Man Overboard

Three years have passed and now I'm back!

I have to admit, I did not miss writing on my blog all that much. Posting status updates on Facebook with the accompanying pictures and occasional one-liners were enough to share what I had been up to and where I have been the past three years.

Now, here I am pretending to be a writer again.

Out of the sea...
Wish I could be...
Part of your world...
...again!

Now that I have finally jumped ship and decided to work on land again, I intend to get back on this blog to share my thoughts (mindless and/or otherwise) and my experiences (pleasant and/or not) to those who care enough to care.

To another start...

To a new beginning...

I'm an Oh.Friggin'.W.

Filed under Self Travel Work


The DIVA has left the building...

I have waited for this for almost a year, and I have very much anticipated the time when I can finally write about it and now the chance has arrived...

I am finally leaving to pursue a new career as a seafarer. Like what I wrote about in previous entries , I have applied for a Front Desk position in a luxury liner and now, I will actually do it.

In the months that I waited and waited, I had drafted many blog posts in my head imagining how I'll summarize my arduous application process and express the excitement and anxieties I feel once I am definite to fly off to see the world.

Yet now, all those drafts seem futile. No words can explain my current state of mind and I dare try no longer.

So, I will just state the fact that I am now officially an OFW as I am finally leaving this Sunday to Turkey (via Amsterdam) where I'll board the passenger ship which will take me to a 10-month cruise to Europe, the Mediterranean and South America.

My new work may prevent me from accessing the internet for some time and I won't be able to update this blog...

But I'm sure once I do get back on the keyboard, I'll have more to talk about and show more photos of my adventure...

Until then, wish me luck and bid me adieu...


My ship has sailed!

Exes, Why's & Zzzsss...

Filed under Self Sunshine Friends


Why the title?

Well, allow me to explain...


EXes

Last week, I had the chance to spend time with 2 of my exes... separately, of course!

Friday, I had a last minute invite from an ex to join him and our other friends for an overnight trip to Tagaytay. I hesitated a bit and initially wanted to take a rain check since I still had to come to work that evening. However, considering that he just got back from the USA and I haven't seen him in a long time (and he isn't exactly the type who takes 'No' for an answer), I eventually agreed.

We had a nice evening in Tagaytay when we checked out the nightlife there (we had a few drinks in Café Lupe) and spent a considerable and wacky time looking out for any signs of cruising activity in the area (call it research, if you will...hah!).

Little did we know that he had a surprise up his sleeves! When he previously said we already have a place to stay in, we thought that he reserved a room in one of the hotels there. But lo and behold, after checking out the area, he drove us to a nearby subdivision up to a beautiful house that turned out to be his! Apparently, part of his US earnings for the past three years had been spent on this cute little house. Enviable!

Fast forward to Sunday, I texted my most recent ex, my Sunshine, to watch Spiderman 3. Lucky for me, he agreed. And we did watch the movie that night and bought a couple of Spidey merchandise (1 for me & 1 for his nephew).

What was interesting about our movie 'date' was that we were a little quiet the whole time and an awkwardness was clearly felt. We did not have our usual chit-chat and non-sense exhange of words. It simply was like we were both on a blind date with a stranger. Well, I guess we still have to give ourselves a little more time to adjust to our new reality.

From friends to lovers to friends...

Incidentally, today would have marked our 3rd anniversary...aaaawwwww!

Which leads me to the 2nd part of this blog post...


WHY's

Since I announced my break-up with Sunshine, I was met with the expected universal question (with varied degrees of shock, surprise & disappointment) from our friends: WHY?

And like in my previous entry, the only reason I tell them is that we have reached that point where parting ways would be the best for both of us.

And sweet that they are, my friends also have that follow-up question to 'why' which is... How are you?... Are you okay?... How are you holding up?

And with all honesty, I have consistently assured them that I am doing just fine. Sure, I am sad and disappointed on what happened, but compared to the previous break-up's I had to go through, this is without a doubt the most okay I have been. I guess it helps that we ended up amicably and I saw no pressing reason to be bitter about it.

As I also have told a few of my friends, without me realizing it, I kinda knew that the end was bound to happen and I have somehow prepared for it. To quote a line from the Madonna documentary Truth or Dare: "It's like when someone is dying, I kinda have to make peace with it before it happens; so when it happens, I don't feel anything..."

Again, not that I did not feel anything, it's only that now when I look back at what we had, unlike in my previous relationships, I do not have tears in my eyes... only a smile on my face... aaawww!


ZZZssss

And for the last part of my entry, I just wanted share the fact that I haven't been able to have a good enough sleep for the past few days mainly because I have to take care of some requirements I need to get so I can finally realize my plans to work abroad.

Since late last year, I have been working on my application for a job that would take me to America to work as a Front Desk Agent in a cruise liner. I have put on hold my application process for a couple of months since I have health-related concerns I need to resolve before I leave (and also so I can have time to spend summer with my friends).

And now, I have resumed pursuing this job and since I am pretty much on the last leg of the process, things are turning out to be more hectic than I anticipated. This Friday, I'll start my 10-day Basic Safety Training which I will take in the afternoon while I still have to report for work in the evening. I will also be returning back to my university (UP Diliman) to finally get my academic records (which I filed for 2 months ago! Damn bureaucracy!). Right after that, I will have yet another pre-employment medical exams and then I will go through the process of getting my seaman's book/certificate. And then I'll be scheduled for an interview with the US Embassy for my working visa.

Much as I want to just resign from my current work so I can fully focus my time and energy on my application, I am just not in that opportune position yet. So I only have to toughen up for the meantime and just brace myself for more sleepless nights (or day for that matter)!

What I had to do to fulfill the American Dream...



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