It was two in the morning in the middle of the third bottle of whiskey with my tipsy friends and we were all swimming in the state of drunkenness that was just full of euphoria. You know that vibe when you just start vibing with each other?
When I was contemplating about how my life’s gonna turn out to be when I ended my career in the Philippines as a Starbucks Barista last year, one option that I’d love to consider is to be a yoga teacher in Ubud, Bali. But I don’t know jack shit about it except only for the …
A bicycle ride at the beginning of more or less a hundred kilometers can excite or scare the hell out of you. But either of the two, all long-distance cycling begins with a single pedal stroke. And I will start this blog by quoting John F. Kennedy: Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of riding …
“Meet me at Burjuman Station.” My friend, Kevin, messaged me. I think I was only just a week fresh in Dubai by the time. And I was somewhere along downtown for a job interview before noon and as soon as it was finished, I rushed down towards the nearest metro station until I reached the …
Probably one of my favorite places in Dubai is La Mer. My friends and I would just take a bus from Business Bay to this beautiful beach for free! I can still remember when my triathlete friend Myka first brought me to this place. She said it gives a Santa Monica Pier vibe. And somehow, …
They say that one of the many quirks of happiness is going away in a campervan with your best friends or the love of your life. And I’ve always never been the romantic one but I thought of this last night before I went to bed. And I’ll say yeah. Maybe for the love of …
I was heading to the bathroom on the second floor of my aunt’s house when I saw my cousin, April, on the stairs.
We use abbreviation mostly to shortened a word or simply to squeeze a lot of writing into a small space. And perhaps it is cute to call anything with cute nicknames; Like “Elyu” for the surf town La Union. And “Chris” for Christopher. And “Frappe” for Frappuccinos although I’m pretty sure your barista will correct …
You might probably wonder why I am writing a blog about Christmas when it’s only September. That’s because, in the Philippines, this time of the year is when we say the start of the most wonderful time of the year.
Have you ever seen something and you wish you could have said something – but you didn’t? Has something ever happened to you and you never said anything about it – but you should have?