What A Wonderful Year!!!

Wow! My blog looks so lonely without me posting anything hehhee..

I can't believe that a lot has happened since my last post.. Last year about this time I was thinking of quitting my last last job.. Now I am doing a different thing again.. funny how life takes you to different roads and meet new people.. Some are nice and some not so nice .. Well that's life for you..

Lots of story to tell but so little time.. I was plannin' on posting some of my weird and great experiences here and offshore but uhmm.. ahmmm.. Here it is now hehehe..

First, I want to tell you about Deborah Day. This was the day that I and my friends joined a tour to see a bunch of rocks in UK. There were 3 destinations that day: Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and the Roman Baths. This lady guide, Deborah, of Evans Evans Tours left us at the first stop. Well there's a very long queue for the lady's room and to make a long story short she left us! But, we did not give up. We already paid for the tour and tickets to the sites. So we decided to take a train to the 3rd destination skipping the rocks so we can join the rest of the tour again. Boy.. she was so surprised to see us! She even said, "you made it.. some people might have given up and just gone back to London.. But you two girls.." Yes, we found them and vowed that I will write a comprehensive review of the tour and tour guide to all the online reviews that I can find.. hahahaha!!!

Next, we had a surprise treat at Oxford! We went to Oxford University to see the famous hall where they shoot the Harry Potter - "Great Hall of Hogwarts" but we stumbled upon a white tent where a bookfair was being held.

There was a book signing by the famous author of The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman. For a fantasy-fiction book lover like me, this was really a treat!

I can never forget the time that we went out to see some musicals. We saw Stomp and Wicked. Wicked was wicked!!!

Of course, my year will not be complete without the culinary excursions ... hihihi.. We went to Jamie's in Canary Wharf. The Tiramisu was to die for!
And who could forget the Haggis in Scotland. This culinary treat gave me the heat durin' a cold day in Edinburgh.

Back here at home, my colleague, Mike Casio, introduced me to 8065 Bagnet. This heart stopper culinary trip wins my vote for the best Bagnet out of the Ilocos province.

These days, my time has been occupied by lots of parties, reunions and other get togethers. But the thing that I am excited the most is my current project. Boo and I decided to have a bonggang-bongga house renovation. I can’t wait for my new kitchen to finish : D I am sooo excited to try out new dishes and I plan to master some of the old ones.

Well, that's it for me this year.. (will post new photos of my new kitchen soon hihihi...)

Home Sweet Home: Airport Blues

It's great to be back!! I missed Manila and all the traffic jam, pollution, etc. hehehe.. Just got back from Malaysia from a business trip.. I flew back to Manila via Malaysia Air. I alighted to NAIA terminal 1 around 4PM ... haaaay I can't help comparing NAIA Terminal 1 to KLIA, theirs is far more advanced.. even compared to NAIA terminals 2 & 3. So why again are we still using Terminal 1 as our INTERNATIONAL Aiport?? Apologies to the airport authorities and management but NAIA terminal 1 is so bulok!!!. The toilets are leaking, the flooring and walls are ancient. It's like a 3-star hotel in the province. It's a 28-year old structure so what do you expect.

If we plan to attract more tourists, before anything else, I think we need to improve the airport terminals. It's complicated enough that we have three (3) international airport terminals (not to mention the domestic terminal in domestic road) but the public/tourist information system is lousy as well. Even for some Pinoys these terminals are confusing.

So I decided to put this little information about our airport terminals just to help out some of the tourists and even local flyers about what airlines/flights are in which of which:

NAIA Terminal 1
All International Flights except PAL and Cebu Pacific

NAIA Terminal 2 a.k.a. Centennial Terminal
Philippine Air Lines international flights (North Wing) and Domestic flights (South Wing)


NAIA Terminal 3 - located in Andrew's Ave. near Villamor Air Base
All Cebu Pacific flight, Air Philippines and PAL Express

Domestic Terminal - located in Domestic Road
Zest Air (formerly Asian Spirit) and SEAir

Hope this helps!