here comes march!
Manila, 2 March—February was short and busy! After our trip, I finally had time to focus on the last few edits of my paper for defense—which turned out to be not so few HAHAHA what’s new.
So yeah I ended up writing for that for most of the second half of February, because the deadline for application was last Saturday. That said: I’d like to ask for your prayers as I gear up for the defense itself this month!
Thank you!
Anyway: In between all that revising, we managed to catch Greta Gerwig’s Little Women at the cinemas, and oh wow Florence Pugh! What a voice timbre, can I just say? I can’t unsee that she and Saoirse are like two halves of Kate Winslet. It’s insane.
The ensemble is fantastic, and though I see myself in Jo March the most, I also felt for her sisters, especially Amy March, although the #RealGoalz is really Aunt March (also because Meryl Streep, hello). And where do we even start with Timothée Chalamet—I mean, he’s basically the fifth sister (siiiiissszt)! Would have been the better ending, 10/10.
Also: I’m so confused about Laura Dern—I’d like for her to be my mom, my Admiral, and my divorce lawyer-friend. Ang hirap! What a comeback though, for a woman who played Ellen’s TV girlfriend in the 90s (and professionally paid for it!) Totally deserving of this tribute from the Los Angeles Gay Men’s Choir at the 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards:
Some other personal updates:
Celebrated Dad’s 75th with a low-key celeb last weekend.
Met up for the first time with fellow volunteers at Cats of Salcedo! The group supports TNR, fostering, and finding furever homes for stray cats in the village. If you’re interested to donate, adopt, volunteer as fosters—DM is key, god knows the page needs all the hands it can get :)
The simultaneous Safe PH sessions we held for Smart Millenniors across the country last year won a Gold Anvil at the 55th Anvil Awards! What a high. In all, my teammates took home 25 Anvils from various 2019 programs last Friday. A good year :)
StickerConMNL was amazing! We *almost* sold out our Clexa prints—four people bought FOUR PAIRS thank you for buying them together, friends! They should never be apart LOL parang awa niyo na
The second half of February had some really interesting memes, but only ONE has my heart until today. The first night we watched this we couldn’t stop laughing, and we laughed our hearts out til we cried. This poor dog istg.
Hope you enjoyed that!
Thanks for reading, xo
K