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One good thing about this not bringing a car thing is we've learned where the terminal is. This is the only starting point we needed to remember since all of the jeeps know where it is. The jeep's signboard has People's Park on it (it's the last stop too) which helped us get to the Park and Picnic Grove the next day. + People's Park (In the Sky) + Entrance - 30 each | Fare - 17 each It's an hour before 5pm (our target for leaving in fear that we might not have any ride home) but visitors are still aplenty. A good 20 minute or so I realized how a ripoff 30 PHP is. I haven't been here for a long time already and yet I see no improvements, if anything it had gone worse. It smells, everything is in much more ruins than before and the vandals are still not repainted over. I wonder where the entrance fees goes? I haven't taken too many shots because it's terribly disappointing. In my head I have this fantasy that maybe if I get to be filthy rich someday I...

It's a bit funny that in my entire years of living in Cavite I haven't fully explored Tagaytay, let alone go there with the boyfriend. The first and last time we've been together were when we went to a wedding of a friend of mine. I've already missed going somewhere during the long weekend last Holy Week, and I don't want to get another long weekend alone so we planned a quick one at the nearest one we could go to without much preparation. One major thing though: we didn't have a ride. Reagan doesn't want to take Yuna anymore due to the odd elevations and I still refuse to bring our M/T car. Now that's a first. I literally have no idea to get around Tagaytay without someone to drive me around. + Destination Hotel + There are tons of available hotels even with the long weekend (I only booked Friday) but I chose to get the one nearest the rotonda. It proved an amazing choice because it's easy to go around on all sides of the highway. PROS: Walking di...

I am for the most part, a proud member of #TitasOfManila*. So when I started reading this I can't help but be disgusted over the acts of (the main character who is also the narrator) Sam and her friends. All those drinking, perverted mouths and shallow problems kept on piling on top of each other it's too hard to read. My officemate who always recommends me books couldn't stand it and gave up early on so she was surprised to learn I was still on it. She'd probably be more if I told her I've just finished it today. Random things to mention: Reading it now bothers me to even read Mary J Blige and other 90s early 2000s artists mentioned. But knowing now that the book is almost 8 years old, I realize the importance of keeping the era on which you are writing not as specific as possible. I stayed for Kent McFuller. Come to think of it, he's the poster boy for the guy who eternally loves the girl lead no matter what. I kind of hate that kind of character but for m...

Last last week have been a blur. It consisted of checkups, medicines and pains in between. It all started when I had diarrhea on a weekend and everything after that was just pain. I was only in the office for 2 days! In that one week I've probably had my quota of medicines for a year, I've maxed out my HMO and my boyfriend is vindicated on what he suspected for so long-- high cholesterol. Yes that's a photo of a coral. I've tried looking for an image of a polyp both found in the body and otherwise and none of it doesn't look appealing nor trigger my fear of holes. Speaking of suspicions, my last talk with a gastro (FINALLY! How can they be so rare?) has not yet confirmed on what has really transpired to me that week. My ultrasound looks good except for two things: I have a small polyp that is not a verified gallstone and a fatty liver. She was saying that it's either I have an ulcer or this is really a small gallstone I'm harboring. What made her suspicious ...

While browsing I saw a PAL ad on seat sales for this year. I know I am not allowed to even look (I promised Reagan I would not book anything again) but seeing that the travel dates is up to Dec 30 of this year, I thought it would be safe to look into it since it is 10 months away (and I would like to make it a thing to go on a birthday leave). Initially I went on to Beijing but there were no seats left. I tried Xiamen though I'm not sure what to see there but even then still no results. After trying Chinese countries that either I haven't heard before or none left, I ended up going to SkyScanner to look for what is still available on my preferred dates. That's when I saw that if I book now, we can get 6k++ tickets via Eva Air to Taiwan! I was so excited I immediately looked for possible places to go. No beach / water places - check; Trains - check; Food - check; Museums - check!! And then on one of my scrolls I saw Taiwan Receipt Lottery. It piqued my interest and went on t...

+ GAP Farm: Land of Promise + This was mentioned to us by the taxi driver when we arrived and never would have thought of it again until it was mentioned again by Sir Edison. He wasn't as chatty as Sir Diego but all the same his suggestions are more than welcome. The only places I thought we'd be going to today are just the Bone Museum and the Crocodile Park so adding this have brought another smile at my face! If you've ever been to any old school park, THIS IS EXACTLY IT! They have those concrete statues in brightly colored paint with features that are bad copies of the originals. It is also a bit unkempt (well maintenance?) but I bet on a good day teachers and families would have a good time here. It is a huge park, it's not hard to imagine that it has seen pretty good days. There are also so many places to hang out, a swimming pool, a restaurant, picnic tables, there's a small area there for horses and even to play ball. Maybe on a weekend there would be more pe...

+ City Hall, San Pedro Cathedral, Rizal, Quezon and Osmena Park + When in an IT you see that they're going to take you to the ff: Davao City Hall, Osmena Park, Rizal Park, Quezon Park, San Pedro Cathedral and Museyo Dabawenyo and they already charge you more than 50PHP per head, THINK AGAIN. All of them are in walking distance with each other. And if you stay at Balay ni Tuding, you don't need to pay a penny to go these places! We went out early in the morning (our last day) and possibly have breakfast at the nearby Jollibee but it was still closed (it was just 6AM). We roamed around taking photos, ate taho (with langka!) and was pestered by fake pearl sellers. I bought one just to get him off my hair but instead he taught another one to go at me and sell the same stupid necklace for 1000PHP! Around 7AM, Jollibee is still closed so we went back to the hotel and ate there instead. We went out afterwards, just in time for the opening of the museum. + Museyo Dabawenyo + It's a...