jari m

Tag: life and other tales

  • 2014 x Footnotes

    Before I make a post bragging about the roast chicken I cooked (I did a lot of the prep, okay), and actually making my new year post, I’ll add in the last four highlights of my December 2014. And before I forget: THANK YOU to everyone who made 2014 possible and wonderful. The air I breathe. My…

  • Rise and shine!* …for Simbang Gabi

    *Though to be honest, I didn’t wake up early so much as I never slept at all. Simbang Gabi is a well-loved holiday tradition of the Philippine Catholic. For the nine mornings before Christmas Eve, the religious devout (or just plain dedicated) attends mass before the crack of dawn. For some people it’s for the…

  • Life Update #2014x

    I’ve been living the past few days in a haze of hesitant lethargy. I don’t actually go to sleep every night planning to sleep over fifteen hours the next day, but that’s what happens. Curse the invention of naps.

  • I swear to god I was being as honest as possible, and yet… Though maybe I AM a changed woman, and suddenly I have become really, really sociable.

  • I should have known that personal thoughts and fanciful ideas are not enough to change the world.

  • Sister Santa

    My sister’s been treating me to all sorts of things, and it’s been wonderful. Read more on our foray into the world of Philippine ballet (The Nutcracker) and into mainstream cinema (Mockingjay Part 1). [Though lbr, it’s been a couple of weeks. This is officially a Late Post.]

  • i know it isn’t wise, but lately I’ve been wondering//

    Hi. I don’t actually know. Whatever. 

  • h:

    hyperaware |HYPER-AWARE|

  • It’s me and a set of keys

    During the week-that-never-was (i.e. Hell Week Version N), our flat Bora saw a lot of friends come and go to relax and/or to study. One of those days the resident keyboard was whipped out. And then after everyone left, I put myself to the task of playing in my natural mediocre fashion. I can only play maybe…