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From the Universe

Published by Justine

I was going through my TUT emails (I’ve been subscribing since 2010), reading the ones I missed the past few days and marked “as read” immediately. This particular one struck me, and hit me like a hammer on the chest.

You are not meant to bear that which you find unpleasant, Justine, you are meant to change it. That’s why you feel it. Your every twitch of pain and malaise invites you to wake up, pushing you to seek grander truths that will reveal a bigger reality and a more magnificent you, ever closer to an awareness of your true place within reality creation – as a Creator.

Boom,
The Universe

In this blog I’ve mentioned about personal issues I faced and still continue to. It’s not something I freely share because really, I’d rather look at the brighter side of life. I am fighting internal demons and they don’t feel pretty most of the time. TUT’s email above helps a little, it helps during bad days when all I want to do is disappear.

It also reminds me of the lyrics of one of my favorite songs of all time, Ra Ra Riot’s Dying Is Fine which goes:

To settle our thoughts
Never minding what for
Nothing of a harm to dread on my mind

Tell me what belies
Oh, tell me what I could have
Oh, tell me what for

No more of this living, dying
Just scientific analyzing
Forgive us, oh life
The sin of

Death, oh baby
You know that dying is fine but maybe
I wouldn’t like death if death were good
Not even if death were good

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My point with this entry is to somewhat make myself feel better. Writing (even just a little) still does help when I can’t put my thoughts into verbal words and I can’t really explain how I feel because if even if anyone asks why I feel like this, I can’t find the root. It’s just one of those bad days.. I guess you got to have one or two of those in a while to really appreciate the good in your life. Whatever it is. I hope I feel better.

Day 31 – Your favorite: Hobbies and way to spend down-time

Published by Justine

The last entry has finally arrived. To be honest, I was actually stalling on purpose so that I didn’t have to seal the deal on this blog challenge. Here goes..

Aside from makeup that has eaten up a lot of my time (and money) the past two years? I guess it’s time to bring out the hobbies.

When I’m not at work, I’m usually a homebody through and through, fangirling here and there and watching my favorite tv shows, movies and Korean variety shows. This probably doesn’t reflect my “perceived” personality, but I actually spend a lot of time at home. I go out on weekends as well; if not to the mall or cafes, usually to a bar or a party because I like to dance and mingle with people, and I love my alcohol! I know, I’m all over the place when it comes to my interests.

Food trips are another thing, I’m not usually one to shy away from new places to eat or new food to try.

I’ve been doing yoga weekly for more than a year now.. there was a phase where I did it almost every weekday, but now I do it once or twice a week only. The longest time I had a yoga break was one month. I can definitely say yoga has improved my life in more ways than one, and I finally found something that genuinely calms my mind and gets me back into my center because all of me is always in shambles.

At home, I’ve also been cooking quite a lot lately and I am happy to know that I am not a noob in the kitchen. I can actually whip up meals that are enjoyed by my family. I’m more of into the Filipino home-cooked meal fused with a little bit of Western feel from all of my years abroad. Cooking could be my strongest suit when it comes to household chores.

Besides having a couple of “internal issues” I need to deal with, these are pretty much what my life revolves around!

Current Beauty Products Vol. IV

Published by Justine

I suddenly had the urge to write about recently acquired makeup before I complete the last blog challenge. I do think I need to take better photos instead of using my iPhone on low light, because these photos don’t do justice to the products at all. Somebody (not me!) inserted the battery into the DSLR the other way around and so it’s stuck and currently unusable. Now I have to look for ways on how to remove it.

I’m quite excited about today’s post because I didn’t buy most of these things, they were given to me! At this point, people who know me well are actually willing to feed my interests so I’m more than happy to oblige. Can’t complain!

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Day 30 – What’s something not many know?

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I’m sort of an open book. Pretty much 90% of the time, what you see is what you get with me. The other 10%, is all sorts of jumbled up facts that I probably don’t remember and/or don’t want to share. I’m trying to pick on the insides of that 10% right now and trying to figure out what to share in this blog.

Hm. Not many know that I wanted to be a drummer so much that I took up drum lessons at one time, sometime when I was about 14? I remember being obsessed with Coldplay’s In My Place that I begged my mom to enroll me in music school. She had one condition though, that I’d also take voice lessons together with drums. I reluctantly (though happily) obliged.

I didn’t get very far, sadly (with drums!). I realized I had very minimal talent with it and that I also did not have a drum set that I could practice with at home, so that pursuit didn’t progress further than an amateur recital that I happily participated in. I guess my parents knew my interests were and still are very short-lived that I’d probably get frustrated at the instrument and call it quits after a few months, which was what exactly happened.

I did, however, tried my best to learn Coldplay’s In My Place but I don’t know if I can still play it up to know. God knows how long I’ve touched a drum set, let alone attempt to play one. It’s still a dream to be able to play drums well, but I’ve accepted the fact that it really isn’t for me.

 

Day 29 – Tell me: Are you a lefty or a righty?

Published by Justine

I am a righty. Nothing special here. I thought I was ambidextrous because I thought I could write with my left as well, but a recent attempt to prove that resulted in a joke. It was all in my head.

Sure, I can write with my left.. But it’s not nearly as good as my actual penmanship, which has been praised a lot. Heeeee. So there you go, righty girl all the way.