October Recap + Birthday

This October was filled with small accomplishments, one of which was our reach out activity to the Badjao community in Iligan City. We were able to make friends with them and ask them questions about their lifestyle. We learned to look beyond the generalizations the society has about their culture. I realized that people need to listen and stop judging because most of the Badjao people have been through a lot and they feel hurt because they're being judged.

My blockmates and I also had a "coffee hunt" for a magazine project and we tried out Iligan's famous coffee shops. The coffee hunt was one of the best memories I have with my friends because we got to enjoy until we were all broke. It was a win-win experience for us. See my previous posts or my reviews on a few of Iligan's best coffee shops: Zoey Cafe, Lola G and Homebrew. Despite everything, October wasn't all fun. Some of my afternoons were spent at Kenko Naicha, where I study for exams.

Let's not pretend that this post isn't a little too late. Yesterday (November 13, 2016), I turned 19. It was a Sunday so I wasn't able to go out and celebrate it with friends. I had the day all to my family and my aunt, uncle and their kids. It was different than the birthdays I had before but it was surely the day I needed. I slept the whole morning to cope up with weeks of being sleep deprived. I didn't worry myself on acads and watched How to Get Away with Murder and Grey's Anatomy on my laptop  the whole afternoon. In the evening, I celebrated my birthday with a big family dinner with my family, my aunt's family and our helpers.

Above is a photo of me and Karyl. It's her birthday tomorrow and I just wan't to make a shout-out here on my blog. Advance happy birthday to my very religious and very pretty morena friend, Kaler!

Please do check her blog out! Click here.