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Created by Eugene Villar.
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My first thought was, “Ok this is not coming out. I will not tell anyone, except Glen who showed me the site.” Putting up a travel NGO does put automatic pressure on you…
BUT after a couple of [...]

… Belongs not just to lovers, but insomniacs and people who were disconnected from the internet for 2 weeks. Partly because their service provider did not activate their line  immediately even when there were no technical problems. Simply put, they just said, “Sorry ma’am, it’s just delayed.” Oh wow.
Thanks, 10, 000 maniacs for that song.
And [...]

 You have 2 options depending on where you are in the Philippines.
 
If you are in the city (I’m talking Manila, Cebu, highly-urbanized areas), this is what you do:
1. Wash the wound with soap and water. General advice is to make it bleed.
Really bleed.
2. Go to the doctor and get an anti-rabies shot. My mom said [...]

Haha. Never.
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My mom has been telling me to write about that trip I took less than a year ago. I always said I will, and I did (it started here)  but not exactly on the details. It was more of a caught-in-the-moment-I-just-need-to-write-about-how-this-feels kind of things.
As a tribute to that amazing journey and to have km0 gain [...]

Jack Sparrow: You know, for all that pirates are clever-called, we are an unimaginative lot when it comes to naming things.
Gibbs: Like?
Jack Sparrow: I once sailed with a geezer lost both his arms and part of his eye.
Gibbs: What did you call him?
Jack Sparrow: [pause] Larry.
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That dialogue from Pirates of the Caribbean came to [...]