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Taxi!

At 2pm, the temperature outside the office registered at 36 degrees, one point more and the result would prove to be catastrophic - I could have been heat wave victim number 3. Our office is situated right beside the Manila Bay but it does not offer much consolation. But when I think about other people whose access to available body of water is limited to the ever-stinking Pasig River or… continue reading here.

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Baguio

Note: I posted this in my other blog 3 years ago.

The bus crawled its way up that rugged terrain of Benguet on a pitch-dark night. It was Holy Wednesday. Everyone in the bus who slumbered for hours roused on their seats, beamed with anticipation, and let out sighs of relief knowing that 9-hour backbreaking bus ride we endured has finally reached its end.

It was my first trip to Baguio City… continue reading here.

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Backstage Pass

I was on my 2nd year in tourism when the idea of working in a TV network appealed to me. You get to write and do graphics at the same time, and the cute side of it is you work with the stars. So I shifted to advertising.

But then, like in the most cases of younger people, I changed my mind. Having experienced first hand the kind of torture I… continue reading here.

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Holy Meow

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It didn’t cross my mind that Tito Red would one day grow wiser and cuter. For an orphaned cat, he is quite a genius. He is toilet-trained (he still has to learn how to use the flush and turn the faucet), conscious over his diet, watches American Idol and never puts his trust in strangers. Over the past months, he has develop that kind of… continue reading here.

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Splurge

The bad thing about keeping debit and credit cards in your wallet is it gives you the kind of confidence you shouldn’t be having when inside a shopping mall. So when I went out yesterday to get a haircut, I made sure to keep my hands off those cards.

I went to Vivere - a beauty salon at the second floor of Robinsons Galleria. This is where my brother and his… continue reading here.

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