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Happy 10th Anniversary To Us! Ria is My Only 1 True Love
We are a complete strangers after I saw her (Andrea Lou B. Godoy-Mercado) selling calendar to my mom at the Registrar‘s office of our Alma Mater (Our Lady of Manaoag College Inc.) where we both graduated at the same year. … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Family, Travel & Leisure
Tagged Alma Mater, aviation, Best Friends, cars, Family, Friendship, gaming, Mother, nature, Relationships, Romance, Thought, transportation
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Mission Seed Bomb: Let’s Fight Deforestation and Not War
Legend has it that after the World War II got over, American pilot Gale Halvorson airdropped candies in the name of hope, for the Berlin children. War equals devastation, so dropping candies instead of bombs was probably personal retribution. … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Events, Health, Mountaineering, Outreach
Tagged aviation, Berlin, climate, Deforestation, Desertification, Environment, Erosion, nature, science, Seed, Soil, transportation, United States, World War II
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A Succesful Bloggers Day Hike without Me
After months of planning through Twitter with other travel bloggers and hikers, January 20, 2013 is selected and agreed to be the 1st ever bloggers day and the chosen mountain is Mt. Batulao where I was tasked to create an … Continue reading
Posted in Contest, Environment, Events, Health, Mountaineering, Running, Running Bloggers, Sports, Travel & Leisure
Tagged Angel, aviation, Batulao, Birthday, Blog, Directories, gaming, Hiking, mental-health, nature, Outdoors, Philippines, transportation, Twitter, Web Rings and Cliques
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Man Versus Storm – 3rd L.O.S.T. Anniversary Climb Special
The wet & wild adventure the L.O.S.T way… After months of Hiatus in mountaineering I finally decided to climb again and I choose to start it with L.O.S.T. 3rd anniversary climb and I thought it would be sweet if I … Continue reading
Posted in BMC101, Environment, Events, Mountaineering, Travel & Leisure
Tagged Bataan, Friday, good weather, Judy Ann Santos, L.O.S.T., Laguna, Manila, Mariveles, Mariveles Bataan, Metro Manila, monsoon rain, nature, Outdoors, Quezon City, Rica Peralejo, stormy weather, survival challenge
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The Bull Runner’s Trails Running 101 From The Masters
– The Team L.O.S.T. Trail Runners 3rd Leg Finishers (Dingdong, Me, A, Jep, Beth, Joelle and Ralph). After the newly concluded Nature‘s Trail Discovery Run Final Leg held in Daranak Falls, Tanay where I finished all three legs together with 2 … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Events, Health, Mountaineering, Running, Running Bloggers, Sports, Tips & Tricks, Travel & Leisure
Tagged Athletic shoe, health, healthy-living, mental-health, nature, Outdoors, Road running, running, Sport, Sports, Tanay Rizal, Trail, Trail running, Training
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3 KILOS IS GREATER THAN JUAN!
Meet my running buddies. We are some sort of male version of 3>1’s (Monica, LC and Kim) of 3isgreaterthan1.com haha. They are actually our favorite female athletes 🙂 Meet Jep and Josh. They are my running buddies and at the … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Health, Running, Running Bloggers, Sports
Tagged Arts and Entertainment, Clubs, CrossFit, favorite female athletes, Greece, health, healthy-living, Kim, Marathon, Monica, monica kim, nature, Paul Frampton, Road running, running, Sport, Sports, Training, trend micro inc, Ultramarathon, United States
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Spotted: Kalongkong Hiker on PIMCO’s 2nd Love-a-TrEE International Trail Running Ultra Marathon 2013 Poster
Poster Credits: Pimco Sporting Events and PTRA (Philippine Trail Running Association) It is such an honor to be included on this poster. Yeah, that’s me yours truly running towards the final U-turn of 21K trail run. Thanks to photographer Ryan … Continue reading
Posted in BMC101, Contest, Environment, Events, Health, Mountaineering, Running, Running Bloggers, Sports, Travel & Leisure
Tagged enervon c, healthy-living, Marathon, nature, Nike, Outdoors, Philippine, PIMCO Sporting Events, Powerade, running, Sport, Sports, Trail running, Ultramarathon, Vibram, Water
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Jungle Environmental Survival Training Camp – 24HR Course
Jungle Environmental Survival Training Camp ~ Advance Course OCTOBER 27-28 2012 Warning: Advance Course or Hunter-Gatherer is the first true Jungle Survival Course and you will earn the “Wilderness Survival Certification” that few can ever have. This is NOT your … Continue reading
Posted in BMC101, Environment, Events, Health, Mountaineering, Sports
Tagged climate, Education, Environment, Experiential education, Hunter-Gatherer, Jest Camp, nature, Olongapo, Outdoors, Philippines, Recreation, science, Survival skills, Sustainable living, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Travel, vacation
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Pimco’s New Look & Link To My Blog’s Leg 1 Race Review
This is the new look and feel of Pimco Sporting Events site for PTRA Members and non-member and I was like browsing on the site and my heart beat pounds very past when I see a link of the all … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Events, Health, Mountaineering, Running, Running Bloggers, Sports
Tagged Events, nature, PIMCO, PIMCO Sporting Events, running, Sport, Sports, trail leg, trail races, Trail running, Training, Travel, United States, vacation
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Kalongkong Hiker’s Mt. Batulao Day Hike – The Mini Movie
I always wanted to document or video taped my hiking events or climbs like the mini video that Vitto (“The Day Hiker” in the making) created when we visited and traversed Mt. Batulao for 1 day in Nasugbu, Batangas last … Continue reading
Posted in BMC101, Contest, Environment, Events, Health, Mountaineering, Running, Sports, Travel & Leisure
Tagged Batangas, Batulao, corleone brothers, Hiking, mt batulao, Nasugbu Batangas, nature, Outdoors, Recreation, Summit, Tagalog language, Trail, Trails, Travel, vacation
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Quote of Day: Plant a Tree, Save Life!
THE BEST TIME TO PLANT TREES IS NOW! PLANT A TREE, SAVE LIFE! We are currently collecting pledges for Adopt-a-Seedling campaign to support Haribon’s Road to 2020 which aims to plant more trees and series of reforestation activities. Want to … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Events, Health, Mountaineering
Tagged best time to plant trees, Biology, Botany, climate, Dendrology, Environment, Gardens, nature, Plants, science, Shopping, Tree, tree planting
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XTERRA Philippines – Putik Pare 11/18/2012 (Clark, Pampanga)
Initial race details: XTERRA PHILIPPINES – PUTIK PARE November 18, 2012 Clark, Pampanga 1. Race Background: A two-person team will combine a mountain bike ride (18km) and trail run (10km) with each member doing both disciplines. 2. Categories: All Male … Continue reading
Posted in Running
Tagged Mountain Bike, Mountain biking, nature, Pampanga, race background, running, Sport, Tanay Rizal, Trail running, Travel
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Happy Birthday Running Buddy @joshtadena theswooshrunner
At last I found my running buddy, no other than Josh ‘the swoosh runner’ Tadena. Me and Josh shares the same passion for running and commitment to have an active lifestyle. We both conquered Salomon X-Trail Pilipinas 2012’s 24K Mountain … Continue reading
YOGA for RELIEF August 20, 2012 (UP Diliman Sunken Garden)
I Love Pinoy invites you to join YOGA FOR RELIEF On August 20, 2012, 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM at the UP Diliman Sunken Garden De-stress from a busy life and help bring a bagful of sunshine to flood-stricken families … Continue reading
21 Days Before Nature’s Trail Discovery Run 2NL Begins!
It’s exactly 21 days before the trail running event, from the group of 4 that started this in my group, we are now a group of 12 and growing to test and conquer the trails of Laiban, Tanay this coming … Continue reading
Posted in BMC101, Contest, Environment, Events, Health, Mountaineering, Running, Running Bloggers, Sports, Travel & Leisure
Tagged 5k Trail Fun Run, Events, Manila, Manila Bay, mountains and rivers, nature, Outdoors, PIMCO Sporting Events, Plastic, Plastic bottle, Road running, running, Sport, sports rox, Tanay Rizal, trail runners, Trail running, Travel, United States, vacation
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Swim Bike Run in the Flooded Streets? Triathlon Starts Here!
I am not here to make fun of photos posted in Facebook and Twitter nor critic them I just got a bright idea out of it. It all started with me thinking how to train even under this heavy … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Events, Health, Running, Running Bloggers, Sports, Weather
Tagged bright idea, Events, Facebook, flood, heavy rains, nature, Outdoors, Road running, running, SBR, Sport, Swim Bike Run, Trail running, Travel, Triathlon, Twitter, Ultramarathon
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Haribon Foundation’s Buhay Punlaan Opens to Volunteers!
At Haribon like to start our forests young. Even the largest Narra and Lauan trees start out as mere seedlings you can hold in the palm of your hand. This coming August 11, 2012, Saturday, the Haribon Foundation Buhay Punlaan … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Events, Mountaineering, Outreach
Tagged climate, Contact number, Environment, HARIBON, Haribon Foundation, Laguna, nature, Opportunities, Philanthropy, Philippine, science, Travel, Tree, vacation, volunteers
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29 Days Before Nature’s Trail Discovery Run 2NL Begins!
[Picture above]: On the top, 2nd from Right is my running buddy Elvin Pastorfide and below him on the 2nd row is my team mate/running buddy Joshua Felix Tadena and other road runners switch to trail running. There are more … Continue reading
Posted in Contest, Environment, Events, Health, Mountaineering, Running, Running Bloggers, Sports, Travel & Leisure
Tagged Elvin, Manila, Manila Bay, mountains and rivers, nature, Nature's Trail Discover, Outdoors, Philippines, PIMCO Sporting Events, road runners, running, trail runners, Trail running, Travel, United States, vacation
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One of the reasons why I switch to Trail Running and loving it!
“I am still overwhelmed with the experience and I still cannot get over with the beauty of Tanay Rizal and yet PIMCO Sporting Events keeps on posting photos of our adventure last May 27 and I am proud to share … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Events, Health, Mountaineering, Running, Sports, Travel & Leisure
Tagged Athletic shoe, Clubs, Events, Facebook, Facebook features, Laiban, nature, Rizal, Road running, running, Sierra Madre Mountains, Sport, Tanay Rizal, Trail running
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Runnr Lab: Free Running Clinic in UP Diliman
RUNNR presents “RUNNR LAB”, a FREE developmental running clinic in UP Diliman. Learn about proper running techniques and more from U.S. Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist Coach Edsel Vengco.
Posted in Health, Running, Sports, Tips & Tricks
Tagged health, healthy-living, IPhone, medicine, nature, Outdoors, Quezon City, Recreation, running, Shopping, Sport, Sports, The CW Television Network, University of the Philippines, University of the Philippines Los Baños, UP Diliman, yoga
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