Almost home…wherever home is
December 11, 2006
A couple of more days and this chapter will end 
I'm finally finishing my stint in Belfast, where I've lived for 2 years and 3 months. I am thrilled to leave — not to say that I did not learn a lot in my time here. I know when a place cannot be called home. I don’t belong here.
Paris awaits next year. I am starting anew, constantly rediscovering myself and wondering what my beliefs will be in a years’ time. It’s unbelievable how so much can change in a year. Travel can change you. It will challenge your identity; force you to make a stand for who you are, where you came from and who you want to be. The past two years has been an absolute journey and shatters all judgment and prejudice.
I won't be going back to Manila as often as before, maybe now only once or twice a year. I just want to take away as much as I can from this incredible opportunity. I know I have to establish myself elsewhere and I can't do that if I keep referring to Manila as my home. It’s now YOUR turn to come visit where I live and work.
