Monte Carlo

Heartbreaks and bullshits are just ant bites -- temporary and superficial, if you have friends like them.  Looking through these pictures remind me of the 2011 film, Monte Carlo, I am not quite sure why.

One thing I am sure of is that the mere thought of always having a support system when difficult and desperate times arise, makes me wanna sing  ♫ I'm walking on sunshine, wohoooah. :))

May this friendship stand the test of latitudes and longitudes, sabaw internet connections, mahinang Globe signals, blah blah blah. You know I love you, clingy friends Nina and Yen! Cheers to more years of clingy-ness! Haha! :*

Photos by DR Sta. Romana

Taking Shelter

When I am feeling at my lowest, retail therapy always, always does the trick. These past few weeks were tough for me that when I was asked by a close friend to join her in this fun shoot thing she and her photog friend is planning, I counted myself in. Oh the thrill of doing something not acad-related! Thanks, Nina and Kuya DR for this wonderful experience! :-)

My version of a line from Ricky Lee's novel Amapola sa 65 na Kabanata which goes something like:
"Tinalikuran ko siya. Sa dalas ng pagtalikod ko sa kanya puro likod na ata ako."

The look: Forever 21 lace fit and flare dress, Figlia brown strappy heels, vintage owl necklace from Pop Culture

Awkward poses. But I love these cos I look so happy. :)

Veranda Shot #1

Veranda Shot # 2

Veranda Shot # 3
(Made this as my Facebook display picture! Mehehe! :3)

Veranda Shot # 4

Veranda Shot # 5

Included this here cos I love the lace and tattoo combi. :)

They say when a door closes, a window opens. Maybe this is the window they are talking about. Maybe this window was really what I needed then to breathe in fresh air and shake of the negative vibes in my system. Maybe all I needed was a little break from the familiar and take shelter in my anything-I-am-not bubble even for just a brief while.

And now I am back. Scarred, yes, but not scared.

Tick Tock

I am not used to me being this preoccupied and all; last time I checked it was when I had my first ever major breakup two summers ago. But since that day in the laboratory that we were presented with the deadlines of the remaining scientific papers, as well as oral report, paper defense and exam dates, that I came to acknowledge the presence of pressure; that pressure has already entered my system and that that pressure is inversely proportional to time. It's as if pressure took growth vitamins that it grew into a giant bean stalk ala Jack and Jill, hindering the me carrying a time bomb of some sort from getting to the other side, graduation.

Time is shedding its skin so fast that I am at a loss keeping track. I am wishing for this semester be extended but I know, we all know it'll never gonna be. And since I cannot bargain with time to slow down a bit, might as well do all I can, carry on and nail the days left.

I wish I can. I hope I can.

I don't want another heartbreak.

Please.

Room 405

One of the many typical Wednesdays at Zoo120: Animal Physiology laboratory.

I think I'm spending a lot of hours in this lab room than required that I am gradually loving everything in it: the reagent storage room, the little fume hood, the dirty sink, the whiteboard tables, the kymograph... oh I can go on and on. But what I'm loving the most is the seemingly never-ending exchange of random musings with  my table-mates. I knew the first day of classes that I was meant to sit in that chair near the door and the blackboard, with you group two. :-)

Young jackfruit roots

Krishia

pH strips

Danica

Blood Typing

Gel

RBC and WBC Diluting Pipettes

Jof

Frog peripheral capillaries

Our import from group 1, Jaime and Krishia. Laaab.♥

P.S. Wala akong picture sa lab! -____- Di bale I still have less than a month to have one. :-)

I'm In It For Me

People would say I'm stupid for fighting a battle that I know beforehand I'll lose. But screw them, I'm in it for myself. I don't want the future me regret the things I wish I did, the things I know I can do but did not. Self-fulfillment, maybe.

Whether you say go or no, I'll give a yes. I'll be winning this, whatever you say.