Trina Varilla

12/12/2020

was it a labyrinth of the mind or body-mind?

12/12/2020

so was it a labyrinth of the mind or body-mind?

30/10/2020

We can find life allies by talking with someone

26/10/2020

05/10/2020

Moon blinking

02/10/2020

Spring means flowers, going out, and controlling the weeds.

25/09/2020

Remembering the free trip to the US!!!

09/08/2020

Three points!!

08/08/2020

Clouds tell stories too.

02/08/2020

Saw these in one afternoon :)

31/07/2020

30/07/2020

27/07/2020

One day, we all happened to be in our house. It was a lazy Sunday with my mom playing the songs of her generation on the stereo. My dad was by the study table at the middle of the house, organising his wallet. He then said, “Ey, pupung,” Pupung was one of my pet names. “Look at this. I have a picture of you in my wallet.” Excited, I checked to see the photo and then I exclaimed, “Wow, dad. You’ve got my picture!”. My younger brother on hearing this, brought out his wallet and said, “Fishy,” Fishy was another one of my pet names, “I have your picture in my wallet too.” I smiled, amused, and then I said, “O.. You’ve got my picture too!” At the corner of my eye, I saw my older brother and my mom going to their own rooms and bringing out their wallets. Yes, they also kept a picture of me in their wallets. Overwhelmed and feeling greatly loved, I looked at them and decided to show them my wallet. “Ahm,” I said with my sweetest voice, “In my wallet, I’ve got my picture too!”

26/07/2020

For nostalgia, and because my brother told me he watched the new She-ra cartoons, I borrowed He-Man and the Masters of the Universe comics from the library. Set after the cartoons of 1980s (or perhaps it's somewhere between them), the "good guys" have lost their memories and the book shows how He-man nuncapates that he is the power of grayskull.

24/07/2020

Somebody suggested that we keep track of the books we read. So let me post what I've read the past weeks. Is it cheating if I listen to the books at 1.5 to 2 times their normal speed?

19/07/2020

Evidence that I did go out to a while ago :)

09/07/2020

Story Mall Adventures

As a child, I was a constant companion to my mom. She would glean through clothes, bags, and shoes with me at her side. I, on the other hand, uninterested in clothes, bags, and shoes, would then bask in my imagination, creating stories from things I saw as we walked and as I waited. For example, I remember seeing this bag with a golden metal sling. I couldn't take my eyes off it and I even took it from the shelf and carried it with me. That sling made me think about golden snakes going through sand and it was a story that kept my mind busy as my mom shopped.

Any trip inside the mall would inevitably have a short stop at the toilet of course. We had one that time and, as usual, my mom let me go first. When it was her turn, she told me as she closed the cubicle door, "Anak, could you tell me a story?" I then began to tell her about the golden metal snake wriggling through the sand and how it met a boy or maybe a girl? I told mom about the sun and how the golden snake actually came from one of the rays of the sun. I talked fast and excitedly until my mom was done. I continued on until she came out of the cubicle and then washed her hands. "That sounds great, Anak," she said smiling at me. Proud, I smiled back and skipped as we went out of the room.

Many years after that, I was in a public toilet by myself. This lady then came with her daughter and the lady said, "Just stay by the door, ok?" That was the time I realised what my mom was doing. She had asked me to tell stories so that she could hear me and I won’t go wandering off.

08/07/2020

Every day, seeing something like this :)

30/06/2020

Rainbow tunnel

29/06/2020

I see a dragon egg hatching! :)

05/03/2020

Sharks..