RECORD #3: THE TRAVELING NOVELIST

Somewhere in Yokohama...

It was nighttime. A teenage girl was standing in the middle of a small library in that mansion. She was looking at the bookshelves with a melancholic look on her face. The same melancholic feeling that the full moon was giving off on that particular night.

"Professor, I'll be leaving tomorrow. I guess it's about time, huh? I'll put my travels on hold for now. Just until I finally finish my mission," the girl said to no one in particular. But she made it seem as if the old man she was referring to was just in front of her.

A heavy sigh came out of her mouth soon after, as she looked at the cylindrical item in her hand. That item looked similar to the Seitengers' Hyakureider, only smaller and with only two slots and three buttons. One more feature unique to this cylinder was the figure of six wings near one end of it, three wings placed on each side. The girl gripped the cylinder hard as she began thinking of things that she knew were about to come now that she decided to do this.

She had to leave the mansion she could ever call home for a long time.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 2.6 (Episode 2 End)

The Grand Vessel Spirits which the Seitengers boarded had charged towards Cyone who threw several energy-charged scales at them. In SeitenFire's control, Firion ran faster as they did their best to evade the attacks while charging forward. Firion bit the arm that Cyone used to throw the scales. Terraiger, under SeitenEarth's control, took it as an opportunity to pounce on the Unsealed. The tiger struck its head to the monster's body, throwing Cyone to the ground in the process.

With that done, Skylon and Dovight made a skydive straight toward the fallen monster. But much to their surprise, giant spears, and swords from several enlarged Gargonemas struck them and threw the falcon and the dove instead. It was a good thing Sereo's wings caught the two girls' mecha before they could be thrown farther.

"What in the world...?"

"I only heard about the Unsealed, but not giant Gargonemas," SeitenWater commented as he looked around, only to be irritated at the sight of giant Gargonemas guarding the Unsealed Cyone as it regrouped.

【reading blog】

These amount of books (most of them were novellas, by the way) were the ones that I was able to read since that last update I have on my personal account. The contrast of the genres I've been reading is insane, if you ask me. But I would still consider that a good thing, to be honest. Now I guess I have to read more romance and fantasy since I write stories with those genres as my main focus.

It might take me a while to give any writing-related update here since I was still trying to be consistent with whatever writing routine that I have to come up with just so I can write daily. But I did come up with two more story ideas during my daily reading journey that my journal is keeping in the meantime.

Now I'm thinking that I might write most of the stories I plan to write as novellas, worth 10-15 chapters or just about 25,000 to 30,000 words in total. It's a lot, I know. But I think I can do it.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 2.5

The two boys turned around in the direction where the voice came from. They smiled at the sight of Shuichi, Misae, and Erika approaching them.

"Seriously, Eichirou... Will you please stop acting weird every time?"

The said man frowned and cocked his head to one side at Shuichi's words. "What do you mean?"

Misae smiled and slightly shook her head. "I think he means don't decide to disappear without even informing us. If you have a problem that truly bothers you, you can tell us. We've been doing that for ten years now. It won't make any difference if you still do that now that we're chosen to become Seitengers."

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 2.4

Well, the man Itsuki was looking for happened to be wandering quite aimlessly along the seaside---which, of course, had been Eichirou's most beloved place since his mother's death. He needed to stay there, to think of things that he needed to do. He had to come up with a decision before a Triske Monster decided to ruin his day once more.

But seriously, he couldn't get his mind quite straight at this point. Not when he was worried about a certain woman's safety more than anything else.

'Mom, please tell me how you would want me to do things like protecting Kanako.' It was a request that made Eichirou quite distressed. His worry for Kanako was something he knew wouldn't easily be washed away by the sound of the seawater. Nor could it be blown by the sea breeze.

But in a way, he trusted the sea to at least help him. That way, he would know that his mother was listening to him, at the very least.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 2.3

Kanako felt she was knocked out badly as she opened her eyes. Another darkness greeted her as she looked around. At the same time, she knew she wasn't in her room at her house at all. The four-poster bed alone proved it. She would usually sleep in a futon.

Then where the hell was she?

It took a few moments before her eyes finally adjusted to the darkness around her. She later saw a shaft of dim light, probably coming from outside. The moon, perhaps?

Come to think of it, there was supposed to be a full moon at around 11 PM on that particular date.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 2.2

Back at the Mizuhashi mansion, the other four Vessels were still busy doing their own thing. But almost all at once, they froze when they heard four familiar beepings and they could only come from one source.

"The Shifters!" all four of them exclaimed at the same time.

With that, each had focused on their respective Celestial Shifters. The lotus symbol on each of them was blinking. Shuichi pushed a button on the side of his Celestial Shifter and let it project a holographic screen that showed a larger version of the city map. Aside from one blinking black dot, he also saw a moving blue dot.

"Eichirou's already heading to the scene. We have to hurry, as well," Shuichi suggested.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 2.1

RECORD #2: COURAGE WITHIN THE FEAR

Mizuhashi Mansion...

Being heroes of the world was, of course, not something one would consider a walk in the park. Especially if you were truly a novice in the field. So that's where trainers come forth. And in the Vessels' case, their trainers were the people close to them.

Their training began two days after their first encounter and battle with the Tareans. Hideoki and Nanami left their jobs at the pastry job and the bookstore respectively to their trusted assistants for a while for them to personally oversee the Vessels' training.

First up: Hasureiki invocation.

"Hasureiki is already existing within the five of you. Now the real problem lies in how to conjure it from within for you to turn it into a force meant to attack. That's where the Reikarajustu comes in," Hideoki started.

Reiyouki Sentai Seitenger 1.8 (Episode 1 End)

The orb absorbed the remaining dark energy reeking before any of the Seitengers could stop it. In a flash, they saw it expand to the point where it could even surpass the size and height of the tallest mountains and buildings in the country. The orb immediately vanished after a few more seconds and revealed an enlarged and revived version of Juman.

"I told you! This will get even more interesting!" The Triske Monster growled in a deep voice.

Of course, this was a shock to the Seitengers.

"Are you kidding me? We can't fight that Triske Monster with that heck of his giant form!" SeitenWater exclaimed as he kept flailing around.

【reading blog】even when busy, there's still time to time

Good evening!

Yes, I was busy the whole day since I have to get out and head to the market twice today. And honestly, that was tiring. Then again, it was needed.

Because of that, I only got to read one book today. It was a novella and a prequel to a trilogy by Raquel Lyon. This was the first time I read any of her works.

As for a prequel, it does give a background of who I assumed to be the FL (female lead) Sophie in the story. I only learned about it when I read the synopsis for the first book of the Foxblood trilogy. I don't know where Sam would actually fit into the picture in the other books. Right now, I'm in the dark.

Even so, the story was still good. I only rated it ⭐⭐⭐⭐, though. Maybe because it's a prequel and there were questions left unanswered that, for sure, the rest of the books in the trilogy could answer. Mainly Sophie's strange dreams and Sam's real reasons for protecting her. I don't think Sam's role would just end in this prequel. The only character that annoyed me besides the bullies was her friend Beth. I mean, you seriously consider each other best friends? Not in a mile, from the looks of it. Then again, novellas don't usually show enough.

Okay. I know it was short. But I still love it. It's 11:20 PM and I know I'm supposed to sleep already. But I have some more journaling to do. And possibly even reading.

For now, that's all for today. See you tomorrow! Happy book reading. 😊✌️💕📚📖

【reading blog】there was a definitely a questionable story there

Good evening! Here we are with another reading blog... even though lately, I'm pretty sure you ended up reading my rants about life instead. At least, that's how I would interpret it.

I'm already sleepy, I'm not going to lie. But I know I still need to put this update down here, as per usual. It's not going to be long since I know I won't be able to concentrate on writing anything longer than 6-7 paragraphs when I'm sleepy. So let's see where my mind would take me with this particular blog entry.

【reading blog】trying to read more on a rainy day

...but if you see the picture of the books featured here, you can see that I didn't get to do that. Yikes!

Good evening, everyone! Welcome back to my blog.

I'm sleepy already. It's past 10 PM and I was still planning to write on my journal after this. I'll try. If not, I might have to write them on my phone in the meantime if the idea of handwriting is just giving me more reasons to stress myself out.

Mostly the whole day, all I did was book hunting. And I mean digital ones since I couldn't get out because of the rain. I know it's not ideal for me to read a lot on my phone. But this is my other option for reading books in the meantime before I purchase an e-reader or something like that. And honestly, it feels good to see more books that I wcould really like to read in the future.

Now where were we? Oh, right. Books I read today. It wasn't much since I ended up doing an errand before the hard rain fell. It was late morning, so maybe that's why it wasn't raining just yet. By the way, I chose not to read the remaining books in "Faraway" Collaction of the darker tone of each novella for a modern day fairy tale retelling. I think I should blame it on the second novella of the series. I can't fully explain it why I did that. Then again, I might return to reading the rest of the novellas in the series once I'm in a calmer mindset for such endings, if you know what I mean.

I only got to read these three novellas/short stories today since those are the ones that I know I could finish reading today while I'm doing my errand.

1. Wes Bennett's Vivid Dream by Lynn Painter - ⭐⭐⭐⭐; Yes, I know I still haven't read "Better Than The Movies". But we'll get there. At the moment, I was more inclined to reading short stories and novellas. But seriously, Wes, you must be thinking of Liz so much for you to have such a dream. I was just smiling while reading it. Crazy!
2. Claimed By The Mountain Man by Isla Chiu - ⭐⭐⭐; Like... that instant? Hmmm... I don't think I should comment on that since it does happen in real life. I think. But for someone to declare that you'd be his wife and right at that first meeting because of an accident, both of you actually did it? Okay, my mind is still elsewhere. But I still love the fact that it's just a short read.
3. My Last Blind Date by Susan Hatler - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐; Rachel was just like me. Afraid of taking risks, especially when it comes to the matters of the heart. But I did guess in the middle of the story that it was that guy who turned out to be her blind date for that day. Or as Ellen would state it, he was her Henry. Love the story, love that she took a chance and the fairy tale that she wanted had actually happened. Yay!

I don't know how many pages I'm going to read tomorrow, even though it's going to be a weekend. More often than not, things around here are getting even more chaotic than usual during the weekends. So we'll see how many pages I'd be able to read tomorrow.

See you tomorrow! Happy book reading. 😊✌️💕📚📖

【reading blog】not a good productive day for reading

Good evening, guys! Welcome back!

Okay, as much as the perkiness (just imagine that it was like that) that the greeting implied, I did not have a good reading day today. It's a good thing that I don't make page count quotas anymore or I would be pressured, making reading feel like a chore to me in some way. I don't want that. I just want to read leisurely as much as I can and see how many books I can read. I just want to just read without a care in the world again.

But if I were to consider the current situation in our household at the moment, reading is ㅡ at some point ㅡ my way of taking my mind off of the issue. One was laid off from work and another was dealing with mental breakdown. Just learning all these is putting a weight on my own mind that I would end up overthinking. And it never gave me any good result mentally whenever that happens. So now, reading has somehow helped me alleviate that mental stress starting to pile up before I could even realize it. Being unemployed (and to think I'm the eldest child) would only put me in a precarious position to contribute something so I wouldn't end up thinking that I was a burden to my younger sisters.

With that issue put aside in the meantime (as I might provide updates on them if I can do so), I only got to read two novellas today and continued reading "By The Grace Of The Gods" Volume 4. Only managed to read 3 pages of that, though. I wasn't feeling good during the latter half of the day, so I only read what I could. The other books I got to read today were:

1. Hard by Jenika Snow - ⭐⭐⭐⭐; The length of this novella surprised me. But hey, the plot saved it for me, especially for my sleepy mind. Best friends/neighbors-to-lovers trope is here. And yes, their bed scene was intense, for my taste.
2. Dry Spell by Vi Keeland - ⭐⭐⭐⭐; This is really short, not going to lie. But at least the story was establish. And the spicy scene wasn't that explicitly descriptive, so to speak. To my still aching head while I was reading this, it was a good thing. The way they met, though, was funny.

This is the first time I've read works of both of these authors. And I did try to find more novellas that these two wrote just so I can see the writing style differences. I was able to do the same when I read works by Alexa Riley and Jessa Kane before. At the moment, I don't have anything else to say about it. I might be able to use them as guides for my own writing.

Okay, I should be sleeping already since I still don't feel good. Maybe because I haven't taken in any medicine for that just yet. See you tomorrow! Happy book reading. 😊✌️💕📚📖

【reading blog】happy 1st daily blogging monthsary!

Good evening! And today is officially the day that I should be celebrating my one month of daily blogging! Yay! 👏🎉👏🎉

My goodness! I actually achieved a milestone here. So the next one should be the day that I'd be celebrating each of my hundredth days of daily blogging until I reach 1,000 days of daily bloggingg. Of course, I know it could still take some more time (approximately two years). But I'm going to reach that. I mean, I did succeed in daily journaling for 1,000 days. I know I can do the same for daily blogging. This is actually a little bit easier than vlogging, to be honest.

【reading blog】when novellas give you ideas

Good evening! It's nearing midnight, though it's only 10:49 PM as I'm only starting to write here. But that's better than not writing at all, I guess.

I did read a considerable about of novellas once again. It seems that I prefer reading them these days, especially when I don't want to read 200+ or more pages worth of a novel. I do have that kind of thinking when reading would start to become a sort of a chore or something for my mind. Do it small steps at a time.

【reading blog】still reading some of them, huh?

Good evening, everyone! Here we are with almost midnight entry that I kept on putting off since a while ago because of several chores that I have to finish doing first. But like I kept on saying, better late than never. Or as I'd like to state, there's still time and I have the energy to catch up as long as I know that it won't be draining for my mind and my body.

So there you go! 😂😁

Okay. I did say that I'm going to step away from reading erotic romance for a bit. I don't think that's happening any time soon, especially when I realized that I have quite a few more novellas and short stories like that in my digital library. Yes, just that length as I didn't want to read long erotic romance. My head felt like it would burst when I read long novels with that theme, for some reason.

【reading blog】stepping away from reading that genre for a bit 😅😅

Good evening! At least I'm an hour earlier than my usual blogging time these days. So I guess I should take that as a good sign.

One thing I can say about this day ㅡ it was busy for me as heck. I had to go out to do some errands and also to go to the market to buy ingredients for dinner and also go to the grocery to buy some necessities needed for the month. And so at the moment, my feet up to my thighs hurt. Urgh! I mean, I do need to go out twice for that.

And because of that, I didn't get to read much. I still get to read something. But not that much. It's okay. I mean, my eyes would hurt whenever I would read while riding jeepneys on the way to town and back home. So I can only read without that kind of distraction would be when I was in the comfort of my bed.

I only got to read these 3 books today. All were erotic romance as I was only tackling those stories in my digital library these past days. I still have a bit more of that genre to read in my library. But I'm choosing to step away from it for a little bit to refresh and renew my mind. Maybe even cleanse them a bit. 😂😂 Okay, that was cringey with the way I wrote that.

In any case, I wrote my short review and ratings on each of them.

1. "My Addiction" by Hope Ford - ⭐⭐⭐; Nothing much to say about this, to be honest. I don't hate it. But maybe there were some parts that doesn't just vibe with me, I guess. It's a vague reason. But I can't think of anything else. Maybe for now. I could add later, if I have any.
2. "Fake Maid" by Cassie Mint - ⭐⭐⭐; The strong-headed twin Billie has someone finally pinning her down. Both literally and metaphorically. I mean, it was a good thing that I read Coral's story before this and so I was able to connect the stories. But this one didn't appeal to me as much as that of Coral's, for some reason. Then again, maybe that's just me.
3. "Guarding His Obssession" by Alexa Riley - ⭐⭐⭐⭐; This is probably the longest novella of Alexa Riley that I've read by far. Not that I'm complaining. Just don't like the fact that Zoe was way too dense and also blunt for my taste. Contradictory that doesn't seem to make sense for me. And also the fact that the two leads easily trusted each other other than the fact that the connection was just too intense.

Okay. Now the reason why I'm stepping away from reading erotic romance for a little bit is because of the stories I found that I wanted to read already.

All three of these books have one thing in common: they were written as diary entries. And of course, they were middle grade storiea. You know I love those kind of books. Of course, I know I haven't read that many epistolary books other than "Daddy Long Legs" and "Dear Emily", by far. But these two were telling stories in the form of letters. These books I chose to read already (even with all the other books I know I have to finish reading) were all diary entries and nothing else.

You could say I'm choosing to read this to see some ways I could tell stories using diary entries. Thank goodness I found three to four series that used this format as a means of storytelling since it could help me with writing that epistolary story I was working on for a long while now.

Okay. I'll give you an update about my current reads when I post a new daily entry tomorrow. For now, this is all I can write about. My feet are tired and aching and I just want to sleep already.

See you tomorrow! Happy book reading. 😊✌️💕📚📖

【reading blog】changes made

Good evening! It's already past 11 PM here and I was seriously ready to sleep. And then I remembered that I have to write here since I'm done writing in my journal. Gosh! Why do I keep forgetting that I also have to write here?

I changed my Goodreads reading challenge goal from 100 books back to its original goal ㅡ 24 books. So in a way, I was already done and had completed my goal even before the month end. Sure, we all know that majority of them were novellas. But I still read these books and I managed to achieve my reading goal because of it. Of course, it still won't stop me from doing my best to read every single day. I'm making it a habit, aside from daily journaling.

【reading blog】just a short entry before i fall asleep

Good evening! This is still considered late, I know. But just like what I kept on saying, it's better late than never. There's nothing wrong with me thinking that way, right?

In any case, I have a feeling that this is going to be a short entry as I know I'm sleepy and I just want to sleep. Already.

Once again, I read several novellas today since my mind doesn't want to continue reading other books ㅡ even the ongoing ones ㅡ for some reason. And yes, some of them were rated ⭐⭐⭐⭐ while the others were rated ⭐⭐⭐, as per usual. I don't know why I kept finding a lot of ㅡ in my opinion ㅡ ⭐⭐⭐ reads lately. Or maybe I just have a hard time finding stories that would... satisfy me in some way? Wait, why does that sound a little weird in my ears? Or maybe I phrased it a little different.

I might have to create a list later about the books I've read in September as part of my September wrap-up. I actually didn't realize that I have to do that since I started this daily blog posting about my reading journey. I mean, this blog is slowly turning into a sort of a book blog, right? Then maybe I should do things that booktubers tend to do when posting video topics in Youtube. Of course, that's probably just me thinking of it that way. I could also write about the reading challenges that I want to do here.

My gosh! So many plans, and yet I haven't even done anything to implement them just yet. Then again, doing a daily blog was already something of a record that I can use to document the journey. These daily entries will make me see the progress I made in each of the challenge that I could do in the future.

Okay, my short entry ended up stretching slightly further than I intended. So I'm ending it here for tonight. See you tomorrow! Happy book reading. 😊✌️💕📚📖

【reading blog】more 3 star reads, even the unexpected one 😑😑

Good evening, guys! Yes, I know. I am seriously late once again about this obviously short blog post. I was about to sleep, to be honest, as my eyes were already drooping as soon as I finished washing the dishes. I guess that it was a given, considering the rampages of thoughts that I had in my mind lately after that certain issue with my second sister.

Anyway, back to the usual main topic of this blog. Then again, I think it won't be that bad to talk about other topics here once in a while besides my reading journey for the day, right?

Once again, I focused myself on reading several novellas in my digital library (a.k.a. my phone) the whole day. And trust me, I read quite a few of them. That is, if you woulf consider 8 as few. 😁😁 I enjoyed reading some of them, especially the first two short stories in Susan Hatler's "Treasured Dreams" series. I gave them both ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ratings as soon as I was done reading them. There were still 5 more in the series and maybe I'd be able to read them all tomorrow. As for the rest, I gave the usual ⭐⭐⭐ ratings. Yes, even the one from "Faraway" collection. Not that I would know Rainbow Rowell's writing style as this was the first time I read any of her works, to be honest. I was confused the whole time I was reading this novella, that's for sure. We'll see if the same pattern emerges in the other stories in the collection.

I still managed to continue reading other books, as well, aside from reading these novellas. But for the one I read today, I just continued reading "By The Grace Of The Gods" and I'm already on the 32% mark of th book when I was just on the 10% mark yesterday. That's a leap, if you ask me. And this has just made me realize one thing.

I don't think I could succeed in reading a book in one day that doesn't involve novellas in the line. Or maybe my mindset wasn't there just yet. I knew I was able to do that before. Possibly back in 2016 when I was reading a lot and also doing some book reviews here on my blog. The long reading slump must have put a block of some sort in my ability to do the same thing again. But perhaps slowly crawling my way out of it could help ㅡ and it will only happen by doing more reading. At least, that's what I realized.

Okay, I guess I wrote enough here for the day. I would have written more if I wasn't late in doing this, you know. But let's see if I can do that tomorrow. For now, I know I have to end this entry at some point.

See you tomorrow! Happy book reading! 😊✌️💕📚🤔

【reading blog】more novellas done reading and some blog entry series plan

Good evening, guys! Welcome back to my blog.

Okay, why does that sounds like I was talking in front of the camera like a Youtuber or something? To be honest, it felt strange. I don't know why. Anyway, it seems that it's starting to become a habit of mine to write on my blog at 11 PM or past 11 PM. And it shouldn't be that way, to be honest. But I guess when I'm caught up with something, I tend to lose track of time. And we all know that it could be a good or a bad thing, depending on the context.

【reading blog】more books finished reading!

Good evening! This might looked like a rushed entry posted here, but that's because it was. My apologies in advance.

I'm already sleepy as I write here, to be honest. I only woke up all of a sudden because I recalled that there was something else that I have to do here. I don't know who or what to blame for this to happen, but I'm thankful since it reminded me of what I have to do before the day officially ends.

Even with the weather was cold the whole day or the rain continued to fall down because of the storm, I was also thankful that I got to finish reading 5 more books. Yes, more novellas, as you guessed it. Crazy, right? And yes, several more erotic romance novellas were included in those five books. In fact, 4 of them were novellas.

One thing I was thankful about for today was that I finally got to finish reading one of the books that (I think) I DNF'd since 2021. I was surprised when I saw the date that I shelved "Doon" in Goodreads. Yes, I have a feeling that it was exactly what I did (even when I didn't fully acknowledge it back then), and so that's why it remained in my Currently Reading list in Goodreads in such a long time. By the way, I gave it a ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ratings there, even though it was supposed to be a ⭐⭐⭐.5 ratings. I can see why I had this urge to DNF'd it even back then , especially when I was reading Jamie and Veronica's interaction. They were so annoying that I was ready to hit their head to wake them up and stop being such stubborn brats and such. And then there's Mackenna... Urgh! 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ Never mind. But I might still continue reading the series since I already have the other three books. Let's see if they were all able to redeem themselves there, in some way.

As for the other four books/novellas, I knew I just read them for the sake of looking for something else to read to add more to the Goodreads Reading Challenge and to catch up, in a way. It did help, whether I admit it or not. But also still surprised that I continued reading more erotic romances when I would rarely do that. Or could it be that I was trying my best to read something outside of my comfort zone? I mean, this genre is one of those that I truly avoid reading and also writing. I gave "Maddie's Marine" a ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ratings, while the rest of the novellas have ⭐⭐⭐. I have no problems with the writings of the story. Either it's just me or some of the plots that I read for me to consistently give these erotic romance novellas such ratings.

I didn't do a daily page count quota this time, as I decided to just go with the flow and see where it would lead me. I just have to surpass the 10-pages mark so I can consider it done for the day. If I read more, then that's all good. No pressure.

Okay, I'm seriously sleepy. I'm ending this entry here. See you tomorrow! Happy reading. 😊✌️💕📚😁

【reading blog】just making sure i can make it today

Good evening! Here's another near midnight entry for you, guys.

I have tried my best for me to be able to read my 54 pages quota today and thanks to the help of the two novellas I read, I managed to do so. I was thinking that I won't be able to do that since I didn't read that other book that much. I'm laying that down right from the start. Well, maybe I should also blame the storm and the coldness that goes with it as the rain fell down hard. It made me just want to wrap myself in my thick blanket and sleep. I'm not even joking. That's how cold it is here at the moment.

Now for sure, this is going to be a short entry. But I think it's okay. At least I have something as an entry that details what had happened. You know, I was thinking of doing a throwback of some sort by posting a photo of some very old diary entries of mine and explaining the context of each. As long as they weren't such embarrassing entries, of course. 😳🤭😱 But maybe I should still try to figure out how to do that since I don't have any plans at the moment of recording/making videos about it. Maybe writing the story of the entries would dissipate the embarrassment that could go with it.

As for the books, I ended up reading two more erotic romance novellas. 😳🤭 Sorry. They just really came to me ㅡ the urge to read them, that is. I mean, I don't know why I was feeling sonething like wanting to DNF'd that book I'm currently reading even though I wanted to see through it till the end. Or could it be that I was feeling overwhelmed on the number of pages in that book? Maybe. Who knows. So reading novellas somehow lessen that burden in a way, I think.

Like usual, I gave the two novellas a rating of ⭐⭐⭐. I don't know if I'll even find novellas that I would give ⭐⭐⭐⭐ or ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ratings. Wait! I remember giving "The Exception To The Rule" by Christima Lauren a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating on Goodreads. But I think I should make it an exception since it wasn't so much of a steamy, spicy novella. I don't know if I would still be able to find erotica/erotic romance novellas a higher rating other than ⭐⭐⭐. But maybe I'll just have to continue reading more. I won't be able to know if I don't read more of it, right?

So I think that's it for now. It's already 11:24 PM here and supposed to be sleeping already. And yet here I am, still writing just so I can post something here. In any case, see you tomorrow! Happy reading and stay safe. 😊✌️💕📚📖

【reading blog】still reading even when the storm surges

Good evening, guys! I hope you're all safe, especially those affected by Typhoon Julian (international name Krathon) today. They've already placed Benguet (the province where I live) to Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal #1 and since this morning, the rain and wind were hurling crazy around us. And yes, it was also cold that I just want to stay in my bed and get curled up in my blanket.

Yup, that's the ideal life ㅡ especially when you know you have so many books to read.

As for the books, 20 consecutive entries and 41 books/novellas in total (according to Goodreads) just for the month of September... What in the world just happened for me to reach that? Crazy, right? I didn't think I'd be able to read that many in just a month (even though I "cheated" since majority of that 41 were novellas and short stories) after that long reading slump.

Today, I got to finish 4 novellas and 1 light novel. I was required to read 34 pages, and I got to read SO MUCH MORE than what I needed. Yes, I finally finished reading the third volume of "By The Grace Of The Gods" today! I rated it ⭐⭐⭐⭐ in Goodreads even though I wanted to rate it 4.25. Or maybe 4.5. I was torn between the two, to be honest. This was until this volume that the remaining episodes of the first season of the anime version was based on.

As for the rest of the novellas, I gave them all ⭐⭐⭐ ratings in Goodreads. I mean, they were all good stories. But perhaps not that enough to keep me hooked. Then again, they were just short reads. It was the plot that probably got me sort of... bored. Apathetic. Unfeeling in some way. Was that how I was supposed to call it? I don't know. Or maybe that's just me and my personal opinion.

I know I once mentioned that I used a color spin wheel to determine my next read among my pending reads. Or have I? But yes, that was the idea and I finally picked the first one. I based my choices (since I have 5 books that I started reading a long while ago but never got to actually finish them) on the dominant color of the book cover.

The color choices were:

• Fuschia
• Lime
• Green
• Light blue
• Red

The first color picked was GREEN.

Starting tomorrow, I would be continuing to read "Doon" by Carey Corp and Lorie Langdon. I would say, this was a long time coming. I mean, I was already at 38% of the book and I still have a long way to go. There were so many chapters, switching between friends Veronica and Mackenna. And maybe the amount of chapters intimidated me back then. But right now, I'm determined to finish reading the book and finally put it on my Read shelf.

That's all I have for tonight. I still have to write on my journal and maybe continue to do some other things before I fall asleep.

See you tomorrow! Happy reading. 😊✌️💕📚📖

【reading blog】an entry before midnight ㅡ for real!

Yikes! It's nearly 11 PM here, currently raining because of the approaching storm and I haven't written anything. What the heck just happened to me?

The answer: I nearly forgot. Today was my mom's birthday and my first sister and her family were here. I call her my first sister since that's how I like to my younger sisters. I have 3 younger sisters, by the way. So I would refer to them as my first sister (the one born after me), my second sister (born after my first sister), and then my youngest sister. I'm the eldest of four girls, just to let you know. 😊✌️

Now back to the topic of my daily reading journey.

I did manage to read today even though it was a busy day because of my mom's birthday. I only need to read 25 pages, according to the random number generator.

Yup, something short. And I needed it, to be honest. Especially when I got tired from helping out with the food preparations.

I only focused on reading "By the Grace of the Gods" since I needed something lighter to read to rest my mind. I managed to read 27 pages, but I might continue reading later after this. I'm at the 56% mark of the book so it might take me a little while to finish reading this. Of course, it depends on what will happen in the next coming days. Let's hope I won't be that busy so that I can get this over with.

Oh! I almost forgot. I also read two erotic novellas (again! *hides*) when I woke up this morning. They were still written by Jessa Kane and I still can't believe I got to read something like this. 😱🙀 Crazy as heck! I gave them ⭐⭐⭐, as well, along with the other stories in the series. Yes, it was a series. I was surprised.

But you know what? Reading novellas like this has made me rethink about how I would want to write some of my stories. Especially the series ones. Of course, I still have to plan them out so I can make it work.

For now, I'm ending tonight's very late entry here. See you tomorrow! Happy reading. 😊✌️💕📚📖