Pt. Ish for lunch Quezon province with ate Emily (Pt. Gilbert's wife)Villa Escudero. 2 hour drive Museum, Lola Charing, Carabao ride (serenaded), Lake rafts, fishing (no fish...sneaky), Swimming, Lunch with our feet in the water and waterfall splashing on our backs...crazy experience, cultural performance, traffic jam. Great gatsby, dinner with Sophie and Angie...steak, no rice...conversation turned to most horrible ways to die. I quote Angie: cuddled t...

I never would have believed the complexion of my skin could cause such problems. A friendly wave leading to a car crash. Look, I'm just standing there minding my own business. The boys from the home wanted to go to the playground, so there I was helping them scale the climbing wall and complete the monkey bars. A car approaches about 20 meters to my left. I sense it passing by out of the corner of my eye. "Hey Joe!". Well, I guess that's for me. I turn around ...

Manila - It's a city of contrasts. There's no exceptions when it comes to the weather. Permanently humid and hot, but sometimes rain takes the place of the sun. It's still summer. I'm still sun burnt. But rainy season is next on the agenda. We've had a lot of rain recently...I keep saying that I'm almost certain that it'll flood, but I've seen nothing yet. Those short moments of flooding are soon washed away and the sun comes back fighting! So, a quick round-u...

Things are heating up. I don't want to say 'busy', because it's overused. But, it's late and the Thesaurus is on the top shelf, so for now 'busy' will have to do. Summer time is peak time! Just when I thought things were slowing down...then this. I'm making the most of every moment because I know that in just 3 months all of it is going to come to an end. I don't want the memories right now. I want the experience. These past 2 weeks have taken the title of t...

Where else in the world can you find a grocery-store shelf filled will all variants of skin-whitening products? I don't think it's a generalisation to say that most Filipinos want to look white. I heard a statistic saying that 1 out of every 2 Filipinas use whitening products, whether it be body wash, moisturiser..whatever!The main question in my mind is why?The thing is, you can't escape the promotions. Skin-whitening advertisements are everywhere - on televisi...