Over a few months ago, before Metro Manila went on lockdown as a preventive measure to spread the pandemic, Brian and I, together with Brian's friends, went on a trip to visit the much talked about San Sebastian in Spain [READ: Six Days in San Sebastian]. A lot of the pinxto bars we visited served [...]
Here we are, a month and a half after coming home and I'm still looking back to the trip that was. See here for related posts: Four Days in Paris One Fine Day in Girona I suppose the not getting over it part happens when you've gained so much more than just memories and photos [...]
Yesterday, January 21, Lola had been laid to rest. She had passed away on the 16th in her lovely old age of 95, and she is survived by her 7 children and their spouses, her 17 grand children and 2 great grand children. One can just imagine everything that went down at the news of her passing. [...]
Today, I woke up from the bark of our dogs and not from my mobile phone's alarm clock [or better yet by a frantic call from one of the guys from commissary]. I have just concluded six consecutive event days and right about now, I am very thankful for the reprieve that is Christmas. Finally, [...]
This time last year (and the three years before that), I sat in front of my work pc worrying my a** off over pre-Christmas shipments, replicating Christmas windows and conceptualising hampers. I loved the Christmas rush in the retail industry. It was as intoxicating as doing your own Christmas shopping! As some of might already know, Christmas [...]
At the start of October, I found myself preparing for Tokyo for the second time this year. It was a company incentive trip and everything happened so fast! Before I knew it, I was already rolling my way out of an event on a Sunday night, and into a car to get to NAIA Terminal [...]
I had just turned 29! For this post, I won't be delving into how surreal it is to be a year away from being 30. Instead, I want to share with you how the world can be good to you when you least expect it. I didn't think there was anything I could have done celebrating my 29th [...]
The last of the long series of family weddings for 2016 to 2018 was finally celebrated this month. It coincided with my transfer to a new work and I suddenly found myself missing out on mini family get togethers for this wedding. So when my aunt, the mom of the groom, presented an opportunity for me [...]
Literally a few days after arriving in Manila from Tokyo, Brian and I found ourselves packing again and leaving for Phuket, Thailand. This time with his family, all taking separate flights. It was a gruesome 8 hour flight which included a 2-hour layover from Bangkok to Phuket. But the weekend turned out to be quite [...]
Now that we're back in Manila at a comfortable 24 degrees celsius temperature, I am still in slight disbelief that I had been to Tokyo, Japan. My sister Julie used to take frequent work trips there and she came back home raving about how wonderful their culture was, how efficient the train systems were, and [...]
Chasing Fran 