The Boracaynon

By Gil delos Santos Life in a simple form surrounded by beaches is great...it's like living a semi-retired life in the island. Until this pandemic came into the scene real hard - offering thoughts to miss the spectacles of the high life, the city, the world travels, financial freedom, the champagnes, and all. Ironically, a realization set-in that we sometimes need to be a bit careful with what we wish for.  Wishes are product of keen focus put into action plus the conspiring universal energy, I thought. I remember wishing to see less Chinese and less Koreans in Boracay to give our old European patrons a chance. After that, the 6-months closure happened. Now, the pandemic. I should be careful with wishes. In another world, it was the height of a beautiful career abroad when summoned by a situation to whether choose to come home to grant an aging mother's wish by leaving a sparkling profession behind...or be a selfish money driven son by not responding. That point was a stage w...

By Gil delos Santos "Living by the moment" life principle becomes widely popular nowadays in pursuit to less stress life management especially in this time of the covid pandemic. It complements that life indeed is short if we look at the circumstances surrounding how everything is glued on a fast paced setting...not until the virus provided slowness effortlessly. Everything was reset and put in slow motion if not stagnant at some point. Our life stopped for a moment yet we're unable to maximize the essence of "living by the moment" in the manner how we wish it could have been. It is painful to take the course of life that contradicts our own wants. This is an irony that's heavy to deal with. Life at times bite at us when we can't enjoy personal choices because we share a world with common people that we have to consider. They sometimes demand something that leave us with no choice but to distance rather than stay to suppress our freedom of se...