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Living in the Moment

If you've been a reader of my blog or if you check it from time to time, you would know that most of my blog entries are about my previous travels. It is because one of the purpose of this blog is to document my life journey while giving details or information to my readers (if I have any btw. lol) as well. But given that my post most of the time is about travel, did you know just how much planning it occurred before it actually came to life? I've always been a budget traveler. Most of the times, I don't even consider myself a traveler because there are other people out there who has a vast knowledge about travelling and has more experience. But hey, isn't travelling about experience? :)
To travel means you have to plan everything carefully especially if you're limited by resources like money. Truth be told but just like myself who travels by budget, it is still known that you have to save and budget everything well to make your resources work for you. Aside from planning my itinerary, my accommodation, one thing I sometimes hate doing is packing! Why? 
BECAUSE. TRAVEL. LIGHT.
I once experience backpacking around different places in Thailand and it was really hard to pack all the things I needed in just a backpack for a week long travel. I had to pack and unpack and then pack and unpack again because I can't seem to fit everything! And until now, I am still having problems packing.. but over time, I'm getting the hang of it and learning new tricks on how to magically fit everything. It is also important to have a checklist of everything you need to avoid problems along the way. It would be very hard when like for example you forgot a travel document.
If you've ever been in a situation like me, the infographic below can help you or your friends to pack and know what to pack so it would be easier not just for me but for every travel enthusiasts out there to know which stuff should we bring whenever we travel. :)

Packing Tips: How To Pack The Right Way
April 20, 2016 No comments
Cagayan de Oro White Water Rafting

Another amazing experience! I'm not actually familiar with rafting, all I know is that it's for adrenaline junkies. And I'm very glad I was able to experience it! Not that I'm an adrenaline junkie, but for people like me who wants to experience new things.. this was definitely fun and exciting!
April 16, 2016 18 comments
Mystery Manila

If you ever been a person on who's on the look out for something new in the metro, then you might have heard about Mystery Manila and Breakout. If not, then just a simple intro.. Mystery Manila and Breakout are offering interactive puzzle/mystery rooms where you have to solve and find clues so you would be able to go out from the room. If you're a detective by heart, then this is you! Hehehe. :) I've been hearing good reviews about this and I also wanted to try this even before. So when my friends kidnapped me from McKinley, we went straight to Mystery Manila to try it out.
April 13, 2016 No comments

One fine Saturday, I was blessed enough to be part of the people that will have an ocular visit at Tierra de Lago. It was a great and amazing opportunity to meet some fellow bloggers and photographers alongside with the founder of SJCAM Users Philippines group, sir Troy. It was also a very nice and inspiring experience to meet the owner of Tierra de Lago wherein all his vision and ideas are sooooo cool and so on point! It's like he has planned this resort his whole life because his vision is very firm and well documented. Also, this trip was a major milestone in my blogging side as this is my first time to meet other bloggers. Not really a big event but you see, opportunities like this are rare, at least for me.
April 11, 2016 22 comments
Kingdom of Ayutthaya

Our last stop in Thailand before we went back to Bangkok is the Kingdom of Ayutthaya. Actually, I never heard of Ayutthaya before so I really don't know what to expect with this city. I don't know if it's like Bangkok or Chiang Mai, or is it a small rural area? Ayutthaya is 80 km above Bangkok and is only 3 train stations apart, if I remember it correctly. 
April 07, 2016 23 comments
summer vacation

We're both on the same page if you can't plan your summer well because you think you will run off of vacation leave balances or well, you just can't because you have a lot of stuff to do at work. Loosen up a little, girl! Summer is here and you should enjoy it while it lasts! We all know that Philippine weather is always hot but there's this thing about summer that makes it good in the mood. Just like how Christmas season gives me extra chills and good vibes. After all, who doesn't like vacations and traveling with good company, right?

I've been working for almost two years now (fresh grad represent!) and yes, planning my vacation should be meticulously done as I don't want it to be wasted on unimportant events and some of us have this buy back benefit from our company where they'll double your salary for VLs that aren't used. So in the past months of planning, these is what I mostly did:

April 04, 2016 23 comments
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