To find a career to which you are adapted by nature, and then to work hard at it, is about as near to a formula for success and happiness as the world provides. – Mark Sullivan I hate leaving my comfort zone. That’s a fact. Two weeks ago, I was already planning on leaving my [...]
Filed under: My Haven on August 12th, 2010 | Comments Off
Vertical Haven is supposed to be all about the memories of my mom. Not necessarily all about her but those things that trigger the memories to surface. And then some. I honestly lost that purpose. This blog became an ad hoc of things about my childhood and a sprinkle of reviews I made to earn [...]
Filed under: My Haven on January 3rd, 2010 | Comments Off
If you could do it again, what group from high school would you hang out with more? You know what, this is a really good question. I met up with an old friend a few days ago and it made me think of my choices in the past. Of course, I didn’t dwell on it [...]
Filed under: My Haven on August 31st, 2009 | Comments Off
Pillows. I love pillows. I have so many at home, in different sizes and different designs. It is my comfort when I am feeling sick or down. It gives me warmth. I have a body pillow that I couldn’t sleep without. It’s been with me for years. I always have it laundered to make it [...]
Filed under: My Haven on August 2nd, 2009 | Comments Off
Slowly but surely. I got declined but then I got an approval from another one. It is true, what they say… when God closes a door, somewhere He opens a window. Happened to me. It can happen to you, too. This arrangement might even be better for this blog. I’m taking it one day at [...]
Filed under: My Haven on June 6th, 2009 | Comments Off
When I was a kid, I used to play a different hide and seek with my siblings and cousins. We used gummi bears! We would hide each of our gummi bears in different parts of the tree while the person who’s “it” was facing the wall. After counting to ten, he or she would start [...]
Filed under: My Haven on May 25th, 2009 | Comments Off
I love walking under the sun. If it weren’t for the fear that I will get skin cancer for exposing my skin to damaging UV rays, I would never tire of walking under the blistering sun. This was what I did at the beach. I am suffering from sunburn, though. Worth it? Hell, yeah! I [...]
Filed under: My Haven on April 26th, 2009 | Comments Off
Have you ever walked in the rain? I remember this girl who was so enamored with this guy from her past. He was there all of a sudden, dragging her everywhere. They’ve reminisced about the good, old days. Talked about the future. Yakked about their respective love lives. And the lack of it now. They [...]
Filed under: My Haven on November 2nd, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A new template from Agi of Grumpy Cow. Do you like it? The reason why I bought this template is that, whenever I see this in Agi’s site, it reminded me of my mom and me when I was a little girl. Obviously, I loved my mom. And now that she’s gone already, anything that [...]
Filed under: My Haven on October 18th, 2008 | Comments Off
Are you one of those people who are afraid to get out of their comfort zone? Or are you one of the few who loves to challenge themselves to see how far they can go away from their comfort zone?
Filed under: My Haven on August 20th, 2008 | 7 Comments »
For old souls like me, hearing the voice of our favorite singers make us feel like we are in 7th heaven. Feels like that for me whenever I hear Carly Simon’s voice. She is my happy voice. The voice in my happy place. Who’s yours?
Filed under: Music, My Haven on August 7th, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Where is your happy place? What does it entails? When I am upset about something, I always retreat to my safe place, my happy place, my vertical haven. I conjure memories of those years when things were still doing great. Those years when all I thought of was talking to him, being with him, hearing [...]
Filed under: My Haven on August 5th, 2008 | Comments Off
Sometimes, when the world seems so cruel and relentless, there is nothing left to do but retreat. When other people retreat to other places physically, I retreat inside my mind. I reminisce… I envision the future. But I love the former the most. I love looking back and reminiscing about all the good things from [...]
Filed under: My Haven on July 23rd, 2008 | Comments Off
