In a coffee shop in Mandaluyong City in April of 2012, I held a magazine in my hands. It was a copy of an architecture and interior design magazine I had contributed an article to two years prior. I remember … Continue reading The hermit crab
When I went on a solo trip to Tokyo for the first time in October 2016, I didn’t really have anything planned. My travel buddies and I just went to Japan’s Kansai region in March that same year and we … Continue reading Hakone side trip from Tokyo: my first onsen experience in Japan
There’s much to be written about my New Zealand trip in 2018. After all, it was at the top of my bucket-list since I started traveling. It was even mentioned in my 2013 travel-themed short fiction piece, “Single Rider,” as … Continue reading That time I went hang gliding in Queenstown, New Zealand
(Author’s note: This article was first published in Issue 2, 2021 of Health Today Magazine) Carlo Beltran struggled with mental health issues during his college days. Feeling depressed and hopeless, he once contemplated doing the ultimate act of self-harm. But … Continue reading Mental health in the workplace: how employers, employees, and counselors have stepped up
Ayn and I had a free full day in Rome on May 28 before our Sorrentine Peninsula and Amalfi Coast organized trip the following day. While we were eating breakfast at Apollo Boutique Hotel, we opened Google Maps and created … Continue reading The Eternal City, part 3
When I travel, I treat tourist attractions as waypoints. They should not get in the way of the enjoyment I experience when attempting to get there. That’s why I rarely take a taxi or an Uber to get to an … Continue reading The Eternal City, part 2
For the past month, I’ve been bingeing videos about the UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) sightings in the US. Back in 2020, the US intelligence confirmed to the media that three videos showing unidentified flying objects captured by military cameras, radars, … Continue reading Going down the UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) rabbit hole
Even with my suitcase and carry-on bag in hand as I waited in the Qatar Airways line at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport last May 2022, I still was not entirely convinced my Italy trip would push through. I had … Continue reading The Eternal City, part 1
It’s been a pretty eventful couple of years, huh? First of, we’ve had six South Park specials and season 25 since 2020. Can you believe it? They covered things like the coronavirus pandemic, the Covid19 global vaccination drive, the Russia-Ukraine … Continue reading Not quite on ‘the other side’, but I’ll take it
One good thing about entering a fandom like South Park so late in its lifespan is having decades worth of seemingly endless content that you can just dive into. I forget what made me decide to stream a random episode … Continue reading South Park gave me my dose of LOLs for 2020
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