Before I left for the holidays, this street corner with World Christmas gigantic displays caught my eye. This could possibly be the only part of Brunei that screams ‘Happy Holidays!’ It was amazing to see all the non-Muslims flocking to that corner, eager to have their own little piece of something Christmas-y. People took turns in having their photos taken with the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Eiffel Tower, and Petronas Twin Towers as the background. Of course, the six bearded,
Category: personal
A year ago, I had nothing better to do but revisit my old online presence elsewhere and immediately felt the urge to get back into blogging. A year ago, I wrote about the first thing that came into my mind… summits and how I hate the feeling of gasping for breath while on the trail but loving the climb anyway. A year ago, I decided to self-medicate with writing as a cure to my short-attention span and proved that it
This post is the result of Thursday night’s thoughts on cooking. Photo from http://www.zazzle.com You see, cooking, next to dancing well, is at the bottom, of my skillset. I have cooked a few dishes in my life but I would rather eat it by myself than share, except for some some occasions when I prepared something more than a bowl of instant noodles for others. Yesterday, in an attempt to lessen dining out and make my food intake a little bit
From Asia Society Philippine Foundation’s page This poster caught my attention last week. I travel cheaply and I very much enjoy a full-packed (almost no idle time) itinerary. There really are things that you need to be frugal on just so you could have 15 minutes of parasailing, unless, of course, if you want to give it all away and splurge. I like listening to stories and researching for tips on how things can be done the budget-friendly way. There’s a
Win over hangover! That was my mantra when I woke up today with a nasty hangover. The only thing that never fails in getting me through these times is Pocari Sweat! No sweat with Pocari Sweat A couple of years ago a friend introduced me to Pocari Sweat. I was cured of my hangover halfway through the bottle. Never mind the taste. Pocari Sweat works like magic. The sweet and sour taste was not appealing on my first few sips but