Thank you 2019 ♡

So with a few days left in 2019, it would be really nice to take some time to appreciate those  little biggie moments that had been part of our everyday life in the past year, and perhaps you'd agree with taking time to review your year coz it can be such a valuable exercise to guide you forward into the future. Is it? 

2019 for me, is just as challenging as the past years had been. Life, bringing me through the different seasons of life where I learned all that I needed. Truly merciless as I dealt with losses and pain, from 2018 until this year and with all that, I knew, I'm a little wiser and a lot more braver now. (and still the weirdest girl you'd ever meet) that, for sure will never change in me.

They say that the realization of gratitude increases happiness, I guess maybe that's why despite all the challenges and hardships I've dealt with, somewhere deep in me, I still feel happy. (like yaaaa it's really weird ya know!) Idk but deep in heart I always feel thankful for every little thing that has happened to me, is happening and will about to happen. Like whenever my plans fail, I trust God has a better plan for me and if the plot twist I had been waiting for isn't this year, then maybe, life will make it happen next year. Let's hope! Arasso?

 For now, let's go back and see which moments defined 2019 for me.

Tadaaaa! Of course, Happiest whenever I get to travel, those roadtrips and long drives are the best! First one is when we went hiking somewhere in Laguna - that big smile I had before the hike, all ready for the body pain that came after HAHAHA like I endured for a whole week coz I didn't take any pain killers hihi. The beach photo was when we went to Bicol last Holy Week and the last two photos was from my second visit to Hundred Islands.

Really looking forward to more travels next year, anywhere, everywhere! And hopefully, finally check off my top destinations from my bucketlist. Yiiii. 

One of my happy places is definitely the kitchen. Hihi. Whenever sad, stressed, craving for something or just hungry, this is where I find myself. And last November I made some bibingka a la Maria and thankfully, it tasted yum..hahaha!

25th

Christmas is the time when being extra sweet is okay. Hihi. This year I prepare some few treats to give my lovedones, some kids out there and to some random people whom I think needed some sweetness.
(I gave myself one, too.MUHAHA!) Happy, so far they all loved it and they all gave me the best gift ever in return - their gulat faces and genuine smiles.

Christmas is really about love. Anything extra is just that — extra. ♡

Thank you 2019, for all the places I've been to, for the  beautiful experiences you made me feel, for the challenges you gave that made me realize how strong and capable I was to deal with every damn thing courageously. You tested my strength and proved that life can change at any moment.  Most of all, Thank you 2019, for letting me survive this year, again and giving me my best chance to do the next right thing in 2020. 

Goodbye 2019, thank you for all the memories.