It feels weird that this day last week I was excitedly yet nervous anticipating the day I get to cast my sacred vote. But sadly we lost, yes we, because she always included us in this journey!

Some acquaintances and friends felt miserable after they saw the unofficial results. NGL, I was so sad and frankly really angry. But what else can I do *shrugs* but in the span of one week, her supporters had gone from different stages of grief to smiling little by little.

So it’s time to create a plan! And that’s what I want to deal with in the next couple of months. I need to sort out what I want to do with my life. Do I move out? How should I do that? Am I ready to live on my own because I am with my family all my life. I’m also thinking that I’ll able to provide more if I leave, but can I endure the homesickness?  Is there an opportunity out there for me? Another scenario I am thinking about is to stay for a couple of months with my sister in Australia and test the waters first.

For my mental health, I stopped watching news. I’ll probs gonna clean my socials’ timeline to focus on my hobbies and interest and stay away from local scene for now. I think it’s OK to think about yourself first during these times.

It feels weird that this day last week I was excitedly yet nervous anticipating the day I get to cast my sacred vote. But sadly we lost, yes we, because she always included us in this journey!

Some acquaintances and friends felt miserable after they saw the unofficial results. NGL, I was so sad and frankly really angry. But what else can I do *shrugs* but in the span of one week, her supporters had gone from different stages of grief to smiling little by little.

So it’s time to create a plan! And that’s what I want to deal with in the next couple of months. I need to sort out what I want to do with my life. Do I move out? How should I do that? Am I ready to live on my own because I am with my family all my life. I’m also thinking that I’ll able to provide more if I leave, but can I endure the homesickness?  Is there an opportunity out there for me? Another scenario I am thinking about is to stay for a couple of months with my sister in Australia and test the waters first.

For my mental health, I stopped watching news. I’ll probs gonna clean my socials’ timeline to focus on my hobbies and interest and stay away from local scene for now. I think it’s OK to think about yourself first during these times.

I never hid my overwhelming desire to read! I read every day! Even if it just updates of the series I religiously follow be it weekly or monthly, or these random crave of re-reading some of my old favorites, or hunting down new reads, I always, ALWAYS read! But you know, there’s an unfair & somewhat shameful polarity between my finished/completed and new series! I’m good at picking something new to read and then when I caught up, I almost forgot about them!

I was trying to merge all my yearly reads (which I think I started to list ’em up in 2016 or 2017? Back when I began reading webtoons (and lots of series were not listed in MAL so I chose to list them via Google Sheets). I was overwhelmed by the sheer number of the series I still haven’t finished! A lot of ’em are already over! But like I said before I am very moody reader! The mood gotta tell me if I’m up for it or not! Add to the dilemma is that there are also so many series that I want to read too! Oh boy, what did I get into?!

Whether this situation is good or bad thing, I have yet to deliberate! 🙈

I feel uncomfortable letting that vent post in my homepage to sit longer than 24 hrs so I am putting this up for something refreshing?! 🙈 So, I’m happy to say that I’m watching few anime series this season. Well 4 isn’t by definition plenty but gosh, what an improvement from last season when I only had Shingeki no Kyojin on my list (and maybe Kimetsu no Yaiba though it was most certainly part of my Fall ’21 list) Also, some recap of the dramas I watched/plan to watch as well!

I also finished watching F4 Thailand (F4 Thailand : หัวใจรักสี่ดวงดาว) and it was good decision that I followed this weekly instead of letting it aired first then marathon it. Each episode was packed! Given the time constraint, I kinda get why! But to me the highlight was Thyme’s mom, she was defo humanized here than any other version! She was a character here not just conflict personified! Also they totally erased that Boy Over Flowers (꽃보다 남자) cutesy vibe & followed the OG manga quality! All in all, really liked it! Also those homages to previous adaptation! 👍 but man, they could be a little more subtle with product placements; they were so distracting!

I plan to watch Business Proposal (사내 맞선) soonish? I saw the first ep & wasn’t so much into it, mostly because of the actors! I imagined Taemu more on the hunky/mature type, kinda like Choi Seung-hyun (T.O.P from BIGBANG). The actor was boyish looking to me! They totally didn’t look the part except Sung-hoon! Oh well, I saw it trending twitter every week maybe it’s good! This goes without saying but I adore the webtoon so my expectations really up there!

That’s it for me now! See you on the next post! 😉

I never thought the travel would be far-fetch dream again…for simple people like my family. We planned our once a year travel many months in advance, tried to save all the money we can save so we can explore foreign places! But I never would have imagined that travel is far out of our reach again. Gone are days we are stalk local airlines for ticket sales! Or reading lots of travel on budget blogs so we can save with our travel!

This is such an iconic photo that I have taken from our latest travel back in January 2020, before the pandemic shutdown tourism to its knee. I miss circling the calendar dates, packing, exploring! I miss walking down the streets of some unfamiliar place. 😔

I’ve been thinking about this for the longest time but like I treat my old blog posts with nostalgia, my online nickname holds more sentimental value. I was Mitchii for as long as I remember. I love my online nickname, it’s me online. It’s easier to separate my online & offline persona that way. And it’s much easier to retain my privacy; using an online nickname is my first defense wall. But I am not active in my fandom for many years now; this blog has transformed to nothing but silly soundbites.

My online nickname was something I started when I was young 16 years old, and I think it’s OK to be me now. Maybe it’s really time to let it go.

While the recent event in the country gave me the final push (and massive panic) the transition was long overdue anyway. I am 80%-90% ready. I hinted this many times on twitter before all this has happened. I never hid my real name anyways. I like my name, although not very unique but it’s me. But if you find this complicated or simply needs adjusting, feel free to still call me Mitchii, I don’t mind. It’s still me and that would never change.

ETA: 05/15/22: With the current situation, I’d rather keep my online persona separate, so yeah keeping my online nickname again!

There’s something to rejoice whenever Taylor hints on something! I really thought that the next album she will re-release was either Speak Now (chronologically speaking, it did come out after Fearless) or 1989, because all the buzz and hype that surrounded it prior to the announcement! But Taylor didn’t come around playing, she all got us excited when she officially announced that it’s gonna be Red! And you know what, I love RED! It was the album that I kept on repeating as my lonesome company because of all those things that happened to me (a lot of painful ones though T.T), so for sure I’ll (re)listen when it finally drops this November!

I mean, can we all agree that we’re all so looking forward to finally listen to All Too Well and it’s glorious 10-minute version?! Yes?! I once told my sister this that while I’m happy that Taylor has now a relationship for keeps, when she writes heartbreak songs, you can totally feel the sadness and all the emotions! As much as I love Death by a Thousand Cuts, it isn’t as heart-wrenching and soulful as ATW! But oh we are blessed truly! Taylor Swift, queen of productivity! 👑