Mt. Batulao in Nasugbu, Batangas is the 3rd mountain I explored. Despite the many rock climbing, grass gripping and trek falling moments, the view at the summit and the halo-halo were definitely worth it! What’s more? In collaboration with the rest of the group, our mountain climbing buddy Lester proposed to Gen! Then with tears, Gen said…. “i hate you all!”. lol! Meet the newly engaged couple, Lester and Gen! The trek had no trees! Grass all the way! The camp site where we pitched our tents were formed like terraces. Jorge and Jommel. You’ll meet them at the campsite. Are…
Haifa Carina
Haifa Carina
Haifa Carina is a tech community builder from the Philippines. She leads various initiatives for the Philippine tech community, volunteers for DEVCON Philippines and curates for Startup Digest Philippines. She’s a marathoner, wall climber and Spartan racer. She loves to travel and dreams of building her own underground house.
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Rou Hostel was the best hostel we’ve stayed in during our 2-week Indochina budget trip. It was a humble place situated at the center of the city where the main attractions are just walking distance. They have big bunk beds each with its own emergency light and a pair of outlets. Each bunkbed also had their own locker which is very convenient!
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Vietnam: Saigon Daily Motorcade and Cu Chi Tunnels
by Haifa Carinaby Haifa CarinaHo Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) is where we stayed at in Vietnam. Its a city where many of the major tourist attractions are walking distance from each other! Their traffic is also worth mentioning. With motorcycles outnumbering cars big time on the road, its like a daily motorcade there! During our 3 days stay, we went to Ben Thanh Market, Reunification Palace, War Remnants Museum, Central Post Office and Notre Dame. We also watched the AO Show. Then we went on a tour at Cu Chi Tunnels (via TNK Travel). The thing I find most interesting is definitely the…
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Welcome 2014! Its the time of the year when everything starts fresh and new! Last year, my focus was career and adding value to the Philippine IT industry. This year I’m focusing on something I love since I was a kid: TRAVEL!!
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DevCon Presents the Biggest Mobile Developer Conference in the Philippines – DevCon Summit 2013 #MobileDevNBeyond!
by Haifa Carinaby Haifa CarinaDevelopers Connect (DevCon) Philippines is holding DevCon Summit 2013: Mobile Development and Beyond – The Biggest Mobile Developer Conference in the Philippines happening on November 30, 2013 (Saturday) at Cinema 4, SM Megamall. The event is a whole day conference that aims to bring together over 800 Information Technology professionals, students and educators from all over the Philippines to showcase the latest trends and opportunities in the mobile development industry. The summit features the prominent individuals from the international and local mobile development scene: John Britton of GitHub Inc., Micael Diaz de Rivera of Sulit.com.ph, Howard Go of Mochibits, Ramon…
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The couple that wanders together, stays together! So happy to announce that Franz and I just celebrated our 2nd anniversary! Yay! Dont worry, ill spare the cheesy details of how in love we are. Lol. Instead, ill be sharing how we spent the day.