Cheap air travel is one of the blessings of this generation. Am not talking of tens of thousands of miles earned after riding the Boeing A380 to London. Am talking of the modern-day phenomenon called the budget airline. It's best described as no-frills - you'd be lucky to arrive at the "low cost carrier terminal" with your sanity intact, after eating a hot bowl o' noodles which you had to buy yourself. When talking of budget airlines, am quite partial to Air Asia since it's the first ever LCC I tried. Second, because they really give away FREE international seats ... Continue Reading...
Countries which don’t need a US visa (the Visa Waiver Program)
I've received some interesting comments to my US Embassy post(s) and as a result, I've wondered which countries are spared the ignominy of applying for the "overrated" US visa. My Google quest of course led me to the US Department of State website which has a portion dedicated to the US government's Visa Waiver Program (VWP). The VWP is the program where nationals of certain countries can travel to the United States without a visa provided they plan to only stay "for 90 days or less for tourism or business." Only three countries in Asia are in the list: Japan, ... Continue Reading...
Red @ Makati Shangri-La Hotel
First of all, have you noticed how hotel rates have gone up these days - not only in terms of the room but also F & B? Makes me feel that I can never book again in a hotel unless am a balikbayan or Keanu Reeves living his life out of suitcases. The last time I inquired about this five-star hotel's dinner buffet, it was a whoppin' $50. Wow! All I can say is: "I gotta win them Christmas raffles!" :P Because it's not everyday that I get to indulge in fancy dining (My Knight in Shining Armor is not around), you can just imagine how I ended up at Red, the Continental ... Continue Reading...
If we have double-digit inflation, why do they keep on building condos?
Two launch events I attended recently has made me do a double take on the state of our economy. If real estate companies are building more condos and houses, is there hope for better times ahead? Probably. If there's one belief that has been inculcated on me by other people, it is that you invest in land today with the hope that prices will appreciate in the future. Still have to test if the hypothesis is true, since I haven't disposed of any piece of real estate to see if substantial gains can be had...or not. Another real estate assumption is that it is always ... Continue Reading...
Plurk, Twitter & the rest of the microblogs
My Manila Bulletin Blog-O-Rama column this week talks about the unstoppable rise of the so-called microblogs. If you ever wonder where your favorite bloggers are, most likely you can find them in sites like Plurk & Twitter. What you can find here? Mundane details such as what we ate for lunch, gossip in cyberspace and all sorts of chatter that would otherwise be worthless in a blog. Ask me to write a movie review worth writing about and I am likely to squirm. It's quite hard choosing my words and forming them into coherent paragraphs. But somehow it all seems so ... Continue Reading...
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