Thursday, October 25, 2012

A FAN Filled Day (Happy Loner Traveller’s Supporters)











              When I started to do blogging almost 3 years ago, many doubted my ability to write and share my personal stories to people, some laughed, some made jokes about it and others were not even impressed at all… I started to write testimonies regarding my travels because it’s what I’m passionate about… The very reason why I write is because I want to share to myself what my life has been through, it’s like talking to myself, sharing experiences with myself, a personal diary of reflection... So that one day, I could go back to my writings and they will remind me of what my life has been about… What it has & how it was lived…

                As I was continuously writing articles about my life’s experiences, I never noticed or was unaware that I’m already doing something worthy and meaningful, I’m already making a difference in people’s lives that I know nothing about. Because I was just writing for myself and then later on, I would receive messages of how I touched their lives through my writings, of how I inspired them to live life to the fullest, how I influenced them to travel and discover more of themselves, their capabilities in life. All of these I’m unaware of…

                I met great people through my blogs, they started as my supporters which later on became my friends. One of my very first and longtime supporters were Judith Fianza & Krystel Niolar, later on was followed by Rikka Rocca, Krista Guerina, Jude Roxas, Narciso Trumata, Reymark Mawaga, Mark Dela Rosa, Eran Decena, April Esposo and expanded to Clarence Ochinang, Denton Caballero, Jennet Razo, Tricia Jaime & Dave Franco. And of course, the group Armieholics which was pioneered by Heather Ocampo. "These people were always telling me how I changed their lives for the better, how I inspired them to just enjoy life and make it meaningful, but the truth is, they were all wrong, coz’ they were the ones who inspired me, because of them, I challenged myself more to write greater stories that would not only infect lives but try to change the world too, showing that there is always goodness, positivity, faith, true love, joy, laughter, friendship and hope amidst all negativity happening today." So they are the very reason why my blogs are a hit, they were my inspiration for writing & shouting out my thoughts because they listened, watched and read my life’s battles, failures and success…

                That’s why my blogs have improved a lot and I’m thankful to these people… Right now, I have a growing number of supporters loving and appreciating my works and it wouldn’t reach this point without my first supporters who listened to me when everyone else was judging me… And also, those people who did not believed in me before were proven wrong when I finally made it to the Philippine Blog Awards…

                So right now, that my blog has already been known and continuously spreading around the world, I am using my Blogsite for a bigger and more significant purpose, I am now using my name for Advocacies, trying to help as much people as I can… And I am also adding things that would entertain you more and making it interactive through my Hosted Travel Films and Exciting Contests…

                And hopefully, you will continue to love your Pambansang Manlalakbay, Armie “Happy Loner Traveller” Yuson’s unorthodox adventures and challenges to numerous undiscovered places in the Philippines… And I wish that you will always bring with you all the lessons that you have learned from my World…


- Happy Loner Traveller

Sunday, October 7, 2012

The 283rd Day Of A Leap Year (9th Of October 2012)







                It’s that day again, a day when you wake up and you can’t help but to recall what has happened all throughout your life, and you asked these same set of questions all over again. Have you reached your goals that you made 10 years ago? Did you become successful? Have you lived your life productive and useful? Are you already the person you think you would become 10 years ago? Well, I just have one simple answer to my yearly questions, “I Don’t Care Anymore”. For a change, I don’t want to set goals, be competitive and formulate another 10 year Lifeplan that would just end up disappointing me. Instead, I just want to live it one day at a time, enjoying every single hour making impulsive choices, creating a free-spirited life for me and just making the most out of every beat of my passionate heart & putting it into something more meaningful that you can call it as an “Inspiring Life”. Not perfect, not ideal but inspiring…

                You see, I’m just like everyone else, I’ve also went through struggles and battles in my life, a lot actually than the expected number of difficulties that a usual person would go through, I guess that makes me an unusual one. But instead of pitying myself, I accepted it, I confronted those challenges because we can’t do anything about it but to take it and move forward with our lives "coz’ the “Reality Of Life” will always be unfair and it is up to us on how we would resolve our own problems and make it a fair fight, no one can help us but our own selves and for me, the best way to deal with it, is to live with it in every hardships encountered along the way…"

                In the end, what matters most whenever you reflect about your life is not what you have achieved or done and not what you have become but rather what’s important is, is that you have found the right key in unlocking the door to your life that would allow you to just “Be Happy Living In It”, coz’ having a happy and content life is more priceless & satisfying than having a materially & monetarily rich life… And that probably is the best result that you can get out of life…

              Thank you to our Almighty GOD for giving me another year to look forward to, a new period to fulfill & inspire... And I would like to take this opportunity to thank a set of important lives on my birthday. Aside from my Family and Childhood Friends, I especially am very grateful to all of my Supporters who patiently and tirelessly gave their time in watching my Travel Films, listening to my Songs, seeing my Photos and reading my Articles. All of my Supporters became my True Friends already because they are the ones who genuinely have appreciated all of my hard works which I am so passionate about, they saw what I truly am as a person and they gave their precious time to see me & they are the ones who made my work visible to everyone. They were just there when all of the people I valued in my life bailed out on me, they stayed knowing that there is nothing to expect in return. They are the heroes in my life. That is why they are the ones that I would like to thank for this year, some of you were already there when I started my Blogsite 3 years ago and some of you even promoted me to your Family, Close Friends, Schoolmates and even to your Students. You’ve watched me evolved as a Traveller, Writer, Singer/Songwriter and Travel Filmmaker & it’s because of you why I matured as such so I owe this to you guys… I also would like to include in my special thanks my CO-PINOY TRAVEL BLOGGERS (PTB) Mervin Marasigan of PINOYADVENTURISTA and Dr. Wendell Cagape of JOURNEYSANDTRAVELS for sharing your Travel Stories to me…

                And lastly, I would like to thank my “BEIGH” who’s been there all throughout the 6 years we’ve been together… Truly, nothing compares to you in my life with the way you patiently took care of me especially on my rough times. You are one of a kind and your presence always defines how special my Birthday is for me. You always put me in a place where dreams and reality become possibly one, Thank you for doing that to me every single day… oh, and by the way, nothing much has changed, I’m still the old ARMIE “HAPPY LONER TRAVELLER” YUSON, the simple ordinary guy who tried living life extraordinarily… So that’s it, HAPPY 28TH BIRTHDAY TO ME… YEBAH!!!


- Soul Writer