El Salvador Island & Magalawa Island. (2016)

I was looking for something to wander on a beach so decided to look for the best places.

On my first attempt, I found Malabrigo Beach in Batangas, it's only few hours away. I wanted a sandy beach so looked for other places. I found Pollilo island in Quezon province, Laiya beach and Pagudpud. I was going to choose Pagudpud but it's 8-12 bus ride so I decided to search again, now somewhere in Zambales. I thought of Potipot island  but a friend told me that there are alot of people nowadays visiting it, so she she suggested Magalawa.

The photos on google was amazing the island looks like a paradise so that is when I decided to push the magalawa trip.

Preview

Magalawa island is in Zambales. There are 2 resorts occupying the island. The Armada and the Ruiz resort.

Chikka

Upon researching there has been a stiff rivalry among the two resorts and when I also got to the location, The boatman said that the Armada was a Barangay official. (I'm not sure which of the Armada ) and used his /her position to claim the part of the island. Up until now he/she still claiming some part of the island.

The island is rich of marine life animal. You'll see a lot of starfish and snake like creature hiding on the seaweeds but hold your horses! it's not snake. They call it  "Lito-Lito " I think it's a sea slug.

The small sea stars are scattered on shore so please be careful, if you happened to see a large one please don't take it a way from water for too long. I have seen other tourist there gathering a lot of it and left it on their cottage just to have "Selfies". Seriously, I was thinking if some alien took you out of earth and took a selfie and left you in the outerspace, do you think it's cool?

Lito Lito

Going there:

So first of all we chose Ruiz resort, just because they doesn't need reservation to go there and you the care taker are nice and they made the visitor free to roam the beach.

Monumento, Caloocan to Pamulingan, Zambales

Via Victory Liner Caloocan ( 386 Pesos )
The bus agent advised that it is  7 -8 hours travel period. We board on the last trip which I think made it more faster, only took it 6 hours ( 11:55 PM - 5:55 AM )

Note:

On Pamulingan, there are no near markets, so you wont be able to find bigas (uncooked rice). Some residence are selling fresh fish and have charcoals and nothing else. So be prepared.

If you do not have time to gather food you can drop of to iba market and buy the things you need. After buying you can hail a tricycle driver that will take you to pamulingan. ( Take note that this will cost you 150 per head)

Pamuligan to Port Luan ( 100 pesos)

This is a 30 minutes tricycle travel and I must advise you to cover your head as some it's way are bumpy.

Port Luan to Magalawa Island (500 pesos)

The payment is round trip. You can also ask you boatman to tour you on El Salvador Island which will cost you 500 pesos


On the Island, the boatman assists me on looking for Manong mulong, for the accommodations:

For the cottage, it is 500 pesos if you like a more comfortable place they have a hut with a fun (this are with beds and the flooring are tiled hehe )

The island is a paradise. The sea water is almost always serene as what our boatman said. I must admit that there a lot of seaweeds on near the shore but there are lots of swim-able area.

I saw plastics on the far side of the beach, these are the visitors garbage. It's really sad, some people are selfish.

It was high tide when we got there  and was advised to wait for the noon so that we can see the sand bar on El Salvador.

Chikka

El Salvador island is owned by a former  mayor of the region. It is not a public island and you may need permission if the owner is near or there is a guard. There are also sea urchins near this island so be careful!

On your way back home, you can take tricycle on port luan to pamulingan and wait for buses headed for victory liner station where you can ride a bus headed to our start point.

All in all it was a great experience and best for people who is looking for a peaceful place.

After 2 Years

I cannot find words to utter to define the the feeling of reading my old post when I was in college.

It's been two years and a lot of things had happened.

After I graduated, I land a job in a big telecom company.

After several months I left as I didn't see myself growing in that company.

After a few months I had a job in one of the oldest and still running technology company in the world. Amazing isn't it?

I had traveled to different countries too.

I fell in love again.. we met but I am not sure what happened.

Distance-Trust -Commitment-Jealousy- Unfaithfulness

Those are the issues. The " relationship" (I don't know what to call it) was undefined.

And it's really stupid to fall deeply when it is not clear.

I just got hurt that I wanted to kill myself. (This is a lesson: One should not love and give all)

Anyway, I moved on. ( As long as he wont show up) and I don't have plans to hit myself with a rock again.

Everything is going okay. But I feel like there's no drive anymore to push so I need to go and find the motivation to move forward.

I think I'm back to the cycle. Wish me good fate in life. and I hope life will be good to me.

I do hope to write in here the soonest.

Until next time. ~

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Happy New Year and Happy April Fools Day

Soo, It was a long time since I've written something here. Many things happened in the last four months of this new year and honestly its not going well. I "like" an idiot and guess what I got, a broken heart.  I met him online while goofing around chatroulette. I never expected that that will happen. He's interesting that grew into fascination. He made my heartbeat fast, gave me sleepless nights and butterflies in my stomach . I should have known that. I made a fool out of myself  for believing that he's worth my attention and I still cant get him out of my mind and I can't think right but I already said goodbye to him and cut all connections..because it hurts the more I know about him and how impossible things are. I don't know if what he said were true or if I was a joke to him, I wouldn't know now.

I wan't to believe myself that I made the right decision, but a part of me is still hoping he'll be a man.

Anyway, lets forget what I said, I'll forget him. As in no rooms for him on my head and he already forget you too.

So let me give you some just an advise.

Don't wear you hearts on your sleeves

and one more thing, all guys are perverts.

Hello Hello

 After reading a lot of articles on the internet I found out that there are 2 types of personalities-The Introvert and The Extrovert. and Guess which of the two types fits me :) haha, anyway its been a  long time that I havent wrote an entry here, well anyway this is just for my personal readings only. haha.
What happened to you?
 I began to search for a job after graduation (april) . I''ve been interviewed a lot and given exams. Finally last june (current year) Ive been accepted in a large company but I was only hired as a contractual. Its my 3rd mos. for more details please ask me personally.
Thanks.
Ps. I'll blog longer later

Kung gaano kasaya at kasarap ang magmahal ganon din kalungkot at kasaklap ang ang masaktan

Parang syang asong sabik sa isang pirasong buto

haha, naalala ko lang sa napakinggan ko sa radyo :P

 

She's that shy, quiet girl, the one that everybody likes. 
She is beautiful, without trying. 
She's got the biggest heart, and alot of love to give, 
but no one to give it to. 
She is truly a nice girl, and she always wears the biggest smile. 
And every minute with her is worth its while. 
But on the inside she is filled with pain. 
She is far beyond lonely. 
For her, it seems to only rain. 
She really is a smart girl, 
but she can't understand why they all leave her for those other girls. 
She lies awake at night and asks herself, 
what is wrong with her, what did she do wrong? 
What do they have that she doesn't? 
But in reality, there is nothing wrong with her. 
No one has taken the time to just get to know her, to figure her out. 
She's real, she's deep and for that reason she has to suffer.

Lines that I like from Nicholas Park's Novel-The Notebook

Poetry, she thought, wasn't
written to be analyzed; it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without
understanding.

Poets often describe love as an emotion that we can't control, one that
overwhelms logic and common sense. That's what it was like for me. I didn't plan on
falling in love with you, and I doubt if you planned on falling in love with me.
But once we met, it was clear that neither of us could control what was happening
to us. We fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare
and beautiful was created. For me, love like that has happened only once, and that's
why every minute we spent together has been seared in my memory. I'll never
forget a single moment of it.

The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected. Maybe
they always have been and will be. Maybe we've lived a thousand lives before this
one and in each of them we've found each other. And maybe each time, we've been
forced apart for the same reasons. That means that this good‐bye is both a goodbye
for the past ten thousand years and a prelude to what will come.
When I look at you, I see your beauty and grace and know they have grown stronger
with every life you have lived. And I know I have spent every life before this one
searching for you. Not someone like you, but you, for your soul and mine must
always come together. And then, for a reason neither of us understands, we've
been forced to say good‐bye.

You are
the answer to every prayer I've offered. You are a song, a dream, a whisper, and I
don't know how I could have lived without you for as long as I have

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you,
even if it hurts some people you love