Amid My Silent Reverie

The spot for my first out of town trip for this year goes to Nasugbu, Batangas with no less than my friends. And I am very much thankful and happy of how supportive they are in adjusting their plans depending on the amount of budget I have. 😁 True friends, right? But they would've been the BEST if they went out of their way and treat me instead. But that's a different story. Haha! For this specific trip, we availed of a promo voucher in  Metrodeal   - a day tour package at Canyon Cove Hotel & Spa for only P499.00 which is originally priced at P1200.00. I can't seem to find the price list in their website, but you can contact them for further inquiries  here. (Screenshot of the voucher we got.) Since majority are from Laguna, our travel time was only limited to a little over two hours. If you are coming from a farther place, make sure to leave early since Tagaytay road is REALLY traffic nowadays because of the never ending commercialization of the area. C...

I admit that I am an obsessive compulsive when it comes to trips. And it's a bit hardcore I guess because I hate it when we don't have an itinerary or if we can't complete it as planned. I get disappointed big time to the point that it stresses me a lot. Let me share with you my minimum requirements when going out: 1) reading travel/food blogs so we can shortlist and prioritize the places we want to visit and the food we want to eat, 2) checking the weather so I could plan on what clothes I need to bring, and 3) making an excel sheet of expenses (this is especially true for out of town/ out of country trips) and other minor reasons. I would like to believe I am like this because first, the money I used in splurging is limited and hard earned; second, we don't always get to go to a particular place so it would be better if we make most out the trip meaning we follow the proposed itinerary; and lastly, I don't always have the luxury of time to go on vacation. But I a...