when 2011 was about to kick in, i sort of said to myself that i was gonna limit my number of travels, transfers, and adventures for the year -- so i guess this is what limiting means... hahaha :D"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."
--Mark Twain
january 2011
01.02.11. iligan-cagayan de oro-manila-batangas
01.08.11. roadtrip plus a wedding in batangas city
01.22-23.11. calaguas and bagasbas | camarines norte
01.29-30.11. mt. batulao climb and overnight camp in nasugbu, batangas
february 2011
02.12.11. hot air balloon festival in clark field, pampanga and dambana ng kagitingan, mt. samat in pilar, bataan
02.19-20.11. balai taal, tagaytay city
02.26.11. makati celebration and videoke with relatives (paternal side)
march 2011
03.12.11. roadtrip to bolinao, pangasinan and thereabouts
03.27.11. manila afternoon
april 2011
04.02.11. bird watching and river tour in candaba, pampanga
04.09.11. return to pagbilao and more (padre burgos). island hopping in quezon province.
04.16-17.11. lipa city, batangas overnight for TOSP-4A screening prep and screening proper
04.17-18.11. shell tabangao, batangas city overnight with R&D friends
04.21.11. zamboanga city day tour (a spur-of-the-moment daytrip after our zamboanga-tawi-tawi trip got cancelled due to aircraft situation and sunset limitation)
04.22-24.11. sightseeing, island hopping, trekking in tawi-tawi!!! (bongao plus sitangkai, sibutu, simunul, sangasiapu, and la islands!)
04.26-30.11. OFW (overseas filipino wanderer) city-and-province-hopping moments in people's republic of china (official business trip complete with 6 out of 6 delayed flights)
may 2011
05.01.11. solo adventure to somewhere difficult to get to in lipa city, batangas to catch the last few hours of the 2011 TOSR-4A formation
05.05-14.11. sightseeing, island-to-island falowa boatrides, trekking, spelunking, and typhoon adventures in batanes!!! (scheduled travel dates from may 5th to 11th plus extended stay due to typhoon bebeng and SEAIR's incompetencies: up to may 14th)
05.21-22.11. makati for friends' wedding and get-together with high school classmates
05.28.11. paint-a-classroom activity in tanauan city, batangas
june 2011
06.03.11. photo op with sikat the solar car in SMX-mall of asia
06.04.11. sisiman bay, bataan
06.18.11. highQ visit and get-together with p6peeps in pateros then mandaluyong
06.19.11. bisaya bloggers in manila kitakits and reunion-after-5-years at the communication foundation for asia brickhouse in sta. mesa, manila
06.26.11. trip to rizal shrine and rizal monument in calamba, laguna (plus a sidetrip to a birthday party in pansol)
july 2011
07.09.11. return to paco park and intramuros, city of manila: trip #1 to get the initial 9 official stamps for my rizal pasaporte from department of tourism (DOT) plus lecture #1 2011 series: mukhang pera in ayala museum, makati
07.16.11. return to rizal shrine and visit to calamba church to get official stamps for my rizal pasaporte from DOT :D
07.21.11. lazerXtreme shootout in alabang with R&D teammates
07.23.11. destination: pampanga (and the experience of eating crickets and frogs!) and bulacan to get more official stamps for my rizal pasaporte from DOT
07.30.11. destination: navy headquarters along roxas boulevard to see for myself MS turanor planet, the solar boat
07.31.11. balai taal, tagaytay!
august 2011
08.13.11. photowalk and kitakits with bisaya bloggers in chinatown -- binondo, city of manila
08.14.11. noli me tangere (press pass!) -- CCP
08.19.11. bacolod-silay-talisay trip followed by a hop over to iloilo in one day
08.20-23.11. PF anniversary trip for 2011: iloilo, tibiao (aklan), boracay plus sidetrip to romblon
08.27-29.11. samar-leyte trip with yoni
september 2011
09.03.11. hinilawod epic (CCP main theater) and 2011 travel mart at SMX-MoA
09.10.11. lecture #2 2011 series: 13 women of rizal | ayala museum
09.19.11. jollibee pallocan party and overnight at shell tabangao
09.29.11. lea salonga's mini-concert exclusive for FPH friends and employees -- PICC
october 2011 and november 2011
10.01.11. worldwide photowalk 2011 and my first visit to nayong pilipino plus a failed trip to NAIA :D
10.14-15.11. sta. rosa city videoke; san pablo city johan's baptism and party
10.25.11. alabang praise and worship night pastors' conference
10.29-11.01.11. the northern mindanao trip: ozamiz-tangub city-lanao-iligan-cagayan de oro
11.12-13.11. destination: cebu, b! island hopping and sky adventures with yoni and janina
11.26.11. the sound of music | resorts world manila
11.30.11. san pablo city
december 2011
12.03.11. lecture #3 2011 series: doble kara: rizal in art and monuments (ayala museum) plus lights delight (ayala triangle)
12.10-11.11. christmas parties and kitakits in batangas and sta. mesa
12.14.11. choir (& friends) christmas party (ayala alabang village)
12.16-18.11. destination: ilocos trip and my birthday weekend
12.23.11-01.02.12. home sweet home: batangas-manila-cagayan de oro-iligan for 10 days-cagayan de oro-manila-batangas
next: from sto. tomas, batangas to... (to be continued and to be published in 2013. :D)
*movie trips, food trips, shopping trips, and some videoke trips not included
so you see, if i've just been diligent in blogging about my travels, i could already boast of a lot of travel articles by now. i have backlogs instead. that can still be remedied, right?
