Psalm 23

When you find green tea on this island, it's almost miraculous as it's not a common known commodity compared to Ceylon tea. Finally, after months, I was surprised and relieved to have a non-caffeinated, non-dairy drink. I am taken over by thoughts of things to do when I get to Manila but I try to …

Resilience.

Palm trees. Erykah Badu. Ruminations on a hot afternoon. I picture myself back in the city, stuck in a 9-5 job. I think back about what it was that I hated about that kind of job when I was in the BPO industry. Apart from the bad traffic to and fro work, the daily commute …

Check-up and Musings

I visited my humane, informative, coat-free, bolero Psychiatrist yesterday. My aunts and cousin went galavanting the whole day, left the island at 4am and got back home at 3am making it a 23-hour affair. I didn't get to sleep until 5am, woke up at 9, so now I've been nursing a runny nose and a …

Let’s talk Age

It's grandma's birthday today, and as we had a little celebration, talks of her age and our great-grandma's came to the fore, comparing how young they were when they had children and how they were expected to just stay at home to be housewives. Inevitably, although unexpectedly on my part, my not having a child …

Quetiapine Day 20

8:26 PM I woke up at 5:50 AM today, read most of the day so deeply so that I need an alarm clock for meal time. I have to say I miss my readings until midnight in Manila, but I also appreciate the early morning start that I have here which I hope to maintain …

Quetiapine Day 19

7:19 AM November 10, I had tremors on my hands. 3 days ago, I had headaches in the afternoon. 2 days ago was my first day of this month's red tide. It's a big deal for me to have my period with this medication because I used to skip them for months with Tolanz. I …

8:24 PM Vomit. After taking tonight's medication, I felt the need to defecate, went nauseous, carried a pail of water, and vomited. So nauseous, crashing to bed.

Book, wishes, erratum

2:49 Today's weather of overcast skies and windy afternoon made it possible to finish a book and the perfect time for some warm milk and cookies. The book's about introversion and almost every turn of the page gave me insight to my nature and temperament and how, the unpopular force of Quiet has been the …

Quetiapine Day 10

7:29 Very slow wake today. Vivid dream that gently woke me up and slid me back to REM, details of which I forgot as I opened my eyes. They felt dry. Other than that, there's nothing unusual, haven't felt anything painful that merits writing. 9:36 When the church is just a couple of blocks away, …