I FINALLY WENT TO THE BEACH! Okay, so I went to the beach last February, when some coworkers and I went rafting in Real. But I didn’t really count that as a beach trip since I didn’t do any of the usual things I like doing at a beach: swimming, sunbathing, and reading on the … More Liwliwa Kind of Chill
It started last Monday at work, while I was making my usual morning cup of coffee. I overheard one of the secretaries chatting with a friend of mine from HR. They were talking about filling up the slots of an organized white water rafting trip so that everyone on the van knew each other. My … More By the River Tignoan I Sat Down and Was Shookt
Okay, wow, this installment of #IKansaiClearlyNow is so late. I’m so sorry. You know how it is. Academics, work, social life – sometimes I wonder how I’m still alive, haha. For our third and fourth in Japan, we explored our “home base”, Osaka. We didn’t have as much activities planned for these days, so we … More #IKansaiClearlyNow: Osaka + Universal Studios Japan
So I was planning on consistently blogging about this trip each day, but tiredness got the better of me. Here I am, sitting in Kansai International Airport waiting for our flight to Taipei, and I’m only just now typing up the second part of my #IKansaiClearlyNow series. For day two (three, technically, but I don’t … More #IKansaiClearlyNow Pt. 2: Nara Park + Dōtonbori
Hello from the Land of the Rising Sun! In particular, hello from Osaka! This is my first time blogging from a different country, so please forgive my enthusiasm! (See, all of those sentences ended with exclamation points.) This series, #IKansaiClearlyNow, is going to be my travel diary for the six days my family and I … More #IKansaiClearlyNow Pt. 1: Arrival + Kyoto
Last week, I was in Legazpi for work (more ASEAN stuff, sigh). It’s my first time in Albay, and – more importantly – my first time to see one of the Philippines’ God-given wonders: Mayon Volcano. It’s the height of the typhoon season. We’ve had nothing but rain, rain, and more rain for the past … More Bulkang Mayon, shaped by the hands of the gods
A few weeks ago, around the beginning of June, some friends and I took a weekend trip to La Union. None of us had ever been, although the boyfriend and I have gone surfing in Baler (check out my Travel Journal here and my Travel Guide here). We were in luck. The north swells had … More Musings in Elyu
I’d been driving since 4am, and it was just half an hour shy of noon. I was hungry, and the only one left in our little group of six who was still awake. Despite the AC being on full blast and my skimpy attire of teeny shorts, a shoulder-baring tank top, and canvas sneakers, I … More Rewind, Pause, Play: Magalawa Island
Summer in the Philippines is drawing to a close! The rainy months are coming, and the warm weather will soon bid us goodbye. (“Finally!” cry the huddled, sweaty masses yearning for airconditioning.) With all the sunny fun about to end, it’s time for me to hunker down, collect and edit photos, and get to blogging … More There’s a lake I know in San Pablo, Laguna
So I’ve decided that my latest entry in my mountain-climbing series, and probably all my mountain-climbing posts thereafter, will follow my Travel Guide format. I might probably even rewrite my old posts so I can share my budgets and itineraries, so keep an eye out for that! I’m kapalmuks enough to believe that people were helped … More Girl vs. Mountain: Mt. Paliparan
be quiet kate 