“I’m so tired. I hope the typhoon will pass by Cebu so that we won’t need to report to work.” My invisible antenna immediately searched the source of such outburst. It’s a Monday and most […]
Author: dakilanglaagan
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I am Marjorie and welcome to my backpack reflections. Dakilanglaagan contains my thoughts and sentiments about traveling, hiking, and adulting.
I'm not really a superb writer, but I write nonetheless. Life is too short to be consumed by other people's comments. Let's pursue what keeps us sane.
Lessons from our Hike to Mt. Lanaya
“He’s just taking precautions. You know, safety first,” Nessie explained while I kept on complaining how the bus driver has been driving too slow. It’s not that I’m in a hurry (although it seems that […]
Here are 5 Travel Lesson by Juan Miguel Severo
“Pardo,” I answered the lady who was selling burgers and fries on the lobby of the event site to her inquiry on where I was from. “What?!” an obvious image of disbelief immediately painted on […]
Mabuti pa ang goldfish
Badtrip ako ngayon. At oo, salin sa Filipino itong walang kwentang entry na ‘to. Kaya pasensyahan muna tayo sa mga mambabasa ko (as if meron) kung hindi niyo maintindihan ang kabulastugang ‘to. Sabi ko nga, […]
Poetry: What Mattered…
Like any other brokenhearted souls, I stood still and looked at you; I don’t know how it started, but this is how it ended. After months of putting so much effort unto each other, […]
Reflection: The Ideal Man…
“Walang mandirigmang walang sining sa katawan.” (No warrior has ever been left unmarked.) – Lourd de Veyra Tall, dark, and handsome. Like any other girl, I have this perfectly captured image of an “ideal guy”. […]
Basak Falls and Malingin Falls: Expecting the Unexpected
“As much as you want to plan your life, it has a way of surprising you with unexpected things that will make you happier than you originally planned. That’s what you call God’s will.” I […]
Finding Dory: A Traveler’s Reflection
“When life gets you down, do you wanna know what you’ve got to do?
Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming.” -Dory
Do you know that feeling when you really want to get something but you can’t? It’s like trying to reach your back which is so itchy but you can’t or answering a test in Algebra but you studied Trigonometry. Frustrated. Yes, that’s the right word. I have been totally frustrated these past few weeks. I have not been out for almost two months and it is totally frustrating. Wait, did I repeat it again – the word frustrating? Frustrating, right? WAHAHAHAAHA. :D :D :D
Poetry: If I were…
“We are just kids who grew up way too fast.” – The Cab Did you ever tried losing something and in the process of looking for that missing item you found something that has been […]
A Love Letter to a Mountaineer
Dear You, I’d like to believe this is a spur-of-the-moment reaction, but the emotions inside me are bursting, like the sun trying to illuminate the cloudy skies on a stormy day. I couldn’t help it. […]
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