My Saturday lunch

So last Saturday, my bf and I went on a lunch date. We decided to go for Korean, it's been a while since we went to Bonchon. I am not really a fan of Bibimbap, I usually order the one with the shrimp on top of rice and sometimes chicken but this time I tried to spicy chicken Bibimbap and we both ordered Bingsu. I got the chocolate and he got the strawberry cheesecake flavor. For someone who loves and tolerates spicy food, I find the Bibimbap spicy flavor just right. As for the Bingsu, the chocolate flavor is not that sweet which was fine with me while strawberry cheesecake is not that sour. Don't get me wrong, I love strawberries but strawberry flavored foods tend to be on the sour side and I am not a fan of. I am not some foodie but this combo was satisfying.

Another review of the previous year post

Last year, I set a goal for 2016. I had a dream list to play tennis, to go and visit Enchanted Kingdom again, to start boxing, visit the beach and watch the play Wicked. I also plan to continue my loading business, my lending business and investing the stock market. I also wished to break even in my lending business, buy a laptop and to learn how to cook. I see myself having a boyfriend, being 105 lbs, finishing 10km, being retained and becoming the best coach ever, being able to tithe, having P30000 in the bank and having clear skin. I had 18 goals. Let’s see how it worked out this year.

In January, that was when I met the guy who became my boyfriend in February. In March, I visited Enchanted Kingdom. In August, I visited a beach in Batangas. I only played tennis once in May so I really was not counting that one. I will be watching Wicked this February 2017 so I am also not counting it as a fulfilled dream for 2016 but obviously, it is for 2017. In October, I started Boxing. My loading business closed due to some factors that we beyond my control but a word of caution be careful of working with family especially with the not so responsible and successful, you might get screwed. The good thing is that I am able to start my make-up reselling business. My lending business is still alive and kicking that I was able to break even in November. My investments are also doing well. I was not able to buy a laptop but definitely tomorrow I will and since it will be 2017 already by tomorrow, I am not going to count that one as well. Unfortunately, until now, I still do not know how to cook, so that’s sad. I plan to enroll this 2017. There are things that did not entirely happened but I counted them as an unlocked goal, I am still a coach but I may not be the best coach ever but I am the most improved coach, well, I heard that from most of my colleagues this year and from my previous boss so maybe that’s true. I was able to tithe, it was hard but I cannot be more than blessed. I intend to be 105 lbs before my bday, finish a 10km run by next year, have P30000 in the bank and have clear skin by end of 2017. In 2016, I was able to achieve 10 goals out of 18. I am not sure if you can consider that as my measure of success but for me, no matter how many blood, tears and sweat I have given for the past year, I may hate this year but with the things that I was able to achieve, I count that as a success. 

100 blessed Days

Months ago, I was so depressed that I felt that I cannot be happy anymore. I hate being in that position where I am just sad. I can only work as hard in life as possible but there will be things that I cannot control so instead of focusing on those things. I decided to take charge and focus on things that I can control. I can control my perspective so instead of thinking of the things that I do not have I started to be thankful for what I have. I decided to count at least 3 blessing each day. There will be days that I am just forcing the positivity in me but as I compare my blessings from Day1, I sounded being more sincere and I was happier and at the end of 100 days, I felt better and things started happening for me.

I was on day 16 and coming up with blessings is starting to be easy!

Check out my Facebook page for my posts of the blessings that I received, you may also want to try it yourself and see miracles happen for you.

What I look for in a man...

Two years ago, I was with a guy that I thought I'll be spending my future with but I guess that was not God's will. Anyways, I decided that I have to set standards or non-negotiables for the next and last guy that I will love. Dating for the next two years was rough because I did not see all of the qualities that I was looking for in guys that I dated until now. I learned that if you pray hard and don't settle, the guy and the love that you deserve will come around. So, don't stop praying and believing, do not compromise. Let me share the list of non-negotiables that I wrote 2 years ago.

My 2015: a review

 I know ang awkward n ngayon ko lng ginagawa ang entry na 'to dahil matatapos na ang February 2016. I just want to share how the power of visualization, law of attraction, prayers and hardwork helped me attain most of my goals and ended up becoming a somewhat fulfilled human being.

Sa mga sinulat kong yan, 5 jan ang natupad. Nung 2014 kc, i felt that i was stuck in a rut and i knew i had to do something about it. So, sa bdj planner ko, i wrote what i really wanted to happen sa buhay ko. I wanted to improve my personal life, my fitness goals, my career and financial aspects. January pa lang talagang apply lang ako ng apply kapag my opening hanggang sa September ntupad ang prayers ko pero grabe, ilang rejection, sipag at luha tlaga bago ako naging coach. Dahil wala nman akong boyfriend, mas my time ako with my mom and sister. Don't get me wrong, natupad yung pinakauna sa list. January 1 pa lng, i've been dating this guy. He's a great guy in paper, he's perfect but i think God brought him into my life to answer that prayer, to date someone for that year. I learned things from him, i found a friend in him, i gained confidence and belief in myself dahil sa pangpupush niya saka sa mga payo niya. He made me happy.
Unfortunately, hindi ako naging 105 lbs but i lost 10lbs. I did not end 5km in 28 minutes but I still decided to run 10km this 2016. I know i will have the endurance to do it. Nung appraisal, di ko man naabot ang goal ko but since I eventually became a coach, higit pa yung naging increase ko. Because of that, nakapagTithes ako by December!
The things na wala talaga akong nagawa ay ang to spend my birthday with less fortunate, makaipon ng 24K, at ang maging clear ang aking skin. Tsk! Tsk!
I'll continue to work on my goals and new ones. I hope you enjoyed reading my wins and you get inspired to push yourself that you can get out of that rut. Go 2016!

10 things that I should have become or done before I get married

I have been telling myself, I am the worth the wait, I may not be the prettiest but I have a lot to offer for my future husband. Lately though, I am not feeling great about myself, about my life. I am my biggest critic and I know I am a work in progress but I just think that there are too much to work on. So, to calm me down, not to over think the future, just keeping my faith to God because God is so invested in my happiness he won’t let me down, I did a short soul-searching. Instead of me thinking what the root cause is why I am still single, instead of looking for my Mr. Right, I have decided to be Ms. Right and eventually, God will lead my Ian Veneracion-type of a husband (I really do not have a crush on Ian Veneracion but I had a dream that my husband who loves very much looks like him). So here we have the 10 things that I should become before I consider myself as Ms. Right.

11    I have to be happy. A relationship will not make a person happy. An unhappy single when in a relationship or get married will just be an unhappy person in a relationship / unhappy married person. Your partner should compliment you not complete you.

22     I have to be financially free. I want to give the best for my future kids and I am not really the type of woman who wants to depend 100% to her man especially financially and so I have to make sure that all my debts and what not are taken care of.

33     I have to be 105 lbs. That has always been the dream.

44     I have to have paid my dues and have done my part in volunteering or breaking my heart for the less fortunate. If anyone knows the story of Bo Sanchez, how he lived with old people for three years, I want to do something like that but not actually living my job. I just basically want to give something that I have, which is my money, my talent and my time. I am more of an action type of person. I just don’t want to give to church; I really want to do something about it.

55     I have to have a very good and close relationship to God. When you love someone or when you are in a relationship, God should be the center of it. I think that’s the secret of a happy marriage. I cannot inspire and disciple someone to be close to God if I am not.

66    I have to be healthy. There is only one me and I have to take care of myself. I need to ensure that I am healthy. If I am healthy, eventually, everything in the outside will fix itself.

77     I have to have taken care of my vices or at least control them. This is something that I have been focusing on lately. I really don’t want to talk about them right now but hopefully when the time comes to be with my Mr. Right, I do not have vices.

88     I have to be secured. I had issues in the past with my insecurity and I am proud that I have taken care of that after battling with self-esteem issues for most of my life but we’ll never know if it comes back and becomes an obstacle in my relationship.  

99    I have to learn how to love. I mean romantically, I seem to have approached life and relationship like a business transaction where in I should always get my ‘return of investment’. I don’t know how to explain it but I just hope I can love again the way that I loved before wherein I will just love and not wait for anything in return.

110 I have to start my wedding fund. Again, I do not want to be financially dependent on my husband so it’s best to be prepared. 

My goal for October

So it is now November, let me just tell you a brief story of my life. Last year, around September, after my birthday, at 133lbs, I decided to lose weight and apparently I did but of course during the course of the year, I fail to continue with my diet and with my workout, although I did not gain all of the pounds that I lost, I still gained some weight. I was at 130lbs. I also reviewed my life and I did not imagine my life to be like this. Well, it’s not that I am not happy right now; I am just expecting a different story. I decided that I wanted to take charge of my life and for the last 3 years, I kept on telling myself that I will be 105lbs but that did not seem to happen. I told myself at the end of 2015, I will be 105lbs. I did the juicing diet for a week on the third week of October and my weight dropped to 122lbs but then, I stopped it for the final week of October and because of my schedule and weather, I am only able to exercise during my rest days. October ended and I am at 126, I am a little bit disappointed myself but a weight loss is still a weight loss. I will just work harder for this month so that I will end November at 113 lbs.