free falling! Finally on vacation!

After a few hours of zip and zapping some last minute work matters, I found myself loitering around NAIA terminal 3 with no clear direction. Where was I to go? I have to wait another eight more hours before the flight and the check-in counters won't be open until 8PM!

I could not help but remember the conversation I had with my dad when he drove me off to the office this morning.

"So, this trip of yours.. Are you free falling?"

"Sorry dad. What do you mean?"

"You know, nagkuha ka tour package or bahala na kung diin ka lang matupa?" (Did you get a tour package or are you going wherever the wind takes you?)

"Uhmmmm, yes I think. But nag-Google nako sang places to go ko but no clear itinerary. Yet." (Yes, I already Googled some places to go but I don't have a clear itinerary yet.)

Then he went on telling me to eat a lot when I get there - all the glorious local produce and their meat. Mom, being the mom that is, told me to shop for new clothes. To date, this is the first time that my parents have really positive send off messages. For the past three vacations that I had overseas, mom would tell me not to eat too much and dad would remind me to avoid impulse buying. Funny, right?

Anyway, I digress. I guess dad was right. I was gonna free fall; leaving it all up to the wind and wherever it takes me. It feels like jumping off a cliff with no idea of how deep it is and whether a pack of lions is waiting at the end of it, drooling and with their mouths open. I don't know but I guess it would feel awesome - letting all fear and doubt roll off your shoulders and just surrendering to gravity, not one muscle in your body trying to go against it.

I guess it would feel good. I think it would be really nice to let go once in a while; to stop gripping too tightly on the handlebars of control and just swing about. What do you think?

There's one way to find out and when I do, I'll happily share it with you. See you in a few, Sydney!

on an all-nighter!

2009 and as fresh a daisy!

Throwback to 2009 when all-nighters were a thing. That picture was actually taken when I was doing my term abroad in Providence University (hence the really interesting backdrop). Back then, going all night felt like a pre-requisite to passing. It didn't feel right if you just snoozed off a night before an exam. I don't know if it's just me or my roommates but we'd always find each other in our corners at 3am, groggy and in pajamas but determined to reflect on some Heidegger or to try to understand the the two-step reaction that happens in between ammonia and halogenoalkanes.

My beloved partners-in-crime, Mahnaz and Nikki (and yes, pizza)

Fast forward to today. My mom asked me to help her out with some stuff she needs for work and I also had to do some stuff for my work, as well. Stormed out of the house to get a late-night coffee fix and boom, boom, boom! There goes my Sunday night. Not that I hate it, it's the other way around. I feel that I'm most productive in evenings when I could focus on the task at hand. Throughout the day, it's like your shield is always up - a ready defense for whatever the day throws at you. In the evening, you can just let your hair down and think. Reflect. Focus.

Anyway, it's already 4:20am and geez, I'll be leaving by 5am! Time to grab some zzz's. I guess! Well, goodbye for now. Let's go!

making a new blog!

Hello!

Welcome to my new page! It's been a while since I had a public online journal and well, here I am back to the grind!

My first blog was created 10 years ago and I cannot believe that I've been blogging for a decade now! No, I actually did not stop blogging. I continued that very first blog of mine (which continues to be online up to this day). I've been thinking of a relaunch since a couple of years back but then I realized that I kinda don't want to bring back to life all the careless, shameless rants of a 15 year-old me. Good heavens, no. You do not want to read those!

Anyway, this blog will be a chronicle of motion. About things that continue to move and change. About things that continue to make us wonder and wander. About thoughts that inspire questions and answers that enable us to either think better or think more. About people who never fail to stop and experience life as it should be - one filled with learning, sharing and loving.

Here's to another 10 years (or more) of blogging! I'm so happy to share with you how I try to live, love and just go. Let's go!