Fruitloop Travels

Most of my write-ups about the places I've been to are delayed as I am usually preoccupied with other things besides writing. Although I intend to write to pursue my passion, it always got in the way, moving in circles, and was never materialized.  After a while, that passion soon fades away and then there are just one too many reasons not to go on except on days when I have nothing good to do but write. You see, writing among other passions is just like a seed waiting to be watered and cared for every day to flourish and grow into something powerful and enduring. I've always known that and though I am inclined to write at least on a monthly basis, it is somehow just too much to accomplish.  Perhaps I need to re-channel my energy and focus on something worth writing for. Perhaps it isn't too late. Perhaps these thoughts can still be saved. Just what are the odds? So I'm up on another journey. To find that proverbial balance and make something out of an ordina...

Most Filipinos - whether they frequently travel or not - have Baguio on their bucket list destinations. Given that the Philippines is a tropical country and it’s almost always searing hot this time of the year, Baguio is a haven. And like most Filipinos dreaming of ever feeling that perennial cold mist against your skin, I once embarked on a journey that would take me to the coldest weather that is Baguio.  We got our air tickets 3 months in advance [ tip: lowest fares usually come in December ] for a bargain at 1,183 round trip. GOING THERE: From NAIA Terminal 3, take a cab going to Pasay (technically the closest overland terminal from the airport) Another tip, be mindful not to talk to strangers, especially if they wear NAIA IDs they can be abusive. Just to let you in on our experience, we were harassed to take the cab for a whopping 950 pesos ride.  I’m writing another post on this here soon. Going back, Pasay terminal is just about 15-30 min away sans the traffic....

2015 gave me a lot of good things to be thankful for. One of which is my travel to Hong Kong and Macau in the 2nd quarter of the year along with the closest of my close friends. When you travel -especially out of the country- make sure you know who you're traveling with and you've packed on a good deal of patience cos even if they're your nearest and dearest, you'll eventually see who they are when things go awfully wrong. It means that you're ready to handle whatever the odds will be. There were a lot of realizations and it definitely tested friendships and resilience. When you get out of the country for the first time, you begin to think of so many what-ifs and whatnots. The biggest challenge is keeping yourself sane amidst a completely different world. You see buildings where people lived compared to your own single-detached rural living. You rode trains at a speed of a bullet unlike your own motorcycle rides from an era gone by. You smell stinky food and ca...

I went to Dumaguete in 2010 on two separate occasions and I'm glad I did for it brings so much magic to every traveler's bucket list. It's a city within the confines of a university and motorcycles are everywhere nevertheless, it is a city that brags on rural and urban fusion. Pristine and Calm. How to Get There: Take a bus from Citylink located in downtown Cebu and it will take you to Santander, the town at the tip of the Cebu province. Travel time from Cebu to Santander is roughly 5-6 hours. Then you take the 25-min boat ride to the island. There will be plenty of taxis and jeepneys you can negotiate to take you to the City proper. the island from the boat's vantage point GOING AROUND Dumaguete is a fairly small town that thrives on the presence of the American-founded Silliman University. It is literally a town within a school campus. You can go anywhere on the campus and see shops and houses almost like inside the vicinity. A few things to se...

Today is Sunday. And we've seen each other again last Thursday after barely a year.  Seeing him again gives me goosebumps and yes, perhaps this is already abhorrence. I wasn't ready to meet him just yet perhaps in the same sense that I wasn't ready to meet FM just yet. But with FM, even if there were hesitations, I will still be happy to see him around. His is a different story and  I wasn't hurt the way I am hurting now. I felt my bones were melting again. The same feeling that brought me here 9 months ago. My world crumbles again and this time, in front of the friend who crossed our paths. I wanted to cry and slap him in the face but can I ever do it in front of his family? My knees were shaking. I can only throw him a dagger look. He seemed happy. asking me how I was. What does he care. In the end, I was the only one loosing. The tears have moved on and failed me too but I guess that's the one that keeps me stronger. Lord, my heart right now is so full...

Eight months ago, I lost the future that which I jailed myself into. and eight months after, I am still mourning for the loss of a life that would have been. No warnings. No killing me softly. He just dropped the bomb and let it explode in my face.How fantastic is it of him to just walked away when our lives were in a cheerio world. I had a career, he had a career, we lived in a posh apartment  had lunch with friends, dined out together for a constant date traveled when we liked it I guess I had already seen it coming even before that fateful November afternoon if I listened to friends and not let this feelings get in the way I wouldn't have hurt this much I would still be living the life I know best and I choose to let him jinx all that I have I left the career I would have happily grow myself into I walked away and moved in with him only to loose everything he burned my faith and killed my heart...