Silventures: Puerto Galera 2015

Yes, this is super late! I honestly though I have made a blog about this last year.

This trip was organized by the birthday girls Aya and Bell. They when to Singapore this year, did not have enough for that one. Maybe in the next adventure, I can join again. :)


Last year, today POS was in White Beach, Puerto Galera!

Warning: This is not a guide but just a recollection of how we got there.


We rode a bus from Cubao to Batangas Port. Travel time was about 2 hours or so, the fare was 175 Php. Make sure that you have an idea of what ferry to ride to Mindoro. Our hotel gave our names to a ferry service they preferred, which was Minolo Shipping Lines. Once you are at the Port of Batangas and you have the name of your ferry, as much as possible, don't talk to anyone even if they say that they are a porter from the same ferry company. Having your things carried for you will entail an extra cost. The fare from the port to White Beach is 175 one way and 250 for round trip tickets.

After alighting from the ferry, There was free shutter to your hotel. We stayed at Rem's Virgin Island Hotel. I like that place it was a few minutes walk to the beach front, which was perfect coz it was noisy at the beach front at night. Also, the room for 6 people is big enough for more than 6 people. One of the rooms we rented as a kitchen sink and cabinets.

Things to do while you are in Puerto Galera:

1. Enjoy the beach

It is the main reason why you are in Puerto after all! There is more that one beach you can visit. Go island hopping for more awesome views!

2. Watch people dance with fire

On our first night, we decided to take a walk along the shoreline. There were so many establishments there and each as their own way to get the attentions of the tourist. We even show one bar with pole dancers.

3. Look for crabs at night

Once you passed the shops you will be able to enjoy some quite time. It was dark, though, so make sure that you bring a flashlight if you want to look for some shells, stones, and random crabs!

4. Feed fishes

Aside from hopping between 3 island, you get to feed schools of fishes.

5. Enjoy good Pizza

Awesome food is awesome! I want more! These pizzas were bought from Arcobaleno Pizzeria. If you are going to the port for island hopping, you won't miss it. Also, it is recommended by the locals.

6. Enjoy the company of crazy people

Hey! As much as I want to travel solo! It is still more fun with friends!

Happy Anniversary to this awesome trip!

Back Ride Diaries:Ternate-Nasugbu (Kaybiang) Tunnel

This was one of the highlights of 2015. Still a back ride but it was awesome! We started early, the group met up at Mcdonald's Pala-Pala. Then we picked up two other riders along the way, I'm not sure where it was exactly. I did not track the progress of the ride, so forget me about giving estimates.

From there, we traveled straight to Naic, Cavite, then to passed by Ternate, Cavite. Ternate is known to have beautiful beaches and there is a bridge where you will be able to see where the waters of the Maragondon River and Manila Bay meet:

Maragondon Bridge

After this, I saw the entrance to Puerto Azul. I did not think that I will see it again as it has been a long time since I was there with relatives during the 90's. The next stop was the Marine Base, we did not take photos there, though. We continued the ride up to a dead end, that seems to be one of the entrances to Caylabne Hotel. Here are some photos:

Behind us is a view of the Marine Base

The motorcycles

The motorcycles with their riders

There are monkeys in the area.

Sherome and his Baby

It was almost lunch time when we got to the Kaybiang Tunnel. It was opened to the public in 2013, at 300 meters it is the longest underground highway in the country. It connects Ternate and Batangas. It is popular to riders and cyclists. Checkout this video just excuse me for being amuse by this. XD

Here are more photos:

You will find this place on the Batangas side You can eat your packed food here for free.
They also sell drinks and snacks

The one behind the counter, she's the owner of this place.

 The next thing we did was to ride from Kaybiang to Tagaytay! There is not much to see after this. This trip just made me realize that Batangas is huge! I did not even feel like I have been to one of the roads we use for this trip and I have been to Batangas I think twice by then. There are so many roads you can take.

This is my year-end review - 2015

So the year has started. So this place has been dormant, sorry about that. So for now, this post will be about 2015. Just a review of what happened! Yes, it's days late. XD

There are been a lot of food trips, ride and bonding time with friends. There is also my new work. It was a wonderful year that was filled with struggles and surprises. 2015 was truly awesome! Although, things did not really go the way I want it to be I would not change anything. I would like to take this time to thank people! Sherome for putting up with me and my indecisiveness, also for all the time that I felt like I made him drive to random places just because. To my parents that are finally, I think is letting me do what I want and go to places where I want to go. To POS thanks for being crazy with me and the opportunity to be a marshal for random events!

I'll just highlight a few major events. This year I was again able to travel to another part of the country with not relatives. The Puerto Galera adventure was great! I have not done a post about it hopefully in the future I can so that it will be a guide to planning the same thing. This is also the year that I started the Back Ride Diaries. It's about travelling to places on a motor. Oh! Must not forget that this was the year where I got to experience a very special event in Tagaytay, that celebrated love, Sir Pao and Sir Rhex's wedding.

I'm looking forward to what 2016 will bring! Here is to more travel, surprised and food!

Happy 2016 to Everyone!

Marshal Duties: Cosmania 2015

Here is another long-overdue post. POS marshal moments at Cosmania. Last year only a few people from our group participated. So for this year we are back. Kel needed at least 30 people and we delivered. For this year Cosplay Mania occupied the functions rooms at the second floor of SMX.

There was a lot of things con goers can get; like for the first day there were Calbee freebies, all you have to do is take a photo and post it with a hashtag. This year was really jam packed. I can’t really say more than that, as we were busy with letting people and watching their bags.

Here are some highlights for me in photos: 

Look at how clean this place was. XD

Trese and the Kambal

The energetic crowd

Free food because we have watched over his R2D2

And last but not the least these crazy people!

Oh! This is just for me to remember in the future. We have to be more vigilant about pick pocket and we must not bring important documents to this kind of event. As part of the security team, as much as we want to watch you all the time to keep you and your things safe we can't so please watch over your things and we'll make sure that you'll enjoy your day with us. 

#AlDub Fever: KiligPaMore

Image from this Twitter post

I love how people are so creative that just a simple “kilig” became a worldwide fever. Just recently they broke #lovewins’ twitter record. The hastag #AlDubtheAbduction gained 6.37 million tweets, lovewins’ records was 6.2 million tweets.

It was been two months since this pairing has started. I do not really know how this will end but I do not think it will end anytime soon. They kinda remind me of Sir Cher and Maya. Raise your hand if you feel the same. It makes people believe in love and that you do not have to be close personal to feel someone’s love. I know “Actingan lang to” but that’s the charm of it, it is so spontaneous that you forget that it is all an act.

As side from that it is a mix of comedy and reality. They deliver morals that we should know by now but we tend to forget. Sometimes it is a serious matter, presented in a subtle manner that will make you remember it. They connect to everyone that is watching.

The characters are simple and easy to relate to. Lola Nidora is your typical grandmother that knows what is right, but can sometimes deliver it in a very antagonistic ways. Yaya Dub may not be your typical Yaya (nanny) but she can represent a young girl's dream of finding someone that will appreciate her. Alden is your dream guy that seems to be hard to reach, but us actually down to earth. It's that simple!

With all the complexity in right now, Eat Bulaga has helped break that that feeling even if it is just for a few minutes. Simplicity at its finest. To the people behind all of these, thank you and congratulations! 

Advance Happy 2nd month to TeamAlDub!

Here a video for you of the episode that broke #lovewins' record

Back Ride Diaries: To Laguna and back

I like to travel! Most of the time I’m with relatives and the farthest we have gone to is the Ilocos region. Traveling to Laguna is normal, especially during summer. It has been years since I went back to Laguna. This is the first time that I got to places in Laguna on a motorcycle. This by far is the farthest place I have reached as a back ride

We left Sm Bacoor around 6:34 a.m. and got to Victoria, Laguna after 2 hours and 37 minutes not breaks. So, yes kudos to my partner that drove and chatted with me the whole time. It was tiring but worth it. Hopefully, the next time we do this I have my own ride. I was a bit frisky and relentless at times.

The route is familiar to me. Maybe because it was the common route we use before, expect the Biñan part. I have a question, is the PNR station there still functioning?

Here, check out some of the photos:

Pala-pala intersection

I think this is a fountain in Carmona

the Expressway

Welcome to Biñan

Biñan PNR station

Welcome to Sta. Rosa

This is my first time to see Sm Sta Rosa

I was taking a photo of the fountain XD

The river, we (me and my cousins) always try look at it when we were kids

We stopped for a while in this area, as we thought we have already missed our destination

I think she is a deity in Thailand

Le Rider at Isdaan Floating Restaurant, Calauan 

Finally the arch of Victoria, Laguna

A park with ducks

You might be asking, what the heck are we doing in Victoria, Laguna? We visited one of our friends. His dad just passed away. We did some catching up as it has been a while since we got together. After lunch, we geared up and took off! It took us about 2 hours and 4 minutes to get back to Dasmariñas. It could have been quicker, but the traffic in General Trias was bumper to bumper.

Here is the travel map: 

From Sm Bacoor to Victoria, Laguna

From Victoria, Laguna to Dasmariñas, Cavite

Time for what have I learned from this trip

For long trips like this, make sure that you have a face mask. It will protect your face from all the dust and dirt. My face as dirty as heck. The wet tissue I used as black after rubbing my face.

You need to have gloves as well. This is to protect your hands from the dust and the sun. You don't want tanned hands do you now?

Make sure that you are focused on the road as well. You can affect the driver if your are not paying attention or if your body is going to another direction.

Breaks! Take at least a 10-minute, unless the rider can handle a no-break ride. It is also a good to bring food or take a break to buy food. 

I wonder if this will ever happen again?

How about your have you been a back ride in a long trip before?