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Another year will come to pass and for this, I'm eternally grateful. To be able to live another year is a pretty good milestone already. 2019. The year I was undone and was rebuilt. The year I knew the people who will fight to keep me in their lives and those who'll fall thru when the storm comes. 28 years of existence in this beautiful world full of twists and turns but always, always moving forward and ever changing. For once, at the closing of the year... I'm happy and content. It was indeed a tough year for me, so to speak. I have fought quite a few battles and I'm thankful that I emerged from it victorious, in my own little ways. Let me share  the most memorable ones... 2019 was the year I took a leap of faith in terms of my career. I came in a foreign land for a little over a year but I found myself dissatisfied with what I was doing. I was constantly looking for "something more" in my career, it felt like I was rotting my brain out on the n...

Paano ka nga ba maalala? Kapag swerte ka, tatlong beses sa isang taon.  Kung okay ka lang, isang beses. 1 in 365 or 3 in 365. Depende kung paano ka nakilala, minahal o nabuhay. Mga bagay na tumatakbo sa isip ko sa araw na ito.  Una. Birthday mo. Araw kung kailan ka nabuhay sa mundo. Marami ang makakaalala lalo na kung naka-set ito sa Facebook profile mo. Ipapaalala ito sa notification bar ng mga kapamilya, kaibigan, followers, acquaintances at mga estranghero na "huy, birthday nya, batiin mo!" Eto ang buhay sa technology enabled na mundo, kahit sino makakaalala ng birthday mo. Pangalawa. November 1. Syempre, sa lahat ng mga araw, eto siguro yung sure win, lahat maalala ka, syempre, araw mo 'to eh. Pinakaantay ng lahat, dadalaw, iinom, magre-reunion. This is your day, the day that everyone gathers to remember you and everyone else who needs to be remembered. Ito yung araw na nakalaan para sayo, pinaghahandaan ka, inaalala. Iba nung mga oras na andyan ka ...