http://www.chasingdreams.net Don't follow your dreams, chase them Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:29:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I did cry, when you and Mae left me at Changi airport that day for my early morning flight back home. I know it looked like I just laughed my way through it while you cried all over the place (haha iyakin behlat), but well, you know how I like ... http://www.chasingdreams.net/2010/03/dear-ivy-joyce/ Summer is here, I can hear Donna Summer singing in the background again. The past weekend was life-changing. I got to unwind and chillax with the bestest best friends in the world, and we parted knowing that things are *literally* never gonna be the same again in a melodramatic but exciting ... http://www.chasingdreams.net/2010/03/it-feels-like-love-it-feels-like-you/ 2009 for me was a year of failed attempts in the travel department. 2008 had a couple of missed flights too, but at least it was the year when New York and Sydney happened, and surely, when two of your dream destinations happened in a period of 2 months, it ... http://www.chasingdreams.net/2010/02/no-more-wasted-plane-tickets/ 7 things I love about this week: 1) Welcoming my beautiful nephew Robert Isaac to the family. 2) That he gets to inherit our Dad's name, Robert, that even if he didn't get to meet him anymore, a part of his Lolo lives in him. 3) How "Tita Riz" seems to just roll ... http://www.chasingdreams.net/2010/02/i-didnt-know-it-was-possible-to-experience-this-much-love-in-one-day/ There's no better way to spend an over-sensationalized occasion than this. Last Sunday, instead of the usual Bible Story telling, I let the kids play with colored papers, pens, and crayons and make cute little greeting cards for them to give to their parents. I think I enjoyed it more ... http://www.chasingdreams.net/2010/02/spending-v-day-with-my-sunday-school-kids/ There's no doubt about it, Urban Decay's Alice in Wonderland is by far the prettiest and most photogenic make-up I've ever laid eyes on it's so pretty I want to live inside it! But first things first, I'm not about to make a review or a tutorial because I know ... http://www.chasingdreams.net/2010/02/urban-decays-alice-in-wonderland-is-pure-love/ ..and went home with a pocketful of sunshine. (Or fine, an SD cardful of sun flares.) There are no further words. http://www.chasingdreams.net/2010/02/today-i-went-to-up-diliman/ And there it was, the answer to the same question that's been eating me up the past couple of weeks, and oftentimes making me feel guilty: Is it wrong to be disappointed, and hurt, about what God is doing in my life? Philip Yancey hit the nail hard in the head ... http://www.chasingdreams.net/2010/02/on-disappointments-and-gods-will/ I don't know if it's a girl-thing, but I have this peculiar ability of attaching memories to places. I remember places by the way they once made me feel, or by memories I thought I already forgot. It's a curse and a gift at the same time. Curse, because even ... http://www.chasingdreams.net/2010/01/thank-you-delgado-place/ There's something undeniably refreshing about being around kids. Sure, they can be little monsters in their worst days and can be quite a handful at times. But their silly questions, wide-eyed curiosity, and their ability to make you appreciate the simplest of things is a real source of joy -- ... http://www.chasingdreams.net/2010/01/hi-im-a-sunday-school-teacher/