What Were You Like?
20 YEARS AGO:1985 – Graduated from UPIS. Started college in UP Diliman, BS Humanities (pre-med). Hair still straight...apple cut pa yata yun. And then did the unthinkable...got a perm. Eeeeyowww! Started smoking - freedom! - the world was my oyster. Marcos was Philippine president. Spandau Ballet was da bomb.15 YEARS AGO:1990 – After a year spent working various jobs (in the "glamorous" media world...pffft) and teaching English while getting a Master's degree (talk about focus), I got accepted - on a fluke - into the UP College of Law. Believe me, no one was more shocked about it than I was. I tried it, I liked it, and I stayed on.
10 YEARS AGO:1995 - Yahoo, officially a lawyer! Junior litigation associate at the uber-tony Herrera Laurel de los Reyes Roxas & Teehankee law offices. My own parking space. My very own office (a real one, with a real door, with my name in gold letters on the plaque on it). My place in the world as defined by an address on 6758 Ayala Avenue, Makati City. I owned my life. I had arrived! (Or so I thought). Power suits and pusoy dos.
FIVE YEARS AGO:2000 – My 30th year on earth. And life indeed began at 30. The "zenith" of my careers: finally, my name on the shingle of a law partnership. A leather chair and a 20th floor glass window office overlooking Pasig, Makati, Pasay, Manila, Laguna... A lifestyle column for a national broadsheet. Fame, fortune, fans. My first time in Europe.
THREE YEARS AGO:2002 – The year that changed my life. Finally came into a real relationship with Jesus Christ. Went around the world again, but lingered. Lived in Paris. And in Chicago. Had my heart broken in 50 million pieces, but had it mended again by Someone who truly loved me, and whom I decided to follow for the rest of my life.
LAST YEAR: Left the steering wheel in God's hands and let Him drive me. He took me through the turbulent tides, and brought me to the place where He wanted me to be, and to people He wanted me to grow and walk with. I gave up so many things as I tried to follow His will, but gained so very much more in return!
THIS YEAR: My filofax is completely in God's hands. I've left it blank; He decides on the agenda, as He sees fit. I've traveled Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao...with more trips planned. I visited - and fell in love with - Kabayan, Benguet and its people. I got more deeply involved and immersed in my mission at He Cares; I continue to subject myself to His guidance and pruning.
LAST NIGHT: Friday preps at He Cares. Cooking, fixing the Mass missalettes and songs, just shooting the breeze with Kuya AG and Juwip til late night at the Center. Talked to H about politics (yuck) and philosophy. Had three tacos (double yuck).
TODAY: Saturday feeding! Mass at the Center by a New Zealander priest. Perhaps another visit to the Beatitudes to make good on AG's balut/street food Extra Challenge for the New Zoolanders. Lex's housewarming in the evening. Pretty good line-up of activities for the day!
TOMORROW: Kerygma's Day of Healing at the ULTRA. Should be a great experience.
NEXT YEAR: Still serving the Lord full-time. Hopefully, with some *ahem* "assistance." He he.
FIVE - TEN YEARS FROM NOW: Still living in God's love and serving Him in whatever capacity I can. I've learned not to make five year plans - and leave those things entirely up to Him. :-)
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