Juan Thing Remains

It has been a millennium since I have punched the blog. I'm just given a chance to be this sentimental digitally. (to make this entry easy for me, I 'lowkey' gathered random notes from my phone's notepad which is full of random thoughts and ideas and tried to create a point and make myself feel productive) Let me tell you things. While Christmas is a couple of weeks from now, I am drowning myself with the thought of not yet feeling it, just as everybody does.  Remember how I said that the world might give me this 'goalful' career and cultivate this Twenty friggin eighteen with bombastic adulthood greatness Spoiler alert: It didn't.  Let me tell you why. Have you seen my box that supposedly should be filled with my savings? There's no single peso in there. Unconsciously, I built a routine that if I've gone missing in a mall and you know me in this era, you'll definitely know where to find me - in groceries and stores with tanta...

2017 for me and my Family is such a bumpy road. It pushed us into extremes. Highs of mountains and lows of trenches. I've realized too much in this ever so upgrading life. The year has given us heartbreaks as well as relief, thorns as well as roses and bitter as well as sweet. Alongside of all things happened, here are my 17 crumbs for the 2017, accompanied by my random snaps.  1.        God has always been and always will be faithful. 2.        Pain and happiness are always inevitable. 3.        Burst when you can’t contain it. 4.        Appreciate people more. 5.        Treasure memories. 6.        All things are okay in moderation. 7.        Always keep an eye to your goal. 8.   ...

Kung mababatid lang sana ang dalirot na alintana, kung saan ika'y wala na sa paglingon ko sa bintana. Ginigiit ng agam-agam ang pakikiwari mong lagay. Sa pagsulyap sa mga dagat at ulap, habang tumutungo sa alapaap. Siguro'y ngiti mo'y lalago makita lamang ang mga bago. Susulyapan at pipiliting ilitrato, mga paa'y hindi na ulit mapapako. Mga lugar na ipinagkait habang danas ang tamis at pait. Kaligayaha'y kay tulin tangkain bakit tila walang pangitain? Kakalamin na naman, aalalahanin ang kaban, ngunit labis ang salimuot kung wala nang tanang babalikan. Gunita ang maikling kahapon, anas mo'y pag-asang aahon. Kami'y laging naroroon, tinangay na naman ng mga alon. Sana'y kung tawad ay tanggapin, ng iyong marmol na uma; kalakip ang natitirang ikaw, tangi bang sambit ay palahaw? Sa aking pagbalik, kwento ko pa kaya'y sabik; kung saan ika'y wala na sa paglingon ko sa b...

Hanggang saan aabot ang 1.5k mo? Samin medyo umabot hanggang Quezon Borawan Island Hopping! Borawan Island  Kwebang Lampas/Puting Buhangin Island Dampalitan Island Biliran Sandbar (With free breakfast, boat trips, rent of camping materials and fun and games) Palag-palag na! I'll just let the photos speak for themselves. Be amazed by the works of the Creator! Close-up of some shore parts Several rock formations With this   By the shore And you'll suddenly enjoy the boat rides Be sure to find the right tent spot Here you'll get Stolen-but-Golden shots Just stay inside the nets Coz yeah. Cottages are good as well as the views... that will remain. More info?

Yagit. That's the afternoon TV show of a big network with a poster of four children riding a trolley on a railway. It tackles about, yeah you got it right, poverty. Well, a trolley (a popular mode of transportation along PNR railway) being a kind of day-to-day mode of transpo for some people reminds me of the resourcefulness, creativity and diskarte of Filipinos. That a simple railway of the PNR can be utilized when it's not in use. (seems like majority of the time). You'll see the face and the reality of lower society of the Philippines. From Sta. Mesa Station to Pandacan Manila, it only costs Php 10.00 per head. Not bad for a time demanding circumstances and an experience. Years back, I often say that I will try to ride this "invention". Well yeah, of course I did! (With a couple of friends and under the scorching heat of the noon sun) So I took photos and even made a video for the experience. (Video taken by a 5MP Tab Camera, hence, apologies...