I recently got into the on-and-off practice of writing a gratitude list as part of my meditation every night before going to sleep. Although I've always been thankful to God and the universe for all the big blessings that enters my life, I realized that this is not enough. It's actually the small things that keep me happy, such as a small raise ( Read more... )

Today, I officially became a World Vision Philippines child sponsor. I contribute a certain amount quarterly to World Vision in order to help Ma, a 6-year-old girl from Antique, until her high school years ( Read more... )

A few hours ago, I got the results of my compre exams. I passed three of my subjects, yay! But I failed in one. So that means I'm still going to retake that subject, Philippine Literary History and Tradition, next term, around June to July. No thesis for me yet.
Of course, I would have wanted to pass the whole thing in one take. I'm really not used ( Read more... )

I seldom rant about my parents here, otherwise I would have ranted about them all day. Especially my father. I'm not particularly close to him. In fact, I'm a mama's girl, maybe because I grew up with my mom and my dad was working in Saudi when I was a kid. And also, he was the strict disciplinarian type. My friends in high school and college were ( Read more... )

I posted a recent entry here about giving myself an ultimatum with regard to getting a job. Basically, I said there that if I'm still not making my target salary after my compre exams, I would find a *real* job. By real, I mean getting my ass off the couch and really commuting (yikes) and committing to an 8-5 job somewhere in Makati, Ortigas, or ( Read more... )

Today, I decided to start on my goal of Inbox Zero in a spur of the moment fashion. Maybe I'm just really skilled at procrastinating, because I started doing it while in the middle of writing an article. Whatever. The goal is Inbox Zero, and here are some random realizations/discoveries/reminiscences while getting rid of my Gmail clutter ( Read more... )

It's the 15th today! Eric and I have been together for 18 months already. Wait, I haven't mentioned him here, have I? What a douchebag girlfriend. I'm just happy, that's all. I seldom write when I'm happy because I'd rather live in the moment than write. When I'm sad, that's when I find an outlet in writing. "Bihirang maisulat ang kaligayahan," as ( Read more... )

Happy new year! I love New Years precisely because of that feel of a new beginning, even though we all know that every day is really a new beginning. There is something monumental about the Earth finally doing one full revolution around the sun after 365/366 days that we just want to turn over a new leaf and do things right this time. I myself have ( Read more... )

There are still so many people who are dying of starvation. I've donated already, but it's not enough. We need to push further. Relief goods are not reaching some towns for some reason. I don't want to think that the soulless government officials are taking advantage of this situation; it's just too unbearable. Have some heart. My God, I hope this ( Read more... )

Just last Friday, the Philippines was struck by one of the worst typhoons ever recorded in history, the super typhoon Haiyan. In the Philippines, we call it Yolanda. Yolanda's visit was short as it lasted only for more or less 24 hours, but the devastation that it caused was massive. Sure, our country is used to getting whipped by storms of all ( Read more... )