Ilocos Escapades: St. Agustine Church

After Vigan City, the next stop on our Ilocos trip was Paoay, Ilocos Norte. Truth be told, I'm kinda looking forward to this part of the trip because of this particular church, I have seen pictures of this church from friends who have visited the place and when I am doing some research while planning our trip. Being a sucker for old churches, (ICYMI, I think I mentioned about my fascination for such structures a few times or so in this blog and on my other social media accounts) I made sure we get to stop by this lovely church.

Ilocos Escapades: VIGAN CITY

Time spent away from any screen of sorts is time spent wisely. Trust me. Because that's the time when you become more alive. So during the holidays, I decided to give my loved one the best gift I can think of, that is being present. I believe that time can be one of the most precious gift one can give because it is something you can never get back.

Okay, now, I'm not quite sure if that intro has anything to do with today's post. Well, I'm hoping it would somehow make sense. Today, I will be writing about our trip to Ilocos last month. I don't want to dump everything in one post so I decided to make this a travel series (or sort of like that).

Our Lady of Caysasay Shrine x Taal Basilica

These days, I try to keep myself busy to take my mind off the upcoming release of the bar results. But sometimes though, its not that easy because no matter how busy I get, it always come to a point in the day that it still crosses my mind.

One weekend, we went for a quick drive to the town of Taal in Batangas. I cannot believe that I haven't been here before considering that my mom is from Batangas and Taal is just an hour away from her hometown. I love the old Spanish- style feels of this town. It's nice that they were able to maintain and renovate the old buildings and structures as this town had been so much part of our country's history.

Summer Love

Summer has always been my favorite time of the year. Now I'm re- thinking about that. NOT. I still love it despite people complaining about how hot it is. I just hate that B is 175.45kms away from me. Well, I have to give it to him, our summer break is the only time he gets to be with his family. While I... I have to stay here and take summer classes. It's his birthday last week and I thought why not take that 6- hour bus ride to San Carlos and be with him, right?:) Yes, of course I did that.

#PrayForThePhilippines

Hi dear readers. Currently our country is in its worst state. Torrential rains have caused flooding in most parts of Metro Manila. It has been weeks already since I last saw Mr. Sun. Classes and work have been suspended due to the non stop rains. This was not the first time the country experienced something like this. Many see it as a deja vu of what happened when Typhoon Ondoy hit the country a few years back. And that's the scary part. A lot of people lost their homes and loved ones then. No, we do not want a repetition of what happened that year.

From where a friend of mine is.

Traffic was already crazy last night. Some of my friends were stuck on the road and in their offices last night and some have flood waters into their homes already. Luckily, we are safe here at my place. Rescue operations have been on going and several agencies are now accepting donations for those in in need.

If it isn't too much may ask a little portion of your precious time for you to say a little prayer for the Philippines. We pray that the rains and the flooding would stop.

Oh and here are some important numbers just in case you know of someone who needs them.

Thanks a bunch!