Jun 16, 2024

I felt disturbed today for no reason. I couldn't sleep. I didn't know what was going on, but I just felt my anxiety shot up in the morning. But whatever, I just went and tried to listen to the Beatles to calm down and feel happy. I ordered takeout in the morning and eventually slept at 5:50 a.m. Today looked to be a good day on paper: I was to visit TOYCON with Loy and then watch a movie later with my sister, with both events taking place at SM MoA. Only, life didn't turn out like that. I woke up late in the afternoon, but I had no notifications from Loy. He should message me about him preparing to go or leaving for the convention already. But it had already been 2 p.m. and I still had no word from him. I had a weird feeling that I'd see Stella at Toycon. So I left and just went there without Loy. When I got there, he eventually messaged me and told me that he couldn't attend because he woke up late. I paid for my ticket but the cashier forgot to return my 500 Pesos, which I came back to get. I told Loy that he could still come to the event, but then he gave me this weird reason that he would come if he was single, but now that he has a girlfriend, he can't do that anymore. It struck me as odd because he's not married to anyone, and it was a dubious reason to begin with considering their relationship. But whatever, I didn't put up with it further and just continued my time there. I tried to look for Stella's booth but hers wasn't there. I stayed for a while, debating whether or not I should buy something. But instead, the only thing I bought at the convention was my food. While buying, I accidentally tipped my iced lemonade too far to the left and spilled some of it on a kid. I said sorry but they quickly left after that. Some janitor came to clean up the mess and I got my food. I ate for a bit, watched the cosplayers on stage, and took pics of a cosplayer who was going as Mugman from Cuphead. Since I was alone and bored, I decided to ask Stella directly where her booth was. It turns out, she was at Komiket Pride and it was in Ortigas. I debated whether or not I would commute to Ayala Malls The 30th, but since I was bored, I ultimately decided to just go through with it. I already knew that Stella wouldn't be at the booth so I just decided to buy some of her merch there. I eventually got there and told my sister that I would be late for our 6 p.m. meeting since it was already 5:40 p.m. and I just arrived. I got up to the 3rd floor to find Stella's booth and eventually found it. Someone else was managing her booth so I just talked to them quickly about how I commuted from MoA to here, bought the stickers, and left. I bought 80 Pesos worth of stickers and spent more than 500 Pesos on my commute. Regardless, I completed my trip and went back to SM MoA to meet with my sister. I had a hard time finding her, but eventually everything was fine and I got a lot of drinks from the Earl of Sandwich shop. I got this weird cherry-flavored Dr. Pepper and strawberry-flavored Arnold Palmer Half & Half Iced Tea Lemonade. The Dr. Pepper was bad, but the other drink was okay. I usually get Arizona Iced Tea from this store so it was nice to try something new. After that, my sister and I played at Timezone and we had a lot of fun. I got the jackpot at that ball drop game and showed off. I played Wangan Midnight for a while and even completed the bingo card for today. It quickly turned late 8 p.m. and we left for S Maison. We ordered a few things, waited a while, and got weirded out that the theater took too long to start letting moviegoers in, but it was all okay. The film started and I found my sister crying at certain points. On second viewing, I noticed a lot of parallels between the movie and my family's story. I cried at some parts, still, and was crying by the end of it. I noticed my sister cry a lot at the end and I was glad I got to tag her along. We tried booking for a ride home after that and I was talking to my friends in the background. We eventually went home.