Last January, we were in Baguio for a short trip. MrC was able to video the whole scenic stretch of Kennon Road coming down from Baguio. To everyone who is not familiar with Kennon Road, this is the most scenic winding road to take if you are going Baguio. There are other [...]
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Kennon Road
March 15th, 2009 · No Comments
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Got Gasul?
February 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments
We have been out of LPG for more than a week. Last week, it seemed like the whole city ran out of LPG. We looked around and called every single possible place we could find Petron Gasul but no luck at all. They said they all ran out of stock. Could it be really true [...]
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Mysterious Filipino
February 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
Eventually our goods arrived on Friday. We just had to accept that we had no choice but to pay the “damages” the brokers imposed on us. Besides all the goods arrived in good condition.
Right now, with all our important stuff with us it is not hard to admit that it adds to the feeling of [...]
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Fort Bonifacio Global City
September 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
I was fortunate to be able to have time to come back to this new area several times. I particularly like the fact that this place is a product of well-thought out urban planning. Prices of land have already gone up for the past few years. This wasn’t there when I left [...]
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Food Adventures
September 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
The Balut has gained notoriety all over the world as one of the “grossest” and scariest looking food. However, it tastes good actually. You can also skip the chick and just eat the egg yolk but don’t forget to slurp the soup that goes with it.
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MRT Ayala to North Avenue
September 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Going to Quezon City from Makati my aunt strongly recommended that we use the MRT or the Metro from Ayala to Trinoma (North Ave).
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At Work with my Husband
May 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments
This week I have a 5 day weekend! I decided to spend 1 day of these working with my husband as part of our trial phase to see and feel how it is to spend a day working with him.
Yesterday was a holiday here and it is called Queen’s Day but he wanted to [...]
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Hard to Translate Tagalog words
March 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments
For all of us who have English as our second language, we would sometimes have a concept or word that we try to translate but we find ourselves having a hard time giving it an exact word to replace it and instead we end up explaining the concept or dictionary meaning to the person we [...]
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Learning more about Philippine History
March 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Do you want to refresh your knowledge of Philippine history? Or perhaps you’ve never visited the country but would like some background information. Did you know that there is a wealth of information available in the internet and most of it is free. I could not believe that I was able to find [...]
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Making money with Carabao Milk
February 19th, 2008 · No Comments
Here’s an article I found lately. It’s old but it talks of a smart guy from Talavera, Nueva Ecija who put the Carabao milk on the mainstream and he does have a great idea for OFW’s who want to invest. The name of his company is DVF Dairy Farm.
More details on this article: [...]
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