Christine has a resting-friendly face. In a crowded room, you can spot her when your walls start to come down - or when you feel the urge to ask for directions. It happens too often to recall every instance, but this seemingly trivial trait has served her well. Talking, and even more so, listening to strangers, has helped her understand and appreciate people and places more deeply. Christine is often kept as a friend not for her character or humor, but because she simply knows too many secrets – some of which ended up in her journal and became writing exercises. She first wrote about her travels to pass on the kindness she had received from bloggers who encouraged and had paved the way for more Filipinos to explore. Now, with travel information so easy to find, she writes to share the joy of experiencing a place not for social media, but for the memories best captured with the eyes.