Do you know what I kept on saying whenever I'd look for books to read or to add to my TBR these days? If it has spice, stay out of my sight. I guess I got a little allergic to reading those books after reading quite an amount of it back then.

By the way, I'm 33 turning 34 this August. I might have read a decent amount of books with spice and smuts in them in the span of nearly a decade. That ended early April of this year.

Was that weird?

in the middle of trying to put my mind in a mode that would allow me to write stories and let me finish chapter 125 of "the last sky of the earth".

i mean, come on.

i really have to finish writing that story already.

(book comment) A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring Volume 1

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

I guess you could say I only decided to read this to reminisce and also to see some differences from the anime version, which was the first I watched before reading this. A lot of the scenes here were closer to what I've seen in the anime version. But of course, books contained more details that would never be seen in the anime. I still enjoyed reading this and now I can't wait to read the second volume.

Agri (Goseiger)/Kasumi (Ninninger): Every Memory We Created

Even though you already chose to let go, I'll let every memory we created remain in my heart... --- florence joyce

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It was just another crazy moment, in Kasumi's opinion. But it was nothing she couldn't handle. In fact, for the rest of the day, her friends would only curse at how things had ended between her and Agri.

Not that she even mentioned anything crucial about the entire issue. But she was already tired of everything.

Stinger/Hammie (Kyuranger): Always Be Here

I'll always be here, ready to take care of you and protect you in all circumstances. And in every journey we'll decide to take together, remember that I won't ever leave your side... — florence joyce

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There were still a lot of things to discuss when it came to the decision that Hammie had come up with. And it wasn't a recent decision that came about on a whim. It did only click to her after she separated with Stinger during their last date. Then again, that was about a month ago.

She hadn't seen him personally ever since. But even if she understood the reason why due to the nature of their current jobs --- her being a teacher and Stinger as the commander of Orion, she could not deny that she missed him so much.

(book comment) Kusunoki's Garden Of Gods Volume 2

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

I mean, the story is still fine. But maybe the whole book proceeded a little slow for me. I still enjoyed it, over all. The same way I enjoyed the anime adaptation.

Just one thing I keep telling to myself whenever I would watch paranormal investigation shows on Youtube (especially on Youtube), never go to the comment section and read other people's opinion on the episode. Because whether you like it or not, there would be people out there ruining it for you with their skepticism and bullshits. That's their opinion, though. Not mine. I can respect that. But it's not the same as actually accepting that. The comments — good or bad — would still ruin them for me. It's bullshit for them, but not for me. It's staged for them, that's not the case for me. I guess this is why I tend to download the episodes instead and watch them offline so that I wouldn't have that urge to look at the comments.

(book comment) The Frontier Lord Begins With Zero Subjects Volume 1

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Enjoyed reading it, even though I only decided to start reading this after seeing the anime adaptation. Why is that, though? But I think I'll worry about that later. What matters to me is that I got to finish reading another book.

(book comment) Heroine? Saint? No, I'm An All-Works Maid! Volume 1

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5

This is actually a 4.5 for me. I just love it. So now I'm wondering why I DNF'd it several months ago. I can't recall the reason now. Was that a weird thing to say? But I guess it's okay now. At least I finally finished reading this. I guess I have to thank the anime adaptation of this for igniting my desire to read this again. It paid off, so to speak.

(book comment) "One More Summer" by J. Collette Smith

Thank you so much to the author and also P.S. I Love You PR for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. I'm truly grateful to receive this copy ahead of the release date. By the way, I hope I'm not way too early in posting my thoughts about this book. But I can't help it, so here I am.

Hope From Love's Memories - Chapter 5

'Ano'ng ibig niyang sabihin doon? Just because he wanted to? Bakit naman?'

Hindi mawala-wala sa isipan ni Ilsie ang mga katagang binanggit ni Francis sa kanya mula nang huling beses siyang magtungo sa mansyon ng mga Guardians. May tatlong araw na rin ang nakalilipas mula nang mangyari iyon.

Pero siya lang yata ang nagbibigay ng pahiwatig sa mga sinabi nito dahil sigurado naman siya na walang ibang ibig sabihin iyon.

Banjou (KR Build)/Fuuka (Ninninger): Smile Seared In Memory

How is it that whenever I close my eyes and force myself to forget you, your smile that was seared in my memory would always stop me from doing so? — Florence Joyce

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If one would deem him as crazy, maybe he would truly believe so. However, the only reason why he kept scratching his hair was due to his frustration. As per usual, he hadn't gotten enough sleep. This had already happened for two weeks in a row. Any more of this would truly hamper his health.

Then again, it wasn't like Banjou could do something about it until he finally got to the root of the problem.

Stinger/Hammie (Kyuranger): Devote My All

Even for just a little, as long as you can smile for me, I will become a knight of dusk and devote to you my all... — Pray, Mizuki Nana

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The last of the enemies were taken down and destroyed. The path heading home should have been opened after that. But it never did. It made everything worrisome for both Stinger and Hammie who seemed to have become stuck in that realm.

Not that they actually expected to be sent there while fighting. And yet, here they were. Unable to get out of the trap that they fell into, they could only hope at that moment that someone would come to help. For sure, their disappearance wouldn't go unnoticed to their teammates.

Agri (Goseiger)/Kasumi (Ninninger): We're Together Now

We might have already lost count on the chances we should've taken. But even so, we're together now and I couldn't ask for anything else... --- Florence Joyce

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Call it a crazy feeling on her part, but Kasumi had already had the urge to go outside the house for quite some time now. And to think she would rarely do that when her research would take up much of her time and attention. This time, however, it was different.

Perhaps she really needed that breath of fresh air after several failed attempts with regard to perfecting her invention once again. Of course, she knew she had to finish it. It was for her and her cousins, after all. It was something that could aid them in fighting, even after they defeated Kibaoni Gengetsu.

journal entry #2235

Went out to head to the market around noon to buy ingredients for dinner. As per usual. And also maybe think of something to cook for Angel's lunch box tomorrow. Another thing for me to be annoyed at my sister for being too dependent.

I ended up removing the extra pages (unnecessary stuffs and extra dates) from that 2026 planner I bought. I only noticed today that there's only one page for Saturdays and Sundays. Why did people who made this assume that people only have something short to write on weekends? I guess I might end up pasting extra papers on them just in case the entries would end up a lot more than expected.

Still dealing with intense coughing that even the cough medicine that I usually consume doesn't have an effect on me to dissipate it. Kind of annoying since my coughings were forcing me to throw up what I ate previously. They're not intentional, but yes. It's starting to become that painful for me and my throat. I felt like my throat ended up having some injury because of those coughs and when I throw up. Hopefully, that's just my own thinking and nothing like that is actually happening.

Because things were busy here, I haven't managed to do anything rewritings. I did manage to watch about two documentaries I downloaded while contemplating on certain things as the clean-up was happening.

journal entry #2232

I don't like where this is going. I'm starting to have some coughing and even runny nose. Then again, I don't think the weather wasn't the only thing to blame here since sweat would dry on my back and I didn't even wipe it properly. So yes, it's also my fault.

I still managed to rewrite some more and continued with the quotes ones. Good thing I would be about to finish with the fourth notebook. It's still a lot, but I don't mind doing this. Just something I can use to distract myself.

Went out again to head to the market to buy some ingredients for dinner that Mama asked.

Decided to download some archaeology-related documentaries from Youtube and watch them while doing some rewrites. They were good. The title of the series was called "Lost Cities with Albert Lin".

journal entry #2231

Went out to head to the market. And I have to do that twice again. This is seriously becoming incredibly annoying right now, I don't even have any energy to comment at all. At least, the walking helps clear my mind. I guess that's one good thing that comes out with all this walking and going out that they were making me do.

Mama and TP (who just arrived from work before going back again) went to where my secon sister was working to help her carry the packets that she received as part of their Christmas gifts or something. I mean, it was a yearly thing, so there's nothing new about that. I was supposed to be the one who would accompany here, but Mama just decided to enlist TP's help instead. That's a good thing for me since I was so tired from my own errands earlier already.

Managed to continue doing some rewriting of prompts and I'm nearing finishing the rewrites for song lyrics prompts for the fourth notebook.

Don't know why but I ended up deciding to download selected episodes of Busted and even the two older short dramas I've watched before --- "9 Seconds: Eternal Time" and "The Universe's Star". Well, more like their last three episodes. Kind of missed watching those two shows.

journal entry #2230

Feeling really tired and sleepy now since I ended up going out to go to town twice. Though I only walked from home to town once, the whole thing was still tiring. I mean, one was to head to the market and the second one was to get the fruits that Mama had ordered online that I have to pick up from the seller herself. And I had to meet her below the cathedral. That's still on the upper part of Session Road, so that's high up from the town. No wonder I'm just so tired to even do anything right now. I still have to write, so there's nothing I can do about that. Anything I can do to record my day in any way.

Told you, the laundry for the baby clothes brought here last night was done today. And we've only done the white ones. We still haven't included the colored ones. Thank goodness, the weather was quite good today. However, it was a bit windy and also cold, so we haven't fully dried them yet. Not sure when Mama would continue washing the colored ones. But I think we have to let the white ones dry first since we needed the clothes hanger and the clothespin for the other ones.

journal entry #2229

Went out to deposit the rent to our landlady's account and to head to the grocery to buy the usual monthly supplies. Thankfully, the line in the bank wasn't that long, so it didn't take me long to do what I had to do.

Bought a 2026 one page a day planner that I'm planning on using as my journal by next year. That means, I have to fill up my current journal just enough for me to fully say that I actually filled it. Yes, I know I'd be able to leave some pages blank. But I could take it out of there if I have to. Hopefully, I won't have to take out almost half of the pages.

Continued rewriting lyrics prompts, even when it's cold and I would just want to get cozy in my bed and feel warm. My hands were cold most of the time and so it was hard for me to write in the speed that I wanted to. I tried, and thankfully, I still managed to do so.

My second sister's check-up today, and so she didn't get to go to work. My brother-in-law was with her. And then later in the evening, some more baby-related stuffs (trolley, crib, and baby clothes) were brought here. So yes, our house got slightly cramped because of that. And that means, more laundry for the baby clothes to be done, possibly tomorrow. It's starting to get annoying, if you ask me.

journal entry #2228

A non-working holiday today. Then again, i can't actually relate to that considering the fact that I'm not even a working person. In other words, unemployed. Even so, my second sister still has to go to work because of a company event.

Went out to withdraw the money that des has sent to my youngest sister yesterday. And also to get the meat and vegetables that TP somehow got from where she works. And then I went out again to buy some stuff that miko had asked me to buy. So it won't be a surprise if I ended up sleeping before I knew it.

Why was it raining, by the way? I don't recall seeing any news of a new storm or LPA hovering, though. Or if there is, it wouldn't be in Northern Luzon but should be somewhere in Vizayas or maybe upper part of Mindanao. But yes, it's raining on and off the whole day.

Got to add another batch of photo edits and it's really making me crazy, for some reason. Yup, just to fill some gap and stop a few repetitions that would appear now that i'm about to finish rewriting the ones with corresponding photo edits.