25 Questions To Get to Know Me

I don't usually do these get to know me tags, but since I told myself to do something new whenever I can here you go. Hope this helps you all get to know me a bit more. 

25 Get to Know Me Questions

1. What is you middle name? - Anne

2. What was your favourite subject at school? - Reading - I was always reading a book at all times

3. What is your favourite drink? - very simple grande sugar free hazelnut americano from 'Bucks

4.What is your favourite song at the moment? -  Never Forget you by Zara Larsson

5. What is your favourite food -  Flipino food

6.What is the last thing you bought - back to school clothes for my kids

7. Favourite book of all time? - That's a hard one, I have read some really amazing books. Can't choose just one

8. Favourite colour? - blue

9. Do you have any pets? -  Currently no, but when I was living at home with my parents I had a Shiba Inu named Yugi - my little brother named him that because at the time he loved the show and game Yu-Gi-Oh

10. Favourite perfume? -  I don't wear perfume

11. Favourite Holiday? - Christmas -  love the snow (if we ever have any), Love the family get togethers and the food

12. Are you married? - Yes - will be married 8 years this October 4th. 

13. Have you ever been out of the country, if so, how many times? - Yes, i'm from Canada so have been to the US multiple times, and Punta Cana once. 

14. Do you speak any other language?- English fluently, when I was a child I was able to speak tagalog fluently.Now I just understand tagalog but not able to speak fluently. 

15. How many siblings do you have? - 2 and older brother who is 3 years older than me and a little brother who is 13 years younger than me. 

16. How many kids do you have? - 2 - my daughter who will be 7 September and my son who will be turning 4 in January.

17. Favourite restaurant? - I don't really have a favourite restaurant but I really enjoyed eating at P.F. Chang's. We had one in Canada but that didn't last to long 

18. When was the last time you cried? - Yesterday

19. Favourite Blog? - I really enjoy many blogs but currently I have to shout out my girl Sarah. Check her out at Sleeping is For Losers

20. Favourite movie? - Dirty Dancing is probably my all time favourite. 

21. Favourite TV Shows? - I don't really watch much TV

22. What is your Nationality? - Filipino Canadian

23. Where were you born? - Toronto, ON, Canada

24. How tall are you? - 4'11 and 3/4, and yes I'm adding that in, getting all the height I can get LOL.

25. Can you cook? - Yes but not very well LOL. 

So there it is, a little glimpse into my life. I usually do not write about my private life but I figured I need to start becoming more vulnerable to reach the goals that I want. So enjoy :)

Let's Try This Again

So this is not my first rodeo on trying to write a blog. I would get inspired and then not inspired and just stop. I always thought about writing again and so here I am.

This is going to be a different post. In the past I never wrote about this. In my head I had to stay positive to help others. No one ever saw the other side of me or what I'm going through. But I decided to now really show my true self here and if you understand by the end of this thanks, and I feel you. 

I think this all started when I was young. I was always afraid to do something bad or get bad grades, thinking my parents just wanted perfection. I mean who doesn't want their kids to be the best right? So as I kid I just worked my butt off but never really had a passion. Pretty much did what my parents wanted me to do. To them because they were immigrants of the Philippines who worked their butt off to come to Canada I thought, good they will be proud of me once I make them happy. 

Now as a mom of two amazing kids, one who is will be 7 this September and one who is 3 I realized I've been dealing with anxiety all these years. I have never been diagnosed but that feeling of not being good enough. Or making sure everyone else around me needs to be okay before me. That feeling in your chest or always being anxious or always worried about everyone and everything. 

It's been pretty bad lately and that's why I'm here. My amazing husband and my friend Sarah said start putting your thoughts on paper and let it be raw and let it be your true self. So here I am. Raw, and all me. 

If anyone has ever felt this way or still feel this way, I know what you are going through. Let's fight this together and come out on top. It make take a long time but we will get out of this tunnel and hit that light at the end.