Senti Sabado! - Divine Lee
A year ago I was rushing from one place to another. Sleep was a luxury. Balancing school, work and all other things. All my trips made me extremely tired. Energizer bunny got nothing on me. I was usually up by 8 when I came home at 5am. One of my friends told me “if you don’t slow down, Magkakasakit ka and you will be forced to slow down”. Fortunately, I didn’t get sick but I did slow down. Late last year, I learned to eat breakfast (not after gimmick meal ha), sit for hours in a cafe with a book (nope, no phone activities), turn off my phone, leave my phone on silent the whole day, not panic when I don’t get to charge my powerbank, break my cardio records, sleep before midnight (heck, I even sleep at 9pm sometimes) and study while really absorbing what I was learning (not just for the sake of completing my module papers). I may not be doing 20t things in a day, but I kinda enjoy this laid back me more. I get to appreciate each activity more and have more meaningful conversations because I’m not in a hurry to finish everything. Now I look forward to my no itinerary trips, I sleep my full 8 hours, my papers are ahead of time, and I barely remember when was the last time I was really tired. Tama nga sila dun sa “stop and smell the flowers”. So 2016, I’ll try to drink more water, beat more cardio records, listen to more old music, and stop and smell more flowers ???——- This is how chill I am. I’m enjoying my pandan tea while catching up with @margauxmedina. Sige, live the adventures for me muna. Quota nako last year! Hahaa!
A photo posted by Divine Lee (@divinemlee) on Jan 3, 2016 at 5:56pm PST
Read more para maka avail ng #HUGOT Well, if you are one of those who was born during the 80s and grew up in the 90s baka pareho tayo. Yung mudak ko kasi nung time na yun, parang normal pa na paluin ang mga bagets pag mali. Tapos, pag uwi needsung mo maging honor or first in class. To give you some visuals, chika ko sa inyo yung first Ice Skating competition ko. Grade 5 or 6 ata akey when I started to Ice Skate. Yes, sa Megamall. Nakiuso kasi ako. Hahah! But since ang mudak nga ay competitive, by the second time ko bumalik kumausap na ng coach! At maglelessons na akey. By my first lesson full gear na outfit ko, pang competition! Eh d pa nga ako marunong. Buti nalang CONFIDENTLY BEAUTIFUL AKO (choz!) and with my lessons became part of the first Philippine team for Ice Skating… wait! Hindi dahil super galing ako na Michael Martinez levels, bago palang kasi yung Ice Skating so ilan palang kaming naglessons at angat sa tao. So yun na ang bumuo ng Team of the Philippines!!! Hahahahah! I’m sure inavail nyo rin tong Megamall Ice Skating rink dati…


A photo posted by Divine Lee (@divinemlee) on Jul 9, 2015 at 3:04am PDT
And aside from that pala, the day I arrived I saw on FB that Kate Torralba was performing somewhere. Sumugod ako dun… ng maaga! Made friends. Lahat beckies but yun naman talaga charisma ko eh. Hahahaha! But it was one of the most spontaneous afternoons and its was super fun. Sumugod ka ba naman sa event na wala kang invite and walang kilala. Eh sa Manila, battalion kami bago umalis and battalion kami dumating. Dito ang sandata ko lang curling iron na binili ko pa that day coz I forgot mine sa Manila. Natawa nga si Kate when she saw me with a plastic bag na curling iron ang laman.
Look at the caption! My first day! Ang nakakatawa, I saw Kate again in London. KAIBIGAN PALA SYA NI BLAKE. Actually gulat siya na Blake was hanging out with me and Charm and gulat si Blake that I know Kate (who’s a Cebuana), and gulat ako na kilala ni Kate si Blake. OR TEKA, baka naman na budol budol gang ako dito! Charez! AT PINAGLOLOKO NILA AKONG LAHAT! Funny how the world is so small!
8 years ago this girl told me “you are destined for big things. You will find someone who will love you and take care of you” I wasn’t single then… What are the chances of seeing her in a store opening in Paris? And the first thing she said was “now, you’re single. Remember what I said a few years back? You’re not named DIVINE for nothing” oh Paris, what are you doing to me?!? #PakPakSaParis #AroundtheGLOBE
A photo posted by Divine Lee (@divinemlee) on Jul 8, 2015 at 10:37am PDT
Eto yung mga becks na nakilala ko. Super magkachika and sayaw kami whole night. Pag lapit nga ni Kate sabi sakin “Friends mo?” hahaha! OO, ngayon lang. A photo posted by Divine Lee (@divinemlee) on Jul 8, 2015 at 11:15am PDT So my days were unplanned, may araw na binuhos ko yung puso ko to someone who barely knows me and i barely know… Super chika talaga ako… Coz Paris is always a good idea. This place is magical for me. Gave me answers to questions I’m just about to ask as the saying goes “In this world where you can be anything and anyone, choose to be KIND” #PakPakSaParis #AroundtheGLOBE
A photo posted by Divine Lee (@divinemlee) on Jul 9, 2015 at 9:06am PDT
Nag ka biglaan pa akong photoshoot…Second layout done! Next outfit! #AroundtheGLOBE #PakPakSaParis @romeocavalcante @unorodriguez
A photo posted by Divine Lee (@divinemlee) on Jul 11, 2015 at 8:11am PDT
Work day weekend! Shooting for @romeocavalcante’s exhibit! Can’t wait for the photos! Next look now! #PakPakSaParis #AroundtheGLOBE thanks @unorodriguez for helping out!
A photo posted by Divine Lee (@divinemlee) on Jul 11, 2015 at 5:50am PDT
But of course I still kept in contact with the people who love me most. But this journey was all mine…Dahil jetlag ako and I need a break from schoolwork. I called my PaBEBE girls at home! Pepper massacre in Paris! Haha! #PakPakSaParis #AroundtheGLOBE
A photo posted by Divine Lee (@divinemlee) on Jul 9, 2015 at 12:08am PDT
So there I learned not to worry about rushing from one place to another, I went where I wished, I ate alone, I can turn off my phone and put it on silent (tutal ibang timezone naman mga kachika ko). Parang for some weird reason God forced me to “Keep Calm and Relax”. My next trip bigla akong pumunta ng Croatia just with a phone call with Bryanboy. So my point is I was forced to take it easy. Walang honor roll sa life, wala akong hinahabol na number one when I left, and pinaka ginawa ko is to find happiness. I enjoyed my days and funny kahit 1 or 2 activity lang ako bawat araw, I was super happy. I enjoyed it tremendously. When i compared my calendar parang ang daming kulay the past months before I left, dami kong ginagawa, but the minutes I barely remember. When I let go, I only had a few activities na wala pa sa calendar, but i can remember the jokes we made, feel the breeze nung lamalafang ako ng crepe (ano daw?), and yung init ng araw na binilad ko si Uno sa Louvre (Init na init si Bakla, habang tanning ang point ko). Plus nalang na maganda yung view ko. But I think I could have done that anywhere. Sa La Mesa dam, Tagaytay, or kahit saang probinsya, kahit sa city (issue ko lang I’m sure magdadala ako ng friendship. This was my journey. magisa ko kailangan gawin). Sometimes you need to just… press pause. Ang dvd nga may pause eh. It’s there for a reason.
A photo posted by Divine Lee (@divinemlee) on Jul 9, 2015 at 12:06pm PDT
Don’t get me wrong, bet ko parin ang number 1 ha. Hindi naman ako plastic. I still aim for it. I’m actually trying that for my MBA now. But there are more things that can make you happy than that. One life to live daw. Make sure galingan nyo, enjoyin nyo. Make the memories count. While we are all rushing to be number one it’s easy to get caught in that whirlwind day-in and day-out, let’s not forget that dapat sarili natin ang number one. Happiness nyo. Days go by fast, make each one count.Bongga na sakto yung mga past photos ko. There’s always that 2 sides of you. The one gunning for number 1. and the one gunning for happiness. It can be one of the same but figure it out.
A photo posted by Divine Lee (@divinemlee) on Jul 10, 2015 at 10:48am PDT
Before i end this “Ate Charo post”, my good friend Flo said to me recently, “live simply”. Drama queen ako hindi ba? Yolo pa! But you know what, I like the simple aspect of life pala. Yung laughing til your tummy hurts, higa higa sa grass, ice buko sa beach, yun pala ang naalala ko… those make me happy. So when I see people chose other things before being number one; like being stay at home mom for a bar topnotcher, or when someone choose health over a big project, or when someone chooses an opportunity to stay with his or her family instead of a high flying job abroad…mas naiintindihan ko na. And now I know. Thanks for that trip. I hope I keep on the same track and learn this balance. Aim for number 1 but sometimes number 1 does not equate to happiness. Sabi nga nang matalino kong inaanak I’m Ninang number 0, because 0 comes before 1. See? there are things that we can put before being number one… and thats called living life. When being number one takes up too much of life. PRESS PAUSE.
A photo posted by Divine Lee (@divinemlee) on Jul 10, 2015 at 4:11am PDT
Find your happiness.Nagmamahal Charo.. choz!
Much love, D
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