Category: Philippines

  • Metroblogging Manila

    You may be wondering why I don’t post much about Manila, my grimy, dirty, lovable city. That’s because I write about my city over at the Manila Metroblog. Metroblogging is “the largest and fastest growing network of city-specific blogs on the Web.” There are currently around 50 cities in the Metroblog network, among them Bangkok,…

  • Pampanga Culinary Tour

    Our first stop was, oddly enough, Starbucks for our daily dose of caffeine. It was followed by a very American lunch of hamburgers and steaks, and a quick duty-free shopping at Subic. But despite the rather slow start and the quest to find the original Razon’s branch (which happened to be closed), the dinner made…

  • I’m on TV!

    Well, no. 😛 I went to ClickTheCity.com to look for movies showing currently, when an article about Manila walking tours caught my eye. Having joined one recently, and interested in joining another, I clicked on the link to read the full article. It featured two guides: Carlos Celdran and Ivan ManDy. The article started of…

  • More than the usual

    I’ve been swamped with work this week, due a flu caused by an annoying toothache that left my dentist baffled because said tooth was perfectly healthy. So instead of writing more about my trip, I’m sharing with you one of my favorite TV commercial: The Philippine’s More than the usual campaign. This was first aired…

  • Ang Pambansang T-shirt

    The National T-Shirt Now these are tourist shirts I wouldn’t mind wearing. Out with the tacky “My xxx went to xxx and all I got was this lousy shirt” shirts!

  • The Philippines through their eyes

    I still can’t get enough of reading up on Thailand. As suggested by a friend, I visited Lonely Planet’s ThornTree Forums to get my daily Thailand fix. Thailand is such a popular destination that it has its own category, and have as much posts as the two other South East Asia forums combined. I was…

  • A day in paradise at Shangri-La Mactan Island Resort and Spa

    I haven’t saved enough money to afford accomodations at the Shangri-La’s Mactan Island Resort and Spa, but I have enough for a day tour. Or as they call it, a day in paradise. It was paradise indeed. True to the Shangri-La tradition of excellence, the island resort is a great getaway from the city (which…

  • The yummiest Pochero

    While researching about Cebu, I came across countless raves about Cebu’s Pochero, particularly from the restaurant called Abuhan. Ever the fan of scrumptious food, I listed down Abuhan’s address in my little notebook. After the heat of walking around the city and feeling the fatigue settling in (I had the grand idea of working and…

  • Flippity flop

    I was so restless while attempting to sunbathe (under the shade, haha) at Shangri-La’s Mactan Island Resort and Spa, so I decided to take random pictures. My sources (who shall remain nameless) tell me that Mactan’s sand isn’t really this fine or white. They go on to say that Shangri-La imports their sand from another…