Onwards: Cutting My Hair Short and Meeting Alahna Sy

New blog! Finally! I've been slacking off on making this blog. I made the notice on my old blog about making a new blog last April. A lot of things came up, you know.

My maternal grandmother, after 2 difficult years of battling lung cancer, finally passed away on May 10, 2015 (Mother's Day), so things have not been the easiest for my family these past few months. She kind of raised us, you know? Our parents were away a lot so she was the one who basically raised us.

As mentioned in my last legit blog post in my old blog, I broke up with my boyfriend of 5 months. We're both still trying to recuperate, but we've agreed to remain the best of friends.

But storms do pass and lately, I've been happy.

Last June 8, I finally met my online friend of 5 years and writing idol from Iloilo in real life! As you all know, the Philippines is an archipelago so making friends from a different island is difficult (duhh). But she came to visit Cebu for a few days and we decided to meet up and [AHHHH SO HAPPPYYYYYY OMG].

The wonderful Alahna Sam Sy!

We first started talking in 2010. We were both part of the bandom in both Twitter and Tumblr and—honestly, I don't remember how we became friends since everyone back then just interacted with whoever, but I do remember her being a huge part of my desire to improve in writing (seriously, click here to check out her blog. Bring tissues). I basically grew up with her in spirit.

So meeting her in real life was truly beautiful. We didn't actually do much—we just walked around Ayala, but we talked a lot, and it felt like we'd been friends for so long (partially true), even though we'd only really just met in real life. After 5 years. It was the highlight of my June. I can't wait to meet everyone else!!

There's still so many friends I've made online that I've been dying to meet, I swear. They're awesome people to talk to and I bet even more awesome in real life. Just like Alahna. (That day was so fun. I can't wait for her to come back :<)

The day before we met, I also had my hair cut. They say that if a girl cuts her hair short, it means that she'd just gotten out of a relationship she'd like to forget.

False for me, I guess. I cut my hair because it wasn't healthy anymore (partially caused by my monthly chemotherapy). My mother would not stop pestering me about how unruly it was (she wants her children to look perfect, always). And my previous relationship is not something I'd like to forget. Not in this life or the next.

This was my hair during my high school graduation. Left is me, of course, and on the right is my sister.

I guess life has been good so far. Classes start on August 10 for me so I've got two months to reevaluate my life and ask myself: Am I truly ready for college?

We shall see.

Always,
Claire