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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Day 1: In My Hometown Camarines Sur

Stop over in Sariaya Quezon for a dinner
Before I left Cubao last Friday night for my travel series, the first thing that came to my mind was my itinerary once I get Pasacao, Camarines Sur. But plans going to Bicol were already made prior to my departure except that some of my trip had to be altered like my plan in going to Matnog, Sorsogon. In that way, it could have been my time to go to Biri, Northern Samar.

The bus left at 8:30 p.m from Rustan's Cubao terminal. and we had a stop-over in Sariaya, Quezon where we had dinner.

The bus arrived 7 a.m. in Naga City where I stayed and had a breakfast at McDonald's.

Shortly I left the city and headed up to the terminal where the jeepneys are located bound to Pasacao.

Upon my arrival in my hometown, I was received well by our tenants and prepared foods for our lunch.

I went to the shore in the afternoon just to have a short walk and find out what it's like there two years since the last time I visited the beach.

There were some additional good cottages installed in the beach.

I sat in one of the cottages and took my laptop from my bag to check my email account and Facebook.









Thursday, March 8, 2012

Ang Lahat ng Ito'y Para Sa 'Yo

This song means so much to me that I decided to record my own cover version. I couldn't help myself but to listen to this recording a lot of times. So I created my own video featuring my own photography that was taken in different places like Caliraya, Laguna, Batanes, New York, USA; Cozumel, Mexico; Louisiana, USA; Morong and Binangonan, Rizal; Marinduque Island; Pasacao, Camarines Sur and Baler, Aurora.



Wednesday, March 7, 2012

I Love This Song...

I always find myself listening to this song and hearing this song makes my heart yearn for love unconditionally. Love transcends all; something to learn by giving rather than taking. Popularized by Hajji Alejandro, it was revived by Lani Misalucha.

Ang Lahat Ng Ito'y Para Sa'yo

Ang lahat ng ito'y para sa'yo
Luha at tagumpay dulot lahat sa'yo
Lahat ng himig at awitin
Lahat ng isip at damdamin
Handog ko lahat, alay ko lahat sa'yo

Ang lahat ng ito'y dahil sa'yo
Sapagkat ikaw ang tanging ligaya ko

Ikaw ang iisang pag-ibig
Ako'y lupa, hangin at tubig
At sa langit mo, sana ay humimlay ako


Lahat ng himig at awitin
Lahat ng isip at damdamin
Handog ko lahat, alay ko lahat sa'yo

Ikaw ay iisang pag-ibig
Ako'y lupa, hangin at tubig
At sa langit mo, sana ay humimlay ako








Sunday, March 4, 2012

Road Trip: From Tanay, Rizal to Caliraya, Laguna

Today, I went out for a road trip made via motorbike vehicle we drove from Tanay, Rizal to Caliraya, Laguna. It took us about an hour and a half to reach our destination. We had lunch in Pililia, Rizal first, at Hacienda Pisongkape Eatery where some of the bicycle enthusiasts had their stop-over too. And we had another stop-over at the overlooking place in Pililia.
Some bicyclers having lunch at Hacienda PisongKape



As an alternative path to Caliraya, it cuts a long drive  if you are coming from Antipolo, Rizal. The trip went smooth though, except for some rain showers we had encountered while along our way to Caliraya. The Japanese Garden is one of the most sought attraction in Caliraya as it offers a cool breeze air and an overlooking terrain.
Caliraya Bridge

Japanese Botanical Garden
Caliraya Lake

So it was our time to go back to Tanay, and we dropped by to some of the popular destinations in Laguna. We visited  Sierra Hills Exotik first, where some of the animals like anaconda, sawa, kalaw are popular attraction among the tourists. Then we proceeded to Paniquil River Eco-Park.
Peacock at Sierra Hills Exotik
monkey
Sierra Hills Exotik

So here are the rest of the photos I've randomly selected from our road trip today:

Paniquil River Eco Park




Friday, March 2, 2012

Things To Keep in Mind When Traveling with Me

I'm not setting the bar high to a person who wishes to go with me in my out of town trip but I have my own guidelines so that traveling will come easy, fun and enjoyable in both ends. My personal guideline is a set of norm that will avoid differences between myself and a person that I go with to spend some time in a preferred travel destination. As a backpacker, It is normal for me to go alone and I got used to it without any companions. I'm not really introvert, it's just that I can truly enjoy traveling with no bonds at all. I have lived with it to be a sole traveler here and abroad, learned so many things and lessons from being a jetsetter. But I don't limit myself to a single slot as 2 to 4 persons sounds good to me. I prefer to go with people who have the same interest as me - photography and nature tripping.  In some cases, I could be picky at times as I have my own reasons why to avoid some dislikes that will most likely spoil the entire trip experience.

As some may like to go somewhere else that they can think of and have a tendency to become indecisive, I find it quite uncomfortable and it may piss me off when lots of decisions and changes are  made by the goers in some point in time.

So here are the following guidelines and if these things are met, you will get a long with me so well:

  1. Should love photography - traveling goes along with some shots and without photography, your traveling experience will not be complete. You must bring your own camera, whether it's a digital camera, mobile phone or dslr, it doesn't really matter to me. Well I am not your personal photographer and one should not expect that I should take you some photos for your own personal gratification. I love photography, I love to take some shots of people, animals and natures as photography is part of me.
  2. Should love nature - One of the reasons why I love to travel because of my degree of interest in nature is extremely high. I love to commune with nature. I love to hear the roaring seas, chirping birds, feel the breeze of the air. A city life can be toxic and the nature heals the stresses incurred from the pollution, the pell-mell of the crowd along the streets and the accelerating cars, jeepneys and buses in the road.
  3. Should love to eat foods - I love to eat most of the time, especially the authentic foods that locals can offer as this reflects their culture according to the delicacies that a place can offer. And usually I don't go to the common food chains found also in Manila.
  4. Must not be a drama king and queen - I do dislike people who are "maarte" and "sosyal" and hearing them say "yuck" irritates my ear. If a person is into drama, he or she'd better go to the movie and go to best inns or hotels in town. I like to be with people who are flexible at any given situation and can adopt to certainties regardless of his or her social status. 
  5. No Romeo and Juliet allowed - If you are traveling with me, you should detach your love affairs in the mean time. I prefer with people who are not into courtship or relationship status. Forget about these things as the situation would only exasperate me seeing them in PDA or public display of affection. I hate romantic gestures. Remember this is not your honeymoon and I'm not your chaperon to assist you with your needs. And I also dislike to see a person texting or calling one's boyfriend or girlfriend from time to time as if they seemed to have no companion at all.
  6. Should be time conscious - To take traveling experience more complete and enjoyable, one should be able to take into account of his/her time. It's not easy when you are ready to leave and your companions are still grooming and choosing their best suits. It's not worth waiting for as this would only consumes our time. Just go to the party and forget about your vacation. 
These are the guidelines that one may keep as norms to experience a high level of excitement in traveling to a certain destination and somehow without leaving your companion in unhappy state. In this way, we can be a better travel buddy.





Thursday, March 1, 2012

Sensing their Senses

I feel the intensity of the heat all over my body with emerging rapid heartbeat, and this happens almost everyday. The sensation makes me feel so uncomfortable and it usually accelerates from my face and chest following to my arms and hands. It goes with the state of confusion and it felt like I was completely lost in space. As part of the awakening process, my higher sensitivity to energies had become more intense. I get some advises though, telling me to go with the flow and I remember when I was in Baler, Aurora recently, my friend who happened to be in the Middle East, after confessing to her that I am in the awakening stage the day she called me up, congratulated me for having experienced this process. She advised me to read the book "The Power of Now" since I can learn a lot of experience from the author of this book.

As a sensitive person, Seems that I could perceive some senses, but not far too easy, especially when a person is resonating with me. It's just that I am more prone to receive thoughts and my sensitivity allows me to feel their energy and get to be aware of their wave length. It feels like I get the signal once a mutual energy manifests in convergence to my body. It's just so pretty weird though but I hope not to focus on this at this time. It's like that I was connected to some people that I don't even know what it is. Call it the "unknown" experience.

I've been torn in two things since the awakening stages triggered to myself. The first one is the quest for some information about my experiences via online, and the second one is keeping that awakening process abreast, although I felt uncomfortable with it most of the time.

One reason why I deactivated my Facebook account because I get drained and become sick lately. It never happened to me before in Facebook but it's just that I am becoming more sensitive as the awakening process is currently taking place in me. It's the thought being planted and read about once some people post something in the Facebook wall and if perceive, this have a detrimental effect in my body.  It is similar to what happened to me in 2008 when I got sick and it took me a month to recuperate and recover  from my illness. But I am not burning bridges not to return to Facebook again. I know it could be pretty hard without a Facebook especially when you are extremely hook to it.

So at this time, I'd rather spend my time writing a blog about anything I can think of, including my experience in the spiritual awakening.



Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Sometime, Somewhere...

I found the lyrics of the song, "Sometime, Somewhere." The song was popularized by Basil Valdez and later on was sung by Regine Velasquez. Composed by Ryan Cayabyab, it's one of my few favorite songs that I'd loved to sing.


We speak but the words we say mean nothing. 
We smile but the smiles we give are wanting. 
We look upon each other's eyes, no spark 
No glow, no real signs, but we both know 
This is all for show 


Until that sometime, somewhere, 
We could show the world we have each other 
Sometime, somewhere we need not hide out feelings, 
We just keep on believing that we both have the time together 
Sometime and somewhere,our lips would be free at last 
You say the words we've hungered to say 


And we won't have to worry, we smile we won't say sorry 
One look and we have cast our fears aside. 
Sometime, that sometime will turn to forever, for all time. 
Somewhere, our somewhere would not be just one place, 
But everywhere 


Until that sometime, somewhere, 
We just have to be content with stealing glances 
Somehow, content with saying nothing, smiles that are 
Always wanting. Though deep inside it hurts 
Because we know that our love, like love, 
Is what it is, it's what we got 
Our love, like love will have to wait 
Until that sometime, somewhere 




Monday, February 27, 2012

Starseed?

I've read a lot of things about starseeds over the internet and the qualities installed being an individual which really draws my attention if I am really one of them. As part of my awakening process, I did some researches about the signs and symptoms of awakening, and also I found some interesting information about starseeds. It seemed to match some of the qualities I had though, but I'm not yet sure about myself as starseed. It could be a matter of self acceptance after analyzing these things or I would need more guidance from the people who are on the same shoes as mine.

When I was a kid, I love star-gazing and constellation of the stars. I always turn my head up to the sky and look for some of the constellations like Orion, Ursa Major and Ursa Minor with the north star Polaris that I could hardly see  in the sky and the best place you can spot Polaris is while you are in the shore if you are in the Philippines. I was fascinated with the beauty of constellation when I was a child and even read books about some Greek mythology. It was like I was there the moment I look up the sky. And up to this day, I don't miss to see a glimpse of the sky and take a look on the stars at night. And at last, I was able to gaze Polaris or north star in the sky with great glory when I was in Louisiana, U.S.A. three years ago, as it is much precise to see Polaris if you are in the northern hemisphere.

I've been into paranormal realm since I was a kid. I also love stories like dwarfs and fairies, and was interested in UFO. As a high school student, I love magic that I got even bullied and ridiculed by my classmates of the paranormal things I had shown to them.

When I was growing up, I felt like I was different among the siblings. I don't really feel so attach to them and every time we had a reunion in the family circle I never enjoyed each party that we had while my brothers, sister, cousins proactively participate in the games and some of the gift-giving during Christmas and reunions. What I did was to go inside my room, sing or listen to the music while others celebrate the occasion. I felt that I was an outcast or a black sheep as I isolate myself from them most of the time.

In school performance, I hate to do home works and assignments and I just study in a bit in order to pass the subject. I never had a heart in school except that I wanted to be with friends most of the time. I hated the school system so much that I never paid attention to most of my subjects as I felt it was some kinda boring.

During my professional years, I hate orders from the management. I felt some of the rules were unfair and would not benefit the rest of the employees. And I just hate authoritarian even up to this day. And those were the reasons why I never stay long in the corporate world. It's just the schedule sucks as being tied up for eight hours, and felt that most of the supervisors suck. I also remember defending my co-employees, and there was an instance that I put my job in jeopardy as resulted to I almost lose my job defending my friends.

With no doubts, I am sensitive to energies. I am sensitive to noise. I am sensitive to lights, especially in the morning I hate being woke up by the sunlight passing through my window the reason why it is important for me to cover the window with a curtain. I hate to go out in the morning and in the afternoon when the sun is still up as the heat of the sun drains me much more making me weak. And I hate to dress up with polo shirts and long sleeves as my skin is very sensitive enough in the hotness of the sun. I always wear collarless shirts.

I always feel that I have a mission of helping others in any way I can; giving some advices, helping financially if I have an extra, providing jobs, etc. Although I need money, it seems that money is just secondary for me. I helped my family, my kins and I helped some of my peers who needed a job letting them earn much more than what I have earned. No, I've never been greedy in terms of giving out their commissions. But If I was, I could have been a millionaire already.

These are just some of the qualities I had that seemed to match with starseeds as described over the internet, but there are still plenty of them. So I had to expatiate my writings the reason why I did not mention some of the others.

I am not really sure if I am a starseed but one thing for sure, I am experiencing distortion while being in a process of awakening. Seems like I still have lots of things to learn though. Right now I feel so tired, so cold and empty as space, confuse,  and always in a state of lethargy. I lost interest in most cases and in everything I had. It's just I always want to have some vacations to see natures.



Sunday, February 26, 2012

My Journey to Awakening

For the past few months I've been battling emotional distress and it just started with the breakdown I had when my brother died so untimely. Although it came to pass, but the incident had become a trigger letting me to become more sensitive and emotional as almost all my time was spent in my room. I realized that the issue was no longer about my brother's death as this had partaken me to my spiritual awakening. I've learned its signs and symptoms through the people who have gone through this stage and through the information I have read from the internet. Signs like being so sickly since last year, seeing number prompts like 11:11, 333. etc and having cosmic flu and lately having some symptoms like distortion, emotional ups and downs and increasing my psychic ability.

I welcome my spiritual awakening with open arms and I should accept who I really am. A spec of something better is happening to me. And something that could lead me to greater heights. As this spiritual journey continues, I'm beginning to realize my real purpose on earth but I can't still remember who I am. Sounds weird to others who are quite naive in terms of spirituality. You know the situation is like this: It's not only human beings that are created by our Lord, God. Even myself bounds to become skeptical about these things but the bigger picture has become more tangible in these days when I started to experience the awakening. I can't exactly verbalize these words as I find myself hard to express these things.

But there's another tiara in my head going on in me. My heart and mind opens a lot to things that I didn't really expect to perceive. And one of them is I may be recognizing who my soul mate is. But I'm not really sure about it so I wouldn't ignite this kind of perception about this so-called soul mate thing. Although it's hard to believe and I myself is not a hundred percent believer of this belief and yet sound like I could really see something beyond my control. But I need more confirmation and I need more facts or I should let go of it. And a soul mate is not  always about romantic love.

Lately I deactivated my Facebook account and I know it was a difficult situation to be with as Fb has become part of my life but I need space as lots of things are going on with me. I can truly know that some of the people may have been hurt of my action as they thought I've taken them out from my friend's lists. And I can sense every single moment who's worried and who's hurt as my body can sense this kind energy. Sensitive as I can be, it's like I was punished with the things that I did wrong. But I had to do this because right now something is really confusing me big time. It's my heart and mind that are affected with the situation that I am with right now. But as what I just said I need space, and I want time for myself even without my Facebook account.

Let me go through all these process as the situation is part of my spiritual journey.



Friday, February 24, 2012

Being Sensitive

The situation of being sensitive is really hard because the cravings to get noticed and appreciated has become more necessity as the feelings is more intense for your own need. It's a difficult situation to be with because you always seek their attention in some of the things that you do especially once you are in a state of caring a lot to that special person. You are quite hurt for no apparent reason, it's just because you are being sensitive. And that is you, the real you.

This can possibly become the power of love as being sensitive because you care a lot, love a lot and appreciate every single person's work, and perhaps if not reciprocated, it will hurt you so badly. The key is appreciation when too much gain, it could become addictive.

But what's the panacea to minimize one's sensitivity? I know it's pretty hard even though you don't need a therapy. I believe you have to get rid of the usual things that you do and instead try to focus on something else that would interest you. If you are stuck in your bedroom, try to go out and get some exercises, meet some friends or travel to some destinations. Of course this doesn't have to be expensive, just as long as this can prevent one's sensitivity to occur.

Being sensitive is a part of you and as an installed characteristic, you may tend to become weary, and you can easily be hurt if not being noticed as it also depends on the degree of your sensitivity. Being extreme could drive you even  more crazy.

I am talking about being sensitive in a way that if the things that you do are not appreciated, you become more subtle to suffer from this predicament.



Saturday, February 18, 2012

My Cost Report in Traveling to Baler, Aurora

Baler, Aurora is a popular place when it comes to surfing. If you are into this endeavor, then Baler is just the right place for you. It is also one of the  best place to those travelers who wish to relax by the sea. Some resorts in Baler are now being developed and you can expect more places to stay in the months to come once you go to Baler. There are several inns available in Baler where you can pay for as low as 400 to500 pesos a day depending on your budget need. You only have to cruise around the place and you will find more affordable inns.

Aliya Surf Resort
But in my case, I checked in to Aliya Surf Resort. The room is quite bigger and is good for 3 persons. It is installed with air-condition and cable T.V. Each room has its own bathroom. The resort has a free wi-fi internet connection, but you have to go outside so you will have a good connection. One of the staffs there said that Aliya Surf Resort is just more than and a half year in operation. On the upper view deck is where the band performs every Friday. There's a garden in the middle of the resort, a hammock and seats to relax facing the shore where you can watch the surfers, the sea or simply indulge yourself to drink some beers, juice or coffee. Check inn time is at 2p.m. and check out is as 12 noon. If you have a budget, this resort is just the right place for you that is worth staying for. Amiable staffs who are always ready to serve you.

Aliya Surf Resort




How to Go to Baler

If you live nearby places in Quezon City, you can go to New York, Edsa, Cubao where Genesis Bus Transport  is just within the vicinity. Traveling time is approximately 6 hours or more. In order for you not to miss the trip, you have to be there as early as 3 or 4 a.m. The last trip is at 7 a.m.

Once you are in Baler, tricycles are available at a cost of 15 pesos only. You'll arrive the beach in 10 minutes time. I believe that the only mode of transportation other than the bus are tricycles.

So here are the summary of the expenses I have incurred in going to Baler, Aurora:

Genesis Bus Transport (2-way at 418 pesos one way)    Php  836
tricycle expenses                                                                      50
Food and drinks                                                                     800
Aliya Surf Resort for 2 days (1500 per day)                           3000

TOTAL EXPENSES:                                                    Php 4686

I have rounded off the amount nearest to the whole number, and as you can see, going to Baler isn't quite expensive but once you are in a group travel, your expenses will be minimized.