DXB: For Keeps (The Touchdown)
SCDM (Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon) 2017 was not in my very short bucket list of international marathons, but opportunity banged my door which led me to the Land of Dreams. Originally planned with...
View ArticleThe Sili Ice Cream Challenge: Who’s Hotter?
Time has a marvelous way of showing us what really matters. Hence, everything is left to us to decide what to do with it. Incontestably, this is what my siblings and my family exhibited when we...
View ArticleBUHS ’86 Tarlac Escapade: Joy Overload (1/3)
I asked for my husband’s consent to be in this escapade. He did not give me a direct permission. Instead he handed a “scolding” to a wife, whose stubbornness would prevail just to be with her high...
View ArticleBUHS ’86 Tarlac Escapade: A Taste of Nobility (2/3)
Behold a newly discovered hidden sanctum… Goshen Hotel and Resort in Bamban, Tarlac! This is where we were all pampered like the royalties. Despite the unfinished construction of its structure, the...
View ArticleWanderings with My Celestial Guardians (1/3)
Sneaky. This lone adjective aptly described me during my US sojourn on October 30 – November 12, 2018. It was my decision since I didn’t want unnecessary buzzing and fanfare about my latest adventure....
View ArticleWJ’s NYCM ’18 Odyssey: Ruthie in Focus (2/3)
“Ako ang bahala saimo.” (I’ll take care of you.) This was Ruthie’s dialog to me when we had a get-together-cum-despidida for her on July 28, 2018. That time, she was of course referring to the...
View ArticleVic’s Kubo: A Paradise in the Making
Aborted two times. Twenty-two years after. Plainly two (2) is a very significant number in a plan which had finally pushed through after being scrapped twice due to conflict with sked and unfavorable...
View ArticleKurokutok: Nature’s Amorous Embrace
Kurokutok. This is one of Zebra Dove‘s names in the Philippines. This name is onomatopoeic to their calls. Kurokutok! Kurokutok! Kurokutok! We amusingly echoed kurokutok and officially picked this as...
View ArticleKhmer Empire Marathon: My Quest for Absolute Freedom
The Land of Smiles. Was it sheer luck that led me to you? Or, was it an inevitable fate to run into your glorious history while searching for my absolute freedom? I dare say that it was both. With the...
View ArticleCrossing Over
Life is full of choices. And whatever choice we make — right or wrong; good or bad — it will have a major impact in our present…and in our future. This is the guiding principle I reminded myself of...
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