In 2014, I began a birthday tradition of climbing mountains by climbing Mt. Pulag, the second tallest peak in the Philippines.
To this day, I’m not sure what prompts me to take on the challenging conditions of mountain climbing on my special day, but there’s a sense of euphoria I experience while hiking that I can’t find in any other activity.
This is a long-due post. Yeah. I’m too lazy to update my blog for certain reasons like being busy at work, traveling or sleeping during weekends.
I know it will be super hard for me because I’m always online based on my work. (Remotely) but I told my two office colleagues if I failed this challenge I would treat them out for free in a buffet restaurant. (The expensive buffet restaurant in Manila).
There was a man standing beside my bed telling me to get up. I woke up to the noises as usual, but instead of finding nothing there, I saw a terribly gruesome figure. It seemed like it had been human at some point. I can only see the built of his body and how it is in good shape. I peak through my blanket to see his face but a whole bolt of fear covered me up when I saw only a shadow of a man dragging me to get up. My sweat dripped down my forehead and my heart was thumping hard at my chest. I was always afraid of the dark and I still am.
I remember the day I saw you for the first time. You were a kid being interviewed by BBC with those cute kiddo teeth and laughs. I admired you. And after that, never in my life that I can imagine that our paths will cross. You were actually the one who was my partner in a kid game online – Pet Forest. From the moment I saw you on call, I exclaimed! “You are the kid from BBC’. This is an open letter to my favorite person.
And that is how our story started.
Our dream of seeing each other came true and we are both the happiest on that day.
It was a test of life and death experience for me. I don’t even know how to swim. I have a heart failure. I’m weak physically but amidst all, I gave my whole bravery to do this. Always believe in yourself.