All I Can Handle

When I was travelling outside of Zamboanga city for the first time in 2007, I was able to capture this video aboard the Super Ferry ship in Cebu . Back then, I loved playing Sim City (and I still do). I became fascinated with urban planning and loved skyscrapers. The first time in my life that I saw skyscrapers in person was in Cebu. When I went to Cebu from Bohol in 2026, I was excited to see this view again. I was travelling on an Oceanjet ferry from Bohol this time around. I was disappointed when I did not see the view of the skyscrapers with the green mountains at the back. Instead, what I saw was only the new bridge connecting Cebu to Mactan. Maybe the bigger ships use a different port or maybe they were taller so I had a better view.

When I was planning to visit Bohol, I didn't really know where to go. Since the pier was located in Tagbilaran, that was where I decided to stay. When I checked how far away the tourist attractions were from Tagbilaran, I said to myself that I probably would just stay within the city. So I surprised myself when I decided to go to Carmen, where the Chocolate Hills viewing deck was located. When I went to Cebu City last year, my Cebuana friend was disappointed because I did not visit the popular attractions that tourists visit. I told her that I was already happy with visiting Magellan's Cross. When I was in elementary school, Magellan's Cross was one of the tourist sites that I would often see in my books at school. I remember feeling like a loser whenever summer vacation would be over and my friends would tell stories about visiting the places we saw in books. I also find myself gravitating towards museums and old churches whenever I visit a place for tourism and not the us...