CALM BEFORE THE STORM: Fog over the Hills of Morong Rizal as seen from Saint Monique Valais Binangonan in the morning of Dec. 3,2012, hours before a Super typhoon is expected to hit the Southern Philippines.Once inside the Philippine area of responsibility,it will be named Pablo.PAG-A…
I can't believe how time flies.This month Marks our 3rd year of staying in this small sleepy village they call SAINT MONIQUE VALAIS and many changes have happened since then. Who was it who said that "time changes everything.................. including our concept of this amalg…
Feels like weekend again,or maybe it's just me. I've been on energy saving mode since last week and I don't feel like doing anything special except staying around lazying.The best that I could do since summer heat is unbearable is to go swimming.We have two swimming pools in o…
Lazy Wednesday morning. The clouds still keep coming and the horizon changes every single minute ---mostly gloomy. This affects my mood. Makes me miss my hometown. Good thing I live in a place where civilization is close to nature. So I took my bike, drove to the northern outskirt of my v…
I actually call it tragedy because it's nothing short of being tragic. A peaceful community caught in the middle of the controversy surrounding its developer Globe Asiatique and Filmal Realty Corporation . Life at Saint Monique Valais is normal as usual but the ongoing problem is st…
Since it's our 2nd time to spend the annual Village Fiesta here at Saint Monique, I wanna share the shots I took a few months ago which I edited to blur some parts. This gives you a feeling that it is somewhat fake but it's not. This effect is good especially if you take pictures…
just found out a few days ago what VALAIS in St. Monique Valais means, I thought it stands for village but I'm wrong. It simply means valley. Appropriate enough as the village sits in a valley on the southern tip of the Sierra Madre Range..... ....and the weather here during this ti…
My friend Inah, who is a member of the POWER LEGENDS visited us last weekend with her family so as to reserve a unit here in the village. In roughly 10 months, we will be expecting a new kid in the block. Another power legend here would mean more than one reason for our friends to be arou…
If you can't come to them, let them come to you..... and that's exactly what will happen to the peaceful community of St. Monique Valais tonight. the chapel and French Chalet houses in phase 1.....
Since I don't get to have a lot of exercise due to the nature of my work. I make it a point that I go swimming at least once a week. So during Sundays or Tuesdays where I have a lot of free time, you can find me here...... clubhouse at St. Monique.....
____________________ the legends are again on the move. from left: Celine, Mela, Josh and Teresa..... And this time , they are again seen in St. Monique Valais in Pantok Binangonan Rizal because of the annual fiesta there....... Block 1 of Nicole Townhouses in Saint Monique bl…
______________________ this place really has a lot of surprises in stored. I learned last month that the village of St. Monique has a fiesta of it's own. cool. And so it is, every 29th day of August. This years festivities will be tomorrow.hehe ...it will surely be a bus…
________________________ ....never really thought I could own a house. Not that I don't want to to but because it was surreal. Sure, I had dreams, but I thought it will be simply that----a dream. during the fiesta....... with Marvin in the house..... the stairs...... …
____________________ Some people might not understand why until now I seem to be in a not-so-upbeat situation. I tell you, it's complicated. It's an aggregate of what life could possibly throw at me all at once. Simply put, I am not depressed. Just a little into the bl…
