It was raining and driving around the metro I saw people in bikes and motorcycles drenched in water, fighting through the rain. And then at an intersection, a man with one leg approached to ask for money, I didn’t give any. I was thinking, about […]
All posts tagged “life”
Why So Many Filipinos Are So Damn Caring
I have been thinking about this question for years (since I was a kid actually) and I still do not have the answer to it. I don’t think I will be able to answer it definitively, just like I will probably never be able to […]
It Gets Better
The year 2014 started a bit rough for me. The guy I started seeing in January told me that I will never find someone who will treat me better than he did when I broke up with him in early May. It was probably the worst […]
How Do You Measure the Quality of Life?
The thing you have to understand is that people have different ways or ideas of measuring the quality of life. Moving to Dubai almost six years ago, I did not have a plan. Three years later, I woke up and questioned what I was doing […]
Spoiler Alert
Everyone has annoying habits that most of the time we don’t notice until someone points it out. Then your illusions shatter. You focus on it. I’m talking about that person next to you chewing loudly, that person who types on their keyboard as if it’s […]
On secrets, being alone and finding an escape
What we see is just the surface. The internet is not for the faint-hearted. I stopped reading comments on online news and Facebook posts because it drives me nuts. Last week on Quora, I stumbled upon this question, “Why Are There So Many Filipinos in Dubai?”, the […]
Turning 29
I’m turning twenty-nine in three days and here are some of the things I learned or realized… I can go to the bar alone without feeling awkward. I learned to appreciate the taste of beer and wine but most importantly fell more in love with […]
The Lemonade
Remember Hannah Brencher‘s Stop Sleeping with Liars? Well, I was thinking about it today and how I find myself having plenty of time doing nothing but double (if not triple) booking my appointments. I find myself with tons of activities on my calendar and not doing them all. I’m […]
Morning Pages, Brian Tracy and an Angel
It’s crazy how easy it is to meet new people. What’s crazier is how you feel connected to them even though they’re basically strangers. I met up with a friend who I haven’t seen for almost a year and we talked about books, movies, travelling […]
Just leave it
I think one of the most important things one must realize and master before they turn 30 is the ability to control oneself. To take over your own feelings. It’s always been like this, remember in One Tree Hill, Peyton used to say, “People always leave”, […]