Worth & Words from a Wandering Wordsmith: My creative non-fiction notebook space of unkempt, unruly, unrefined scribblings from various places and moments. There will likely be a lot of philosophy, criticism and rants, keep an open mind! Context may or may not be given.

Kailan mo masasabing tama na at kailangan mo na sukuan ang isang pangarap na iningatan mo ng ilang taon? Ako si Jayda Paula Samaniego. Bata pa lang ako ay gusto ko na maging stage performer, maging artista sa madaling salita. Nagsimula 'yun lahat sa papuri ng isang estrangherong may pamilyar na mukha sa'kin. Hindi ko na matandaan ang pangalan niya basta mabait siya at tunog anime ang pangalan niya. Sa kabila ng pagsusumikap ko na matupad ang pangarap ko, maraming naging hadlang dito. Isa na nga sa mga ito ang ina ko na ang tanging gusto ko lang naman ay mapasaya. Paano? Ano? Ano ang pipiliin ko? Ang pangarap ko bang itinanim ng isang estranghero? O ang ina ko? Original date of entry: November 14, 2019 Original date of completion: April 12, 2020

Agatha suffers from a rare disorder that makes her sleep in a long period of time. But what happens when the modern-day sleeping beauty meets an idiotic guy hell-bent on keeping her awake? Well, this is the story of two special teenagers fighting for their ill-fated love. (A CHASING HURRICANE SPIN-OFF)

Most women fall for engineers, doctors, lawyers, architects and businessmen but in my case? I fell in love with an astronaut. Highest rank: 1 Cover is not mine. Credits to the rightful owner.

Merong iba't-ibang paraan ang mga tao para makatakas sa reyalidad. Yung iba nagbabasa ng libro, nanonood ng mga drama sa tv, nakikinig ng music. Meron namang nagsusulat, nag d-drawing, nag p-paint, at nag co-compose ng kanta. Pero si Angelique, ang paraan niya ng pagtakas sa reyalidad ay tuwing nananaginip siya. Dahil meron siyang ibang kakayahan. Ang kakayahan na kontrolin at i-manipulate ang sarili niyang panaginip.

{FIRST BOOK IN 'THE GIRL IN THE HOODIE' SERIES} {2014-2018} A girl moved to California two years ago. No one knows what she looks like. All they know is that she wears a hoodie. *~*~*~* "HOLY SHIT, NOAH! WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU LET THE TROLLEY GO?! COME BACK! OH MY FUCKING LIFE, FIZZY DRINKS UP AHEAD--" BANG FIZZ POP "...am I dead?" I'm suddenly grabbed by the back of my hoodie and pulled up from the ground and out of the mess of the opened bottles of fizzy which had exploded when the trolley and I crashed into them. My hands instantly go to my hood and I sigh in relief to find that it hadn't fallen off through all of that. I turn my head and look the the employee who's holding me, his face completely red and the vein in his neck throbbing. "Wassup, dude?" I smile sheepishly. *~* {HIGHEST RANKINGS: #1 in Funny #1 in Sad And #1 in Cancer apparently }

The Conspirations of the Universe is a story about Luke Monasterio, a book hugger and a fan boy, who had recently had his heart broken by his girlfriend. He thought that the Universe hated him and so he took refuge to his all-time favorite book, A Starless Night. One night, he dreamt about the book's protagonist and when he woke up, he finds himself at his bed with a beautiful stranger who she claims to be Eureka Cortez, the protagonist of A Starless Night. Follow Luke's endeavor of unraveling the mystery of the paradox of the complicated girl that came out from his very book! And let's see his choices that would change him forever.

I'm scared of the sea. I can't help but think of the danger it brings. The width and depth seem forever. But I know that someday, I'm going to swallow all my fears and sail into that immense body of menace. Because I have to find him. I have to see him. I have words I haven't told him yet. There are things he needs to know and I don't care if it matters now or it never really mean anything at all. I just have to find him.