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teacupofstars
10 December 2025 @ 02:25 am
Have a teacup of stars. :)  
Welcome! This blog is an extension of my other site, cinderellaincombatboots.

I've decided to make a list of little things that make me smile, and it is inspired by a book called 14,000 Things to be Happy About by Barbara Ann Kipfer. Not only this would aid me in developing my scribe skills in some aspects (Kipfer said it's originally a list reflecting her own way of paying attention to details, a collection of words she described), it will also help me appreciate the things most people take for granted. :)

I admit, sometimes I'm so busy struggling to stand upright against the weight of stressful burdens on my shoulders that I forget to stop and adore simple things...things that can actually assist in lightening my everyday load. When I started this list, I felt like I just bought new eyeglasses, and I see little things in a new light. :) They are like precious little gems, and their presence render the world less harsh than before.


While this blog mainly focuses on these "little things," I'll still put up random posts in here when I join a few LJ communities. I used to have a writing LJ before (aside from my GW fic journal), but I deactivated it after I joined Tumblr. I realize there are amazing LJ comms that some Tumblr comms could not rival, so I'm rectifying my previous mistake. :)

That would be all!
 
 
Current Location: my bunk home
Current Mood: complacentcomplacent
Current Music: Jesus of Suburbia (Green Day)
 
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teacupofstars
04 March 2012 @ 11:40 am
Things that Made Me Smile Today (141-150)  
  1. Drinking milk from your favorite mug.
  2. The last orange tinge of the day sinking in the horizon, as viewed through the windows of the train.
  3. New lovely clothes.
  4. Meeting new people through interviews.
  5. Malteesers.
  6. The sound of your alarm clock going off, getting ready to go to work, then realizing it's Sunday.
  7. The scent of a familiar perfume, the one you wear in high school.
  8. A healing wound.
  9. Buying doll shoes for your grandaunt.
  10. A dinner date with your mother.
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Current Mood: calmcalm
 
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teacupofstars
13 February 2012 @ 12:16 am
Things that Made Me Smile Today (131-140)  
  1. Pizza date with your father.
  2. Tiptoeing in a puddle of mud.
  3. Drizzles.
  4. The smile of a friendly stranger.
  5. That feeling like you're immortalizing yourself when you create something new.
  6. A poem that goes straight to your heart.
  7. Reminiscing good and bad high school memories.
  8. Old computer games.
  9. Watching movies while waiting in the clinic.
  10. A cute beanie hat.
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Current Mood: sleepysleepy
 
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teacupofstars
11 February 2012 @ 05:31 pm
Things that Made Me Smile Today (121-130)  
  1. The smell of freshly baked bread.
  2. Lightly hugging the bag of pan de sal to warm yourself while walking home early in the morning.
  3. Spilling your heart out through music.
  4. Charm bracelets.
  5. A friendly stranger asking for your name.
  6. Long walks, long musings.
  7. Books that you're required to read in high school.
  8. The strong tart flavor of yogurt.
  9. Laughing heartily.
  10. Healthy, "brain-exercising" arguments.
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Current Mood: chipperchipper
 
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teacupofstars
22 January 2012 @ 01:36 am
Things that Made Me Smile Today (111-120)  
  1. The crisp sound of the dried leaves beneath your feet.
  2. The early morning sunbeams filtering through your venetian blinds, waking you up.
  3. Finding old photographs and letters when you’re browsing books you haven’t touched in years.
  4. Walking on the metal rails of the train tracks.
  5. Making a three-month-old girl laugh.
  6. Sniffing books when no one is looking, like their scent is your own brand of weed.
  7. A senseless conversation with a friend that you actually get to enjoy.
  8. Joking around with your sister.
  9. The ‘flying saucer’ bread (a pastry that is all flat, soft bread, with fillings like chocolate, cheese, etc.).
  10. Reorganizing your bookshelf.
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Current Location: Philippines, Manila
Current Mood: accomplishedaccomplished
Current Music: Belle and Sebastian - Expectations | Powered by Last.fm
 
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teacupofstars
22 January 2012 @ 01:32 am
Writer's Block: National Hugging Day  
There's a day for hugs? Cool. The last person I hugged was from my alma mater. :)

Who is the last person you hugged?

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Current Mood: amusedamused
 
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teacupofstars
10 January 2012 @ 04:20 am
Things that Made Me Smile Today (101-110)  
  1. Your father's smile.
  2. Waking up from a half-remembered dream, feeling like you've recharged all your energy.
  3. The full moon, hanging like a golden gong in the sky.
  4. That distinct smell you can only associate with babies.
  5. Feeling fulfilled after a long day of work.
  6. The plum-colored clouds just before sunup.
  7. Picking up the book that you haven't touched since New Year's eve.
  8. The funny moment you realize that babysitting can also make a dancer (when lulling the baby the sleep) and singer (when singing a lullaby to the baby) out of you.
  9. Correcting the time of a watch with new batteries.
  10. Your mother's laugh.
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Current Mood: chipperchipper
 
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teacupofstars
05 January 2012 @ 02:45 am
Things that Made Me Smile Today (91-100)  
  1. The calmness the nighttime brings.
  2. A baby's small soft palm placed on top of yours.
  3. Inside jokes that never grow old.
  4. Twirling the arnis sticks like batons.
  5. Inspiring other people by just being inspired.
  6. Rediscovering old clothes and the old memories attached to them.
  7. Small talk with sense.
  8. The way the heap of paperwork shrinks as hours pass.
  9. Catching a train with very few people in it so you can sit.
  10. Laughing at yourself because of your past mishaps.
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Current Location: Manila
Current Mood: apatheticapathetic
 
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teacupofstars
30 December 2011 @ 01:17 am
Things That Made Me Smile Today (81-90)  
  1. Grateful mornings, feeling so good that you're alive and well and starting another day.
  2. The city noise.
  3. Wondering what the city will be if it were a person.
  4. Getting to work on time.
  5. Talking to your sister about English literature lessons, specifically Macbeth and Oedipus.
  6. Conversations with people you haven't seen in a long time.
  7. Holding a baby in your arms, and noting how she's slowly gaining weight. She's growing up.
  8. Rearranging the books you're about to read next year.
  9. Swigging a cupful of cold Sago't Gulaman.
  10. A happy, hearty dinner time with the family.
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Current Location: Philippines, Manila
 
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teacupofstars
27 December 2011 @ 11:58 pm
Ten Things that Made Me Smile Today (71-80)  
  1. Learning more about the musical instrument you've always wanted to play.
  2. Listening to classical music.
  3. Cold chocolate drinks you can easily smuggle from the refrigerator.
  4. The small tinkle of the oven when the time stops.
  5. Heartfelt strings of laugh.
  6. The whitish yellow sunlight writhing from the slits in the venetian blinds.
  7. Seafood-flavored rice in box.
  8. A little kitten cheerily rolling in the dirt like a ball of fur.
  9. Successfully lulling a baby to sleep in your arms.
  10. Buying a book a friend eagerly recommends.
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Current Location: Philippines, Manila
Current Mood: amusedamused
 
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