2012 travel roundup

for the first time in this blog's almost 3 years of existence, i'm coming up with a summary of how it had been the previous year. i guess it's never too late to do anything for the first time and this is such a promising effort for 2013. fingers crossed!

in the year 2012 (as if it was so long ago and not just last week), i managed to write at least once a month which i barely did on december. that time, loose words were all jumbled and i was hoping it would turn out okay and comprehensible for me in the years to come.

anyway last year, i had been hopping buses and flying on planes in a frequency that i haven't done before and i am beyond grateful that i was able to do that.

☀ january in malacca, malaysia

breinn visited me on a whim during the chinese new year holidays and in turn, i whisked him away on a 4-hour bus journey to malacca, malaysia.

☀ january in cebu city, philippines

for the first time ever, i wasn't able to spend the christmas holidays with my family on december 2011 and so, i grabbed the opportunity to go home in last year's january -- just in time for my friend's wedding.

☀ april in cebu, philippines

i was back again in cebu during the holy week which fell in the month of april but this time i stayed longer and headed to my hometown for the sea, sun and some family bonding!

☀ april-may in cambodia

at the end of april until the first of may, i dared to soak up the heat in cambodia and i even swayed my brother to fly from the philippines to meet up with me in phnom penh.

☀ july in cebu, philippines

my third trip back home for the year had just gotten better with the complying weather, great food and an enjoyable company to keep.

☀ july in batam, indonesia

together with colleagues from work, i paid a quick visit to batam and it marked as my first landing on the indonesian shores -- no matter how near it is from singapore and a half day visit was just too short.

☀ july in phuket, thailand

work got too toxic that a weekend up in phuket was a welcome breather!

☀ october in cebu, philippines

i went home again to have breakfast in the "pambansang fastfood ng pilipinas", jollibee! i'm kidding. i actually went to my hometown for our yearly fiesta.

☀ october in johor bahru, malaysia

in order not to waste a three-day weekend, i crossed the border to malaysia with my cousins and got scorched in the kiddy land aka legoland.

☀ november in northern vietnam

i live in the tropics all my life and experiencing a little cold is surely part of my list. obviously, heading to northern vietnam during its fall season wasn't out of the question.

☀ december in coron, palawan, philippines

i had the longest break for the year last december, allowing me to head to palawan then back to cebu soon after.

☀ december in cebu, philippines

with my mother as an effective alarm clock, i crawled out of bed to hear a dawn mass a day before christmas. the church in my hometown was a sight to behold before my sleepy eyes.

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i say goodbye to 2012 and hopefully, its memories i effectively put on stand still within my topsy-turvy blog entries. and cheers for 2013! may the best things unfold to us this year! happy new year, you guys.

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