The Ocean of My Being

Anj tagged me. Salamat, Anj! :) Simple Pleasures of Life Instructions: Name ten of life’s simple pleasures that you like the most, then pick ten people to do the same. Try to be original and creative and not to use things that someone else has already used. 1) curling up with a good book 2) feeling the drops of water from the shower as they touch my skin 3) discovering or learning about something new or something that i didn't know a single thing about 4) sitting alone just watching people and/or things around me 5) receiving a letter (snail mail) from friends and family 6) finding a book i've been looking for for the longest time at a book sale (especially if the book's in crisp condition) 7) playing with cats 8) exchanging stories with my sisters and my brothers 9) bonding with my mom and/or my dad 10) having an interesting conversation I tag: Not ten people, but anyone (especially from my Into Blogging section) who takes pleasure in the simple things.

After living in Metro Manila for almost five years, the time has come for me to bid the place goodbye. My stay in this big, busy metropolis has come to an end. I've always known it was just temporary, but I just can't help but feel a little sad. After all, this place has been home for the past four and a half years. I've always hated goodbyes and the fact that I'd be saying goodbye to this place is just around the corner doesn't make me too happy. Sure, I'm excited to go back home where I truly belong, but Metro Manila, after all these years, has slowly become a part of me, a part of who I am now, so that I feel like I'll be leaving a big part of me behind when I leave. I'm happy to finally be able to move on to another chapter in my life; part of me wants to just hold on and stay. Sure, I will still visit Manila and see my friends from time to time, but it just won't be the same. I'd be a visitor, an alien in the city. I won't be pa...

It feels like it's been years since I last blogged. Our internet connection here has been quite erratic these past days so I haven't been on-line as much as I used to. I've also been catching up with my reading and doing a lot of "thinking" lately that there's hardly any time for me to actually go on line. Also, I've been writing a lot in my "written" journal. That one's more personal (or should I say too personal compared to this one) than my blog. Writing in my journal serves as my refuge when I don't know what to do or when I don't understand things happening around me any longer and when I just need to let my feelings out. I've never been the type of person who would actually bare everything to another person, be s/he my closest friend or a member of my family. Having a journal really helps me a lot. There are times when there are a million and one ideas and thoughts in my mind that if I don't get down to write them,...