After my stint in Cagayan of the North, I visited the Cagayan in the South…Cagayan de Oro, the city of golden friendship. This trip was booked months in advance, and there were supposed to be eight of us, but two of our housemates, including the one who started this all, have gone off to other […]
Laoag, Ilocos Norte {Deetour}
Laoag was about two hours away from Vigan, and we checked into Fort Ilokandia hotel. Kes paid for our room, and Ems and I were so tired from all the daytime excitement that we just ordered the Ilokano specialty bagnet from room service for dinner. We also ate some of the bibingka which was supposed […]
Vigan, Ilocos Norte {Deetour}
I have an officemate whose hometown is in Vigan, and he was expecting us in town at 10am on the day we drove off from Tuguegarao, and he had offered for us to have merienda in their home when we got there. Unfortunately we miscalculated the time (it was 7 hours to Vigan), so when […]
Tuguegarao, Ilocos Norte {Deetour}
On November 2, Gelle and I rode a plane to Tuguegarao, where we were met at the airport by Kes and her friend JL. They drove us to Keso’s house, and on our way there, we discovered that the L in JL’s name stands for Lesli and so Gelle decided that we would call him […]
Summer in Subic {Deetour}
I was supposed to go mountain climbing last Saturday, but some friends told me it’s dangerous to do that during election time, so I switched plans and early Saturday morning found Rome, Caloy and me in Thom’s car headed for Subic. We arrived close to lunchtime and checked in early at Courtyard Inn, where our […]
Puerto Galera Beach Getaway {Deetour}
My friend Roni was in Manila for a vacation and begged for an out of town trip so when my officemate Liza mentioned that she and her hubby and some friends of theirs were planning on going to Puerto Galera, I asked if we can hitch along and she said yes. She also invited our […]
Dakak Park & Beach Resort {Deetour}
Last December 29, Chu, Jefrey, Ruth and I met at the bus station to ride a bus to Dipolog, because we were headed to Dakak, one of the more popular beach resorts in the Philippines. We had breakfast at one of the carinderias before getting into an air conditioned bus, where I discovered that my […]
Hong Kong Stopover {Deetour}
On my last day in Korea, I went to the airport early in the morning and was met there by two office mates who had also been in Korea but I didn’t know about until the previous night. I contacted Anabelle and she told me their connecting flight from Hong kong to the Philippines was 8 hours […]
Solo in Seoul: Winter Sonata {Deetour}
I was up early on Wednesday packing my bag for yet another trip to Korea. The night before, I had fever and the beginnings of a cold, so I couldn’t prepare then. I needed to conduct another training, this time to a bunch of Gillette folks in Seoul. A private car picked me up at home […]
Planting Trees in Hundred Islands {Deetour}
When I found out that Romi Garduce, my officemate who is the third Filipino to climb Mt. Everest, had organized a Mangrove tree planting activity in Hundred Islands in consortium with EcoRescue, I jumped at the chance to do a civic duty and at the same time go out of town. So I emailed Romi […]