At the beginning of this year I told myself. This will be my year for opening up to new opportunities. And just say it as it is, without really thinking what, where, or how.
After saying it to the world a lot of beautiful things
have come my way. And why am I surprised? The universe has been prepared to
give me a lot of different opportunities; it was just waiting for me to say it,
to ask for it. Apparently, it was me who wasn't prepared.
But now after having a
temporary head paralysis, I am now ready to heed the call of this dear cosmic
boy of the universe.
I've always loved
writing—flooding my Facebook page with notes and status posts. Scribbling my
thoughts on paper and stashing them in between the pages of my books when I was
still in school. Typing vague ideas on my phone and saving them in the drafts folder
when I don’t have a paper ready to write it to. I have my notepad up all the
time at the corner of my laptop too ready to record whatever brilliant words
that momentarily comes out of my head while working. Needless to say, this girl
has a lot of things to say. But contrary to how it may seem, I did not start
out confident in writing. In truth, writing brings out a lot of my
insecurities.
For a long time I
have been contemplating on writing publicly. But for a long time I have also
been thinking of random reasons not to. I’d reason, my grammar isn’t perfect,
my vocabulary is limited; I just feel that my writing style and ideas are not
interesting enough, that I'm not talented enough, that I'm not good enough.
Even now with the popularity of blogging, when anyone who can complete a
paragraph, post it anywhere that
says “www” rightfully call themselves a blogger, an “internet writer”, I still
feel I don’t qualify to share the title.
But an experience
compelled me to break my silence and write. It was the fire that blazed me to
finally write publicly not “for” but “with” a limited audience at Facebook.
Facebook practically became my practice field. I eventually gotten used to
being exposed. And I realized exposing my thoughts, my heart, my soul, all of
me for everyone to see after all wouldn't kill me. hahaha.
To add to the brand
new audacious fiber, my rekindled love affair with travel fanned the amber
bringing the desire to consistently ignite. Being a solo traveler draws a
feeling of wanting to share a great experience on my travels. And finding
myself often on a new road of adventure often find me faced with the difficulty
to navigate as the travel sites available in the internet isn’t always
complete; most times lack the important details. So, I initially planned to
limit my writing to my travels, putting up a detailed travel guide site to
make life easy for travelers, most especially for the would-be solo travelers.
But then I thought, why limit myself? I’m a self
confessed opinionated, know-it-all even. And I’m sure to find it difficult not
to have an opinion on other interesting subjects, so…? This became my
predicament all of a sudden after finding the boldness for my muse,I know I’m
really odd. haha
So, now after much
delaying, I finally acknowledged I can’t keep on coming up with excuses
not to do something that makes me (and I am hoping you, too) happy. Anyone
with a writer's mind are meant to write. Right?
Now if you are in the
same shoes as mine and you doubt yourself, ok lang yan. Sabi nga ni Martha
Graham, “Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great
because of their passion.” I’d like to think it’s the same in writing. Writing
is not just about communicating; it is about touching the
soul.
Mai and Hazel Mai and Emi
*these girls are my lifeline, my encourager, my loyal fans, my life and sanity saver.=)*
So now, I'm finally braving this.
Whew!So here it is. I finally did it. I finally put up a blog. First up, I’d like to share this glorious moment to my loyal fans. Yes! All of the TWO (2) of you my loyal fans (you know who you are).ahhahah. Thank you for the encouragement and for making me feel you’re as excited as I am for this project. And to my sister Ket who apparently saw long before that this day will come for me. Thank you for the support and for helping me out with this site. Thank you for designing my site, making it look very pretty. I will never be able to understand those HTML’s even if my head bleeds. Thank you for the patience in listening to my weird comments and ideas, and for surprising me with a Mini Cooper (see that Mini at the header?) knowing full well of my love for cars specifically for Mini’s, and for granting my last minute request for an airplane (still at the header). I am touched. But of course I’m not forgetting what you said, that you’ll hand me a bill for this.haha.So,it’s a movie ticket for Brave then.=)
So without much bravado I welcome you to my blog, Come! Join me. Let’s Savour Life!=)
*Yes!I'm that excited for this.haha
And then you’d ask. And how are we doing that? Hmmmm, let’s see. Perhaps, we can start by telling you what to expect from this blog.
Why visit, what will you find in my site? This is a lifestyle blog. So, there are many things you can find here. I’ll be writing about travels, food, fashion, art, hobbies, books, thoughts, cheap finds, sports (umm sports? sure, why not?), anything that might interest you and I. People that matters to me and maybe, even people who matters to you, just let me know. We’ll never know, your story might gain popularity through this site.
Why visit, what will you find in my site? This is a lifestyle blog. So, there are many things you can find here. I’ll be writing about travels, food, fashion, art, hobbies, books, thoughts, cheap finds, sports (umm sports? sure, why not?), anything that might interest you and I. People that matters to me and maybe, even people who matters to you, just let me know. We’ll never know, your story might gain popularity through this site.
This site is not just about me, you are a part of this. But this is a huge leap of faith for me and I am facing this both with excitement and trepidation; and sometimes though I don’t really know which. I would greatly appreciate to find you with me in this journey. I can surely use an encouragement. Let’s take this new adventure together. Say yes and I’ll let you into the plan.haha. But seriously, there’s no plan really; I just want this site to be a happy place for you and I to be. I know I’m an extremely, extremely melodramatic person. But I promise my drama queen stories will never ever find its way here. Ohh no! I’m afraid I might break this promise. I’m crossing not just my fingers but both arms and legs. Haha…What I’m certain to be doing though is to occasionally make your heart swell, not from my drama but from inspiring stories that will hold a place in this site. But I haven’t really figured out how this will go; well, maybe we can just paint a beautiful picture together one colorful post at a time.
*My Ever-So talented Sister Ket*
Hmmm...you might wonder; to what capacity do I warrant
to have the right to write about life, lifestyle, and living? Hmmm…I’m not sure
really, but I’ve been living independently for almost half my life, took care
of myself half my life. Been through different challenges, been sick, broke and
broken one too many times; and yet here I am rising in every sunrise,
appreciating the rainbow from every storm, enjoying the cool breeze after the
rain.
Setting out on my own was never easy. But it’s not
necessarily difficult. In most occasions I even find it fun. My kind of life
taught me the esthetics of living. I’ve learned skills which may not be
extraordinary but are in handy when the need arises. They are my tools for
survival.
I am literally your Jane of all trades only my name
isn’t Jane. I am my own chef. Cooking is one of my passions. I am my own
couture. As a 9 year old girl I already know how to sew using a machine;
I’ve made and redesigned some of my dresses, skirts, shorts, pants and jammy’s.
I also sew a few of my Mom’s curtains and several sets of her seat cover, most
of which we still use back home. I am my own plumber and electrician too. And
I’m learning to be a mechanic. Recently I added basic carpentry to my list of
skills. I am not good in numbers but I can estimate the cost of a shopping cart
just by looking.
I’m not someone who
strolls the mall without any purpose in mind which made my mall visits limited
to hearing mass and shopping at the grocery store. But recently for whatever
reason, I have also started frequenting the DIY stores even without
necessarily buying anything. I just found to love watching the large range of
items you can find there for whatever you’ll need. From the floor to the roof,
to the insides and the outsides of your house, car, what have yous. There are
no shoes, bags or dress in that section, but I hardly notice their absence as I
rarely shop for those. But the machines, I’m challenged with the machines. I’m
amazed at how powerful they can be. I like how they make life very easy and I’m
always surprised at how they can
fix anything that’s broken. Anyway, enough talking about lifeless machines;
besides, they can only become powerful once we bring them to life.
With all that’s mentioned, I would like to believe you
would allow me to claim that I’m a girl of talent and skills, somehow learned,
and sufficient enough to be worthy of this challenge. I may not be as powerful
a machine. But I would try to be able to lighten whatever burden you’re
carrying.
I can’t teach you how to live your life but I can show
you how I live mine. And hopefully, hopefully you can pick up from me something
essential about living-life. I want to make a good sense out of my life. And I
hope this will be my way to go.
I’d love to hear from you, I know you have a story to tell and I’m sure I’d be
able to learn from you too.
Please write to me
at: letssavourlife@gmail.com
If you have places you want me to visit and write
about, if you want to collaborate with me or you have something in mind you
want me to write about let me know.
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Stick with me and I promise you will be rewarded.=)
Let’s start sharing each other’s story. Let’s make
life light and merry. Yeyyyhhhh!!!
Live Life!
Mai
