Aug 21, 2026

Today was pretty interesting. Thankfully it was a holiday so I could stay up all night today and I did just that and mostly talked and chatted with someone throughout the whole evening. We didn't really get into a call, so I just spent some of the time checking out my iPhone Air case and noticed a crack on it. They opened up to making a decision about the person they're talking to and I let fate decide via coin flip and let them know about it. And we just talked for a while until it was morning. For the morning, I was still talking to someone and they seemed a little down so I got them some Starbucks for breakfast. I also ordered some breakfast for my sister and I, and we got a few things delivered in the morning. We were able to get into a call in the morning, but I just streamed a YT video and it wasn't much. They actually just turned off their laptop so suddenly and left the call without saying anything, which was strange but I get why. I passed out from being so tired after that. In the afternoon, I woke up and had seen that they had told me a lot of stuff that they were thinking about. It was nice to hear that they thanked me for still being with them despite everything, but I did agree that they were doing was pretty strange. I was mostly bored and someone had their stuff to do, so I decided if there was a way for me to go out. I decided on buying the iPhone Air MagSafe battery pack and I booked a ride to Manila. I ended up in a pretty sketchy place, ngl, but the item did seem legit, even though it was suspiciously cheap and didn't come with any receipt. I didn't bother asking questions and just took it since it's sealed anyway, and these haven't been faked to this quality. It was a little nostalgic going back to Manila, honestly. It reminds me of the many times I went here in 2022 to visit someone. I then went to SM Sta Mesa, but the driver made a wrong u-turn and got ticketed. I wanted to be nice and so I gave them some additional since they didn't earn much from the trip. When I got to SM Sta Mesa, I started feeling weird. I appreciated how nostalgic the mall was, and even planned to eat at Sumo Niku, but something felt so wrong. I was able to check the battery extender though, and I confirmed it was legit, albeit had no charge. I started feeling more and more ill, for no reason. I had guessed that it's my hypertension acting up, but I just felt so horrible and I was outside, which kind of made it worse. Nothing really triggered me, though, and I guess it's a by-product of how shitty I've been eating the past few days. I flipped a coin and it told me to continue eating, but once I found out that they don't have lettuce (which would apparently help with my hypertension), I decided to just leave. The ride back home from Manila was absolute hell. I felt so lightheaded and I was scared of just passing out and falling off. The motorcycle I rode had no storage box I could lean on to, so it was just my pure grip keeping me alive. It was the worst experience ever because I often thought about falling off and dying, and I should feel my body act strange from possibly the hypertension. After what seemed to be one of the most agonizing 40-or-so-minutes of my life, I got home and I immediately went to my bed to try and calm down and get my blood pressure to normal. I felt so tired and lightheaded, which was weird. I took me another 40 minutes to fully recover and feel okay. Thankfully, my sister helped and ordered us some lemonade, got me a blood pressure monitor, dinner, and she helped me take my blood pressure. I felt okay afterwards and my blood pressure was in the normal range. Thankfully, the evening is what turned around the entire day. I mostly just chilled, talked to someone, and then focused on getting some AR upgrades on Genshin so I could finally reach AR 55. I talked to someone on Bumble and they were down to hang out on Sunday, so that was a plus. Finally, I was able to make the MagSafe battery pack work and got it updated to the latest firmware by plugging it into my MacBook. I played around with it and I immediately knew I made the right purchase and this would be worth it since my main iPhone is still my iPhone Air. I continued playing Genshin for the evening to pass the time and enjoy the holiday.