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Balanga Wetland and Nature Park
Last Friday, we decided to go birding in a different place and drove out to Balanga Wetland and Nature Park in Balanga, Bataan. The park has been the site of the Philippine Bird Festival; the tenth one was held on … Continue reading
One Direction is coming to Manila. Holy shit.
Secret’s out. Well, it really wasn’t much of a huge secret since the 1D Philippine street team posted tweets from event organizers that something big was about to be announced on May 7, which many Directioners already guessed was about … Continue reading
Birding in La Mesa Ecopark
It is highly likely that my blog is going to turn into a semi-birding blog. Anyway, TJ and I took a couple of weeks off birding and resumed only yesterday. We returned to La Mesa Ecopark, modest gear in tow … Continue reading
Birding in Quezon City
Yeah, so TJ and I have been going around the city and taking as many pics of birds as we can. It hasn’t quite yet reached the level of obsession yet, but we’ve gotten to the point where we stop … Continue reading
First trip to Candaba
So TJ’s actually been hinting about his interest in birding over the past few years, but I just failed to take his hints seriously. Oops. To make up for it, I asked my yoga classmate Rissa, who often goes birding … Continue reading
A day at Sundang Island
Yesterday, TJ and I went on the first of hopefully many mini-trips for 2014, in line with my goal to go to at least one new place every month. Our destination: Sundang Island in Cavinti, Laguna. I heard about the … Continue reading
Fun with papercutting
I’m not very crafty. I took up cross stitching for a few months in high school, and I know myself well enough to know that I would be bad at knitting and crocheting. I don’t have the imagination and creativity … Continue reading
Sagada to Manila
We considered waiting along the road to catch either the GL or Lizardo bus going to Baguio, but we chose to walk to Longid Centrum in the town center to wait for the bus there. The walk promised to be … Continue reading
Sagada, Day 3
The plan for our last day in Sagada was to just take it easy, wander around town, and buy some souvenirs. After having breakfast at Salt and Pepper Diner, we walked around the town for a bit then headed to … Continue reading
Sagada, Day 2
We were up by 3:00 a.m. because we were supposed to meet our guide at 4:30 a.m. We had enlisted the service of a guide to take us to watch the sunrise at Kiltepan followed by a jaunt to Marlboro … Continue reading