It’s no secret that I’m a workaholic. I don’t really like to admit it because I also like to have fun, but I’m starting to realise the truth that I really am obsessed with working. What can I do? I need to work in order to afford the lifestyle that I have, and in order to afford living in different countries. However, how does one find the perfect…
On days that I feel really bored or uninspired or genuinely lonely for the road, I just scroll through my camera roll and smile as memories come flooding. It's been such a busy month for me, but finally, here I am about to continue writing and reminiscing about my life in Mexico.…
I learned a lot of things from the past few years, and one thing that stuck with me is how I only needed to be absolutely in love with my own body, and how to be a genuine and authentic person. To heck with people’s opinions. I wanted to be true to myself, and I wanted to know what sparked joy and what didn’t.…
Last April, I got back to the Philippines after a long journey from Colombia. Both countries are on the opposite sides of the hemisphere, and it's been such a tough time accepting that my South American journey was over. Just like that, it was done, and I was home. I kept on asking myself how this happened, but it's life. Sometimes the journey comes into an unexpected halt.…
There are people in my life whom I considered to be some of my 'greatest friends'. These are people whom, I think, would have my back...or would even bail me out when worst comes to worst. But lately it got me thinking, would I really trust them with that one phone call to bail me out or would they not have my back after all?…
Being back home in the Philippines for about half a year now (woah, crazy) has been making me miss México and my life there all the more. The simple pleasures of going into cafés to work, walking in parques, and just cooking for my housemates. These are simple things that I miss and long to do once more.…
If there is one person from the Bible whose faith I greatly admire, it would be Job. Why? Well everything was drastically taken away from him: his children, his fortune, and even his health. Yet, he chose to trust the Lord and to trust that there will be better days ahead.…
I know I have been posting a lot of ‘throwback’ travel diaries. But what are we to do, really? There are not much places to go to these days because the threat of COVID-19 is still very much existing. Instead, I am reminding myself of the better days spent travelling and the even better days heading our way very, very soon. My last ‘normal’ stop before the pandemic…
Yesterday my family and I were supposed to go out for dinner. But then my brother screamed as soon as we locked the house, "No! My face mask!" Ah, face masks. Then I realised that this was our new 'normal'.…
These past few weeks have been such a struggle for me, mental health wise. There would be days when I would feel like not doing anything, then I would be mad and anxious because I feel like I am not doing productive things. It is a constant battle within myself, and I do not think that this whole quarantine season has been helpful at all…