Keystroke Journal

Back in my high school years, I remember answering one psychological completion test that really strung a note until now. The sentence went like this: My parents don't know this but _______. Then I filled out the sentence with this clause: I LOVE TO TRAVEL. Growing up, I was already exposed with boarding planes and ships to visit relatives down the southern part of our archipelago. I love the idea of looking forward to rekindle relationships and relish each moment in unfamiliar yet stunning places. As years pass by, the distance went farther and farther. I get to see and be in places which I only saw in magazines and postcards as a child. Not only that, I get to build memories with family and friends, too.  On the other hand, I know someone who argues that it’s cheaper and less stressful to look at pictures and watch videos of different places rather than you being there. Well, maybe it works for some but not for me. As long as time permits, I still see myself t...

It was a one-of-a-kind trip cycle , if there’s such a phrase as that as my good-natured Filipina friend and I flew down to South Florida from the Northeast. We went around the place by land. Then we crossed the sea on board a cruise ship to Bahamas. We went back to Florida on cruise, toured the city by land again before heading back home by plane. It all happened in three different places for seven nights and eight days. One nature tripping day Our trip to Ft. Lauderdale, FL last April 14-17 was mostly spent on nature tripping. My friend and I went to a fishing port somewhere in Palm Beach Shore; we had a chance to see different kinds and sizes of fishes in the open sea aquarium while looking at them from the boardwalk. The experience was like snorkeling without getting wet or seeing them in a glass bottom boat minus the boat ride. There were fishing boats for rent and a lot of yachts on deck. There was even a family of four who went out fishing and came back with different sizes of k...

Two weeks ago, I had episodes of bizarre dreams. In one night, I saw a mouse running under my comforter. It was scary! I can still remember how my heart palpated when I awoke. In another night, I was entering rooms and saw different sizes, shapes, colors of closed and open, antique doors. I got confused. The next night, I was climbing steps, up and down then I was in a dungeon. I saw a particular shrinking gray elephant and a motionless dark bison along the way. I was frightened. What are they doing there? And yes, there were people, too. People of diverse nationalities, personalities and languages. In the middle of the night, I would be awake, perplexed. What were all those dreams all about? Never did I realize that those symbols will have something to do with my short notice trip to Ontario, Canada. The truth is, I wasn’t even thinking of having a trip this month nor was I thinking of a certain place in Canada. But out of the blue, I got a call from Canada and two days ...

Whenever I travel, it gives me excitement whether I am with someone or alone. When I am in a new place, I am happy to see and learn new things about the place(history, culture, language, tourist spots etc.). I am interested to just see how people go on with their lives at a given situation which is different from the town/state/country that I've been to. And yes I love to get just anything from that new place. When I know that I have enough cash with me, I tend to be an impulsive buyer. Why? It's because I would tell myself that there might be no more time for me to go back to this place so I might as well enjoy shopping! The shopping spree has its beneficiaries though. It's because I would buy this or that for my family or to a friend. So I'm not the only one who is happy, it's also my family and friends back home because of the stuff I bought for them. However there are also days when I don't have enough money with me so what I do is just to take pictures of t...