It's August. I know I said I'd be writing drabbles for everyone in June, but - as luck would have it - I was so inspired to write these past few months that I applied for a writing contest on another site, and - miracle of miracles - got in. Although I wasn't expecting anything to come out of my random application, this contest actually turned out ( Read more... )

I take a break from my normal life to ponder on what Arashi is for me ( Read more... )

Christmas in the Philippines is the longest in the world. We start celebrating upon the arrival of the -ber months, so when it hit midnight earlier and September 1st came rolling in, my roommate and I played Jingle Bell Rock on YouTube. To me, this signals the beginning of the end of the year. I'm not sure how I feel about this ( Read more... )

It's 3.39 in the morning here in the Philippines. I just finished watching the Women's Figure Skating Short Program of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, upsetting my landlady, who for some reason refused to sleep while I was watching television. I was determined to stay awake, to watch Asada Mao skate to glory. I, the girl who sleeps through the ( Read more... )

This is unusual. It's not the end of February yet, but I feel compelled to write some sort of reaction to the translation of Sho's pages in the last Rola magazine, as released by yun-miyake. The last question posted in the partial translation of the magazine interview goes,

"No, no, it’s not something like that. For me, love is also important, but ( Read more... )

I went slightly crazy this January, and after watching Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, which was actually really good, realized once again that the most important commodity in this world isn't money, but time. Time, as The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens says. Time, as In Time propagates. I am such a big time waster - it's crazy. This January ( Read more... )

Maybe it's because 2013 ended on a low note for me, but when I look back on the year that was I don't remember many happy moments about it. I remember being miserable mostly - then again, I rarely remember happy moments in my life anyway. That is what makes things sadder. If I could resolve to remember more sunshine-y days, I'm sure it would make ( Read more... )

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Imagine my extreme shock when - having muddled through a raw DVD copy of Helter Skelter starring Sawajiri Erika - I came upon the most inappropriate familiar sight. It happened after the climax of the movie, carried out to the chatter of a group of Japanese high school girls most probably discussing in detail the tragic fate of Sawajiri's character ( Read more... )

When I feel empty, I have this awful tendency to try to define myself by means of my behavior. I’ve been doing this since I was about 16. I’m still doing it, five years later.

( It comforts me to be in your care because then I know I am not too alone. )