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5 Best Hotels to Stay in Cebu

August 31, 2021

Enjoy a #SAFEcation at Hotel Casiana, Tagaytay’s newest hotel

February 24, 2021

Mt. Bagang in San Marcelino, Zambales

August 15, 2020

4 Best Restos in Camiguin for Both Vegans and Non-vegans

March 11, 2020

In Mt. Hibok-Hibok’s Itum Trail, We Truly #FeelCamiguin

March 5, 2020

Getting Cultural in Yogyakarta

November 15, 2019

9 Awesome Things to Do in Coron

November 11, 2019

Sexual abuse destroyed me. Motherhood saved me.

October 11, 2019

7 Small but Useful Items to Have on Hand When Traveling

September 21, 2019

Royale Parc Hotel Tagaytay Gets a Facelift; November Launch Eyed

September 20, 2019

How I spent P5,600 for 3 days in Misamis Oriental and Lanao del Norte (flights included)

September 14, 2019

Laiban Circuit: How Hiking 3 Peaks in Tanay Taught Me Humility

July 10, 2019

Mt. Yangbew Guide: How To Get There and What to Expect

April 11, 2019

Implications and intentions: A day in Manila’s biggest slum

March 26, 2019

Mt. Gola in San Miguel, Bulacan

October 15, 2018

Cagayan Travel Guide: Where to Stay, What to Eat and Do, and How to Get There

September 13, 2018

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This is the sweetest! In November we did a birthda This is the sweetest! In November we did a birthday hike in Benguet. I didn't know my niece, @themaiaimperial, was taking candid videos and planning to make a video as a present for me (thought she was just taking photos of us and the landscape - and she does commissioned work btw). And she used one of my favorite songs: Mt. Joy's Evergreen! 💖

Should also prolly tell you: Don't wear sneakers, like I did, in Mt. Yangbew. Trail is muddy and slippery. Only wore a pair and that tita outfit because we were eating out after, and am too lazy to bring hiking shoes and dry-fit clothes.
Wrote this exactly on New Year - perhaps my heart Wrote this exactly on New Year - perhaps my heart trying to reawaken to light after a soul-shattering 2022.

I thought of people who arrived and left my life as the verses shaped themselves. I whispered a little thank you and some loving kindness, that 2023 finds them in peace despite the goodbyes we exchanged.
Being on the road fills one with so many good memo Being on the road fills one with so many good memories. A kind of pilgrimage to one’s old self and the small joys that growing up and heartbreak threaten to diminish.

I close my eyes and breathe, knowing my breath is a prayer sent out to the Universe. May I regain my footing out there, I whisper. May I be healed in your embrace as always. Rediscover happiness, and self-forgiveness for having a hand in breaking my own heart.

Read the rest on my website (new post, yes! 🙂). Link in bio.
Eight years ago, Lia and I took a bus to Sisiman, Eight years ago, Lia and I took a bus to Sisiman, a small coastal town in Mariveles. Last Sunday, we returned and took our photos in the same spots. How the town has changed - so has Lia. It seemed just like yesterday. Time flies indeed. Don't blink. 
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#ThenAndNow
#thenandnowchallenge 
#motheranddaughtergoals 
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#Mariveles
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I am writing letters and essays on the website aga I am writing letters and essays on the website again (link in bio). The past months I felt like I abandoned them; that I no longer know how to write anything that is not a poem. God, the tears putting it all in words. So poignant (and sappy, like always😆). Feels like a return home. I hope to return home every week. 💖
This is how nauseatingly sappy I can get😆 Writt This is how nauseatingly sappy I can get😆 Written many moons ago. 

My friends: Who do you think you are? Jesus? 🤣

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