Ay Tariray

So – 2016 is happening huh? Holy shit do you know what that means?! We are going to have a third Captain America movie.   And a third Star Trek movie. And we just had the latest instalment of Star Wars as a glorious X-mas gift. And what a gift... What a time to be alive. But we've also lost a bevy of awesome people - seriously, was there a statute of limitations that we didn't know about with regards to the coolest music and film icons ever? Nonetheless, I can only feel grateful even as I’m slightly panicking that I have somehow gotten through 16 years of the new millennium and still have no idea what the hell I’m doing.   And there’s so much to do!! So much to see!! So many places to go! I want to continue travelling of course and have recently capped my travels of 2015 with a three week stay back home in the Philippines – the beautiful, beautiful homeland. Except for the times when it isn’t. But you know what – I missed my family, I missed the weird ...

Hallo! Look at that, I'm somewhat timely.  Or rather, I've bothered myself to write. Well, I sang Supanova's praises last month, and now I've little else to talk about. Oh yeah, I mentioned I got a new job, whooo hoo!!! Since its important to stay private when spewing my guts out on the internet, the only thing I'll say is that its with a Children's NGO that advocates caring for children in the foster care system. Its been eye opening and sometimes even confronting.  And its taught me one or two things about raising children.  Love alone can't raise them. Some parents might try, and fail, terribly, and sometimes it isn't always their fault.  But here's the thing, that kid can't wait for their parents to sort their lives out, they need care now.  And that's a hard pill to swallow sometimes. Buuut anyway, enough philosophising, its a great job and I'm learning a lot and really adjusting to a completely different world of ...