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2018 is the Year of Allowing
Yes, yes I know. Resolutions are typically posted immediately following the New Year, not when you’re right smack in the middle of summer, almost halfway into the year. But this isn’t a resolution per se. It’s a realization that I had a while back. What do I mean by allowing here? It’s the same concept repeated over and over in The Secret or other courses in the law of attraction, such as that of Ask and It Is Given by Abraham Hicks. Basically, you create your own reality and for this to happen you have to “allow” it to happen. But for the majority of people, this is an abstract…
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I have a boyfriend and I still travel solo
As Filipinos, being in a group is the norm. We live in packs. In here, I tend to be the odd one out. At the office, I’d frequently take lunches alone and people would come up to me concerned, asking whether I’m with someone else. I admit that sometimes I feel defensive and I give random reasons because saying “I want to be” doesn’t seem to be enough. In the same line, despite being in a relationship, I also travel solo (Read: Coron and Dumaguete-Siqujor). My experience is that people would often pepper me with questions, asking why I am alone, whether I’m single or heartbroken, whether I’m in a…
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A year in review: All the GOOD THINGS about 2016
I wanted to post about a 2016 year-end review but got stuck for weeks. It’s not that I didn’t have any ideas, it’s just that I wanted it to be positive and at the same reflective of my personal journey this year. I think everybody is aware that 2016 has been challenging. Or crazy, whatever you want to label it. Because of my background, I see it differently. In numerology, 2016 is the end of a 9-year cycle, which means cleansing in various aspects of life. In the esoteric field, 2016 is marked by energy shifts and changes from old systems to new ones. In short: everything that happened this…
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Finding Love on the Road
Excuse me for a while as I discuss, not destinations we’ve recently explored or discovered, but a topic that is nonetheless close to my heart: love. My friends would often joke about the perks of traveling, specifically meeting a special person unexpectedly on a seemingly ordinary out-of-town (or country) trip, a common fantasy likened to Jesse meeting Celine on a train ride or, if you’d prefer it, Mace meeting Anthony in the airport. During these discussions, Hali and I would often be cited as a real-life example. Hali and I met through travel. Specifically, it was in a voluntourism event in Jomalig Island last summer, where we were both volunteers. I signed…
