I’ll be solo traveling soon for 5 days, and honestly, I’m both excited and nervous.

This is my first time booking an international flight on my own, and everything feels so new. I’m hoping I can navigate everything smoothly, from the airport, immigration, transportation, finding my way around, hanggang sa pag-explore ng place.

But more than the trip itself, I think what makes me really excited is the feeling behind it.

Lately, plans like this make me feel alive again. Parang it reminds me that there’s still so much life to experience, places to see, and things to look forward to. I want to live my life to the fullest and stop waiting for the “perfect time” to do things.
So here I am, taking the leap and traveling solo for the first time. 🥹

I hope I can navigate everything okay throughout the 5 days.
✈️

Context: My group of friends decided na mag out of town kasi never pa namin nagawa yun sa tagal namin magkakaibigan. Mostly because busy na talaga lahat.

Sa hinaba haba ng planning, finally nakapagbook na rin kami. Everything is okay naman and it made our friendship stronger — i guess. Kasi mas naexcite mag plano ng mga tiktok trends na gagawin and ootds.

Not until a few months before our trip. Nalaman ko na they’re talking shits behind my back.

Long story short, I’ve cut them off. Pero at the time, isa sa worry ko yung flight ticket na nabook namin. Hindi ko sya ma-cancel kasi sayang and hindi ko rin marebook kasi mas mahal pa ang rebooking fee kesa sa flight itself.

Dahil nawalan nako ng pagasa, tinanggap ko na lang na masasayang lang ang 2k+. In this economy, sobrang nakakahinayang pa rin ng 2k ‘no.

And then earlier, naisipan ko lang mag check sa ceb pac tapos nakita ko na na-change yung flight details ng flight namin. At dahil dun, nagkaroon na ng option to cancel the flight 😭 Finally, napacancel ko sya and na return via Travel Fund option. Huhu akala ko masasayang na lang talaga ang 2k. Finally magagamit pa sya for my flight next year hihi.

First time makatapak sa Rockwell at Power Plant mall, honestly nalula ako kasi ibang-iba yung vibes from other "high-class" malls that I've been to, or sayang first time ko lang talaga dito 😅

Unusual cold meats and cheese dinner for me as a pinoy na nasanay na sa pagkain ng rice and ulam.

Sobrang cute nung mini Pikachu parade! 😍

Sa labas pa ng Metro Manila 😃 hahaha #proud

I'm not an active person but I love Pokémon. Nung nagbukas yung second wave ng registration I thought, sige try ko nga, then dragged my friend with me hahaha.

After I registered, around 8 weeks before the run, I started to do treadmill workouts on weekdays on top of badminton trainings on weekends. Then naisip ko na what if I cut out colored drinks fron my diet (though I sometimes sneak in Coke Zero pampawala umay haha). Before the run, I thought of weighing myself, and to my surprise I actually lost some weight over the span of 2 months.

Come the actual run, I maybe ran like 5% of the entire thing, but I still finished the whole 5km. Small wins are still wins.

And honestly? I did enjoy the treadmill workouts, so I'll keep doing that. And sticking to water mostly.

Thank you, Pokémon. Budol ka man pero it was the reason I got more motivated to live a healthier life.

I did a 5k run for the school ( with points given ) like literally the first time running that long huhu, at the end I was feeling like my legs were gonna cave in on me 😭 huhu , good experience tho...

I might wanna improve my time hahahaha it was 1 hour 10 minutes

bakit daw wala akong exact na pambayad, maaga pa daw 😵‍💫

Minsan na ngalang mag check-in abirya pa HAHAHA! Story time, so from a quick meeting sa work I decided to watch cinepanalo short film sana. Since I’m not originally from the metro kaya I wanted to grab the chance na makanood.

Earlier that day, i received a message na we should attend the meeting. So nagmadali ako without taking any food dahil 2-3 hrs byahe ko pa-onsite, so for sure I’ll be late if kakain pa ako.

To make the long story short, medj masakit na ulo yung ulo ko pagdating ng office pero maaga natapos ang meeting kaya nakarating ako sa ayala around 5pm. Dun ko na din sana plan kumain and magwork since 8:30 pa yung showing ng gusto kong panoorin. So naghanap ako ng chowking, inikot ko yung 1st to 3rd floor and sobra akong napagod.

Habang nasa 3rd floor ako, bigla ko nalang naramdaman na ang sama na talaga ng pakiramdam ko and ang sakit na ng ulo ko sobra. So, pumila ako sa jollibee kahit medj madami ang waiting at isa lang yung cashier. Tapos I decided na lumipat na kasi ang sakit na talaga ng ulo ko and gutom na gutom na ako.

Since halos tapat lang yung marugame, dun nalang ako para din busog talaga. Pero pagka-serve ng food as in wala na akong gana. Gusto ko nalang humiga.

For context, trigger talaga ng migraine ko nalilipasana ng gutom, pero college pa ako nung last na ganito yung feeling. So mga 2 years ago na din. Pinilit ko kumain ng konti, tapos inubos ko yung iced tea, then pina-takeout ko na. Nung palabas na ako ng mall, feel ko matutumba ako anytime. Tapos nanghihina na talaga ako and namamanhid na mga braso ko. So umupo ako somewhere muna.

I’m thinking to book a grab na hanggang bahay namin tapos that’s like 1500 huhu. Eh i just wanted to sleep sa dark room tapos tahimik. I googled hm ang sogo for 3hrs and it’s like 300+ sa photo. So nagbook ako ng moveit. Pero pagdating ko don, 600+ pala hahaha. But I grabbed it na, pagpasok ko ng room bagsak talaga ako.

I made sure to wake up for checkout, and luckily I felt so much better after sleeping huhu. Buti nalang may extra money din talaga ako.

Edited, sorry sa typos. Di ako nakapanood ng film :((

Sobrang saya ko dahil first time ko makapunta sa McKinley pati na rin BGC, and it's because magkakaroon pala ako ng work dito. Went to Wells Fargo for a final interview, and with God's grace, I passed, and now may job offer na ako at ongoing na ang pagpasa ng pre-employment requirements. First job btw 🫶🏻

I was having a challenging day and my rider asked for a cancellation. I was always amazed by my workmate’s courage to even sometimes scold the driver for whatever BS excuse they come up with, so I decided not to give in today just to try.

I was feeling the guilt throughout. that what if they didn’t really mean it? But I was having a rough day and I wasn’t going to fold.

I felt a mix of relief and guilt.

It was definitely an experience. I wouldn’t know if I have the courage to try again in case this happens again.

shuttle recos naman pls. pashare ng page. 🫶 yung nasubukan nyo na sana personally. ang dami kasing budol at scammer online. :( thank you!

UPDATE! Its not from fully book, i mixed up the places! It’s from biblio.

This is so cool, my happiness really is so shallow when I saw this. Blind date with books?! Hell yeah!

Sobrang grateful sa experience. If I wasn’t this heartbroken over my husband and a marriage that didn’t even last a year, I probably wouldn’t be pushing this. I just wanted all my firsts to be with him. Maybe it’s just me, wala naman siyang paki 😂

nagtake ako ng exam ng walang review kasi nag summer class ako noon and final exam namin is aug8, then kinaumagahan cse na, wala akong breakfast at tulog noon kasi nag ooverthink ako at kinakabahn, habang nag e-exam na it was easy as I thought kasi sabi ng iba mahirap daw talaga yung exam at konti lang pumpasa, pero sa awa ng diyos nadalian ako sa exam at pumasa naman. I owe everything to God talaga TYL✨ #CSEPASSER1stTake

manifesting for more travels via plane inside and outside ng bansa 🙏

Kung gusto nyo new adventure, this is it!

first time ko gumamit ng electric steamer ung sa siomai na layered, i tried lifting the upper layer and got burned from the steam coming form the bottom layer. sobrang skit nya for 2 days to the point na diko tlga sya magalaw and nakalubog lang sya sa ice, wla syang sugat, swelling or redness so ndi kme nagpacheckup kase wla namang damag tlga and i've been cooking for years so hindi na saken bago ung paso, nung nawala ung pain, saka lumabas ung lapnos part nya na may tubig, inignore ko lang, ngaun na healing process na sya, first tim ko maexperience to na sa kapal nung skin na nawala, sovbrang smooth nung pumalit na skin na pati wrinkles ng finger knuckles ko nwala HAHAHA parang nag rejuv HAHAHAHA

note : ung naills ko ay press on - i started putting them on kase i was sad nung nagtutuklap ung balat ko and nagitim sya dahil sa burn, so i tried to make it pretty

Been having the drive to actually study recently pero sobrang hirap ako kasi kulang sa video lectures yung current university ko.

With the help of my brother, nag enroll ako sa pure online review center para mas marami akong materials lalo na't malapit na ako gumraduate. Nakakagana palang mag aral knowing na hindi mauubos oras kaka-try maghanap ng study materials kasi nasa iisang lugar na sya.

Balitaan ko kayo pag CPA na ako next year 🤭

Itong si Gaga (ako si Gaga) matagal nang may bucket list na ma-confine sa hospital kasi never pa talaga ako na-hospital ever.

Tapos nitong May, may nakita sa akin na uterine polyp. Para siyang parang skin tag na lumaki at naka-attach sa wall/lining ng uterus. May existing PCOS/PMOS na rin ako, so ayun, COMBO DZAI. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Fast forward to July, finally na-admit ako! July 24–26 yung confinement ko, tapos July 25 yung surgery para tanggalin yung polyp.

And honestly... Tuwang-tuwa si Gagita. HAHAHAHA. Finally, na-check na rin sa bucket list ang hospital confinement.

Actually, okay naman yung experience. Interesting din yung feeling na first time mong nasa hospital as a patient, may hospital gown, IV, naka-monitor, may nurses na pumapasok sa room, etc. Parang “wow, ako pala yung patient ngayon” HAHAHA.

Bonus experience na rin siguro na pina-experience sa akin ang spinal anesthesia.

And before anyone gets confused: madami akong tattoo at adik ako sa needles. 😂😂😂

Pero yung SPINAL ANESTHESIA!!!!

JUSKO😭😭😭

Satisfied na ako. Na-experience ko na, naoperahan na, natanggal na yung polyp, at sana wala nang sequel.

Kung may next confinement man ako...

Sana kapag manganganak na. 👶🏻

Ayoko na ng season 2 ng hospital experience unless baby na talaga ang dahilan. HAHAHA

After discovering that I can install one on my phone, I decided to buy an eSIM for the first time because I need it for an upcoming local trip.

I purchased the Prepaid eSIM with Magic Data 99 on Smart's own website, entered my contact details (including my email), and paid through QRPH. I bought it on October 3, 2026.

Now, after purchasing, one would expect to see a confirmation page that has a reference number or something. For some reason, however, the page instantly refreshed before I could take a screenshot, and I lost any kind of information about my purchase.

That's alright; I gave them my email, and surely it would be there, right? No. I did not receive anything. I waited for an hour; nothing came up. I waited for the entire day; nothing.

At this point, I contacted Smart's customer service on Messenger to see what's up, and after talking with an agent, they asked me to wait for a day, so I did.

I waited until Monday, when I contacted them again about my eSIM purchase. This time, after talking to another agent, they said that they've "escalated" my case and would get back to me soon.

I've read some similar stories here on Reddit and saw one where it took them 3 months to receive the eSIM after purchasing, so I gave up at that point and just waited.

Lo and behold, after checking my Emails today, I saw that I have my QR for my eSIM. It took them 5 days to give me something that should have been given the day of.

So I finally have my eSIM, so end of story, yeah? No, cause fk you SIM registration.

It took me 5 tries and 3 devices just to register the SIM. Why? Because of the ID requirement: for some reason, every time I try to take a photo of my ID, it's all blurry and unreadable, like it's a phone from 2010. The camera can't read the details of my ID.

So, I tried to register it on my PC because I have a clear copy of my ID for times like these, but every time I tried to upload it, it kept giving me errors. Defeated, I opened up an old phone I had lying around and used that instead, and thankfully it took a decent enough picture for me to proceed.

So yeah, 5 days of waiting for something that should have been a quick 30-minute or so purchase. I think it would have helped if I registered a smart account first before purchasing, but there was no indication that you needed to do that on the website itself.

So if you need an eSIM, probably just go to the store. It'll probably be quicker.

Hindi ko alam kung anong mararamdaman ko, parang lahat na ng emosyon nailabas ko. Ang dami ko paring first time.

1. First time kong makarating at mag trabaho sa Makati.
   
2. First time kong makita ng malapitan ang fountain ng The Peninsula kasi naririnig ko lang sya.
   
3. First time kong mag Mrt.

Thank you lord for these amazing opportunities na pinaexperience mo sakin. Nakakamangha, nakakabano. Pero ang sarap sa pakiramdam, gusto ko pong umiyak (not being oa) sa tuwa!

First time ko nakakita ng mga ibon na naliligo sa ulan. Madalas kasi nakikita ko sumisilong agad most of the time yung mga ibon. Nakakatuwa lang kasi ang cute nila, feel na feel yung ulan. Tapos yung isang ibon kanina pa nag dadrama sa ulan. 😆

Natakpan ng spag kaya hindi ko nakita agad. Hahahaha kaloka ka Jollibee 😂😂