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day 3: vici
I CONQUERED a paradise-like place in my province two hours before i left legazpi city on may 5, sunday. it was a blessing in disguise that our planned early morning trip to misibis bay didn’t push...
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mayon 360° 2014: highlights and sidelights
looks like the chronicle of my mayon 360° 2014 experience is having an extended version. i wonder if this will be another 80km in length. hahaha. seriously, i had to make another entry about this...
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black saturday RT
i have admitted that it’s a rarity for me to list down birthday wishes. i have stated my reason/s. what i would do instead is to subject myself to another level of challenge which is sure to give me...
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the twist
i have been quietly, simply, and privately celebrating mother’s day for the past 14 years until it was given a little twist by my family this year. deciding with my brother joseph to have our summer...
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My Guided Wanderings: Sequel 1
“My brother Yul/Long knew my going home that day since I made ‘lambing’ for a transportation service to the party a day before my arrival, but not my sister Jocelyn/Olen whom I wanted to surprise. Now,...
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An Exclusive Gander at My “Devirgination”
I dream. I envision. I joust. I combat. I triumph. Take a look at the Wandering Jouster in her virgin SCMS (Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore) 2014 odyssey. A four-part narrative is in the...
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The Initiation Rites
Devirginized. Deflowered. Lost Innocence. This is what I went through for full three days in a foreign land. Even the onslaught of super typhoon Ruby (international name Hagupit) failed to stop it....
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Day Out with The Eggheads
December 8, Monday, was the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. It was our second day in Singapore and was calendared for museum exploration which to some or to many may be a ho-hum way to spend a day....
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No Fluke Accident
“Time flies fast when you are having fun.” I will never refute this popular phrase. It has been countless times when I have wished I could stop the clock from turning, yet as a mere human being, I was...
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We Shall Return!
Quaint. This is the word which hung in the air the moment we entered Room 202 on December 6, 2014. Nano, Yula and I were all smiles. Our soon-to-be house for three days was what we were looking for....
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An Ethnic Paradise
This is how the Nurture Wellness Village appeared to me the day I set foot on it last July 18. A well-researched and planned second belated surprise graduation gift (the first would be revealed in a...
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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...
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The 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...
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