Japan

In Japan, I could easily get lost in translation the way I got lost in the subway train a few times. I only know a handful of Nihongo like moshi-moshi, arigato gozaimasu, and hai, words I could easily count with my fingers hehe. But I guess two of the most important words I learned were tatemae or the presentation of your public self and hone, how you really feel. I heard my kababayans’ stories, they all look very happy, but I can sense there’s always pain behind their smile.

Daibutsu Kamakura

Cityscape from Tokyo Tower

Tokyo Disneyland

Shinkansen

Buta

Tokyo National Art Center

Kamakura temple

Kamakura beach

Rickshaw ride

Kyoto Tower

Hakone Ropeway

Hakone sulfur mining

Ashi Lake

Nara Deer Park

Nagoya Science Museum

Mochi cream

Shibuya

Japan, please be good to my fellow Filipinos.

You think the most painful thing is losing the one you love… ­

But truth is the most painful thing is losing yourself

in the process of loving someone too much.

Camp Aguinaldo

The nation will remain the land of the free

only so long as it is the home of the brave.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines is composed of the Philippine Army, Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force. The AFP, a volunteer force with a total active strength of 125,000 with more than 130,000 personnel in reserve service, keeps national peace and security. 

How we often take for granted these very things that deserve our gratitude.

Southwaters Marina Country Club and Farm

The shortest word I know is “I”, the sweetest is “love”.
But the most anticipated is “summer”.

Mistakes are proof that you are trying

Remember…
1. Whoever comes are the right people.
2. Whatever happens is the only thing that could have.
3. Whenever it starts is the right time.
4. When it’s over, it’s finally time to move on.

Villa Javierto: Bringing peace into moments of chaos

“One cannot refuse to eat just because

there is a chance of being choked.”

- Chinese Proverb

Adobo flakes sandwich

Tulingan pasta

Halo-halo

In a busy, transit city of Lucena, Villa Javierto is a rare find like their exquisite paintings, heirlooms, antique collections and old, ancestral houses reminiscent of Spanish colonial era.

A charming bed and breakfast place with the mystical Mt. Banahaw at its backdrop, it is also the home of Catalino’s Restaurant which serves the sweetest coconut puree halo-halo I have ever tasted, and Pillar Plants and Novelties where arts and antiques blend harmoniously with the garden with a wishing well and static kalesas.

Moreover, the coolness of the lush surroundings is complemented by the warm hospitality of the family who owns the place. It’s sad to hear though that the family matriarch, who conceptualized (together with her husband) the Villa with so much passion and love, recently passed away.

This summer, let Villa Javierto teleport you back in time where everything was still as simple and rustic as a country life and as romantic as a moonlight serenade.

Villa Javierto

Gulang-Gulang, Lucena City

Tel. No.:  (042) 710-5753, 0917-5600281