I ran inside NAIA terminal 3 for the first time

I learned an important lesson today.

Nothing happens unless you make it happen.

Nothing happens unless you go for it.

I arrived at NAIA Terminal 3 at 8am. My schesuled flight to my home city was 3pm. That's a 7 hour waiting period.

My roommate's flight was at 1pm, however due to her husband's motor vehicular accident, she wanted to be a Chance Passenger.

I have no qualms of trying to be a chance passenger for Philippine airlines.

But i have never tried to be one at Cebu Pacific.

Because i thought it would be such a chore, that it would be hopeless, me and my other friend waited for an hour.

What if I just tried. I have nothing to lose. 

Then my mom call, urging me to check if it was possible.

So I asked around. But my first question wasn't about being a chance passenger, it was all about the 3pm flight.

Discontent, I lined up for another 10-20 minutes, hoping.

I wasn't expecting my request to be approved, but it did.

"Your flight is now 10am. You have 9 minutes till boarding time"

It was 9:21am.

My God, that was the first time I ran inside an airport.

Thankfully, the aircraft had just arrived, so our flight was a little delayed.

But that experience taught me something.

Hesitation will get you nowhere.

It's easy to do & it's easy not to

This is an idea that stuck with me after reading Jeff Olson's book. 

And it has been excellent in helping me say no. 

For example, I promised myself not to drink coffee for a consecutive number of days. 

I can control myself. 

I struggle when I'm attending a seminar/training. It's hard to decline free flowing coffee. 

"....okay... it's easy to do... and it's easy not to"

"If I drink coffee, it will eventually become a daily simple error of judgment. And you know what happens."

Then I shift my focus. 

Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't. 

And that's okay.

My ff8 fanfic

I know I'm late with my fanfiction updates.

The last update I made was before I went to South Korea.

It's been a month.

Can you imagine my surprise when I received an email that someone added my story to their story alert subscription?

My fic doesn't feature a popular love team. Neither is it all sweet and romantic. It doesn't get a lot of views. It doesn't get a lot of likes. It doesn't get a lot of comments.

It's dark. It's broody.

But I'm happy that someone liked it.

A moment's reflection before you go to sleep

My work has brought me to Subic, Zambales, Philippines.

Based on what was taught to me in my elementary years, it used to be a US army base during World War 2.

My job takes me to new places, and I get to meet new people!

I'm grateful for being an Administrative Assistant... yet I know I won't be contented by being just an Admin Assistant.

What drew me to this job was the fact that I wouldn't think. The fact that someone else is doing it for me, and all I have to do is follow orders.

 But life doesn't work that way.

Somewhere, along 3.5 years of being employed by the government... I changed.

I'm starting to have bigger dreams for myself... ny future.. and my close knit circle of loved ones.

Serendipity lead me to Jeff Olson's "Slight Edge Philosophy"

Call it serendipity.

I was reading answers on Quora when I stumbled on this question, "What is the biggest polt twist in your life?"

I was hesitating to answer, so I decided to just... read.

The top answer for that question was written by Michael Stawicki from Poland.

The biggest plot twist in his life was that he became a writer, all because of... a book.

Jeff Olson's Slight Edge, to be exact.

Bookworm that I am, I downloaded an e-copy. It was going to be my next read.

Looking back, I must have thought it was another personal development book I was going to read, get hyped about... and eventually forget. I've read a couple of personal development books, and I can't remember most of what I've studied.

But Jeff's book... It's really easy to digest. It really is!

I'll write about what I learned from that book in the succeeding blog posts.

New Family Member!

He is a blessing in disguise....

....our newly adopted 5 year old Shih Tzu, Pahpu!

I was honestly surprised when my mom told me she had a new adopted dog.

I was... "Oh no, another mouth to feed!", but when I saw him for the first time, my heart melted.

How was he going to mingle with our 2 outdoor dogs and 1 indoor cat?

But he is SO SWEET! The most adorable thing ever! More adorable than our Philippine Native Cat!

Pahpu reminds me of Macky and Krystle's 2 Shih Tzu, Pim and Bam

(Pictures of Pim!)

Sadly, Pahpu is has been given a haircut, so he doesn't look that fluffy. 

But hey, his eyes are enough to melt my heart!

Can I Lift this?

I've searched countless of blogs telling me the benefits of weightlifting, or how weightlifting has changed their life.

Whenever I'm at the weights section I always go for the challenging weights.

Challeging, for me means that, "I can lift you, yet I know it won't be easy."

I scourge the dumbbells (DBs)  for the ideal weight. Some men don't know how to return dumbbells to the rack.

Finally, I grab my chosen ones and try to ignore the looks from men.

I sit, kick the DBs to my shoulders and lie down. It's Dumbbell Bench Press today. Can I lift this?

I take a deep breath. Yes, I can. and I proceed to perform my reps, no matter how challenging it is. No matter heavy it is.

Now if I can transfer this frame of mind to other aspects of my life, that would be great.