engr. v writes

tea in the balcony

In moments like these, I look back and see how far we’ve come, and that I am exactly where I always dreamed of being since I met you.

This Happened: I Wish I Hadn’t Found Out

Not knowing better, I opened the app, and yet again instead of just searching a name, fate had it that I scrolled through the messages to look for the message. It was one of the moments you’d never see coming but would change your life forever.

This Happened: A New Home

Let’s go a trip down memory lane to the last time I fired up my laptop and written for this blog – February. Okay, so my last post was dated February 2 talking about how it’s okay to not get everything together on your own. Irony may be lost on me, but a week after…

… but that’s okay.

Independently living for two months now made me ponder and realize a lot of things – things I wouldn’t have learned if I was still living in my comfort zone. In fact, I wish they’ve taught us this in school, or that I was raised ready for it. Well, I guess, learning it the hard…

would you

would you …

allow me to write – devour the blank pages? Inscribe the thunder of emotions translated into prose & verses.

Not Your Ordinary Salmon

I have always stayed away from the kitchen. ALWAYS. The few times I cook when I was still staying at our family home results to either injury, smirks of disappointment, or worse, combination of the two. But the best way to keep me and my wallet healthy is to learn how to cook.

Leaping Out of Comfort Zone

As one of my best friends called it, I bravely took on the last quarter of the year by stepping out, no scratch that, by leaping out of my comfort zone. It costs me my inner peace, and I have to do something about it.

Bye, Rolly!

In times of trouble and despair when the world is dark, frightening and heavy to bear. When rains rage and heaven rumbles, even as the skies hurl its terrors,

Breakthroughs, Breakouts, and Workouts

It might even be called reckless or stupid, but I wanted to see what I can get away with. Sometimes, life requires you to take the leap off the edge to teach you how to fly. And as the last quarter of the year started, 2020 decided to throw in an awesome plot twist my…

Stick It!

I have been in a slump for about two weeks now not because I don’t find this fun anymore, nor because I felt lazy and decided to just quit out of the blue but because I realized that there’s more than one way to practice self-care during this time of pandemic. It was during those…