Mindscapes and Spaces

Don’t Quit

I received this message in several different ways, different days, these past few weeks. “You only fail when you don’t see things to the end.”

And yet another passerby

And there you wentAs quietly as you cameAs sudden as the surpriseOf that momentuous first “Hi” As the silence sets inMy heart and mind againIt felt safe for awhileBut only an escape

Relationships are hard. (Part III)

RELATIONSHIP WITH YOURSELF “Embrace your inner child.” I often wondered why I was the type of person who over-shared. I wondered why other kids found it easy to make friends, while I shy away. I wondered why I would come off as obnoxious when all I felt was insecurity. Someone thought I either talked in…

Number 1 Song When I Was Born

Keep On Loving You – REO Speedwagon I was born in the 80s, on the generational cusp between the 80s and the 90s. I could not write yesterday, and I wanted to add music as part of the things I would like to talk about. My son, his friend and I took a short drive,…

Relationships are hard. (Part II)

RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR INNER CHILD “Embrace your inner child.” I often wondered why I was the type of person who over-shared. I wondered why other kids found it easy to make friends, while I shy away. I wondered why I would come off as obnoxious when all I felt was insecurity. Someone thought I either…

Relationships are hard. (Part I)

Last Sunday, my firstborn kept sighing and looked down around lunchtime. He‘s turning 19 years old this month. I tried not to say anything until I couldn’t help but notice how he seemed to have lost his appetite. When I asked, he replied, “Relationships are hard.” It made me pause while trying to decide what…

Identity.

I have always been fond of writing. As a teenager in the 90s, I used writing to express things I could not say or verbalize face-to-face. Not like a diary, but more like random pieces of paper. And yes, restaurant napkins are included. At 14, my writing evolved into letter-writing to friends. They became the…

Fifteen this 2018

It has been 15 years, 23 years counting the rest of the years I’ve known you. There’s a story to be told, for ears of the ones who are with me right now. And this is going to develop bit by bit, for the memories I need to come together for them. They are growing…

One of those things.

Took R1 on a date today. It was actually an errand that I impulsively scheduled, and just dragged him along since he has nothing to do. I love our drives because he has so many stories to tell (and to be honest I have trouble catching all of them, but I do try). It’s good…

Dingalan, Aurora – March 18, 2018

I took a bit of a risk asking R3 to join me on a trip. Like I mentioned earlier, I think that it was a “shock trip” for them because of the activities that we did that day. 🙂 I’ve been to Dingalan once before in 2004 with their Dad for our first year anniversary,…

We thrive on loyalty.

Earlier today, I was working on layouts of collateral for one of my clients and I was specifically working on Reward points. I usually work by creating a theme for a specific project for me to be able to work around on and work my way through using that and anything related, as well as…

Stop 14: Ilocos Norte y Sur

September 19-22, 2017 Posting this one a month late because I got the lazy bug. 🙂 After Namaskar, I decided that I haven’t really had enough of travel, so I went ahead and took a bus the Partas Bus from Baguio going to Laoag. I left around 7 in the evening and arrived at Laoag…

Hong Kong, 2015

September 22-24, 2015 First Backpacking Trip and I chose to get lost in Hong Kong. Sad part is that I lost the DSLR shots I took for this trip. 😦 I’ll be updating the trip details soon. 🙂

Baler, Aurora: June 2015

June 2015: A weekend photography workshop with Sir Reynaldo Castañeda of FPPF.

MINDFULNESS JOURNEY: Losing the concept of Time

September 10-23, 2017: Banaue, Batad, Sagada, Baguio, Laoag, Paoay, Burgos, Pagudpud and Vigan

Stop 13: Namaskar Festival 2017 (Launch)

“The Light in me will always honor the Light in you.”

Stop 12: Dangwa Bus Station. Good Taste Restaurant. Log Cabin. Volante Restaurant.

September 15. Dangwa Bus Station. Good Taste Restaurant. Log Cabin. Volante Restaurant. After a 7-hour bus ride from Sagada, I arrived at the Dangwa Station and as it happens, there’s a Good Taste Restaurant there. I’m back in Baguio a year after with just me and the rest of my checklist to tick off the…