Blogs from Malate, Manila, Philippines, Asia - page 2

Just some pics i thought were interesting - apologies if there's some repeats in here... read more

So it's Sunday morning and pretty much everything in the city is shut (except for the bars of course), so we head back to the airport to the Philippine Airlines (PAL) office to re-ticket. The guy behind the counter seems pleasant enough and asks how my day is (it's JUST after 9:00am). I tell him and explain why and he says "Well let's see if we can do anything to change that for you." It's at THIS point that the pleasantries cease and the sniveling little sycophant does absolutely nothing except stick to the rule book showing NO willingness whatsoever to budge one iota. His first solution was going to cost an additional AUD2,500 in air fares and airline penalties alone. it was until Squish started questioning and negotiating in Tagalog that we found there were ... read more

Arrived in Manila absolute beat, spent 2 nights at a hotel there to recover.... read more

Bonjour chers amis, vous trouverez ici quelques une des photos prises pendant mon séjour aux Philippines. j'espère que vous aimerez! Phil... read more

This month is likely the most enlightening and adventurous time I had within my seventeen years of existence in this world. I am an individual who would like to live by the rules. I want all aspects in my life to be plain and ordinary. I do not want to be tag different. I hate deviance. Unlike other adolescents who are trouble-free in life, I live a monotonous life. I follow the norms of society. But this is before I was sent to the house of my father's brother. I seldom see him. I really don't know him well. All the same, this isn't enough reason for me to oppose my parent's plan to send me to his care. They will be going abroad for a timescale of three weeks for their work and they can't ... read more