Construction in Progress [Rebuilding Blog]

Hello blog !!!

It's been a really LONG time since my last post in March 2016. The year is about to end and I haven't updated my dear friends on the key events in my life! Now, more than ever, I need this blog to keep connected with those who are important to me - almost the same circle of friends whose physical distance and figurative proximity to my life led me to start this blog more than 10 years ago.

While I try to rebuild the pieces into this blog from April 2016 and hopefully finish this before 2016 ends, please bear with any backdated entries that I may be posting every now and then. However, if you have been following me in Instagram @genefel, you will have a fairly good idea of how my life is turning out, i.e., if you could read through the vague anecdotes and figure the lyrics out of the medley of my so-called life. ;)

 

For now, here's a quick snapshot of how it has been for me:

• April 2016...I was back in Singapore for three weeks for work. Anything is better and sweeter the second time around?
• May 2016...Happy birthday to me! You know exactly how old I am, right (just search this blog ;)? I had my non-negotiable birthday break in Iloilo, my home city. While it seemed different and a bit sad with Uncle Costan now gone, this trip is pivotal. For the first time in a really long time, I was not sure when I will be coming back home again :(
• June 2016...The ball started rolling and decisions were made.
• July 2016...I tried to make the most of the time I had left --- caught up with my closest friends and enjoyed my solo trips to cafes and restaurants that I knew I will miss soon.
• August 2016...Another non-negotiable trip 'cause it was Mama's birth month. This time though, the quality of time spent with her and my eight furry pals have to be upped several levels than the usual. I also managed to convince Tatay to take this vacation with me, which meant A LOT for me and Mama.
• September 2016...Moved to London, UK. Yes, my dearest friends, a new chapter indeed! Whenever I get asked why I made this move, I gave the usual press release, i.e., to specialise in financial services. THAT is true. But what is also true is that a huge part of me honestly don't fully understand why. It was maybe about taking chances and going out of my comfort zone while I can still afford it. Yes, there were still strings that I had to regrettably cut loose from and huge sacrifices I had to make. However, this would have been a lot harder and more costly (emotionally and mentally) as I get older and my roots more anchored in a certain place.
• October 2016...I look back and remember how wide-eyed and innocent I was a few weeks back. Bear with me, this is my first time in the UK and in Europe! I had to constantly remind myself that this is not an assignment for two days, two weeks or two months. This is a 'permanent transfer', yes until London wants me here. I marvelled at the old and beautiful. I was impressed by how the gentlemen here are so well dressed and courteous. I was awed by this much culture around me. I was just starting though and I knew realities were waiting around the corner.
• November 2016...Settling in but there is more for sure. More tough times and rough roads. More special and happy moments. More heartbreaks. More lessons.
• December 2016...And here I am, on the last month of 2016. I look around and feel my way through --- the fog, the winter chill, the different colours of people and places. This is uncertainty. This is the adventure. I'm not really sure if this is exactly what I prayed for but nonetheless, I feel blessed in many ways. I feel stronger after every bucket of tears. I make plans but He --- the greatest of all architects --- has written them better.

 

In the meantime, still rebuilding...

See you around!!!

 



Credits: V&A Museum, South Kensington, London, UK
Building - The architect communicates the final design to the contractors and specialists who will construct the building. The instructions must provide enough information to turn the design into a real building. Working drawings, and details drawn at full size, help the team put everything together. Models are used to show how the building will be constructed and to alert the team to complicated technical details.