Tag: Manila

  • flickr is LOVE

    I’ve been a flickr user since October 2004. I actually didn’t like them that much then because it takes too long to load (it was mostly flash-based then), and it doesn’t work well with Opera. Of course, back then I’m on a crappy dial-up service, so loading the site is just torture. Eventually I warmed…

  • World’s Worst Taxi Rides

    Photo credit: Hugo Maes via Forbestraveler.com I was actually prepared to be disappointed if Manila didn’t get a mention XD

  • NAIA to collect P200 security fee

    If you’re travelling international via a low cost carrier from [tag]Manila[/tag], you’ll be paying 3 fees at the airport: the Php 1,620 travel tax (though I think this is only for residents/citizens), Php550 airport tax, and the new Php200 [tag]security tax[/tag]. The security fee, recently approved by the MIAA Board, will be used for the…

  • Cebu Pacific Seat Sale

    Oh my freakin gosh, [tag]Cebu Pacific[/tag] is having another seat sale: one-way [tag]Kuala Lumpur[/tag] tickets for only Php999! From their website: Cebu Pacific’s Kuala Lumpur seat sale for only P999 Cebu Pacific (CEB), the country’s low-fare leader offers a seat sale to Kuala Lumpur, [tag]Malaysia[/tag] for only P999 one-way. Sale period is from November 14-20,…

  • 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,…