jari m

Tag: life and other tales

  • Holiday Hairstyle

    Last Saturday I lost twelve inches of hair and a couple of pounds to go with it. All in the spirit of Christmas.

  • A moment of silence

    For Ate Risa’s father, who passed away earlier today.

  • A study break featuring 1D

    Involves me reading up on this promising review on One Direction’s latest album, and just. It’s 3AM and I’m so proud of them. This: We’ve come to expect a few years of bombast from groups like this, then a soft slope down toward a break-up, followed by D-list name recognition punctuated with the occasional guest…

  • on the rewards of slothism

    I have lived by several mottos through my (19-years-one-week-and-ongoing) life. One is Time enjoyed is time not wasted; another is No regrets, and also maybe You only live once, when I’m feeling especially ultra-dated-mainstream. In effect, my philosophy in life is always to do things that I enjoy for myself (because, perhaps, my life motto…

  • Protected: Issue N + 1

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  • Life Update #724687

    And two (or three) other observations along the road to Laguna: The things I say are often inconsistent. It’s not that I lie (though I admit I enjoy a bit of innocent deception); it’s that I forget, quite easily and unfortunately, so I have to make things up to even finish a story. I know…

  • To Watch: INTO THE WOODS

    I first watched Into the Woods (I daresay the definitive version, uploaded by a kind soul to YouTube) when I was in first year high school. My then-senior sister had to watch the musical as a requirement for their Lit class; I was defenceless against my natural curiosity, my sister’s want for a fellow fangirl…

  • i shared a story, and then

    They weren’t lost. I left.

  • the ephemeral life

    It was a quick affair. My darling mother asked, “what do you want?”. I said a bento box, please, ebi tempura. And in a blink of an eye all I had left was this: This says a lot more about my life than I would like. Fast, furious and quiet; burning moments that fly too…