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FEATURE STORY

Starbucks Domicillo Design Hotel

"A cup of coffee shared with a friend is happiness tasted and time well spent." While there's a lot of Starbucks out there each offering the same coffee, as far as location and view are concerned, no one offers a view so panoramic, heavenly, dreamy and divine that is Starbucks Domicillo Hotel. Imagine sipping your favorite Chocolate Cream Chip Frappucino overlooking the ethereal Taal Volcano, how dope must that be? Today me and my friend decided to have a quick one-day-only getaway to escape stress in the nearby Tagaytay City. Adulting can be very tiring so we both needed to replenish before we get consumed by exhaustion. A friend of mine recommended this new Starbucks and upon seeing pictures online, I died. The superb view is something poets would draw inspiration! The exterior looks so mundane and quite appalling at some point. Inside is just another Starbucks with tables and chairs and couches and as go further, Taal is already waving at you and i...

Post Office Building | Rediscovering Manila

To be updated later... 🙌

Masasa Beach | Rediscovering Tingloy, Batangas

At long last, after more than two years of working in Dubai, an escapade with few of my favorite people has been realized. After all the canvasses, paints, and brushes put into waste, it's finally "drawing no more" from a set of friends who has an undisputed reputation of planning, just pure planning. Since all but one is just around the metro  (big shout out to Dawn who travelled from Bicol to Batangas just to prove that she, too, is drawing no more), we agreed to disturb the silent town of Tingloy, Batangas and frolic in its waters particularly in the Masasa Beach. This is my first time in Batangas. I usually just pass by the province each time I go to Manila from Bicol and vice versa. Perhaps Laiya is quite popular when it comes to beaches, whose name is so common for team buildings or company outings, but me and my friends always prefer the less explored and popular but boasts something peculiar that leaves you asking "Why this place isn't popula...