twentysumthing

With my sister Thea who just graduated! Photo from my IG account: @thessaes Seeing  my sister graduate this week and  many other  graduates  post photos of their convocation on social media have made me look back at my own in 2010 and think about how far I am in my journey after marching out of ULS (Uganayang La Salle) as a bright-eyed new grad. (Lola vibes, I know.) At the beginning of this week, I sat in my sister's graduation and listened intently, nodding my head in agreement, to the opening remarks given by their College President and one of the school's successful alumni about how life would be like after you're done being a student. Graduating from Sheridan College in 2012 Speaking of lola ... posing with my lola  when I graduated from university in 2010 I remember as a student, I always dreamed of giving a graduation speech. I was an overachieving student who hoped of getting the experience of reading a speech in front of my batch...

Photo from my IG Please forgive me for not updating my blog for months. In the past few months, I have been working hard to realize some of my goals for this year that I had to put blogging aside for a short while. Speaking of GOALS, this blog post is all about it... One thing you might not know about me is that I like making lists, and among all of the lists I make (grocery, shopping, to-do, etc.), listing down my goals is my favourite (well, I also really like making shopping lists) . There was even a time when I list down my goals on a monthly basis and when I achieve all of them before the end of the month, I'd reward myself with a new shoe or bag. I'm that obsessed with goals.  And I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Many weeks back, I was in the basement looking for some files when I found an old notebook in a drawer where I listed my long term goals just right after moving to Canada. (That was in year 2010 and I just graduated from universit...

My friend Ayeza posted this video of a TED talk about living our twenties on my FB wall the other day. I think it's an interesting topic. And since I write about my experiences as a twenty-something, I thought it would be a good idea to share it to other twenty-somethings out there. You know, just to give you the inspiration to kickstart the new month. Here it is: I can't say that I agree to every single thing she said since the way of life is different in different parts of the world, but here are some points she raised that I really think are true and applicable to all of us who are in our twenties: Your 20s is not a developmental downtime, but a developmental sweet spot you shouldn't blow. It's the critical time of adult development. No one goes to adulthood without going through their 20s. Climbing your 20s is one of the simplest yet most transformative things you can do for work, for love, for your happiness, maybe even for the world. The brain rewires it...