“What does it mean to be a ghost, let alone to be there, or here? There are so many ways to haunt a person, or a life—”Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel Can you believe it's already October? Time to bring out the spooks and thrills! Here in the Philippines, Christmas countdown starts as … Continue reading September Wrap-up + Journal Spread
"I like the idea of looking at the world through a lens. That you can create borders around what you see, the focusing and capturing of a moment that will never happen again." Gabriela Lee, Instructions on How To Disappear What I Actually Read for Buwan ng Wika Last month I shared my reading list … Continue reading August Wrap-up: Books + Musings + Journal Spread
“First, a story ends when it ends, and not a moment before. If you are unhappy with this ending, make a new one.”― Roseanne A. Brown, A Song of Wraiths and Ruin I celebrated my 33rd birthday a few weeks ago 🎂 The day was lovely and quiet and filled with all of my favorite … Continue reading July Wrap-Up + Birthday Musings
"Perhaps struggle is all we have because the god of history is an atheist, and nothing about his world is meant to be. // This is not despair. These are the preferences of the universe itself: verbs over nouns, actions over states, struggle over hope." Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me "Happy July!" was … Continue reading June: Monthly Musings + #SpectrumReads + BLM Stories
“Both fictions and memories are recalled and retold. They're both forms of stories. Stories are the way we learn. Stories are how we understand each other.” ― Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things MAY WRAP-UP How are you? We have witnessed so much evil in the world recently that it seems too trivial to … Continue reading May Wrap-up + Musings
