2012 Leap Year..how did you #makeitcount?

Yes, today we celebrate the "extra day" we are given because it's a leap year. I personally believe that although life on earth seems to move in cycles or seasons, it is still very much linear. Granted, it's nice that people reflect a bit and see this "extra day" as a blessing. 

And as a 'bonus day' to our life, we are told to #makeitcount. One way is to greet our special set of friends who can only celebrate their birthdays once every 4 years (they must really feel torn and disconnected on years their bdays don't appear in the calendar...I know I would be..). Another is to just celebrate life - eat right, exercise, sleep right and give much love. I guess I was able to do all of those except the exercise part (nyahahaha, still have to shake the notion that exercise is nakakatamad). I have also joined my parents for a novena (also something which I don't normally do) and just prayed for God's guidance, protection and peace in our lives. Mala- eat, pray, love pala ang araw ko! :)

People Power multiplied by Traffic's Exponential Power

Today marks the 26th year celebration of the EDSA People Power Revolution.

There a lot of changes that happened, unfortunately some took a turn for the worse - including TRAFFIC. 

So if you have plans of going through the Metro today, take note of other events / commemorations taking place in the areas of Makati and Manila. These will definitely add to traffic build-up and road blockages aside from the one which will definitely happen in the Edsa Ortigas Route.

Read on so you can prepare your schedule and route from today til tomorrow. Stay happy and stress-free on the road! :)

17th Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Festival 2012 (caveat: to people with allergies, can trigger dust allergy)

Hot Air Balloons are what childhood dreams are made of! 

Fly me to the full moon

Since it's the time of the year again for the annual Hot Air Balloon Festival at Clark, we decided it's the best time to get a mini-vacation, an advanced Valentine's Day celebration and get a really good view of all these flying objects (and people!) up close!

We left Manila a bit late (by Hot Air Balloon Festival standards), just enough to get off the MMDA's number-coding radar last Friday :) If you are able to see the schedule of activities for the 4-day festival, you'll easily see that being early has it perks - like seeing the balloons in flight at dawn - but due to the late nights I had in the previous days, I couldn't quite get myself to keep up with the ideal 3:30 AM schedule to Clark; you wouldn't even be able to drag me out of bed.