A penchant for coffee and travel and photography

Woof!

2011-08-21T23:17:00.001+08:00

Taken at Baybeats 2011, Singapore - Wolfgang concert45 minutes of deafening awesomeness!Canon s95 | no edits

My sanctuary~

2011-02-26T14:01:00.004+08:00

Coffee + beach tunes + sound of fountain = LOVE This is all i need to calm my daily stress(es)

Sapa, Vietnam

2011-02-12T11:17:00.001+08:00

“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” – Robert Louis StevensonMid of 2009, I made a list of places I wanted to see both in and out of Pinas. Happy to report, i'm slowly crossing off down the list... slowly but surely :-)Although not no. 1, i was very excited to travel up Northwest Vietnam to a little-known place called Sa Pa. My mom and i took a 9-hour sleeper

And the Oscar goes to... everyone!!

2011-01-14T21:57:00.001+08:00

Holding one of these bad boys... i can just imagine the dopamine working on overtime.Everybody should have one. At one point in all our lives, we did something to deserve a gold statuette, so why not as Oscar?? harhar

Ermm...

2011-01-13T21:53:00.002+08:00

{ Seen at Universal Studios Singapore }They sure stole Puss' limelight. One of the world's greatest mysteries... why couples decide to be twins *Aaaaggh. my eyes!!*

Surprise, surprise!

2011-01-12T23:55:00.001+08:00

Lookie what i found~!! Stamps from the Marine Science Institute in SINGAPORE! Uh-ha!*sigh* i miss diving...

To Sender, with love

2011-01-11T23:49:00.001+08:00

Somebody please send me to Santorini, Greece!(if only traveling was that easy...)

@ the Philatelic Museum

2011-01-10T23:40:00.001+08:00

Can i bring this home??I am eerily fascinated with red structures. This one... London's phone booth, mailboxes...{i also miss my asymmetrical curly hair}

Pagudpud living

2011-01-08T22:57:00.002+08:00

{ In retrospect } I miss long drives and the easy access to any travel destinationphoto courtesy of Jojo Flores

... and we have blast off!!

2011-01-07T22:29:00.001+08:00

*Woo hoo~*Windsailing kicks surfing's ASS! Spot me if u can ;-)

A minor biking accident

2011-01-06T22:11:00.001+08:00

Poor Ma, all black and blue in the knees and elbows... This almost deterred her. Almost :) You got to love her determination to learn how to bike, just so we could move around more easily when we travel abroad. <3 <3 <3

Windsailing 101

2011-01-05T22:00:00.005+08:00

{ Why the heck am i doing this?? } How to haul, hold and maneuver your sail... My brother managed to drag me to ECP to learn how to windsail. One whole day of lessons and i managed to sail for at most 3 minutes before falling :P again, again, again...

My windsailing adventure started here

2011-01-04T21:43:00.002+08:00

Short as it may have been :-)Have yet to try it once again after my beginner's lesson

364.3. Clown fish

2011-01-03T21:01:00.001+08:00

Sea anemone residents, mother and childEl Nido, Palawan

364.2. El Nido

2011-01-02T20:53:00.002+08:00

Rainbow: "Good morning! Welcome back to your paradise"i will always come back, for this place remains close to my heart...

PROJECT 364

2011-01-01T16:17:00.001+08:00

A visual ode to all the interesting, innovative memes out there. I know people have done a lot of 364-day projects, more commonly 'a photo a day' one. So i'm finally jumping in the bandwagon because i need a daily distraction and goal, and i need to express myself.So here goes photo 1.Welcoming 2011!Our last new year near the Marina Bay Sands

For the LOVE of art and coffee

2010-02-04T15:26:00.003+08:00

This was made from 3,604 cups of coffee, using different ratios of coffee and milk.So cool....

2010

2010-01-02T02:48:00.006+08:00

For some, it is still the first day of the year 2010. But here in my part of the world, 27 hours have passed since we've ushered in the new year in a relatively innocuous manner... just a few close friends, with some good home cooked meals and fireworks lighting up the bay. Quite different from my past new years in the Philippines, but intimate nonetheless. Highlighted by a befitting end for DAY

2008.06 - Eksharad cemetery, Gothenburg, Sweden

2009-05-14T13:47:00.002+08:00

So many lie,Six feet beneath the green.Catacomb piles,Marble neatly a row,Stone Birds a pecking,And winter flowers a blooming.A seemingly dark fascination with graveyards completely diff from what we have back home. I travelled a long train ride just to find one in Gothenburg, hoping i'd find a famous grave stone. Nevertheless, it was a solemn place filled with lovely blooms. A sense of serenity

2008.01 - Conquering Capones Island

2009-05-14T10:35:00.005+08:00

Day 2: It was the middle of the day and still we trudged our feets under the scorching sun just to make it up the lighthouse. Halfway there, nearing feelings of regrets, its towering facade greeted us. A welcome sight for our already parched throats and suntanned backs. Well worth the trip! (photo-contributors: jeneen, van and me)

2008.01 - Getting Acquainted with Anawangin

2009-05-14T10:05:00.005+08:00

One of my favorite places in the world, a cove located in Pundakit (Pundaquit) beach, San Antonio, Zambales. This is where i run too when i want pure isolation. No electricity + no cellphone signal + basic necessities + good company = the perfect way to relax when things are getting way too much over your head ^__^. (photo-contributors: jeneen, van and me)

Love Padlocks

2008-09-03T22:30:00.003+08:00

No, i'm not saying i love padlocks. Quoting wikipedia, Love-padlocks is a custom where sweethearts affix padlocks to a fence or public fixture to symbolize their love. Cute concept ey? This started in Pecs, Hungary in 1980s, and have been found around the world including Latvia and Guam. This i took in Florence, Italy, near Ponte Vecchio (read that lovers then throw the key in the nearby Arno

2008-05-29T16:44:00.005+08:00

Of withered flowers and broken dreams,Of man's desire to reach and please,Heaven seems so far away.The ache resonates so deepAwaiting slumber i keep.

HAPPY EASTER!!!!! (my 'delayed' tribute)

2008-05-07T13:27:00.003+08:00

Something to envision when you feel it's getting too hard to be a vegetarian. ^__^... which is ALL me. Then watch as they get cracked into omelets, one by one.Morbid i know. heheheh.

Stranded (and seething) in 'Bag of Beans'... and the story of THREE.

2008-05-01T18:38:00.011+08:00

(photo: http://coffee.groups.vox.com)(Warning, this is a rant.)I'm a semi-foodie. I love going to places with nice and unique ambiance, and of course good food (duh!). And if i really liked the place, i go back again and again, despite whatever minor mishaps i might have experienced. Except for now.I just arrived from Tagaytay via Coastal road in Cavite (w/c i've never tried before). It would

A place close to my heart

2008-04-17T11:10:00.006+08:00

Boys fishing in Patar reef flatMy first watercolor painting, again after four years ^_^. This painting has been on my to-do list since December of 2005, but only got to do so while being a bum in Sing. Anyway, this one took a longer time since i needed to wait for layers of colors to dry up before adding another layer. I'm relatively new with this medium -- for a long time i was 'scared' of using

What to blog, OR better yet, To blog or not to blog

2008-04-15T22:11:00.004+08:00

I can't say my life is mundane. NOthing is mundane. But i find it hard to blog about anything.. mainly because it seems to me that nobody visits my blog anyway, so why post right?Wrong. I really should stop valuing others over myself. I should really think about blogging as a way to release all my pent up energy, vibe, good or bad. But when you go and browse over other blogs, it seems that they

Rediscovering an old 'acquaintance'

2008-04-12T00:10:00.005+08:00

My first painting after being dormant for almost FOUR years. This was done in acrylic. I almost used up all my green paint with this, with all the number of layers i painted on trying to achieve an 'oil' effect. I'm more adept with oil, but since it is more a hassle to get my hands on thinner or kerosene here in Sing, i opted for acrylic. This painting took me three hours non-stop to finish,

ALMOST GOT TO...

2008-04-04T11:21:00.004+08:00

I went to Palma hall last August to join the 'Blood drive'. I was so excited since this has been on my list for a loooonng time.[Iris mentioned something about some people she invited being underweight so they won't be able to donate.]"Hmmm... Underweight? Me? Nah... i must be about 105lbs at least (when i checked last wk), and given my height... no, i think i'm ok."So there we were, filling up

I'M BAAAACCCKK!!!!

2008-04-03T15:15:00.005+08:00

My site is UP. And i'm blogging AGAIN.Nice. ^_^Finally had the time to edit my template and iron out the kinks.[Wheeeeeee!]

THE DAY I DECIDED TO GO UP BAGUIO

2007-07-19T14:37:00.007+08:00

" Going up North on my own was a sudden decision. I had no regrets plowing my already tired body and mind, exposing myself to more than 5 hours travel on bus back and forth on the same day. It was done partly out of boredom, partly out of a want to escape and find some time to sort things out. It's been a long time since i went to my birthplace... and despite of the congestion of its city, Baguio

MUSINGS OF COFFEE-DEPRIVED ME [at 18degC]

2007-07-18T15:44:00.003+08:00

"I LOVE how this fog seems to envelop everything around me. It has a hint of my past, a memory... at the same time eerie looking, as if something's looming behind it. It makes me feel SECURE regardless. That all that bothers me cannot affect me while i am surrounded by IT."- Camp John Hay, Baguio. July 15 '07.