Of nature’s fury and men’s carelessness

As of this writing, the death toll from the capsized Princess of the Stars vessel-after being pounded by typhoon Frank–is at 5, leaving the other 600-plus passengers missing.  The sunken ship had been searched and no signs of life were observed.  Most of them could be outside the ship, seeking refuge in a life boat or in [...]

The Great Cordillera Outdoors Part 3

The priceless cave experience was capped off by rainshower that drenched our aching bodies.  Our legs had still to hurdle the several steps up from the entrance of Lumiang cave to the main road; but it was nothing really.  The feeling of conquering a difficult cave is wonderful.  It was like being baptized again.  The feeling [...]

The Great Cordillera Outdoors Part 2

June 8 (Sunday).  After waiting for almost 2 hours in Banaue terminal, we were able to board a bus bound to Bontoc (nearly made it to the center seats as the bus is almost cramped).  Again, the left side view in the bus offered the most magnificent view of the Cordillera mountain range as we [...]

The Great Cordillera Outdoors

After a dose of reality in the office days upon returning to work from our great Cordillera adventure, I am finally able to catch my breath, recapitulate and blog about the grueling, body-aching yet thrilling and memorable experience that my Mahal and I had.  The following is a chronicle of our Cordillera trip (Manila-Banaue-Bontoc-Sagada-Baguio-Manila): 
June 6 (Friday).  [...]

To Sagada

This is the satellite image of Sagada to which my better half and I are headed in 2 days.  Checked out the weather forecast and we’re hoping it will come out as predicted: cloudy with a little rain.  Already packing clothes, gadgets and stuff to bring to the Cordilleras and finalizing our do-it-yourself itinerary that is culled from comments on [...]

Knowledge of Existence

If life is a mind-blowing trivia game wherein people continue to live only if they could name something or define things, much like being able to take in oxygen, then it is knowledge that determines our existence.  This is the latest topic of my dream.  It’s very philosophical, rife with images of worms burrowing and decomposing.  If one [...]