Mount Pinatubo Trek
FEBRUARY 25, 2013 My Australian penpal, Nat, came to the Philippines just to visit me. She arrived while I was still in Turkey and picked me up from the airport … Continue reading
Turkey: Antalya And Instanbul
JANUARY 24 – FEBRUARY 8 2013 My little sister is part of the national team sent to Antalya, Turkey to compete in the 25th World Schools Debating Championships (WSDC 2013). … Continue reading
Party In The USA (July)
I’m leaving for Turkey tomorrow so I gotta get this post out of the way. Can’t have it overlapping with my trip to Turkey now, can we? I extended my … Continue reading
Party In The USA (June)
The plan was to spend a month in the U.S. I was supposed to go home at the end of June but I was having so much fun so I … Continue reading
Party In The USA (May)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! It’s been a while since my last post. December was hectic as heck! Now that the holidays are over, I have time to blog about the last … Continue reading
EuroTrip 2012: Rome
APRIL 10, 2012 Our last full day in Europe. Did we make the most of it? Definitely! After breakfast, we walked to a church a couple of blocks away. Then, … Continue reading
EuroTrip 2012: Venice – Pisa – Rome
APRIL 9, 2012 We left Venice Mestre early and made our way to Pisa. We joined the mob taking photos “holding”, “kicking”, “hugging”, “punching” the famous Leaning Tower. I had … Continue reading
EuroTrip 2012: Innsbruck – Verona – Venice
APRIL 8, 2012 It was a gloomy, rainy morning when we left Innsbruck. As we cruised along the highway, I noticed large white “dust” swirling in the air outside our … Continue reading
EuroTrip 2012: Lucerne – Vaduz – Innsbruck
APRIL 7, 2012 It was raining hard in Lucerne that morning but there was a huge sale in the Old Town. Normally, none of us would subject ourselves to the … Continue reading
EuroTrip 2012: Lucerne – Mount Titlis – Lucerne
APRIL 6, 2012 Nothing like a day spent playing in the snow to get someone from a tropical country looking forward to a trip to Mount Titlis. I had two … Continue reading
EuroTrip 2012: Heidelberg – Titisee – Rhinefalls – Lucerne
APRIL 5, 2012 I wish we could’ve stayed longer in Heidelberg but we didn’t. We rode a bus to Titisee. We laughed about this name because in the first four … Continue reading
EuroTrip 2012: Amsterdam – Boppard – St. Goar – Heidelberg
APRIL 4, 2012 We said goodbye to Amsterdam and headed for Boppard. When we go there, we walked around the old town a bit. I felt like I was in … Continue reading
EuroTrip 2012: Amsterdam
APRIL 3, 2012 We left the hotel at first light (I’ve always wanted to “say” that) and went around Amsterdam by bus. Our first stop was the Diamond Polishing House. … Continue reading
EuroTrip 2012: Paris – Brussels – Amsterdam
APRIL 2, 2012 Breakfast in Paris, lunch in Brussels, dinner in Amsterdam! Whew! Okay, so we left Paris early in the morning and arrived in Brussels at around lunch time. … Continue reading
EuroTrip 2012: Day Two In Paris
APRIL 1, 2012 The sun has just risen when we headed to the Notre Dame Cathedral. We studied this in history class. So, to see the church, like, right there … Continue reading
EuroTrip 2012: Day One In Paris
Okay so, a short backstory. When I was fifteen, Mom brought home a travel brochure (it was a really thick book) from Trafalgar. I saw photos of London, Sorrento, Paris, … Continue reading
Timberland
FEBRUARY 2012 We actually didn’t know where we were going. My friends and I did a project with a student who was only our classmate for one subject. We hadn’t … Continue reading
Christmas At Club Punta Fuego
DECEMBER 2011 Punta Fuego is a 88-hectare flamed-shape exclusive residential resort – hence the name “Punta Fuego”, which means “Point Of Fire”- in Nasugbu, Batangas. Lovely resort! We had a … Continue reading
Cebu Ooh Ooh-Ooh Ooh
OCTOBER 30 – NOVEMBER 2 2011 We were head-over-heels in love with Jessie J’s ‘Domino’ when we went to visit Granddad’s grave in Cebu. The last time we were there, … Continue reading
Conservation Class Batangas Field Trip
SEPTEMBER 2011 All fifth year students from my course were required to participate in this trip to Batangas to visit churches and landmarks, and photograph countless old homes. We walked … Continue reading
Cagayan De Oro And Camiguin
MAY 2011 The day after we arrived from our trip to Taiwan, Mom, my siblings, and I hopped on a plane to Cagayan De Oro. Our aunts planned our itinerary … Continue reading
Dynamic Youth Taiwan Educational Tour 2011
MAY 2011 I went on yet another summer camp, this time, with my brother and my cousin. They have camps like this every year. We were Batch 100. But this … Continue reading
East Coast Road Trip (USA And Canada)
APRIL 2011 I couldn’t remember all the exact details of the trip. Fortunately, I found a letter I wrote to my Dutch penpal about what places we visited and we … Continue reading
Halloween In Cebu
OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2010 No, we did not don costumes and go from house-to-house collecting free candy. We should’ve but that’s not what we went to Cebu for. Mom, my … Continue reading
Hong Kong With High School Mates
OCTOBER 2010 During the semestral break in 2011, my high school friends and I decided we wanted to go somewhere. We planned the trip a month before and I had … Continue reading
Shanghai World Expo 2010
SEPTEMBER 2010 I had six trips in 2010. This is only the third. It’s another field trip with my school – architecture students and professors travelling to Shanghai for the … Continue reading
Touring Tiffy Through Tagaytay
JULY 2010 School was in full swing in July. Now, that never really stopped us from doing anything fun but that particular July, when it was summer vacation for nearly … Continue reading
Charming China
MARCH – APRIL 2010 During the summer of 2010, we took a trip to China. This time, we stayed away from the big, busy cities (although we did visit a … Continue reading
Colonial Bataan
FEBRUARY 2010 For our History class, we went on a field trip to Bataan. Bataan is a province in Central Luzon. It’s got a lot of history, especially during World … Continue reading
Tagaytay With My Mates
OCTOBER 27, 2009 During our semestral break, I and three friends from uni decided to spend a day in Tagaytay. Lucky for us, it was a windy, sunny day! We … Continue reading
Our Love Story In South Korea
APRIL 2009 No, none of us fell in love in South Korea. We had just fallen in love with Taylor Swift’s ‘Love Story’ (yes, a year late, I know) that. … Continue reading
Calatagan, Batangas
DECEMBER 27, 2008 We – I and fifteen other relatives – went to the beach for a day trip at a beach resort in Calatagan, Batangas. Batangas is, after all, … Continue reading
Our Australian Adventure
MARCH 2008 We (ten of us) decided to spend the first week of summer vacation in Australia with a tour group. So, on March 17th, we headed to the airport … Continue reading
Bangkok
FEBRUARY 2008 Sawadee ka! Okay, just a short backstory. I took up Architecture in college. Our school has international field trips annually. Participation is optional. But a lot of people … Continue reading
Virgin Beach Resort
NOVEMBER 2007 Virgin Beach Resort is located in Laiya, Batangas. A lot of the good resorts are. I mean, if you don’t want to get on a plane or take … Continue reading
Tagaytay
DECEMBER 2006 Breaking the “chronological accuracy” once more. See, I completely forgot about this trip. It’s quite memorable, actually. A few das before Christmas, I and three friends were invited … Continue reading
West Coast Road Trip
MARCH – APRIL 2007 It was the summer after my high school graduation. We decided to go the U.S.A. – just the six of us this time. It would be … Continue reading
Cagayan De Oro – Ozamiz – Iligan – Duka Bay
OCTOBER 28 – NOVEMBER 2 2006 I don’t know about the school system in other countries but where I live, every student gets a semestral break – a break between … Continue reading
Journey Through Japan, Land Of The Rising Sun
APRIL 2006 Our family of ten journeyed together to Bohol, Cebu, Palawan, and China. So, we decided to travel together again in the summer of 2006, and we chose to … Continue reading
China All Summer
APRIL – MAY 2005 The summer after my sophomore year, my family decided they wanted to see Beijing and several other Chinese cities for themselves after all the stories I … Continue reading
Bridging The Gap In Beijing
APRIL – MAY 2004 That ‘gap’ refers to my deteriorating Mandarin skills. That meant the realization of my grandparents’ fears – a grandchild forgetting his or her heritage. When a … Continue reading
El Nido
ARPIL 2004 Literally “the nest” in Spanish, El Nido is municipality in the province of Palawan. I don’t know much about El Nido. What I do know is that it … Continue reading
Falling Off A Jetski
NOVEMBER 2012 Not what I expected when I sat behind my uncle on a yellow Yamaha VX 700 waverunner. The bright golden afternoon sun had me squinting but as we … Continue reading
Vacationing In The Visayan Islands
APRIL 2003 BOHOL Dad’s business associate had ten of us – that’s four grownups, six rambunctious kids – staying at a beach resort in Panglao Island for free! It was … Continue reading
Our Photo On A Plate
APRIL 2001 We bought, I think, five of those when we went to Hong Kong as a family back when I was eleven, and displayed them in our kitchen. One … Continue reading
Summer In Singapore
APRIL 2000 The little bro and the little sis are finally old enough to travel. So, Mom brought the three of us to Singapore one summer. We joined a tour … Continue reading
The Lion King and Surgery
APRIL – MAY 1998 I was born with bilateral urinary reflux. For those who aren’t urologists, this disease makes you feel like peeing even after you’ve peed. So, you keep … Continue reading
“Mama, we’re lost in the Angeles!”
APRIL – MAY 1996 That is exactly what I said to Mom while we were standing in line upon arriving at LAX. *cringe* Well, in my defense, I was only … Continue reading
First Post Ever
My first blog post! How exciting! Now what? I suppose I’ll just ramble on then. I’ve had a blog before on another site. Blogger, I think? I don’t remember. After … Continue reading
