Unfurling The Tangles #11

Being that our relationship is relatively young and that there are still some things that we are working on, it has become a tradition for us to meet each other whenever there are long holidays or if our work deliverables are not so demanding. December was challenging for the both us because we were supposed to meet in Davao Oriental to attend as godparents for a dear friend. Unfortunately, Typhoon Odette also decided to make its landfall in the Visayas Island and Cebu City was heavily affected. Mr. Handsome didn’t make it to our meeting place.  Communications was also lost…

Lifely Updates #10

Happy New Year to yáll! How do I even compose my post for my December update? I am still reeling from all the happiness that the world has granted me. Yes, Odette was painful and sad but at the end of the day, you have to haul yourself out from the quagmire that you’re drowning into. And so, after celebrating Christmas with my family, off I went to Cebu to celebrate 2021’s culmination and the 2022 New Year with my beloved. My arrival was met with power outage, non-stop rain, no internet signal, and limited water supply. But worst of…

Unfurling The Tangles #10

Whoa! Finally, our first year anniversary. Depending from your perspective, it could either be long or short but does it really matter? I don’t think that it’s about the number of years that you’re together but more about the quality of your relationship. On how you resolved the challenges of your relationship, on how you see each other at the end of the day, on how you think that the relationship is more valuable than your individual differences, on how you choose to forgive and love each other after every fight. Another learning worth sharing is that you don’t have…

Book Review: Paola Santiago and the River of Tears

I hate to say this but I am practically worshipping Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by the time that I was finished with it. Although it’s a Mexican mythology and this is the first time that I’ve heard of La Llorona, the story immediately grabbed me from start to finish because Paola was a very relatable character. Like Paola, I grew up to the scary tales of my paternal grandmother and my mother. These tales which always revolved on the horrific creatures of the Philippine folklore would usually give me nightmares or made me anxious during the day…