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May 2014 ~ Man With The Strawhat
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Man With The Strawhat. Travel Enthusiast Photography Hobbyist Rookie [Travel] Blogger. MANILA Visita Iglesia 2014: In Search of the Lost Soul. Posted by Jo Mari Valeriano. Posted on Thursday, May 29, 2014. Holy Week had passed. It was the quiet-ish one-week event in the country. The observance of Mahal Na Araw. Rooted thousands of years ago way before the Spaniards ruled our archipelago for 333 grueling years. So where did my faith go? Like the moon we borrow our light. So if you let me I will catch fire.
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BALER | Through Muddy and Rocky Rainforest to Ditumabo Falls ~ Man With The Strawhat
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Man With The Strawhat. Travel Enthusiast Photography Hobbyist Rookie [Travel] Blogger. BALER Through Muddy and Rocky Rainforest to Ditumabo Falls. Posted by Jo Mari Valeriano. Posted on Sunday, January 06, 2013. It was a tough start for year twenty-thirteen. It even got tougher when we decided to take a long stride to reach Ditumabo Falls. Had our service continued to receive all bumps and humps on the road, we would had reached our pit stop. Ladly that we chose to walk as the experience felt far better.
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POSTSCRIPT | A Glimpsed of the Iconic C.N Tower ~ Man With The Strawhat
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Man With The Strawhat. Travel Enthusiast Photography Hobbyist Rookie [Travel] Blogger. POSTSCRIPT A Glimpsed of the Iconic C.N Tower. Posted by Jo Mari Valeriano. Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2013. Walking around the city was worthy enough since every single day is vital for this sweet Toronto escape. This was just a glimpsed of the tower; but yeah, I made it through freezing temperature [and] by feet, and I couldn't asked for more, for now. Elal Jane Lasola The Shades of Grey. March 6, 2013 at 9:38 PM.
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TORONTO | La Tour CN Tower & A Posh Dinner at the 360° Restaurant ~ Man With The Strawhat
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Man With The Strawhat. Travel Enthusiast Photography Hobbyist Rookie [Travel] Blogger. TORONTO La Tour CN Tower and A Posh Dinner at the 360° Restaurant. Posted by Jo Mari Valeriano. Posted on Saturday, June 14, 2014. It was my first Friday night in Toronto and there was no other way to celebrate it other than having a fine dinner in one of the luxurious restaurants in Downtown Toronto. It was actually a Welcome-to-Toronto. Dinner treat by my two Canadian friends. During my first day high in the city.
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February 2013 ~ Man With The Strawhat
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Man With The Strawhat. Travel Enthusiast Photography Hobbyist Rookie [Travel] Blogger. CAPTION THIS The Different Side of Makati. Posted by Jo Mari Valeriano. Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2013. Caracol Festival is new to me. I do not even have the slightest idea that a simple and attractive festival like this exist in the district. Good thing, Lakad Pilipinas. Invited me in to join him shoot that day together with The Shades of Grey. Who would have thought that it was going to be colorful and fun?
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BALER | Maria Aurora's 600-year-old Balete Tree ~ Man With The Strawhat
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Man With The Strawhat. Travel Enthusiast Photography Hobbyist Rookie [Travel] Blogger. BALER Maria Aurora's 600-year-old Balete Tree. Posted by Jo Mari Valeriano. Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2013. It is astonishing to learn a certain folklore of a place especially if we're talking about decades, milleniums or centuries of. Histories. Just like in Baler, where Maria Aurora's 600-year-old Balete tree is standing strong and still on its roots. And so I went inside, thanks to Christian of Lakad Pilipinas.
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ON BOARD | The 16-hour Flight from Manila to Toronto ~ Man With The Strawhat
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Man With The Strawhat. Travel Enthusiast Photography Hobbyist Rookie [Travel] Blogger. ON BOARD The 16-hour Flight from Manila to Toronto. Posted by Jo Mari Valeriano. Posted on Monday, March 04, 2013. The biggest day of my existence arrived with joy and excitement. It would be temporary, for now, but still I would consider it as one of my greatest achievements. It may came too soon and ahead of what I have imagined but His plans are way better than mine. Philippine Airlines' direct flights to Toronto st...
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ZAMBALES | Exploration of Camara, Capones Grande Island & The Lighthouse ~ Man With The Strawhat
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Man With The Strawhat. Travel Enthusiast Photography Hobbyist Rookie [Travel] Blogger. ZAMBALES Exploration of Camara, Capones Grande Island and The Lighthouse. Posted by Jo Mari Valeriano. Posted on Monday, May 12, 2014. It was a sunny Saturday morning when I and few members of The Road Trippers. After a long and butt-warming five hours of travel, we hopped off at the town proper of San Antonio, Zambales. We immediately had our lunch at a nearby carinderia. Eatery, just behind the Munisipyo. It only too...
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Tried and Tested: October 2014
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Saturday, October 11, 2014. Lately, all I have been talking about are:. A How I struggle with sadness. B How homesick I am. C How I spend my lonesome weekends watching movies (today I had three since I woke up at 9 am). D How hard it is to be alone. I have been meaning to post a week-before birthday blog to vent out my frustrations and how hard it is to be alone in another country with the shit going on around me lately, but I decided why not talk about something that makes me happy for a change. It's st...
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Tried and Tested: December 2014
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Sunday, December 21, 2014. These thoughts came to me around 3.30 this morning. I am not sure why and how, but I had the urge to. Write about them instantly. But I didn't because sleepiness took over and I thought that maybe if I don't remember it when I wake up, it's probably not worth blabbing about. But I still remembered. I am talking about my feelings for Gone Girl. Not the book, but the movie directed by one of my. Last week of November, when they announced that they are finally showing an 'Internat...
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