“Tinging bumigkis sa dalawa nang di sinasadya’y magkita, pinagbuhol, pinag-isa mga pusong noo’y magkaiba.” (“An unanticipated look bound them, where once there were two hearts, now beat as one, together.”) – by Bienvenido Lumbera, a […]
“There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.” – Edmund […]
“Living in Washington, a friend of mine told me that my colors were losing intensity. Right then and there, I knew that it was time to get back to my roots. I have […]
“Right is only the goodness you carry in your heart…wrong is all that comes between you and the love.” – Papa from Heaven And Earth I first visited Ho Chi Minh (or I […]
“I have had my fill of pain I will not look back again I would rather die.”- Kim (Miss Saigon) It was in May 2009 when we went to Ho Chi Minh (or […]
“If you want to know people, do so by making friends; if you want to know the world, do so by traveling, distinguish the evil and wise through conversation; if you want to […]
“Cultivate a heart of love that knows no anger.” – Cambodian Proverb I visited Siem Reap twice in 2009 when I was still living in Singapore. My first visit was just a last minute […]
“Families are made in the heart. The only time family becomes null is when those ties in the heart are cut. If you cut those ties, those people are not your family. If […]
“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” – Lao Tzu I was supposed to have few hours transit at Shanghai, coming from Beijing going back to […]
“Great souls have wills, feeble ones have only wishes.” – Chinese Proverb Great Wall of China is one of the places on my travel bucketlist, but I always put it aside from my […]