I can't wait to get out and yet there are so many baggages I refuse to leave behind. This is my feeling towards my scheduled departure from Pinas just three months from now. I miss traveling and the sense of adventure I only get to feel when I am in foreign land. Then again, I shall also miss the things that I will leave behind.
I am ready for a new chapter in my life and I feel I can only do this when I leave Pinas. I am so lucky to be given this opportunity and I don't want to waste it nor take it for granted. While I respect those who would like to stay behind, this is simply not a choice for me because I am yearning for growth that is beyond that which can be offered by my motherland.
I am grateful though, because I am proud to be what I am and I am confident of my roots. I know that I will meet new people who will appreciate me and all that is a reflection of my culture. While I will learn and adapt to someone else's culture, I see it as a blessing to merge that of mine with the beauty of another's. Afterall, I do appreciate the beauty of globalization and I definitely want to take part of it.
Living in Pinas this 2009 means goodye to me. I recognize the need to say goodbye to my comfort zone and brave new shores. We only need to have the courage to lose sight of the shore to discover new islands. I also believe in the movie ender of The Nanny Diaries, that we need to immerse ourselves in new and unfamilar worlds in order to discover our own world.
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