About
Hello! I'm Daddy Ivan and welcome to Dad On The Move!
I'm a husband, a father, and a '90s kid. I'm a daddy blogger from the Philippines. In this blog, I share stories
about family travel, food, and restaurants, parenting, and involved
fatherhood, and product reviews. I write about things that make me and my
family happy, and I hope that these stories will also brighten your
day.
If you've been a long-time reader of this blog, thank you for keeping up
with me as well as the several transitions of this blog. If it's your first
time here, this blog started as a personal journal, then it evolved into a
couple travel blog when I was inspired to add travel content by our
trip to Macau
for our honeymoon.
When I became a father, I began to share stories about our parenting
journey, involved fatherhood, and the products that we love for our
kids.
If you are curious to know (and if you have the patience) to read about the
evolution of this blog, you may read the previous version of our "About"
page below. I'd like to keep it here because it is a reminder of our life's adventures and journey.
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This is the 2017 version
Hello, we are Ivan and Khris and welcome to our humble journal. We
are a husband and wife tandem from Quezon City, Philippines although we
also regularly spend our weekends in San Antonio, Nueva Ecija.
In this blog, we share two of the activities that we love most -- traveling
and eating out.
Our philosophy is that traveling need not be too far. The secret is to uncover the social, cultural, and historical significance of the places that we visit,
be it a small church, a park, a lonely building, or a busy road. That way,
traveling becomes more meaningful and interesting.
We also believe that food and travel invariably go together. A taste of local cuisine is a bite into the culture of that particular place. While we
would not go as far as sampling exotic dishes, we make it a point to sample
the signature dishes of the destinations that we visit. On some occasions
though, we do love to treat ourselves to dinners in some of the
well-known restaurants in the metro.
Most stories in this blog are written by Ivan while all travel
arrangements are courtesy of Khris.
Our humble story
We met at our current job in a bank, thanks to a good friend. During the few
times that we initially went out, we found out many similarities between us,
among these is our love for traveling and the immense importance that we put
in our families.
We would like to travel around the Philippines, and then the world, full time.
But unlike other people who can afford to quit their jobs to trot the globe,
we have responsibilities that we deem are of greater importance.
We travel to escape the monotony of the cube farm, to revitalize our bodies so that we may have the energy to take on the daily routine. We travel to learn something new, not just to appreciate the beauty of our world. We do our best to search for something more profound, beyond the superficial. We particularly like history, culture, and heritage. A piece of knowledge, we reckon, is
always the best memento that we could take home.
We have been married since April 6, 2014. Perhaps one of the greatest adventures that we have embarked on was to get married. The wedding
preparations took us to different places, allowed us to meet different people, and, best of all, tested our characters.
About
Dad On The Move
This blog consolidates Ivan's previous blogs (frenchraisins, Until Next
Weekend and The Introverted Weekender) as well as food articles in Zomato and travel stories shared in Trip Advisor. As such, expect to find articles from way back in 2007.
This blog is not a travel guide but more of a journal of two ordinary people who see the beauty in simplicity. It tells stories from the perspective of two
simple souls who are both devoid of pretensions or appetite for anything
ostentatious.
Dad On The Move combines photographs and written words to narrate stories collected from our adventures on the road. We believe that words and photographs create
the most effective and powerful stories.
Dad On The Move is about living life, pursuing passions, realizing dreams, appreciating
culture and history, and being happy.
About Khris
Khrisna Macalma-Jose, Khris to family and childhood friends, and Ynah to
colleagues and close friends is a graduate of BS in Export Management from
DLS-College of St. Benilde. She has been with the banking industry handling
Telemarketing for over a decade. Despite the number of years, Khris has been as passionate about her job as she was on day 1. She is adept in finding great travel and dining deals, as well as in preparing trip itineraries.
About Ivan
Ivan Carlo Jose, Ivan to friends and family, is a graduate of BS Geology from UP Diliman. Since high school, he has been in love with writing. As such, even with a science degree, he pursued a career that allowed him to express his passion. He currently works in the Marketing Department of a bank. He credits Khris for helping him realize his dream of traveling.
Perhaps one of the most unforgettable gifts he has received is a pair of rubber slippers with a note from Khris that it will take him to many beautiful places.
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