My End of the Fiscal Year Blog
July 31, 2007. My performance manager said that i needed to complete my PAF but i would rather post a blog than do that as of the moment… hehehe.. (sorry, only GT employees would understand, too hard to explain to others…)
I haven’t blogged in a while. busy season, too much going on with my life, excuses, excuses… i was very pleased when a friend of mine said that i should start posting something again because it has been awhile and he said that a lot of my friends actually look forward to reading my stories… for all of you who take the time to read my thoughts, this write-up is for you!
so… what have i been up to recently? i am back from a month long vacation from my hometown, Manila, and this has got to be one of the craziest vacations i EVER took and for the life of me, i cannot say in detail why 
hahaha… so much for updates huh?
you might think "a month?! wow!" i’m telling you that there are 4 sets of friends that are probably cursing me right now because i wasnt able to meet them. half of the time i was out of town enjoying, of course, my beaches. what is a trip home without going to one and getting the bikini tan line that i have lost for quite sometime now. I went to Boracay, stayed at the waling waling hotel and kudos to the management, service was awesome! It was worth the price and I wouldnt have wanted my vacation any other way except that I would have LOVED it if i was sexier than what the pictures are showing… hehehe…
i also went to dumaguete and cebu… dumaguete, to be with my travel buddy saneth and to visit Jo’s chicken inato… yum yum! Paa and buko shake… worth the trip… of course i passed by Apo Island and its a beautiful as i remember it. This trip was more special though because i was able to snorkle in the marine sanctuary that i had been dying to see for a long time. My first trip to that island deprived me of the chance to do that because of bad weather and since the coast was very rocky, the manong said i would probably die trying to go to the sea… Anyway, it was beautiful! As i was looking down on the live corals and multicolored display of different species of fishes, I knew my Lord was talking to me again… and my heart was just crying out of humbleness and gratefulness for the gift of being present in one of my favorite places on earth.
I went to Cebu so I could visit the Basilica of the Sto. Nino and to meet my former San Miguel friends… it was so good to see them! No beaches this time because I was there for less than 24 hours… I just HAD to visit the shrine and pray for this certain wish that I am dying to be answered. I KNOW it will be given to me, its just a matter of when… My Lord never fails to give me the best and if its not the best, somehow it will be made known to me the reason why i didnt get it… but this one wish, I know this is for me and I have no doubt about it.
For all of the other days, i was meeting my friends almost everynight… it was just great to see them again… that was what the Philippines was about, my family, long time friends, my beaches and the FOOD!
So… what is different with this trip that I took recently with all of my other million trips in the islands? The feeling of emptiness and longing has been lifted from my heart… i no longer have to cry looking out the window because i have a seat available next to me… no longer wondering where the hell he was and when he will ever be joining my next excursion… this time, someone was seating beside me, stealing my attention from the window that used to monopolize my attention… there were imperfections in the scenery but it was what i have pictured it was going to be… it finally felt like it was at last home.
for the first time in my life, someone was holding my hand the entire trip and from the way he was holding me, i feel that this hand never intends to let go…
