SNIPPETS OF MY LIFE

Christmas is a time of love, peace, happiness, and good tidings. Christmas in itself brings a joy within the minds of everyone, and so most of us are on the look out on how to spend the Christmas Eve with our loved ones. For me, Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year because it is the season when family members go to church together and spend the “noche buena” or have a Family Christmas Party in our respective homes. Although some of the members in our family didn't celebrate with us last night's Christmas Noche Buena (because they celebrated it in the house of my brother's in-laws), but we're still complete in our Christmas thoughts, together bonded. Aside from spending Christmas with our family, there is also something really special about spending Christmas with the love of your life. It is such a joyous celebration which you are supposed to share with your loved one, which is why it is vital for us to spend it with him/her. The year 2015 is s...

I dare not call myself a true adventurer or a traveler, although in an alternate life I MIGHT wish I were. I think a truly traveled life means a life committed to not knowing a singular home but infinite options of momentary harbor; days measured not by hours but only by sunsets; relationships thriving despite the distance but never assured of the long term endurance...because to me, the world of a traveler is a myriad of endless possibilities of destinations to explore that there can never be time ,apart from it, for a full life in one place...  As such, I'm just nothing compared to those window-dressed tourists.  Because even as wanderlust undoubtedly runs thru my veins, my need for a life that thrives on quality & quantity time spent, relationships that flourish with the stability of consistent day to days, fulfillment from accomplishments earned thru committed long term efforts, runs much stronger in me. Life is really never meant to give us everything we wan...