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Dashing Dumaguete

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...

Holy Thursday Encounter

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...