And our past tells us that our geography dictates our destiny. That was one great insight that I got from Carlos Celdran’s Walk This Way Intramuros Tour. The walking tour is a great way of introducing Manila to visiting foreigners, and that was highly evident from the number of them in the group, but more than that, it also served as an eye-opener for Filipinos like me who have, in a way, neglected to see Manila for what it is. Come
No matter how awe-stricken I was when I stood in the middle of the huge Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, it did not prepare me for the experience that I was to face the next day. We took the overnight bus from Yangon to Bagan and arrived in the wee hours of the morning. The group spent some time having coffee and tea at a shop which was luckily open at that hour. A few drivers and their horse carts were
Po from the movie Kung Fu Panda is adorable, but he comes nowhere near the charm of real-life giant pandas. Meet Le Le and Ying Ying from Ocean Park in Hongkong! These 2 lovable giants are mainstays at the Amazing Asian Animals complex. Pandas are proof that huge and cute are two words that go together. One look at them and you know you just can’t resist that hug-inducing feeling. I could not stop gushing as I felt like a kid
It has been a year since that trip and I still could not come up with apt words. You know that quick judgment that you make the moment when you first set foot in a new place? That Ahh, this place is laid-back or This one feels busy and fast-paced.. that did not happen with Myanmar. I could not put my finger on it at first. The country is poor but not depressed, quiet despite of people chattering, and a part of
I will start this off by saying that I am in no way an expert in these things. A few people have teased me about having lots of resources because they see me going on trips frequently. The truth is, they probably have more finances than I have. I live on my office laptop (my personal laptop was broken and I haven’t gotten around to fixing it), I’m smarter than my phone (my phone is solely made for calling and