Why we have to say our thanks this year?

Walking blind folded with sheer senses, that was my thing this year. It was really either about fate or faith perhaps?

Some people say that angels have been with us since birth, and some could even claim that they even take human forms just to be with us. You may refer to your family, friends, teachers, or just a perennial stranger. Imagine out of those millions of people, you cross your path with someone who could turn your life so different - great or bad, you could learn from them.

As someone in business, planning should have been consistent with all of my activities but isn't it that we have to be spontaneous as well to whatever opportunities that may arise? Some acts may not be as specific as they should be, right? You may like sweets: eclairs, bonbons, candies, etc. Things come in different forms that you never imagined yourself taking, but you just did since you know it is somehow close to that.

Whether this will be permanent or temporary, we simply cannot deny that we have shared some common paths with a lot of people. We can say that we are happy having them around and hoping they got entertained as well.

Being in schools, make me feel that my hunger for knowledge is more than just for books but also an interaction. In my grad school, it's more intense because you belong to a group who depends on your projects - mini company what my professors are saying. This is bigger step than just the dose of theories which I've been dwelling back in college. My teaching stint to my Alma Mater s also a unique experience. Dealing with students who are almost of my same age and still maintaining the status quo is indeed perplexing as well. I love my the toxicity of my schedule as I juggle with my sales work in hotel. Though it's different from the traditional approach, the experience is a good start and I am not afraid to expose myself further to it.

Being stranded during cyclones was my pride since I got good feedbacks which reflected my leadership skills. I'm not boasting about it but I acknowledge praises when it is due. It helps me to show to other people, especially to younger individuals, future is not afterall deteriorating. You still could see nobility from youngsters who see themselves as solutions to the already heaping dilemma of this country. It's not standing as if you're Superman, instead gathering a group of people who believes in kindness and hardwork. Let's continue to seek for these people to emulate. Let's show them that they are not running for extinction.

Sometimes, I wish same old faces would stay at one place so that when you got back, you no longer need to adjust- is complacency a sin? People do move on with their lives and they also seek for growth, even they thought that they were just retiring! It was a good chance for me to know more people and perhaps getting a more innovative approach on things.

Surprises, more of this stuff, for 2009. I thought I would drop on my knees but with a lot of help and grace from God, I stood firmly on my principles and I believe I became better, wiser, kinder. I owe this to all sorts of things I've been through. yes, uncertainty still fills me for next year but what the heck! I survived the 365 days of 2009, I'm surely could do the same, even better!

I no longer need to enumerate the significant names of people who contributed alot. I know that while you are walking around, you feel as if you are gliding with respect and dignity, because you know that somehow you have helped someone along the way. If ever you have read this blog and do know me, in your heart my words of gratitude is heard...it says thanks to you!