Looking back

A photographer friend sent me an email recently about his blog celebrating its one year of online existence. As I was checking his blogsite, it dawned on me that with all the things that had happened in my life, why didn't I find the time to use mine to record my thoughts on things, the people I met, the family (biological and online) i'm blessed with, my passions (photography, writing, sketching, going to new places and trying new things, etc.) and all the events I have gone to.

Checking the date of my first entry and realizing the date September 25, 2006 reminded me of the reason why I started to write in a blogsite -that is to keep myself sane for whatever is happening in my life then. During that time, I don't want to share with friends or anyone for that matter whatever I was feeling about my so-called "love"relationship.


After two entries, I became preoccupied with much more pressing issues that I need to attend to. It lead to a lot of things :

1. Being booted out by the start-up call center company I was working with because of management politics from the sister construction company who was shocked to know our salary ranges compared to their own


2. Had my new DSLR camera (Nikon D80) from the back wages I had in lieu of that booting out incident


3. My former call center boss dying after a number of months that I was forced to resign which I was shocked to know given that I missed his phone calls to me the week before and the conspiracy theory that silently goes with it


4. The pending break-up of my so-called "love" relationship which led me to sleep in the sofa for a month before finally being able to move out of the rent-to-own condo unit we were supposed to be sharing and after the forced arrangement given to me (post-dated checks payable in 1 year to pay for only half of the downpayment I handed down for the unit coming from my pulled-out time deposit savings)


5. Knowing the truth that my so-called partner left me for another even before the break-up ever happened and the said new partner going inside the unit when I wasn't around


6. Having to experience for the first time - living and sharing an apartment with some housemates that I only met online and going back to a somewhat familiar environment that I now call home


7. Having my real family and my very best friend to count on to after the traumatic break-up incident


8. Having a new leash on my life with a new set of real friends that I can call my 2nd family, a group that I can really be my own self


9. Having a fulfilling new job which is really an apt and dream job for me as I am given the chance to express my creativity


10. Having someone whom I know cares and loves me inspite of our work priorities and the so-called "no commitments" policy

Having enumerated the ten defining moments that happened in my life (after my two entries of 2006 until the recent 2008 blog), I guess it is but fitting to thank God once again for making me a stronger person, blessing me with what I have right now and for giving me the opportunity to share my experiences to others for whatever good these will bring.