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Things I Love Sundays: Easter by Chronicles of Vanity on Apr 7, 2012If there's a Bad Catholic Award, it would have to be me. Over the years, I've grown up to be in charge during Holy Week, in charge of my life, that is. Back in the day when I used to live with my parents, every Good Friday meant being at the church...

The List: Redux by Chronicles of Vanity on Jan 23, 2012Maybe a little more than a year isn't enough. It's funny how this list I made back in 2010 still has effects in my life now. Months after I hit 26, I had been meaning to make an entry summing up the goals I've accomplished and the ones I haven't...

Oh the wait was so worth it: Acoustic Night with Jason Mraz and Toca Rivera by Chronicles of Vanity on Oct 31, 2011After I've seen Gin Blossoms {the ultimate band I wanted to jam to, I know, so 90s!} in concert last year, I never really expected to rave as much over a performer. I have seen John Mayer, shortly before and while I enjoyed his songs while standing i...

Surfing in Siargao: Check! by Chronicles of Vanity on Oct 29, 2011As I type this, a bone near my collarbone is aching stubbornly. I close my eyes and remember where I got it and I remember: I went surfing last weekend! The days leading up to the Siargao trip that was booked six months ago were very stressful. I ha...

Breathe From the Belly by Chronicles of Vanity on Aug 7, 2011Being a human being for what, close to 26 years now, one would think I'd be a master at breathing. Or everyone for that matter. On that rainy, Friday night, I learned that breathing, in every sense of the word, was not something I did naturally.

Certified: Calm by Chronicles of Vanity on Jul 21, 2011One of the seemingly best things I have gotten myself into this year has to definitely be yoga. Just before I started practicing in June, I came across a yoga-centric store at the third level of Shangri-la Mall: Certified Calm as I was in search of a...

Things I Love Sundays: It's Fathers' Day! by Chronicles of Vanity on Jun 18, 2011And just like the rest of the last nine years, I have gone through this day without physically greeting my father.  I have to admit that it doesn't get to me as much as it does before. Especially since I have had a stepfather {one I love very much...

Amendments. by Chronicles of Vanity on Jun 14, 2011It's funny how we make decisions in the blink of an eye.   It's not a lonely planet after all. When I made the list to the blueprint of the next one and a half year, I meant to write down what my heart wanted from the get go. While I did spend...

Life is a Movie and Everyone Needs a Soundtrack Pt. 1 by Chronicles of Vanity on Apr 25, 2011I have a confession to make: I have a song for every grand mundane thing that happens in my life. Just the other day, as I had been musing how my life has rather taken the standstill route --- neither joyful nor tragic, I realized that I had not f...

Making Some Headway Into the Water by Chronicles of Vanity on Apr 17, 2011Not learning how to properly swim and not making any efforts in 25 years has got to be the most embarrassing thing I ever have to say to anyone, or write into a public blog. The whole sordid story makes me cringe even now, even when I know more peopl...