Oh yes! What a year 2011 was indeed! In 2010, I started to step an inch away from my comfort zone, and I honestly didn’t think that 2011 would get me even farther from it. For starters, I was able to stand in front of people, yay! Bloggers, even. In April, I delivered a talk [...]
Tags: 2011, 2012, book launching, Dreams do come true, Event Center, Events, family, flying, great year, iBlog7, looking back, looking forward, Museo Ning Angeles, reflection, Roy, SM Clark, speaker, The Struggling Blogger, wings, writer's block
It was far from perfect, I know. But my first talk just went fine, nonetheless. I goofed up on a few lines, but I do hope I was able to inspire young people to write. It was my first, though I offer no excuses. It was a golden opportunity to make a difference… I just [...]
Tags: Combined Hearts High School Edition, guest speaker, poem, reflection, Roy dela Cruz, SM Clark, speech, Winners, writer, writing
This is what I was afraid of – to accomplish what I wish to accomplish… and then, become bored. I was able to conquer my stage fright and talked about writer’s block in iBlog7, I was finally able to publish my poetry book, and I even had a grand book launching to boot. Now, I’m [...]
Tags: accomplishment, ambition, blogging summit, book publishing, comfort zone, dream, guest speaker, iBlog8, original composition, reflection, Roy, second book, The Struggling Blogger
It used to be just but a dream… a wishful thinking… something that I never really thought would happen… not by a long-shot! But fate knows better. And what was but a dream became real… and I was able to see it… to be it. I was able to live my dream. I had my [...]
Tags: Angeles City, Art at the Park, book launching, Museo Ning Angeles, reflection, Roy
With just a week away from the book launching, I really do not know what to do right now. What to feel, how to act, how to prepare… I don’t know anything! Right now, everything seems vague, all of a sudden. This feeling is quite similar to what I was feeling days before my iBlog7 [...]
Tags: Angeles City, artists, book launching, Museo ning Angels, Museum, poetry book, reflection, Roy
I could be a late bloomer. Actually I AM A LATE BLOOMER! I started uttering a silent mantra in 2009 – to get out of my comfort zone, to do crazy stuff, to dream bigger… and I did. One by one, things took shape… things started happening… some by coincidences, some by pure luck, and [...]
Tags: 43, dream, dreaming, empty, journey, reflection, Roy
Finally, it will happen! The book launching of REFLECTION will happen. The date and the place is final, what only needs work are the details of the proceedings on the day of the book launching itself. First the date, it will be on May 27, 2011. Registration starts at 6:00 p.m. The place will be [...]
Tags: Angeles City, art exhibit, artists, bonsai, book launching, Kapampangan, Museo ning Angels, Museum, painting, poetry book, reflection, Roy
To launch or not to launch? That is the question. Obviously, my choice definitely is TO launch. However, it is not that easy, really. Or is it? Okay, so I dreamed. I worked. I nurtured the dream, and now it is a reality. The book, REFLECTION, is real, even though I had to pinch myself [...]
Tags: book launching, dream, event, looking for sponsors, May 2011, reflection, Roy
I have but one goal for 2011 as far as writing and blogging is concerned – to get my own book published. It was in 2009 when I got a taste of how it was to be part of a printed book via Inspirational Thoughts and Stories from Blogger All Over the World, and again, [...]
Tags: book, dream come true, poem, poetry, reflection, Roy, The Struggling Blogger
This post is about recalling how I started writing, and where I intend to go. As I mentioned in a separate post, everything started with a single verse… a single notebook… not the electronic notebook that you know now, but the traditional notebook where you write your lectures, journals and what-have-you. What was started more [...]
Tags: ambition, book, dream, original composition, poem, published, REFLECITON book, reflection, roots, songs
