There are moments in life when you feel unseen, even when you are right there. Sometimes, being quiet makes people assume you are cold or distant. But behind that calm silence is often a person full of warmth, love, and depth, just someone who expresses it differently. This is my story about being a warm person who is often misunderstood. The Quiet Side of Me Sometimes I feel like people do not really see who I am. I am a woman of few words, and maybe that is why I am often misunderstood. I do not talk much, but that does not mean I do not care. In fact, I care more than I show. I just express it quietly and in my own way. I am warm, but my warmth is gentle, not loud or demanding. I listen, I observe, and I try to understand people before I speak. But when I feel that I do not belong, or when I sense that I am not truly welcomed, something inside me quietly shuts down. The wall that has been with me for years slowly rises again, protecting me from being hurt. Silence Is My Safe Spa...
Relationship & Travelling - Why couples who travel together stay together? I still remember the first out of town trip my then boyfriend now my husband went to. It was 2005, a few weeks after my college graduation. My boyfriend and I went on a trip to Puerto Galera. I was a fresh graduate and still unemployed and my bf has just started working. We had very limited funds and just managed to rent a room in the house of a local resident who sublets their rooms to tourists. We just had enough funds to have three decent meals per day for three days and enough for a back and forth transportation fare. Even though the budget was tight and the trip was simple, our time spent together was more important. The simplicity of the trip made it perfect! After that trip, we decided to have a trip together every year. We started to travel locally to places like Boracay, Bohol, Pagudpod, Palawan to name a few and when I was assigned abroad for work, we started taking trips outside th...