I wish :)

Mother Oprah (lakas maka mother! haha) once said that the biggest adventure you can take it to live the life of your dreams. So let me share mine.

1. I wanna wrap gifts all year! If Santa Claus's branch here in the Philippines has a vacancy, I'd definitely take it. Seriously, I'd take 'taga wrap ng gifts' for a job. If you hate wrapping gifts, I promise, you can afford me! hehe

2. I'd like to put up a cute cafe. Think afternoon coffee and a book. And before you know it, the sun has set, it's time for dinner and I'll serve you a bowl of my mom's awesome mushroom soup and a plate of cheesy gooey meaty lasagna.

3. I also want a multi-use gallery. Something like Mag.Net. I know how hard it is to make music and, it's harder to share it. My brother was part of a band in high school. I have artist friends (painters, photogs, musicians) and I really believe they need all the support they can get especially when they're just starting out. There's too much crap in the mainstream so we, in the "purist/ quality over money" crowd should stick together. Plus I get to hang out with creative people. They're a different crowd, in a good way. :)

4. I love comfortable shoes. And it doesn't hurt that the shoes are pretty too. So let me put them together and produce my own brand of shoes! I want my shoe makers to be like family. I also want to build a school where the kids of my employees would attend. Pretty much like a social enterprise. This won't be happening soon though as I do not have enough money to quit my job and start my brand yet.

5. I want to travel! I dream of frolicking around Europe. Taking the train to different countries, and meeting awesome people along the way. Oha, lakas maka Eat, Pray, Love noh? Basta ganun! But I still need to learn and experience a lot of things because for one, I am not comfortable at the thought of traveling alone, let alone traveling to a foreign country. My biggest (travel) fear is not to be able to communicate properly. May nalalaman pa akong frolicking in Europe, eh Bonjour lang ang kaya kong sabihin. Jusme! haha

So here are my dreams! Help me out, will ya?

*all plans are subject to change. Everything's a work in progress. :)

A funeral

Last Thursday, I watched the latest episode of Vampire Diaries (s03e11). It was Caroline's birthday. However, she wasn't in the mood to celebrate it because it reminds her that she's already dead (she became a vampire last season so technically she's stuck at 17). Instead of a surprise party, they gave her a 'funeral' so she can say goodbye to her old self and start living a new life.

It was, what I'd call a coincidence that Farrah and I were talking yesterday (Saturday) about how it took us two years in the corporate world to finally start making mature life decisions this 2012 (aka start investing).

Our conversation went something like this:

Me: Katawa naman. In fairness two years naman na tayong pabanjing banjing diba.

Fa: Onga eh pero at least umabot tayo sa point na toh. haha

Then I realized that maybe it's time to say goodbye to college. At some point, we'll all be too old to pass as college kids. Even those who call you 'ate' in college have now graduated. Of course, there will be days that you will miss it. But you cannot hold on to your college life. I'm sure you would not want to.

Admit it, you're smarter, richer (hehe), and in general, a much better version of yourself right now. Why would you want to go back to your 'nene' / 'totoy' version, right?

If there's anything I'd like you to take with you, there are three:

Hold on to good memories. It will make you smile.

Hold on to valuable lessons. Remember, you are better because of these.

And finally but most importantly, hold on to your fun self. It will keep you young.

So bury everything else and start celebrating the new you. Cheers!