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The Bug...

Travel Bug I got bitten Bitten by a bug… Its going around town… Silent and deadly… Contagious! Infectious! One can get it anytime or anywhere... You'll never know it's there until it hits you! Everyone is a GONER, once the travel bug gets you… The moment it’s FELT, no one can resist… Im a victim! A victim of this quiet but wonderful thing called TRAVELLING Be it within the archipelago or outside the world unknown… Outskirts, beaches, cities, and towns… Budget trips or five star accommodations. Quaint hole in walls or pristine “IT” destinations I am a proud TRAVEL BUG victim! Nothing can compare… to seeing a new place for the first time to meeting new people and forging friendship to discovering a different side of the world wading yourself into new surroundings. I have been bitten and bitten good! Now, I am a junkie, a travel junkie. I am out there to see, smell, taste, and experience the world. Beware! Im lurking in the darkness to infect you too…

Binondo Dimsum Adventure!

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Off to the yellow brick road.. Two Pasig Ferry ticket? CHECK! I heart Ilog Pasig ..with ALL its garbage and pungent smell.. ..and the people that lives in nearby shanties.. Guess where we passed... GMA who?! Binondo Church.. Java FIX! WaiYing Menu..what to choose?? slurp slurp excitement in my eyes!hahaha First Bite... Hakau Kutchainess Yummies... Ice Cold Milk Tea *Downside is that I didn't charge enough battery to take pictures of the rest of our adventure.. It ended in Hakau but there is always a NEXT TIME... =(
I had an insistant craving to go dumpling hopping in Binondo for the past months or so... I came upon an article that made it very tempting saying that the dimsums and dumplings there are as authentic as authentic dumplings can be. Not to mention that I wanted to test if they can top the best siomai I have ever tasted. FLASH BACK: Four years ago, the Parental unit, my bro, my paternal lola and I were vacationing in HK. One morning,we went to a hidden park located in a hilly area and you needed to hike like a hundred steps to reach it. My mom was breathless upon reaching it but she still had the energy to "join" the elderly practicing Tai chi, all relaxed and composed. When we returned to the hotel, we came upon a sidewalk hole in the wall place who sold dimsum in the street, just outside the still closed resto. My mum, the ever adventurous gourmand bought some and THOSE WERE THE BEST SIOMAI I HAVE EVER TASTED! I cant even describe how the huge shrimp and mixed meat wrapped in
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Where to, where to?? Just point the direction and off we go!!! I'm ready to get lost & experience a helluva adventure Wooohooo...

Ackie in Manila

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My ador able nephew, ACKIE came to visit me a few weeks ago... Time to babysit and conjure my inner "kiddiness".. So i asked the gods of ENERGY and FUN FUN FUN to bestow their powers so I'd be the cool hip Aunt Ping, i pride myself to be hahaha... Ackie was a self appointed entertainer, he ac companied my sis and her group of Famed mates in Manila for a conference. They flew via Roxas where my jet setting nephew barf ed all over the front sit next to a med rep he was sitting next to. My sister silently thank ed "Good thing, Ax didnt sit next to me!" =) Upon there arrival, My sis had to dutifully attend the conference (booo!) while I was left to take care, or should i say frolic and play with the most hyperactive kid in the world... Day one, I brought him to the giant playground in Market Market which made his eyes bulge and mouth drop. He was in playground Heaven! He sea-sawed, slid, run, and climbed til he smelled like a vinegar in a form of a 5 year old boy.

The Year!

This year is MY YEAR!!! This year I will TRAVEL as much as I can... Learn new things... Meet new people... Be a better person...Live life the way I want it... Fulfill the things I want done...Acquire things I want bought... Love life for what it is and not for what I imagine it to be... Appreciate the little things... Laugh out loud... Cry if I feel like it... Speak Out... Be my own person... Lend a helping hand... Hold my tongue... Reach out to those who matter... Learn the art of modesty and humble spirit... Welcome changes as blessings in disguise... All this things will happen..because this year IS my year!!! The year where the inevitable will happen, where miracles come true... Where sensibility is learned, courage takes over, respect is earned, and finally dreams are realized...

Little Bird

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May I know what you’re thinking, little birdie, up in the tree? I came upon your sullen face, bad mood as moods can be. I tried to crack a joke for you but no, it made you sour. I hopped on a foot and did my balancing act I did that for almost an hour. I scratched my head and asked myself why this bird was in such a fluster. Was it something I did, something I said, did I do another blunder? I retraced my steps and I pondered… and pondered... and pondered... and pondered... I wish I was a mind reader knowing your thoughts and whims. Whenever I wave and say hello you’re either angry, sad or grim. How can I make you happy, little bird? Tell me and I’ll make it come true. Would you like me to disappear and stay the hell away from you? Would you like me to forget and say this isn’t true? Just a phase, a roller coaster ride, an adventure you didn’t think you can do? Come out and say it, I know you can. Don’t cover your face in your wing. I know