2015 didn't start off the right way, but I won't give up!

Hi guys! Did you miss me?

I'm sorry for my low activity nowadays. Even though my WA rank drops and I had to cancel my Jaaxy membership, I have some updates for you.

Christmas not the way I wished for it to be

I decided to celebrate Christmas at mom's place. She offered to pay for my trip, so I thought changing environments would give me new energy. Instead, the opposite happened. I felt very depressed and sad because mom and her boyfriend didn't seem to know how to deal with me still. Like, they were so wrapped up into their daily routine that it seemed like they didn't even notice I was there.

We got into an argument, too. I decided to go home a bit earlier. Two good things, that happened during those few days were the following:

- I could video chat with my girlfriend regularly after December 25, and she paid close attention to what I had to say. Every morning she asked me how I felt.

- I called the Philippine embassy, and I managed to get some of my questions answered. They also advised me to email them again after I told them that I hadn't received a response to my first email in more than four weeks time.

I got back home... things seemed fine until.. wait for it.. midnight January 1

Yes, this is funny because I started to feel sick at midnight. Not really the start of 2015 I had in mind. Well, I suppose all the tension, that I built during the past couple of days at my mom's had to be released. After almost two weeks of feeling sick, I'm fully recovered. Thank God because next week I have a busy week.

What's going to happen next

A week ago I finally managed to send another email to the Philippine embassy with a lot of questions LOL! I won't blame them for taking their time to really read my email. I hope they'll respond to it faster compared to my very first email. Well, I'll call them again if they still haven't responded to my email by the first week of February.

This Wednesday (January 14), I'll have a meeting with my social worker. We'll call the tax office for some tax related questions.

Next Thursday (January 22), I'll go to the hospital to have my first meeting with the hospital's Gender team. For those of you who haven't had any idea, I feel like I was born in the wrong body. I also feel like I was born in the wrong country. Anyway, I'll have my first meeting where I'll talk about all of this.

In my case transitioning from female to male is useless if I have to live in a country I don't want to live in, if I have to be exposed to a culture I can't identify with.

Next Friday (January 23), I'll have a meeting with the organization who's responsible for granting or denying financial aid to people with disabilities. I'll discuss with them how I feel. My job coach and I hope that they'll agree with my request for a different financial aid package.

It's about a financial aid package where they'll pay me an amount every month until I reach the age of retirement. In today's economy, there's no clarity as to what the age of retirement will be in five years from now.

I'll spend some time to gain more inspiration to write new blog posts for my website. Nowadays, it almost feels like a chore. It's not that I don't like to write about Cebu or to help people prepare for their trips in an efficient way. It's about having such a low energy level that basically anything feels like a chore.

I managed to write two blog posts

Yes, I managed to write two blog posts. You'll notice the big gap when it comes to the date they were published because of what I mentioned at the beginning of this post. Feel free to check them out:

http://howtofindthecheapestflight.com/colon-street-cebu-city-discover-the-philippines-oldest-road

http://howtofindthecheapestflight.com/cebu-city-taoist-temple-a-piece-of-chinese-history-in-cebu

Well, that's it for today. Have a great day!