twentysumthing

I've seen a lot of  people posting year-in reviews on their social media accounts. Facebook even bothered to pick my 20 biggest moments in 2013 for me. I found that most of them weren't really the highlights of my life since FB's way of selecting those "biggest moments" was based only on the number of likes or the virality of my posts.  I've learned and experienced a lot in the past year, gained new wisdom too. I think, more than anyone else, I know myself a lot better, and I feel like I should be personally picking what I feel are the most significant events in my life -- not Facebook or not some app. As we all face the New Year and say goodbye to my year, the Year of the Snake, join me in reminiscing my greatest experiences in 2-0-1-3! Number 1: Coming back to the Philippines There are two primary reasons why I came back to my home country. My first reason was all thanks to the Department of Tourism's famous social media campaign It's M...

Source: NelsonMandela.org A few months back, I saw Nelson Mandela (also known as Madiba or Tata) on the cover of Reader's Digest and immediately bought a copy. I've always been like that. I love reading and watching news and documentaries about the world's greatest leaders. I do it because of course, one, there's the fascination. [The] fascination with their illustrious lives; their successes and the many failures and challenges they faced. I look up to them because they show me the kind of leader I want to be like. Second, there's the learning. Despite being different from many of us, one fact remains the same -- they are also humans who have strengths and weaknesses, just like us, and we can learn from their experiences.  Going back to Mandela, I felt sad upon reading at that time that he was ailing, so just imagine how sad I got when I heard the news about his passing. I know a lot felt the same. I was sad not only because he is Mandela, ...