TinNiE - Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness ~

In the midst of confusion and feeling of lostness, a phenomenon which I believe they call quarter-life crises (and gloomy heart), I refuse to stay sulking at the corner for too long ...

I am going out...

What started as half hearted attempts to pull myself out of this melancholic state, resulted to travels characterized by disappointments … and awe for the unexpected beauty; facing the good, the bad and the ugly reality and enthusiasm for some more. Some days I still crawl back into that loneliness, but tomorrow I’ll continue finding ways to make my smile reach my heart.

Somewhere, maybe I'll find what I am looking for … whatever it is ...

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain

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August 1st 2008 -» September 13th 2008 Exploring the Philippines, one weekend at a time!
September 14th 2008 -» April 3rd 2009 Macau & Hong Kong (China)
April 4th 2009 -» April 11th 2009 Philippine Travels - The Long Running Saga
April 18th 2009 -» August 20th 2009 on my own (Singapura)
August 21st 2009 -» August 24th 2009 Pilipinas (Philippines)
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By TinNiE
November 7th 2009

Favorite Travel Photos Asia » Philippines » Metromanila

Sunset
Location: Macclesfield, Cheshire

England The photos Sunset and Shhhhhhhh! were taken during a walk at a reservoir in Macclesfield. One of our co-workers had invited us to their house and was trying to show us a real Christmas Tree. We passed by the Cemetery on our way to buy Ginger bread on a rainy day at Grasmere. o o o Chinese Territory Yellow for me, is a happy color. There were lots of tiny Yellow Flowers at HK's Ocean Park. We finally got to eat the Chinese Food we'v [View Full Entry]

By TinNiE
October 12th 2009

Another laid back town Asia » Philippines » Palawan » Coron

3 of the Seven Islands
a.k.a. Siete Pecados

I still remember how my Dad used to tell us how he hates riding small propeller passenger planes and I wasn’t expecting that I was gonna ride one today. I could hear the engine roaring outside during the entire flight and the plane making a clumsy stomp when we finally landed at the Busuanga Airport. The flight wasn’t too bad, thanks to the good weather, but I’d still rather ride the Airbus! Our tour guide Ate Cristy and Kuya Joseph (our driver) picked us up at the airport. It’s about 45 minutes ride from the Busuanga Airport to Coron town proper [View Full Entry]

By TinNiE
September 30th 2009

Caught blindsided by a storm (Tropical Storm Ondoy/Ketsana) Asia » Philippines » Luzon » Metro Manila » Pasig City

... and it starts

We were just having a great time singing Karaoke last Friday. A few of my colleagues and I were celebrating the third year since we all met at the programming boot camp, and I was also anticipating the arrival of my baby nephew from the province the next day. It was a rainy week but I was oblivious of any storm coming. My older brother w/ his family, an aunt w/ my little cousin, and another cousin w/ her family arrived on a plane on Saturday morning telling us about a pretty bad turbulence and swore that they felt their plane [View Full Entry]

By TinNiE
September 20th 2009

Reef Retreat Asia » Philippines » Boracay

Beach Chairs
... just chillin'

It has been a lovely extended weekend for me and a couple of my co-workers, snorkeling, island hopping, skim boarding, drinking cocktails, eating lots of food and simply just enjoying the cold evening breeze by the shore. This was the best time to once again take the much needed break from work. I was actually here almost at the same time last year. We were originally to arrive at Caticlan Airport which would have saved us so much time but the airport was temporary closed and all the flights were re-routed to Kalibo. It was due to an accident that happened [View Full Entry]

By TinNiE
August 24th 2009

Part III: Lost ... Asia » Singapore » Chinatown

Shophouses
Chinatown

It was warm and humid just like the previous days…I reluctantly got up from bed, took a bath, and sluggishly ate my breakfast. Though I woke up feeling a little bit down, I definitely don’t want to spend my last day moping around. I spent most of the morning lounging at the reception area, thinking of which places I could still manage to visit before my flight later in the evening. I was awakened a few times during the night ... or maybe dawn … by noises of roommates packing and people chatting at the reception area, but the place was [View Full Entry]

By TinNiE
August 22nd 2009

Part II: The best way to see Singapore is on a motorbike Asia » Singapore

Decors for Ramadan

I was supposed to meet Keith yesterday after office hours but I got myself into the Night Safari tour which ended up late so we had to postpone it for today. It was unexpectedly still quiet in the hostel at 7:00 in the morning so I was able to enjoy a 30-minute shower. I went to stroll around to see the neighborhood and to try to look for a place where I can eat rice because I haven't had any since I arrived (it's a sort of an addiction). Unfortunately I wasn't able to because I forgot to bring money! So [View Full Entry]

By TinNiE
August 21st 2009

Part I: Here I go... Asia » Singapore » Kampong Glam

Welcome to Singapore
I wasn't supposed to take photos and was asked to delete the ones I've taken, but I got to keep this one :)

Pre-Travel Blues This might become one of "many" future solo trips or this might turn out to be an experience that will make me forget about the idea of traveling alone. I’ve been trying to motivate myself in the past days to make myself an itinerary or plan a more organized trip … in vain. I had been feeling too down to even want to do anything and I even thought of just cancelling the trip. The past days have not been great but aside from personal stuff going on, this usually happens days prior to a trip. It’s the time [View Full Entry]

By TinNiE
June 13th 2009

A Series of Unfriendly Encounters Asia » Philippines » Camarines Sur » Naga City » Pili

Trailer House

We arrived at CAMSUR Water Sports Complex (CWC) at around 8:00 in the evening. It is located at the Provincial Capitol Complex at Pili Camarines Sur; more or less 30 minutes drive from Naga City. It is a water sports park designed for wakeboarding, wake skating and waterskiing. We were so excited about this! Mark’s Tita(Aunt) Racquel made the arrangements prior to our arrival so we went straight to the reception area to get our key. The receptionists then told us that their records show that we were already in [View Full Entry]

By TinNiE
June 12th 2009

Sleepy Little City of Legaspi Asia » Philippines » Albay » Legaspi City

Mt. Mayon (our view from the plane)
Legaspi, Albay

Happy Independence Day! The Philippines still got a long long way to go to know the real meaning of nationalism. Don’t worry, I won’t be writing anything about my frustrations and all that, I just wanted to say that I’m proud to be a Filipino anyway … always will be. And besides, the public holiday gave us this long weekend which we intend to spend away from the chaotic city living & the H1N1 scare! We boarded the Legaspi bound plane at 6:00 in the Morning; Ger, Ren, Mark and I will be the first ones to arrive in Legaspi and [View Full Entry]

By TinNiE
May 2nd 2009

Mountaineer Wannabe Asia » Philippines » Tarlac Province

Pinatubo's Fury
The 1991 eruption

In our search for something exciting to do during the long weekend, we ended signing up for a trek to Mt. Pinatubo. It’s this time again that I had to wake up very early (1.30 A.M. for this one) and do the 10 stages of getting out of the bed. Stage 1 to 9 - the clock alarms and I snooze for 5 more minutes Stage 10 - the clock alarms for the 10th time and finally, I got up. The group met up at one of those McDonalds branches and left Metro Manila at around 4 A.M. We arrived at [View Full Entry]

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