Young Life Blog Posts

Brittany Nicole Carpentero, better known by her stage name Diamond, is a rapper and former member of the group Crime Mob. Diamond released her new single “Loose Screws” in early 2012. She was also nominated the second time for Best Female...

Seven in the morning and the ferry was about to dock at the Cebu Seaport – I was wondering why the people were flocking on the far side of the vessel. I asked my friends from California as to why and they simply shrugged their shoulders with no...

Back in college, my friends would usually buy one of the popular Filipino street food known as “isaw.” This famous barbecued chicken intestines are tagged as “cheap but has a good taste.” So, every time I see these along the s...

A spring is any natural situation where water flows to the surface of the earth from underground. Buro Buro Resort is already 15 years old and is known for it’s abundant, fresh, spring water, and rustic ambiance. But because it is far from t...

Yes. I’m sick. I woke up with a heavy chest, and well, sadly, an interrupted sleep. In as much as I would want to stay in Bacolod City, I couldn’t. It’s time for me to head back home and have some rest before another journey begins...

I was fortunate enough to have relatives here in Bacolod City. If it weren’t for them, I might be sleeping beside the City Hall with a few hundred pesos in my wallet. So, yes, I stayed with them here in Tangub and they provided me with a room,...

It was raining the whole week and on this day, I was soaking wet. I bid goodbye to the rustic beauty of Buro-buro Resort. After the several hours of a bumpy ride along Granada, I was finally able to take a rest at the Young Life Center in San Juan St...

I smelled pizza, cheeseburgers, and buffalo wings when I woke up. – not those fastfood buys that we get to have from the local mall. I stayed at my relatives’ home in Tangub, Bacolod City and I never expected an “international”...

I thought Buro-buro was a “beach resort” so I packed a lot of sleeveless shirts and a bunch of summer shorts. – throw in a native hat, too! When we arrived a few days ago, it was actually a mountain resort with free flowing spring w...

Now that I am in this place, all I needed to do was to take a snapshot of the view I am seeing – and well, show it to all of you. Just when I was about to take a great snapshot of the sunrise from the little pond full of lillies, the camera wen...

  It’s like I am in some part of Vietnam – tall grasses, green, thick, healthy fields, farmers and their good earth bounty. I waved at them, while I was holding on to the vehicle railings, heading towards a more steeper terrain, and they...

I was not in Cebu City mainly to tour the place. I just got lucky that the event of Younglife ended early – consider this as a sidetrip rather than the main trip alone. So, I guess a few hours before riding a 12-hour boat to Iloilo should be ma...

In as much as I would love to stuff everything inside a small bag for a two-week getaway, I just can’t. This is always my dilemma. Now, I finished packing and I ended up having one small backpack, one duffel bag, and sling bag for all of the im...

Today I learned about “passion” – doing things in life that you actually enjoy. For me, passion is falling inlove with what you do, pursuing those things that make you happy, and above all, it gives you that “purpose of living...

Today I learned about “passion” – doing things in life that you actually enjoy. For me, passion is falling inlove with what you do, pursuing those things that make you happy, and above all, it gives you that “purpose of living...

On our way to the popular tourist destination site of Bohol, Philippines, I was having an awkward conversation with our driver. Although he’s not our tour guide, he still tried to answer my queries. Obviously, I could not hold my thoughts toget...

It is great that I am almost done with the Bohol blog series, I only have three posts left before working on Cebu, Aklan, Capiz, Guimaras, Negros Oriental and Occidental, Manila, and lastly, Iloilo. May will be another month of trips and I hope I cou...

On our way to the popular tourist destination site of Bohol, Philippines, I was having an awkward conversation with our driver. Although he’s not our tour guide, he still tried to answer my queries. Obviously, I could not hold my thoughts toget...

When we think of having lunch, we usually see ourselves sitting in a nice restaurant with friendly waiters to cater to our needs – well, that’s the one I have my mindset on anyway. Being in Bohol is everything out of the ordinary! And a g...

I am not an expert in blogging, although I did multiple blog entries in some of my websites, which I do for fun and for my writing freedom too – but those are not really “niche articles.” Just like learning how to solve complex math...