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 (Apr 23, 2012) A beauty queen, in a self-deprecating remark at KRI Restaurant in Dumaguete: Beauty Queen: "I'm not really that smart" TheLoneRider: (gullible and tactless) "Oh? ...good thing you have good looks." 
 Cyber Monk (May 19, 2012) During my 10-day Vipassana meditation, I was essentially a monk. The course program designed it to be such - to live on the charity of others to dissolve the ego. On some monasteries, a monk is released into the outside world equipped with only a bowl and a staff for his survival. I find that appealing, but I'd like to add a modern-day twist to it - I use my laptop instead...more »» 
Yoga at Cordova Reef Village Resort (May 6-7, 2012) When the 10-day Vipassana meditation was over, I was wondering where I'd end up. A meditator who practises Kundalini Yoga invited me to join her go to this resort - Cordova Reef Village Resort in Mactan to check-out the pssibility of introducing yoga as a resort offering. Hmmm...I might be able to play a role there...more »» 
Vipassana Meditation Course Part 4: Getting Established in the Technique (Apr 25 - May 6) I asked the assistant teacher that with the odds, winning the lottery was easier than getting enlightened. Given all that sacrifice with no guarantee that it can be done after several lifetimes, would it even be worth it, when what we have in the here-and-now is not that bad. Everything I go through in life - the pain, the joy, the craving, the aversion...these are the things I signed up for. He calmly said, "I won't lie to you. It's not easy"...more »» 
 Goodbye Dumaguete (Apr 25, 2012) Increasingly, leaving a nurturing place is becoming a repeating pattern that I've resigned myself to as an inevitable fate if I am to continue for my search. I used to think I was in search of the proverbial waterfall, or the next magnificent life lurking around the bend, but thinking long and hard about it, I'm in search of something I don't really know. And honestly? I hope I never find it...more »» 
 U.P. Yearbook Picture (Apr 16, 2012) clutter-clearing my stuff, I found this vintage picture circa 1980. Except for the hair, nothing much seems to have changed - the hedonism was already there...more »» 
 Riding Around Siquijor's 86km Coastal Road with UP Mountaineers Kram and Mar (Apr 3, 2012) A year ago, UP Mountaineers member Kram Bacharo has embarked on a Holy Week fundraising pilgrimage on a bicycle that took him around the Visayan Islands. He called his cause, Biking with Benefits. It has become an annual event with this year's route covering 750 kms in 8 days traversing Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, Siquijor, Bohol and Cebu. I joined him and Mar for the Siquijor leg..more »» 
 Manila State of Mind (Mar 16-26, 2012) Like death and taxes, Manila remains a certainty for me. All it takes is a cheap air fare from my fav carrier, Cebu Pacific. I somehow don't hold the city with as much contempt as I used to - Manila is Manila. It remains uncompromising, unyielding with its tough carapace, dictating urban life on its own terms. You either take it or leave it. But hey, it would be a sad Philippines without Manila. Knowing my stay will only last 10 days helped keep things in perspective...more »» 
Exploring the Cantabon Cave of Siquijor (Feb 23, 2012) At times, we would wake in hip-deep water. The inside of the cave was quite interesting - stalactites, stalagmites, curious rock formations, etc. The tour can take as long as 3 hours as the cave went on extensively. I don't know how far it goes, as I noticed we looped back to what could be a bail-option....more »» 
 Red Cross Relief Efforts for the Guihulngan Earthquake Victims (Feb 22, 2012) When the earthquake hit the northeast section of Negros in Feb 6, the municipality of Guihulngan suffered the most. The media gave it due coverage in the following days, but waned after a while. No longer hearing it in the news, people thought things were back to normal. That was not the case, as I was about to find out....more »» 
Celebrating Year of the Dragon in Bacolod (Jan 21-23, 2012) Unbeknownst to me, Bacolod was having its Bacolodiat Festival in celebration of the Chinese New Year. Lacson St was closed and a street fair was brewing with more and more people pouring into the strip. By the time it got dark, it was packed. I got to try the Bacolod Cansi dish, celebrate the Year of the Dragon inside a Chinese temple, and got a sense of what my Tagalog friends once told me...that Bacolodnons know how to party...more »» 
Exploring Dive Link Resort (Jan 13, 2012) The problem I have in Coron is that once the dive boats and the island hopping tour boats are gone, you're stuck in Coron Town with not much else to do. Maquinit Hot Spring is too hot in the daytime, the nearest beach is too far away, and there are no malls or movie houses. Luckily, there's Dive Link Resort...more »» 
Coron Island Tour - Malcapuya, Banana and Bulog Islands (Jan 10, 2012) By the time I reached the area of the clams in Malcapuya, I already heard my buddy yelling for help. Without fins, the waves were just too much for him. He wasn't drowning yet, but soon to be - he looked exhausted. My biggest fear was if I rescue him and he panics, he'll take me down with him...more »» 
 Banol Beach, Barracuda Lake, Calachuchi Reef, Siete Pecados Marine Park, Sunset Beach Island Tour (Dec 27, 2011) This is the snorkeling boat tour that took us to 4 interesting dive sites and to a white fine sand beach for leisure and grilled fish lunch. The dive consisted of plunging into a clear lake with walls reminiscent of Lord of the Rings, a rock outcropping that juts out of the sea bed like a coral pencil, a secret beach and a marine reserve...more »»  City Directory of the Philippines' Finest Establishments and Real Estate Listing Dumaguete City Directory | Baguio City Directory | Dumaguete-Valencia Subdivision Lots | Negros Oriental Real Estate Copyright © 1999-2011 TheLoneRider.com. All rights reserved. Disclaimer | Privacy Policy |
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