"Paglalakbay Patungo sa mga Pangarap sa Perlas ng Silanganan"

23-anyos na Pilipina, pangarap na malapit nang maabot ngunit paunti-unting lumalayo. Sa hamon ng buhay ako ay patuloy na lumalaban. Sa tanawing aking minamasdan pangarap ko'y mamuhay ng masaya at mapayapa. Paglalakbay patungo sa mga pangarap dito sa Pinas kung saan sinilangan. Ang pag-asa na mabago ang aking kinabukasan ay aking pinaghihirapan. Pikit-matang yayakapin ang responsibilidad, huwag lamang ihantulad sa buhay na aking kinagisnan. Buhay na marangya at maginhawa ang aking ninanais na makamtan. Kahit mahirap buuin ang Pangarap sa Perlas ng Silangan.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

-unknown

 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself. -unknown

Age is opportunity no less, than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away, The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

What the world needs now is for each of us to be who we truly are, and to bring our gifts into the world. Don't hold back any longer. Be present, Be you. That is enough. Really it is. - Nancy Bishop

Don't be afraid; just believe. -Mark 5:36

Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the right attitude toward others. -Wilfred Peterson

Life is undoubtingly amazing. -ssijaei

So do not fear. For I am with your, do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.. Isaiah 41:10

But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. -unknown

Social Media and ways it can change the trajectory of your life: Fate or Destiny.

In pop culture, social media has become the venue of tales of people's lives, who they are, who they have become and who they portray to be, As a person who grew up with the using social media, from Friendster (with music playlist pa) to Facebook, twitter , tumblr, Snapchat to TikTok. It changed a lot of my perspective. The younger me would post anything remotely different about where I am, who I am with and what thoughts I'm having and through the changing world and time, I limit what I want the world to know and how it can affect me.

A time where social media controlled my life and made me feel like I have to give up a part of me to change my actual reality. A year where I felt like everybody is watching and everybody is judging that a post can ruin a vision of your future and up to this day, I horrified about receiving private messages or direct messages that only contains my name because it scares me that everything might happen al over again, and I'm scared that this time I won't be able to endure it anymore and that running away wouldn't be enough. Even with the same fear, dread and uneasiness; I take control what the virtual world know and how it can reign on me. Limitations is one of the ways how I can control the virtual world and how it could affect me. I no longer post anything about me, in fact my Facebook account doesn't even have any information about my previous school, my family, what I like and what I don't because even though I'm working on being braver I still can't rely on people to behave certain ways to not hurt me.

Now a days social media is a way and a venue to communicate and connect but it was never healthy. Addicting and controversial, words that I would describe it. A lot of stories heard from this virtual world are sometimes heartwarming, blood boiling and some are just plain stupid. It is a platform where you can see humanity, how it evolve and how it is surviving but sometimes it gets the better of us, it engulfed us in a world where no one can make mistakes, where people are being categorized and being put down and I know it is not always like that but it is truly saddening that a post, a video or even a share can ruin someone's life. I've have lived it and really hope the God's won't let it happen again. As I began to write this essay, I was stuck whether what to write but something that is relatable to me and what pop culture has brought into my life I then realize that I have something to write about and writing this essay made me realize that what happen years ago maybe by fate or destiny, have brought me to where I currently am. The virtual world no longer know my stories, but I believe I am living the best one.

I want to be better at my future profession. I'm on my 4th year but I still feel I'm not enough. I'm just surviving and not learning.

I've been looking out for courses I can take after I graduate, and that comforts me that I can be anything else.

Maybe, I'm just scared of what I could be in the future.

I guess that's it, I'm scared.