I Love Philippines

I've been out from blogging for quite so long now. As much as possible, I have kept my silence for I never want any unwanted circumstances to come. And when finally all my plans had been granted by our good Lord, that's the time I can speak out.

I had a series of despedidas with my friends. The first one is a dinner at Mang Inasal at Robinson's Pulilan with my mother, my tita, and my tito.

Mommy and Mommy Ja

It is followed by a coordination meeting of sort with my team, the MAIDRS team, at Buddy's.

Brian, Liezel, pEDo, me, Jem, Cris, Marco, and Chad

Are you counting? My third one is for my loving office buddies, 'My Despedida Treat'.

pEDo, Zen, Jem, ChickenLegs, me, Faith, and Mark

The fourth one is at Red Mango with Faith and Mark. Originally, we are a group of four. However, BurpRunner is no longer around. He is seeking greener pasture out of the country.

Mark and Faith

The fifth one is at Sensations Spa and Max's Pulilan. I had the opportunity to spend quality time with my angel, and my cousins: Analyn and Mine.



At that moment, it is slowly sinking in to my senses that I will be missing all of them. And I had no idea how I can deal with it. But, I already made up my mind. I already made a decision. I know God will provide.

To continue, I had a sweet surprise from my fairy. And never losing count, this is my sixth. It is at Mr. Kurosawa, Eastwood.

My fairy, Thania, Chris Pacana, me, Tita Patti, and Tito Popoi

The seventh was another surprise. It was unplanned. Special thanks to Marivic for the treat. I had a despedida with my NGCP friends (my angel's office buddies) at TGI Friday's at Trinoma. It was followed by a short chat over a cup of coffee and cheesecake at Starbucks.

Me, Phoebe, Marivic, Aiza, Christian, and my angel

With all those despedidas, I feel dearly loved. Yes, I cried. But there's a need for me to do this. I need to work here in Singapore for six months for something. I have my plans. And I hope my plans would turn into reality. I know God is with me. I put my faith in Him. So there, now you know what had been making me busy lately. I guess 'change' really is inevitable. I thought I will never work abroad and leave my family behind. But I'm already here. It is exactly a week already.

I arrived here at Singapore last Sunday. The day after, I already had to report for work. This country seemed to be very friendly with respect to geography. My close friends know that it is my weakness; but here in Singapore, I got to go to work and back home by my own on my second day. It is that easy. At the same time, I am overwhelmed by the number of Filipinos I met along the way. Not to mention that I had the dearest housemates. Well, I still got a number of things to say about Singapore and my stay here. But I am planning to create another blog for that, and I will call it Minnie Project. Watch out for that.

So, what's the sense of my blog post title with what I had just said? Earlier, while I was updating one of my social sites, I thought of adding "I Love Philippines" in my 'About Me' profile. Working here in Singapore allowed me to realize how much I love my country. I would not deny the fact that Singapore is a well developed country. Anyone would say that they would love to live here. Well, I do love to; but there has to be a condition - and that is, I should have my family and love ones with me. My family does not end with merely my mother and my siblings, it extends to my aunts, my uncles, my cousins, my in-laws, and the list goes on. I Love Philippines because it is my home. And yes, there's NO PLACE LIKE HOME.

This is a video of Stephanie, me, and my mom on our way to the airport.