So I just played my first game of basketball in a long time last night. We had our bouts of ups and downs, bad calls by the ref, and all that stuff, but I was so surprised at how important winning was to all of my teammates. As a Wednesday church league, you’d figure the people to be more mature and really see beyond the winning and losing, because for me, winning isn’t everything. But they beg to differ. Winning is everything to them. I guess I get it though, they see life as a bunch of winners and losers, and they always want to be the winners. I guess they don’t buy into the “everyone’s a winner” saying either. But am I wrong for not thinking winning is everything? Because to me, it’s what you get out the situation that makes you a winner every time. Whether I win or lose, I learn something. Whether it’s something big or something little, there is always something I can take away from each situation I’m in. Plus, losing is part of life. You can’t rationally expect to win or succeed in everything you do. Failure is expected sometimes. Losing is expected.…
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It’s okay to do what you want to do, until it’s time to do what you’re meant to do.
Isn’t weird how people know what they want, when the reality is that they really don’t? What they really know is what they don’t want, and then they assume that what they want is the things they don’t don’t want. Confusing, right? Yeah, I lost myself too. But it is frustrating to hear people say, you’re too young, you don’t know what you want. You don’t know what to be. You need to venture out into the world and explore. And then there are those people who seem to know you more than you know yourself. Well, I’m young. But I know what I want. I know what I’m meant to do. I’m not expecting myself to live up to all my expectation, I’m not expecting to fulfill all my goals, but I do expect myself to try my best to get them. I do expect many many obstacles. I do expect verging off the path once in a while. It’s going to happen, because life is never what you expect it to be. But I am meant to be better than any temptation or obstacle that gets in my way. I am meant to be stronger and wiser. I…
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Goodbye Philippines :(
I finally ended my vacation… And at this realization, I am reunited with the oh so familiar sadness that I feel when leaving family once again. That feeling of emptiness that you just can’t explain. That feeling of loss that you feel when you realize that you will not see those who truly love you for another year or two. I’m gonna miss them. The cousins, the titos and titas, the lolas and all the close friends that we see every time we visit. It’s sad because I am so happy when I am with them. It’s completely different from the close friends I have acquired here because the happiness I have with them is completely temporary. I can’t predict how close we’ll be or how long we will see each other. I can’t say that our relationship will be lifelong. At least when I’m with family, I can always reassure myself that they’ll always be there. That no matter how long we don’t see each other, we can always count on the fact that our blood will always connect us with each other. It’s not easy for me, to separate like this so frequently and for such a long period of time. I…
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The Adventures of a Local Scaredy Cat
Yesterday, I believe I had quite an adventure. You see, my mother had asked me to buy these tamarind candies. So she sent me to Cash and Carry supermarket, and to my surprise, I did not find them. Of course, right?? God was telling me, you’re not going to get them that easy. So, we went to Ong Pin, Aila, Kuya Alvin and me, which of course is pretty scary considering that all the people in that area are very sketchy and the odor is extremely disgusting. It’s like a mix of peepee and rotten garbage everywhere, and so of course I would make sure every step I took was a safe step on dry land. (Cause you know you stepping on a wet spot may mean an intolerable smell all the way home. )Well, I’ve only been in the area a couple of times with my mommy and of course, I had the great responsibility of remembering the way to the market where we bought the candy. Having the great sense of direction that I have, we almost got lost. Fail. I found myself saying, “ummm this is familiar go through here,” and “I’m pretty sure we turned through…
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Singapore/Hong Kong trip
All right, so I’m finally getting back to my blog after all of my trips and I have to say, the jetsetter thing is extremely tiring. We spent a week in Singapore where we enjoyed a lot of sightseeing, shopping and family bonding. It’s so clean in Singapore!! It’s ten times better than US, and no offense, the people seem to be a bit nicer there too. We went with my grandma’s, so the heavy touring was limited, but nonetheless, we had a very chill vacation with Tita and Tito, so it was still a very good experience. So all in all, the major places we saw were the Merlion, Singapore Zoo, and Ocean Park, which were all pretty cool. The whole time we commuted, so we took the LRT, which are those electric railed trains that travel above the city, and the MRT, which is like the subway. I seriously got those to mixed up for a while. Another thing that I enjoyed very much was the food. They had these Kopitiam thingies where you could order noodles, or get those point-point foods where you literally point at which foods you like, and a separate drinks place. I don’t…