Dani Defines

As soon as the scorching heat of this year’s summer season started to blaze, me and my family immediately planned to spend a weekend vacation in the summer capital of the Philippines once again. Being the Unica Hija in the family, I was again assigned to organize our travel itinerary. While searching for places and new things to try in the city, I picked the places I haven’t been to or at least haven’t visited for a while like Tam-Awan Village, Ben Cab Museum, Valley of Colors, Camp John Hay, and the newest spot that I’ll be sharing with you is the Mount Costa at La Trinidad. Before blooming into a unique stroll around garden, the land where Mount Costa is situated was a strawberry field in the late 70’s. The then strawberry field was managed by a couple named Col. Voltaire Acosta and Cleotilde Acosta who became one of the pioneers of making quality strawberry wine in Baguio city. During the early 90’s, an unfortunate fate struck the strawberry field which led to the deci...

You may have thought that this world would be easy and fulfilling once the past have already defined you. It is when you arrived at a point in your life still questioning yourself every night if you have taken the right path or chosen the right decisions. Anxiety dictates a lot of could-have-been and what ifs every night then another day comes at you waving hello to new beginnings. Beginnings that give you another chance to every shot you missed and reasons to prove you are right. Constant fear of what could possibly go wrong may sound overrated but when will it end? What makes a reason good enough to convince someone? What makes a thought become valid to others?   Stopping ourselves to worry about things that are way beyond our control may be a struggling process, but it does progress gradually.  Over the years of overcoming myself, I figured out some helpful mechanisms and lessons which I’m whole-kindheartedly sharing with you who deals with such obscurities ...

         Whew! It's been quite a while!  It’s been exactly a year ago and how funny it is to realize that my last article was also about looking forward to another year. Finally, after a busy year, I am back again pushing my desire to write but instead of sharing most of what happened from the previous year, I am listing down my top 5 to look forward to this new year.  The year 2018 for me was a mix of highs and lows. I embraced a lot of new experiences which most of it came from my new role and work environment. However, as I weigh everything that year 2018 has brought me, I can say that there are more things to be grateful for than to whine about. As I recall one of my takeaways from our pastor's preach before the year ends, he said that the more grateful you are, the more positive you will be. So, from all this gratefulness I have in my heart, I am excited to embrace more of these 5 things this 2019.  ...