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Sunday 9 February 2014

Fab Febuary

February 09, 2014 1
Fab Febuary

Hello guys! I can't believe how fast January flew by. We're actually (almost) done with February. Well technically not but this month will just pass us by I know it already. Anyways.

February is my birth month and I'm turning 22 whether I like it or not. Most of the teenagers would love being at my age but I would actually love to be a teenager again. I just think I'm not quite ready yet. 22 seems to be like a big number when it comes to achieving things but I'm just not sure whether I have achieved anything big yet. Wow this post is turning to be a self assessment post huh? But yeah I'm quite proud to have achieved something at least. First I have graduated college, passed the board examination and then I got a job. Well that seems to be a good start. I think.

It's also love month and I can't help but get annoyed by  single people on the internet. I can't understand the need of posting that I would be alone and lonely because I would be single this Valentine's. People! You have to set your priorities in life! So unless you're already way too successful in life, or already did the rest of the things on your list, I don't think you deserve someone just because it's Valentine's. You go whine after it okay? That's gonna be less annoying I think. Annoying nonetheless.

Anyways the reason I haven't been blogging is because I want to make my 600th post something special. I mean this is kind of special for my standard. LOL. But you know, I have Flappy Bird for posting so yeah. This is already kinda special.

I want to thank everyone for being my blog friends. Oh also! My blog turned 2 already last month I think. Well you know! I should formally celebrate it for the years to come. And maybe do a small give away and stuff. Wow that sounds exciting thinking about it. 

Anyways I hope you guys are having fun! I hope you're not gonna whine about your Valentine's Day and stuff . Have a good day!

The Navarro vs. Cornejo Issue

February 09, 2014 0
The Navarro vs. Cornejo Issue

Hola! I just want to touch on a topic that I somehow don't give an eff about. But I'm still gonna talk about it because for some reason, the reaction of the majority pisses me off.

If you don't know what the issue is, let me just refresh your memory or maybe inform you whatever applies. Okay so Vhong Navarro was beaten up after allegedly tried to rape someone named Deniece Cornejo. Vhong's fans obviously are trying to defend their hero whilst there are others who are somehow neutral about it. Well I'm not sure whether there are actually people on the girl's side but whatever. 

I was only able to watch news recently and I can't really stand it as much as I want to. It's just everywhere! I mean I definitely can take an update of the news one or twice a day but the fact that it is featured segment after segment after segment everyday makes me want to turn off the TV which I did at some point thank you very much. And that's not actually what pisses me off. 

I'm happy to say that I don't really care about who's saying the "truth" as of the moment because with two versions of the event, are you kidding me? I mean, I don't know who's saying the real truth don't I? Even if I believe one of the versions, I might just get disappointed so I won't.So just give me a break and I'll leave it alone. You better do too actually. 

Netizens are kind of wild I understand and some people are saying that this event masks the real problem of the society which I agree on because why are people more interested in this than the whole Napoles thing? Well I'm actually sick of that too but good thing is I would never be on Napoles' side. I say she's less convincing than this girl Deniece. Anyways.

On to what pisses me. I SO HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE ARE JUDGING HER BY WAY SHE LOOKS. I am actually trying to avoid this issue as much as possible. I didn't even read a full article regarding this one and the only place I stumble upon the issue is Facebook. Recently, the video where Deniece appeared on a show called Wowowee went viral. I must admit she looked different there but I don't care. You know it annoys me that some people are saying things like "DI NAMAN PALA TALAGA MAGANDA E." or "PANGIT NIYA PALA E." And I'd be like, wow ha! As if. Si Daniel Matsunaga ba siya at kailangan super ganda yung girl? Get it? I don't why people are judging her that way. It won't solve anything if you figured out she had this and that done. I don't know if your irrelevant information can bring us closer to the truth. Do you think she would withdraw her claims because she's "ashamed" of the way she looked before? NO. Sorry. Is it okay to think that someone's gonna be cleared off a rape accuse because the girl is not that pretty? Not to say that Vhong is a rapist but the way people think makes me think that that's what people think. 

You know what I think? I think there's so much hate going on. It's a bias hate actually because for some reason, I think people are just jealous of her. That's what I think. So yeah I hope people would just stop at some point and move on with their lives. 

Anyway that's about it. I don't want to appear insensitive but this is just how I see this issue. I feel sorry for what happened to Vhong and hopefully it wouldn't happen to anyone else. Whoever is saying the truth deserve justice. That's all.

Saturday 1 February 2014

The Falls in Our Stars | Tanay Falls

February 01, 2014 2
The Falls in Our Stars | Tanay Falls

Hello guys! I've been meaning to blog this for a while but just looking at the pictures make me lazy because there's just too much to share! Anyway, one fine Sunday, my cousin and I went to Tanay Rizal because I heard my co-workers talk about the place so yeah I was curious, told my cousin about it, and went. 


Don't call us greedy though! We tried to invite friends but they weren't up for it. Anyways. This blog would be mostly pictures of the wonderful nature and stuff so enjoy! But I would still make kwento of course. Bummer, right? LOL. So we left at like 6 ish and arrived there probably a little past 8:30 and yeah it was a long long long time of commuting but it was worth it! Like, if I could, I would go back and spent another day there. So when we arrived at our destination, this happened. 

just hangin' out
cousin 

We were like so amazed by the clear water that runs thru this whatever and yeah we took quite a lot of pictures there for some reason. I actually thought that this would be where the falls would be at and stuff but yeah clearly wrong. We were also amazed by the rock balancing thing they have going on. 

to the falls!
beautiful
So yeah there are quite a lot of spots there like that of above. Although stunning, not good enough to swim so we just took photos of that and moved on. 

DARANAK FALLS
So nice! I actually searched for online reviews from blogs and stuff so I had enough dosage of pictures but seeing it in person is just different. It doesn't look any different but you know, pictures cannot give justice to the actual falls itself I think.


The life guard was so nice to take quite a lot of pictures of my cousin and I and so yeah I find that the loneliest thing about travelling alone or like with just someone is that it's gonna be hard to like take pictures and stuff so yeah. Actually that's the only problem. 


We actually went to two different falls. The pictures above are from Daranak Falls and below would be pictures from Batlag Falls. I don't know but I found too many blogs that say that they only charge 10 pesos for Batlag but we were charged 100 pesos each. I don't know when that change took place but yeah as of this writing, it's 100 bucks per person. But no regrets!! It was worth every peso. So yeah we had to walk quite a long way to get to the other falls. 

scary
cousin waiting for me (apparently)
Batlag Falls

The difference between these two falls is that Batlag seems to be more private than Daranak. I was kind of against the idea of it before we payed the fee because I was thinking that this shouldn't be like being payed for because it was somehow nature's gift and stuff and that we should be enjoying this for free but yeah whatever. It was actually nice and the fee kind of really made it private which means we shared the water with lesser people and stuff so yeah I think we were able to maximize the place at least.


Can I just share that the water was super cold! Almost ice cold. The tri-bike guy actually told us beforehand that the water would be cold and that the reason that this place is only crowded during the summer (March - June) is that the water is cold during the time we visited so yeah but there were still a good number of people in. Anyways.

I like this shot
just keep swimming
We also encountered some good souls in Batlag and thank goodness took pictures of us and stuff and yeah though there's a story I am still thinking whether to share, it's overall a good experience in this falls. 


As for the swimming experience, besides the cold water, I think what makes swimming not ideal is the rocky floor and if you're not careful, you might get sliced open. I had some cuts but yeah nothing too major. 

picture!

Also quite difference is that you can't actually sit like this on Daranak because the water is deeper where the falls are in Daranak and in Batlag, there's this rock where you can sit on and stuff. So yeah. 

another picture of us yay

When we went back to Daranak, there were a lot of people already. We actually just returned to say thanks to the life guard who watched over our bags. Well the story is that you can't actually just place your bags anywhere but at some selected spots but he said that since there's only two of us, he would allow us and just look after it. 


So yeah I recomment you guys visit this place and just have fun. It's a nice place to celebrate nature and have a little swim and yeah it was such a memorable experience and I can't wait to be back! Will definitely revisit.