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To the Beach or To the City?

When you think vacation, what do you think of first? Going to the beach or going to the city? This coming new year, Chef and I have a planned trip to Rome, while on the other side of the globe, my best friend is spending the New Year in Boracay. Do you prefer city holidays, [...]

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Wanderlust / Taste Buds: Ilocos Sur, Philippines

Ms C and I, along with our family, appreciate all the love and care of our friends who have extended their sympathies and have comforted us in this difficult time. Our family is now rolling with the punches with the loss of our grandfather, which is why it has been difficult for me to blog. [...]

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Blinks: City Lights 2

photo & post processing: Ms B taken: April 2008, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong The amazingly vibrant Hong Kong. This posterized image of Hong Kong Island features the Bank of China Tower made by the geometry-loving, and one of my personal favorite architects, I. M. Pei. This was taken before the Symphony of Lights played [...]

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Blinks: Kiddos

photo: Ms B taken: April 2008, Tagaytay Highlands, Philippines I’m really missing these three kiddos right now. Not just them individually. More like the whole chaos. I really wish that there will come a time when bringing my whole family together is so easy. I want the security of knowing that the whole bunch is [...]

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Blinks: Cafe on the Foothills of Mt. Tibidabo

photo: Ms B taken: May 2009, Barcelona, Spain In the past two days, two people I know who do not know each other posted a famous line from FRIENDS that Joey Tribbiani aka Ken Adams, uses to seduce the ladies. He taught Ross about it, and apparently also Rachel. And because of it, who came [...]

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Blinks: Buko for Sale

photo: Ms B taken: January 2010, Boracay, Philippines Summer’s over in the Philippines, and it definitely began today here at the other side of the world. Continuing my Boracay series with the ever resourceful Pinoy selling buko (coconut) as we go island hopping. I wonder if the other world-renowned beaches have their version of Buko [...]

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Blinks: Boracay Boat Ride

photo: Ms B taken: January 2010 Sometimes, as we get mesmerized by the beauty of our surroundings, we overlook the simple shabby chic elegance of where we stand. I love this picture. This doesn’t best describe Boracay, of course, because you see nothing of the beaches the island is known for. But the colors of this [...]

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Blinks: City Lights

photo: Ms B taken: May 2007, Paris, France City Lights of the City of Lights This is my favorite city in the world. Can you guess what city this is without its best known structures? Okay, time’s up. Paris, France, of course! I am an uber francophile since I was a child, and on my [...]

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Blinks: Lollipop

Blinks is our new weekly meme that showcases photos that we have taken. We’ll be running it every Saturday. It will be a perfect mesh for our love for writing and pictures, be it a one-word title, a simple caption or a photo-essay. Enjoy! *** photo: Ms C post processing: Ms B taken: October 2009, [...]