http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Desiree/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Desiree en-us Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:40:40 +0000 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:40:40 +0000 Finishing blog the following week recapping. Well it is now Monday again and I have to really take the time to remember everything I did within the last few days. Time flies faster the speed of light once you cross a certain time in your life you know the quarter century old mark Yes thatrsquos where it suddenly goes 0950 mph in .5 seconds and then you stop to reflect after the fact th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Cebu-City/blog-382545.html Saturday afternoon we went and shot at a place called Mactan Oasis approximately ten minutes from Bigfoot for a couple more scenes. Kiss came and met up with us as well since she was my lsquosupporting actressrsquo in this scene. We shot at this abandon building that I couldnrsquot quite figure out if it was still under construction being reconstructed or taken down. It had this di http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Cebu-City/blog-381309.html Itrsquos more then half way through my internship here at Bigfoot and things seem to be slowly getting underway. Well I have to admit as of this point into this week I canrsquot really recall much of last week in chronological order as my previous blog. So as I write my story which seems to be an endless supply of impulsive and random moments that have accumulated over the years I con http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-378035.html Itrsquos been a week already since I was on Mindanao and already going into my fifth week here in Cebu for my internship. This past week was pretty relaxed to start off with had a couple meetings with the Fashion TV department regarding shooting and also with concepts. We finally had a shoot last Thursday inside sound stage one with one of the fashion interns from India and I also did a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-374266.html Today is Monday January 26th and itrsquos been a full week since Irsquove arrived into the Philippines from Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific. Irsquove met people from all over the world hailing from countries such as England Iran Pakistan Nigeria Scotland Ireland Hong Kong India Sweden even quite a few from the states. Bigfoot Studios is also affiliated and partnered with Clever Lear http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-368381.html Motorcycle Diary It all began Saturday morning our quest to conquer Cebu Island on a hired 125 motorbike nicknamed lsquoThe Hogrsquo. I met up with John grabbed a shot of an espresso at the Fashion Caf and we headed out. The mission started on Mactan Island where we are located we rode passed the small towns Cebu airport crossing the bridge over to Cebu city. I was being the typical http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/blog-368355.html Please keep in mind this is during and post tripAug 17th 2008. Later that day we all ate at the Blue Marlin beach club which is this nice semiupscale isolated location close to our villa. It was great we all had some fresh sushi drinks and probably spent a good 5 hours there before heading back to the villa to relax. It was Sunday evening and we decided to pace ourselves before the week http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Ibiza/blog-321711.html Olango Island Sunday morning I met up with a few people to take a boat trip over to an island not too far from Mactan by the named Olango. One of the students here had invited me to join his group for the day and since it was my first weekend here I wanted to make the most of it in every which way possible witho http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-368436.html Last Friday night after work I took off on a weekend getaway trip to another regional island south of Cebu called Mindanao. I packed my backpack for the weekend to see one of my best friends for roughly 36 hours of nonstop fun. My friend Mike who used to live in Los Angeles last year moved back here to the Philippines for his corn milling business in an area called Initao Beach. I havenr http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Mindanao/Northern-Mindanao/Cagayan-deOro/blog-373133.html Today is Thursday nearly three weeks into my internship here in Cebu This week has been relatively quiet as wersquore still coming up with concepts and ideas to produce with the inter photographers to capture with the limited budget we are given. On Monday we did the usual so itrsquos wasnrsquot too productive however on Tuesday we got together with the producers of Fashion TV Asia an http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-370908.html Philippine Adventure 2 The temperature in my room is humid strictly humid with the just the fan on if I were to put on the air conditioner it gets too cold. There is no particular number the Celsius or degrees needs to be when you feel sticky regardless. Irsquom starring at my computer writing my fifth installment of being here o http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Cebu/Mactan-Island/blog-369294.html Ibiza Balearic Islands Here's the first entry from my blog I'm taking some time to write starting with a couple weeks back during the trip sometime midAugust. So here I am for the third time on the island of Ibiza. I got here Friday afternoon from LAX via Amsterdam. I then boarded a private jet on the other side of Schipol airport with a few people and I swear I wanted to pinch myself. I http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Balearic-Islands/Ibiza/blog-321357.html Monday May 12 2008 Ensenada Mexico to Joshua Tree to Chicago and back to San Diego in one week Current mood anxiousLast Friday night I was at Tentation and they had a gogo competition in which I won first. I never win competitions or let's just say I rarely win anything I enter in so for me to actually win this I was stoked. It was by crowd participation and I don't really know anyone in O http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/blog-321123.html Thursday March 27 2008Acapulco Adventure Category Travel and Places This is a few months back when I wrote this along with some of my entries please keep in mind the location and date. Typing this back in San Diego after my trip to Acapulco Mexico.Anyway so I completely thought we were leaving Thursday mornin http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Guerrero/Acapulco/blog-321111.html Wednesday December 05 2007 Another Blog from Xiamen....end of the tour Current mood fabulous Category Travel and PlacesDec 4th 2007Hey hey hey......it's 1115 pm here in Xiamen and the tour is over Yay Finally......The tour was an experience foooo shooo We did a few gigs here in Xiamen at YoYo U2 and Abar. YoYo was cool the set up was cool but again the Coors reps here were drunk an http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/blog-321098.html Wednesday November 28 2007 Guanghzou Nanan Xiamen....more cities on the Coors tour in ChinaHello to all....It's been a few days from the last time I wrote and that was in Guangzhou where we had a bit of a scuffle at the club with the way we were being treated the Chinese men here seem to think it's ok to treat woman like inferiors beings unless it's women with connections in the government t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Guangdong/Guangzhou/blog-321091.html Thursday November 22 2007 Xiamen Fujian Guangzhou....Coors tourHello from I have no idea where I'm at in China..... The last I left off was me in bed at 545 am in Xiamen. Xiamen is an island inbetween mainland and Taiwan that is very clean. It reminds me of Miami because of the set up around the coast and the buildings. For those who have never visited China before I can't describe to you http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Fujian/Xiamen/blog-321083.html Monday November 19 2007 Hangzhou to Xiamen with a little in between.China is quite an interesting place. I'm glad I get to experience it for the length of time to work and explore. For the mos part foreigners come here to work moreso then for a holiday but if you do want to have a holiday into a country unknown you come here because your dollar will go along way despite the ever declining ra http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hangzhou-/blog-321069.html Wednesday November 14 2007 4 china diaries 4 Category Travel and PlacesThey say Hangzhou is the most beautiful place in China although I haven't been to other places apart from Beijing my experience here has been nothing lower then that standard or expectation. West Lake...........The last that I left off I said we took a trip to the lake and I was to write about it after I got some http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Hangzhou-/blog-320820.html Monday November 12 2007 China Diaries 3 Great Wall and beyondHello The last place I left off is when it was Sunday morning the day of the competition and the ever so awesome breakfast they serve at the hotel. Much has happened since then.......... Sunday afternoon the American and Chinese drifters competed with a mediocre crowd. The funniest part about the day was the organizers threw us on http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Great-Wall-of-China/blog-320805.html