since my tweener years, i have wanted to live abroad. study and work there. for me, the real life is out there. it not situated in the burrows of my barrio life riding jeepneys and walking into knee-high floods back at home. i felt i am destined to a suburban area, going to coffee shops, meeting friends at a local pub or something.
blame it to century-old colonial mentality, i just assumed that i can be better by having a different nationality. with all the negative publicity we are flashing the whole world, i have somehow lost some love for my nationality.
recently, i discovered a website that sets up conversations with strangers. of course, the asl part is always there. in this present times, a lot of racists still exists. that is when i found out, that my being filipino is still a lot cooler than being the citizen from where i am now. it is just heartbreaking sometimes that a lot of people do not want to associate with people they consider to be inferior, uneducated or just totally lower with their status/standards.
i met a dutch, younger than me, who is really cool. i also met a korean girl who is like a younger sister to me. somehow, little by little, i am coming out of my comfort zone and starting to experience the world. it makes me feel that sooner or later, i might meet my love of my life.
at the end of each conversation, image is everything. the world pays an important attention to what we project.
i hope i am projecting myself the right way.
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
What Should I Do with My Life?
To accomplish my project, certain things are needed to be asked, done and acquired. For this post, I will be talking about my first material- a book.
Last Monday, I accompanied my sister at a nearby mall to help her look for gifts to give her boyfriend’s mom for birthday. While waiting for her to arrive from work, I set to find by myself the gifts she might be interested in giving. Upon doing the search, I entered Book Sale and scanned for books that might interest me. Normally, I end up finding nothing. No book, magazine or novel that would really catch my attention or most of the time, I don’t have the money to spend for that find.
I started with the magazines and then I went to the section for medical books. Of course, I am still a medically-inclined person and I tried looking for a drug handbook that I may use in my work. Well, I found one but it is too expensive! Why not look for other books? So I proceeded and found a red book. It struck me like the book was telling me “Get me! I am the one you needed!” Picking up the book, I fell in love with it and immediately bought it. The title and the central theme of the book is this- What Should I Do with My Life?
The book is by Po Bronson who, also had to ask the question to himself. He said, “We all have passions if we choose to see them. Most of us don’t get epiphanies. We don’t get clarity. Our purpose doesn’t arrive neatly packaged as destiny. We only get a whisper. A blank, nonspecific urge. That’s how it starts.”
Why in the world would a book appear to me in the middle of my mental journey for the meaning of my life? Divine intervention? Probably. All I can say is that I am enjoying the book right now. I have taken notes for words of wisdom that somehow knock at my heart and soul. Helpful? Definitely. I would like to leave you with these words from the book:
“Sometimes, what you’re not good at is the place to start. Learning to do it, and do it well, might fix the problem.”
Last Monday, I accompanied my sister at a nearby mall to help her look for gifts to give her boyfriend’s mom for birthday. While waiting for her to arrive from work, I set to find by myself the gifts she might be interested in giving. Upon doing the search, I entered Book Sale and scanned for books that might interest me. Normally, I end up finding nothing. No book, magazine or novel that would really catch my attention or most of the time, I don’t have the money to spend for that find.
I started with the magazines and then I went to the section for medical books. Of course, I am still a medically-inclined person and I tried looking for a drug handbook that I may use in my work. Well, I found one but it is too expensive! Why not look for other books? So I proceeded and found a red book. It struck me like the book was telling me “Get me! I am the one you needed!” Picking up the book, I fell in love with it and immediately bought it. The title and the central theme of the book is this- What Should I Do with My Life?
The book is by Po Bronson who, also had to ask the question to himself. He said, “We all have passions if we choose to see them. Most of us don’t get epiphanies. We don’t get clarity. Our purpose doesn’t arrive neatly packaged as destiny. We only get a whisper. A blank, nonspecific urge. That’s how it starts.”
Why in the world would a book appear to me in the middle of my mental journey for the meaning of my life? Divine intervention? Probably. All I can say is that I am enjoying the book right now. I have taken notes for words of wisdom that somehow knock at my heart and soul. Helpful? Definitely. I would like to leave you with these words from the book:
“Sometimes, what you’re not good at is the place to start. Learning to do it, and do it well, might fix the problem.”
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