As we celebrate the tenth year of VoicePoints and the sixth year of its Social Media Awards, we are again going international in this year’s edition of VoicePoints Social Media Awards. This is a remarkable year as we received 394,168 votes from 122 countries. We also launched new categories as we embrace diversity and inclusion …
I’m a delayed passer. By May 2014, I’m going to be a CPA. That never happened. I anticipated for that title, hoped in earnest. In the end, I was delayed. I remembered the day they made the announcement official. It was late April in 2014. I just came back to the capital after attending my …
Community Quarantine started last 15 March 2020 here in the Philippines. Since then, the news would never miss to mention the sacrifices of the frontliners each day – the market vendors and delivery guys, security personnel and health professionals, etc. They are the ones ready to fight against COVID-19, and I think it is fitting …
What makes this blog post different from my usual #TheSoloDrifter stories about my travels abroad and local adventures? I’ve been celebrating Chinese New Year in Binondo’s Chinatown for five years, but this year – I went to Sagada! With Kyle and Jerald! And why #TheTrappedDrifter this time? Let’s wait for Jerald’s vlog, you’ll find out! …
I came from an average income earning family, living far away from my university and always making every second count through constantly striving to succeed. My life indeed as an accountancy student really taught me not to give up, and to always look up upon my parents’ sacrifices and hard work just to send my …
The past decade changed the way I see life in a different perspective so here’s a message to my mid-20 self. Really, it was a decade of challenges, pursuits, failures, mistakes and victories. Dear mid-20 self, I know life has been tough, but you have done a good job, you did not give up. Love …
After two weeks from my second Indochina tour, I visited three more countries – Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia’s Bintan. If you want to visit six countries for two weeks to a month, I suggest the following route – Vietnam-Cambodia-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore-Indonesia – so take time to read my Indochina travel guide and look for a good flight …
Malaysia tour was tiring, but worth it! Now, Singapore is next stop of my third #SEAtour, plus our five-day Asia-Pacific train-the-trainers training! It took us around five hours to get to Beach Road, Singapore from TBS Kuala Lumpur via bus. Ticket price ranges SGD30. There is no time difference between Singapore and the Philippines, but …
Before our Asia-Pacific train-the-trainers training in Singapore, I decided to have my flight rerouted to Malaysia and took the 8:50PM flight via Cebu Pacific. There is no time difference between Malaysia and the Philippines and it took us four hours to get there. Philippine passport holders are granted visa-free entry to Malaysia for 30 days. …
Last stop of my third #SEAtour is one of the islands of Indonesia, Bintan! With one hour time difference with Singapore, Bintan is just 45-50-minute trip by motorised catamaran. At 7 a.m., left Orchard Hotel to catch ferry trip to Bintan Lagoon Resort in Tanah Merah. Still the same, immigration process in Tanah Merah is …