Thursday, June 30, 2011

awesome travel related link!

here's a link for the restless souls out there!

wanderfly

As much as i am a spontaneous wanderer, this site is pretty cool. It does help out those who really need a PLAN and can't function without one.

indicate where you will be coming from and which part of the world you'd like to explore. then, money matters! budget travel starts at 400USD to 10,000USD! then you indicate which month you will be traveling and for how many days. pick your interests(art, outdoors, extreme, shopping, etc.), then click get going and the site suggests places that fit your own personalized trip!

although, i wish when i click get going, i magically transport to these places. :) but that's just me. cos then i'd click all the interests, get an infinite amount of money for me traveling in every month of the year forever!
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in other news, i have been busy with school and a special project. thesis and all that. but i have opened my couch already to surfers landing in Manila. hoping to travel from the comforts of my place through interaction! it's still on a maybe stat since i want to my workload to stabilize first though.

will try to write more, blog. don't you worry.

goes and wanders

Sunday, June 12, 2011

a new place to call home

since, my camera is held hostage, i will post this. my host's flat in oslo.
i can only dream to have the view he has from this flat. see next photo.

i am in my new flat using up my neighbor's internet and im really hoping they never put a password to their connection while i am inhaling noxious fumes from the newly painted walls and ceiling. i have a pullout sofa bed from sabs as my only furniture. its 35+ degrees and i badly need to get a fan amongst other things. this is my new home! at least it's on the way to being a home. a sofa here, a chair there, a table here and a little bit of everything everywhere. soon, it'll be ready. for now, i'll stick with what i can get. :D update: i bought a fan already which will probably eat into my whole month's budget. which reminds me, i need to get a job soon!
you can see the whole of oslo from his place!

in other news, school starts today. can i get a thesis topic already so i can finish it as soon as possible, please!

goes and wanders

ps hopefully i can start hosting couchsurfers soon! pictures of my place will follow! :D

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

yesterday: long and hectic


i met ed westwick/chuck bass yesterday when we shot him for Penshoppe.
all the pictures i took were taken by the Penshoppe people though! security was real tight although i wish they told me i couldn't take photos beforehand. as usual, the people behind the scenes were the ones going around as if they were the stars while ed was really nice. him and his cool brit accent. he never smiled for the shots though. it was as if he was still playing chuck with his schemy look.

darren was really quick though. what was expected to be a full day shoot turned out to be half a day! he got his shots probably in 20 clicks. and it would've probably been quicker if it weren't for the styling, escorting ed around the service exits, chitchatting of the feeling important people, etc.

we shot at manila pen for the whole shoot and coincidentally, my former officemates were there for a meeting too! salon de ning was awesome! i regret not getting the complimentary drinks we had for that place when we checked in for christmas last year. me and ed were even talking about how cool the rooms were. haha. i wanted to ask who was playing romeo in the remake of romeo and juliet but i was kinda sure he wouldn't spill.

and then at night, had dinner at sabs' then watched them play frisbee at ultra. i really miss doing sports. i need money to do that though! :(

anyway, this is a pretty useless post. just an update to what happened yesterday.

goes and wanders