Busy day. Doing lots.

Oh my goodness! This day is full of fun activities I missed doing a lot.

One, I joined another fun run!

The main event was held by the St. Joseph’s Academy in a small ville in Sariaya. It was sponsored by several family businesses there so the meals after the run was great! There was even a raffle with great prizes like yema cake, a ticket for Enchanted Kingdom, prepaid cards, cellphones, t-shirts, and many other things that I could not remember. Dyanne, who recruited me for this event and who also happens to be a relative, fortunately got a shirt and a pen from that raffle. It was super fun not just because of the previous amazing prizes I’ve mentioned but because there were around 700 or 800 people there! Whoo! That’s quite a breakthrough from my last fun run activity which consisted only of around 350 people.

I didn’t make any new connection or friend, but it was still fun and invigorating to be around so much people who shares the same principle as me.

Two, I finally made some donations!

I know people don’t like these things, because it’s a waste of money or something, but for me, it is something fulfilling because helping is one of the traits I would like people, and even myself, to experience. It just shows that no matter how big you think your problem is, there are people willing to help you not be depressed and condemn the world for it. You just have to open your mind and yourself for the blessings to come.

And three, last but not the least, I was able to spend a good several hours with my family.

I’m starting to think that working too much is too much. And that, what I have to do is to keep socializing over Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites at a minimum and spend a good time with the people I most care about.

Well, that’s the perks of being a late bloomer, I only understand the real stuffs at a later pace than anyone.

 

– aLLy

Support City of Hope and Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles

It’s time for impulse-donation day!!!

Oh! I was torn when I found out that I could not afford a t-shirt from a SwanQueen donation because Booster, the campaign website that handles the printing, is not yet producing their goods outside of the United States. It’s really a bummer because I’m so, soooo hooked up now with Once Upon a Time and all the SwanQueen fandom and I really would like to help them reach their campaigns.

But, guess what?! I’m such in a good mood today that instead of donating to only one cause, I decided to make it two!

Yup! You read that right! I made 2 donations today.

(Don’t think I’m bragging about it, it’s just my way of repenting for neglecting to donate anything for the past several months since the last one.)

So, how did I get myself here, you might wonder. Well…

I asked myself, “Do you have to get a t-shirt for every donation you make?”

My mind replied in ashamed fashion, “Yes.”

And then, since I know I can’t lie to myself and I have to get something from these donations, I checked out Prizeo again for good causes and found 2 out of 4 offers a good freebie t-shirt with them. The first one is Enrique Iglesias’ SUPPORT ACTION AGAINST HUNGER and Christina Grimmie’s SUPPORT CITY OF HOPE. The former is about to close in a day and the latter is in 8 days, so if you’d also like to help in a way, please click the links provided below:

• Enrique Iglesias’ SUPPORT ACTION AGAINST HUNGER
• Christina Grimmie SUPPORT CITY OF HOPE
• Once Upon a Time – SwanQueen CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES

Remember, you don’t have to spend any dime to help these causes. Any clicks or shares will also benefit the community to be aware of these  problems we seem to neglect because we are living a good (and fancy, maybe) life.

I would also appreciate it if you could spread the word.

 

XOXO

– aLLy

The Legend of the Legendary Heroes

Rating: 

This series has been in my “Top Picks” for a while now on Netflix so I decided to watch it without even reading the “summary”.

By the way, I don’t like giving my own summary of the story, as Netflix only has the first season, because I am not good with re-telling. *cough* And I’m too lazy to do so… So here, a summary from Funimation itself!

Ryner is not your typical soldier. Cursed with a mysterious, deadly power—the Alpha Stigma—he has been called a monster his entire life. His beautiful partner, Ferris, is a lethal warrior with wits as sharp as her blade. Together they search for the Hero Relics—mystical artifacts that give their owners devastating supernatural abilities—to help their king give hope to a country plagued by political corruption. When they cross arms with a pair of dangerous hunters who wield several of the ancient armaments, Ferris faces Ryner in his most volatile state. As enemies wait in the shadows and blood is spilled amidst a constant threat of mutiny, for these heroes, one move could spark a war.

It’s a shame there will be no Season 2 but I hope they at least have some kind of OVA or a movie maybe (?) planned.

This anime reminds me a lot of Rune Soldier. It was featured in one of my old-time favorite anime magazine when I was in highschool. I didn’t get to finish watching it because ecchi was and still, a bit, banned in Philippines local TV stations. I remembered there were these blurry spots and I thought there were something wrong with our cathode ray tube!