I don't want to ride the wind anymore,

I'm tired.

I don't want it to just take me anywhere it wants me to be,

I've already tried that and I'm tired.

I want to be able to feel the warm beach sand under my feet.

Feel the sun's heat against my skin.

I want to feel the earth,

stand on it,

run on it again.

I've been floating aimlessly for quite awhile now,

and I'm tired.

I want to be grounded again...

I'm tired!

35 days to go and counting!

35 more sunrise and sunsets and I will set my foot on one of the cleanest and most orderly city in this planet.

Late last year when I decided to join my friends in their trip to Bangkok, Thailand, I promised myself to visit at least 2 countries in a year. More of a personal quest to know and get acquainted with different cultures, see different sites and be awed in wonders other than the Filipinos can offer. Many thanks to Cebu Pacific for seat sale, flying now is more affordable.

Since I only filed for a 5-day vacation leave, I will be visiting Singapore for 2 days and will pass by Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and spend 2 days there as well. Not much I know, but at least I will be able to go and explore other territories.

First time to travel outside the country alone, and I'm getting more anxious on what's in store for me in this trip. I'm very eager to try this backpacking experience, if this will be a good thing for me, I don't know yet, but I'm optimistic that this experience will be very rewarding for me.

Getting more excited by the day!

August 1, 2009 made it's mark in the Philippine History.

Today, the whole filipino community is mourning a great loss, the passing of a mother, Mrs. Corazon Aquino. An icon of a democratic and prayer-full filipino. She led a peaceful revolution in the 80's that brought together thousands of filipinos holding hands while praying the rosary in Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue, now more commonly known as EDSA. She, while looking after her real family, also took into care many a thousand filipinos fighting for a free and democratic Philippines. While she became the father and the mother of her kids... she became the mother that the filipinos needed at that time. Caring to a fault, peaceful and yet firm, just like any other moms.

I have had my first chance of encountering Mrs. Aquino through my teachers in History during my elementary years. I didn't gave her much attention at that time, I guess, I didn't give her enough credit. I just know that she was the first Female Philippine President, and that she was a big factor in the EDSA revolution. I didn't gave much fuss about her. I had my youthful eyes on Emilio Aguinaldo, in Andres Bonifacio and of course Dr. Jose Rizal among other heros in our history. Mrs. Corazon Aquino didn't matter to me that much.

But as I breeze away in my journey as a filipino, enjoying my highschool years, cramming myself in project deadlines in college, spending late nights in gimiks up unitl the time that I work in the graveyard shift, or the time when a teacher in front of a classroom would put an indellible ink on my thumb after filling out a form with several names that I look up to, Cory Aquino was a permanent fixture in the far corner of my head. I hardly even notice her but she was always there...

After her six-year term as a president, she decided to go on with her life, as a mother, as a grandmother and as a filipina. She was helping others as much as she can. She was pre-occupied with helping people, empowering them. She was always there, ready to share her opinions... ready to make a stand!

I've never given her much thought really, not until these last few months, not until this final battle of hers that I was able to really know her, really get to see her in a different light and how she affected our lives right now. How she made a huge impact on the lives of many filipinos. I understand now how she played a major role in the society that we have now, how she forever changed my future. One may not see it directly, but whether one admits it or not, she really became a mother to us all... a mother who was there when we needed her the most.

And just like a real mother, she'll be greatly missed and forever loved...

Well, everyone's crazy about facebook, can't blame them, I myself patronizes Facebook and every once in awhile I take some random quizzes about basically anything! Haha! Just recently I took this test:

"What kind of boy should you be with?" quiz and the result is Bestfriend Boy.

You need a bestfriend boy. It sounds very boring, but it's really not. This could turn into the most passionate relationship ever! You need someone that is just fun to be around, without all the mushy gushy stuff all the time. You want to be able to be yourself around a guy, and just hangout like you do with your friends. You also probably value being able to have a conversation that has to do with more than how much you "miss" or "love" each other. If you have a bestfriend that's a guy, don't be afraid to DATE HIM! He could turn out to be the perfect guy for you. And if you don't have a guy bestfriend already, then find one! If you meet a guy you might be interested in, see if you can just be friends before you climb into the relationship.

come to think of it.... makes sense!

Loafers is really a big thing these days... I can say that it's one of those "must haves" of a fashionable and hip guy, not necessarily a gay guy, but every guy for that matter.

Comfy. Fashionable. Reliable. Trendy

Take a look at this Gucci Loafers....

My officemates and I went to Bohol for a summer ender, pass by Cebu before going to Panglao, Bohol.

At NAIA Terminal 3, waiting for our plane to Cebu.


From Cebu Mactan International Airport, we are headed to JY Mall to buy our Fast Craft tickets for Bohol.

before going to JY Mall, we headed to thier IT Park for breakfast at "Ila Puti".

Our first night in Panglao, Bohol. Dinner and drinks at Lost Horizon Beach Resort.

Lunch at the floating restaurant, Loboc River.

This is a highlight of our trip, super laugh trip! this is in Butterfly Farm.

before heading back to Manila, we had lunch in Cebu. We ate at Golden Cowry restaurant and the food was great and it's relatively cheap!

Okay, so here are a few pictures from our Bohol Trip last May. I know this is already a month late, but I was so busy reconfiguring my blogsite. hehehehe! excuses I know.... but here ya go, hope you like the pictures....

We are travelling to Cebu via Cebu Pacific and from Cebu, we are travelling via a fast craft that would bring us to Bohol.


Here's a view from my window in the plane

we stayed in Lost Horizon Resort in Panglao Island, Bohol. The place is okay but the food and beverages are quite expensive.

This is outside Baclayon Church, they say that the face markings on the wall is actually of a certain priest who first built this church... can you see it?

this is the bell tower in Baclayon Church

I really like this picture... it seemed that there's a certain pride from this bird.

this is "Proni" the biggest Python in Bohol

Lunch in Loboc River, the floating restaurant

I consider this as one of the highlights of our trip, this is the "Man Made Forest". It's amazing that this is actually man made, the vibe there gives you a certain feeling that you are not in the Philippines anymore. Simply breathtaking!

of course your Bohol trip will not be complete without visiting the Chocolate Hills, we also learned that the reason why it's brown is because most of the hills are actually coral and not soil.

this one is from the butterfly farm.

This is the Blood Compact Shrine.