Author: Justine

Day 7 – A favorite quote

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This changes a lot. But currently: “Does he love me? Does he love anyone more than me? Does he love me more than I love him? Perhaps all the questions we ask of love, to measure, test, probe, and save it, have the additional effect of cutting it short. Perhaps the reason we are unable to love is that we yearn to be loved, that is, we demand something (love) from our partner instead of delivering ourselves up to him demand-free and asking for nothing but his company.” The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

Day 6 – A food you could eat forever

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~ And we’re back! Sorry this took a backseat. ~ I used to be able to say sushi but due to recent hospitalizations I’ve sort of had a bit of an aversion to Japanese food lately. I KNOW, RIGHT? It’s a cuisine that I love so much. Soon, I will be able to eat Japanese food again. Just like how I’ll be able to drink alcohol again. Anyway! I will be a bit general here and say anything chicken. However you cook chicken, I will eat it. Fried, in soup, baked, marinated, breaded, barbecued, etc etc etc. This is a bit TMI, but I even eat chicken bones. Yup! There goes my little secret.

The Sunday Currently, v14

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FEELING Generally anxious, to be honest. My anxiety levels have been crazy these past few weeks.. ever since I got out of my last hospital visit, actually. I don’t know if it’s just the whole transition to a newer routine, or being scared I’ll get sick again, or just trying to not do anything as to not trigger another crazy event in my life, but I hope I’ll get over this soon. It’s very discomforting. READING Right now it’s still The Vacationers by Emma Straub. I’ve been taking my time with this book, I started it at the end of my hospital stay but I haven’t had the chance to finish it yet. WATCHING Just finished watching the pilot episode of this show called Life In Pieces. It sort of reminds me of Modern Family sans the whole mockumentary format. I quite enjoyed the first episode and will probably watch the second episode to determine if it’s a show worth following. About to finish watching ep 2 and 3 of You’re The Worst‘s second season. …

Friday’s 10 Happy Things, v7

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It’s only almost been a month since my last F10HT entry and boy, so much has happened since then. Back at the hospital for a crazy 5 days, lots of anxiety all around, leaving my old job, finally going full-time at my current job but let’s elaborate that on this entry, shall we? We finally got our US visas and will travel to New York this Christmas! I’m looking forward to it, but not looking forward to the cold. Brrrr. I wish I had the energy to blog about the whole ordeal but I’ll leave the good news here and the stress I’ve had to deal with the past couple of months in the back-burner. New (old) job, new life! After 3 years and 8 months, I finally left my longest office job for good and took on a part-time remote work since January and turned it into a full-time gig. I’m still at a very anxious stage where everything feels so transitional. I’m just about trying to get used to not going to an office every …

Life’s Roadblocks

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I’m not really sure where to begin on writing about the current “happenings” in my life, for lack of a better word. The past 3 months have been quite trying for me, in more ways than one (or two, even three). Things are happening one after the other and I’m just trying my best to swim through it all. I probably mentioned in my previous entries that I wanted to make sure that I don’t get any more hospitalizations this year. Lo and behold, last Monday I got out of my longest hospital stay this year, a whopping 5 days. Longer than my tonsillectomy, longer than my peptic ulcer run. This time I’d rather not specify the reason but cancer was ruled out, thank goodness. When you’re in excruciating pain all you can think about is, “Why me?” leaving almost no room for positive thoughts to shine a light in the darkness. What’s worse, it’s actually carrying over after that hospital stint. I don’t want it to continue because it’s affecting a lot of aspects …