Turn between YOLO and saving for the future

Personally I really enjoy collecting more memories especially with love ones than collecting material things or money. But as you grow older you learn the importance of having a stable job and building a career to survive through life. I am now in my mid-thirties and just recently got married. I have a dream to travel the world but I only just got the chance to travel for leisure because I have to support my family while my sibling’s still at school. I want to visit places with my husband but he on the other hand wants us to save up. I was thinking time is running out for us since we are getting older. There are things that you can only enjoy when you are young and travelling long distance is also included. Saving some money for rainy days is good doing get me wrong but I also don’t want to let any chance for us to see places that we can only visit when we still can.

There is a lot of couple that was able to quit their job and go full time travelling. There are others that are able to continue to work while travelling at the same time. I want to follow that kind of nomadic lifestyle but I am aware that it is not so easy and that you have to commit into doing it. I saw this movie once that show two possible outcome of the story. One story was she stayed and builds her career then finally be able to travel the world. While the other ending shows that she followed her dream and goes backpacking around the world and was still able to enjoy her life. In my perspective choosing which path you want is completely up to you. There is really no correct formula or right answer on which road to follow. The simplest answer is do what makes you happier and never regrets doing it.

I will be collecting pictures on all our future travel and post it here. Maybe someday we will be able to go to travel the world just one place at a time…

This is my story of greatness…

I’ve always believe that greatness always comes after a big failure and my life become a living proof to that!

I came from a big family a very typical Filipino family. We used to live with my grandmother and all my aunt and uncle from my mother’s side. Most of my playmates were my cousins. We are not born into riches and we are thought of working our way to get what we want. My dad is a mechanic and my mom is a simple house wife. I have 3 siblings and I am the eldest. Despite all the challenges in life my dad was able to let send us into a good school and we also was able to repay them by getting high marks.

Both I and my younger sister went to college almost together for we have 2 years gap. We are lucky to have scholarship but not everything was covered so we depended on my dad for support. While my friends are thinking of what good casing color they could buy for their new phone or if they can stay up all night chatting with their friends online I was only focused on my studies. With all the hardship I was able to finish my 5 years engineering course from the best private school in our area.

My dad wanted me to take the engineering board exam right away after graduation in hopes of landing a good job after I will have my license. He even supported my review classes away from home. I was away from home for 6 long months, that was my first and my longest time to be apart from my family. And without a phone of my own I have to borrow from a friend to be able to text my family back home what they are doing. I often cried just because I missed them so much.

The day of the exam came and went. I did everything I could and prayed the hardest and longest prayer that I can but when the results came out my name wasn’t on the list! I cried the whole day that day. And I wasn’t even able to go out of the boarding house where I was staying. I thought I went mad for about a day back then. I thought people stared and laugh at me silently because I failed the board exam.
When I returned home I was crying all the way back and I cried almost every morning when I wake up and even before I go to bed. It was my lowest moment. That was my routine for about a month. And I was slowly recovering and then a friend called me about a job offer. I immediately grab the opportunity and lucky I passed. To make the long story short even if my plan of getting the license didn’t work out the way I wanted it my world didn’t stop there. I was able to recover with the help of my family and the strength they’re able to give me.

Now I still don’t have a family of my own but I am happy with my work and I am earning well enough to support my whole family. And I am able to go to places I want to go for a vacation.


My sibling doesn’t have to go through the life that I went through when I was their age now. They are able to enjoy all the perks of having their own phone and being able to use the internet freely. But I still remind them of the old values that our parents has thought and molded me. And this I believe is my greatest achievement.

travelling....

I will be travelling tomorrow and I am busily packing all my things now. My friends have commented that I might be a little too over excited about my short vacation and I was quite surprised with the statement she made. I mean when should be the right time to pack things? I thought packing the night before is normal. But I guess I am mistaken.

Speaking of travelling which part of it do you like? the journey or the destination. Me, I think I am more of a long journey type of person. I mean I'd rather give up my airplane ticket for a long bus or boat ride to where I am going. Long journey relaxes me and let's my mind think of just almost anything that usually I don't have time to do when I am at work or at home. I do love long journey but I also like arriving at my destination safely.

And I never forget to pray before starting my journey and never forget to thank Him when every time I arrive safely at my destination...

Hello Keyboard its been a while....

Yes...starting to do a little bit of blogging again hopefully this is for a long time...not been feeling to write for quite some time but now I am inspired to work on a book/comic story that is based on my work or something like it...hopefully people will like it, right now I've been receiving positive review from friends which makes me want to write more. :) Wish me luck and try to visit my other blog

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Ssssummerrr…Chillin’ under the heat of the sun!

How do you plan a perfect summer get away? It should be an affordable and memorable vacation.

I personally would prefer to go with a group. Travelling with a huge group of people will surely make you spend less on certain things. And taking cheap flights if necessary will be easy in going on a large group. There are a number of airlines which offers cheap flights. The money saved from your flight may be use to buy more food for the group. Creating a route planner will also help you make your vacation quite a fun and memorable one. When I organize a certain vacation for me and my friends I always create a planner first. This entails our budgeting and the money we need to make our vacation a success. The number of people is also important. Make sure that you will be able to accommodate everybody if you’re planning to spend one night at the place you want to go to. Make sure that the all the food you intend to serve are good for everybody. You should also ask the groups opinion whether they love your plan or not. Planning a vacation can be a lot of fun as to having the vacation itself when everybody is cooperating.

Random thoughts from a troubled mind…

Lately a friend and I have noticed that most of the people we know are either pregnant or know someone who is. And I jokingly said that there will be a baby boom this year! She and most of the people I know are asking me on when I will have my own but I just always smile in return. It’s not that I don’t want to have kids but I’m not sure if I am ready for it, well I think emotionally I am but financially I doubt it.

With the prices of everything going up except my salary, it’s scary to think not being able to give the best for my baby. Brands like COSCO are quite popular with baby stuff like bedding and baby furniture. I have also this friend who recently gave birth to a healthy baby girl. Now, she is always browsing through pages of wonderful baby stuff on COSCO webpage wanting to be able to have on item for her little one. But she’s just happy to view and wish she can afford those items.

Is having a family now a day only for the rich? Well I am on the right age to settle down but not sure if we can afford starting a family of our own.