Mom's Sixtieth

My mom just turned 60 last week, but she acts like she's 16 now. Several weeks ago before her birthday, when she told me that she would have a grandiose Hawaiian-themed birthday celebration, I couldn't help but laugh at the idea. But I realized she was serious as I learned that everything--- from the venue to the catering--- was already booked. Hala, she was really doing it.

Happy Mothers Day!

This one's for all the moms who drop by here :) I honor all mothers for being awesome in every way, for being understanding, supportive, and everything to their children. :)

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

RareJob and the Japanese

Just in case there's a need for readers to know (oo like that, haha), I have been working as a home-based English tutor for a company called RareJob for 6 months now. I'm a registered nurse. But unfortunately, nurses aren't well-compensated in the Philippines, so I chose the better light of working for a company that provides triple a nurse's salary. Besides, I love teaching English and just anything I know of (like ninja arts); so working flexibly with something I enjoy doing actually pays off. And just last Sunday, I finally got to meet the ever famous CEO of that company I work for, Mr. Tomohisa Kato.

WWH | Pinatubo & LOTR

From now on, any WWH acronym here means World Without Hate. Or Watta Watta Heck. Or Wild Wild Hwest??? Lol NO. Here, it means What, Where, How. I'm kind of pushing this blog a little further. Stretching it a little wider. I simply want to share and inform and educate like Einstein, E=mc(squared) level about what a place is about, where it is, and how to go there. Chaks! I'm an aspiring travel guide here! :P And I think I missed to mention something about my Pinatubo post before this: Lord of the Rings. So read on :P

Trekking Mt. Pinatubo

It was 4.00am. Jenty and I had to wake up early again. We needed to get into a couple of rides up to the registration area at Capas, Tarlac. After a bus and a tricycle ride, we reached Barangay Sta. Juliana. At 6.30am, we met our driver and our trek guide, registered, then hopped into a 4x4 and drove past the other trekkers on standby. Good thing we made a reservation for the day trek weeks ahead. The place was swarmed by both foreigners and locals alike: everyone thrilled to see the volcano that almost swallowed up Philippines a decade back. We were headed to Mt. Pinatubo.

The Hunger Games | And Me

This movie could have actually gone finer if some other elements were melded nicely in it, and if some scenes were shot still for at least---say 1 minute---and not like an almost never-ending carousel. Nonetheless, I still really liked the movie overall probably because Jennifer Lawrence was so pretty she's the pitch-perfect resemblance of the trilogy's Katniss Everdeen. No spoilers onward.