First (half)Day ... I am proudly becoming a pro on catching the last minute schedules. We were just on time for the 13:00 Ferry schedule from Macau to Kowloon. We were running again, and I had to show the apologetic face to the rest of the passengers when we finally boarded (hidden meaning: IT'S NOT OUR FAULT, THEY LET US IN!). It's such a gloomy day ... I don't like it, it makes me sad; it was raining in Macau when we left and I was hoping for a better weather in Hong Kong but noooo! it was gloomy the whole day so we slept the day off ~ exhausted from the walk and walk in Macau anyway. Although we woke up in the middle of the night because we were already starving. So we strolled ... read more

Thanks to Manong Manuel for buying our tickets back to Cebu. Our Ferry was scheduled to leave Tagbilaran City at 5:30 PM. Just an FYI, there’s a sort of Korean invasion going on in the Philippines right now, from Korean soap operas, Korean singers, Korean actors to Korean Tourists, everywhere I go, there they are - lots of them at the Tagbilaran pier. I definitely don’t have anything against it because they help boost the Philippine tourism and Korean Kiddies are the cutest! (next to my nephews/nieces and my little cousins.hehe). We were just contemplating, it seems that half of South Korea is already in the Philippines (^^)/ Annyong ha shimnikka! *V sign* The 2 hours Ferry ride from Tagbilaran to Cebu seemed like foreveeeerrrr! We arrived in a half lighted Cebu as most of the ... read more

There were 9 people supposedly coming with us for this trip, then one by one everyone was backing out until there was just Janet and I as the last ones standing. The expected one and a half bus ride from Cubao (Metro Manila) to Olongapo City took us three hours; someone probably miscalculated (ehem!). Olongapo City is quite organized, less dirty and well managed compared to Manila. Adjacent to the City was our main destination, The Tree Top Adventure which was located at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (where until 1992 was once the largest United States naval base in Asia). We did not exactly know how to get to there, so I have previously asked for directions from a Tree Top employee. The direction given was to take the Victory Liner bus from Metro Manila ... read more

I think it was more than 16 hours flight from Manila to Amsterdam and finally another one hour flight from Amsterdam to Manchester. We were on a French plane, the food wasn’t much of my liking but it filled me in anyway. I managed to watch at least four movies until the monitor stopped working so I had to content myself listening to music for the rest of the flight. It was the longest time I’ve ever been sitting, getting sleep was too hard, and I was getting so bored. "Aren’t we there yet?” the words were going over and over in my head. With two of my colleagues, we finally arrived in Schiphol Airport, I was already feeling sick and was enduring a very upset stomach - welcome to England! Being from the Far Eastern ... read more

The hair color were mostly blond. Although I see quite a diversity of races, majority of the people I bump unto are fair skinned, blue/green/light brown eyed. They speak in a familiar language but in a different accent that was lovely to listen to but hard to comprehend. Yes, I would struggle whenever I had to talk to my British colleagues. I had to listen intently, look straight at them, eliminate the other sounds around and absorb the words as fast as I can or else I won’t understand a thing. It’s quite funny how English could be so different in this part of the world. To me, a "Coach" had always been a person guiding players in a basketball or a football team but here it turned out to be a "Bus". When someone told ... read more