Fresh Slate

My name is Emme. I'm 28 years old and in less than 2 weeks, I'm going to leave a job that I've held for four years and my family to start over in my home country.

Monetary-wise, I could not have asked for a better job. Yet despite this, I've resigned to pursue something, which I hope will give me more than economic security.

Does the prospect scare the shit out of me? Hell, yes! But I'm determined to do it nonetheless (because I'm stubborn that way).

For the past 6 years, I have been living and working in the Middle East (Qatar, specifically). I was 22 when I left the Philippines for the adventure that is the Arabian Peninsula. And boy was it an adventure!

I've learned a lot about different cultures and people but mostly I learned a lot about myself - what I like, what I don't, my principles, my beliefs, things I'm willing or unwilling to compromise on, things that I'm capable of (both good and bad) and things that I can never change.

I used to have a blog prior to this but since I'm starting a new chapter in my life, I've decided that I needed a fresh slate as well.

This will be a record of sorts on my new adventures into the unknown. My do-over diary.

I have listed a bucket list of things that I wanted to do now that I had been given a "second wind", as my friend Justine calls it, and will be writing about my attempts and progress in trying to fulfill them.

I won't promise to do a daily or weekly blog post but I do promise it will be regular (Blogging regularly  is on my bucket list).

No, I'm not dying and neither do I have any life-threatening disease (At least not that I know of).

This is just a purely narcissistic outlet for my thoughts and observations of life in general so whatever I write here has to be taken with a grain (hell, make it a bag) of salt.

My only hope is that somebody might learn something useful from my little adventures. If nothing else, I hope you'll find it entertaining.

Signing out for now,
Emme