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Ochi In The City: personal
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We Moved To La Union

A lot has happened since the pandemic and everyone pretty much abandoned blogs for vlogs, moved from YT to Tiktok, long form to short form, videos to reels and the rest goes on. Much can be said about what happened in my last personal update as blogging and vlogging in the past few years have been purely money-making tools for my creative outlet--but...

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Goodbye, Manila.

I created my blog in 2009 when I was a young, naive, fresh-out-of-college lad looking into making it in the corporate world. From my humble beginnings at ABS-CBN, to my now esteemed role in my current company, I've always maintained chronicling my adventures in this tiny online space. Looking back, I started this blog because I had a lot of "feelings" back then...

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It Must Be Nice

Growing up, I’ve always been the type of person who always had a timeline. Get a car when I turn 25, start saving up for a house at 27, get married at 30 and live my best life, eventually. But as grown ups, we all know timelines are nothing but a string of chances that do not necessarily grace everyone. Growing up, I...

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blog giveaway

Happy New Year x Giveaway

Hey, everyone! Before I begin with the updates, I'd like to greet y'all a happy new year. I know it's overdue but still warranted, right? I know the blog has been quiet for some time now. In between my little space on the internet and the real world, haven't really had enough time to sort my shit together especially during the holidays. But...

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Friday's 10 Happy Things

Friday's 10 Happy Things | 10

Hello, lovely readers! I feel like I’ve been so out of touch with you guys and the blog lately since most of the posts I’ve been doing are sponsored or backlogged posts that don’t really tell much of what’s been happening to me these days. I’m ecstatic to be doing another version of Friday’s 10 Happy Things so I get to share with...

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food diary

Resorts World Manila : Dine Under The Stars

I promised on my previous post that I'll be telling you guys all about the surprise date I had with the boyfriend a few weeks ago. I'm not the fancy schmancy type of person, but I wanted something romantic for the boyfriend. I didn't want something that would attract too much attention; and since we both love food, I figured an intimate, romantic...

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bits and pieces

Bits + Pieces

 I love the fact that I've been getting a lot of sponsorship opportunities lately, and that most of them really cater to my audience, and of course, me! I try to make each post as personal as possible so as not to lose touch that you're still reading x post based on the thoughts of a real person. But somehow when I look...

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2016 year ender

Thank You, 2016.

Hey, everyone. I hope you guys are having one hell of a comeback welcoming 2017. I just got back at work today after an amazing 2-week vacation in my hometown. And as much as I want to postpone work, I can no longer fend off the tremendous amount of work and non-work related emails that are haunting me, lol. But before I do,...

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batangas

My Birthday Weekday : Calatagan, Batangas

I know I promised my birthday video several posts ago, but to be honest, I was a bit reluctant to share it. I haven't even shared this on my Facebook timeline, lol. It's fun for me to watch it because these are my precious birthday moments. Can't say the same for those who will be viewing it as it's not informative in any...

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Friday's 10 Happy Things

Friday's 10 Happy Things | 8

Aaaah, it's finally Friday! And while I still have a busy weekend ahead of me, I'm still glad I'll be able to drink until the wee hours of the morning later. Well, not that I didn't do that last Wednesday; the only difference is, I get to stay in bed for 12hrs since it's a Saturday tomorrow. Yasssss! I'm thrilled to share with...

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Bahay San Jose

Paying It Forward

Gong Xi Fa Cai! I know most of you are probably lounged somewhere trying to enjoy the remaining hours of the long weekend. I particularly didn’t go anywhere, but my heart is content and fulfilled—much like that feeling you get after experiencing a new culture, a new place, a new set of people. And no, for the first time, it wasn’t a vacation....

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bits and pieces

Bits + Pieces

WAAAAAH! I haven't blogged in over a week and I feel guilty! I was supposed to have all this set with queued posts but I was extremely busy a week before taking my vacation hence the absence of posts. Anyhoo, I've been out on vacation for a week and got back to Manila yesterday. This will only be a quick update of my...

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blog

Starting Over Again

The Blog I gave my blog another make over! The recent one I worked on didn't really sit well with me. While it was responsive and detailed, I felt that it didn't really show who I am. I'm also getting rid of articles that make me cringe! I started this as a personal blog, posting details about my life that no one's really...

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Features

Friday's 10 Happy Things | 3

I was thinking of putting of this week's Friday's 10 Happy Things until I remembered one of my resolutions for this year, which is to be consistent with everything I do. May it be a task at work, a fitness program or simply following my blog series schedule. Obviously I didn't commit to the fitness program part (lol) because getting up in the...

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Bloggys 2015

Bloggys 2015 : Philippine Blogging Awards

I'm skipping my weekly Friday's 10 Happy Things to share a short story of a few things I'm really thankful for for the month of September. Here goes! I was planning what I'll be doing over the long weekend of the APEC summit when all of a sudden, I got an e-mail from an unknown person. I would usually dismiss e-mails like that...

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