Not Cool
My last public entry was January 15, 2011 around ten days before I left NY for the Philippines. I thought then that I would pick up my writing and spill my guts on the internet but so many things happened since I wrote that piece that I totally abandoned this blog except for a few private entries just recently. This is totally not cool at all.
Writing helped me define myself after experiencing so much that life had to offer. Unlike most people that had to keep a job to stay alive, I took jobs because I wanted to and dropped them as soon as I got bored. I was actually doing the same in college, taking subjects that I liked and switched courses so that I could attend classes that were not offered in my current course. So I went from Pre-Medicine to Sociology to Anthropology to Engineering attending classes in Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Physics, Philosophy, etc. It is a relief to hear Steve Jobs take pride in dropping out (which I eventually did after seven years in college) and attending classes he enjoyed. Unfortunately I am no Steve Jobs so I went from one job to another, then one business to another until I got totally tired of it. After all this taste testing, I ended up as a business development consultant for the last 12 years.
This whole year found me spending time pursuing an advocacy in restoring my decaying birthplace. I enjoyed growing up as well as raising my children here. The pace was slow and there were great places to create an adventure for a child.
I am now a grandfather and it was sad not to find those places appealing to children. Urban growth has sped up life in the city and the environment that was so nourishing for children was fast disappearing. I wonder how other children are coping with the loss of their playgrounds?
As this year comes to a close, I am awakened to my negligence and abandonment. Perhaps, having found my bearings, I simply got bored with writing or found no reason for it. Or maybe, facebook just took its place.
For whatever reason the year went by with nary a word here, this stillness will have to come to an end and I shall resume writing.
See you all soon.
