I don’t have the energy to sort through my electronics crap. I may just shove them inside a plastic bag and be done with it. I’m so tired.
I now acknowledge that I have too many books. This is my last (6th) box of books.
The beds will be picked up by Transportify tomorrow to bring to a studio that my househelp will be living in with her boyfriend in Project 8, also in QC. I will be giving away so many things to help them start a new life together.
I am slowly dismantling my life I built here. It’s…I don’t know why I feel a bit sad. I knew this is just a transition house and I knew I won’t be staying here that long but it’s still a bit melancholic.
Meanwhile, we discovered another bunch of stuff that at the back of my mind I knew would appear. It’s the ex’s stuff stored in the closet under the stairs. Why it’s there, I don’t know. These are medical books, a book in his native language/script, books about how to get rich, and some souvenirs from Mexico.
I am no longer nice. I have no intention of going through the trouble of contacting him to send these back, even if one of the items include the jacket of his high school diploma. But I also don’t intend to keep these to be reminded of him, like having these souvenirs framed. Strong negative feelings are enough reminders.
My initial plan is to have a bonfire in my yard and drink wine with my friends to exorcise whatever evil ghost he has left in these stuff.
But then it hurts the bibliophile in me. So I will just drop these off to UP College of Medicine’s library and help some struggling med students.
Speaking of academe, I just found out that a newly discovered species of bristletail living in the rainforest in my hometown is named after my mom. The scientists submitted their findings to a systematic biology journal and named it after her. It’s so cool to be immortalized via a scientific name or via an asteroid or planet name. 😊
The species was named after Dr. xxx, an Academician of the National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines, and a Professor Emeritus of xxx. In naming the species, the authors recognized the contributions of Dr. xxx in education and research in the field of ecology, particularly soil microbial ecology, and environmental science.
—The museum of natural history of my university