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Mind Museum | 1 Week & After
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1 Week and After. July 4, 2012. When a very good friend informed me that Children’s Hour was looking for friends to help around the Mind Museum, I was absolutely thrilled. I’ve been wanting to visit the newest member of the BGC area since their opening, and the idea of helping a well respected non-government organization was aligned with my life objectives of encouraging the children of today. Quiet on a Monday. Mind Movers lend you a hand around the museum. (get it, a hand? 7 Nature’s webways (an ...
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Palawan Adventure: Pristine Puerto Princesa
https://marlaviray.wordpress.com/2014/11/16/palawan-adventure-1-0-pristine-puerto-princesa
MissMarla: marvels, musings meanderings. Palawan Adventure: Pristine Puerto Princesa. November 16, 2014. July 13, 2016. Nov 9-11, 2014, Sunday to Tuesday. My good friend Haly and I were itching for an adventure months back, scouring cyberspace for travel deals that suited us best, finally purchasing vouchers for a three-days-two-nights Puerto Princesa package in June. My mom has been to the island paradise two years before, with her. Once we were in the van, we proceeded with the day’s itinerary. Sabang ...
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La Union Adventure 1.0: Occalong Falls, Baluarte watch tower, Luna pebble beach, Our Lady of Namacpacan Church
https://marlaviray.wordpress.com/2014/03/12/ofwavesandwaterfalls
MissMarla: marvels, musings meanderings. La Union Adventure 1.0: Occalong Falls, Baluarte watch tower, Luna pebble beach, Our Lady of Namacpacan Church. March 12, 2014. August 28, 2014. Everyone deserves a vacation, even it’s for only two days. I’d like to think mine was well-earned. It was a way to celebrate my one year on the job, after all. 8221; and “ Till Niagara falls. 8220;) I planned our itinerary two weeks before, which only escalated my excitement. I couldn’t wait! Mind you, I’ve been to ...
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Escape to Islas de Gigantes, Iloilo
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MissMarla: marvels, musings meanderings. Escape to Islas de Gigantes, Iloilo. March 15, 2015. July 13, 2016. Feb 28 to March 2, 2015, Saturday to Monday. Situated on the northernmost part of the province of Iloilo is a cluster of islands three-hours boat ride away from the main land a beach paradise called Islas de Gigantes. At Paracale, we had lunch at Pa-On Beach Club seafood chopsuey and fish stew before going to the port. There, we met our contact, the resort owner himself, sir Joel Decano, who i...
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Blotter
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MissMarla: marvels, musings meanderings. October 12, 2014. October 12, 2014. Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. Kitchen area, condo, Ortigas. I write this with much effort to contain my anger. I should have written about this earlier, but I couldn’t muster enough calmness. I had other, better things in mind then, too. But I couldn’t simply let this incident go unwritten. Especially since my name is at stake. Please read on…. Because of that incident, I left the boarding house and am now renting in Ortigas. Then, i...
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Why I write
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MissMarla: marvels, musings meanderings. I write… to tell stories worthy of admiration. I write… to live on. I write… to prove myself. I write… to breathe easy. I write… to remember. To bring back the joys of not-so-distant yesterdays. I write… to think better. 8230;and to record the things I think about. I write… to be me. 8230;because that’s what I do;. 8230;because that has been who I always am. I write… to sleep well. I write… to reach my dreams. I write… to help me remember lessons learned. Keep on ...
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About me
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MissMarla: marvels, musings meanderings. Marla Viray is a 26-year-old writer who hails from a small town not so far up north. Work is the only reason she’s in the Metro. She abhors life in the city that much, that she finds herself almost every weekend taking a five-hour bus ride to be back in her hometown. There, she’d eat the best. From her hometown, she could also easily hop on a bus bound for Baguio or La Union, which are both only two hours away. She is, admittedly, not rich. She barely has enou...
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Biking at dusk
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MissMarla: marvels, musings meanderings. September 28, 2014. July 19, 2016. It was Saturday, I was back in my hometown, biking with him at dusk — me with my cruiser, him with his mountain bike. Nothing strenuous, just a leisurely bike ride on the same route I take this part of town since childhood. We haven’t seen each other since March, since our inevitable fall-out. 8220;What if some guy blocks your way here,” he asked, eyeing the men in a nipa by the roadside, having a drinking spree. He smiled, final...
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La Union Adventure 2.0: Tangadan Falls
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MissMarla: marvels, musings meanderings. La Union Adventure 2.0: Tangadan Falls. April 15, 2014. August 28, 2014. March 30, 2014, Sunday. This blog entry narrates the adventure of two ladies in their early 20s trekking to a water falls somewhere remote and tourist-free. Here is our one-day adventure in La Union. Read on…. At church, we rode a mini bus going to La Union province’s capital city. The trip took an hour and a half only. I think the driver was in rush. When we arrived in the city, we went insi...
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Escape to Camarines Norte: Calaguas islands & Bagasbas beach
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MissMarla: marvels, musings meanderings. Escape to Camarines Norte: Calaguas islands and Bagasbas beach. May 10, 2015. July 13, 2016. April 24-27, 2015, Friday to Monday. Summer restlessness brought Gladys and I to the islands of Calaguas in Camarines Norte picture-perfect with its white fine-sand beach and clear turquoise water. After much Google-ing, I added a third day to our initial 2 days trip, to include Bagasbas beach, in the town of Daet (to surf! Guide ushered us, and the rest of the people in t...