From my trip to Manila, I learned:

1. I missed Manila and my room very much that I slept for almost 24 hours non-stop like what I used to do. Sleep is one of the best aspect of life, ironically though, we often miss the point.

2. When I and my two sisters went out to fix their passport for two consecutive days, I noticed that it saves time to ride a cab going to the destination as much as it is fun to ride in a jeepney going back home. The former keeps you fresh for an appointment, while the latter makes you all so tired for a refreshing nap.

3. Watching without preconceived judgment or bias makes one appreciate movies with very simple yet real-life-sensitive movies. It is very much like falling in love, which is to use: the heart or the head?

4. Going out with my brother to find an EENT specialist and visit his dentist made me feel like a real KUYA. I was doing all the talking--something my mom used to do before when I was younger.

5. Traveling at MRT with poetries from Cervantes awakens the city's sleeping, or perhaps revives its dying, soul brought about by excessive market capitalism.

6. Makati and Fort Global city's corporate-esteemed lifestyle awestruck me for its grandiosity but it never appeals to my deviant taste.
And for both 5 and 6, Good thing I read my Marx!

7. Friends. Friends. Friends--- once you're seated with them before coffee or a light meal, the world seems to stop and you get in touch with one part of your soul--that part which you often neglect but needs dire attention the most.

8. Meeting a stranger can be as exciting as riding an elevator. You'll never know which floor to go unless you press the button. Winkie :)

9. Walking with my lola along Recto, inside isetann and to Quiapo church made me realize how time swifts by so fast. Before, I was the one she used to walk in her arms; now, it's the opposite. And I thank God for this moment, that I took my time to ask her out. I'll never know. It may never happen again. But for as long as I was able to bank sweet memories with my lola, i'll never had regrets.

10. Gone will be trusted comrades, but the family will never be! In them rests the best investment one can have.

My frustrations, depression for Palawan, I turned into seeing the things i neglect in Manila---and now, with this trip, I was able to appreciate every bit of it.

I realized that life is not so much about the goals and the golds, but the small stuff that is so often neglected that makes it a complete package.