Learning new things is always my pleasure. Discovering things and knowing the answers to certain what-who-when-why-how-questions is just fulfilling. Deciphering a mystery? Oh man, that’s just so overwhelming. But of course, the most important thing to learn is all about life, how to play and survive it.

They say, the best way to learn life is through others’ experiences.Though the lesson from that experience is not as pure as the one you will experience yourself, it’s quite better and wiser than risking your own life to things you’re not certain. This idea made me wonder about the things I’ve learned about life through others’ experiences. How it taught and changed me. Below are some examples.

1. Never ever get too attached to someone. - I learned this from my best friend, during her breakup with her boyfriend. She was too attached to him she couldn’t let go. She was too dreary and down. So yeah, never ever get too attached to someone you know won’t stick around and just leave you behind.

2. You can never run away from a problem. – This is a lesson I learned from somebody I won’t name. She’s furious with life, everything’s going wrong, and thought of running away from her problems. Eventually, she went astray. Truly, you just cannot get away from a problem until you at least try to solve it, or it will forever haunt you.

3. Never be too proud of yourself. – I learned this from an old friend. She’s too proud of herself that it always cause her so much frustrations in life. Problem is, she complicates the simplest things in life thinking she knows better, but after all, it’s herself she’s fooling.

4. Don’t make decisions when you’re angry. Don’t make promises when you’re happy – Cliche, it is, but never really meant something to me until when someone-I-wont-name showed me how it is so bad to make impulsive decisions. It always ends up wrong and regrettable.

5. Acknowledge negativity, accept the reality. – This one is something I learned from a cousin. She was once consumed by so much negativity about what others say about her, but learned how to accept all it and was able to free herself from having a very bad day. This one is my favorite lesson since I always get a very bad day whenever somebody tries to bring me down :p

So there, 5 lessons I’ve learned from the others’ experiences, but of course there’s more, I just don’t know how to put them on words :p How about you? Can you share some? :)

Beyond doubt, regret is the greatest foe you’ll encounter in life. It will punish you terribly, drown you with so much agony, and you can’t do anything but be there and let it do it’s job.

Today, I found out something bad. Apparently, it’s something totally regrettable. Something bad that you’d beg God to bring back time and stop yourself from doing it. Well, if you’re getting the hint, it’s not about me.

So, okay, I’ve been thinking how to get over from a regret. Well, in some cases, you need to make things right to get over it, but what if you’re left out with no chances to make things right? Now that’s a terrible story. But still, nothing beats the option “accept the fact you did something wrong, move on”. Also, look on the brighter side, regret is just telling you a beautiful lesson. Remember, the greater the regret, the greater the lesson. Just like what they say “There are no mistakes in life, only lessons.” =)

So…

Dear YOU, well, what can I say, you must have done the biggest mistake in your life but c’mon, it’ll pass, I just hope you got the lesson :) I’ll always love and support you.. every step of the way. Wink! ;)

Well, hello lovies! :) Since I really don’t know how to start this random blogpost, I’m just gonna list down all the things I’ve been up to lately.

• This month is pretty awesome. I got myself a Blackberry phone (courtesy of mom) and an Apple Itouch (own savings!! *u*)
• Harry Potter marathon! I’ve downloaded a complete set of Harry Potter movies and they’ve been such a good boredom buster. Also, I watched HP7 on 3D, super duper mega loved it. I was bursting in tears the whole time. Pls pls pls write another book, JKR :(
• Now in a relationship with Neville Longbottom.
• Tiny Tower. If you’re not familiar with it, here’s a link. Man, I can’t stand a day not checking my tower. Addictive, it is. The Bitbook is really cute and funny :p
• Online Shopping. Ebay is such a big temptation.
• Thesis. Well, what can I say, this is such a pain in the ass. Up to date, we haven’t finished anything yet hehehe.
• Lovelife. Eeeek :”>
• Movies! My laptop is currently bombarded with lots of movies so yeah :>
• Swimming. It’s July and it’s supposed to be rainy here but why is it so hot and humiiiiid :( Good thing we’re near a resort :p
• Ebooks.
• Angry birds.
• And some other bunch of itouch apps.

Right now, I so miss blogging. Feels like I totally ran out of topics to blog about :( Huhu. BYE

Today, God spoke to me. Well, by “spoke” I didn’t mean we had a literal face to face conversation. There was just these signs and messages which I never knew I needed. So, here’s a little story of what happened the past few months.

Truth is, I’ve always been so insecure about myself. My appearance, my standard of living, my everything; they seem not enough. I get jealous and envy a lot. It actually frustrates me whenever I see people who can get/do whatever they want when me myself can’t. Yes, I am that person. I’ve always been that horrible.

These past few weeks/months, things are going wrong. I’m not going into details but things I didn’t see coming came and surprised me. I felt so much frustration, so much agony. I lost everything. Everything I’ve worked hard for, everything that meant so much to me. I felt so empty and alone.

Today, I spent hours listening to good Christian songs, which somehow helped me soothe and ease my pain. I prayed, I sought help.

And then I received this message:

Hah. Yes, I am never empty. I am blessed and prospered. I have my family and friends who love me so much and nothing in this world can beat that. Wealth, beauty, and power, these are never enough.

Truly, God has the best plans. No matter how stubborn that evil in you, He’ll make a way to get that off you. And in my case, I’m free from my insecurities and I’m not just saying that. It was all worth a lesson.

Thank you, Father.

My first day of school went pretty much okay. Same shit, different day. But as usual, the first day was totally grand for everybody, grand as a fashion runway– new bags, new hairstyles, new shoes, everything’s new. lol. So what’s new about me? Well, because this is my last “first-day-of school”, I allowed myself to go major shopping. Hehehe. I bought 2 new pair of shoes, 2 new bags, fancy pens and notebooks, and whatsoever. Oh, and that image above is actually my ~new~ ID lace which I made myself. My friends find it cute so I made them their own laces, too :p :p

Moving on from that ~new~ whatevs, here’s a bullet post of my first-day-of-school:

• Went to school around 7am.
• I so hate the first subject’s teacher. He’s just too strict. Hehe.
• 2nd subject, it’s so b o r i n g I almost slept.
• Lunch break – my favorite part of the day. I so missed our canteen’s special adobo. Hehe.
• 3rd subject, well, my professor in this subject is actually my uncle sooo it went very awkward. He moved me into a new seat, guess what, beside my exboyffff. Wtf.
• 4th subject, so much pressure! Got the most bitchy professor. She teaches very good, tho.
• Dismissal – 2nd favorite part of the day. LOL. Stopped by at 711 with friends and had so much chitchats.

So, that’s all it. I hope the next school days will go smooth, too. Busy days ahead! Thesis, aachieve-in kita.