where is this sun you speak of?

( Read about this collaboration ) Red Wedding Shoes Occasional poetry: D.G. Bersabal Photograph: J. Utz Black and red are the colors of the day. One denotes strength, the other denotes love. Black and red are the colors of the day. IT means strong love, tight bond, forever and ever. *postcard sent to A. Kalmes UPDATE: Ms. Kalmes sent me a photo of the postcard!

( Read about this collaboration ) Snail Circle poem: D.G. Bersabal Photograph: 7ns Your journey through life does not always happen on a wide and flat road. Sometimes you have to walk on narrow and rocky ones to find its meaning. (written as a circle poem)  *postcard sent to S. Boral

This recipe is written by a french guy (who drinks beer on weekends, lol) and sent over to me! Also he said in verbatim,  "if you want to discover the unknown france, the france not shown in tourist tours, you should go with the only guy in france who doesn't like wine." I don't know what he's trying to say but I think he wants me to tell the internet that he's ready to date anyone who wants to travel in France. Haha! Anyway, here is what's written on it: Cookies 125 g butter (I used unsalted) 90 g white sugar 90 g brown sugar 1 bag vanilla sugar (I used 1 tsp vanilla syrup) 200 g flour 1 egg 90 g white chocolate in chunks 90 g dark chocolate in chunks Mix butter, white & brown sugar, egg, and flour Add the white and dark chocolates Make balls a teaspoon size (Makes 18 balls. ) I am happy with the result. It was crunchy outside and soft, well, no... chewy inside. I actually made a mistake. I just noticed now that I used two...

Do you ever think of the years that has passed? I do. In fact, for the past days, I've been pretty much drowned in my old memories. It's all I ever think of. They make me smile and wish I'm still in every moment. Then there are those really bad moments that I wish I did not do at all. But what can I do? They are forever instilled in my memory. Unless, of course, I get amnesia... Anyway, I've been reading some online stuff a lot lately and here's something that struck me the most.  “I will not hold the past against myself.” – Your problems, your weaknesses, setbacks, regrets and mistakes teach you if you’re willing to learn, or they will punish you if you’re not.   So let them teach you, every day.  Take everything as a lesson learned.  If you regret some of the decisions you have made in the past, stop being so hard on yourself.  At that time, you did your best with the knowledge you had.  At that time, you did your best with the e...

    My eight-year-old self would find this story amazing. It's basically about a kid finding a mystery through an old postcard. It's well-written and very intriguing. I like the thrill it gives especially in the last chapters of the book. I love postcards (which is why my sisters brought this for me when they saw it in a book sale) so I was curious about the "mystery within a mystery" story. The Postcard by Tony Abbott is a fun, thrilling, intriguing, and easy read!

"In one hundred years, none of us will be here, not in these lives, in this form. We will leave traces, stories, cells, words, our actions and effect on others passed through people we met who met people who met people, through our children to their children's children. We will be known as the greats and the great-greats, if we are known at all." -- Jena Strong, The Inside of Out. It's been a year since I finished reading The Inside of Out, which was sent over through mail by the author herself, Jena Strong, and her thoughts are clinging in me still and forever . I told her I was going to make my own version of her One Hundred Year Perspective , but I could not make my words and feelings stumble together because she has written it all down -- she has perfectly written it all down. This is something I can read over and over. It always reminds me that we are just here for a moment, for a long yet short stretch of time. Everything matters but in the end it onl...

I patiently waited for the clock to strike 12 midnight (and see if there would be any magical changes to happen -- who am I kidding? My soon-to-be 24-year-old self! Ha!). While waiting I wondered, how would this year be like? Being 24 must be challenging for me especially now that a certain thought has been lying in my head for a period of time just waiting to be solely addressed. I knew that I seriously need to practice being independent because life is going to be way too opposite from how it was in the past years. I need to be on my own. Honestly, I've been trying small practices such as taking responsibility to manage, make, and save money. I never knew it would get too exciting. And as the number of digits grew, I couldn't help but get twice as excited as I was just starting. I never wanted to take out all the money I have. Now that I am in search of another job, I have been making plans on how to invest. It's going to be a new adventure for me. Things are going t...