I'm trying to remember if there was a time in the last 5 years when I had an answer to that question. I think I had one back in senior year, which was 4 years ago, I thought I was going to be studying abroad right now. Or 3 years ago when I thought I was going to be a junior in law school by now.
Well, things happened. I've changed. I don't want to say it didn't work out. I'd like to think that life had a better idea.
Plans pop into my head from time to time. But there was never really a thing that excites me more than the thought of still traveling 5 years into the future. Or having coffee with my wonderful superfriends. Or just having dinner with my family on a cold Baguio night.
I really don't know what and where I'm going to be 5 years from now. I could still be in finance or a different industry, I can be studying, or even have a family by then. Who the hell knows. Life is just exciting that way.
So if I am to answer that question, well not in a job interview setting, I'd probably say that I don't know. That's too far into the future. Life has taught me two important lessons in the last 5 years: (1) stress and worry are unnecessary emotions in life (2) to strive to be happy in the now and let Him do his Plan for me. :)
Only a day from the time I got
back from Baguio, and I’m already homesick. I miss them already. And I feel so
guilty than I don’t get to spend more time with them. And I just really want to
be with them right now. If only Baguio was just a 3-hour trip from Manila.
I love waking up and hearing
their voices. I miss my mama’s home-cooked food. I love it when she lays-out
all my sleeping clothes and towel every time I arrive. I miss my papa’s kisses
and hugs. I love it when we argue about current events over dinner while
watching the news. I miss my kuya’s bed and watching dvds with him. I love it
when we laugh at our parents for trying so hard to start a movie with us but
end up sleeping on the couch after 30mins.
I just love being back at home.
Where I feel so loved and cared for.
I really miss them.
It’s hard living alone
sometimes.
I miss Baguio’s cold weather and
quiet neighborhood. I miss the fog.
I miss the honest taxi drivers.
Thought of posting this in facebook but
decided otherwise. There are just some people who are facebook addicts – those
who have nothing better else to do than to wait for news and write something
about it like they're better than everyone else. Get a life, please.
Stop it with ridiculing Ms. Venus Raj.
Seriously. Like you guys have the guts to be criticized by millions of people
and still leave an impact. What if she really has not made any major mistake in
her 22 years of existence? There is no room for a major mistake for someone so
driven like her, given her background. She's come a long way from a bahay
kubo in Camarines Sur to the Ms. Universe pageant in Las Vegas.
I know her answer should have been
better and more applicable for a Western pageant such as the Miss Universe, but
she was just being herself. It's all done, get over it.
Just stop. Be proud of what she and we
Filipino people have accomplished.
Now to the writers saying things about
the Philippines like they know us:
Don't get me started on certain
arguments that make it seem like the hostage taking incident is parallel to her
answer. I totally agree on how much the hostage taking incident was mishandled
by the police, the media, the Filipino by-standers, and yes, even President
Noynoy. And we are really sorry for what happened. But the Ms. Universe answer
was a completely different thing. I don't even have to explain it.
Certain writers even suggested that the
two events 'very much explain why the Philippines has not reached its potential
yet.' It's a factor of so many things. Yes, we have a corrupt government and we
may not have learned our lessons yet. But don't say things as if your country
has nothing to do with what's happening to our country and to other third world
countries. It's a global issue. You will not have your signature and branded
clothes and shoes if countries like us do not exist. You are very much a part
of the problem. Maybe not you as an average American citizen, but your
government and your policy makers. All I'm saying is don't write and say things
(things that are read by a lot of people in the world) about the Philippines
like you know what we have been through (hundreds of years of colonization) and
what we're going through.
We still have hope. Not just in our
leaders, but in ourselves. It's not all power and materialism for us. We may
not be as developed as your countries are. But we try to get by with what we
have. And we try to improve. So stop it.
