My 30'th Birthday

Thank you to all the birthday greetings!!

Stonehenge the first place i visited when arrived England

The Peak in Hong Kong

Dear Me,

Today is my thirtieth birthday, and in my 30 years of existence i am so very blessed, so many things to be thankful for.

During my childhood days, i dreamed of eating fried chicken in Jollibee, (only seen it on TV ads) many years later i only not eating fried chicken in Jollibee, instead i am working in Jollibee. I dreamed of finishing my studies, college study by hook or by crook, 5 years after high school, i graduated college by my own (my parents cant afford to send me to college so i do it with my own) I was being a nanny a housemaid, house helper, a working student while i was studying. When i got 18 i am allowed to work on private companies so that's why i worked in Jollibee till i graduated college, a lot of happenings in my life on those times that made me want to give up but i am so determined to finish my study, because in our family no one finishes college so it was me will be the first one and i really want to finish so i can have a brighter future. With God's blessings and guidance i finished despite of the hardships. (Aside from my family who wasnt there physically, there are a lot of good samaritans helping me along the way, I am very much thankful to all of them, my teachers, classmates, Jollibee East family, Cousins, friends, and all the people around me in those times)

When i was young, i always heard that Manila is beautiful, manila has a lot of opportunities, manila offered big salary. When i was young i dreamed of riding on a big Ship and sailed across the sea. While harvesting corn in a corn fields saw an airplane up in the sky as small as an ant, and dreamed of riding it on one day. I dreamed of working in a good company, sitting in a comfortable chair, with my own table in an air conditioner room. I dreamed of traveling in and out of the country. All of it happened, I was on Negros Navigation sailing to Manila 6 months after college graduation. After one month of staying in Manila, i was hired to a great company and doing what exactly i was dreaming of. I become an office girl. Having a good salary, hardships was paid off. Helped my parents financially. After a year of working, i planned to visit my family in the province, my friends/officemates went with me, booked a ticket in an airplane and finally riding an airplane happened. My first flight was on Air Asia going to Bohol. It was awesome.

When i was young i dreamed of traveling in and out of the country. After high school i went to Bacolod City to study college (i am from bohol) going there was my first travel ever. After years of being an office girl, i travel a lot locally. I been to Cebu, Ilo-ilo, Guimaras, Antique, Baguio, Batangas, Bataan, Laguna, Tagaytay, Quezon Province, Boracay, Palawan, Albay. Some of it was company travel but most of it was for leisure fulfilling my dreams. Just 2015 an out of the country travels happened. On the day of my birthday me and my college classmate vers went to Hong Kong. Out of the Country for the first time. We went to disney land, and more tourist attractions in Hong Kong like Victoria Harbour, The Peak, Hong Kong Park and we went to Macau too, after that i am still keep on hoping for next out of the country travels. I had a Singapore travel, had a tickets and accommodation already but sad to say i was late due to traffic and ddnt make it to the airport on time. Singapore is not meant for me.

When i was young (teens), I dreamed of having a white BF and get married before thirty years old. I dont know why but i love watching english movies than filipino movies even though i dont really understand what it says. My mindset was just for a white guy, I only had one Filipino boyfriend. It did not last for too long, it was just months maybe, i forgot lol he was my co worker in Jollibee back then, hahaha but my main focus that time was study and i get worried i wont finish when i have a BF. When i was in Manila i sign up in online dating sites and believe me i had a lot of white BF's online but met only few in person. It was not easy, i got a lot of heartache, even online you get attached too hahaha. Been in a dating sites for years. When about to gave up, i just prayed to God, yes i prayed that one day i will find the man of my dreams. I dreamed of a blue eyes, 6 footer, kind, loving, caring, the list go on. Yes one day God sent me the man for me, not the man of my dreams but more than that.

Two years before my 30'th birthday God sent me the man I was dreaming of, a white guy, but not a blue eyes and a 6 footer, he has a brown eyes and a 5 footer. It just popped up on my yahoo mail notification, got curios and opened and start a conversation, and that conversation never missed a day, always everyday never missed a good morning, good night, breakfast, lunch, dinner. After a month of talking we become in relationship and after months of in relationship he went to Philippines to see me. First meeting everything went smoothly, so fine and great. He is more than the man i am dreaming off, he is so kind and loving, caring and more list goes on on. 

After a week of being together, he went back to UK, communications still going on, and on and never missed a day without talking to each other, weekend was always a video call date. Months passed by he went to Philippines for the second time to see me. That's the time he met all my families and asking their permission to marry me. Before he goes back to UK he proposed to me yay.

He invited me to UK to be with him, apply a Visa and being blessed that tourist Visa was approved. (He is not a British Citizen just in the UK for work, he is from USA.) So going to UK was my second international flight, and celebrating my birthday home away from home. 

We planned our wedding and it was happened a month  before my birthday. Yes i am now married. Another dream come true. I walked in the aisle with a long wedding gown and white flowers everywhere.

Watching Fairy Tales and Movies with castles and palaces on it makes me dreamed to see a real castles and palace. So its a dream come true again as a lot of castles and palaces all over UK. Conway Castle, Dover Castle, Dolbadarn Castle, Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace, Blenheim Palace, Warwick Castle, Caernarfon Castle.  

After our wedding, I was blessed again. My tourist visa was approved for the second time. I am here now in the UK for the second time and celebrating my birthday home away from home for the third time. Celebrating 30'th birthday with the Husband.

Dreams do come true, dont give up on your dreams, nothing is impossible. Focus on your dreams, work on it, Believe in God. Have faith in him. Trust him.

This is me on my special day.

This is all the short stories happened before i get 30.This is really a short story of my struggles before i am who i am right now. If i am going to write all of it, i guess it will takes a month and hundreds of pages. hahahha

Tomorrow will be another chapter of my life. Hoping for another 30 years. Soon i will look back to this.

I AM BLESSED.