Life’s a Journey

I LOVE TO TRAVEL 

and discover exotic places and cuisines, but then I get lost at the turn of the nearest street corner.

Maybe it’s because i don’t have a sense of direction so I enjoy coke

and hot chocolate in the mornings, but I hate milk. I love Filipino and chinese foods

and U2 and Sting. I dream in colour even though I am told that is impossible, and I just remember them within 2 - 3 seconds when I suddenly wake up and thought it was real. I don’t think you should ever insult someone’s home, or judge them on things they cannot change - unless ofcourse you can walk on water. I had a Grandmother I loved dearly and that I will never see again in this lifetime. My family is flawed and ridiculous, not crazy just colourful.

And yes,

 is not always perfect. I try to regret nothing. I believe you can change your destiny, but that you don’t choose love - it chooses you. I love my wife and the holidays when we just get on a plane or train w/o any itinerary and head off on an adventure of a lifetime.

I like watching sunsets and feeling sand under my feet.                                                                                                                                   I like watching the sky,

cos it makes you realize how small your problem really is. I know rudeness masks insecurity, and almost everyone is lonely. I can almost guarantee you I will never figure out Trigonometry or even Algebra,

and i love the smell of freshly baked bread. I think you can never get enough kisses or enough love, and I want a fountain of my own. I love to sing but am horrible at it so I dance, and somebody said I suck at both. I like Vincent and his starry, starry night and the message in John Lennon’s “Imagine”. I believe there will never be peace in the Middle East so I spent 8 years of my life in the middle east.

I don’t expect the world to be safe or life to be fair and I believe learning and doing things the hard way.

  Jan as OFW in oil country Kuwait, 1998

Philosophy is my passion, or whichever comes first: Philosophy or Passion? I work hard, enjoy Life, and live for the moment. I take life seriously, but then again sometimes i don’t. But that’s fine, i guess. I learn things by exploring the world, afraid to regret things when i’m old. I was searching for The Meaning of Life and Happiness and found Contentment. I like cooking and movies

and blogging. I am sort of silly, and I laugh at myself a lot, even talk to myself a lot, I avoid needless drama at any cost. I always say the right things at the wrong time, sometimes I don’t say anything at all. I couldn’t act and was shy, so I enrolled in a theatre and got a standing ovation. I like photography and writing. I wanted to become an immortal, so I started to write. I majored in Literature and became a chef.

I love the authentic italian gelato in Paris

while I crave for the Pinoy dirty ice cream. I travel the world to taste the food and ate fishball and isaw in Cubao.

Lots of times i have been driven to a cause and sometimes i get nervous for no reason, i smoke. I think I have sold my soul many times. i rarely get angry, but the fact that i don’t get angry angers me a lot. Grey is my favourite colour, and my hair is dark brown, but just like Life, soon also becomes same as my favorite colour. I like listening to sentimental french music and i don’t really understand french. I’m pretty sure I will never learn physics, or how to speak German, but I learned arabic. I love snow in summer time, 

and prefer to walk rather than ride a car. I can forgive, but I never forget. I love kisses, fountains, 

world wonders and ancient history.   So many places to visit still,  and yet so little time.   I believe beauty is in the eye of the beholder,  and not that the children are our future.   I believe  that  you  will  not  fail  if you will  not  give up   and that   nothing is impossible.   But mostly, I LOVE TO TRAVEL.