Weeknotes: 2026-40

Random: if you check my weeknotes tag page, the last numbered weeknotes post was 2026-11 lmao that’s so long ago!! March was so long ago 😆 So many things have happened since then. I did cover some of those in some of the update posts I made (like the September 2026 one and this other one that I’m still thinking if it should have the weeknotes tag or not)

Okay! Part of the reason why this was “hard” to get into was at some point I felt pressured on what I was gonna write, yet again 🫠 but I do want to just type stuff down and I figured while I have the energy, I might as well go and do it :))

Medyo magiging busy rin ako this coming month kasi:

• I’m gonna go to Bali for the first time with my childhood friends and some of her friends as well!! First bachelorette experience abroad hahaha
• I’m planning on taking my Kendo Shinsa (or grading exam) on October 24–25, plus also experience my first shiai (or competition?? XD) both as an individual and with a group of 3 haha

My calendar is gonna be riddled with keiko sessions and lots of other ganaps 😆 Pero mostly I will focus on my kendo para by the time shinsa comes around, I could feel a bit prepared ;u;

Random share: earlier today I also attended my second weekday keiko session since the club moved to a new spot. I didn’t feel the nerves as much as before, kasi this time around I was focusing on really just learning from everyone else around me, kung ano ba mang learning ma-iimpart sakin as one of the most beginner people in that room 🙈

After the keiko session and I went to bow and give thanks to our head sensei, he told me I had good kamae ;u; aaaaa tapos yung mga senpai ko napa hirit pa hAHA shet, happy lang ako na at least kita or recognized yung progress ko? I remember my first ever weekday keiko session, nung natapat ako kay Wada-sensei nun for the rounds, ang dami niyang sinita sa kamae ko hahaha (pero kasi tbf ang dami ko nga rin namang mali nun XD) So hearing this from him was nice, and I’ll hold onto these words as fuel and guidance ko as I continue practicing :))

I didn’t think kendo would take this much of my time now when I started back in January, but the more I do it the more it feels nice to see the continuous progress? Pero ang daaaaami pa rin kailangan alamin at aralin :)) Sometimes it feels overwhelming. But for times like that, I remind myself na lang na sarili ko naman ring pace ito, with the occasional goading from batchmates that I think is also nice naman since it helps us all in a way 😆 It’s fun rin naman to do activities together, and to see everyone else also improve over time is nice too :))

The past few months, and since turning 30 (wow naman HAHA) mas napapareflect ako sa mga tao I keep sa buhay ko. And also the acknowledgement that there will be people who come and go, and regardless of the reason, ok lang yun. Ganun talaga buhay.

Younger me would grieve longer for the connections I’d lose or drift apart from, pero now I know to give some space for it, but to not dwell on it for long. Wala, time changes us, and that sometimes means that our interests with others wouldn’t intersect as much anymore. I’d still be thankful for the people I’ve gotten to know with over the years, with all the memories and experiences I’ve gone through and the thoughts I’d have at the time, pero I know rin na posible ring I look back at some of these experiences and see it in a different light. Parang yung feeling of watching a movie you loved when you were a child, iba rin yung dating niya pag pinanood mo nang matanda ka na eh 😆 Like aside from some jokes or references that would fly over your head nung bata ka, our own experiences would also influence what we’d think about certain scenes in some movies or TV shows and such. :))

It’s still a bit awkward for me to confront it, or to sit with the feeling. But given enough time, it eventually … grows on me? Like di ko na lang mamadaliin sarili ko to “feel” or process things. Ganun naman talaga dapat ata XD

OK, I just wanted to put that all together aside from the other post I made just now bago ako matulog (and mawalan ng gana o ng oras magsulat ng something dito ulit! huhu XD)

I now must tend to my laundry and do chores. :)) Sa susunod ulit!