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This is the continuation of our South Cebu-Negros Oriental excursion way back in November 2015. November 30, 2015 Finally, we arrived at the fourth and last day of our excursion. Yesterday, unlike our previous two days, was more laidback and more relaxing. My first taste of Negros Oriental was full of promise that I looked […]
This is the continuation of our South Cebu-Negros Oriental excursion way back in November 2015. November 29, 2015 The previous day was exhausting – we swam with the whale sharks in Oslob, climbed Cebu’s highest point, and explored remnants of the Spanish colonization. It was filled with many activities that we nearly missed the last […]
This is the continuation of our South Cebu excursion way back in December 2015. The Secrets of Boljoon When we departed from Osmena Peak, rain started to fall. It was an element we were totally unprepared for because of the fine weather we’ve had so far. Our drivers drove as far as they can because […]
In the midst of the Philippine central plains looms an anomaly that seemingly sprouted out of nowhere. Where one expects to see vast stretches of plain and green rice fields, Mt. Arayat stands tall. As one plies the Northern Luzon expressway, the prominence of this towering and freestanding structure is the object of many a […]
January is about to end but here I am, still scrambling to complete these pieces pertaining to the previous year. As part of my 2018 throwback, I have rounded up some of the most memorable pictures of my international travels. I have already shared the highlights of my 2018 local travels. You may access the […]
Book Specs Author: J.D. Salinger Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publishing Date: May 1991 Number of Pages: 214 pages Genre: Bildungsroman, Literary Realism Synopsis The hero-narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep […]
So, here I am again, doing yet another book tag! Go figure! I came across this book tag through Jenniely. It kind of piqued my interest and so I decided to give it a go. Moreover, I thought that it would provide an insight on how I want my 2019 is going to be, at least […]
A Short Lookback to my 2018 Travel Resolutions 2017 was already slow but 2018 was even a slower season in terms of travelling and adventures. In 2017, I concentrated more on losing weight than traveling. On the other hand, in 2018, my unemployment hampered my ability to travel in the last quarter of the year. […]
Book Specs Author: Virginia Woolf Publisher: Harcourt Inc. Publishing Date: 1925 Number of Pages: 194 pages Genre: Modernism, Fiction Synopsis Mrs. Dalloway is the portrait of a single day in a woman’s life. Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of party preparation – fresh flower shopping, new dress buying, and festive room decorating. […]
As I have always stated, doing book tags is a great way for me to let other fellow readers know more about me and my tendency, at least vis-a-vis books and reading. Book tags never get old, so here I am, doing yet another book tag. (I hope that my New Year Book Tag is […]
Madeline Miller’s retelling of the story of Circe is lyrical and the voice she spun is very scintillating, hypnotizing even the readers who are least inclined to read Greek mythology. True enough, Miller did little to alter or put a different perspective into Circe’s story but it did more than enough to fascinate me as […]
It is without a doubt that Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace is one of my all-time reads. To be honest, I was really daunted by this very lengthy book, which at over 1,300+ pages, can be intimidating to any reader. However, once I got the hang of it, what emerged before me is an amazing […]
Book Specs Author: Leo Tolstoy Translator: Constance Garnett Publisher: The Modern Library Publishing Date: 2002 Number of Pages: 1386 pages Genre: Historical fiction Synopsis Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is at once an epic of the Napoleonic Wars, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit. Tolstoy’s genius is […]
Lately I have been publishing mostly bookworm related stuff so today I am going to break the monotony by looking back at the year that was in terms of travelling, exploration and adventures. Although it is already midway through the month but I believe it is never too late to write a new piece about […]
Lately I have been publishing mostly bookworm related stuff so today I am going to break the monotony by looking back at the year that was in terms of travelling, exploration and adventures. Although it is already midway through the month but I believe it is never too late to write a new piece about […]
