Missing Madrid and the Nat Geo Shirt

Ever since I went to Madrid, I knew I found a place to stay and live in on the other side of the world. Living in Madrid has always been a dream. It is vibrant, people are both laid back and busy. I love the food, the late night dinners, the music, the art. Also, it is so much like Manila, warm (during the summer days) and understated, Barcelona is always favoured by the tourists, but Madrid, my friends, is never boring.

But then the past few days, I don’t know why, I seem to be thinking that there is something great in store for me. Certainly not because the universe owes me. I’m not that demanding. But I just do.

So today I’m decided, I am determined not to make Madrid just a dream. I know that I will have to live there. You know why? Because if I make it stay and be just a dream, it will haunt me for the rest of my life.

 

Don’t ask me how because I haven’t gotten to that part yet. Ideally, getting a job there would make me sustain my move. And then maybe I can ask Mom to apply for Spanish citizenship because it is easy for her to do so (my late great grandfather was a pure Spanish from Madrid so she can just get some papers for proof and that is already a ground for her to apply for a citizenship). She can petition me after that. Studying my masters in University of Navarra (hello IESE) is something I’ve been aspiring but securing EU60,000 for the tuition is something I have to figure out first (also I know this may not be in Madrid, but that’s fine, they have a school there anyway).

Nothing is concrete, or well researched. I just know that I have to do this. Not to worry though. I have no intentions of staying there for good. Maybe a year or two would do me some good. Of course, I’ll be able to learn how to speak Español which I’ve been wanting to do all my life.

Weirdly enough, I thought of all these because of a shirt. National Geographic’s Live Curious shirts (in partnership with Regatta) are really cool. I got one for myself and it is so me “ASKAHOLIC”. It’s gray and what I’m wearing is their smallest size. Customer service in Greenbelt 3 was awesome by the way, they got my shirt from Trinoma but have it delivered to GB3 as originally, it was no longer available in there.

Maybe it was not the shirt. Maybe it was the thought of working for National Geographic that made me decide to actualize a dream. How awesome would it be to be to be working in Nat Geo, right? I figured, if other people get that much adventure in life, mine doesn’t have to be just this.

Sorry, just a bit of quarter life crisis kicking in. But I stand by my dream…

…AND IT WILL HAPPEN. ¡Hasta luego Madrid! :)

P.S. Yes, I know, I should make entries about my Euro adventures already. I’ll get to that before the year ends, promise. :)

P.P.S. Pardon the Madrid photos. I took them back in the days when digital cameras just started to exist, and yes, I may have not developed an eye for taking photos then. :P