EX-cess Baggage

Whenever we travel, it is always a struggle to hold our lives inside a suitcase for the number of days we are staying with a specified amount of weight allowed. Travelers will understand how difficult it is to get all your things inside your luggage without missing out your daily routine essentials satisfying what is …

Ending a decade: 2019.

I usually round up the year I had but did a quick one on my IG stories. (follow me: @jorellrendon 😉) What could be more testifying is writing what have I learned instead. Here's a brief yet a matured one. After getting my professional license, I ended up working, practicing my profession and looks everything …

Do Burma: A diverse Myanmar experience.

We are customed with usual tourist-y spots when we visit a foreign land. Here in @doburma, far more different than the usual. Sharing one of the highlights of my Yangon trip. It was an amazing experience learning Myanmar’s language, culture, history, food and a lot more. We started learning their language on a classroom like …

Taipei Itinerary

Looking for a 4-day itinerary for Taipei, Taiwan? Well, Taipei has been and still one of my favourite cities. With its food, culture, people and places, I keep coming back which brings me here for the third time. Here is a quick 4-day itinerary which gives a guide to navigate this beautiful city. Estimated expenses …

What 2018 got me?

Looking back, aside from the pounds added, what do 2018 got me? Life changing indeed when I started the year back to eating meat again after 3 years of being a herbivore. Giving up being a vegetarian never felt more liberating as I took back a lot of resistance on eating meat. Of course, what …

Breathtaking Batanes.

People would always ask how will you describe Batanes. Others will say how the pinned location says 'Breathtaking Batanes', but how was it to experience it? Batanes is the northernmost part of the Philippines. They are a group of islands situated around 190kms from Taiwan. Yes, that near, farther than driving Manila to Baguio. Ivatans, …

Revisit 2017.

2017 has been steady with a lot of revisiting. 2017 started with a month of tests of relationships for January. Yet with fasting, praying and worship events, capping it seeing Ms. Universe live, which may not happen in the next two generations. February had been sweet going thru a DIY retreat in Zambales with my …

3 countries in 24 hours.

So how do you go about having a time constraint planned itinerary? Embrace it. We left Manila, Philippines at around 3:30pm due to a delayed flight and touched down Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at around 8:00pm. Travelled by taxi to our pre-booked accommodation in Mercu Serviced Apartments which is like 8 minute walk to Petronas Twin …

#TAIWANkobakungbakitTAIPEIkita

Second time visiting this country still gives me the same excitement as my first. Why? Besides the fact that I will be on an 'eating vacation', I am thrilled to see the places that I have never been to during my first visit. We started our long journey straight from work, catching a midnight flight. …

Round up 2016.

So another year that was. What happened in the 365 days of 2016? January started stressful as a new project starts at work, but nevertheless through Him, all things became possible. February was highlighted with my comeback travel to Hong kong as I celebrated Chinese New Year in a Chinese territory surrounded by the Chinese …