Tag Archive for mountaineering

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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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

 

The Evil that is Cristobal

The Ring, Feng Shui, Shutter, The Grudge, and the list goes on.

These are just some of the films I can hardly forget because of the nightmares they caused me after seeing them. Hands down, I easily get scared by films with macabre, gore, and horror as its theme.

I used to believe that ghosts and monsters exist when I was younger. But as you get older, you’ll realize that it’s just YOU who’s creating the images of these strange creatures. I am still afraid though, but less obvious. A big thank you to those people responsible for the successful horror movies I mentioned above.

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Why did I jump into that assumption? Some friends perceive me and mountaineers in general as witnesses of paranormal shenanigans in the mountains when in fact I haven’t seen one in my four years of mountaineering activities.

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Weekend Getaway Audition Video

Persistence really pays off. And so if you are the type who easily gives up on something, it’s time to change gears. Here’s the audition video I created for GMA News TV 11′s Weekend Getaway, our ticket to Zamboanga, the farthest we’ve been!

More pictures coming up! Keep posted for my stories of the whole experience. ☺