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Category Archives: Places
A chilly day in Pagudpud
Day 2 of our Nov 26-28 Ilocos Norte family vacation. IT was a gloomy day on our first full day in Pagudpud on November 27. It was raining the whole morning and the wind was chilly cold. By 10am Kuya … Continue reading
Posted in Destinations, Family, Holidays, MY FAMILY & FRIENDS, MY VARIED INTERESTS, P.E.P. TALK, Photography, Places, Travel
Tagged Blue Lagoon, Hannah's Hotel and Resort, Ilocos Norte, Pagudpud
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Destination: Marinduque
DECEMBER 2, 2011 – For our annual family vacation to celebrate our wedding anniversary this year, my xxGF and I brought Marielle and Johan to a still undisclosed place somewhere in Marinduque (i.e. the kids did not have any idea … Continue reading
Destination: Ilocos Norte
NOVEMBER 26, 2011 – A 2-year-old plan to visit places in Ilocos Norte finally came into fruition. It was an extended family vacation arranged by my “bilas” (i.e. my sister-in-law’s husband), Dr. Mike Sabas, who is a native of Batac. … Continue reading
Move over Mang Jacinto. Make room for Mom and Tina.
THE MONSTROUS traffic in C5 on our way home from my kids’ pedia clinic in Marcos Highway on November 12 made the whole family ravenous. We were looking forward to a KFC bucket in Libis (near Eastwood) only to find … Continue reading
Posted in Curiosities, Family, Food & Dining, MY FAMILY & FRIENDS, MY VARIED INTERESTS, P.E.P. TALK, Places, Raves, THOSE THINGS I DO
Tagged C5, dining places, eastwood, KFC Libis, Mang Jacinto's, Marcos Highway, Mom and Tina's, Mom and Tina's Bakery cafe, SM Hypermart Pasig, Tiendesitas, Valle Verde
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Super Weird But Kinda Cool Hotel Rooms!
HAVE you ever been to a hotel where the rooms look kinda odd? And by “odd” I mean any sorts of odd — crazy odd, creepy odd, surreal odd, watta effing odd, etc. I am yet to try one myself. … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Stuff, Curiosities, MY VARIED INTERESTS, P.E.P. TALK, Places, Travel
Tagged odd hotel rooms, weird hotels
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A Scenic Villa
LAST SUMMER we went to see the open-air dioramas and cultural presentations showcasing Philippine culture, as well as the unique lunch-on-river experience, in Villa Escudero. I instinctively knew that the place must be a scenic delight as well and am sure … Continue reading
Book Museum
WITH the dawning of the age of e-books, libraries such as this huge one in Stockholm, Sweden will soon get a new name: Book Museums. It will probably take many more years before all of the books in this gargantuan … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Curiosities, Musings, MY VARIED INTERESTS, P.E.P. TALK, Places, Technology, THOSE THINGS I DO
Tagged book museum, Books, e-books, library, Stockholm Library, Sweden
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The Star Trek Enterprise parked at Burj Al Arab?
DUBAI has this pre-occupation for building the tallest, grandest, and weirdest skyscrapers. And that’s not necessarily bad. In fact, thanks to Dubai, we derive a lot of entertainment from these structures. Take for instance Burj Al Arab. It is easily … Continue reading
The Lure of Manila
I TOOK these two photos on board a dinner cruise ship in Manila Bay not very long ago. It wasn’t easy taking photos at night while on a bumpy boat ride. (For that matter, it wasn’t fun having a full … Continue reading
Posted in Destinations, MY VARIED INTERESTS, P.E.P. TALK, Photography, Places, Travel
Tagged I Love Manila, Manila at night, Manila Bay, Roxas Boulevard
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Destinations to add to my Bucket List
My BUCKET LIST is getting longer and longer! Soon it is no longer appropriate to call it a “bucket List.” How does a “Bath Tub List” sound? Or even a “Swimming Pool List”? Thanks to the Internet, Facebook, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure Travel, Adventures, Climbing, Curiosities, Destinations, MY VARIED INTERESTS, P.E.P. TALK, Photography, Places, THOSE THINGS I DO, Travel
Tagged Argentina, Bored Panda, Bucket List, Cave of Crystals, facebook, Great Wall of China, Holy Land Pilgrimage, internet, iPad, Lonely Planet, Naica Mine Mexico, Perito Moreno Glacier, Petra Jordan, Plitvice Croatia
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This craze called Oktoberfest and my theory about the fuzzy relationship of beer and cleavage
I DIDN’T really understand all the excitement about Oktoberfest until I saw these photos from an article on The Telegraph (via FlipBoard on the iPad) announcing the opening of Oktoberfest 2011 in Munich, Germany. Now I at least have a … Continue reading
A new Starbucks that’s a spitting distance from the office. Hooray!
I originally described this new Starbucks Cafe as “walking distance” from where I work. But then I realized that the Starbucks in Roxas Boulevard corner UN Avenue is walking distance. And so is the Starbucks in Midtown Wing of Robinson’s … Continue reading
