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Kennon Road

March 15th, 2009 · No Comments

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 alternative roads which [...]

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Tags: Discoveries · News · Philippine Facts

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 [...]

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Tags: Musings · Philippine Facts · Philippine Immigration

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 in 1996 and [...]

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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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Tags: Philippine Facts · Travel