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1. Your dream career and why - When I was young I dreamed of becoming a nurse as my future career because I love helping other people especially unfortunate individuals. However, growing up, I saw how my Tita who is studying nursing at that time who I am close with, having breakdowns, and sleepless nights. I thought that why do I need to suffer first before I could help other people? hehehe that is when I learned about our business in the province. I saw my Tito who wanted to provide opportunities to the farmers, I reflect that being in business, you could elevate the lives of other people. That's why I am here, this passion started when I was in SHS, I learned about social entrepreneurship. As a business, I am not satisfied with the purpose of just "to sell", It is also significant to create an impact with the community. I see myself working in the creative industry and being with people who share the same passion as I am in helping other people.

2. Goal-oriented steps towards your dream career - includes:

Finishing studies, graduating to college

Maximizing my time

Collaborate and communicate with my peers

Growing my network, get inspiration from social entreprenuers in the country

Be determined

Accept that failures are always part of the process

Take Risk

Explore possibilities

3. Your alternative career and why - My alternative career, if I wouldn't become a social entrepreneur, is working in an Advertising Agency as an Accounts Manager or Content Creator. I discovered that being a Content Creator and you can also create an impact, you can influence other people with your wisdom, motivate them, and make them feel that that they can go through at any adversities that life may throw.

4. Your life goal in 10 years - To be honest, my life goal in 10 years... is just simple to be in a position where I am genuinely happy and loving myself more, contented, and healthy. I also wished that I was already financially stable and was able to give back to my parents.

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SPIRITUAL DIMENSION

I've been into K-pop since 2012, and up until now I still love the relaxation that they provide especially when I am studying.

One of the reasons why this is the choice of music I am into is because I love dancing. If I have time I will try to learn their dance steps, I also try to record myself dancing to their dance challenges on TikTok hehehehe and sometimes it become part of my workout routine or go-to playlist when I am cleaning my room

You know when they say music has no boundaries, K-pop has proven it a lot of times in our society. Even though I can't understand their language, you can feel it in your ears down to your heart what they are communicating through their music. There is one particular song that I can relate to so much because it's about comforting and talking to her youth, it is about the dark times when we felt like giving up our own life but still try to hold on to no matter what. It become my inspiration that I am not alone, that as a youth there will be a time where we try to question ourselves or felt like we have no hope for a better tomorrow. In the coming of age stage, we try to learn and discover more about our lives, and it's nice because music is there to comfort me during those days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLZ_koI3qi8

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bolbbalgan4 // to my youth 나의 사춘기에게 lyrics

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A Life On Our Planet

The photo beside this note is a photo of my surroundings right now, that's what I see every day in my window. That's where I look for 5mins or so to avoid eye strain from using my laptop and cellphone for a long time, the bridge that you can see behind the tree is the "Ortigas-BGC Link" it was opened last week and is part of the build, build, build program of Duterte Administration.

I was born and raised here, in Makati. That's why I can see the progress of my surroundings from what it is before from now. Before, I only see trees, some buildings, and I actually seldom see cars going around this area that I can still hear birds chirping, it was a beautiful view for me that it brings me peace and relaxation seeing green trees around the city I'm living in. But today, with the addition of the bridge, I can now hear ranging cars and motorcycles every morning. It was a good thing for most since it can avoid traffic jams in EDSA. However, at some point, it negatively affects me as I felt that the place I am living in seems to be crowded and congested.

The solution that I've come up with after watching the documentary of David Attenborough, is to think of ways I could live sustainably in all aspects whether it may be environmental, societal, and economical. And soon enough, I want to achieve my vegan way of lifestyle. I will also be keen on what to purchase and continue my clothes upcycling. I will also make sure to vote for a leader who shows importance on the environment and for our animals.

At the ending part of the film, he gives emphasis on how can we be part of nature, to embark that our current actions can provide us with preceding consequences. The statemen below by David can sum up and reflect the life on our planet.

"if we take care of nature, it will take care of us"

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As a person who does a lot of tasks every day, my life becomes fast-paced, a second just passed and another moment is over. With the schedule that I have and a long list of to-do, Sometimes, I don't have time to reflect and recognize my emotions. I also easily fall asleep because of tiredness from my eyes, down to my back.

To be honest...I develop a trigger when things are already pilling up that I don't have the ability to control it and when it happened, it is the time for me to take a pause and have a breather for a while. This trigger happens when I dreamed of running, but no one is chasing me, I just felt like it because I'm running out of time. When I first had this dream I shrugged it off...because I thought it may be just caused by what I watched in movies because I love tragedy, action, and horror movies. Then, it occurred a lot of times, every morning I'll wake up feeling tired and dehydrated because of my dreams, that is the time when I start recognizing it, talking to my friends and family about it, like what should I do for me to not have that dream again, and I also tried to search what is the meaning of this dream, then ask advice to our family doctor about it.

Afterward, I start to find ways to cope up, what habits should I continue and avoid, I also start to identify how to prioritize my overall well-being, without compromising my academics and other responsibilities.

Right now, what really helped me to stay true to what I'm feeling is my Friends. We are struggling at the same time, and we are very open with each other. Just seeing them physically or virtually once a week is a huge leap for keeping my emotional intelligence on its healthy path, because listening to their stories made me reflect on myself as well, every time we see each other, we value the moment and made sure to not use our phones for a while. What I conclude in this blog is to find your peace. Identify your safe space, and healthy environment to vent out all your emotions, and make sure to communicate it with people you love and trust.

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Omg cute! I started writing a blog last year during my 19th bday because it's a requirement from one of our classes, then 1 year later, the same month, the same professor then the same assessment but now, it's like I'm writing for the first half of my 2021 hehehehe anyway, there's a lot of things going through in my mind lately since I always feel like I am juggling things up, from academics, scholar work, internship, our business, and my part-time work, also, there is an upcoming competition in which we need to represent Thames, it is the DigiPop Youth Competition, hosted by the Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of the Philippines. HAHAHAHHA wow... quite overwhelming.

If you'll ask me to rate how tired I am every day from 1-10, I'll give it a 9. But... no matter how weary I am, I still love what I do, that this is what I want, working on things that I love, working on myself, and eager to learn new things, accepting every opportunity that comes my way. Very stressful at times...charz, a lot of times. yet I am still here, getting up every morning feeling determined and excited to take every challenge and learning experience in my life.

pero I know my downside rin kasi...there are times when...I don't know how to say "No" or maybe I am afraid of failure.. that after graduating, I am not gonna be in a position where I wanted for myself... Furthermore, I don't like the idea of doing nothing...because that's the time where I overthink every situation in my life...I tend to space out and I feel guilty whenever I don't have anything productive to do.

If you're wondering what's my motivation... It's my Lola and My baby doggos (my dopamine boost) "bawal ako mapagod, may anak ako" -issamood everyday, I wanted to have a better life for myself and my loved ones. I also lived by the motto of "you can never achieve your dream, if you're not doing something to pursue it"

And one of the contributors to keeping myself sane amidst everything that I am working on is having a healthy circle of friends, and my boyfriend.

No worries sir! as I am doing every task one thing at a time. Through the help of my study buddies AKA Jullien, Ivan, Andree, Dani, and Lance. We can surpass and make it all together.

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after being in quarantine for more than a year, I realized and understand a lot of things, whether it may be personal or overall that's happening around the world.

I feel nostalgic and evocative because it's been a while since I last created a self-reflection about our situation. I consider myself blessed because none of my family members has infected, but I have close friends and family who suffered from the virus... and I was able to witness the struggles that they faced during that time because I was at their side virtually amidst everything.

After reading the blog post that I created Last May 22, 2020, which is during my birthday. I was so optimistic back then that everything will end immediately because all of us is already struggling so I bet sooner or later by December 2020, we are already recovering, but, I was wrong. I would never thought that we'll be labeled as "World's Longest COVID-19 Lockdown" according to TIME's Magazine. I feel like I clowned myself thinking that the government will promptly restraint the spread of the Virus, knowing how ineffective our healthcare system is.

After a year, I recognize and observe the ethical issues that revolve around the community I lived in, one of which is how incompetent and inadequate their emergency response and restraining the COVID-19 from spreading, as I can see there are still people around our residence, going out with out having their face mask on and some of them are having their own parties.

In addition, as I was able to cross around with the different topics and issues in Social Media every day, I notice that most individuals also showed how irresponsible they are especially with the "social media influencers" as they were able to film themselves violating health and safety protocols, it is a shame though because what if their followers would also do the same thing that they did, as a famous personality in social media they should have the capability to educate their followers. One of the examples of this issue is the "Baguio Party" that was organized by Tim Yap and was attended by 33 other personalities, The viral videos showed guests dancing closely together without masks or face shields. Aside from KC Concepcion, the event was attended by several celebrities, as well as Mayor Magalong, who is also the country's contact tracing czar and later on was resigned for that position. Based on the News, they were fined 1,500 pesos each. It is actually quite unfair when you compare it to what the "Piston 6" have been through as they were only outside of their home because they wanted to earn a living for their hungry families, as the quarantine, jeopardized their health, and their jobs and means of livelihood, they were also fined, but are also got detained for days. Only for these famous personalities to have a public apology and a fine of 1,500 pesos and what they did is already justified.

Through this, I become smart with what I watch, what to read, who to follow on social media, and who to spend time with. The pandemic highlights the social injustices in our country, it showed the privilege that these personalities have.

I mentioned last year that I started working out and doing yoga since it is the only escape I have to keep me sane and a breather every end of the day, I realized that later on I also deprived myself of eating and I had these fear of gaining weight, as I wanted to eagerly see the results of how fit I am and due to the standards that famous models are showing through the Internet, I pursued on wanting to have those kind of shape, that result from me having an Eating Disorder or Anorexia Nervosa. Luckily, I persevere every day to get that thought out of my mindset, and also thanks to my peers and family as they are also helping me get through it before it gets worse.

To be honest, at this point I feel weary because I am already being lethargic of my everyday routine, although I already tried to go out once every other week just to eat or walk outside starting December 2020 while also still practicing health and safety protocols of course. I also feel fortunate since both of my grandparents have been both vaccinated and I am also looking forward that soon enough I'll be vaccinated as well.

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My life during quarantine is all about self-care. I am a morning person so yeah I usually wake up by 8 AM, I realize that I’m a morning person because I love breakfast. I love the smell of fried rice, eggs, and hot milk. I love to start my day early, as the saying goes “The early bird catches the worm”.  I usually help first with the household chores and then eventually check my emails and social media for any updates regarding the crisis and the pandemic that we are experiencing right now and of course for my online classes.

My self-care started when I deviate from the negative things or topics on the internet most especially, social media because I know that it is not good for my mental health. It will only give me anxiety so if there is a pressing issue about a certain topic that creates a fuss I immediately stray from doing so and focus on the important things that will help me to not lose my momentum,  keep me motivated and productive all throughout the day. I know someone out there also feels the same and has a similar dilemma when it comes to social media, Ever since the quarantine started, I am really having a hard time processing all of the events and issues that are happening that’s why I started to have a social media detox before and it really helped me a lot.

I faced a lot of struggles and hardships mentally and emotionally during the quarantine, but one thing that I learned from all of it was to surround myself with people who will constantly inspires and believes in me, also having a safe and healthy environment within your own home is important as well because at this time, we only have our families to cheer us up. I also find a new hobby that really now plays a big role in my life during quarantine and that is working out and doing yoga. It is something that I always look forward to every day because when I do those things I never felt tired or worn out instead it keeps me sane and focus. I also start reading books. I hope my journey would inspire you to keep moving forward.