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I apologize if I haven’t posted new entries for a few days now. I have been ill and couldn’t write. I haven’t checked with my doctor yet but will do this afternoon. I have joint pains, fever and a terrible headache that won’t go away. I’ve had recurring headaches for months now.
I will write again once I get better. Take care everyone.
I’m RJ Marmol — writer, musician, and independent creator based in Manila.
I write songs, essays, and books about the messy overlap between money, overwhelm, creativity, identity, and rebuilding. Much of my work circles around what happens when life stops feeling manageable — and how we try to think clearly, make decisions, and keep moving anyway.
I’m also the author of Rebuilding Under Debt: Thinking Clearly When Everything Is a Blur, a nonfiction book published under Steady Hand Press. The paperback edition is listed under my full publishing name, Cecilia Regina Aquino Blanquera.
On the music side, I release work as HeyRJ. On the writing side, this site is where I gather my books, essays, notes, and whatever I’m building next.
HeyRJ is my sonic soul project. I create raw, minimalist-style and deeply personal music interpretations that feel like a late-night conversation with your truest self.
By blending lo-fi acoustic textures with poetic honesty, my work explores love, loss, grief, healing, and the quiet in-betweens of life. Each song is a letter — a journal entry — a gentle companion for when the world feels too loud or too quiet.
While my catalogue began with intimate cover renditions, my work is increasingly being shaped by original writing, drawing from years of poems, lived questions, and emotional survival.
“Stuck Home Syndrome” released on March 20, 2026 is my first original 20-track album written during a period when time felt compressed and days began to blur into each other. The songs came from sitting with thoughts that had nowhere else to go — unfiltered, repetitive, and sometimes uncomfortable. It’s a concept album that isn’t built around singles or polish. It’s closer to a continuous inner monologue, recorded with minimal production and very little ornamentation and meant to be listened to as one cohesive body of work. The goal wasn’t to resolve anything, only to document how it felt while it was happening.
On May 29, 2026 I released new original singles – “Rapturous”, “Uh Huh”, “Look At You”, “All That” and “Blew Print”. I continue to release both original and cover songs and intend to so for as long as I can so check back every once in a while — you might. just find something you’ll like.
For business inquiries relating to music, email me at: heyrjmusic[at]gmail[dot]com or my personal email at: rjmarmol[at]gmail[dot]com.
A nonfiction book about what debt does to the mind — and how to begin functioning again when financial stress has made everything feel blurred, urgent, and overwhelming.
Rather than treating debt only as a financial math problem, the book explores the emotional and cognitive realities of financial distress: shame, decision fatigue, avoidance, panic, relationship strain, and the difficulty of making sound decisions while mentally depleted.
Published under Steady Hand Press. It’s available worldwide in ebook and paperback formats on Amazon. Bookstores and libraries can also be order it wholesale via Ingram.
For book-related inquiries, media requests, bookstore questions, or discussion-group invitations, you can reach me through the contact page on this site or send me an email to rjmarmol[at]gmail[dot]com or hello[at]steadyhandpress.com
RJMarmol.com - Since 2008. 
6 responses to “This Blogger is Sick”
wish you fast recovery RJ.. God bless!
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get well soon @rj
daydreamerpings last blog post..FORGIVE!
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hello dimaks! thanks for the visit.. i’m all better now.. God bless you too!
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hi there daydreamerping! :) glad to have you here! :) i’m all better now. thanks for the visit and well wishes! take care! :)
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Hi. just dropping bye… Hope you are in good shape now for the blog! Keep up!
jlaquihons last blog post..DAR-MinSSAD poured P20M+ on goat projects in Mindanao
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hey jlaquihon! :) you’re welcome here. :) thanks, i’m all better now and yeah, hopefully i get to blog and write relevant posts.. :) your blog is awesome, by the way..educating people on farming and its many benefits is a noble cause, specially now that we are faced with high inflation rate and food shortage. mindanao has a very promising agriculture industry and support from people of your sort is such a blessing..keep it up and more power to you and your endeavor! :)
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