I am a 22-year old single gurl working as a SEO Specialist (let's not explain these things anymore). And I am in the office feeling all sleepy because of last night's assembly. Every single day I wake up, work my ass off, do on-page optimization, try social media marketing, research and research about Australia (since that's my portfolio), etc.

I read about Australia. I blog about Australia. I search for the best hotel and accommodation in Australia. Pretend I'm an aussie in forums. Everyday. Every single day. Too much consumption of Australia has actually lead me to learn to love this land "Down-under". Its people, its culture, its prime tour destinations... and everything there is to know about the country of Kangaroos. Now why am I saying this?

Not that I don't like what I'm doing anymore. To be honest, I'm beginning to love what I'm doing at this point of my young adult life. There's just one thing I find sad.

That I can almost be so familiar with the geography of Australia, but not my own country. That I am so attuned with what's happening in Australia, but am not aware of the senatorial line-up for the coming elections in the Philippines. That I have grown apathetic to the cries of the people. That I've joined the bigger crowd marching on the path of inwardness and individuality, constantly on the lookout if the government is depriving me of the benefits as a tax payer. I dunno, I don't want to sound like a hypocrite. But one thing I've noticed is that when you start working you begin to care less about political/national issues. To have to get by is your number one priority. When I was in college, I remember wanting to rush home early because I just need to catch up on Asia news and the Philippines' plight. I even read the Opinion page of the newspaper.

But now, things have turned awkwardly different. A Filipino trying to learn all about another land (and yeah I've got to optimize the websites of the businesses contributing to its growth) - because that's her job. I never dreamed of working abroad. I knew that I am meant to stay here. Here where the people I love abound. Though at some moments of the day, I feel like more of a person from that distant country rather than feeling like my own native self belonging here. All the hype of the job begins to get into my consciousness that I'm losing time to listen to what is going on in my own country.

 
It almost feels like working in another land already - minus the traffic and the high taxes I pay.

Alright, alright. Am gonna write about V-day. haha!

I'm gonna try my best for this not to sound mushy again. Heart's day for 2007 was special for me (naturally, rom). But it wasn't the celebration that we had that made it special. It's learning about love (oh no here we go again. wahahaha!) on a greater level.

... that it isn't the grand things that'll remain etched in our memories. Fun and laughter do not define love... not even the special days that you plan together. Love can be found just like in any ordinary day. In fact, it's in the regular, mundane things where you find the beauty of sticking together regardless if you got a pat on the back from the boss, or if you didn't get enough sleep for work today.

... Love is simpler than we thought. It's getting through the day without the expectation of the other treating you like a princess everyday. Most of the time, it's training yourself to choose the other person first. And in doing so, you begin to learn more about yourself. And you discover the kind of man/woman you're dreaming of spending life with. Whether the discovery is pleasant or not so pleasant is quite irrelevant coz we love despite of (fill in the blanks) ____, ____, ____, etc. 

... Regular, repetitive,  routinary. These three things may be the unlikable aspects of love. Though to me, they bring to mind the value of consistency, loyalty, and patience.

Love after all, is an everyday thing and not just on Valentine's day.

So to you who makes it real every single day, kisses and hugs you deserve! (naks!) hehe!

Unlimited texting is truly not for me.

There was this specific period in time (oo, nung single na single pa ako), when I would re-type my text lines over and over again just so my message will come out clean and non-offensive. It went like this:

"Hello! Gudam/pm/evening. Can I ask you to kindly delete me in your "Send-to-all" group? I hope you understand. Thank you. (with matching smiley!)

And good thing, my friends would reply politely saying, "oh, i'm sorry. Ok, I'll delete you now" or "ei, sorry naiistorbo kita. cge po, no problem". Things like those. I guess most of my friends aren't clueless to the fact that I HATE SPAM TEXTING AND THAT I AM THE NO. 1 CRITIC OF UNLIMITED TXT PROMOS! HAHAHA! (evil grin)

....

Then things turned out sweet in my life. Until this very day, I still don't get it how come my earth went on a 360 degree spin. It started when I began to notice my increasing expenditure for Globe prepaid cards and Autoload services for stuffs like, "yeah, i'm home na po." or "you take care, wokei?" or even that stupid smiley "" that sometimes disturb those sleeping butterflies in my stomach.

So for about 2 weeks, I gave up... and gave in to Globe's Unlimited promo. Hay. Pagibig nga naman. I even remember texting him saying, "So unlimitxt is cool, huh?"

What's worse is that I no longer get annoyed (and that would mean I couldn't also delete) quotes sent by unlimited texters when the messages are seemingly relevant to my heart stage. Hehe. Weird.

It went on like this for a month... until the tragic news.

So to recap:

One. Originally, I don't like unlimited txting for txt spam occurrences, and work disturbances

Two. I started patronizing it just recently and now they're taking away the value of the service.

Three. Globe just would not want to cooperate with my love life. (in contrast with: Ang Lakas mo sa Globe)

So there, you see. Unlimitxt is truly not for me. Sigh.