My self-appreciating post

March 2011

In Philippine time, I am already eighteen while it's just 11:43ish here in California, I can't really say I'm an adult yet. Technically, however, I am already eighteen as I was born in the Philippines. Anyway, I am not making this post to say "Yahoo! I am eighteen. I can leave the house, buy my lottery tickets and wish I will become a millionaire each day." I am actually not looking forward to the adult world. It is a scary place. There are lots of responsibilities. The safety walls that the society had built for me is now being toppled down and I am expected to act as a responsible woman. It is crazy but I know that as day would pass by, I will always be the immature woman. I just want to point out the importance of having that childish side in you. There's nothing wrong acting strange and making funny faces. It is always about living life. At the end of the day, life is not about how much money you have in the bank or how many hands you shook that day. I believe that it is making the most out of every day. If you know you did your best while having fun, then it was a complete day. The song "A Million Lives" by Jake Miller captures the importance of life itself. The song lyric which said "I haven't made a million but I've touched a million lives" is something that touched my heart. It is not bad to make this as my goal right? A big dream, as you may say, but there's nothing wrong with dreaming, right? But mind you, I'll do my best to achieve that. maybe I can touch the lives of ants? who knows? but honestly? I really do wish I can inspire many someday. I hope I will. :)

Also, it is unusual for the birthday person to pause and allow herself to appreciate the long way that she has been through and the hurdles she successfully jumped and tripped from. So, I will use this space to tell myself on how lucky I am to be the person that I am today.Sounds weird but I feel like I am really lucky. If the 8-year old chi would meet me, I know she would be proud of me. I know it is too soon to really say these things but it doesn't hurt to tell this to yourself, right? I love myself. You should too! :) I know that if you would be given a chance to restart life again, I know you would still choose to be yourself. Love yourself and everything will fall perfectly. I promise :)

It's never too late to love yourself! :)

So, this is just my rant for the day. I felt the need to update my blog since I have been busy over deciding to post my Philippines trip since I have gazillion of photos that I want to share! However, my confusion over a topic threw me off. So, I guess we'll see how it goes. :)