After months of trying to stay afloat in the relationship, I finally decided to end it. I had been miserable for so long, drowning in sadness I couldn’t seem to escape. My partner didn’t know how to deal with my pain, and honestly, I couldn’t blame him — even I didn’t know how to handle it myself. Somewhere along the way, I became selfish. Everything revolved around my pain. Every action, every word, I justified by how much I was hurting. I didn’t care how anyone else felt; all I cared about was numbing the ache that lived inside me. And I knew everyone around me was feeling it with me, but not for me.

I was one week back on this Island, almost two weeks into the new year. Work was not really busy so I finally had some time to do some reading, writing, movies and go to the beach. But it was the rainy season with lots of wind, so hanging by the beach for too long left me with a cold stomach and I had the flu. So what’s left to do was reading and writing, which I had done a lot of that weekend. I picked up reading ‘To love and let go’ from Yoga Girl Rachel Brathen and jeez I couldn’t have picked a better time to read this book (*sarcastically). Continue reading →

Gratitude Monday, a tribute to my first employer, Mr. Budike.

When I first joined corporate world about 11 years ago, I got to work with the greatest mentor so far. For it was my first job and I had a lot to learn, never did I expect that this man was going to have this much effect in my life. Continue reading →