In Transit # 1: Great Northern Escapade

  This is what happens when you stick 4 girls - who are, incidentally, 90s and 00s song junkies - in a car that travelled the northern part of the Philippines in a span of 5 days.   Enjoy.   Oh, and a word to the wise: that's exactly how we are anywhere you place us in.… Continue reading In Transit # 1: Great Northern Escapade

Philippine Travels # 3: World Wonders

Palawan has always been the dream.   Hang on, I'll say that again for good measure: Palawan has always been the dream.   This is why when it got announced that we would have the Youth for Christ International Conference in Palawan for 2014, I never second-thought. I was going.   And boy, was I… Continue reading Philippine Travels # 3: World Wonders

Philippine Travels # 2: The End of the World (As We Know It)

It has always been an innate tendency of us humans to celebrate the beginnings and endings of chapters in our lives -- birthdays, new years, weddings, graduations.   Last month, a week before we finally bid adieu to what has been our home for 4, maybe 5, perhaps even 6 years, a group of college… Continue reading Philippine Travels # 2: The End of the World (As We Know It)

Misadventures and part-time bums

There are times in one's life when the only thing that sounds appealing is the thought of leaving everything behind and running (amok) in someplace anew.   Sometimes, you get blessed with a few friends who would do just that with you.   So last Sunday, some friends and I (with only the littlest nudging… Continue reading Misadventures and part-time bums

Ad Astra Per Aspera

(The Summit of Mt. Pulag, the highest mountain in Luzon) I've never really been much of a physically active person (despite the fact that I've been an ROTC officer for the past couple of years) but what I'm sure I am is stubborn (and severely spontaneous). Perhaps it's the Cancer in me, but I've always… Continue reading Ad Astra Per Aspera