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Dominican Hill, Baguio

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In November when the days are short and the night seems endless, stories of hauntings and ghostly apparitions are the popular stories among the circles of conversation. Baguio City would top the list of featured most haunted places. It was February when with three other friends I visited Baguio to witness its annual flower festival - the Penagbenga. The coldest time in Baguio often falls on this month. The city of pines - as it is often called because of its tall old pine trees, seems to be blanketed in eternal fog and gloomy semi-darkness caused by the overcast sky. This just made the city on the mountain a perfect setting for good Halloween stories like of those from classic Hollywood horror films which I love watching as I slouch lazily on the sofa. This was our first time seeing the colorful floats of Penagbenga. We just love the company of one another; we were all exuberant. We planned to visit as many popular places in Baguio as the time permitted - since we were al
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A Day in the Museum (Art in Island Adventure)

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I have been seeing pictures and the place Art in Island has been so famous lately.  I can't believe my eyes the first time I saw a shot taken from this place, though I know 3D Museum has been around for quite sometime now, however I was not aware that we have one here in the Philippines. Art in island is a 3D art museum in the Philippines and the largest of its kind in Asia. It is located on 175 15th Ave., Brgy. Socorro, Cubao, Quezon City Imagine my euphoria knowing that I didn't need to travel to Korea and spend tons of money just to experience a similar place called   Trick Eye Museum (트릭아이미술관) .  Art In Island is open from Tuesdays to Sundays, 9:30am to 9:30pm and close on Mondays but open on holidays. . Upon knowing this, I contacted my friends and asked them over to check this awesome place. My friends and I would come from different places in Manila. One would come from Pasig and the other one from Marikina - I'm currently staying near Kati
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Train of thoughts....

Flickering light, rattling rusty steel bars, gust of wind dark as night, smell of hell, suffocating sight, I know i'm just on a Jeepney running fast.
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Sonnet - to a Mother

Sonnet to a Mother Sweet-scented robes that fold Wrapped your snow white sole, no woman will surpass the beauty you hold; Your eyes behold by every man. Children adore you with May flowers that filled the air with fragrance Nor Venus, her beauty nor Athena's wisdom can exceed your puissance In your womb the Redeemer without sins Mother of the sacrificial sheep Who shed blood for our sins When my angel summoned me to the dead please, Mother, stay and pray beside my bed
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A Mystery for me

Leaning on the car glass window that separated us from the smoke of Marikina City's traffic, I stared at a familiar building... A while ago I was playing in Marikina Sports Center. Just across the road is the E. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital. Twenty-three years ago, as my mom told me on one of our bedtime stories, at this same date and that same hospital she (my mom)- with my father was one of that hospital patients. My mother was giving birth to her firstborn son. After a day of laboring, I was born... Who could tell that after 23 long years that fragile, little and weak baby will come back and will play in the sports center just across the hospital where he had his first gasp of air??
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Why do I love teaching English?

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           Teaching English is a booming business. Many English Academies sprung up in the many parts of the archipelago. No wonder many are attracted to this promising career – thought our teachers in school tell us that no one gets rich in teaching. My friend who is a nurse told me that, if she had known that English teacher will be in demand, she would have taken education, not nursing.            Skyrocketing unemployment rate in the Philippines urges some to try this job even though, teaching is not really their profession, e.g. Nurses, Engineers, Tourism, etc. Maybe for some, teaching English and being an English teacher is a good chance to earn a decent salary.            I have been teaching English for over two years now and I can say that I love my work. It’s not the alluring income plus the bonus of meeting foreigners that keep me in this kind of job. Although I must admit that I need money but it never becomes my ONLY motivation to stay. Ever since, I
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My First Stage Performance with Mom

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With my Pre-school classmates singing our recognition song One day I checked my facebook - as I do daily, for updates. My attention was caught by this picture tagged by my former classmate in elementary. After all these years, we have still connected to each other; thanks to Facebook. I realized how fast time rushes in. This is our recognition picture in Kindergarten. We were singing our recognition song here with our Teacher as the conductor. I couldn't remember everything but I'm sure this moment is full of excitement and wonder; Excitement for the next school year in another school and wonder for what could be waiting for us there. I 'm an honor student (My Mom is proud of that ^^ ) so our teacher asked me to deliver a poem on our recognition day. I couldn't remember myself saying "YES" to my teacher. My mom did. But I did the task anyway. Of course, my ever-helpful "mama" helped me memorized the three-stanza poem - five lin
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