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Explore beautiful places. Discover everyday beauty. Reflect on meaningful stories.

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What We Learn Along the Way

Every journey leaves us with more than memories—it leaves us with lessons. Through personal reflections, stories of reinvention, and moments of growth, discover the insights that help us embrace change, find hope, and appreciate every chapter of life.

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Write with Passion Modern Calligraphy Workshop

Posted on April 14, 2018April 14, 2018by Mae Olandesca

Here I go again in not keeping my word of posting right away after my last post here.  Life caught me by surprise again when I had an escapade to […]

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Naminara Republic

Posted on March 31, 2018July 12, 2018by Mae Olandesca

It’s already summer and I haven’t finished writing about our South Korea trip.  At the moment here in the Philippines, it’s sunny outside but the atmosphere is surprisingly cold.  It’s […]

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Feature Friday: VjANDEP Commissary Visit

Posted on March 23, 2018April 14, 2018by Mae Olandesca

Feature Friday highlights businesses, people, fashion, and basically anything under the sun! VjANDEP is for Virgilio Jose and Eleanor Popera, the lovely couple behind Mindanao’s sweetest pastel. It was such […]

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DTI and GoNegosyo’s KMME Program Launch

Posted on March 12, 2018January 7, 2020by Mae Olandesca

Misamis Occidental delegates with Sir Leo Ocampos and Ma’am Elvie Tan The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in partnership with GoNegosyo officially launched Kapatid Mentor Me Program last March […]

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Misamis Occidental Food Products at K Café

Posted on February 25, 2018January 9, 2024by Mae Olandesca

K Café Blessing 2018 If I’m a tea addict, there’s much more tea addict-er than me in the person of Ilda Mae Montemor, my grade school classmate.  As what my […]

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You Were Surprising, 2017!

Posted on January 21, 2018January 21, 2018by Mae Olandesca

2018 hasn’t officially started yet since the lunar new year is still 4 weeks away from now so I guess I have the license for this post!  On this 21st […]

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How to Prepare Samgyeopsal

Posted on January 20, 2018January 20, 2018by Mae Olandesca

When in Korea, do what the Koreans do!  An old saying, huh?  So when in Korea, I ate and drank like a local!  So to speak, I never tried a […]

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Feature Friday: Hanbok That Day

Posted on January 12, 2018April 14, 2018by Mae Olandesca

Feature Friday highlights businesses, people, fashion, and basically anything under the sun! To be honest, I never dreamed of wearing a Hanbok.  This is the national dress of Korea and we […]

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Gyeongbokgung: The Goblin Filming Location

Posted on January 7, 2018January 7, 2018by Mae Olandesca

Geunjeongjeon, The Main Throne Hall Liezl, my magna cum laude physicist:  “Korean dramas are being shot here, Ma’am.” Me:  “What teleserye?” Liezl:  “Basta Ma’am, daghan!” And I didn’t notice that […]

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Holidays 2017

Posted on January 5, 2018January 5, 2018by Mae Olandesca

Christmas season has always been so magical when I was still a kid.  With the anticipation of gifts from my ninongs, ninangs, and Santa Claus who I always suspected to […]

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