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And Another Running Post
This morning, after a two-day hiatus from running, I ran again. I ran nonstop for almost 2 1/2 hours. It was hard. The early part of training is always difficult. There's a lot of pain and sacrifice and you have to be the one to tell yourself to keep going. Going from zero to something is never easy ( Read more... ) -
The Dubai Marathon Last January
Now that my last post is on running, I've decided as a sweet follow-up to post pictures from a world-class marathon. My dad arrived from Muscat last Friday and just yesterday, he asked me to arrange his collection of hundreds of muddled, completely-not-in-order pictures from the marathon he joined last January- the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon ( Read more... ) -
A Running Post
This early morning was a good one. Yesterday, I noticed my body aches had subsided so I decided to run again. And so today before the sun started to shine, I went out and ran nonstop for a good two hours. Running without middle east heat and seeing many grass and trees was nice for a change. I went farther than I originally intended to and despite ( Read more... ) -
The Eventful Weekend (Greenhills and Photo Shoots)
I am finally posting about that exciting weekend I mentioned. Prior to the weekend were also some photo shoots, making the said weekend even more memorable. Tuesday the 17th, Pat (pat452) and I had our first photo shoot for the year. We went to the same place we had our rock and Eudoxia Vervain photo shoots, only this time, the place was overrun with ( Read more... ) -
My Photographs
Now that everyone has seen my bright-coloured paintings, which look like they might as well have been done by a child, I am going to post some more recent visual output. Last semester at school, I had a basic photography class. Of course, you all have already had a sneak peek at the photos I took for that class. Below are some of the other pictures ( Read more... ) -
My Previous Art
I just got back from a very, very eventful weekend (not to mention some running that I hope is not responsible for my sore back and ribs, yikes). But before I post pictures from the exciting weekend, let me make an overdue post. Last year, in December, I decided to take pictures of some of the artwork I did in the past (others were lost or meant to ( Read more... ) -
An Eventful Weekend (On Cronies and Curls)
I've been through two weekends here since my return from Muscat. The first, I reunited with Jan (janbunag) who I was very much excited to see after being away from my Manila-based friends the whole summer. We took advantage of Jan's free time before law school started (Jan will be an excellent lawyer, I tell you!) to meet and catch up (we got together ( Read more... ) -
The Surroundings of Al Hoota Cave (+ on my summer stay in Oman)
Last month, I also went to Nizwa, a province three hours drive from Muscat and also home to the tourist destination, Al Hoota Cave. It was a unique experience going there as huge mountains towered over the wide, long-winding roads and made you feel small. At the same time, I felt rather secure being surrounded by the big rock mountains. I felt like ( Read more... ) -
The Oman Seas! (from an Arabian dhow)
Just a note, this is not a follow-up to my "to-be-continued" post before this. That post's successor will have to wait. For now, let me blog about the day I felt like a female Al-Sindibaad Al-Bahri (السندباد البحري) or simply, Sindbad.
It was a Friday (the weekend in Oman, their equivalent to the western Sunday) and the Muscat Roadrunners had ( Read more... ) -
Changes, Changes, Changes
I am back from Oman. After two months abroad, I finally got my first glimpse of Manila. It has been three days since my return and I am feeling a lot of things ( Read more... )