January 2016

Just like that January 2016 was done. As they say, January is a month of thanks where everyone is all hyped on changing their lives. How fascinating how new beginnings can inspire people to start fresh and clean. Like, most of the people was fun of New Year's resolution- New Year's resolution that are broken after quite sometime so I decided to commit on breaking my old habit of breaking New Year's resolution and as part of commitment on beautifying my reality this 2016 I will have month-end post celebrating the milestones that I've done towards my goals this 2016. But before anything else allow me to plot down some of my BIG and SMALL goals this year:

SKILLS:

1. Learn new language: Chinese and French
2. Read A Lot
3. Bake (Have Oven)
4. Learn EXCEL
5. Six Sigma Yellow Belt
6. Speak English w/ Conviction
7. New Dishes
8. Driving
9. People Management Skills

CAREER:

1. Know your process
2. Healthy Work Environment
3. Efficient and Trustworthy


HEALTH:

1. Hygiene (nails, hair, teeth and clothes)
2. Braces
3. Be Fit (120lbs.)
4. Organize stuff at Home specially in my room
5. Eat Right

RELATIONSHIP

1. Be a good communicator
2. Network
3. Friends
4. Family
5. God

FINANCE:

1. Pay Bills Regularly
2. Investment (SunLife)
3. Savings (enough for Travel, leisure and future)


BUSINESS

1. UNICORN
2. Find out where you are passionate
3. GK Farm

TRAVEL

1. GK Farm
2. Bohol
3. Cambodia
4. Pinatubo
5. Pico de Loro

CULTURE

1. Cinemalaya / Indie Film
2. READ a LOT of Fiction Books
3. Museum dates
4. Watch a lot of series and Movies
5. Food

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JANUARY 2016

SKILLS:

Achievement unlocked for the following items:

1. Speak English with Conviction: started reading the book that has been forever with us "How to Write and Speak Better"

2. Learn EXCEL: I start taking Books 24/7 in IBM Learning about Excel Basics currently experiencing roadblocks on SumWhatIfs but nonetheless i'm good and enjoying how to use it. Hopefully by next month I'll start to grow and appreciate the wonders of using EXCEL and know some of the keyboard shortcuts that I could use while using laptop.

3. New Dishes: Ahuh! Since one of my officemate have shared to me Paleo diet once he knew that I'm on a diet. I tried cooking one of the Paleo Dish that I saw on Paleo Plate app - The bacon wrapped sweet-potato too bad I can't find any picture of it right now. It so easy to do it as simple as counting 1, 2 and 3. First thing that you need to do is to wrap the bacon to the chopped sweet potatoes (like french fries) and presto heat the pan and let the sweetpotatoes be fried on the bacon's own oil.

4. Read A Lot: I've been reading a lot of self-help lately these are the few books that I have read using my $79.9 dollar APP yes at first I never thought I would signed-up for this but after ending the one week subscription HELL NO I won't let my chance of slipping this chance of learning this simple. No regrets, just NEW LEARNINGSSSSSSSSSS. As in LEARNINGSSSSSS... Ah love just keep it coming these are the few books that I have read this month:

- The Charisma Myth
- How to be a Positive Leader
- Emotional Intelligence
- Never Eat Alone
- Getting There
- Influence
- The Power of Habit
- The Tipping Point
- Getting Things Done
- The Art of Learning
- Tribal Leadership
- The 80/20 Principle
- How To Win Friends & Influence People
- Bulletproof Diet
- Grain Brain
- How Champions Think
- Why Men Love Bitches
- Crucial Conversations
- Eat, Move, Sleep
- Essentialism
- Scailing-up Excellence
- Talk like TED
- The Art of influencing Anyone
- The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem
- Speaker, Leader and Champion
- The introverted leader
- Better Than Before
- The Art of Happiness
- Stumbling on Happiness
- The Happiness Project
- The Willpower Instinct
- The Motivation Manifesto
- Move Your Bus
- How Will You Measure Your Life?
- MONEY: Master the game
- Think and Grow Rich
- Talk Lean
- Making Habits, Breaking Habits
- Secrets of the Millionaire Mind
- Rising Strong
- The Magic of Thinking Big
- Getting to Yes
- Loving What Is
- Grit to Great
- Resilience
- Who Moved My Cheese?
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- Joy Inc.
- Pitch Perfect
- Now, Discover Your Strengths
- Buddhism - Plain and Simple
- The Happiness Advantage
- The Art of War

WOW just like that I managed to read 55 books in less than a month. I'm planning to read some of the books since I like to highlight few of the lines that moved me. These are the few lines that I really I liked:

A. There are 3 kinds of Charisma: Authority, Visionary and Kind - I want to have these 3 by dividing my 100% into 3: Authority: 10%, Visionary: 20% and Kindness is 70%
B. Networking is Important earliest time is the best time
C. Don't take everything personally
D. MINDFULNESS
E. "As you'll soon discover, this isn't exactly how it works. In fact, happiness - far from being the result of all your hard work - is actually one of the tools you can use to increase your performance, and thus your quality of life."
F. "Buddhism doesn't advise us to give up control, but rather to acknowledge that we never had it in the first place. Change is inevitable part of life - we all change from the moment we're born. We grow, we mature, we age and we die; these processes are out of our control. Just like us, everything and everyone around us changes, too."
G.  The eight key practices are the right view, right intention, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right meditation
H. What Buddha called right effort is making sure that you act and think without straining and never try to control what you can't. For instance, unless you're moving through a swamp, natural movement shouldn't require you to push yourself; if it does, you're not doing it right. Right effort implies that you should never strain to achieve enlightenment and that you shouldn't worry too.
I. As we learn to stop making judgements of ourselves, others and the situations we face, we can break out of the cycle of confusion and dissatisfaction. In beginning to practice new approaches to living, with mindfulness and deeper intentions, we'll find ourselves able to remain within the present moment, and enjoy it."

5. People Management Skills: As I tried to become more engaging to the other people surprisingly the result 16 Personality was ENFP - The Campaigner I was a bit shocked at first however it may resonated on my willingness to change my perspective in dealing with other people. I become more nurturing on my relationship and tried my best to the best in every person that I deal with (specially in work)

CAREER

January was part of a spill over from my 2015 self there were those achievement that I've earned last year that motivated me to do better this 2016. First I got a highscore both in PBC and Scorecard all of those were so unexpected thinking that I may have a few tendency on being a quitter and making decisions because of emotions. Thank God, I survived and carried to cut some slack! Its all about GRIT TO GREAT BABY! And now I brush off the doings that I did from 2015 and welcomed the possibilities of doing great this 2016! I'm rooting this year will be heck of a fun adventure for my career life <3

1. KNOW MY PROCESS: My points of improvement were more of knowing the basics I've learned that I need to abide DDP no matter how boring it takes for me to find it. I also knew how to patiently search in Team Room haha!
2.  Healthy Work Environment: Never went to the office late (what I mean to being late is being mega late like superrrr) I manage to work my ass off on the days wherein I just want to stay in bed and sleep my ass off but I was successful! :) So far I got good conversations with my officemates while having lunch and I'm hoping to establish deep friendship for them in the long run
3. Efficient and Trustworthy: Cheers to efficiency! I could now go hiome at exactly 5pm because I'm done with everything. As per being trustworthy I hope that they're begging to see that I could be a great leader someday not because I know everything but because of my will on being good one.

HEALTH

1.HYGIENE: So far there wasn't a day I missed cleaning my face and brushing my teeth. I also have few trips to Posh Nails ohgahhh those were the glorious moments of my life. I always feel that I'm a princess everytime I go there plus once I complete my 15 visit with them I will automatically receive 10% off on my sessions isn't amazing???? hehehe. I do my make-up everyday not because of other people but because for myself, I want to feel good and confident see my confidently beautiful with a heart selfies below hehehe

2. Be Fit (120lbs.): Wuhooooo i'm now 134lbs so happy I'm gonna day my last weighing was last Sunday and I weighted 139lbs really really not bad. I've been dedicated on reaching my goal by exercising at home daily folloewing the routine in Sworkit and jogging every weekends using C25K hihi. I tried lifting 4KG as well. I just pray that I won't get injured again.


RELATIONSHIP

I made it sure that I have equal time for my family, friends, Kenjo and work. So far my life with my family was harmonious (insert North Park pictures). I become much closer to Ate while she's having some events on her life, tthank God that she managed to move on quickly. I went to Auntie Loly's home as well (insert picture). It saddens me to think that they don't have someone to look out to them while they're getting old since all of their kids are gone. I just wish Uncle Gomer would stay strong and wait for his children to go home. For my romantic relationship I'm happy, I choose to be happy and be the one to see the bigger picture instead of whining on the things that he says to me I just understand from where his coming (insert sorry vibe here). Thank you Lord its so priceless that he to said sorry me. Lord please him to find a job wherein he'll be truly happy. For my friends (insert Trixy) its refreshing to see her and have few discussion for her future. For my Family me and my relationship with my family has never been so good. Me & my Mom has been partners in keeping the house clean although sometimes areas that I still need to work on (oh hello sleeping temptation) - I need to be more fixed with my laundry routine. As per my sister, she might have meltdown this month but I pretty much grateful to God, because I know his doing something for her. We may not see it right now, but eventually everything will make sense soon enough. On workmates, well yeah - what I could only say is that I matured enough and handled to give some sound advise on my few colleagues, I hope and I pray that soon I could affect to them a more Godly manner.

On God - this part is the most sentimental part. This January, I did not missed a day in talking and saying praise for Him and my life have never been so good. Their might be few meltdowns and questioning but I my heart and soul have need reassured that He is in control. Just do your best and God will do the rest. True enough, he did. I love you God. You were my strength and refuge when I'm lost or when I'm happy. Please help seek more of You and be more For You.

These are some of the Bible verses/extracts that helped my January to be Better:
 1st week of January: John 1:1-5
2nd week of January: 1 Peter 5:6-7
3rd week of January: 1 Corinthians 10:31-33
4th week of January: Romans 6: 1-4
January 3: Noah waited for 300yrs
January 3: Walk humbly with God (submit and ask what he likes you to do)
January 10: Colossians 3:12-17: Whatever your word or deed, do everything in the name of Lord's Jeaus, give thanks to the God the father through him. James 5:7-11
January 12: Exodus 33-14: My presence will go with you and I will give you rest, John 15:4-7 I am the vine you are the branches
January 16: Matthew 6:33-24 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things be added to you. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is the own trouble. January 20: Jeremiah 29:11- For I know I have plans for you, declares that Lord, plans for welfare, and not for evil, to give you a future of hope

FINANCE

If I could rate myself to 1-10 about my finance I could clearly say -1. Dear Lord, please help me with financing. I'm good on making money, but I'm having a hard time on sustaining my money. I have those bright ideas on how to save but I also have those bright ideas on how to spend it.

To make commitment on being financially independent this 2016. I have decided to create MONEY MANIFESTO a handwritten will to my ownself to what should I prioritize will it be on my Investment, Liquid Funds, Bills, Business,  Debts, or Travel WHATEVER. But I need my commitment on this. I have tried so many steps on how to be friends with my finances but somehow fail. But then I realized what should be missing on this formula. Its the willingness to say NO on every temptation to unnecessary will this be a cheap dinner or extra commute for cab when you compile all those spending it will cut out a big chunk on your savings. So PLEASE MARIA JEAN.STOP BEING AN IMPULSIVE BUYER. I'm hoping for a better you this coming February.

- February Goals: Investment, Savings, Debt, Bills and Travel 

BUSINESS

Resources. I have many of those. I have boxes of clothes that I could sell for Garage Sale. Ingredients for my cheese cake  and bags to sell c/o of my mom's friends. By February I start to sell Longchamp bags passively. I have decided to have side gigs that are not that time consuming but still the money flows way perfectly. More updates soon.

- My only wish for my business is for me to buy an Oven and to start planning Kenjo's t-shirt / schoolish business

TRAVEL

Unexpected trip. Ended January with a blast. Had the chance to come with my officemates and climb Sierra Madre near Montalban. We visited the Dumagat tribe. I have no words what kind of happiness they'd gave us. I met Robert, Isagani and the girl who likes holding GoPro4 hahaha. (insert pictures)

CULTURE

- After jogging to UP, Tito Julio take us to Bulaluhan place nearby CCF Tandang Sora. Sulit meal was around 80php with unli rice. SARAPPPPPPPPPP to the bones.

- Currently reading: Paper Towns and The Hobbit (LOL mas uuna ko pa ata matapos yung Paper Towns he he)

I will post pictures soon. :p maybe at the end of the year he he or maybe on my next entry.

Thank you for reading my super lengthy post of how my January 2016 went by hoping for more action packed February to come my way. :p

When in Manila: Papal Visit 011815

My mom woke me up at around 12a.m to prepare. We walked Welcome Rotando all the way to UST with the hope that we will be one of the few people that will go extra early just to see Lolo Kiko. But, were wrong...

A lot of people did go all-nighter around the four corners of UST. I do have regrets of not writing this last weekend while the memories are still fresh but I couldn't do it since i'm so tired after this. 

What I can only remember is that all the pain & effort have all paid-off once I've seen the glimpse of Lolo Kiko. I was struck for while by the pureness of his smile. Pardon me if this sounds idolatry, but there's no need to explain why does a lot of people loves Lolo Kiko - because his an epitome of good natured Human Being, just like us. Someone we could look-up to not because his the Pope but because he is man guided by his own principle that is under the rule of God. His thoughts are filled with righteousness yet under the probation of God. 

Thank you so much for Lolo Kiko for giving time to visit us! :-) 

Random pictures from the event: 

Espana rd. as of 2ish a.m

We waited for almost 2-3 hrs outside and we got at around 4 a.m.

Philippine & Papal Flag on the streets

When in Quezon City: UP Diliman Goodies

My boyfriend and I both live in Quezon City, the convenience of going to UP Diliman for a jog is relatively ok than going to our beloved Alma mater UST (still my loyalty is on the 4 sides of our beloved Home. Give me L, D, E and P! Lacson! Dapitan! Espana! and P. Noval! - reprezzzzzzzzzent! haha!

Going back, amidst of constant trips to UP we have discovered a couple of cool treats aside of the breezy feels while jogging. Last Friday we decided to have our date trip in UP. 

Our first stop is the most talk about Isaw place in UP vicinity the Mang Larry's Isawan

Very much on the hyped about it like some comments you'll get to the others who have tried it "sobrang sarap", "kakaibang sarap" - Mang Larry's isaw for me is somewhat - Normal, normal but decent, like you won't think that you'll get hepa after eating tons of Isaw =)), seriously though, basing from how Ate gets your order, their foodstand, the way Kuya grills isaw, how Ate Shaker refuses to give me our ordered shake in the wrong window, instead I need to go on the other window to get it! Wow diba? Very systematized! And oh! The sauce! It was the first I got the chance to have try the other variant of their suka (yung manamis, namis! :p) I'm not sure though if bago yun kasi from the past food trip experience ko I always complain how spicy is their suka although ayaw ko naman ng hindi maanghang, I just need another note of flavor to balance it haha! Well thanks for the Sukang matamis-namis, My Mang Larry's isaw experience is now beyond usual! :p 

For some tips: 

1. Go a little early since when 5pm hits! Sureball yan blockbuster na ang pila :p 

      - we went their at around 4ish and pang 3rd na kami

     - At around 5ish when we got back to buy my mom a pasalubong the line was already crazy our order number is 84 ....

                                                        

     ... just imagine how long we waited for our Isaw just by this pictures, although (panabik) I / We enjoyed our stay while waiting for our take out order.. we enjoyed seating there and enjoying the aroma (usok) coming from the inihaw and sunset.. plus the Isaw buyers that are very ecstatic to get their very isaws :) 

2. I prefer ordering Isaw Baboy rather than Isaw Manok. 

      - Isaw Baboy cost 6 pesos whil Isaw Manok (i'm not so sure) cost 5 pesos / 6 pesos also 

(this is my take home pasalubong for my mom) :) 

Our next stop is the other food stand near Mang Larry's, I didn't had the chance to know the name of their tindahan since my boyfriend insisted I should stay on our place while he buys Kwek-kwek.

 Kwek-kwek cost 12 pesos per stick (4pcs) not bad! Affordable yet masarap and malinis! And oh! The sauce they were generous on giving sauce. 

For our third stop since dehins namin kayang kumain ng madami ulit he took me to UP Shopping Center, it's my first time to actually go inside but wait.. I saw corn stand! STEAMED CORN WITH CHEESE STANDDDDDDDDD!!! My favorite (my heart is still for Dapitan corn) BUT STILL! Walang pakeme-keme! I bought my favorite steamed corn with cheese!

UP shopping center is somewhat mini version of v.conception in Dapitan I has a lot of photocopy shop, computer shops, everything a students needs for printing.. name it! they have it! :p 

As we explore UP shopping center we found a cutesy-cutesy place wherein they're selling noble items, like Ramon Bautista's planner: "Relaks ka lang it's just pag-ibig?" - not sure with the title though and other cool stuff that a college student would love to have, hmm sige na nga dagdagan natin ang age bracket for yuppies like us na nga din as well :p. 

HUHUHUHUHU! The bags! Are, so, cute! We both want the backpack, it only cost 500 pesos, hehe next time! :) 

And so we decided to buy stickers in this store as a remembrance of our date heehee (arte) =)) 

We waited for Ate sticker to come back so we could buy our stickers, and so we ate again! =)) 

Kenjo ate Turon and I ate "Kariyoka?"

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Well UP is also place wherein you could find random musings and feels.. literally inked! :p 

We bump-in to this musing on our way to check thrift's bookstore :).. I didn't have the nerves to take a picture inside the bookstand since I have scanned for almost 15mins on their shelves but I ended-up buying.. nothing! =)) I have this weird thing in buying books, It should be fresh and new :( (hashtag waldas pera). Don't judge! I have a plan on putting-up a mini-library on our future house kasi if ever and I want all my books are readable when the time comes my children could already share my fascination on reading books. 

And another Pinterest, Instagram worthy shot inside UP grounds.. 

For our fifth-stop we actually went back near the area of Mang Larry's Isaw place we went to Parish of Holy Sacrifice. Kenjo, always shares his childhood kwento's when they go to UP and hear mass, they even go here to have picnic (cutie diba?) - I have deep thoughts while he share's these stuff, I also want our kids to have that cute memories :">. 

Who would have guess that we will see him here! haha! We took selfie shot of course with Lolo Kiko! :) 

As per our last stop before going back at Mang Larry's to buy my mom isaw, we cross the street between Oval, I think that was Osmena Drive?! (not so sure, sorry hindi batang iska :p) - to eat TAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO <3 Taho is Love and Love is Taho! HAHAHAHAHAHA! So much for childhood, Manong Taho's Taho is nothing but an ordinary taho, the price is also same as others, we ordered medium sized taho that cost 20pesos. 

But (kabig again) I think what made this Taho special the ambiance from where I'm eating it, the trees, kids with their parents playing / jogging / running / walking and random teenagers having their pseudo photoshoot ... Were experiencing two faces of sweetness at once! Literally and metaphorically - the sweetness of Taho and the sweetness of Life that has to offer, which is to LIVE :)

On our way home I saw someone who's wearing a Captain America suit, Kenjo told me his Zorro. When you do go at UP and found him, he is Zorro :) It will be pretty amazing if you'll find out why does he dresses like that.

My goals for my / our future trip in UP:

1. Go on a Picnic Date with Kenjo

2. Make & Fly a Kite 

3. Talk to Zorro 

Who says dating should be expensive? 

Cheers to more adventures this 2015! 

I'm pretty much grateful to have a kuripot travel buddy heehee. :"> 

Hole in the wall chronicles: MALIWAN THAI KITCHEN

On a typical Sunday, our schedule is to hear mass at 9 a.m and go to the mall after. We either eat brunch there or go straight home. - Convenience is the word, we rarely go out and eat something spontaneous on a regular basis. We usually just dine out somewhere when there's something to celebrate to and rarely we do eat outside the vicinity of the mall.

BUT today me and my sister have successfully convinced our mom to try out something new. After a series times of failed attempts on convincing them to go and try it out with me...jen! jen! jen! They finally said YES! We had a our lunch today in a whole in a hole resto named Maliwan Thai Kitchen it's located in Holy Spirit, Q.C. 

I must say Maliwan will never disappoint my cravings for Thai food! Proven and tested :-p I must say hindi ako napahiya sa pagbida kayla mommy na we should there. They even commend the price, place and taste of the food!

So here is my top picks when eating to Maliwan: 

1. "Famous" Pad Thai - 160php
2. Tom Yum Goong with noodles - 170php 

3.  Bagoong Rice  - 120php

No need further explanation. One word: MASARAP! These dishes won't disappoint! :)

Budget pack would you believe at the price of 450php you could already eat a decent Thai food?! San ka pa! The serving is good for 2-3persons although we even have pabalot after eating haha! 

And ooh! WiFi connection here is also pretty damn strong! :)

How to go at Maliwan: 

1. Shopwise will be your landmark on reaching Brgy. Holy Spirit

2. When commuting you may ride a tryc and ask manong tryc to drop you at Mercury Drug 

And presto.. 3. Across Mercury Drug you will see the Maliwan signage

Here's to more sapilitan yaya whole in a wall chronicles to whomever it may be :p

P.S I will definitely go back here soon because my boyfriend also wants to eat here again :p

2015 will indeed kick-off the start of my adventurous life! :)

The beauty and madness of being a girl

My sister just told me yesterday that I'm already having dark spots and pre-mature lines around my eye. With this, I come to realize that it's time to take a serious action on taking care of my skin. Seriously though it took me a lot of hours in researching of what beauty products to buy and tedengggg!!! I ended buying this wonders.

I will definitely write a review for each after a month or so. 💙💚💛💜



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What to LOVE about Hunger Games

SO MUCH FEELS!!! All praise for Collins!  The truth is... I don't know where to start, like how can I write a review that will totally give justice to her writing, so with this let me just write a couple of reasons why (we/to)  LOVE Hunger Games :-)

1. Hunger Games is definitely action filled! It may gore you at times but definitely won't bore!
2. It teaches the value of Humanity
3. K...A....T...N..I..SS!!!!!! Everdeen!!!! :-D is such a great heroine for a YA book :)
4. The absolute contrast of Peeta & Gayle's personality which thrills you more to read!
5. And lastly, the clear depiction of LOVE.. love for family.. and LOVE within the realm of a realist and idealist perspective :-)

   

the five people you meet in heaven quotable quotes

"No story sits by itself. Sometimes stories meet at corners and sometimes they cover one another completely, like stones beneath a river." & "That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind."  

Everything is interconnected. Everyone has the power to affect others, it may be in a good way or in a bad way, the good thing about this -it's a cycle. There's a story behind a story.. A story that could make you realize why things happen. - And yes, certainly. Everything happens for a reason. You may not know it for now but surely you will know it when the right time comes. 

"People think of heaven as a paradise garden, a place where they can float on clouds and laze in rivers and mountains. But scenery without solace is meaningless."

Albom gave a good imagery of heaven. For him heaven actually isn't just a paradise garden but also a representation of the phase wherein the spirit will finally get his eternal peace. It's like a place that justifies everything that happened in his life, an absolute freedom of all the troubles that he got while living on earth. 

"No life is a waste, the only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone." - Blue Man

Everything that you do will surely affect others - the good & the bad. Let's compare two middle-aged man both has family of their own with different careers, one is a CEO of his own company, the other man is a janitor for a long time. Some would say the CEO man's life was much sophisticated than the janitor man. But the truth is, they're just the same. They may have dealt with different situations in life BUT they both have the power to affect others. - the good & the bad. No matter what the condition of their life is, they still have the choice to make it count, to make it worth living. The janitor might change the outlook of a troubled employee by just saying "Good morning" everyday or the CEO could break someone’s career by simply saying "You're fired". It's always a cycle of acts within a story and cycle of story because of the acts. 

"I took your leg to save your life." - Captain

This is probably my favorite quote from the book; it has astonishingly gave literal meaning to why does the captain shot Eddie but it also gave a metaphorical meaning. You may lose something that you dearly love; it may be a loved one, smart phone or a job. It may not make sense for awhile but it will eventually make sense when you finally knew the reason why you have lost it, maybe it's for the better or maybe not.. but IT WILL ALWAYS HAVE A REASON. IT SHOULD HAVE & IT HAS. 

"Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to. Little sacrifices. Big sacrifices." - Captain

Eddie got two events in his life that gave him the chance to perform "sacrifice". The first one is going to war and the second is when his father died. Unfortunately, he bagged those events as the downfall of his life because it's different on how he pictures his life would be, a life that is worth living, a story that will truly inspire a lot of people. But the thing is, real life is inevitable, things happens because everything is interconnected and everyone has the power to affect the other. It might be cliché as it sounds but clearly, we could not change the situation, but we could choose what to do in the situation. And in the end you'll realize that your life here on earth is just a training ground on how to attain the right attitude on dealing things. If only Eddie wasn't blinded of how these events changed his life, his life will be more different. Truly, sacrifice must always be something not to regret..never.

"ALL PARENTS DAMAGE their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair." 

What do I know about parenthood? I've never been a mother except from my boyfriend's dog. So let me speak from a child's point of view. Yes, it’s really true. Parenthood is one of the noblest job you'll ever have. My uncle whom I treat as my father told us that children are like report cards of their parents, they are the evidence if their parenthood career was successful, and when the time comes God will ask each of the parents what happened to their children and they will be accountable to whatever the result is. But then again no one's perfect. No one is too righteous enough to perfectly raise their children. Everyone has their own glitch on what kind of person did their child have become. 

"No one is born with anger. And when we die, the soul is freed of it." - Ruby

No one is born with anger, it's the reaction of one person to a situation where he felt injustice, it may occur in different situations and scenarios in someone's life, And when he dies he'll finally know that the "certain thing" that have aggravate his feelings got his own story to tell, a story that will make him understand why these certain things happened. Indeed, Albom demonstrated that heaven is a place where everything that happened in your life will finally make sense. 

"PEOPLE SAY THEY "find" love, as if were an object hidden by a rock. But love takes many forms, and it is never the same for any man and woman. What people find then is a certain love. And Eddie found a certain love with Marguerite, a grateful love, a deep but quiet love, one that he knew, above all else, was irreplaceable."

Everyone is entitled to fall in love - in any form. Up to the most obscure ways.. but the only thing that will matter is kind of love that outages all the uncertainty, that finally everything have become certain and you'll realize it's the kind of love you'll only feel once.

There you go! That's my list of quotable quotes from the book! The five people you meet in heaven is definitely a good read! Feel free to share your opinion and favorite quotes from the book. 

Now I'm about to watch the movie adaptation, fingers-crossed! Hope it’s a good one. For those who also want to watch the movie adaption here is the link: The Five People You Meet in Heaven Movie. Enjoy watching! As I hopefully do! :-p