Boarding House @ Kalibo

Looking for a boarding house in Kalibo?  Try it out here:

We just started working on it but eventually it will have 3 rooms with 2 double decks per room so 4 pax in a room for bedspacer but if you want the whole room for you and your friend that is also possible. 

Bathroom, comfort room and kitchen will be shared by all.  Bathroom/Comfort room is tiled and the place is secured. 

Location is accessible to market, big schools, hospital, and bus terminal.

If interested can always text/call me @ 0922-860-6763.

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Maasin it is

it is my last day here in Maasin City, Southern Leyte and as if to lengthen the day, i woke up quite early @ 4:15am.  had my power calamanci drink then stayed a while at my favorite part of the Edmund Rice Brothers convent, the back terrace.  i love watching the dawn breaks into the day and the silhouette of the hills is simply amazing. yes, i fell in love with Maasin City and i know i will be coming back ;))

i came across this beautiful piece from David Whyte and from the wonderful Maasin City i'm sharing it here:

Sweet Darkness

When your eyes are tired
the world is tired also.

When your vision has gone
no part of the world can find you.

Time to go into the dark
where the night has eyes
to recognize its own.

There you can be sure
you are not beyond love.

The dark will be your womb tonight.

The night will give you a horizon
further than you can see.

You must learn one thing:
the world was made to be free in.

Give up all the other worlds
except the one to which you belong.

Sometimes it takes darkness

and the sweet confinement

of your aloneness to learn

anything or anyone

that does not bring you alive

is too small for you.

BE TRULY RICH

Changes in melife

i had a pondering morning over breakfast today about the recent changes in me and then i read about this article on change. the law of attraction is really like this. what you think, you bumped into it the next moment, one way or the other. below is just an excerpt from the article of which the link is provided above. i just feel very deeply sorry that my lpp is not taking it lightly and is going through rough times anticipating what's ahead. if there's one wish i have today, that would be a gift of acceptance and of loving what is that would enveloped her soul and come out victorious and radiant.

As Friedrich Nietzsche said, “You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.”

Chaos Theory is closely related to the Butterfly Effect. Change is powerful and not nearly as random as it often appears. Making one, small change such as changing your routine, smiling at a stranger or crossing the street to talk to a neighbor, can lead to incredible transformation. Chaos Theory reminds us of our power to co create the future through mindful participation in change.

This excerpt from the novel The Shack by W P Young describes the beautiful chaos of a garden. A fractal is a part that appears to break off from the whole, but retains the form of the whole and the potential to become whole again.

It was chaos in color. His eyes tried unsuccessfully to find some order in this blatant disregard for certainty. Dazzling sprays of flowers were blasted through patches of randomly planted vegetables and herbs, vegetation the likes of which Mack had never seen. It was confusing, stunning, and incredibly beautiful.”

“From above it’s a fractal…” Sarayu said over her shoulder.

Every step he [Mack] took changed whatever patterns he for an instant thought he had seen, and nothing was like it had been.

“A fractal…something considered simple and orderly that is actually composed of repeated patterns no matter how magnified. A fractal is almost infinitely complex. I love fractals, so I put them everywhere.”

“Looks like a mess to me,” said Mack.

“That IS exactly what this is—a mess. “But,” she looked back at Mack and beamed, “it’s still a fractal, too.

Fractals remind us that if you step back from what appears to be chaos, and take a higher or wider view of a situation, you see beauty and order that was hard to detect when you were close up. Change invites this high and wide perspective. As hard as it is, learn to stay open and awake in the middle of change because incredible new doors are opening for you. Change always comes bearing gifts of new possibilities.

As the artist Cezanne said, “We live in a rainbow of chaos.” Enjoy the color, variety and gifts that change brings to your life.

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Get Naked

Post Valentine and i just came across this article early morning @ joyplace. Talk about love and for couples living together married or not, sex issue is for sure part of discovering each other and growing together. Be inspired while reading through it, taken or not taken. ;)) Happy Heart's Day every day!ü

Are you looking for more excitement in your love life, without blame and judgment?

Sex is more than an act, even an act that is enjoyable and exciting. Sex is a journey into the heart of mystery. Sex with a loving partner is beautiful; both sex that is soft and soulful, and sex that is hot and heavy. Your body, all of it, is a doorway to sensual spirituality. Sex gets you beyond your habitual mind and your small self and gives you an experience of ecstasy, a reminder that you are part of something that is greater than you and yet it’s still deeply present in you and experienced through your bodily humanity.

Before you seduce your partner, seduce yourself. Flirt with the part of you that is still inhibited. Get naked with your own desires and fears so that you know what makes you tick and what ticks you off. Then share it with your partner. Get intimate with the full significance and total experience of sexuality. In the words of Marianne Williamson, “make love an art, and make love like artists.”

Sensuality connects you with the evolution of life itself; fireflies pulse, houseflies flap, moths musk, fish dance, frogs croon, birds plume, mammals strut and preen. We people aren’t much different. We whisper sweet, sensual nothings, raise inviting eyebrows, smile suggestive smiles, bat mysterious eyelids, and flirt with playful flair. Flirting is an evolutionary instinct. It’s one of the ways you hint at the possibility of new life. In other words, sexuality is a reminder that you are part of everything and its all pointing beyond itself to the miracle of evolving life.

The world needs more sex. We all need more sex. But not just any sex. We don’t need more performance based sex. Sexuality that says you must be firmer, longer, larger, longer lasting, and more body perfect, might sell products but it doesn’t lead to a more fulfilling sex life. The media’s surreal parade of perfect bodies and skin-deep liaisons often encourages sexuality that is guilt ridden and competitive. We don’t need competition. We need sexuality that embodies the deepest human longing for connection; with self, with others and with all that is.

Let’s face it. For most of us, there is an element of ego that creeps into sex- the need to perform, the craving to be affirmed, and the impossible fantasies. When ego takes over, sex can become counter-productive, a spiral of self-limiting thoughts and scarcity. Remind yourself that sex is not the search for something that is missing. Sex is the expression of something that has already been found and is now being lived! It’s not so much that you’ve fallen in love. It’s more that love has found you, taken you by the scruff of the heart and left you giddy with the miracle of being alive. Taking ego out of sex is not about taking yourself out of sex. If you see yourself with acceptance and truly understand your connection to your lover, you will fall in love and never stop falling. You will put yourself into sex more fully, but the self you put in will be the largest version of you, a self more spacious with a capacity larger and longer lasting than any pill could offer.

Rid yourself of the shadow side of sexuality; repressed, needy, detached or abusive sexuality that only leads to suffering. Rid your mind of any negative thoughts about your body, and sexuality and the need to prove anything.

The Baal Shem Tov, a great Jewish master, once said,

When you get these bad thoughts, what’s bad about them is the garments that they’re in. If you take off the bad garments, you see the holy sparks behind them. And these are the ones that glitter in God’s crown.

In sexual encounters, before taking off your clothes, try stripping away the garments of negative thoughts; unrealistic expectations and guilt, self-limiting beliefs and competitive thoughts. Seek sexuality that is more than skin deep, whether alone or with your partner. Embrace your body beyond the surface. Hold each other in divine embrace and all separation will melt away. Your sexuality connects you with lovers in all times and places. Your sexuality connects you with the source of love itself.

David Deida is an American author who writes and leads seminars about sexuality and spirituality. This quote from Deida raises the bar on the essence of sex.

A good orgasm is satisfying, but a great orgasm can be a revelation of your deepest being, unfolding the truth of who you are in ecstatic communion with your lover.

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Batanes

sobra akong adik na mapuntahan ang Batanes at nakita ko pa itong article na 'to.  mas maraming rason kung bakit kailangan kong puntahan. ;)))

let's go!  must be there before 2012 ends.ü

http://trifter.com/asia-pacific/philippines/what-makes-batanes-unique-from-other-tourist-destinations/

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Words that Awaken

i am hit! bullseye! from my early readings for inspiration and before starting my day at work i came across this beautiful passage of which i would like to adapt for the next days to come. we all need this. and since i am known to be such a person who talks whatever comes to mind, i am reminded today to pause, ponder on the words before i let out of my mouth because agree or not....our words have really power. sabi nga "we are what we think" so i better think only 'good' thoughts and thus only speak words that uplift, inspire, awaken, and empower. let me live it!

Vietnamese Zen Teacher Thich Nhat Hahn offers this reminder:

“Aware of the suffering caused by unmindful speech . . . I vow to cultivate loving speech.

Knowing that words can create happiness or suffering . . . I vow to learn to speak truthfully, with words that inspire self-confidence, joy, and hope.

I am determined not to spread news that I do not know to be certain, and not to criticize or condemn things of which I am not sure.

I will refrain from uttering words that can cause division or discord, or that can cause the family or community to break.”

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came across this nice article on connections and the following paragraphs hit home:


There is reason for relationships (ALL relationships). It may seem like people come into your life randomly, but stay awake to the sacred synchronicity that EVERYONE arrives as a messenger as if from beyond to teach you something new about the nature of life and love.

Each friend (and acquaintance) represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

that's why i make it a habit to be grateful to each person who comes into my life and for those who have stayed, came and go, and just even met eye contact with.  i believe we are all inter-connected one way or another and there is always a reason for every little things that happen.  so for all my family, friends, relatives, acquaintances, colleagues, and every soul i have met and yet to meet, thank you. i live for the day that there is only love in my heart left for every one for that is what our true nature is...LOVE.  

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Dance with Me in this GREAT LIFE

One of the most beautiful poems i came across and re-minded me of today. Just perfect to share at this beginning of WONderful 2012. grateful for the 2011 that was and all its gifts it has given me. i am who i am now because of ALL THAT WAS, IS, and WILL BE forever and ever. Amen. 

Tell me a story of who you are, and see who I am in the stories I am living.
And together we will remember that each of us always has a choice.

Don’t tell me how wonderful things will be . . . some day.
Show me you can risk being completely at peace,
truly OK with the way things are right now in this moment,
and again in the next and the next and the next. . .

I have heard enough warrior stories of heroic daring.
Tell me how you crumble when you hit the wall,
the place you cannot go beyond by the strength of your own will.
What carries you to the other side of that wall,
to the fragile beauty of your own humanness?

Take me to the places on the earth that teach you how to dance,                                                               the places where you can risk letting the world break your heart.

And I will take you to the places where the earth beneath my feet                                                           and the stars overhead make my heart whole again and again.

Show me how you offer to your people and the world the stories and the songs you want our children’s children to remember, and I will show you how I struggle not to change the world, but to love it.

Sit beside me in long moments of shared solitude,                                                                          knowing both our absolute aloneness and our undeniable belonging. 

Dance with me in the silence and in the sound of small daily words,                                                           holding neither against me at the end of the day.

And when the sound of all the declarations of our sincerest intentions has died away on the wind,       dance with me in the infinite pause before the next great inhale of the breath that is breathing us all into being, not filling the emptiness from the outside or from within.

Don’t say, “Yes!” Just take my hand and dance with me. 

The Dance by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

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Foods to Lose Weight

Last week someone i know told me: "Reb, katambok na gid sa imo subong; indi ka man amo na dati." ;) And so i was reminded to mind my health and my lifestyle. I rarely eat breads unless it's made of wheat flour, i eat red rice, i try to avoid as much as meats and prefers veggies and fruits. I drink black coffee because i was told it's the right way to drink it; without any thing on it. I follow Bo Sanchez' morning power drink - that is slicing, squeezing 28 pieces and drinking pure calamanci juice. It has in deed done great wonders to me. It regulated my once or twice a year monthly period. So i intend to continue that. I walk whenever i can and i do sit-ups once in a while. And still........i never went down 60kilos! ;( Just this weekend i started with minimal or no-rice meals. Let's see if it will make any difference. And then this morning i came across this article:

Proper diet means eating the right portion of appropriate types of food on the proper time. Sounds complicated? I don’t think so. All you need to do is choose foods that are low in cholesterol and calories but high in vitamins and fiber, and eat reasonable portions in the right time. Combine this with exercise and you are on your way to a leaner you.

Here they are:  i listed it as my own.  Kung ano lang makit-an ko available sa merkado.ü

1. Avocado
2. Bananas
3. Black beans - i don't know what to do with this; how to cook ;(
4. Broccoli
5. Brown rice
6. Cheese
7. Dark chocolate
8. Eggs
9. Garbanzo beans
10. Grape fruit
11. Green tea - I have longevi-tea from Classique that contains 9 kinds so i'm ok with it ;)
12. Kidney beans
13. Low-fat milk - i only believe in fresh milk and the Magic powdered milk from Australia that contains no sugar ;)
14. Mushrooms
15. Oats
16. Olive oil
17. Oranges
18. Pears
19. Potatoes
20. Red bell pepper - pa'no kung green di counted? hehehe. i slice and crunch on green bell peppers sarap! ;)
21. Rice with veggies
22. Whole grains
23. Yoghurt

So again i will try to follow whatever i find in the market starting today and i'll see what good it'll do. Be healthy!

2-way street to Cebu

Are you planning to visit Cebu anytime soon?  I was there just last weekend and decided to try both ways via RORO (Roll-On-Roll-Off): that is via Toledo City and Dumaguete City to find out which way is better.  I will list down the fares and time difference for comparison:

ready to go. waiting for bus going to San Carlos City

via Toledo City, Cebu

• Ceres bus (aircon) from Bacolod City to San Carlos City via Don Salvador Benedicto (i was told by a friend this is the faster route than via Escalante City) = P140 [2hours and 10minutes)
• tricycle from San Carlos City bus terminal to RORO port = P50 (we were 3pax) [5minutes]
• fast craft vessel (chose this over RORO as the fare difference i was told is only P25 and this is faster for only an hour) = P200 [1hour]
• terminal fee = P20
• tricycle from Toledo City pier to bus terminal going to Cebu City = P50 (if you don't have any heavy luggage just walk to the terminal it's quite near i discovered late) [10minutes]
• bus from Toledo to Cebu City (non-aircon) P70 [2hours and 30minutes]
• upon arrival to bus terminal we took a taxi to our destination: barangay Banilad, Cebu City = P130 [30minutes]
• TOTAL = P660 [5hours and 55minutes]

Toledo City pier

via Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental

going back to Bacolod City via Dumaguete City

taxi from Banilad to bus terminal = P120 [30minutes]

Ceres bus from Cebu to Liloan Port, Santander onward to Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental (aircon) = P200 [3hours and 30minutes up to Liloan port] [30minutes to bus terminal in Duymaguete City]

RORO from Liloan port, Santander to Tampi port, San Jose, Negros Oriental = P70 [30minutes]

Ceres bus from Dumaguete City to Bacolod City (aircon) - P300 [6hours]

TOTAL : P690 [11hours]

Ceres bus coming from Liloan port to Tampi port

Dumaguete City view from Liloan port

So i therefore conclude that there is a price difference of P30 and 5 hours and 10minutes.  Going via San Carlos was such an easy way and i always love the scenery especially in Don Salvador Benedicto.  it's mostly mountains and sugarcane plantation and pine trees and i get to feel the Baguio like roads.  even mother earth liked it! ;)  the weather was even much cooler.  Kalorky lang ang RORO ride from San Carlos to Toledo.  Aside from smaller boat super init ang economy nila.  i will try their aircon room next time.  Another thing is walang Ceres bus sa Toledo only local bus and it was Cañoneo.  you choose between bus and a v-hire.  siguro next time try ko rin ang v-hire nila how fast it will be.  Hindi ko rin masyadong gusto ang view from Toledo to Cebu.;(

Via Dumaguete naman i liked it because they have Ceres bus which is aircon and marami ring local buses aircon and non-aircon.  i super loved the view kasi it was coastal and mountains on the other side so feeling ko nasa Antique lang ako where the mountains meet the sea ;).  May roads din sila na it felt like traveling to Boracay from Kalibo.ü  super ganda ng beaches all the way to Santander and super clean.  Ang saya din kasi dumaan ako uli ng Argao, Cebu after 12 years!  Namiss ko ang aking AMA volunteer year kasi doon kami nag overnight sa dagat nung magstaff outing kami.  We passed this Sumilon Blue Waters island near Santander and it was so enticing.  May reason for me to come back ;) 

Sumilon Blue Waters

The reason why i opted to pass by Dumaguete City is to show iloy around the city and discover the Bayawan, Negros Oriental way but sad to say when we arrive in the terminal i was told that there is no Bacolod City via Bayawan but only via Mabinay.  Ok na rin kasi di pa nakikita ni iloy ang way but then i have passed it many times already and it's really a long way home plus it's near evening already so iloy won't appreciate the beauty but we were there so just enjoyed it.  Napakahabang biyahe lang talaga.  All in all it took us 12 hours to reached home. But it was a great weekend getaway.  thanks to my sis Jingjing who accommodated us and showed us around.  Next post would be food trip and where we went around Cebu.ü

Affiliate Income

you might not believe it but last February 8, 2010 I joined Bo Sanchez' Truly Rich Membership Club (http://trulyrichclub.net/) for P2,700.  I was curious how to earn extra and at the same time wanted to know how money works for me.  After e-mailing my deposit slip, a week after i received a personally signed book from him.  Then on the days that followed I would get his daily e-mails with tips on how to grow your money and got very inspired with his e-book "My maid invests in the stock market and why you should too".  Apparently I need to be in Manila to do the same thing or come up with P25,000 first and then apply online so until that happens i'm still in the dreaming mode. ü

Anyway almost every week I would get mail telling me i have this much of affiliate income being a member of the club and didn't think much about it until one day i received this e-mail....

Isn't this amazing?  Out of the blue i received this amount as an affiliate and it came in in a moment that i badly needed extra money!  Goddess is so good in deed. ;)

Then surprise of all surprises, just last July 15th i received this e-mail:

Whoa! i nearly jump and shout for joy.  What i got is even higher compared to my salary. hahahaha.  And so i am motivated to share my story to you folks out there that indeed when you give something away much much more is coming back your way.ü  You can also join Bo's club and truly it will enrich you not just financially but more so spiritually.  Just follow the link i listed above.

claim all the blessings in the world we all deserve to enjoy!

best burger in Negros?

Last July 22, i was with my colleague, Francis, going to the airport to drop off our visitor, Dr. Mario Reyes, who gave a talk on early detection of visual impairments and i remember i read somewhere that there is a new burger junction in Silay City that serves all-beef burgers.  So after dropping doc Mario we passed by for it.  It is just along the highway beside Sir and Ma'am restaurant.

newly opened pa nga lang ;)

menu to select from. i chose basic with cheese and  veggies for P65. Basic would be P50. 

ito na si manong iniihaw na ang order namin. can't wait

ito na sya. hmmmm it was not extraordinary but was good compared to others.ü

will go back for sure. friendly staff...nice ambience. you would enjoy yourself from the wall art decor of Santa Teresita's Academy just across. 

Kaipo opens at 10:30am to 7pm and here's their telephone number (476-2300) if you feel like ordering and dropping by next time you're on the road or visiting Silay City.ü

Santa Clara's Chapel

Whenever we have guests coming in for a visit, we make sure they see this extraordinary work of art located in the bigger Santa Clara Subdivision, Bacolod City.  It is popularly known as the “Mural of Birhen sang Barangay”.  The chapel houses a large mural mosaic that is made of 95,000 pieces of various species of capiz shells in their natural colors from Bacolod City and Iloilo.

inside the chapel

table by the side entrance

they welcome gifts too

our very own Filipino saint in capiz shells

                                                                  the pulpit

 the beautiful altar backdrop

 even the way of the cross frames are in capiz shells

So when you're in the city don't miss to visit the place.  It's quite accessible; you only need to leave your ID with the security guard by the subdivision's gate and ask for directions.  It's a nice place to go if you need some quiet time.