Troy Jacob

Manila to The Northern PH

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Not a day was wasted through the course of Vacation Week as it were. Six days in total – all filled with travel, fun, knowledge, experience, & moments. Well, capturing is one of my forte and my hobby especially when it comes to photographs.

This is the 1^st ever trip that I had to go through with my new and well-rounded buddy – my Fujifilm X-T10. Fortunately it kept up with me through rough times of capturing moments and also photo shoots with the help of my brother.

I’m planning to make multiple blog posts with this one long week trip which means this is not it. This is what you can call, a preview. But I am excited to write those contents one of these days. So do keep a look out on those contents.

1^st league of the trip. Waking up very, very early was a dreadful thing to do because we wanted to avoid traffic and also we want to arrive at our first destination early as well. I decided to start the day right with a doze of Cold Brew freshly pressed from Starbucks and it was not a waste.

The 1^st three days was spent at a Greece inspired resort – the Thunderbird Resort & Casino – located in La Union. The remaining days was mostly spent in Vigan City, which is the most awaited city that I really want to visit, but an overnight stay was also spent at Pagudpud which is almost the most Northern Edge of the Philippines.

Well, it was a really really well spent Vacation Week for me. Oh we’re actually planning a trip to Palawan by the end of the year, so I’m very excited for that.

Vacation Destinations – San Fernando, La Union; Vigan, Ilocos Sur; Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte

|Travel| Not a day was wasted through the course of Vacation Week as it were. Six days in total – all filled with travel, fun, k...

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Wandering Meets Helping

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Roaming around one’s own country is already a success but what if there comes a moment where you’re still not capable of doing so. Why not roam around one’s own city, area, or vicinity. I for one am a proud traveler almost anywhere, but I decided that why not roam and wander around here in my city, at the South of the Metro – Las Piñas City.

Actually this was not sudden, it was already sort of pre-planned because we were given a task by one of our professors that we should conduct a community service of any kind. Any kind meaning that it is up to us to figure what we’re gonna do as long as we can contribute or help others. So the four of us got together, and discussed that we would simply give out food and snacks to those who are less fortunate than us especially children that we would come across with during our wandering.

We decided to go with my friend’s village located at the vicinity behind our university. The moment we stepped off the tricycle that we rode on, we saw kids walking along the streets but these are not kids that possess a normal life of a normal child. So we decided to give them a treat.

This habit went on and on and we didn’t even noticed that we were almost out of goods. At some point we came across a guard house and we decided why not give the men and women inside a treat for doing a good job in a long hard days of work. Also to show gratitude that we are thankful that they keep our surroundings protected.

No matter how big and small your action will be, well it will not matter. From that experience I realize and saw that with what we were doing, we were not only giving treats out to them because we need to finish the project. No, I saw that even if the things that we were doing were so small and would only last a few minutes you can really see how happy the kids and people were when we handed out treats to them. Another thing is that I was and am happy that I got to share a little bit of my being fortunate with them and not just keeping it all to myself.

| Personal & Travel | Roaming around one’s own country is already a success but what if there comes a moment where you’re...

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1st Time With Waterfalls

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The Labor Day weekend, the weekend that some of us were truly waiting for because Labor Day fell on a Monday. Then the President declared Friday was a special non-working day so it was made into a 4-day weekend which can be used as a second weekend getaway after the Holy Week.

Not much was planned for me and my family. I thought we were just gonna be spending the entire 4 days here in Metro Manila, but luckily mom had a planned trip on her head. So it was suddenly turned into a “quick getaway down South!” But not just anywhere in the South but to Pagsanjan, Laguna.

I mean if I’m about to see of the Philippines’ greatest treasure, why not have a lunch break in Filipino Style. Before going further through our trip, we had lunch at Isdaan Floating Restaurant a facility of Barrio Fiesta.

Seeing one of the greatest treasures of your country is really amazing, this time we are about to see one of the greatest treasures of the Philippines – the Pagsanjan Falls. Throughout the experience there were a lot of new things. It was my 1^st time to see a waterfall, 1^st time to go rafting, and 1^st time seeing new breeds of wild life.

I recommend to all that if you’re in the Philippines, or planning to go to the Philippines. I am telling you, you should visit the Pagsanjan Falls. An advice for keeps: protect your gadgets with some waterproofing if you’re planning on bringing them to the falls because I can guarantee you that on the way there and back, your gadgets are gonna get wet. Like you.

Below are other visuals throughout the day.

This is actually my favortie shot through the day

|Travel| The Labor Day weekend, the weekend that some of us were truly waiting for because Labor Day fell on a Monday. Then the Pr...