Still quite alone in my dorm so I decided to pick a book for today. Silence, I think, is the best company whenever I immerse myself in books. And so, I paused reading Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer’s Between The Lines and turned to this book instead. These past few weeks, I keep on jumping from one book to another without finishing them. I don’t know but when the story line gets a bit draggy, I would always want to read another one with better plot. 

It’s not that I won’t finish reading Between The Lines. It’s just that I think I need a break from all the mushy and cheesy lines its characters have. And so I turn to a fantasy book. I haven’t finished the first book (The Magician’s Nephew) in this unabridged edition yet, so I think I should go on with it. I am a quarter of the way through and I am enjoying the ambiance in my room right now. It’s getting dark even at 12 noon. I guess it’s about to rain, which would make everything much more perfect with me snuggling with my pillows in bed and reading, a cup of coffee sitting on my bedside table.

Oh, and pardon my humongous thighs.  

Who says I can’t eat cold food during this cold weather?

Hahaha. This Double Dutch ice cream doesn’t seem so bad a company in this chilly night. I am stuck here in my dorm for too long and I am so fed up with noodles and canned food. I really wanna go home. But alas, travelling deemed impossible when the rain continued to pour. And so I bought one of my comfort foods which is available at the convenience store of our dorm (thank goodness!). 

So right now, I’ve been a bum, watching movies on my laptop, hoping that the power won’t go out. I’m gonna be reading later if that happens. Yep, I’m pretty much stocked with books here in my dorm, and I can finally read them freely! How so, with the lights gone? Well, back to my handy flashlight, damned be my eyes. Hahaha. Anyways, this is how I look, all cuddled up with my favorite blanket with a huge pint of ice cream in hand. Hope you guys are okay, too! Have a nice stormy evening! :)

It’s been a crazy week for the Filipino nation due to the grave weather. Up until now, the raining doesn’t stop and a lot of street and cities are drenched in knee-high to waist-high floods. Being someone who dorms at UST, I’ve had my fair share of the flooded experience. And this is how it all started:

MONDAY

• Classes got suspended at around 12nn
• We decided to stay at my friend’s condo and have a mini drinking party and crazy games
• The rain got harder and yet, it didn’t occurred to us that it’s already flooded
• At 9pm, some of our friends decided to leave while Ella and I stayed because we know how high floods in UST can get
• AJ and Abby told us not to go home anymore, so we stayed overnight at their condo
• We had a movie marathon and watched National Treasure, Sex is Zero II, and If Only

TUESDAY

• We were supposed to head back our dorm but then they said that the flood in Lacson and UST is above knee-deep
• We went to SM which is directly in front of the condo to buy groceries
• We also had our lunch there and then we went back to the condo
• Out of boredom, we baked fudge brownies 
• While waiting, we played Monopoly deal and card games
• We also had another movie marathon. This time we watched National Treasures 2 and A Dangerous Method
• We cooked and ate dinner
• Then we decided to crash for the night after an hour or two of conversations

WEDNESDAY

• At around 9am, it was all sunny and no traces of rain but the flood is still there
• We had our breakfast (corned beef + eggs) and then some chips
• Ella and I were ready to go home when the rain poured again
• We waited for it to somehow lighten but it didn’t
• So we braved the rain and flood for we though that it might get worse again
• I rode a tricycle from SM to my dorm at Lacson and the flood was really bad
• It was still knee-high in some street and ankle-high in our dorm’s street
• I ended up paying a hundred pesos for the fare

And so now, I am finally in the comforts of my own dorm. I had nothing to do plus I cannot go out, so I started reading Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. I hope this rain would stop for I am really afraid of the consequences it can give us. The UST Hospital and UERM are already low on diesel for their generators. The morgue on the first floor of UST Hospital is already flooded and bodies are floating around. The patients and staff are running very low on supplies. If this goes on, I don’t know how much more we can take. And to think that this all happened without a storm in our country’s area of responsibility. Damn.

Perfect for a cold rainy day: Zombie Apocalypse book + Coffee.  ♥

So I started reading Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry last night and got past a hundred pages before succumbing to sleep. I really want to finish this book today because I know that next week is yet another busy and hectic week for academics.

So far, I am getting intrigued about their belief system and the ethical/moral views regarding the living dead in this novel. I want to know more about their post-apocalyptic societal system and the secret they are hiding, especially about all the fuss in advance technology. So far, I can say that I am enjoying this book. I hope to finish it today before studying for my quizzes.

New-found favorite!

Shin Ramyeon noodles with egg! 

This shit’s so good for cold rainy days. I have a thing for Korean food and spicy noodles, so this is just perfect! I don’t care that it’s just flour and mounds of MSG. It’s basically heaven for my taste buds! :)

Because it’s raining like hell at this time of night, my rainy day playlist is definitely on. Oh, the eargasmic music is just perfect with the harsh sound of rain against the windows. It’s just so relaxing and pleasant. How I wish classes would be canceled tomorrow. It would be nice to sleep in with this kind of weather.