Archive for March 2008
The mountain and I are not one (Sablayan Adventure Part II)
Posted by: rina on: March 15, 2008
Let me tell you something about climbing mountains, and this is coming from someone who has tried it and, well, failed spectacularly. Climbing mountains does not just involve strength and endurance, as I initially supposed. It involves skill as well. It takes skill to walk on steep slopes, put your foot on loose [...]
the happy list
Posted by: rina on: March 13, 2008
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In compliance to a tag from Beng. As I told her in my reply to her post, I’m usually pasaway when it comes to tags, but wouldn’t you be like the ultimate killjoy to resist a tag called “The Happy List?”
Rule: Post 10 things that recently made you happy
the [...]
chicken tinola for the soul
Posted by: rina on: March 5, 2008
The other day I saw a friend I haven’t seen in a while. We tried to catch up on things; I would have wanted to have proper talk over dinner because I knew she’s through some tough times right now, but something came up and she had to go. When she got home later that [...]
Pandan Island, Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro
Posted by: rina on: March 1, 2008
Around 6:30 AM last Friday, six and a half hours after my journey’s start, I woke up, took off my hot pink eye mask that allowed me a few hours of relatively peaceful sleep (kailangan hot pink pa talaga no? bigay lang yun), sat up and groggily looked outside. Our boat was approaching the Abra [...]
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