I left the Philippines 18 months ago. Brave and excited with the adventures ahead of me, I headed south of the globe to New Zealand. I know back then that I play it by ears, but everything was so fast and I just find myself in the middle of a country completely strange to me. I was confident, and I never realize that I brought too much of it until 9 months later that I can’t find any suitable job. Forward to present, I am in Singapore brought here by shame and the need to earn a decent sum of money to bring back some substantial amount to my heavily damaged pocket. It’s unbelievable how one step in one’s life can end up to so many drastic changes.
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Tomorrow, I’ll be seeing my mom and sister again (since 18 months ago). They’ll be coming over, my sister for a week, and my mom for a full month. I will be having a 5-day break from work starting tomorrow to have more time with them, and I suppose this is more practical than myself going for a vacation in the Philppines. I will be taking the opportunity to abandon (temporarily, can’t wait for permanently) my work too as I’m so fed up with almost everything in the office, but it comes with a price, I don’t get paid for the days I don’t work. Nice.
I’m glad, despite not seeing everyone in the family and friends and all relatives back home, at least I’ll be seeing people dearest to me that have been behind me with all the things I’ve been doing no matter where they lead to. I admit that if there’s such a thing as a homesickness meter, I’ll flunk it, and I’m saying that not because I hate my country (in fact, I’m always proud of being a Filipino) nor I don’t want to see people I know back home, but because I just realize that I have a life of my own and I can’t just go back and weep everytime I fail. As cliche as it sounds, you cannot hold on to things and sometimes you just have to see it for yourself, you have to learn it the hard way.
my dear readers, it’s time for another round-up of what’s going on lately in my ever exciting (not!) life. as you’d probably observed from previous posts, i’ve decided to take a shot at studying photoshop. although i don’t really want to overdo my edits to make pictures unrealistic, i just want to tweak my photos so they are more clean, and have more viewer impact. so after a week of studying, i can say photoshop is not very simple and i suppose editing one picture a day is a good practice, and that’s what i’m trying to do now. the other night, i was trying to find some pictures from st. paul, and i just couldn’t find them..then i realize i probably have them in my harddrive which died months ago, which sucks because i really treasure all photos i took everywhere i go..and i just lost it. i’ll try to have the disk checked by an expert, but i know i have low chances.
anywho, there has been a change in swimming schedule too. i now swim mandatory on mondays and wednesdays. fridays and weekends are optional, and this is actually a cutdown as i used to swim 3x a week before (now it’s just twice). i think i have to have more time doing other things like studying .NET and okay, i’ll be honest, playing computer games. haha. i will probably run at least twice a week during tuesdays and thursdays. and for reasons that i don’t really see any significant change, i’ve decided to stop dieting. i’m not saying i’ll devour every food my eyes laid on, but let’s just say that i increased my consumption of food a bit.
meanwhile, i’m very happy to have arranged some travel plans for next month when my mom and sister will be coming over. i haven’t seen them in 18 months, and i applied for holiday at work so i can spend more free time with them. my sister will be staying in town for a week, and my mom for a full month until july. i know i’ve been here in singapore for 8 months now, but it’s humiliating to say that i haven’t been to a lot of touristic places around, in fact, i haven’t been to the renowned sentosa island, nor did any of the famous aquarium worlds or night safaris (boo!!), but i’ve seen the merlion of course and the durian building (yey?!).
everything at work is the same.
so, that’s all for now folks. i’ll be right back.
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I’ve only spent a short amount of time in Manila but I must admit that it’s a wonderful land. But anyway, I just wanted to stop by because I’m looking for blogs about the Philippines and found your blog through google. If you can share any tips on things I must do when in Manila then I would really love to hear them. Make the most of Holy Week!
EP2 - nice! Congrats! 
Pst, email mo ako - i would like to know when I can get the 20/1.7. Thx
Hallo ´ti! Wie geht es Dir?! Mukhang laking project nyan ha? means laki kita! Goodluck! I am proud of you… keep it up!
goodluck jeremy!
saludo ako sa yo master
Jeremy and his last 2 days at the casino.
hi shiela! salamat sa pag-bisita! maybe life on a backpack, backpack gamit ko eh, hehe.
hello, je! musta na? just hang in there.. you can write a book abt the life on a suitcase..
thanks for dropping by!
Hey! Jere don’t give up…
hi ramil, i know it’s really sad, but each of us is different..just hang in there! you’ll know when to give up. haha “)
thanks carmi, will see you soon i guess!!
Jere!! I like that “Im not frightened because whats ahead of us will be better!! AJA!!!! AJA!!!
I feel for you bro… i am in the same predicament… hope we can have a cup of coffee before you leave…
Jeremy is workaholic = needs money.
Jeremy believes it’s going to be easier.
