I am not one to defend myself, but this time, I dare to take an exception. I mean, for crying out loud, my family reads this blog! I took a chance (braving potential scorn) by publishing Jojo’s misguided 10 things about me. But after obsessing about it (just ask Gen), I feel that I owe [...]
Scrubs performing Colin Hay’s “Waiting for My Real Life to Begin.” I so love it. It’s the background music to my pressure-laden work week.
“His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.”
- Mark Twain (nee Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
Indeed, my “real life” is in shades of red and orange - a chaotic reel of misshapen words, cream white vultures with crooked beaks, dust clouds that resemble crushed butterflies, bursts of lava and liquid [...]
The ocean is my music. It sings its song in a voice that is as desultory as it is methodical, as poignant as it is arrogant, as tranquil as it is furious. It taunts me as I watch its graceful dance through the glass walls that guard me. It grieves at the vast emptiness that confines me. It lashes out at the darkness that imprisons me. It weeps at the wounds that incarcerate me. The ocean is my friend. And it alone knows me.
My brief conversation with Jojo last night made me feel a wee bit nostalgic for times past. Change has been my most formidable foe this past year, and I find myself unwilling struggling to cope. I miss the fun. I miss the recklessness. I miss the naivety and freedom of being young.
In the spirit of [...]
As usual, I’m the last to know.
“Dang it,” the news began. “I can’t go to Subic coz only ad con finalists are allowed to go,” Genee wailed one lazy night. I made tchtch sounds with my tongue to express sympathy, and then quickly moved on to other things. Just as Gen was saying goodbye, [...]
Although the date of my last post indicates otherwise, I have not forsaken this blog. True, other things in the form of projects and clients and the excruciating demands of this circus I call adulthood have temporarily sidetracked me. But for what it’s worth, amid all the frenzy, my mind occasionally strings together words and [...]
Diving in Cebu: Why Cebu Divers Have it All
More than the vibrant marine life, the magnificent reefs, and the pristine waters, the best part of the Cebu diving experience is Cebu itself. – A bustling metropolis that merges urban comfort with suburban tranquility, a fast-paced city life with remnants of rural harmony, and a metropolitan [...]
When it comes to coffee, I’ve always been a Starbucks girl. I tend to stick with things that work, and Starbucks has always been there for me in times of stress, despair, and all those restless nights when my mind refused to work. I consider myself more of a coffee addict than a coffee aficionado [...]
Tourists visit Moalboal for its excellent diving haunts.
Today, the streets of this rustic town are teeming with foreigners. Kids pause and stare at the white strangers, mesmerized by the daring display of skin. Women shove baskets of fish to the visitors. Eager for a dollar, a woman offers her son as a gofer, [...]
