February 2012
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It must be nice to have someone who genuinely...
And doesn’t just put up with you
And tolerates you
And just keeps you around like some lost kitten without a family
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“Jonnah, Potter na!”
Oh mommy.
I JUST HAD TO FLIP IT ON WHEN DOBBY DIES.
SERIOUSLY?!
Remember I watched it the first time and some guy was like…
“You’re crying? Seriously?”
YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND.
This has been a public service announcement brought to you by Jonnah (na what’s my name).
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057/365.
Day 57: What is your definition of happiness. (x)
It’s not something you define or can be concretely defined. Like all emotions. It’s something you feel and experience. I can’t remember the last time I was really happy. I mean truly happy. Most of the time, I’ve always been smiling and whatnot to people when they have no idea that I’m turning to dust inside....
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It just occurred to me that I only come up with these posts when I’m upset. Huh.
This post does not aim to be a short story. Or anything prose-related. It’s not poetry either. (Here’s lookin’ at you, Lorri. I’m not a poet. My words are still mere paint that have yet to paint a portrait.) It’s a bout of free writing coming from a discouraged, broken heart. This...
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3 Awesome Things This Week
…
Wow.
I can’t think of anything.
…
Wow.
This week was bad, honestly.
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Finishing my first Major VPRODUC requirement.
Getting a decent grade for my Writing for Print Media exercise. (4 out of 5. YAY I’M IMPROVING!)
Staying alive. (Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Stayin’ alive. Stayin’ alive.) Praise God.
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056/365.
Day 56: Something you did as a child that other people remember you for. (x)
When I was a little girl, I used to insist on being called “Baby Jonnah”. I don’t know why but I refused to be called just “Jonnah”. I reveled in being the youngest of the bunch, I guess. I was the darling of my family. I was considered the most talented, the brightest of all the children...
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055/365.
Day 55: A passage from a book that has touched you. (x)
Like I said before, dear challenge.
“Don’t ask who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of lambs he’s digested and I’ve been reading all my life.” - Charles De Gaulle (Okay, the sources for this quote say other names but… eh. You get the point.)
I think there’s something in every book that...
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Know what really hurts? Really hurts?
To be always wanting the presence of people, only to know that you’re only either a.) put up with or b.) being used. Nobody really likes being with you because you don’t really know how to interact, how to be, with people. You’re just there but no one really wants you around. Not even the people you trust more than yourself. They never...
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JUST ANNOUNCED: JKR TO WRITE A NEW NOVEL! →
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054/365.
Day 54: Your definition of love. (x)
What is this, an elementary school slambook?
See 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. That basically sums it up. :)
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053/365.
Day 53: Your day, in great detail. (x)
… You asked for it.
I woke up at 7:35AM but then I fell asleep again and I woke up again at 9:58AM. I was supposed to be at school by 12NN for the thesis film fest but then I was never going to make it in time if I had to do my usual pre-school routine so I opted to move my schedule around a bit. I took a shower, I got dressed for school, I left...
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052/365.
There are two 52s listed. Hmm.
Day 52 (1) - What is the most inspirational thing you have ever heard. (x)
Let go and let God.
That line will always, always give me the sense of peace that I need when the world gets too much of me. I tend to hold on to myself and rely on myself for too long that hearing this will always feel like a huge burden has been lifted off my shoulders, like how...
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051/365.
Day 51: Describe your future wedding. (x)
… A little awkward to ask a girl who’s practically sworn off marriage.
If and only if I get married, I would just want it to be with the man that God has made perfectly for me. I don’t particularly care if I’m wearing something worth $4 or $4000, if it’s at a beach or a garden or on Pigfarts (but that would mean...
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050/365.
Day 50: Why are you doing this challenge? (x)
Because potatoes.
Well, actually… some of the questions are really trying and I really appreciate that. I like having something to write and post every single day, just for a bit of leisure and it ignites a little spark of creativity now and then. There’s no definite reason, actually. I just like answering questions and I really like...
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3 Awesome Things This Week
Shooting “Sisyphean Dreams” last Friday with Jared, Angie, Ness, and Sean despite all of the problems during pre-production.
My “assistant”. HAHAHAHAHA IT WAS SO DIFFICULT KEEPING A STRAIGHT FACE WHEN MY BEST FRIEND CALLED ME “MA’AM JONNAH”.
The messages at Church yesterday and today were incredible Blessings. Ahhh! <3
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Friendship - is that a vegetable?
Extremely short photoshoot for my Conceptualization class midterm project. I barely thought of this project but it turned out alright. I was so happy that my brain was on auto-pilot and I just realized that the framework in the photos are juxtaposed in perfect contrast. That wasn’t planned out but now I’ll pretend it was! Yay!
Models: Nath Tolentino & Jecai Gonzales
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049/365.
Day 49: Are you a lover or a fighter? (x)
… Really, challenge? Really?
(I think that’s my catchphrase or something. Right next to “Oooooh~”)
I’m a lover and I fight for love. Not in the fight-RARRR-BLOOD-GUNS kind of fight, more like a verbal kind of defense for the things and people that I love.
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I can’t think of anything else to add. I guess...
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Sisyphean Dreams [BTS]
I shot a short film with Jared, Ness, Angie, and Sean for class and it was long and so very derp. Honestly. Rendering it tomorrow and editing it over the weekend. I am going to say this now: the ending was entirely Jared’s idea. I liked it and all but it was so his idea. Everything else was mine. Anyway, photos!
First of all, run in with the coppers! Freakin’ coppers.
Hi. I...
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048/365.
Day 48: Your life story in three words. (x)
Work In Progress
A Cyclical Destruction
… I can’t pick.
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047/365.
Day 47: Is the truth always good to hear, why or why not? (x)
It’s not always good to hear, especially when the timing is wrong. As an example, there was one time my Dgroup leader told me something that sent me into a meltdown because she told me at the wrong time. It depends on the situation but that doesn’t mean you have to lie about it. It’s not withholding truth....
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046/365.
Day 46: What makes you smile. (x)
A plethora of things make me smile, dear challenge!
He does. I don’t have to explain, do I?
The aderpably cheesy things he says.
Literature usually makes me smile (if it’s not tearing my heart into pieces).
My ships make me smile (if they’re not breaking me apart).
Adorable things like puppies and fuzzy things.
The prospect of sleep.
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021312.
I missed these.
When I say “these”, I meant these posts. Posts that aren’t trying to be wise or creative or deep in any way. Just posts about… my non-exciting life made exciting by excessive dramaticism and a flowery vocabulary. (Plus, he misses these too.)
It was raining yesterday when I made my way home and I made an impromptu visit to Town to meet with Jared and...
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045/365.
Day 45: When was the last time you tried something new. (x)
Today. I tried to go to a certain cafe today in a village that I didn’t know. I had instructions from a person I trust but when I tried to follow them, the blasted drivers made a mockery of me and kept hollering at me even if I was already walking away, bloody hell. I was so angry. I still am. But there. I tried to go to a new...
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Day 44: When is it time to stop calculating risks and rewards, and just do what you know is right. (x)
You should always do what is right, no matter what the risk or reward. It’s not supposed to be what you think is right either. It’s what is right that matters, regardless of personal opinion. There is always a risk when you do something wrong and is it really a reward if what you...
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043/365.
Day 43: Is it possible to lie without saying a word. (x)
Of course.
Your smile could be a lie. The way you look at me could be a lie.
You wouldn’t believe how many ways a person can lie.
I should know.
When I was younger, I was a chronic liar.
I’m trying to grow out of it. I’m getting better with the truth. But sometimes the lies slip out. And I’m sorry for it.
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Consistency.
“Give me a stick,” she said, handing the woman a five peso coin.
“Ineng, dalawa para sa tatlong pi-”
“TINATANONG?!” The girl threw the money at the woman’s lap and grabbed a single stick from the nearest open pack.
She had never smoked before but all the acclaims told her that it was worth it. She knew all of the consequences of it. She had seen all of the damn health videos and labels and...
timetravelling asked: As your follower, you are an amazing writier. <3
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3 Awesome Things This Week
Winning second place in the Short Story Category (with “A Cyclical Destruction”) in the 27th DLSU Annual Awards for Literature and Visual Arts. (I would like to thank all my lovely editors/awesome possum friends who helped me edit that story and you, bucko, for being the reason why I had something to write in the first place).
God’s infinitely good grace, showering me with...
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042/365.
Day 42: Your best friend just died, what is your reaction. (x)
Pray.
Cry. (And when I do, the tears are blood).
Mourn a bit. A lot.
But I won’t regret anything. I would write down every memory that would be a crime to ever forget. I would print out every photo I had of him to make sure his face would be in my memory for all time. I would ask for his iTouch for a day or two and listen...
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041/365.
Day 41: Be extremely narcissistic Write a letter to yourself stating all the things you love about yourself. (x)
This is going to be difficult.
Dear Jonnah,
I love how you think everyone is beautiful and amazing (everyone but yourself, that is - you should probably change that, it’s getting kind of annoying). You see the light in everyone and that’s something you need to hold on...
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040/365.
Day 40: What are features you get complimented on a lot. (x)
… I don’t get complimented a lot.
I don’t get complimented. Period. Aside from the sometimes “you write really well!” thing (which is highly appreciated!) but y’know. I’m not an aesthetically pleasing creature. My hair is big and fluffy (an after effect of being shaved when I was a baby),...
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039/365.
Day 39: Why you think you’ve learned more from the good or the bad. (x)
I don’t think there’s a distinction between the good and the bad, really. The creatures called human beings are constantly learning and changing from every kind of circumstance. It is only that we are more complacent when things go right and we look for every excuse on what went awry when things go wrong....
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038/365.
Day 38: Thoughts on your generation. (x)
My generation is screwed up, honestly. We’re the first generation who ever got access to free information and communication with other parts of the world. We’re the first ones who became technologically adept and dependent. We know so much more than we should and that makes us think we can do all of this by ourselves. So many people in my...
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037/365.
Day 37: Who are you. (x)
“For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” - Psalm 139:13-14
I am Jonnah and I have been saved not by works but by His grace alone. If you want a more in-depth answer that really delves into my inner most psyche...
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036/365.
Day 36: What you think about your friends. (x)
They’re all crazy. I mean, I’m not even kidding. If you’re friends with me, you are weird and crazy (and you probably like it). My real friends are very tolerant people. I mean this about every single one of them because if you’re really my friend, you’d know that I’m a very fickle person in terms of...
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Day 35: Words you live by, why do you like them? (x)
Sai Baba once said, “Don’t ask who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.”
With that said, you simply cannot ask a bibliophile the words she lives by. I’ve been reading and listening to people all my life. Literally millions of words have graced...
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