May 8, 2026

I spent most of the morning still at Starbucks and still writing journal entries. Eventually, I decided that I had written enough at this time. Someone was still talking to me at this time and I decided to take a break from all the writing. I ate at the nearby Army Navy restaurant and tried their naked burrito sisig and a burger that I've always wanted to try. Both were pretty great, honestly, and I took my time to eat. I went back to Starbucks and ordered a pink drink so I could have something to drink as I continued to finish my remaining journal entries. I talked to someone and at around 3 a.m., the staff tells us that they're going to close soon. It was surprising because I thought they're open for 24 hours now, but I guess that's just for the drive-through. I went home and I get into this argument with someone again. It's crazy how many of these have happened throughout the entire week, I count at least 3. It was honestly pathetic at how my life turned out to be like this. I saw myself as pathetic, and I said that, but someone took it as an offense to them. Even though I actually saw myself as pathetic for having this shit happen to me, while my other friends are having fun with their romantic relationships, moving in together, and even becoming parents. It triggered that thing inside me where I want to change my life after seeing myself as pathetic, and I had to explain to someone that it was a good feeling because it makes me move and change my life. This feeling was literally what drove me to find jobs and led to many milestones in my life, and I have to explain that to someone. They eventually understood and we were truly okay after all that. They eventually had to go back to work and I tried to sleep. I had other shit to deal with in the morning and my sister had PC problems, and I didn't even get a wink of sleep because my sister kept waking me up. I was so cranky and angry at this point because I was extremely sleep-deprived for this week, and I didn't even get sleep today again. It truly infuriated me. I just tried to fix her PC even though I was super pissed off and I had to lend her my MacBook so she could install Zoom on it. She eventually switched back to her PC after I had fixed it and I told her that I'd be buying her a new HDD so she could throw out her 64% health HDD in the garbage, which was causing problems. Most of the day was a blur as I had work and I had to go to Gilmore to buy her that 2TB drive. I eventually got it at PCHub and the touts there ticked me off so much, but I'm glad I brought my AirPods with me. They also didn't have a card terminal that worked with debit cards after all these years, which kind of just added me to being more pissed off, so I had to withdraw at a store nearby and pass through several touts again. I eventually got the HDD quickly as it was just 1 part and I booked a ride home. Thankfully, the ride home was more chill and we went through C5, which was more peaceful. I was able to talk to some IMC friends during this time and I appreciated how blue and bright the sky looked. It definitely helped me calm down a lot. My sister had some work left and went to Makati afterward. For the afternoon, I had some free time to install her new HDD and rip out her old one. It was kind of annoying, but I got the job done and transferred her stuff in it, as well as set up some stuff. After timing out, my sister invited me to have dinner with her at Samgyupsalamat and it just occurred to me that I haven't eaten yet. I was extremely tired by now but I still pushed through with it. We just ate and then I grabbed some other stuff at the nearby FunHan Mart, and then I booked for a ride home. I didn't do anything else after arriving home, I just got my well-needed rest as this week was extremely stressful.