January 1, 2019. It’s just a date. I know, I know.. but I like to give meaning to this number. It’s like pressing reset. It marks a new beginning, like a starting point on different areas in my life. 2018 in Review I cannot remember much of January. But in February, I travelled to Korea in the dead of…
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The Nusa Islands near Bali are Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Ceningan. Nusa Penida is the biggest of the three. It’s the best Nusa island for me because of the views, the manta ray snorkeling tour and of course, Kelingking Beach which deserve its own blog post. We went on a boat from Bali -> Nusa Penida. Stayed in…
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First leg of this trip to Bali was Southern Bali. We stayed in Uluwatu. It was the first out of five Airbnb’s in our 16-day stay. It did not disappoint! On the first day, we headed to the touristy Uluwatu Temple, just a few minutes of walking from the villa. Stunning view from up there. Uluwatu is famous for…
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For the past two months, I’ve been applying for jobs nonstop, doing interviews and spending days on technical exams. In the end, all I got were rejections, some heavier than others. Last night, I got my last rejection for the year. It was the one that mattered to me most, because it was the job I wanted the most. I…
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Before embarking on a trip, I usually spend a few months being obsessed about the place, spending hours and hours of research on blogs, Youtube and forums. I comment on Instagram photos and ask people about their personal experiences. I have this obsession of trying to gather as much information as I can about certain places before I go. This is because it might be too expensive, too crowded, too far out of reach. There can be so many reasons not to go.
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I landed in Narita Airport (close to Tokyo) on the 25th of March. There I met a Filipina (if you’re reading this, Hi Andrea!) who was traveling to Japan all alone for the first time. She reminded me of myself last year in November. I was full of excitement yet terrified (maybe she wasn’t terrified, but I sure was), not…
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