My Cup of Tea

So far, I have 12 active blogs around the net. I love writing, it's my way of life, my favorite hang out. But now I feel guilty because I cannot update all the sites I created due to limited time in the net. Besides, I just want to write some personal kinks, concerns, experience and just about anything that happens in my day now so I am concentrating more here than researching topics for my other sites. I normally do some research and lots of readings everyday to update my "serious" blogsites like GLOBAL AFFAIRS, WEDDING GUIDE, ROYAL WORLD, CASTLES OF EUROPE. Since I cannot do it on a daily basis anymore because I am busy working on other things I am planning to delete some of these sites. The main reason why I created so many blogs is that I don't want to mess up my personal blog with so many entries with different, unrelated topics so I segregated it based on niche.  Now I want to just concentrate on four niches: TRAVEL, ROYALTY, WEDDING and this personal...

Another great milestone! TIMELINE OF MY GRADUATE SCHOOL LIFE December 2009 After encountering an agonizing episode of humiliation, I began looking at my life  seriously. Why I allowed myself to be hurt and why I hopelessly clung to that rope of hope when everything was just a shadow of my illusion? So I decided to  create another plan for my journey. At that moment, I realized I don't need anyone to "uplift" my spirit, I don't need any anchor to make my life complete and happy, I must do it  alone. That's when I decided to go back to school to get what I wanted in life. March 2010 I decided not to quit my job in the university until I obtain a masteral degree. It's too complicated to start a new job in another company while pursuing graduate studies. June 2010 I spent hours in a day contemplating where to enrol for MBA, so I asked several people for some enlightenment. One of them advised me to think hard about myself and the futur...

This is our graduation song. So nice and meaningful. It describes my personal intention of "soaring high" with my dreams and aspirations in life :-P I Now is the time, to follow the wind, to walk alone And a star will show the way, above the clouds, beyond the sea. II And now is the time, and now and farewell, and as we part You taught me well, you gave me strength, you showed the way, I'll not forget you. Chorus Like an eagle I will soar above the clouds I will spread my wings and fly into the sun Like an eagle I will race above the stars I will fly to places yet unseen, go beyond my wildest dreams Know that you are watching over me . III And all alone, I will follow the stars above, as my guide As my guide, I trust in you, to show the way to me, beyond the sea. Repeat II and Chorus Bridge: Alone, I can fly with the eagle to the mountain high Race with the eagle so far beyond my dreams Like an eagle I will fly. Repeat Chorus Coda: Like an e...

An incredibly hot Sunday!! The overtly warm temperature, sweltering heat of the summer sun annoyingly penetrated my skin that even beyond 5:00 in the afternoon my body seemed in convulsion. The weather is getting worst everyday felt like I am being roasted alive in my room. As the sun rises, my mind is in great agony again where to spend my noon and afternoon time especially if there's no work because I cannot tolerate any longer the rising temperature in my room.  I wanted to curse those people who were responsible in cutting the two trees near our boarding house fronting my room window. Why they cut it when it was the only shed that could protect us from this awful hot condition?Haaaay climate change is really a man-made catastrophe.

It's just so appalling to think how some people become so self-centered nowadays. Bitterly complaining publicly that they've been hurt, insulted, criticized, maligned and God knows what else. Are they trying to say they are the innocent party? Why they felt such things when they too are doing it to others and even worst? I've been hurt many times, bullied, humiliated, rejected, received insult, exploited, used, belittled, damaging my self-esteem and self-confidence in the process, but I never harbour bad feelings even if the humiliation was injurious. I learned to forgive and forget because I wanted to save what is left for the friendship, I counted the good times and the niceties. I never look on the rough side because I know people by nature are good. So I got up and discard life's unfairness. I don't usually washed dirty linen in public, I never made my disgust very public, as much as possible I want to keep things privately, with just myself. I try to lif...

I am literally drawn with Legend of the Seeker!:-P For the past two weeks I did not watch anything, not even television shows, other than Legend of the Seeker on DVD. This series was cancelled in 2010 after two seasons and 46 episodes so it's a bit frustrating. I am surprised why it was discontinued when it generated millions of followers around the world and  lots of fans were begging for the renewal of the series! But still I am not losing hope, I am confident one day, Legend will be resurrected if not on television maybe on the big screen!! I loved each character the fantasy, the magic, the wizardry stuff, the rolling hills of New Zealand where the series was shot, the scenic valleys and wild forest and yes the love story of Richard and Kahlan. Zed and Cara were equally wonderful and the boy listener was so incredibly great and talented, I truly adored that boy! Haaaay!Whenever I am into something I threw my attention into it as if it is the most precious thing in t...

What a beautiful day!  I haven't uttered this phrase for such a long time, but today I feel great, yes, life has never been so wonderful and exciting! I don't know what it is, but right now I am inspired and very grateful with all the blessings I received, deep inside, I am truly happy no doubt about it. Next week will be our graduation day and from then on, I will be soaring high realizing my dreams and desires for a fulfilling life ahead to a new place where I know I would be reaching a new milestone.  Today, I am so amazed with this little creature, a brown butterfly. It hovers around me when I entered the office at first I am a little nervous because back in the province some folks acknowledged a butterfly as a symbol of death or sickness and all the morbid stuff they can think about. For a moment, I stood at the door glancing at the butterfly hoping it would go away. To my complete surprise it followed me inside, gosh so scary!! Until this afternoon, th...

Maybe I am too engrossed watching Legend of the Seeker series on DVD and could not get over with the magic and charm of adventure and fantasy but right now it seemed there's a part of me that has been released from the "spell" that incarcerated my system for the past years, a spell that almost destroy my self confidence and my self-worth and now finally it is lifted. It's just so funny to think but "spell", "magic", "tricks" we only heard from fantasy adventure stories can be so real at times. It seems we are bounded by a certain form of "spell" that made us to live as if somebody is controlling us, somebody is manipulating us and during those times that we are under this state we are unable to separate reasons from sentiments because we're so stupid to believe that what we currently see or feel is real but when that spell is lifted everything becomes very clear. But of course life is a journey and with this, comes m...

Promotional Poster of Legend of the Seeker My mind is at peace now, thank God! I passed my comprehensive exam and filed an application for graduation last April 8.  Now, I am sorting things out, contemplating, pondering with my fate, mapping plans, making up my mind where to go after graduation. I am eager to explore the world and ready to give up my comfort zone to take more challenging things in life. After the toxic weeks of taking comprehensive exam, finally I can rest my tired brain and body with nothing to think about except where to go this summer hehe! Last April 9 (since it was a holiday), I checked my DVD collection and noticed the first season of the Legend of the Seeker . This is quite funny  because I had this DVD two years ago but had no time to watch it. So after taking my lunch, I immediately pulled my laptop and started my series marathon :-D Legend of the Seeker is a fantasy adventure genre and loosely based on the Sword of Truth book wri...

Last April 3, Wednesday, was my birthday. Well, it's not really a grand thing to me, everytime my birthday arrives I just treat it as a very ordinary day just like the rest of the days in a year. I hate throwing a celebration or treating people to a meal because it's too stressful and costly, I prefer to celebrate it privately.   But one thing I truly treasured during my birthday is the shower of affection from the people in my circle. Birthday greeting is one. I find it very touching and sweet. I am so grateful some of my friends always remember my birthday even without reminding them hehe! It's an indication that they valued and loved me unconditionally. One of my sweetest and closest friends in life who is like a sister to me is Helen Montero . she is so wonderful, a true friend in the real sense of the word. I am always touch with her unique kindness. She is now working in United Arab Emirates  but every year when my birthday comes, she never fail to gi...

I'd never felt such heavy emotions in my life only these past few weeks. Lots of emotional encounter happened, from my frustrating comprehensive exams to a bickering showdown with a friend who never valued me "pala" as a friend, well, at least I knew it finally. But life is absolutely fantastic and wonderful to be wasted on crap things. One thing I love about my personality is the way I handled stress and agonizing situations. Ever since in my life I never let ugly things intervene my happy dispositions. I just treated every bad encounter as part of personal growth, part of being human. Pain and sufferings are normal, it makes life worth living, it makes me able to sort out things logically. I am quite used to pain and sufferings so I have this very balanced view about my existence and my environment and I hope I could use it to my best advantage. I am tough enough to face tribulations in the future. Whatever happens, I know God is always there for me to guide...

It's the first week of April! Things did not go as I planned but that's God's well and I have no right to protest or complain but I am confident everything happens for a reason and whatever reason it is I know it's for my own good, no one can go against God's wishes, He knows what's best for us :-) But I am soaring high, full of hope and inspired more to dream big things in life. I am super excited with what's coming in the next few months and praying hard I can finally get what I want in life. Yesterday, while updating my diary entries in my laptop, I was surprised how I'd undergone several mishaps in the last few weeks, how I'd bounced back from humiliation and realized important things I need to accomplish. I finally made up my mind to explore the other side of the universe. I know I am capable of doing it. Tomorrow is another day, life is great to be wasted on useless things. God is so good all the time!