Sometimes there are just too many things on my mind. To improve my writing skills, I think it would be a good exercise to type those thoughts down. You’ll read those thoughts here.
Four years ago, I won ₱ 50,000 (~US$ 1000) in a raffle at our company Christmas party. The raffle draw was done electronically. The screen on the stage flashes the employee number of the winner. The rule was that only employees present at the party were eligible to win. And when your employee number shows […]
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Six days ago, I saw an Instagram post from The Circle Hostel announcing that their Baler and Zambales hostels are closing. Only their La Union hostel will remain open. I felt sad upon reading this because The Circle Hostel has played a special part in my solo travels. I’ve had great memories from both Baler
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My birthday is about to end in a few minutes. For the past 4 years (except 2017*) I have been spending my birthday in a place I have never been to yet. If there wasn’t a pandemic right now, I would have continued that tradition. Earlier this year, I was considering Timor Leste for my
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Yesterday is the last day of May, and the last day for the Province of La Union to be under General Community Quarantine (GCQ). Today, everyone in the province is already allowed to go outside their residence. Two and a half months ago, Luzon Island was placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ). It was a
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If you read my post prior to this, one of the things I suggested that you do during this quarantine period is to start a blog. But before I proceed with the steps on how to start a blog, let me be clear that I’m not gonna teach you how to make money blogging. At
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It’s been almost two weeks since Luzon Island in the Philippines has been placed under enhanced community quarantine in response to the growing cases of COVID-19 in the country. And I saw in the news that many countries are in the same setup to minimize the spread of the virus. I know many are bored
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As the year and decade was coming to a close, I saw some of the people I follow on Instagram post their best nine for the year or the summary of their year. I wanted to do something similar not on IG but on this blog. It was supposed to be my last post for
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“Manila is a nightmare. The traffic is sooo bad”. That was my message to Andreu the other day while walking to Vertis North. Yup, walking. I was supposed to take Grab Car to Vertis North. I was able to book a ride. Unfortunately, the driver messaged me that I will need to wait for him
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I had a really bad day today. I’ve been suffering from migraine the whole day it’s killing me, and something happened that messed up with my plans. Now I don’t know what to do. Thank God I have a friend with whom I can rant to when I’m having this kind of day. And I
I had my first tattoo in 2018. The urge to get inked started after I watched Arci Muñoz’s movie Always Be My Maybe. In the movie, Arci had a really nice vine tattoo on her back. I wanted to have the same. It doesn’t really have any deep meaning for me. I just thought that
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