January, 2012

THE ALPHA, ROOT, BEGINNING, AND ORIGIN

January 31, 2012 | 2

In accordance with the pact I made with myself and that is to update my blog with contents/articles on a weekly basis, let me wrap up the month right with this long-overdue introduction. Why? The site has been up since 2009 and yet no one knows how I landed writing a travelogue.

The Pseudonym
I started blogging year 2003 about my daily college shenanigans. I wrote prolifically back then, sometimes posting two or more blog posts each day, under the aliases (which I don’t regret using):

MissBackpacker | Where Have You Been Lately?

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WEEKEND GETAWAY: DAY 1

January 3, 2012 | 6

After our long day at work, Rowjie and I were off at 7 AM. And since we were told that the Weekend Getaway crew would fetch us at 8 AM, we hurriedly went home because we still weren’t done packing our clothes.

When we were already settled, my heart wouldn’t stop pounding while waiting for the crew. The pressure’s on, I thought. We’d be shown on national television, we didn’t know where we were headed, we had no idea what kind of activities were waiting for us.

Then they arrived and filming started. Still with no knowledge of our destination, I pretended to be so sleepy while on our way to wherever when in reality, I was really anxious and nervous.

MissBackpacker | Where Have You Been Lately?

On the way to the airport (scene from the actual episode).

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