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Woke up at 3AM. Took a shower (you heard it right), packed my stuff and left for the airport at 4:30. I resolved to take only a few clothes with me, since I won't be needing much anyway. All my stuff fit inside my bag so I could carry it with me all the time. I wanted a window seat so I made sure to come to the airport early. My flight's at 5:30 so I figured an hour before departure was early enough. However, when I was already checking in, the staff told me that the last call for boarding ha...

 Ati-Atihan Festival     (Kalibo, Aklan,  January 14-20, 2008) Known to be the wildest Philippine Festival, it is also named as the "Filipino Mardi Gras" one shouldn't miss. There are big parades where participants paint their faces in many different ways, and wear costumes in the most unique way possible. The festival is held on the third week of January every year on the second Sunday after Epiphany in Kalibo in the Aklan province on the island of Panay. The ...

Hey hey, and welcome to another episode of my life!!! We are having an absolutely incredible time. Words cannot describe some of the beautiful and amazing things that we have been able to see and do here, the Philippines has so much to offer… On Thursday we flew into Cebu, as usual we hadn't booked ahead, so when we arrived in Cebu City we just got in a cab and drove around til we found somewhere. Ended up in a fabulous hotel, great view, everything was clean and new. Ahhhhh… But I was in...

Typhoon Frank last June 21, was one, if not the worst storm to hit the Western Visayas region in the Philippines. Of the Visayan islands, Panay garnered the biggest damage in terms of infrastructure and mortalities. I having lived in Iloilo City all my life have personally never experienced a calamity of such scale. Waters from nearby mountains carried tons and tons of slate to the city, submerging 95% of the entire city. My boyfriend and I got invited to a wedding in Boracay Island last Jun...

just getting on the plane. :)