where to ?

This is the first 7 days of the year and I am now wondering, where to? I always have this penchant of reinventing myself once things didn't work out the way I had planned or envisioned; or if things get boring. I guess it's one of those things that I thank God for this life, you may fail, but you have all the reasons and opportunities to get up, pick up the pieces and start where you left off or start a clean slate and go from scratch.

In my first year after college, I had been a volunteer for a well known media-based non-government organization. I just saw myself going way up North in the Phils. giving donations and basking on the warmth of the afternoon sun while lying above sacks and sacks of rice and other donated goods on a freight truck on-route La-union, Pangasinan and Tarlac.

I have also witnessed families fleeing from their burning homes, carrying nothing but clothes on their backs-yet the irony of it all, thanking God that all of their loved ones are safe despite the fact that all their material possessions were reduced to ashes. I also saw children playing amidst the floods which destroyed properties and farmlands- oblivious to the fact that their parents are worried-where will they get the money for their daily sustenance?

Then after a year I landed a job, in the same company I have been volunteering for. This time, it's abused children we were saving. Bruised, beaten up, frightened, violated, abandoned- you name it; it was all unnerving and disturbing-how can anyone do such things to a child-some as small as a year old! I sometimes go home to my aunt's and cry myself to sleep, sometimes I feel vengeful, thanks to our debriefing- it saved me from being swept by my emotions and be a nut myself! Then, I was appointed to handle our medical and counseling missions; this new responsibility took me anywhere in Manila.

During this time, I met my husband to be through my cousin, and after a year and a half of dating,I quit my job and we got married. I became a wife/mom (to a sweet and wonderful boy)/daughter (since we live with my parents)/sister. Life ain't smooth sailing, and if I'm to write what happened during our first 6 years as a couple/ family-it will be fit for a major telenovela (which I do not plan to do)

Then I started working again,I added to my now hyper-slashed profile as assistant to the Dean/mgt. staff for an academic institution; then, my father died and that made us rethink our plans of moving out. After six months, I became pregnant again and gave birth to a bubbly feisty little girl. I decided also not to return from the workforce since my husband and I had an agreement that I should be hands on in taking care of our children till at least the age of five ( actually, I'm the one who demanded it-good thing, my better half agrees) Now I'm a mom/wife/ daughter/human monkey bar.

Thank God for technology, I don't need to fret about missing anything when it comes to my friends and I am constantly making friends-thanks to Facebook Yoville, Multiply and MyYearbook. I now immerse myself on another business- as an online personal shopper for people not so keen about Internet shopping, yet would love to buy authentic stuff. I also joined the Cullen Coven-since as of the moment, I decided to be a Mommy Twilighter. I enjoy reading e-books of this brilliant author's genius - it made me felt alive thinking that I can still swoon over brooding sensitive vampire guys-haaaaaaay- more on that later on my next BLOG. For now, I rest my fingers and enjoy my ME time, with Edward and Bella.