Exploring Hong Kong: getting there and our first meal in HK
Aids and I arrived in Hong Kong at 7:30 am. There was a line for immigration but the wait was bearable. Our baggage was waiting to be claimed by the time we got the coveted stamp in our passports (I love HKIA!). First order of business was finding out where the airport buses were. After...
A journey to the sugar land part 3 – a tour of a working hacienda
After a night of drinks, food, and lots of catching up the night before, we woke up at 6:00 am the next morning just in time to join Mike during his daily morning inspection of the farm. He drove the tractor while we stood in the small trailer behind him. I didn’t realize just how...
A journey to the sugar land part 2 – how sugar is produced
Part 1 After the impurities settle, the clear juice is transferred to the first of a series of metal vats where the juice’s water content is continuously boiled off. The juice goes through eight vats, with the juice transferred to the next vat after about 50% of the water has boiled off. The juice gets...
Journey to the sugar land part 1 – getting to Antique, intro to sugar production
While a friend inviting you to visit his place is a common enough occurrence, that said “place” being a functional hacienda is not quite as common. My friends and I got to visit Mike’s home in Patnongon, Antique last March and stayed there overnight. Funny thing is that I basically invited myself along We caught...
Sanya, Hainan, China Day 1 (June 8)
My first time in China! Yahoo! Well technically, I’m here for school, not fun, as I’m attending the 2nd IOC/WESTPAC Training Course: Water Quality and Impact on Coral Reefs here in the Tropical Marine Biology Research Station of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Sanya, Hainan. One of my professors in MSI is part of...
Singapore Day 4 – shopping in Sim Lin Square
Well this is embarrassing. I’ve already gone and left for China and I haven’t even blogged about my last day in Singapore yet. Gah. *facepalm* Anyway, the pertinent parts of the story are: My parents and two youngest siblings’ flight back to Manila was at 10am while mine and Rob’s was at 5pm. Rob and...
Singapore Day 3 – Singapore Zoo and the Singapore Flyer
We got a later start that day, having lunch at the Bugis Junction mall before my brother Jay and I separated from the rest of the family to go to the Singapore Zoo. I was the only one who hadn’t been to the zoo – they went there during the Singapore leg of their Asian...
Singapore Day 2 – Universal Studios Singapore
We left the hotel at 8:30am and got to Universal Studios Singapore at around 9:30am. TIP: even though the park opens at 10am, be at the gates by 9:30 at the latest as the lines going in can and will get longer closer to opening time. Once inside, ride the attractions that will have the...
Singapore Day 1 – getting to Singapore and the Budget Terminal
Well technically, we didn’t have a “Day 1″ since we landed in Singapore at 1am on May 21 as were were on the last Cebu Pacific flight out from Manila. My mother thought that my brother Robbie would choose to work on Friday and only take the next Monday off so she booked the two...
How to shop in Sim Lin Square (Singapore) without getting f*cked over
Sim Lin Square in Singapore is a well-known gadget haven, boasting of six floors of stores selling nothing but the latest computers and consumer electronics, including laptops, tablets, mp3 players, mobile phones, audio equipment, and the like. While the vast array of shops leaves you spoilt for choice, this also leaves you open to unscrupulous...
My Adventure Partner (a photo essay)
This is an entry to Wanderlass Adventure Partner Contest If I had to think of an actual physical adventure partner (as opposed to research skills and a Zen attitude), it would have to be my faithful Canon Powershot A80 camera.
My Adventure Partner (a short essay)
This is an entry to Wanderlass Adventure Partner Contest. I have two complimentary yet contrasting partners whenever I travel: my kickass research and organization skills and my ability to just go with things. Even though I love to travel, my first no-parents-allowed trip as an adult happened just last April 2010. My friend and I...
Macy
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Daan
Dear Islander Girl,
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Jeanne
Awesome! My kind of girl!
Zezee
Lol yea, sometimes I wish I didn't leave lol.