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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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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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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My husband likes it here! Even more than me. I feel confused still with how things work. Have you heard of reverse culture shock? I had my sort of “romantic” memories of Philippines of the past and some of the bad part as always has been forgotten and now I am seeing the [...]

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For the last 3 days we have been busy meeting people. Last Saturday, we went to Glorietta to pickup our tickets for Cinderella. First, we had breakfast at Binalot in the nearby building. Binalot serves Filipino rice topping meals that are wrapped in banana leaves. The prices are inexpensive. A [...]

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The last time I was here was in 2002. We finally arrived here in the Philippines.We were fortunate to have an easy time at the airport. First we tried to withdraw money from the airport ATM and we spent a bit of time worrying about a completed transaction without any money coming out. [...]

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It is recommended for anyone staying in the Philippines for longer than 1 month to have the following vaccinations least 4-6 weeks before departure :

Yellow Fever – 10 days before travel

Hepatitis A – 2 weeks
Typhoid fever – 10 days
Japanese encephalitis – 1 month

Hepatitis B – 3 to 4 weeks

Tuberculosis – 3 [...]

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These are photos from the island where my mom’s family came from. One of my aunts told me that it is her dream to run a family beach resort in their hometown. Wouldn’t it be cool if we could develop some land along these beach line and run this resort ourselves?
Yesterday, when [...]

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