Walk.Life.Hope

In a few hours from this writing, we bid 2012 with great reflections, inspirations and good cheer and prospectively anticipates a fun-filled, adventure-laden and inspirational 2013 to make us live longer meaningfully. I say this in the light of uncertain in the coming year and as we petition for a good life, it is up entirely to us to better live it with gut-feel and confidence as well as taking our past as our blueprints for the future. With manifold zeal and un-chartered desires, we embark on new challenges and hope that life will be meaningful and amazing.

Never promises something we can never predict as we usher in the New Year, I pray for you to have the courage, the strength and the hope that your year 2013 will be kinder to your dreams and that it will make you the best you wanted to be. It is my ardent prayer too that you and your loved ones will see great life ahead and in the company of the road more often, may you find your way to where your heart is, with love and affection.

Inspire.Love.Light

There is one important reminder though that whatever it is that you have failed to do in 2012, you still have another year to fulfill and I wish you all the blessings that you may be able to reach your stars and forget not to sprinkle it on us who look up to you as our inspiration, as always:

Happy New Year!

Happy Christmas from Japan

Capping the year 2012 with an exhilarating trip to Tangub City, dubbed as the Christmas Capital of the Philippines and this year’s theme captured my years of travels and inspirations. It is the best way to revisit the places I had been and getting inspired again.

This year, Tangub City goes global in their Christmas celebrations and impressive are their Christmas decorations and life-size yuletide abodes of merrymaking. They are sources of inspiration by so many as far away who visited it each night since they have officially opened the year’s celebrations.

Just the feel of Christmas in Tangub City makes me grateful of my 2012

What I love about Tangub City is its great vista at night and a peaceful atmosphere, very remote from the hustle and bustle of city life. This trip to this awesome city marks my year 2012 with a grateful heart and a prospective mind for the coming year.

The rest of the photos just captured my imagination and so I hoped it does for you.

I am in love of Paris on Christmas in Tangub City

Very Happy New Year from China

Happy New Year from Japan

Maligayang Pasko sa Pilipinas

Merry Christmas!

Inca Christmas? No end of the world here

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2012

As we are to capped our fruitful year 2012, where we have gained insights and reflected on how much we are blessed, have inspired many on the road and getting inspired in return, I would like to share with you my dearest my heart’s desire for the coming year 2013.

The moments are countless and endless so let us take life at its horns and rally forward.

1. Re-launching my travel blog – You will be surprised at how my blog has evolved and I want that the coming year will be more forward-looking and stable, in terms of its impact and design. I have commissioned a great artist and graphic designer to do my NEW travel blog. It will be a different experience for 2013 and beyond. This blog has touched many countless people, friends and strangers alike, so the content and style remains though in addition, it will be filled with photos and massive photos.
2. Attempt at travel portraiture – I have been inspired by a young photographer who captured Twilight series ads and this guy has inspired me to do this as he did it best. I know I will not be comparable to his output and gears but this one is a step towards a more liberating approach to travel photography and portraiture;
3. Travels – I have lined up travels, near and far, weekends and escapes, to afford me the opportunity to get me recharged and propped up for another chance to be on the road. It is endless, I know and those who travels and write, knows this by heart.

By far, this is will be my 2013 on the web and off-the-web, I will still be active doing researches as a PhD to enable me to continually contribute my expertise in education and help in formulating policies towards that end. I missed doing researches and being able to help aspiring masterand and doctorate students and this year, I hope to give back again to MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology; to Lyceum of the Philippines University, and La Salle University, all my Alma Mater. My contribution will revolved around these institutions of higher learning as they molded me to become who I am today.

I wish that your 2013 be as rewarding as the years that have passed and I wish you the constancy of good cheer and positive strides and carry on with life as we both face the unknown with a dose of confidence and prayerful anticipation.