Hello, Cebu!

Airport food in all its grandeur.

I'm baaack! It doesn't make much of a difference to you whether I post from Kuala Lumpur, Singapore or Cebu but I just wanted to express my happiness on finally arriving home. I mean, both cities were fun but the good and bad thing about vacations is that they always come to an end. Okay, being extremely optimistic here, but nonetheless, it's good to be home! Not quite home yet but the gatorade water bottles littered on the sidewalks tell me I'm back to the land of my pride and glory. Elections are over too and I can say I'm pleases with how most of the things turned out. Rama just got elected as mayor here in Cebu and Moreno in ours, replacing the then-reigning "veteran mayors". But perhaps it really is time for change. I will be praying for our installed leaders and will see how things go from there.

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Goodbye, Merlion!

We leave for Cebu today. After a whole week of running around chasing buses like a madman, I can finally rest. Or am I being too optimistic here? In reality, I have yet to finish my final exams for the subjects I took this summer. It was a bad decision on my part as I could have been alright without taking them. But yeah, as I am jotting this thing down, I come to three conclusions: One--I couldn't find a single cigars magazine; two--carpeted airports are awesome; and three--it's my last full hour in Singapore and I'm speding it on a free internet zone at the airport (my nexus is being a pain by not working). Anyway, it's been really great and I'm really excited to go home. Taking a vacation with thirteen people is fun but it has its downs (especially when your with girls and all of them are on their period). So much for this totally random post, I hope everyone's having a great May ;D

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Shopping

We were at Genting, Malaysia when my mother spotted this Polo handbag from TANGS. She's been looking for a new bag since last week and finally decided to settle for this. I had to console her afterwards which was very funny. We told her this was her Mother's Day gift from us that she has to pay for herself. When the sales person heard that, he laughed out loud. He also showed us a good pair of women s english riding boots which I liked but couldn't afford, not that it's practical. The only relationship I have with horses involves me sitting on the backs of their innanimate brothers during a merry go round ride.

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First Impression of Singapore

We arrived at Changi at around 23:30, (+08:00, which is basically the same as MNL time). When I saw the heavily lighted city from afar, I was giddy with excitement! So there I was, snapping here and there.

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Vacation 2013

Hey guys! It's been a week and I know I didn't tell you but I'm telling you now, I'm on vacation! It's summer in my beautiful country (Philippines) and my family and a couple of our friends decided to visit our neighbors Singapore and Malaysia (truly Asia). I am having the time of my life while we're here, satiating my need for food and milk tea explorations. I promise I'll post our itinerary on my food/travel blog when I get back. But for the mean time, I will tell you about the recent(?) change of currency I noticed that happened in SG and MY. If you're a OhPenda.com regular, you'll remember my hobby of currency collecting. And you'll be able to guess that I already have RM and SGD bills (not to mention coins). But when I came here in Malaysia, I noticed that my coins and some of the ones in circulation are different. The more foreign ones (at least to me) have a more stylish feel to them. So I guess I'm keeping the modern coin in my purse to add to my growing collection. Aside from that, I'm upgrading my paper Ringgit to the new plastic ones that weren't available 2 years ago.

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