we bought a bunch of fireworks (roman candles, rockets, daisy chains, etc) in town and set them off at midnight. The entire city honks their horn just before midnight too-quite a noisy affair!
The Holidays...Filipino Style February 9th 2009 Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes! We arrived in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia the night before my birthday-so I had a Bornean Birthday. Matt brought me breakfast in bed (the backpacker lodges' complimentary toast and milo), we toured the Sunday market, and read our books on our hotel's roof deck. After our Malaysian dinner (Mee Goreng) we even found some chocolate ice cream cake for a birthday ... read more
Asia » Philippines » Negros Oriental » Dumaguete The Philippine Islands became a Spanish colony during the 16th century; they were ceded to the US in 1898 following the Spanish-American War. In 1935 the Philippines became a self-governing commonwealth. Manuel QUEZON was elected President and was ta... ... read more
After more than 10 years together, Matt and Megan recently got engaged and are planning their wedding for May of 2012. They spent the first of their 8 years together living in Berkeley, Miami, and abroad. Matt attended UC Berkeley, then joined Megan in Miami where she was attending the University of Miami and studying Marine Policy. When Megan finished graduate school, also at UM, they took off and spent 8 months traveling through Southeast Asia and Europe. They have now been back living in their hometown of Encinitas, California for almost 3 years and are settled down with Matt teaching and M... full info