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    cats on (digital) film

    cats on gudak cam | chainyan.co
    Last July I finally got to try Gudak Cam (after 10,000 years). These are from my first ever roll. Enjoy! 🐱💕

    November 8, 2019

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    life lately # 10

    life lately | chainyan.co
    Hello, I'm back! It's been a while, hasn't it? I wanted to keep my blogging streak and push out at least two posts a month, but I guess it's not that easy when real life has other plans, huh. But I'm here now, so! :)

    October 3, 2019

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    June 2019

    June 2019 | chainyan.co
    I think I mentioned this before, but I took A TON of photos in June. Which came as a surprise, really, because all I can remember from the past month is me studying non-stop (and going out a handful of times in between). But somehow I ended up taking more than 50-something photos during this time, heh. It took me some time to put everything together, and it might take a while to load, so please bear with me. Enjoy the photos 🌿

    July 27, 2019

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    May 2019

    Hey everyone, I'm back! The JLPT was last Sunday, and so I'm finally ending my hiatus. Chai is a free elf!! I still can't believe I spent a whole month (!!!!) studying though. To be honest, by the first week of July, I was already wishing for the exam day to come sooner. I got so sick of studying that I just wanted to get everything over and done with. That's what happens when you try to stuff 8 months' worth of lessons into your brain in ~1 month, I guess ;_____; I'm an idiot, I know. I think I did well on the exam though! よくできたと思いますけど....._(:3 」∠)_

    May 2019 | chainyan.co
    Anyway, now that the exam's over, I'm taking a break from studying for about a month. Then I'll go back to studying, but at a much slower pace this time. I still want to take the N3 exam, after all! In the meantime, I'm going to be working on all the backlog that I couldn't touch while on hiatus. Here's my recap of May. Enjoy!

    July 14, 2019

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    💖💜💙

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    Surprise! Bet you weren't expecting a post from me today. To be honest, I wasn't expecting a post from me either! (I'm supposed to be studying right now!) Anyway. From the title alone, some of you might already have an idea of what this post is about, but if not, keep reading. I understand that this is a sensitive issue, but in this day and age and current political climate, we can't afford to sit idly by and not say anything anymore. So here we are :)

    June 29, 2019

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    April 2019

    April 2019 | chainyan.co
    Taking a quick break from cramming for the July JLPT to share my photos from April :)

    June 25, 2019

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    review : Innisfree Vivid Cotton Ink #06 Faded Beige Tulip

    Innisfree Vivid Cotton Ink 06 Faded Beige Tulip Review | chainyan.co
    Have you ever experienced browsing an online shop for gifts, only to end up buying something for yourself instead, completely on the spur of the moment? I'm a bit embarrassed to admit it, but that's exactly how the Innisfree Vivid Cotton Ink in #06 Faded Beige Tulip came into my possession, haha! 🙈

    May 15, 2019

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    March 2019

    March 2019 | chainyan.co
    Just a little recap of March. Mostly kitty photos, but I'm sure you all knew that already ;)

    April 28, 2019

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    life lately # 9

    life lately | chainyan.co
    It's been a while since I last made a life lately post, so it took me a while to finish this one. I consumed so much media in the span of just 3~4 months that I had to sit down and list everything down because I couldn't remember most of it. It's a good thing that I'd already gotten into the habit of writing about memorable manga and shows in my journal, so that made things a bit easier. As for life at the moment, it's been more or less the same. Slow and steady. That said, things have been a bit uneventful as of late, so I couldn't find a photo to use for this post. I wanted to use one that I hadn't already shared before. I found this photo that Aian took of me while we were in KL. It's a photo of me doing some late-night journaling in our Airbnb. The place is a mess (like it always is whenever we travel) and it's not a particularly glamorous photo of me, but I like it.

    April 12, 2019

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    February 2019

    February 2019 photodiary | chainyan.co
    Compared to previous months, February was pretty chill. We had only one event to go to, which was February Komiket. Aside from that, the only other time we went out was to buy groceries. The thing about staying at home is that I get bored pretty easily, so I end up feeling envious whenever I see friends being out and about. But whenever I do get the chance to get out I become super stressed about Manila traffic, so I've learned to appreciate being a homebody a lot more. That said, staying at home most of the time means I won't always have new and interesting content to share. I hope you guys are okay with posts that are 90% cat photos!

    April 2, 2019

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    Bon Odori Festival, 2019

    Bon Odori Festival | chainyan.co
    Just some photos from this year's Bon Odori Festival at Manila Japanese School. It's a yearly event that we've been attending since 2015 (although we missed the 2017 one, because of bad weather). This year I went with Aian and our friends, Allysa and Henry. We spent most of the day queuing for food, eating, then queueing for more food—which is pretty much what we do every year!

    March 27, 2019

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    February Komiket 2019

    February Komiket 2019 | chainyan.co
    Or, more accurately, what I ate at February Komiket 2019 _(:3 」∠)_ I only realized as I was editing photos from the event that I mostly took photos of what I ate during those two days, lol. Sorry!

    March 24, 2019

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    January 2019

    One of the things I wanted to work on this year, blogging-wise, was to be able to write about things as soon as they happened. Or at the very least, write about them while they're still somewhat fresh in my memory. And so, I decided to skip my 2018 photodiary backlog (April-December) for now, and start working on.............my 2019 photodiary backlog hahahaha _(:3 」∠)_

    January 2019 | chainyan.co
    I spent most of the first week of January meeting with family and friends who were in the country for the holidays. I usually don't leave the house unless I need to, so all the moving from place to place really took a toll on me. After everything my body just kind of gave in to the fatigue that had been building up from December (I attended 2 weddings, flew to Malaysia and back, attended a bunch of holiday gatherings right after). I got sick some time after that. I spent most of the time taking it easy, cuddling with the kids, just binging stuff on Netflix, and doing some journaling in between. I managed to churn out 4 blogposts though! Maybe I'm able to think more clearly when I'm sick? Haha. Here's what January looked like, through my phone (as usual).

    March 22, 2019

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    review + swatches : Canmake Juicy Lady Liquid Cheek

    Canmake Juicy Lady Liquid Cheek | chainyan.co
    Hey there, Internet friends! :) I'm still alive, and back with a new makeup review! The last time I reviewed makeup was more than half a year ago, I think? So the whole process of doing my makeup and shooting took me quite a while to do. (Plus for some reason it's always super windy whenever I decide to shoot for reviews. TY wind for giving me anime hair, I guess 😂) But I am back with a new one, finally! This time I'm reviewing the Canmake Juicy Lady Liquid Cheek*, one of the newest products from Canmake Philippines 💕

    March 10, 2019

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    my 2019 journal setup

    my 2019 journal setup | chainyan.co
    Over the past year, journaling has become something that I really love and enjoy doing. I used to think that I wouldn't love any activity other than photography, but then I got into journaling. (It's now a very close second!) Since getting into it I've come across a lot of inspiring people, on Instagram mostly, who do stuff like flip-throughs of their journal or "journal with me" videos. As I watched more and more of them, I also felt that I wanted to do something similar, but I wasn't sure how to start. I'll try to figure it out somehow, but for now, I'll just talk about my journal for 2019 and my current journaling setup 🌿

    February 5, 2019

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    Malaysia 2018 haul

    Malaysia 2018 haul | chainyan.co
    My haul from our Malaysia trip last December. (In which everything I bought sparks joy, ha!) I posted photos of my haul on my Instagram and Twitter, but I thought I'd talk about it a bit more here! Aian and I have been going to KL every December for five years now, so I'm more or less familiar with the malls and what shops/brands are there. So with this trip I tried to limit myself to things that weren't available in Manila. In order of priority, the things I wanted to get were JLPT textbooks > skincare > journaling supplies > makeup. But also, I had to budget my spending so I had some money left for Comic Fiesta PLUS for souvenirs for my family. And my pocket money for this trip was...not a lot to begin with _(:3」∠)_

    January 25, 2019

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    product empties #5

    product empties | chainyan.co
    Wow, long time no empties post! I keep all my empties in one big zip-lock bag, and when it's full then I know it's time for an empties post. It just took a bit longer to fill the bag this time, haha. Last year I became SUPER LAZY with skincare, so I didn't really use up a lot of products. I started getting back into multi-step skincare in June, and from there I was able to finally use stuff up!

    January 19, 2019

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    2019 theme + goals

    2019 theme & goals | chainyan.co
    Hey there, friends! I feel like I left everyone hanging in my previous post, huh ;; The truth is, because there was so much that I wanted to do, it took me a couple of days to decide on what things I really wanted to focus on this year, and so writing this post took longer than expected. But here it is—my theme and my goals for 2019! (It's a looong post this time too, but I'll be happy if you read til the end 💕)

    January 13, 2019

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    looking back, looking ahead

    looking back, looking ahead | chainyan.co
    More than a week late, but Happy New Year! :) I thought I'd get some time to myself after all of the holiday celebrations were over, but I ended up spending the first week of 2019 still traveling all over the metro, meeting and having lunches and dinners with family and friends. I caught a cold on the eve of the New Year too, so I was scared I'd be starting the year sick. I managed to fight it off somehow, so thankfully it didn't turn into a full-blown flu or anything! Now that things have settled down, I finally have some time to sit down and write my first post for 2019. Usually this is the part where I talk about the previous year's goals and how I did, and then share my new goals for the year. This time though, I want to share a bit of my thoughts re: yearly goals and resolutions and why I'm planning to do things a little differently.

    January 10, 2019

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