These photos were taken when we visited my older sister in her condo last Saturday. It was a bit cloudy, so we took advantage of it and go straight to the pool :) After that we devoured on pizza and pasta (very Italian indeed), hence gaining again the weight I thought I have lost while swimming.

I just realized that it has been a year already since that epic Anvaya trip with Anton's friends :) And exactly a year after, I'm at some pool soaking and practicing my butterfly strokes (I'm kinda suckish, you see). Ayyyy Life :)

Hopefully everyone's enjoying their summer vacations (I'm looking at you Filipinos hehe), while to those in the Northern Hemisphere, I hope you guys cherish the cold weather ;)

Last year, I made a blog post about the feels I have gained when I finished reading Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower. After a year and two months, I am about to do the same with another book (Remember, this is not a book review since I won't really be doing a synopsis because I suck in summarizing), and that book is *drum roll*...


Yes, the book about the romantic coming-of-age of young Toru Watanabe, that is Norwegian Wood. I just finished reading it recently (by recently, I mean 5 hours ago), so the feelings and emotions the book have cause me is pretty fresh.


I remember when I bought it last December (yes, you read it right) I was a bit skeptic about it, because I've heard a lot of comments that Murakami's writing style tends to be complex, and it made me intimidated (I have this notion that the only genre that could humor me is Young Adult). I guess that's pretty much a reason why it took me so long before I started devouring the pages of this wonderfully relatable novel.

So after 4-5 months of having it gathering dust in my bookshelf, I've finally read it, and I must say that I'm glad I just read it recently, because with the events happening right now (Me turning 20, missing someone, April, and constantly craving for Japanese food), I was able to relate soooooo much to the story. Despite it being a masterpiece penned by Murakami, it was a fair read, meaning I did not have any difficulty reading it. If I've read this novel earlier or later, I don't think the impact of the story would be so strong.

Anyway, a brief synopsis of the book meh I contradict myself sooo much : The story is about a protagonist who becomes nostalgic about his past. The protagonist, Toru Watanabe narrated the story on how was his life like when he was 18 in a non-restful 1969 Japan. He was head over heels in love with his dead best friend's girlfriend Naoko, whom is damaged because of far deeper roots. But because of Naoko's unstableness, Toru has no choice but to let her breathe and have space for her to be better. While waiting, Toru finds himself getting closer to a voraciously liberated girl, that is Midori... and the plot thickens :))

No more school means more free time, and more free time means more time for drawing :) I've been drawing shizz once again, and I must say it's keeping me sane (especially now that I'm a bum waiting for replies about job applications). Though, le drawings above were drawn last year hahaha. I'll try to blog about the newer ones one of these days (unless the lazy bug decides to bug me again, then that'll mean I'll be blogging about it next year haha).

Hopefully, whoever is reading my blog is having a good time right now :) If not, don't worry and just remember that there will be no rainbows without rain :)