30 Days of Truth -- Day Thirteen

Day 13 → A band or artist that has gotten you through some tough ass days. (write a letter.)

I guess I already stopped hero worshiping years ago so I can't think of any particular band or artist that has helped me "through tough times" but I love listening to James Taylor ( who sung  Fire and Rain)  and Paul Simon's 50 Ways to Leave your Lover and 21 Guns by Greenday during "bad hair days".

• What about you, do you have a  band or artist that has gotten you through some tough ass days.? 

Tell me via the comment section the link to your post so I can check them out, too!

The list for the 30 Days of Truth Challenge  is here

Next:

Day 14 → A hero that has let you down. (letter)

30 Days of Truth -- Day Twelve.

Day 12 → Something you never get compliments on.

They never mention that I'm good at multi-tasking, like cooking while doing the laundry or doing my reports while handling people on the phone (and many other juggling acts  LOL). No one thanks me that I can keep my temper (at least for a while) if there are arguments or hot discussions.

We always want to be appreciated, don't we? We like to re-affirm ourselves with our loved ones, that what we are doing are right and has an impact on their lives. But what if we don't hear them?

• What about you, Is there something you never get compliments on?

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The list for the 30 Days of Truth Challenge is here

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Day 13 → A band or artist that has gotten you through some tough ass days. (write a letter.)

30 Days of Truth -- Day Eleven

Day 11 → Something people seem to compliment you the most on.

Well, most people would compliment my cooking. In Tagalog, they would say "masarap magluto" or a good cook. Teddy loves my chicken pork adobo and anything stewed.  My beef stroganoff and inihaw na liempo (grilled pork belly) is always a bestseller during birthdays and holidays.

On the outside, people would compliment me for my good skin. I can still pass for 28 LOL!  I'm not too fair nor too dark, but I have fine pores so I'm not prone to acne. My skin regimen is simple: clean, moisturize and tone before sleep and lots of liquid during the day. Of course I would stay out of the sun most times and I try my best to use organic products like fresh honey and the native "kalamansi".

• What about you, Is there something people seem to compliment you the most on?

Tell me via the comment section the link to your post so I can check them out, too!

The list for the 30 Days of Truth Challenge is here

Next:
Day 12 → Something you never get compliments on.

I grabbed the logo here :)

30 Days of Truth - Day Ten.

Day 10 → Someone you need to let go, or wish you didn’t know.

Once or twice, I needed to let go of someone, but I never regretted knowing them. When I was younger, I have a couple of friends who led me into the wrong crowd. For a while it was fun. But when some things reveal its ugliness by itself, then it is time to walk away. I did and never looked back. Also, there was someone a few years ago who I really loved that I thought the world of. I almost gave up my sense of self for this person by trying to be someone I am not. But that person betrayed me by cheating and lying. I was so hurt that even forgiveness could not return the respect back.

I'm glad I'm over these people. At some point, I mourned for my loss.  I'm not perfect, but I try to be a good person and if they hurt me, I realized, it's their loss after all. I believe people come to our lives to teach us something, and every lesson learned add color and depth to our character.

• What about you, Is there someone you didn’t want to let go, but just drifted?

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The list for the 30 Days of Truth Challenge is here

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Day 11 → Something people seem to compliment you the most on.

I grabbed the logo here :)

30 Days of Truth - Day Nine.

Day 09 → Someone you didn’t want to let go, but just drifted

People change. People come and go.That's what I found in the many and various relationships in my life. Some people doesn't want exchanging goodbyes and I respect that (because I'm like that, too).

• What about you, Is there someone you didn’t want to let go, but just drifted?

Tell me via the comment section the link to your post so I can check them out, too!

The list for the 30 Days of Truth Challenge is here

Next:
Day 10 → Someone you need to let go, or wish you didn’t know.

I grabbed the logo here :)

30 Days of Truth -- Day Eight

Day 08 → Someone who made your life hell, or treated you like shit.

I could name a few who ATTEMPTED to treat me like shit and one or two almost succeeded. The most felt was by the person described in day four.  I know he was not treating me the way I deserved to be treated but I ignored the signs,  hoping tomorrow would be better. It went on for years. But a person can only take so much, we are like balloons slowly filling with water. We expand and take in as much as we can and then we explode.

But I'm better now. I realized, it's not living the life we chose BUT choosing the life we live.

• What about you, who has made your life hell, or treated you like shit?

Tell me via the comment section the link to your post so I can check them out, too!

The list for the 30 Days of Truth Challenge is here

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Day 09 → Someone you didn’t want to let go, but just drifted.

I grabbed the logo here :)

30 Days of Truth -- Day Seven

Day 07 → Someone who has made your life worth living for

Family and friends. I may not admit it, but for so long I  lived for the approval of my loved ones. I always strived to act according to the standards set by them. Through them, I find purpose to better myself.

Love relationships.Teddy. He is my friend.  He is "the one". I know so.  :) But he can make me really, really crazy sometimes and that keeps me on my toes.

Enemies.  Some people -- they can't move on. They try to take me on guilt-trips and if I let them, will do their  best to suck me in their misery. Sometimes Most of the time, I am  not completely blameless for the the things that happen to me. Enemies  make me look inward to contemplate and re-assess myself.
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This is a hard one because the follow up question would be: Is it? So  I mulled over this  for days and I realized, people who come and go can love us, hate us, leave us, and they always leave a mark in our lives.

• What about you, who has made your life worth living for?

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The list for the 30 Days of Truth Challenge is here

Next:

Day 08 → Someone who made your life hell, or treated you like shit.

I grabbed the logo here :)

30 Days of truth - Day 06

Day 06 → Something you hope you never have to do

 (My 30 days of Truth)

Lie.

As hard as we try to be, not all of us can be Honest Abes.  

I mean, how do you say to a loved one that they are dying, or to a child that one parent is going away for good and there is no sense in waiting? I think honesty does not equate with insensitivity, that's all. I hope I would not be in a situation like that.

• What about you, what is it that you you hope you never have to do?

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The list for the 30 Days of Truth Challenge is here

Next:

Day 07 → Someone who has made your life worth living for.

30 Days of Truth -- Day Five (5/30)

Day 05 → Something you hope to do in your life.
 (My 30 days of Truth)

Here's some in my bucket list:

• Get out of debt.
• Conquer the zipline.
• Have a baby (hard due to PCOS)
• Travel and do an Asian eco-tour.
• Become an e-preneur.

...not necessarily in that order , though. :)

~x~XX~x~

• What about you, what is it that you hope to do in your life?

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The list for the 30 Days of Truth Challenge is here

Next:

Day 06 → Something you hope you never have to do..

30 days of Truth -- Day Four (4/30)

Day 04 → Something you have to forgive someone for.

I guess the most painful thing a loved one can do to you is to cheat you.

Years ago, this loss of faith has really broken my heart. I thought that you get what you give. You give love, you get love. You sow loyalty, you reap loyalty. Blah-blah.

At first I tried to ignore it. i said to myself, "ah, it's just a phase...". But it went on for almost a year, and I felt it's too much. So I started to nag, to throw tantrums, to shout and cry so he would listen. But no, it got worse to the point he and I won't speak for days, he won't show up, things like that...

One day, I had a motorcycle accident. Nothing major, just a few bruises and a laceration on my leg that required 12 stitches. I was not paying much attention on the road (I was crying). After this, he tried to patch up with me. I thought it was really in his heart to work out our relationship. I forgave him and vowed never to talk about it again. We left our jobs and moved to his parents house, a fresh start he said.

For a while it was okay, like "it" never happened. Then one night, I saw him talking on the phone with "her".

And I realized, it's not over yet. This second betrayal has broken crumbled my heart pride. All I need is just a little honesty and he won't give it to me...

One morning, I woke up, packed up and said goodbye. There is so much anger in me and it's not healthy anymore. ..

For two years I tried to make a concentrated effort to move on. I prayed that the grace of forgiveness find the way to my heart . And it did. It was slow but it did.

~x~XX~x~

• What about you, what is it that you need to forgive about someone?

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The list for the 30 Days of Truth Challenge is here



Next:

Day 05 → Something you hope to do in your life.

30 Days of Truth -- Day Three (3/30)

Day 03 → Something you have to forgive yourself for.

 (My 30 days of Truth)

I always thought that we should live without regrets. But sometimes there are things that we wish we could have done differently...

I wish that I should have read the signs when my mom started to show her diabetes. We were not always on good terms and I felt that I have ignored her. Now I feel that we have so little time together and how I wish we could have detected it sooner. Diabetes is a debilitating disease and  has already affected her sight and her extremities, she has difficulty walking now. Just last week, we (my sister and I) moved our mom to the province (in Albay) so that my other siblings could look after her. I pray that I can forgive myself for that! 

• What about you, what is it that you need to forgive about yourself? 

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The list for the 30 Days of Truth Challenge  is here

Next:

Day 04 → Something you have to forgive someone for.

30 Days of Truth -- Day Two (2/30)

Day 02 → Something you love about yourself.

 (My 30 days of Truth)

I feel that I have a high tolerance for hardship (do you call that threshold of pain?). I don't give up that easily in the face of adversity. Maybe my resilience came from living independently at an early age, studying away from my hometown for years. I'm a very optimistic person and I believe that a sunny and positive aura affects people around you. It's like you get what you give kind of thing.

I love that I have dimples!  In this fast world, people just give someone more than a cursory glance so I believe they are my lucky charm when people look at me a bit longer.It is a good way to make a connection. A great persuasion tool, too! (::wink::)

• What about you, what do you love about your self? 

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The list for the 30 Days of Truth Challenge  is here

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Day 03 → Something you have to forgive yourself for.

The 30 Days of Truth -- Day One

Day 01 → Something you hate about yourself.
 (My 30 days of Truth)

I don't hate.  I become exasperated, or irritated, that's all.Hate is a VERY intense feeling of dislike or feeling of  extreme  aversion  or  extreme  hostility. But for the purposes of this post, I'm going to use the word "hate" to mean scared, irritated, or dislike. Maybe we have the same peeves, too.

I hate my hair's frizzy and curly. No, scratch that. I don't know why that's the first in my list of my "I hates".LOL.

I hate that I don't have guts to change my job RIGHT NOW. I want to, but I can't. I'm terribly bored.But the times are hard,I have no savings and I'm badly in debt (due to my mom's high medical maintenance of Type II diabetes -- diagnosed last year) so I can't risk RIGHT NOW the security of a permanent job.

I hate that I can't lose weight as fast as I want, because an office job gives me a sedentary life.

I hate that I want to quit smoking but I find it hard.

Rats (or mice), lizards, spiders --- they are ok. But I truly hate cockroaches. They're dirty filthy, their bite is poisonous, they look sneaky and traitorous to me. i don't know. It's just that, if you're planning to swat them with something, they look at you wagging (is that the correct word?) their antennae as if accusing a finger at you :(

I hate my hair's frizzy and curly. Why can't I be like other girls with smooth, silky STRAIGHT hair?

• What do you hate about your self?

The list for the 30 Days of Truth Challenge  is here

30 Days of Truth

I've been having the dreaded writer's block recently and I have have whined about it here. But I am so determined to get it back! I was thinking of doing a gratitude list or a bucket list, anything with a prompt. I was bloghopping today and I saw Ladii Aponte of  Through My Eyes starting the 30 days of Truth challenge, so I thought I might as well come and join.  Ladii Aponti found the list at Angel Believes which she found through Dione @ Homesick Cajun which she found...(you know how memes are! :) )

I've posted the list here so anyone who wishes to come and take the journey (to self-discovery?)  with me will have a guide to the questions.


Day 01 → Something you hate about yourself.
Day 02 → Something you love about yourself.
Day 03 → Something you have to forgive yourself for.
Day 04 → Something you have to forgive someone for.
Day 05 → Something you hope to do in your life.
Day 06 → Something you hope you never have to do.
Day 07 → Someone who has made your life worth living for.
Day 08 → Someone who made your life hell, or treated you like shit.
Day 09 → Someone you didn’t want to let go, but just drifted.
Day 10 → Someone you need to let go, or wish you didn’t know.
Day 11 → Something people seem to compliment you the most on.
Day 12 → Something you never get compliments on.
Day 13 → A band or artist that has gotten you through some tough ass days. (write a letter.)
Day 14 → A hero that has let you down. (letter)
Day 15 → Something or someone you couldn’t live without, because you’ve tried living without it.
Day 16 → Someone or something you definitely could live without.
Day 17 → A book you’ve read that changed your views on something.
Day 18 → Your views on gay marriage.
Day 19 → What do you think of religion? Or what do you think of politics?
Day 20 → Your views on drugs and alcohol.
Day 21 → (scenario) Your best friend is in a car accident and you two got into a fight an hour before. What do you do?
Day 22 → Something you wish you hadn’t done in your life.
Day 23 → Something you wish you had done in your life.
Day 24 → Make a playlist to someone, and explain why you chose all the songs. (Just post the titles and artists and letter)
Day 25 → The reason you believe you’re still alive today.
Day 26 → Have you ever thought about giving up on life? If so, when and why?
Day 27 → What’s the best thing going for you right now?
Day 28 → What if you were pregnant or got someone pregnant, what would you do?
Day 29 → Something you hope to change about yourself. And why.
Day 30 → A letter to yourself, tell yourself EVERYTHING you love about yourself