Nikki Who

Simpleng Buhay

Tumatanda tayo, ikaw at ako.. siguro nuong bata kapa.. mga tipong college to early days of corporate work mo. you're game sa lahat ng mga risk, risk taker kumbaga. ready sumugal, game lage. at walang pakealam kung anong ending.

Duon ka lage sa wild, kasi may thrill at mas mag eenjoy ka.

Pero ngaun.

Parang iba na.

Mas nakikita ko ang halaga ng peace of mind. mas gusto ko yung nakakausap ko yung utak ko, yung sarili ko.. parang wala na akong time sa lahat ng mga yan.

Salamat sa mga panahon yun.

nag enjoy rin naman ako.

Siguro kung walang epidemic tuloy ako sa Mountaineering, MTB at music.. masaya na ako dito.

I find peace.

I find happiness here.

Been busy lately, doing some errands here and there and some personal stuff.

But anyway, since all the mountain trails are closed. its gonna be like more on biking blog for now :).

My friends who was my previous band mates (Don and Ruel) invited me at Komodo MTB trail at Pajo, Bulacan.

Since there was no pickup or truck transportation we biked it, met them at monumento. but I started at BGC. So I biked from BGC to monumento waited few minutes then we biked all way up to the zigzag ways and alleys of Valenzuela and Caloocan.

[me crossing mabini bridge on my way to monumento]

[touch down monumento]

I think its around 70-80kms on bike travel from BGC to Komodo Trail.

And here we touch down Komodo Trail, Pajo Bulacan.

I don't have much selfies or photos of my self here since the loop is quite big and plus there was some dogs on the area. but it was fun!

enjoyed it! 🚴

We stayed until 2:00 PM, then we decided to go back. for me its another 80-90kms. I did not take the back route instead biked long congestional road until I reach Novaliches down to Trinoma.

[Got home around 5:30PM]

its very hard and long ride but satisfying :) 🚴

Haven't posted anything lately since February and even before COVID19 lockdown started. So, here I am.. em back.

Just to review these past months of activities I had, climbed two mountains.. Mount Hapunang Banoi in Rizal and Mount 387 in Nueva Ecija (might post throwback photoblog for that), got a new bike and planning to do it as a main hobby for XC trailing.. but with the setup we have right now.. um not anytime soon.

Thank you! :) I am no pro photographer but I love taking photos and posting them even with or without a caption, just to take that special moment. after a very long hiatus on photography I started to post photos of my adventures again on my online galleries and even though these are that huge numbers, I am really grateful that there are people out there always checks what I post and do online.

Stories from the photo archives [archives]

We’re heading back to pandaquit from our camping at nagsasa cove, along our boat ride these two fisherman caught a tuna fish.

Dela Rosa, Makati [archives]

Dela Rosa street has the longest inter-connecting foot bridge in Makati, It starts from Greenbelt 5 and ends in Rufino St. I used to visit my friends apartment in Mayapis and I always walk here.. This is one of the curving views you’ll see along Dela rosa st.

BGC Theater [archives]

Mount Lubo [archives]

Mount Lubo is a twin hike connected to Mount tangwa which is located in the province of Tanay Rizal. Mount Lubo and Mount tangwa is part of the Rizal mountain range and has other neighboring mountains that circles some Barangays.

Boatman @ Wawa Dam [archives]

Met new friends at inigan near wawa dam, we rode a boat to their lolas place where we camp. cooked some fish, spam, liempo and rice.. played the guitar all night while four bottles of gin-mango kept us warm.

Mount Pigingan, Itogon Benguet [archives]

The trail is well established but be ready for cow attacks, they’re not used to humans since this area is quite high and cold which cow loves to roam freely. The camping site has Barbed wires to protect campers from random attacks, quite like a zombie apocalypse safe zone.

Unlike the cows at mount ulap, some cows here are quite hostile. specially some male cows, in my case.. well got a taste of a strong charge attack from my back while taking a rest facing the edge cliff.. I was tossed high but able to grab a tree branch which I hold on until the cow shood away by my friends.

I almost died and fell out of the edge of the cliff, but I survived and here I am channeling my inner cow dodging skill.