• Just plane spooky

    Is it fate or just a freaky coincidence? James Wysong shares 13 unexplained and unbelievable stories of people in flight. There are stories about duckhunters shooting up in the air to signal the end of duck season and accidentally hitting a commercial plane that was flying overhead (one passenger got hit in the butt. Can…

  • Celsius vs. Fahrenheit is a recipe for disaster

    Here’s a short tip when cooking or baking in another country: know your temperatures! If your recipe calls for 375 degrees and your oven only goes up to 250 degrees, there’s a fairly high chance that your oven gauge is in Celsius, while your recipe says Fahrenheit.

  • Review: Joby Gorillapod

    I remember 4 years ago when I was taking a photography workshop, I borrowed my brother’s gear: his camera bag with the SLR body and all his lenses and filters, even his tripod. The bag was heavy enough and with the tripod, I was a walking accident. I never really got to use that tripod…

  • Cebu Pacific now flies to Caticlan

    Cebu Pacific will be receiving their first ATR 72-500 turboprop plane in February 2008, just in time for the coming summer holidays. Cebu Pacific to fly 10 times daily to Boracay, fares start at P688! Visit one of the world’s best beaches, renowned for its four kilometer stretch of powdered white sand and sparkling blue…

  • PAL’s PR475 overshoots Butuan runway

    BUTUAN CITY, Philippines — At least 3 people were injured when a Philippine Airlines jet overshot the runway of the Bancasi Airport here around 6:45 a.m. Friday, careering into coconut grove, officials said. Superintendent Elmer Doyo, regional director of the Criminal detection and Investigation Group (CIDG), said among the injured was the plane pilot’s Captain…

  • Watch out for naked sleepwalkers

    This is just too good to pass up. A surge in naked sleepwalking among guests has led one of Britain’s largest budget hotel groups to re-train staff to handle late-night nudity. Travelodge, which runs more than 300 business hotels in Britain, says sleepwalking rose seven-fold in the past year, and 95 per cent of the…

  • SQ380 landed in Sydney’s Kingsford Smith Airport

    Flight SQ380, the first ever commercial flight of Singapore Airlines’ Airbus A380 landed today at Sydney’s Kingsford Smith Airport. All of its passengers are in agreement: the amount they paid for were well worth it, and that the superjumbo was surprisingly quiet. Some trivia about the first passengers of the maiden flight: The youngest customer…

  • Kinder Surprise

    I’ve been seeing Kinder Bueno chocolate bars in Manila, but never the Kinder Surprise. So when I read Peter Moore’s Vroom with a View, where he went through several Kinder Surprises to get the elusive green Vespa, the first question that came to my mind was, where can I get one? I chanced upon a…

  • Food Trip sa Kape Isla

    *sigh* Another Youth Trip event I won’t be joining. It’s not meant to be, Clare! Food Trip sa Kape Isla Take this unique break and enrich your taste by learning more about our coffee and culture. 27 October 2007, Saturday 2pm at Kape Isla, Serendra, Fort Bonifacio An afternoon of Pinoy coffee and provincial delicacies…

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