• Banaue Rice Terraces may get scratched off the UNESCO Heritage list

    This is really sad. Due to the continuous deterioration of the rice terraces, not to mention the shanties that has sprung up on the terraces itself, the Ifugao Terraces (Banaue, Batad, etc.) just might be taken off the list. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) on Thursday said the scenic Ifugao Rice…

  • Taste Asia at SM Hypermarket

    August 23 marked two firsts: my first time to go to the Mall of Asia, and my first “major” blog meet. I’ve attended a couple of blog events before, but never with over 400 bloggers! Thank you, Clique Booth! It was really overwhelming; I found myself suddenly getting shy and anti-social, as I do in…

  • It’s a Wander-ful world

    When Ajay gave us tickets to the Wanders show at the PAGCOR Airport Casino, she just said “it’s a Chinese acrobat show.” The venue is almost 2 hours away from where we live, but Heinji and I still went, and damn, we’re glad we did! The Wanders is more than just an acrobat show: there…

  • Of blogs and cookies

    It’s been a busy week for me, which is a welcome change from the two weeks I spent moping around the house due to a pesky cold that wouldn’t go away, sleeping problems and typhoons. First to happen this week was the formal launch of the Blog and Soul Movement, and of the Mrs. Fields…

  • Search Query of the Day

    I’ve gotten a fair amount of traffic from people who Googled for “walking naked” “naked Berlin” “walking naked in public” “naked Germany” or its variations, thanks to posts about naked tourists. I was also surprised that I ranked so high when Googling for “Why I’m Proud to be Malaysian.” Searches for Cebu Pacific is one…

  • Cebu Pacific’s Puerto Princessa Sale

    Cebu Pacific just delivered some good news to my inbox: Make way for an exotic adventure when you fly from Manila to Puerto Princesa (or vice-versa) for only P98! Visit the Philippines’ last frontier, Puerto Princesa and experience an adventure of a lifetime in one of the country’s prime tourist destinations. Experience the Subterranean River…

  • People really win on MTV

    I’ve always wanted to say that. But this one isn’t from MTV, it’s from LakbayPilipinas.com. Inside, Ms. Zafra has written: “You’re acceptable to Melo, so you’re acceptable to me.” How sweet. I haven’t finished reading it yet, but I’m liking the three pages I’ve read so far. The book starts in Indonesia in 1996. I…

  • Pay your Jetstar ticket through G-cash

    It’s been a while since I last stalked browsed Jetstar’s website (which probably meant I now have a life), and I was surprised and quite pleased to see Globe’s G-cash logo. For individuals on the move, or those without Internet access, GCash in one’s mobile phone provides fast, convenient and direct booking of Jetstar Asia…

  • Best headline ever

    MSNBC.com brings us this wonderful article (with accompanying slideshow!) Where animals eat you At these destinations, one misstep and you’re dinner After barely surviving a lion attack, explorer David Livingstone wrote one of the most vivid descriptions of what it’s like to have the jaws of death literally clamped around your neck, an animal bent…

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