Staying at home gave me opportunities to entertain myself in the most creative way possible. And when all else fails, I defaulted to the simplest way of home entertainment -- watching TV. I think this time of the pandemic, the number of hours spent by people on Netflix has spiked up a lot. Well, this is our way of escaping reality, even for just a few hours.

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This has been included in My List for so long and I can't believe I only watched it recently. The film was so good. I cried so hard for most of the duration of the movie, and even up to the next day after watching it. Maybe this is because I connected with the characters so much. First and foremost, I missed having a sibling who I could rely on and who really matches my set of values in life. I never had that kind of connection in real life (and I don't blame any of my siblings, because that's just how reality is). Also, the movie was really an eye-opener on how things were for women back then. Imagine having a life goal of marrying a rich man? Good for Jo for standing up for what she really wanted. Also, that "Life's too short to hate one's sister", thanks Universe for the reminder. Although at this point I think hate is a strong term to describe the situation. I've come to set boundaries and I enjoy how things are today. Let's just all be civil and things will be okay.

I have been searching for a copy of this movie since last year when I learned of its release, that's why I was just so happy when I learned that it was going to be released on Netflix. And I think the wait was all so worth it. My takeaway from this movie is that there are certain painful things in life that are meant to happen. You might not see the lessons right away, but in retrospective, you will realize why things happened that way. The older Naomi did not prevent the fire that burned the books, because he knew this event was necessary for him and Ruri to grow closer. Looking at my own timeline, I could see my version of that book burning event that was necessary to be included in my story to make me who I am today. At the end of the day, it's the learnings that we take out of it that matters.

I didn't really had plans to watch this one, but since a friend recommended it, I got curious about it. And well, he was right -- it was a good movie! I didn't watch Stranger Things but I know the girl here was the same kid from that series. The actress, Millie Bobby Brown, is just 16 in this movie, but she looked more mature than her age. The casting was interesting. Sherlock Holmes was played by Henry Cavill who I know from Superman, and Mycroft Holmes was played by Sam Claflin who I did not recognize at all in this film! 😲

I'm so happy to be back playing. Maybe I'll check out the pieces to be listed for next month again. 😀

Just look at where were are right now... it's already October! 😱 Never in my wildest dreams (and for sure in everyone else's too) have I thought that I could live just staying at home for seven months. It still feels surreal like I have been living in a recurring dream for so long. But oh well, life still needs to go on. And part of that life, for five years now, is my quarterly goals. For this post, I am going to assess how much progress I have made with the goals I have set in July.

 This happened around two months ago already, but I am still at awe on how this event came to me, how it felt like it was all meant to happen. I'm not really sure if it was the "Law of Attraction" that worked its way to me, but well I guess that is the only explanation with how everything happened. I don't believe in coincidences, and I honestly believe this was not one.

As of this writing, the summit has already been archived from the site but the organizers have promised that they would do another one in the near future. I would surely be on the lookout for that.

Fresh from the feels of the Fallen book and movie, I stumbled upon a Facebook post from Fully Booked promoting the latest title from Stephenie Meyer entitled Midnight Sun, the book that is based from her earlier work entitled Twilight, but the events are narrated from Edward Cullen's perspective, which is the male lead character of the book (and the series).

 It's been two months since my last log and a lot of things have changed (for sure) and still, some things remain the same. Unfortunately, one of the things that is still here is this pandemic that's been going on since March. And with just a few sleeps, the first -ber month is already coming to an end.

This post will be a bit different because I'm writing in here my take for both the movie and the book entitled Fallen, written by Lauren Kate. The book was published in 2009 while the movie was released in 2017.

Since I kinda missed reading romantic cheesy stuff, I'm now onto reading Midnight Sun. I'm reading it alongside Twilight actually, just to get a glimpse of the story from both Edward's and Bella's sides. 😃 Well I guess that would be the content of  my next Book Reads post. 🍎