April 2015

How to Hanami.

Fun in Taiwan!

Tales from a hippie Thai town.

Anawangin beckons.

[article_carousel images="https://windowseat.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/carousel1-weaving-water.png, https://windowseat.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/carousel2-weaving-water.png, https://windowseat.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/carousel31.jpg, https://windowseat.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/carousel4-weaving-water.png"] In the T’boli language, the word for “water” and the word for “yes” are the same – el. For “water,” it is pronounced with a short E sound, the lips parted, mouth open, sound flowing outwards.

It will not be the same when I return, but it will be around, still brimming with life, possibly even larger than how it used to be.

Dust collecting, kung fu, etc.

Not pho.

Driving on the California Pacific Coast Highway.

On turbulence.

The methodical tap-tap-tapping of the sticks.

Finding brave in Baler.

Christmas and family.

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You gotta go, go, go!

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