0 MY TOP 5 MOST LIKED INSTAGRAM PHOTOS OF 2014

While I’m still in the process of collecting the highlights of my 2014’s travel stories, lemme share to you my top 5 of most liked Instagram post of 2014. Though I love taking photos and posting it over the internet, sharing photos on Instagram is rarer than in Facebook. I know Instagram is created purposely to share photos which you can integrate other networking sites. However maybe one thing I don’t like with this app is that the original photo will be cropped and you will have to decide which side to remove. It’s like twitter, when you know you’re over the limit, you will be thinking which word to suicide. The pictures I have posted...

8 MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY, HOME OF JOY FOR THE SICK CHILDREN AT TAYUMAN, MANILA

This is not the first time I visited the Missionaries of Charity. I started joining outreach program back in college. It was started when my boss invited us together with my co-students assistants and member of the UE-Caloocan Libraries to do the charity work. It’s my boss' pledge to visit this place during Christmas season. Now that I am working, I wanted to continue this kind of charity work. So I’d like to take this opportunity to thank my late Boss Helen and Jamin Family who instilled the sense of sharing the Light of Jesus. This Christmas season, I promised visiting this place again and bring some of my colleagues and grateful...

5 WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN, OUR FIRST DAY IN SINGAPORE

Arrived in Woodlands CIQ (Singapore-Malaysia border) around 5AM but we were stuck at the immigration line. Though there are about 20 counters open but each counter is serving two lines. I think we spent more than an hour there waiting for our turn. I can’t believe how many people crossing borders each day and can’t imagine how busy these immigration officers carefully checking all the travel documents.  When everything all cleared, we went straight to ground level where bus terminals are located. I saw people falling in line, it’s really crowded. Just like MRT line during rush hour in Manila it’s really really long. While...

1 TRIP ITINERARY: HOW TO GET TO SINGAPORE FROM MALAYSIA AND VICE VERSA

Jerome and Hart with their free Malaysia Magazine at KLIA2. Like what I mentioned from my previous post, backpackers nowadays are traveling in multiple countries. Example: Hongkong – Macau and Singapore – Malaysia or sometimes tri-country like Thailand – Cambodia – Vietnam. And because crossing borders are becoming mainstream, I decided to include Singapore for our supposedly 4-day trip to Malaysia. Now the question is how to go to Singapore from Malaysia, or Malaysia from Singapore?! You have three options – Air, Train, or Bus. By Air AirAsia and Tiger Airways have daily trips from Malaysia to Singapore and vice versa....

10 DO-IT-YOURSELF THAILAND: 4D/4N TRIP ITINERARY AND EXPENSES

Initially our plan is to do Thailand-Laos backpacking since I guess it is now becoming mainstream when going out of the country. As they say, hitting two birds in one stone. However it ended up just Thailand and decided to visit the nearest province as replacement to Laos. We know Thailand is one of the most favorite places to visit in the world. Like the Philippines, people here are friendly and have the purest smile of happiness. And of course, the cost of living is affordable. Here are the full details of travel itinerary and estimated expenses. I don’t feel like calling it as suggested itinerary but rather I’d like to call it sharing...