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Street Watch

It was one of my random-slash-boring afternoons when I thought of creating a post similar to what I wrote for our zine Kanto way back college—a collection of knock dead stuff about our culture. I then asked Bien to accompany me in strolling around the Tiger City. So I scribbled some notes, brought my trusty Botchog with me, hopped into his little motorbike and off we wandered!

I now present to you (some of) the streets of Mandaluyong City.

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They're all about the numbers.

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The Sky is Within My Reach

I had these amazing wings that made me fly. I was about to reach the skies when I suddenly fell from the bed and realized I was just dreaming. I was just a cloud away from the heavens.

But then I thought Sky isn’t really that far after all.

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Sky Biscocho at Mount Guiting-Guiting's dreaded Mayo's peak. (Sibuyan Island, Romblon)

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The Alpha, Root, Beginning, and Origin

In accordance with the pact I made with myself and that is to update my blog with contents/articles on a weekly basis, let me wrap up the month right with this long-overdue introduction. Why? The site has been up since 2009 and yet no one knows how I landed writing a travelogue.

The Pseudonym
I started blogging year 2003 about my daily college shenanigans. I wrote prolifically back then, sometimes posting two or more blog posts each day, under the aliases (which I don’t regret using):

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Weekend Getaway: Day 1

After our long day at work, Rowjie and I were off at 7 AM. And since we were told that the Weekend Getaway crew would fetch us at 8 AM, we hurriedly went home because we still weren’t done packing our clothes.

When we were already settled, my heart wouldn’t stop pounding while waiting for the crew. The pressure’s on, I thought. We’d be shown on national television, we didn’t know where we were headed, we had no idea what kind of activities were waiting for us.

Then they arrived and filming started. Still with no knowledge of our destination, I pretended to be so sleepy while on our way to wherever when in reality, I was really anxious and nervous.

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On the way to the airport (scene from the actual episode).

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2011: A Recap

If there’s one word that best describes my 2011, it’s definitely EPIC.

I’m too occupied to write a long timeline and so I just compiled photos of my 2011 travels and shenanigans.

The Click Freaks Visit Korea

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January - My second photo walk with The Click Freaks. I remember my pixie cut was starting to grow during this month. (Intramuros, Manila)


I promise to update my blog more often this 2012. #crossedfingers