In My Own World

I used to love this time of the year—Halloween. This is probably one of the things that I always anticipate every year, but that was before.  We used to spend 'Undas' in Talahib because my grandparents' tombs are in Pisa (which is about 30-45 minutes boat ride away from Talahib). I always looked forward going to Talahib because I'd get to see my cousins again, we can play and we can swim again. One of the fondest memories I had with my cousins was when we used to watch a horror TV show. After watching, we will scare our younger cousins through repeatedly saying the name of the ghost in the show that we watched, especially when it's dark and the power was out. It was so fun to do. Although in all honesty, I was also scared. I was just good at faking it. 😁 One of the things that I also remember was when we were in elementary. In our school, before halloween we will go to almost every house in our barangay, and we would sing in front of it. It's basically just lik...

According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, love and belonging were placed in the middle of the pyramid before esteem and self actualization. That means that to have confidence in oneself, one must feel that they are loved and that they belong. Have you heard one of Ava Max's songs with the title 'So Am I?' The opening lines go like this: Do you ever feel like a misfit?  Everything inside you is dark and twisted  Oh, but it's okay to be different  'Cause baby, so am I How about Simple Plan's 'Welcome To My Life?'  Do you ever feel like breaking down?  Do you ever feel out of place?  Like somehow you just don't belong  And no one understands you Kinda sucks when you feel like you don't belong, isn't it? That's when you start to question your self-worth. It feels like you always have to prove yourself just to feel like you belong. You undervalue yourself because you think that you aren't enough, or will never be enough. It seems like ...

Each one of us has our own unique ways on how we respond with things that are happening around us. On the other hand, some people have set their expectation on how we're supposed to react on a certain thing. And when we failed to react the way we're "supposed" to react, that's when they begin to give their unwanted opinion. I know that we all have the liberty to give opinions, but why? Is it really necessary? Don't you have anything more important to do with your life? The things that make us happy don't make other people happy and vice versa. The things that make other people sad don't make us sad and vice versa. There are things that we value the most, but to others they serve a little or no importance. There are also some things that annoy us, but to other people they don't even care in the slightest. The things that disappoint us don't even make sense to others. There are things that might seem scary for us that other people find amusing. T...

Although there is no such thing as perfect, I'm a dreamer so "perfect" exists in my own universe. 😀 My idea of a perfect day will be a break from my usual daily routine. I will consider it to be a perfect day if someone invites me to go on a roadtrip, or an out of town trip, or maybe an out of the country trip (for a day? why not😆).  A perfect day for me will be a day where I spend most of the time laughing so hard and binge eating until I die. LOL. Kidding aside, a good company combined with good food will really make a perfect day. I want a day wherein I wouldn't mind even if I'm not at home by 9:00 PM— a day where I don't want to care about the time. I want to spend my day taking photos of all the activities that I did the whole day and/or of every beautiful sceneries that I saw.  I want a day wherein even if my plans didn't work I would still find the turn of events amusing rather than disappointing. I want to be with people who can stay relaxed and ...

Last Monday, September 27, after 8526423962 years 😆 finally I got my first dose of covid-19 vaccine. When I woke up that morning, I really had no idea that I will be vaccinated that day. It was only after we had our lunch when my sister-in-law saw a post of one of our Barangay officials informing those who belong to the A5 category who wanted to get vaccinated to go to the vaccination site. My brother also told my mother that there are only a few people there, and that instantly convinced me to grab the chance and get vaccinated already.  Fortunately, when I arrived at the vaccination site I didn't have to line up to get a form because there are really only a few people there. I arrived there at almost 3:00 in the afternoon and I got vaccinated at almost 4:00. It was fast and a very smooth process and I loved that I didn't have to take a very long line.  (When I got home and saw this photo I checked on the internet the normal pulse rate of a person, and I realized that I almo...