From Marianas Trench With Love: 143 Travel Hugot Lines
52 Oo nandun na tayo sa madami nang napagdaan yang puso mo. Naging bato na in history. Pero hindi yan ni-declare ng National Historical Commission para hindi mabago. It can be touched once again by someone else.
53Kung mag-isa ka lang, napapamahal ka. Kung may kasama, napapamahal din. Tanginang travel yan. Walang takas sa mahal-mahal na ganyan.
54Social Climbing, Jumping to Conclusion, Running out of Money. Yang tatlong yan lang favorite outdoor activities ko.
55On a scale from 1 to Mt. Apo, gaano kataas ang expectation mo pagdating sa pag-ibig?
56On a scale from 1 to Mt. Guiting-Guiting, gaano kahirap akyatin ang puso nya?
57“Traveler ba o Traveller?”
Tatluhin mo na para sigurado!
“Kaya pala 3 kami nyang pinagsabay-sabay.”
58Open-minded ka ba? Grow your 800 MASL to priceless fulfilment and happiness. And you wouldn’t want to exit! Ask me how!
59Bakit ba kayong mga nasaktan at gustong mag-moveon, ang hilig hilig nyong magtravel at hanapin ang sarili? Pwede naman sa coffee shop lang. Hindi naman puro open-minded yung nandun. Pwede rin mag-open ng hearts.
60You are not meant to be in one place. In one situation. Yang heartbreak mo, hindi yan tinatambayan. Traveler ka, move on.
61As a tourist or as traveler, paano ba ako makaka-checkin diyan sa puso mo?
62 Dorm-type room pala ang puso nya. Lahat in-accommodate. Ang landi.
63 No one ever wishes they traveled less. No one ever wishes to be loved less.
64 That moment na na-witness ko na mas malinis pa ang Daraitan River kaysa sa pagkatao ko.
65 “Hindi ka ba natatakot sa Couchsurfing? Nakikitulog ka sa hindi mo kakilala?”
May habang buhay naman kami para kilalanin ang isa’t isa.
66 “I won’t fall in love with my travel buddy. I won’t fall in love with my travel buddy. Paulit-ulit kong iisipin yan. I won’t fall in love with my travel buddy.”
Responsorial psalm, Let our response be: I won’t fall in love with my travel buddy.
67Gaano naman talaga ang traveling diba, you’ll become something bigger than what you were before. Aminin mo na kasi. Take the risk. If it fails, then it becomes part of your life. You lose someone important but not everything.
68Maybe one day, someone at the end of the arrival hall will hug me and say “Tangina mo. Wag mo na kong iiwan ulit. Kung magtatravel ka, isama mo ko.”
69Madali kasi ako mapagod. Baka makasagabal lang ako sa ibang kasama nyo. Habol ako nang habol kaya napapagod. Ang totoo nyan mahina talaga lungs ko. Pati puso ko.
70Okay lang mahina ang lungs. Ako nga durog ang puso nakakaakyat pa rin eh
71Walang basagan ng tuhod. Walang basagan ng trip. Walang basagan ng puso.
72Because of you, I’m so worried na baka hindi ko na kayanin mag-solo backpack sa susunod.
73Posting good travel stuff in FB and in IG doesn’t mean lagi akong masaya. Everyone has his own problems. Yun nga lang, choice ko na hindi ito i-post online.
74Bawat piyesta yata sa Pilipinas, nag-aattempt na magbreak ng world records. Pagkakagaling-galing ng Pinoy mag-break ng world records. Pati mag-break ng heart na rin.
75Peak season na! Nagmamahalan na ang mga accommodation! Tayo kelan tayo magmamahalan?
76Daig pa nya NAIA sa traffic congestion. Siksikan kami sa puso nya!
77Bakit ba naman sa dinami-dami ng magagandang beaches sa Pilipinas at sa init ng panahon ngayon, Mas pinili mo pa ring manirahan sa malamig niyang puso?
78Sa sobrang init ng pagmamahal ko sa iyo, Mahihiya ang sunblock SPF 200 sa tindi nito.
79Etong eyebags ko hindi na pwedeng i-handcarry. Kelangan nang i-checkin sa sobrang laki. Kakaisip sa iyo.
80They always say that the measure of success is the number of stamps in your passport, your fast-tracked career, your education, your service to the country pero kapag mag-isa ka na you know that it measured by the love you share with someone for the rest of your lives.
81No one else understands how the heart of traveler works except my bucket list. If I can only marry my own bucket list.
82You should travel. Hindi mo naman kailangan makita lahat. But there are things that you just have to see. New Love.
83Three words. Say it. I’m Yours. “Kelan next akyat?”