First-time Travels

The photo of their Casitas was enough for me to agree to a weekend getaway during the long holiday in observance of All Saints Day[…]

…from trash and other ecological threats. Freedom.  Such a powerful word, and something that is close to a traveler’s heart. For instance, I relate traveling to[…]

Fascinating. This is how I describe our dinner cruise adventure at the Manila Bay. Onboard Prestige Cruises, my friends and I (we were about 20)[…]

It was midnight. My friend and I found ourselves at a bus station in Kuala Lumpur. We missed our flight to Langkawi so we opted[…]

What’s good about business trips is that you get the chance to visit places at short notice. The downside is that you spend most of[…]

Colorful shapes, fun games, and guiltless pleasures – this is the magic of childhood. And so I found my feet leading me to Star City,[…]

Tagaytay is a city like no other. No neon lights but only the stars in the sky. No towering skyscrapers but only houses on the[…]

Fishes of various colors and sizes swarmed around us as my friends threw in bits of bread into the sea. It was delightful to be[…]

So, I had been travelling to and from Cagayan de Oro five times in 2012. And it was not yet even half of the year then. All these[…]

“We’re on the road We move from place to place” It was labor day. One must have minded working on a holiday. I would have.[…]

“Can you take us to that restaurant with a good overlooking view?” one of my colleagues asked my officemate who grew up in Baguio City.[…]

“Ninong” is a Filipino endearment for a godfather, which usually connotes a person who generously gives out gifts, especially during the Christmas season. This is[…]

I recently read this infographic on learning English at the Kaplan International website. Infographic via the KIC Blog. The data is interesting. One of the[…]

I was eight years old and I was standing in front of my mother’s office right across the city plaza watching with awe the crowd[…]

“Panaad” or in local language (Hiligaynon), it is about a vow and fulfilling it. For 19 years, the province of Negros Occidental has been fulfilling[…]