mySpot | Coron Palawan 2011 Trip

I thought it was only just a dream. After visiting the beautiful place of Coron, Palawan, now I wanted to go back there again.

In just 4 days, we enjoyed the breathtaking views of Coron and wonderful islands during our trip.

I've been in Puerto Princesa too and although both are in Palawan, there's a very big difference between the two. PPS is more like commercialized than Coron, which makes me like Coron more...

For nature lovers, you can have your best times to be spent here... Watch the sunset at the top of Mt. Tapyas... Relax in Maquinit hot spring... Eat fresh sea foods and enjoy the place... You can also do diving at the shipwrecks and enjoy the view underwater.. Don't forget the camera so you won't miss anything...









Now I really don't know what to write here.. I can't describe it in words.. You just have to see it for yourself and enjoy.. I already have plans of getting back in here... Maybe that time, i'll try diving... and more other stuffs we missed during our 4-day adventure in Coron...

More pics can be found on my facebook albums... just sharing some here...

mySpot | 2012 Starbucks Planner

Can't wait to get my own Starbucks planner for this year... but as of now, i still only got just 2 stickers.. yup 2 stickers.. too slow to reach the target...

this year's planner is kinda cute... and earth-friendly... :D don't forget to mention that the cover is made of wood or something like that..

hope to get mine soon... the planner in the photo is not mine.. it's from a friend.. i just borrowed to take a few shots.. :p

mySpot | 2011 Canon Photo Marathon

It's my second Canon Photo Marathon this time... and i think I got more nice pictures than last year...

This year's CPM was kinda different from last year.. yeah yeah.. i didn't expect anything... but at least I enjoyed it...

Canon Photo Marathon 2011 was held this year at the Philippine Trade Training Center in Pasay City... i think it is a good location since it is near to some good places to shoot...

You can find more of my CPM2011 photos by visiting my facebook page...

Well hope I can still join next years photo marathon... :D

mySpot | 11/11/11 - what a date

mySpot | La Vista Pansol Resort Laguna

Too late for a summer post entry?? Well, not really... This is just where I went during the long weekends for this month of October 2011. Me and some of officemates went to La Vista Pansol Resort Laguna to relax, have fun, and enjoy...

It's been years since I visited a public pool and this one is kinda different... Since it's not summer, there are only a few people in there. The place is also big... lots of spaces everywhere...

Getting there is very easy, we just took a bus ride from Manila (Buendia) which costs us Php 87.00 (just tell the bus driver to drop you off at La Vista Pansol.. they know where it is..) Then a 5-minute tricycle ride (costing Php 40.00) going to the resort...

The place is so good and very perfect for different types of events, like team buildning, company outing, they also have multi-purpose halls. Plus they have their own zip-line and a mini-zoo if you want to see some live animals :p The rates are not very expensive and they have different types of rooms to stay... promoting?? no i'm not... :p

mySpot | Boracay Trip 2011

Ok... I should have written this post while I was still there. That's why i brought a laptop with me so that i could sit in front of the beach and write this blog entry.

Anyway, ok.. finally, i was able to set my foot to this place I always wanted to go. And all I can say is that the place is so beautiful, great view, nice beaches.. Perfect vacation destination... Oh yeah.

And oh! By the way, before I forgot, I came here alone... yup.. only me and no one else... and what's interesting is that this is my first time to visit the place and also my first time to travel alone.. oh well.. I did survive the trip...

It didn't bother me whether I walk alone in the white beach or eat meals by myself 'coz I'm used it to it. and besides, i just came here to take pictures and spend some time alone... lols...

The place is so filled with foreigners, and most of them are Koreans. And while I was there, I thought I was somewhere else like in Jeju Island and felt like a stranger in my own country. But it was ok. It's like a practice if ever i decided to go international.. :p

Oh well, I don't have anything else to say in here... to sum it up, i enjoyed, i took pictures, i had fun, i met new people, the experience is awesome... and like i always say, i'm definitely going back to this place too...

should you want to see my photos, you might wanna check out my fb albums... thanks!

mySpot | Palawan Trip [2011] + Birthday Celebration

I've been here before... Same place, same spots, same hotel, same food but the only difference is the people I was with. This is my second time to visit Palawan (Puerto Princesa to be specific) and things just became more exciting.

This time i brought an underwater camera (thank you Loren Lloyd).. and i really enjoyed taking photos of fishes, corals and other stuffs down there... It was pretty awesome... And also, how can i forget how i panicked under water when I saw a small jelly fish.. (but still i got a photo of that jelly fish).. and freaked out after seeing a triggerfish (which i thought was a stonefish)... t'was fun though...

And speaking of picture taking, This time was my first time to travel on a long trip capturing less than 1000 shots for the whole trip... I don't know. The last time I was here I took 1000+ shots per day. Maybe I just enjoyed too much that I forgot to take more photos... (or maybe because i have no extra battery and i'm trying to avoid to use flash too much)

This is also my first time to celebrate my birthday far away from home.. Yeah you heard it right... First time... In 24 years... Lolz... And I was like celebrating my birthday by taking pictures under the sea... :p

mySpot | Puerto Galera Summer Getaway

It's summer time!!! An one of the things we usually do during these times is go on a vacation trip, swimming, and a lot more things to do...

Last weekend, Finally!!!, I made my first visit to the famous Puerto Galera - one of the hottest (not the temperature) summer destinations in the country. Yes! I was there over the weekend...

Oh well, I got excited, of course, who wouldn't be.. But i was kinda disappointed when I saw the place... A lot of establishments were in place and it's kinda ruining the beauty of the place... But i did enjoy...

It was an another opportunity for me to shoot places, things and people... I just love taking pictures... And once again, my favorite subject.. my usual photo subjects, the boats... that's the only thing I saw there.. well not really, but i enjoyed taking pics from those boats...

I also tried again riding the banana boat.. It's an all-time favorite activity... Unfortunately I wasn't able to do the snorkeling thing due to limited time there but I know I'll be back..

I tried practicing long-exposure shots at night but then I got bored 'coz i saw a lot of parties happening everywhere... I can say this is gonna be one of the best short-time vacation trips I ever had...

I do have more photos on my fb account... I'm just going to share some of the shots I liked from my set... I promised myself I'll be back again on this place... soon.. maybe after i fixed my schedule.. Still have a lot of places to visit.. I want to try diving too...

mySpot | New Direction - Me Into Running

The year 2011 is a brand new year for me... Yes!!! And I've been trying new things lately.. Last month (actually, it was November) when I started playing Badminton with my officemates... Because usually I just go home after work or go somewhere else.

Then just this December I joined a running club. It's actually more of a training thing, something like that where I we have this run every Wednesday night.

And to start my year, I run 10K at Run for love run for life fun run... of course it was fun...

It's my first official run and I thought I'll never finish the race. I wasn't first but my goal was to finish it while enjoying the run. :D

I don't know but i think i'm starting to like this running thing... aside from the health benefits, our coach told us that running is not a sport, it's a lifestyle... oh yeah...

I guess i'll be looking forward for more runs for the rest of the year... Thanks!!!

mySpot | Rachid vs The Spaghetti

Happy New Year!!!

Welcome 2011... I should have posted this few days ago, but i was quite busy playing this Backyard Monster game in facebook. Oh yes... Still using facebook... Keeps me busy for quite sometime...

What's with me against Spaghetti... Oh well, it's my most favorite food on earth... Especially when made by my mom... I believe i have a previous post long ago about my top 10 spaghetti...

Anyway, as I am writing this one, i feel going to kitchen and eat spaghetti.. again.. yes.. i've been eating spaghetti the whole day...

Oh well, enough spaghetti, I just want to thank God for the wonderful year (2010) He has given me... I know this year 2011 would be special.. No! I think it would be great.. It's the year of the rabbit (my year) and I'm planning to enjoy it to the fullest.

I have plans on travelling to different places, learn new things and enjoy a brand new lifestyle..

What lifestyle? Oh recently I've been into running... I joined this Adidas AdiNation of Runners and its fun... it's great actually...

Oh well, i have to go back play the game again.. Happy New Year and God Bless!!!

mySpot | The Ultimate Palawan Getaway

Before the year ends, one of my travel highlights is my trip to Palawan with some of my friends.

We took a 4days 3n trip to Puerto Princesa and enjoyed our visit while we where there. We went to different places and tried some of the best exotic foods.

Tamilok (aka wood worm) is one of the well-known exotic foods in the place. My friends tried the breaded tamilok (urgh!) when we had our dinner at Kinabuchs...

On our second day, we went to the underground river (puerto princesa subterranean river national park). But before that, we climbed first at Ugong Rock (a 75-foot something limestone formation in Brgy. Tagabinet in Palawan). We entered inside the dark caves and climbed up on the creepy rocks... They said it was a 45-minutes climbed but it took us about an hour due to stops for photoshoots :) It's actually a perfect exercise 'coz you'll be sweating so much. And when you reach to the top, it's perfect. It was so nice to see the view and you can take pictures near the edge of the rocks.. creepy but fun!

After that, we went for the mangrove paddleboat tour where we saw so many mangroves, monkeys, snakes, and creepy things...

Then, we had our trip in the underground river. Our day ends after our dinner in Ugong Rock restaurant in the city.

On the third day, we had the water activities when we had our tour in Honda Bay (according to our tourguide tita con, it should be Hunda Bay with silent 'h')

We went island hopping to starfish island (where there are lot's of starfish ... as the name implies) and to snake island (but there was no snake there). We did some fish feeding, snorkling and enjoyed the underwater tour where i saw spongebob, nemo, mr. krabs :p and a lot of other things.

More pics here...

mySpot | 2010 Canon Photo Marathon turned into Cosplay shoot :D

Last Nov 6, I attended the 2010 Canon Photomarathon at SMX Convention Center in Mall of Asia. It was my first time to attend such kind of event. Unfortunately there was a conflict on that day. It was the schedule also for my entrance exam in DLSU... Deciding where to go was too hard but then I got the brightest idea on being on both event on the same day.

Registration was FCFS basis so I wake up early and went to SMX as early as 6am to register on the event. I was able to register around 7am. After I got my kit, i took a cab and went to DLSU (my exam starts at 8am 'till 12noon). I wouldn't say the exam was so easy because it was not. I finished the exam at 11am and went back to MOA. Lucky for me, the first theme was just ending so i still got two themes to join...

It was a very fun activity. During that day, i also some cosplayers inside SMX since there was also another cosplay event happening on that day. (it was the UP AME cosplay thing.. plus there was this oath-taking for board passers that's why there was so many people there...)

I also saw two familiar faces, a friend from college and a high-school schoolmate both attending the cosplay event.

I really enjoyed it a lot and i wanted to join again on next year's event (photomarathon). I won't be uploading the pics here in my blog 'cause i already have them on my facebook photoalbum. :D

mySpot | Understanding Facial Gestures

Ever since I started watching the series "Lie to Me", I've been so interested in the art of reading facial expression and body language.

I think it's nice to know what people really wants to say even without saying a word. I've learned so many things from that series and I don't even know whether its true or not however it's effective.

I've tried reading some of my friends and we just make fun of it... There was one case when I was asking my friend something and she keeps on denying it. I told her, "hey! i know when you're lying"... when she says something, she was trying to distract me from by touching her hair, adjusting her clothes (i think it was called "distractors"), however it was just for fun.. after i told her she was lying we just laughed at each other...

But sometimes, knowing what someone really doesn't want to say isn't that good. There's no surprise or excitement or something else... well, i still like doing it...

Last night, i took an online exam on reading facial gestures and i almost got perfect scores.. and soon i will (what i wanted to be) a human lie detector... just like a deception expert... cool huh???

well, this might not interest you but thanks anyway for reading... till here! ciao :D

mySpot | Seasons of Change

"Thank you!"

I've been saying these words since this early morning. It's not my birthday, or something, but I really do feel thankful today. It's seems like something has change or if not, soon it will come.

My office PC broke down.... and it has something to do with the corrupted OS. Too bad i just moved most of my files to that pc which includes important files, personal stuffs like pics and mp3s, some documents and other things. However, they were still able to recover most of it. I'm so thankful.

I know this is not much good for a story. There are few other things too but i really don't know how to put them on words. But anyway, thanks for reading. Till next time!

Thank you!

mySpot | cold 'Ber' months...

It's been quite some time since I last posted an entry on my blog. I might have been too busy with some other stuffs or I just don't know what to post.

A lot of things happened during those times... and some of them are quite memorable... Well, no need to refresh those memories...

I smell CHHHHRRRIIISSSTMMMAAASSSS.....

The month of September usually triggers the spirit of Christmas... everyone starts to get excited... early preparations, the usual stuff.. but on the next two months it would kinda stay low, and the excitement comes back again on the 2nd week of November.

We are also expecting cold nights again and the extended rainy season so we must bring our jackets or umbrellas most of the time and take vitamins to protect ourselves.

About the news, I don't want to talk about it.. 'coz everyone is already talking about it.. Let's just leave it up to the serious guys...

I'm still busy... at work, at home, at everything.. I don't even have time for myself... I think i need to change my lifestyle a little bit just to lessen the stress on everything.. hmm.. where do i start????

Anyway, I'll keep you updated again (hopefully) and i wish i could have some time to change my layout.. (i still owe my friend her blog's new layout request.. tsk tsk...)

till here.... bye!

mySpot | The LRT Ticketing Error daw...

I really don't understand the logic of the ticketing system of the LRT.
I had this experience that almost led me being trapped inside the station and the staff won't let me out, but not too serious.

I don't usually take LRT but I do buy Stored Value cards just in case i need to take one. One time, I'm on my way to Makati so i have to take the LRT from the office in Manila. When I came to the station, I inserted my ticket to the gate then I entered. I was hoping to get into the train as early as possible but unfortunately it was too crowded and the interval of the passing trains was so long compared to the usual time intervals... I wasn't able to take the 4 trains who passed by because it was already full and the station is getting crowded more.

After an hour of waiting for nothing, i then decided to take the taxi instead but when I was to go out of the station, the machines won't accept my ticket/card anymore. It displays an error or something so i have to report to the booth. I told the woman in the booth that I'll just go out because my card isn't working. Then she told me to wait longer but I cant because I'm gonna be late to where I am going.

The lady explained that if I leave without using the ticket, the process will be reversed so next time I use the ticket, I will be unable to get out again. But still, she let me out.

After a few days, some colleagues told me that the system will reset the next day so the reverse thing won't happen to me so i tried again to take the LRT. Too bad I cant enter the station because the machine won't accept my card and it displays the same error last time i used it. I went to the ticketing booth to ask for assistance.

The LRT staff told me that I didn't use the card when I went out the last time I used it (I was surprised it knows the date and time when was the last time I used it). Well just to avoid any problems I gave him 15 Pesos and he took my card and did something to it. When I inserted it to the machine it was accepted. Too bad the station was once again so crowded that I have to take the bus. When I was about to go out and inserted the card into the machine, I was expecting it the same error but no it didn't. It accepted my card and charged my another 9 Pesos.

Duh! What was wrong with the system. It was supposed to be just as easy as that... No reversed thing... Anyway, I'm not sure if I'm gonna take the train again but I'll keep the ticket just in case I'll be using it in the future.

Lunch Table Season 2 Finale | Agua "Rey" Bendito

It's gonna be the last episode for this season of The Lunch Table. I wasn't able to post some season 2 episodes because i wasn't there.. lolz... I'm not sure if there's gonna be another season for this since some of the main cast already left the show.

Well, all i can say is the cast and crew will surely miss these people. The first one who left the show was Lync, one of the housekeeping committee, then Kathy (aka Darna) oops... i shouldn't have said that... then Rey... the mood setter among the casts...

During my stay on the first season, an episode without rey is kinda not fun (not totally, because you'll really see the difference)... We'll surely miss the jokes, the stories about his 2 pamangkins and everytime he executes a joke really makes us laugh so loud and unstoppable.

mySpot | The DIY Photobooth :)

I like playing with my photoshop... and during my free times i just left it open and wait for an idea to pop up and do something nice.

Lately, i've been receiving requests to make invitations and other designs they needed and then I decided to make a photobooth-like photo from the pictures i have on our previous events.

Photos are not a problem, cause when the camera is in my hand, I always take lots of shots. I also like using 10 shots with the timer... :D its kinda fun.

I just used a 4x6 in layout and placed 4 photos on it... The design is patterned to the invitation i created for that event... (it's a baby shower party)...

Oh well... I just wanted to share that.... Till here.. Thanks!

mySpot | Last Event for Summer 2010

Too late for the post? Nah! I'm just 1 week delayed for this.

Well, before the summer ended, I did enjoy the rest of it on a 2-days non-stop fun and excitement. The first one was the road trip to Tagaytay (previous post) and then we had this trip to Nagcarlan Laguna.

Thanks to Tita Nitz (Rachel's Mom) for inviting me on this trip. I was able to visit and see the fascinating beauty of the Nagcarlan Church and the nature as well.

We went to the market first thing in the morning, and while they were there buying food and stuff, che-che and I sneaked out to visit the church and had this photo taken... Then we visited some relatives of (I forgot the name of the choir member) and had breakfast... Then finally, our destination... (Again, I forgot the name of the resort).. But it was a batis although there are pools, the water still came from the river and it was so cold...

The water was so refreshing and very relaxing... Hmm.. Then we ate a lot, had jump shots and we just swim all day. Lucky for me, i didn't get sunburn. Thanks to ate for the sunblock... Anyway, we really had so much fun....

And before the trip ends. we attended the Sunday mass at the Nagcarlan church. On our way home, we tried our best not to sleep (even though we felt very sleepy) so that tita nitz won't fell asleep while driving. Too bad, I wasn't able to tell che-che the 1001 jokes I had, i only executed 50 of it...

Well, that's how my summer ended. Thank you for reading although it's not very interesting. Thanks!

mySpot | Tagaytay Roadtrip and the creepy zipline

It's a very busy weekend and too tiring on a hot sunny day, but its worth the fun of enjoying the day together in Tagaytay.

Well, who can say, our usual bonding before is just going to the mall, staying on one's house, once-a-year swimming, and that's it. But now, things have changed a little bit, we've been going to far places, doing road trips, traveling to places and having fun at the same time.

Actually, the original plan is to make our 2nd visit in Lucban Quezon... (roadtrip to quezon) but Apple suggested to try Tagaytay. We have our breakfast in Jollibee... then, we went to Tierra de Maria. After that we were supposed to go to Picnic grove for the zipline, but then we got lost (kahit na magkatabi lang pala yun) and reached the highlands... We just have our photoshot and went back to Picnic Grove to try the zipline...

It was pretty scary but it's worth the experience... Apple was screaming out loud while we were on it... However, it was nice... :D

Then, we had our lunch at Dencio's, and made fun with the good-for-5 chicken... (the chicken on the plate as seen on the photo)

I also brought the photo-album (our photos after college to recent) and we showed it to Cathy's bf... We were still laughing as if we haven't seen it before... And now, I've got lots of new pics to print and to compile in a new album...

Even though we haven't got what we were expecting (the cold breeze of wind), the experience was very memorable and one of a kind...