It’s preposterous! It’s ideologically sacrilegious! 

How we build up moments from sheer nonefaction and call it experience or a memory after.

How we conjure up words from our mouths that seem saccharine at the beginning but leaving us a bitter taste on our mouths.

How we visualize the ulterior today but when the moment comes, we keep it in the four corners of a void in our minds.

It’s illogical! It’s relatively irrational!

How we adhere to acquaintances and we unintentionally divulge into relationships.

How we expect the unexpected and unexpect the predictable and either way we manage occassions, a surprise is always found at the tip of it.

How the congruity of yesterday is always stronger on one than the other.

And the thing is, I don’t expect you to feel the same way. I just wanted you to know.

Hmmm. Maybe I should get back to blogging. But other than that, to know where I’ve been lately and what’s been keeping me busy. Click here.

Something is always up this time of the year that excites me! Something so fresh, colorful, vibrant, stylish and comfy all wrapped up in one small and simple package known as a pair of Havaianas Slippers.

Yep. Roughly around this time of the year in line with all the enthusiasm and cheerful disposition of every Kagay-anon because it’s the fiesta month, Cagayan de Oro’s “Make your own Havaianas” takes place at the LimKetKai Mall Rotunda. And this year it’s going to on the 17th-19th of August from 10am onwards (mark those calendars, loves!) and I bet it’s going to be another menagerie of both fashion and comfort as people will be customizing their own pair of the well-loved and famous pair of slippers.

Frequent readers are no stranger to all my travels (check sidebar links) and I usually travel to places wherein there’s a beach like Boracay, Batangas or even the nearby paradise known as Camiguin. And nothing else is smarter than to travel in a pair of good old Havaianas even if your destination didn’t have a beach. 

Why you ask?

For one, domestic airports are not as advanced as the ones overseas and our metal detectors still require us to remove our shoes UNLESS you’re wearing something like slippers. Another reason is, Havaianas offer a wide variety of designs and patterns to suit a multitude of consumers fused with great comfort allowing you to look stylish and comfortable. Third, flights can make one restless. You’re sitting down for some period of time and there’s not much to do or move around. Wearing something uneasy would simply add to your discomfort so as what I mentioned earlier, havaianas are extra-comfortable, you wouldn’t feel the stress on your feet.

And Havaianas are not just ideal for the frequent traveller.

Havaianas can add style to a laid-back outfit on a lazy day at the mall or even add a touch of class when you need to travel from Cubao to Alabang doing errands. On top of that, Havaianas are also very durable, preventing those embarrassing moments when your “cheaper alternative” snaps while you’re out of the house. 

In a nutshell, Havaianas are worth every penny spent. Comfy, stylish and durable, I don’t need any other reason as to why I shouldn’t spend a few hundred pesos to a thousand and sacrifice my own welfare.

Well, I’m Mikko Mahinay and I’m a Havaianatic. Excited for this year’s colorful and extravagant Make Your Own Havaianas 2012 at the LimKetKai Mall rotunda on the 17th-19th of August 2012. How about you?:-)

- Kanye West.

With just roughly around 4 hours of sleep and some heavy, last minute packing and cleaning right plus a refreshing but extremely cold weather, Tagaytay seemed like the perfect pre-Punta Fuego destination since it was just along the way.

It was not my first nor second time to be in Tagaytay but it was my first time to go there a la cowboy style with a jeepney ride to the peak and most of all, with the whole crew. A quick breakfast at the local market and BOOM! I was in awe at the delicious bulalo and almost every food stall offered unlimited bananas and pineapples. Beat that unli-rice!

Couple shots!

Ayen and Carlo were with us too but they went back to the condo roughly an hour before departing for the trip so both were very tired and sleepy to join the photos.

Last time I went to Tagaytay was sometime around August last year and most of it was spent inside my friend PJ’s resthouse at the Tagaytay Highlands so I never really got a chance to see more of Tagaytay. My first ever trip to Tagaytay was with my friends Kate and Nicole and it was during a rainy night and went directly at the Antonio’s Mansion. 

I really have a thing to be one campy and cheesy tourist. I mean, unless you go all out at some place new or some place you barely go to, in what other way can you really feel the place?

So I really got happy when we went to this place where it had like some sort of ruins if I’m not mistaken. Really breathtaking!<3

And I don’t mean this to offend anyone or anything at all but I really do think the local government ought to fix the park’s signage. It could be misread as:

More photos to come but for now, cheers! Xx