Corporate Junkie Goes to Japan

One good thing about what I do is I get to travel. I have been meaning to write about my Japan trip since I have set foot in the country two years ago although I was not really sure where to begin describing this beautiful place which I adored for a long time. 

Japan culture has always amazed me. I loved mangas, Japanese fashion, the language, the heritage -- everything! I love Japanese brands, I work for a Japanese company, some people even mistake my last name as Japanese! Anyway, enough of the obsession! 

Discovery 1:  Japanese food. 

I have talked about the awesome ramen experience I had in Dazaifu in my previous post but it's not only the noodles which would make you miss Japan. Everything is so pretty from the presentation to the taste -- it's so darn perfect!

Never encountered so many veggie sushi
 and whatchamacallits in my whole life.

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On Writing: The Sacrifice

Because my pain is nothing compared to yours, my Lord.

The movie, The Passion of Christ by Mel Gibson, has been released nine years ago but I have never seen it for no particular reason. Maybe because the reviews said that it was irrelevantly bloody and offensive or maybe because I haven't gotten in touch with my faith that long. Today, on a Holy Friday, I have finally watched the movie. 

I am pretty educated about Christ and His stories. As a child who grew up in a Catholic household and being an active Christian when I was in high school, I read a lot about the saints, the apostles and their martyrdom, Christ's childhood and miracles and suffering -- everything probably in between. My faith was shaken when I entered college. I began to question idolatry and celibacy and all the attacks you can think of against the Catholic Church. I became a distant believer. 

I have long been searching for my faith and right now, probably at the darkest moment of my life, I have found it again. The doctrines do not matter; the dogmas are there to guide -- everything else could be a mistake, everything else could be fallible. But these are not important. I realized that what was important was finding a faith which brought me closer to God.  What was important was that I find a congregation who will connect me again like a river that will never run dry because it is connected to the immense glory of the seas. 

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Unexpected

“You should continue writing.”

I have heard this from unexpected people who I did not know spend some time with my blog. Funny how these encouragements come from random contacts and never from people who supposedly knew everything about you.

SUPPOSEDLY.

I have been undergoing some invalidation and vindication phases for some time now. Invalidation because I began to question myself, what I was worth, who I really was, what I want in my life, who I fight for. All the things that I believed in literally is collapsing in front of my eyes. I am on a cliffhanger. Every day, friends and family try to pull me me up. There were times when I felt like I was a zombie – a walking dead. And those were the days that people just carried me, unexpectedly. I know then God indeed sends His angels.

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