2012 Indonesia and I: Kota Tua Snapshots

One fine Saturday during the month of April in 2012, my housemate and I visited Kota Tua in Jakarta for a photowalk. [Bago kase camera nya, kaya excited gamitin! hahaha!]. Now this blogpost contains some of my snapshots during that photowalk. (As you may notice, my snapshots were more concentrated on people around Kota Tua, rather than the place itself! hahaha!)
Note: Forgive my errors on the dates–photos were all taken on April 14, 2012, and not April 13. :)

Uncertainty to Possibility? Just save me…

Have you ever got a mixed feeling of elation and melancholy?
Of being brought out of an old trap but then getting into abysmal tangled thoughts?

2013 Heller Baler (Day 2 of 2): More than just surfing and beach bumming..

Started the second day with an early walk along the shores of Sabang Beach with Jill and Fern, while the rest were still sleeping because of the socials the night before hehe! :) We were trying to catch the sunrise so we passed the time off by walking from our cottage to the surfing site, while we took photos…

2013 Heller Baler (Day 1 of 2): Chasing Waterfalls and Riding the Waves of Sabang!

The weekend before this trip, I met up with my highschool friends in Manila for a supposed-to-be-farewell-dinner-for-me-but-Fern-ended-up-paying-for-it get-together. Since Fern didn’t make it to our Talamitam–Batulao twin hike before, we thought of having another backpack trip somewhere in Luzon, and just then Jillian mentioned about her officemates’ plan to go to Baler. We wanted to explore Baler too, so immediately that night, I came up with a rough itinerary. After sending the itinerary the following day, Jill informed us that we could tag along with her officemates, since that group could still accommodate around 3-4 persons. And so we’re in it! :)

2012 Batangas Twin Hike (2 of 2): Mt. Batulao, Wow!

As mentioned in my previous post, we had our super late lunch before heading on to our next hike—Mt. Batulao! Rested for a while, bought some food (i.e., rice, canned goods) to keep us full while camping at one of the peaks of Batulao. After resting, we took a trike bound for the jumpoff point for Mt. Batulao trekking.

2012 Batangas Twin Hike (1 of 2): Mt. Talamitam

I originally planned for this trip last August 2012 (in time for my first homecoming as an OFW) as a backup plan for the (failed) Mt. Pulag trip. However, due to the many typhoons that hit my beloved Philippines (particularly in Luzon) during that month, even this back up plan was an epic fail! :/

Almost…

**This is a poem written way back 2002 (i’m guessing hehe basta sometime during my early days in college) and dedicated to a friend whom I’ve never met in person… Then I dedicated this again to another guy when I was in 4th year college (ni-recycle ko, so what! hahaha!)… And now, I wanna dedicate…

Travel Memories: Mga Aberya sa Malaysia :)

My first trip to Malaysia happened back in February 2010—‘twas just a spur-of-the-moment decision to go with some co-secondees for a backpack trip from Singapore to KL, Malaysia then to Bangkok, Thailand… Long-weekend kase, Chinese New Year that time… A little unprepared though but still we managed to get through it. :)

2012 Indonesia and I: What I Did in Sukabumi

2012’s first long weekend, and I’m in Indonesia. As usual, I was looking forward to a weekend getaway, and fortunately, I got an invitation from a former officemate (and ex-housemate in Makati) to join their group for a weekend camping and trekking in Sukabumi. Perfect! :)

Bucket List: 13 for 2013! Chances. Choices. Changes.

A not-so-new-kind-of-post. Honestly, I found it hard to come up with my 2013 Bucket List! :) Kaya ngaun lang nakapag-post eh! I don’t know, but could it be that I am already satisfied/contented with what I currently have? with how I currently live my life? Perhaps I’ve grown tired of living in plans, blocking off…