Month: July 2009

  • Travel Budget: Singapore

    I’ll start this entry off by saying that this travel budget is rather inaccurate, since I pretty much stopped writing down my expenses when I got to comfortable in Singapore. So there were items that I missed, and items that probably shouldn’t be listed. I’ve included the cheap airfare to and from Singapore in this…

  • One on one with Mother Ricky

    Warning: Girly post ahead. One of the things I’m kinda regretting not doing while overseas is to get a haircut. To be honest, I’m wary of getting my hair cut by someone who can’t understand English. Then I realize, that’s the novelty; you either walk away with a fabulous new ‘do or sporting a hairstyle…

  • Power, palace, a shot of beer and Ivan Man Dy

    On a sunny Saturday afternoon, I, along with Eric, Ferdz, Oggie, Dong and Omar found ourselves inside La Cocina de Tita Moning. We were there upon Ivan Man Dy’s invitation to get a taste of his relaunched Palace, Power and a shot of beer walking tour of the Malacañang Palace. The Philippine flag in the…

  • Travel Expenses: Malaysia

    Unlike previous post-trip accounting posts, I’ve consolidated all legs of my Malaysian trip into one spreadsheet. Admittedly, I started getting lazy listing down every expense (which is going to be hell when I start working on the Singapore leg). For a six-day trip, it still came down to a pretty decent amount, specially since I…

  • Finally home

    While I have been back in the Philippines since July 6, I haven’t really been “home.” My sister who lives in Australia arrived on the same day that I did, and I stayed with them in their rented flat until yesterday, when they left to go back to Melbourne. Since I came back from my…

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  • What do you bring on a one-month trip?

    I am *slowly* getting better at packing light. I managed to keep my backpack under 6.5 kilos during my one-month backpacking trip in Southeast Asia, but of course, that doesn’t count my heavy messenger bag and extra bag with my Bangkok dollie shopping. So how did I manage to pack relatively light? By not bringing…

  • Travel Expenses: Bangkok part 2

    Continuing on with my post-trip series, here’s my travel expenses for Bangkok, Thailand. Like the previous post-trip accounting posts, this only include the land transfer coming into the country. Also, I did not include the costs for the doll things I hoarded in BKK. For five days and four nights in a major city, this…

  • This is how Tuesdays should be spent

    Just as I have a list of things to see and do when I travel, I also have a list of food to eat when I come home from a long trip. These are usually local favorites that I don’t get to indulge on while on the road. This time though, it’s mostly fast food.…