Some people find it amazing. Some people find it weird. Some think it’s worth it, while others say it’s just a waste of time. No matter what others think about cosplay, if you want to do it, you shouldn’t give a damn and just do it.

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Getting rejected is hard. It can be emotionally destructive to one’s whole being. Worst, it can make you give up on the things that you love the most.

Lately, I haven’t been doing any writing. Unfinished blog posts, pending writing assignments and unopened modules kept hunting me every night yet I chose to ignore them. Either I’m too exhausted from my 9AM-7:30 PM shift of being a corporate slave or I’m just too uninspired and confused after the bitter rejection of most of my articles for a freelance writing company. I was just too depressed. I started questioning myself on almost every decision I have done. Am I just wasting my time trying to chase a dream I should have chased sooner?

The experience was definitely new but it felt so familiar at the same time. It was like travelling in a foreign country. You are the stranger who knows nobody. You should be scared but the scenery felt so comfortable, to the extent that it reminds you of your home. Attending Toycon reminded me of home.

It’s Throwback Thursday once again, another day where I can find an excuse to post some of my long forgotten articles. Nonetheless, I’d still post this because in just about two more months, this event will happen again and also because the storm makes me reminisce the past. The gloomy weather just makes me feel so nostalgic!

Legal holidays such as the Labor Day last May 1, 2015 gave an opportunity for people like me who belongs to the working class to at least unwind and do the things that we love. For me, I was actually planning to just stay in my room and start to do some writing but I knew back then that I’d end up staring at that blinking cursor for hours and hours. Lately, I’ve been feeling so uninspired that I can’t make myself write single short filler for a magazine. Good thing I was invited to go to Art in Island 3D Museum to refuel my creativity.

They say that traveling is for the brave. This must be the reason why up until now, I never traveled anywhere that is considered far-flung on my own or even with anyone that I don’t share the same blood with. I never wanted to spend for anything that I am not sure I’d be satisfied. I was never the type who takes risks. I don’t diverge into paths where I am not 100% sure of. When it comes to making decisions, I look at it in every angle before I provide my verdict. I’d like to say that this is because I’ve emerged as a wiser person after all the turmoil that I have gone through but the bitter truth is just so obvious. I’ve turned myself into a coward- a characteristic I hated the most.

Alanah Ramelb is a 28-year-old writer by heart who is doing her best to survive life by living in a corporate employee's body. She is currently residing in Manila, Philippines but spent her childhood in the beautiful province of Ilocos Norte. She started this blog in the year 2015 to keep her sane while catapulting from one industry to another. She claims that despite all the chaos in her life, her love for writing is the only constant thing that made her happy. She writes about how she lives, work and dream in this digital space with the hope to inspire other people to keep working hard for their dream lives by never letting their current circumstances stop them from being what they ought to be.

You can contact her at alanahwrites@gmail.com to know more about the things she writes about.