All the while we thought that The Ruins was all there was in Talisay City. Thanks to an old friend from college days, Andrew Peñalosa, who took us to a hidden gem in Talisay. Incidentally, Andrew’s college thesis was on the old ancestral houses in Negros Occidental and he’s probably the best resource person I know on this topic. (Though I could not remember as to what exactly the thesis was about. Sorry Andrew!) As it turned out, Balay ni Tana
Armed with a heavy lunch from Yuen Kee and finally certain on the places that we wanted to see for the rest of the afternoon, we set-off and rode the Tsuen Wan Line MTR. From the TST station, we got off at the Central station. We lingered at every interesting detail along the way (including a group of factory workers holding a protest in front of a park) that it took us a bit longer than the usual 10-minute walk to get
It took one double-decker bus ride from HKIA before we found ourselves right smack in the middle of Kowloon, in the busy Tsim Sha Tsui (TST) district. TST is too lively that resting is unthinkable, so as soon as we found a cheap place to stay for the next couple of days, we left our bags and explored the area. Boutiques were lined up on the streets, shopping malls sprawled all over the place, wares sold on the street (I
Last Tuesday, I found out that I still had 3 days of vacation leave that I needed to use, else it’ll end up forfeited. All of a sudden I had 3 days off from work. On Wednesday morning, I sat and wrote down my errands and things I wanted to do. By the end of Wednesday, I crossed out half of the items on my list. On Thursday morning, I finished some more of my errands and added a chore
I thought about this wish list/to-do list last night and I felt that I needed to write this all down. Hopefully, I’ll cross some, if not all of the items out by next year! No such thing as world peace and good health here! travel more be a morning person! read more – Finished 9 books this 2011. More for the next year. lose weight – I wish the whole world will conspire to stop tempting me with food. write