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Home at last

Finally I’m home here in Negros Occidental from Cebu. We had to leave early Saturday morning to catch the 7:30 AM barge trip at the Toledo City pier. We arrived just in time! Thanks to the South Coastal Road from the Plaza Independencia to the Talisay district, where Dad speedily made it within 10 minutes, […]

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Sunday by the sea

Last Sunday, we had this chance to visit one of those small houses built by the sea, in between the two bridges connecting the cities of Mandaue in Cebu island and Lapu-lapu in Mactan island – the first bridge on the left side and the new bridge on the right. Most of these houses are […]

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Some Cebu updates

Arrived last Friday in Cebu safe and sound! The road trip through the mountains of Don Salvador Benedicto was fine though there were still some rocky areas. I was feeling queasy and so tired, since I slept only for an hour the day before, so I wasn’t able to see the great view of the […]

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Off to Cebu!

I’ll be going to Cebu early tomorrow morning with my parents. We will be visiting PRC, BIR, DTI, SSS, Comelec (what else? he he…) and of course my big bro and his family, my former officemates and my good ol’ friends. : ) We will be staying there for about a week. I’m still busy […]

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Life Travel

Stepping out of a dream

The building is 309 meters tall, or about the height of 182 people standing one on top of the other. The area inside the building is 179,400 square meters or about 30 football fields. There are 1,740 windowpanes in the building. About the same number of windowpanes which can be used for over 200 townhomes. […]

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Just between you and me

It was a hot afternoon as the four of us – Dad, Mom, Leen and me – were breezing our way through the sidewalks going to the Grand Palace, one of Thailand’s tourist destinations. Leen and I have been to the palace grounds before, so it was our turn to be the guides. We hurriedly […]

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Just to tickle your imagination!

If you will be given any of these trips absolutely for free, which would you choose? A trip to… The pyramids of Egypt The dentist The exact day you were born The Old West The age of the dinosaurs A Tibetan monastery Your ex The San Jose plastic surgeons for a facelift An enchanted forest […]