Over at Plurk yesterday, I asked my friends which airline they preferred - Philippine Airlines or Cebu Pacific - and the ensuing thread got a few interesting answers.Let us attempt to point their differences, one by one: Fares CebuPac: Cebu Pacific's aggressive marketing makes it appear that they're the budget airline to beat. Promos for seat sales are announced almost every week. There was only one time that I availed of their zero fare, and that was unluckily when Typhoon Milenyo struck. Ticket was non-refundable. Since then, I haven't booked for a CebuPac ... Continue Reading...
Visiting the Wedding Expo Philippines
One month and one week after getting married, the wedding hangover is still upon me. So I took time to visit the 14th edition of the Wedding Expo Philippines which ended yesterday at the PICC Forum. It was full of people and couples! You wouldn't believe the number of lovebirds engaged or about to be wed in this part of the world. It proves a number of things: love rules and 2) weddings remain a big business in the country, which also assures that it's as expensive as ever. Each move will cost you thousands, and that's why it's always advised to scout for the best, ... Continue Reading...
What I learned from… a sidewalk
The streets in Manila are crowded with vendors selling all sorts of wares. First picture shows a boy selling bubble toys and demonstrating it in the process by throwing bubbles in the air :) The second one is making her living telling fortunes of people. There are lots of fortunetellers like her just outside a church in Quiapo, a crowded district in our city. It seems an irony that you profess your faith and then outside, there are lots of old women claiming to tell the future, and more. ... Continue Reading...
Penang hawker food
What made my short stay in Penang so worth it is that I didn't taste anything that wasn't to my liking. Meaning, everything was delicious to my curious tastebuds. I didn't even eat in a restaurant labelled as "fine dining." Because to have an inkling of Penang cuisine, you'd have to be there on the streets, where the cooking mamas chop onions as fast as those chefs on TV in their little stalls and serve food on makeshift tables. Outsiders would have the impression that whipping up good hawker food was a way of life there, and the practice was passed on through ... Continue Reading...
A short journey to Georgetown, Penang
We stayed in Georgetown, Penang at about the same amount of time it took us to get there - a total of 10 hours from Kuala Lumpur, and back. It wasn't really much of a bother as the ride was smooth and it afforded views of the Malaysian countryside I haven't seen. Add to this my determination to go to Penang because of all the things I've read about it in publications like 1000 Places to See Before You Die and more recently New York Times' 44 Places to Go in 2009. Curious old me wanted to see what the hype was all about. And glad to say I wasn't disappointed. ... Continue Reading...
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