Metamorphosis.

 Metamorphosis is defined as the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.

I think everyone of us undergoes metamorphosis each year, we become more mature than our previous self, we learn from our experiences, we may change, yes but we are still us. Like a butterfly, it may undergo changes but still it is called a butterfly in the end, it may be a caterpillar but then eventually it will become butterfly, it is the same in us humans, we may change but we will still be called the same, we are still the same person, you may look different, have a different name, age, skin color, and a lot more, but deep inside you are still you and you can never change that.  In tgagalog “ikaw ay ikaw, magbago ka man ng pangalan, itsura or whatever, ikaw pa rin yan, di ka mapapalitan at hindi ka magiging ibang tao.” so i hope we will undergo changes, changes for the better this coming 2015. :)

So today is exactly the last day of the year. Ang bilis, I started writing my blog September 2013, see, 2 years na nga.  I never thought na matatagalan ko ang pagbablog, maybe because I always sign up on social networks but still end up not using them, pero having a blog, I think it is the relaxing way of using the internet. Being able to express what you feel without restraints is the biggest help of this blog for me and I am really happy to have it. 

This year 2014 became a blessed year for me, more awesome and much better year compared for the past years, but of course meron pa ring mga bad happenings which can’t be avoided, pero okay lang yun, kasi yun yung mga bagay na nakakapagbigay ng thrill sa buhay natin, yung mga pangyayaring akala mo susuko ka na, akala mo di mo na kaya, bibigay ka na, minsan nga nagpapakamatay ka pa, pero look until now buhay ka pa, much stronger because of the trials that you’ve faced, strong enough to battle the coming year. 

The year 2014 would not be awesome if weren’t for the person up there above guiding us, so Lord maraming maraming Thank You po, and to all the people who have been with me through out the year, friends, family, relatives Thank You and I Love You.

Before the year ends, I want to leave a remarkable lesson I have learned, 

“In order to be happy, count what you have not what you want to have”

Gusto kong marealize natin na, true happiness comes from simple things. Siguro sasabihin ng iba na hindi nagging mabuti yung year sa kanila, kasi they did not receive the things they want, but then let me tell you, maybe God has a purpose kung bakit di yun dumating, maybe God has something better in store for you. Oo nga at minsan you are not well off like others, you can’t have everything you want, pero can’t you be happy? Tignan mo in the positive side, you have clothes, food, shelter, or you have your family. Minsan kasi, tinitignan natin lagi yung wala tayo kaya akala natin sobrang sama sa atin ng Diyos, dahil doon, di natin nakikita yung mga bagay na binibigay niya na mas kailangan natin, na mas makakabuti sa atin. 

Siguro sa mga makakabasa ditto, sasabihin nila kasi mayaman siya, ai siguro kasi kaya niyang bilhin lahat. No, I am not rich in terms of money but I am rich in terms of love and I know how it feels to have nothing, to want something you can’t have, yung feeling na all of your friends have it and you don’t, I know how it feels but that did not make me love my parents less, make my faith in the Lord less because I understand how hard it is for my parents to send me to school, to provide for our needs and yun yung blessings ko yung nakakapagaral ako. 

In the generation today, people think na to be happy kailangan meron ka lahat, “ipod, ipad, cellphone and everything” but that is not right, can you not be happy sa kung anong meron ka, e ano ngayon kung ang cellphone nila iphone, atleast may cellphone ka nagagamit mo. Remember others maybe mayaman pero minsan kahit mayaman sila, hindi sila masaya, yes they can buy everything but not happiness. 

So before this year ends, let us thank God for all the things we have, for all the lessons we have learned and for all the simple joys he provided us with. 

Let the coming year be a Prosperous one for all of us, an Awesome, extravagant, unexplainable, great, magnificent year for all. I hope that this coming year everyone will realize how important the little things are, how important the things we already have. Yes, you do not have everything but you can always work hard to have them one by one and maybe in God’s right time you will have everything you’ve been praying for.

So, I will end here, I hope you have learned something. 

Let us all have A mind-blowing, Heart-bursting New Year.  God Bless and Take Care.

Dear Future Me..

 Well, this essay was supposed to be an entry to an online contest, but sadly i wasn't able to finish it on time, so i did not passed it at all. 

 The first time I read about the topic on the said contest, i am really not convinced if i must join or not, because hello, how will i write to my future self? what will i say? how will i answer in return? But then again i still tried to construct an essay which i would really love to submit, but i guess that just how life goes, you must keep up :)

 So here is my unfinished piece.

Live the Unlived Live

“Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life” an author named Natalie Babbitt once said in her book. Life is a series of chances and a rollercoaster of happiness and regrets. It is a multiple choice type of examination, in which we are given innumerable choices. Life was never an easy ride to take, there were endless battles to be won, temptations to be avoided and a lot of surprises to look forward to. We can never predict what will happen now, tomorrow or even what lies ahead of us, but we can always live what is in front of us now. If we are given the chance to watch our life fifty years from now, are we going to cry because of happiness, are we going to celebrate our success, can we proudly say “I have no regrets”, or we are just going to cry over the chances we have missed, the challenges we have failed and those times where we gave up. When we are old enough to even work, and all we could do is to sit back and reminisce, can we proudly say that we have lived life to its fullest and enjoyed everything that life has laid at our feet or we will realized that we have never lived at all. 

To my 100 year old self, “Are you still alive and enjoying the life you’ve worked hard for?” is the first question I would like to ask today on your 100th birthday. Many years have pass, I know you are now well acquainted on how life works. Have you successfully finished your chosen career? Did you already use those notebooks you’ve been keeping for years? Can you say that you are finally not afraid to take risk on anything? Did you become an optimist while dealing with life’s circumstances? I would also love to hear if you end up with someone whom you’ve been praying for ever since. I have a lot of questions I would like you to answer, but this letter won’t be enough, so I hope you could at least answer a few on your reply. I know life was never easy for you but I hope you never gave up on chasing your dreams and you could finally answer if you really have live the life you wanted to. I want you to tell me and the world that you have live life with no regrets to haunt you down. Lastly, can you proudly say that you have really live?

Today, I am celebrating my 100 years of existence in this wonderfully created world. Life did not become a piece of cake for me, but I am indeed grateful to be blessed with another year. I am overflowing with joy and as a promise to myself; I would answer the letter above, written 80 years ago by me. 

That's what I have finished.

I really can't finished it, i don't know why, but maybe because i don't know if i am still alive then, but i would really be blessed if i am, but aside from that, it is maybe because the future i am picturing in my head is not yet clear to be revealed, to be detailed and to be written.

But if i were to answer i would love to say, that yes I am successful, yes I am living the life i have wanted, I want to answer that I have accomplished my goals, that I do not have regrets, that I indeed live.

Thinking about it, "without regrets" is really impossible i think, because whatever situation we may be in, i know that each one of us will always have that one thing that we are afraid to do, we are afraid to say, and that's where our regrets come from, maybe others will say, "Oh, I am a risk taker", but hey, i'll say, you may be a risk taker but i know you still got that one thing you are afraid to do or say.

An important lesson I learned in this contest is that :

"Life won't wait, Life will go on and on, so we must make the most out of it and Live it"

-- till next time.
Bless YOUUUUUU <3
 

Unplanned Trips turns out to be the Best Ones ^^,

ROAD TRIP

PAMPANGA----> BATANGAS---->TAGAYTAY----.LAGUNA---->PAMPANGA

Actually, this roadtrip is seriously a extemporaneous idea only. This was decided because, while we were about to sleep, we keep pestering my Dad, saying "why don't we go on a vacation or something, so this holy week won't be boring and all", so to cut the story short we won and got the vacation we've wanted. 

Rise and Shine, at exactly 4:30am we were already on the road, travelling our way to our first destination. :) and this photo was taken while we were on the expressway. a breath taking view indeed, to see the sun shine, it is like watching new chances, new challenges rising today in your life. 

To our next stop Batangas, well, it is indeed a beautiful place, here I saw really awesome cute houses for workers. Nothing Special we just visited it to see the place:) 

On Our way to Tagaytay we saw this Castle, It's beautiful indeed, and I know someday I will have my own Prince and we will build our own castle together.

Then we went to, Tagaytay, of course it's already Lunch Time we really need to eat. Our stomachs are already growling because of hunger. We tried their famous beefs menus. And As I must day their food is really great. SO This picture was taken while we were waiting for the food. And I was amazed that even though we are against the light we can come up with still a beautiful photography. This is seriously and truthfully with no filter.  "A family that eats and pray together, stays together forever" .. 

So after we eat. We decided to go home and take the Sta. Rosa Exit but due to circumstances we we're not able to exit there, so we took the road passing the baranggay casile, we really don't know the road well, and it is creepy because there were few passer by's and few cars. Then it is a rough Road, literally a "road na pababa ng bundok". the curves we're very sharp and my heart is like stop beating everytime we pass those sharp curves. Then we were laughing and saying this is really the best roadtrip, it includes thrilling adventures. Then suddenly before we reach the expressway we were able to see another Marcos Mansion, which I did not even know exist. It was really a beautiful home.

This is the Marcos Mansion :) I am really Grateful I saw it..

then we finally reach the expressway and everything was history :)

In Life It is the same, It is an endless roadtrip. It has its own rough roads but that what makes life more thrilling, Those unknown adventures that we don't see coming are what makes life an exciting one. 

"Life without Problems is a lifeless boring life, so when you have problems consider them your adventures which makes life more thrilling and which makes your victories the sweetest,"

My Role Models in Life ^^,

EXODUS 20:12

"Honor your father and your mother, so that 

you may live long in the land the LORD your

 God is giving you.

They were your FIRST TEACHER.

They are our biological parents. 

They are our first known SUPER HEROES.

They were your IDOLS, before those known bands, singers and artists.

THEY WERE SIMPLY YOUR FIRST LOVE.

OUR PARENTS

They are the person we first called, the moment we are given the chance to speak. They were known to become the first words we can utter, the "MaMa" and "DaDa". They were the first faces we saw the moment we are able to use our sense of sight. They were the first voices we have recognize through our sense of hearing, the one to sing you those endless lullabies until you sleep. They were the ones who endured those sleepless nights just to give us milk, attend to our needs and simply to watch us fall asleep first. 

Our Parents have sacrificed a lot just to raise us and give us the life we deserve to have. 

Looking back Let us see what are those sacrifices.

OUR MOTHER

She carried you nine months, endured those back pains, heavy feeling, morning sickness and drinking of loads of vitamins just to make sure you go out into this world as a healthy, wonderful and awesome child. But then her role doesn't end there, the moment we are born into this world, she will feed you, be an all nighter just to make sure you are well taken care of, to make sure our needs are given, regardless of that she still loves you. our Mom, became our first teacher, taught us how to live life. She will sacrificed anything just to give you what you want. Still, seriously, who would object to the statement that, until now our mothers sill checks if you have eaten, did your assignments, took a bath, bring umbrella and other random sweet stuffs. She still managed to look after us even if you are old enough to be taken care off..

OUR FATHER

He is our SUPERMAN. HE is the one who thought you to be brave. He who works endlessly just to provide you with the things you need. He is your knight in shinning armor, your fighter who will fight for you and with you any battle you have ahead. He is the one who made your milk when Mom is doing something, the one who sing lullabies for you and sway you in his arms until you sleep. He is your first Love. Our First Mentor. He sacrificed his times to be with you just to work and provide us financially. He surely is the one who is even though tired, will still managed to smile at you and play with you. Our father is the first one who taught us to follow rules in order to be a good person. He simply is the person who became your IDOL and ROLE MODEL in life.

Let me be Honest here, I sometimes feel "tampo" to my parents but regardless of that I am Blessed and never thought of replacing them. I sometimes think they love me less but that doesn't mean i love them less also. I love them and i also understand that sometimes, they are tired to compliment my works, that sometimes they run out of words to say they are proud of me. Regardless of certain situations I never get mad at them, tampo Yes but not to feel anger against them. 

I, Myself, also realized how big their sacrifices for me, their sacrifices just to provide the things i need. I am blessed to have a parents like them, the God-Fearing parents, ever so mabait, kalog and cool parents. What I am today is BECAUSE OF THEM. They are the parents who have a lot of patience, when you can't they understand you can't but they won't give up they will pressure until you see that you can see that you are capable and it is for your own good. at this times i really fell pressured but I know it is for my own good. 

This blog I want to say to them THANK YOU MOM AND DAD. I am really blessed to have you, I am greatful to have you. I am indeed thankful for the Love, Care and material things you have provided me. I know sometimes I am pasaway but you know I love you. I will make you proud just bare with me a little more. I LOVE YOU..

Maybe others would ask, what is the point of me writing this? The reason is simply because I want to make everyone realized how our parents sacrificed half of their lives providing for us and a simple I Love You is somehow enough to give back, a Thank You is not hard to give. And most of all taking care of them when they are old and can't provide for themselves is not hard to do so.

You are what you are because of them. I want for us to realize that when they are old and can't provide for themselves, it won't hurt our pockets to give back to them.

I really feel sad for those children who let their parents work for others even if they are old, who put their parents to the home for the aged instead of taking care of them. will it hurt you to take care of them? to Love them the way they did with you. I may not be in their shoes but i really can't understand their reasons and rationales why they are doing that.

REMEMBER:   

LOve Your Parents. It won't make you less of yourself if you would give back what they have given you. :>