it’s been a while since i visited madinat jumeirah. not knowing any restrictions, we took out our “big guns” and started shooting for subjects… then we headed down near the artificial lagoon when we were stopped by the guard…

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Location: Jordan, Dead Sea
Date Taken: 2006-03-19
Camera: Canon EOS 350D, 18-55mm EF-S Lens
Exposure: f/32, 1/80 seconds

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what did we do in muscat? just went to pee.

hit the brakes

shutter speed: 1/125 sec, aperture: f/22, iso: 200, focal length: 27mm, wb: sunny, af-s nikkor 18-70mm dx, kaiser 67mm uv filter, manual focus

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PINOYexpats Meet

Early the next day, J dropped us off at the downtown Starbucks for breakfast. I could hardly contain my anticipation in meeting Ruth and Raquel. Meeting two of the brilliant thirteen (naks, syempre kasali kami ni Melissa doon! Hehe!) that make up PINOYexpats was something I was really looking forward to. It was like seeing old friends. These are the people that I probably have emailed to the most in the last couple of years because of all the brainstorming email sessions that we have before each issue. So there we were eating all the fatty Starbucks pastries and chatting on, sometimes reverting to Tagalog, as Hubby patiently listened and looked on. The conversation did not disappoint, and I didn’t really expect it to. After all, how can people who are such fun to read be bad conversationalists? Too bad, the other nine members couldn’t join us!

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Four members of the provincial board of Benguet – in the summer capital of the Philippines built by the Americans in the early 1900s – were on an uproar for the denial of their visa application to the US.

They were indignant, cried foul and bewailed the humiliation.

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we almost didn’t catch the flight due to blunder of our administration… to add the frustration, the flight was delayed…

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Just got back from an exhausting but fulfilling day trip to the Cordilleras. Yes, you heard me right, it was a day trip! This time the HCS was off to Bontoc, Mountain Province where a rare American period upland capitol building still stands.

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a short trip to oman, security and photography issues at the madinat jumeirah, and the unbearable climate at dubai marina.

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Olympos is another ruined city by a river. It was a Lycian city and dates back to 178 B.C. We went there by foot. It was not as grandiose as Termessos but it had its own charm. The river directly flows out of the Mediterranean sea. The water from the river is ice cold- quite refreshing!

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The left panel reproduces the photo of the entrance to a hotel in the 1930s (it says, “Positively No Filipinos Allowed”), while the right panel shows photos of an Eliseo Silva mural, Jacky Agtuca, NVM Gonzales, Lt. Gen. Antonio Taguba, Jessica Hagedorn, Venancio Igarta, Cristeta Comerford and Cheryl Diaz Meyer. More…

Remember i mentioned we shopped at Barstow on the way to Las Vegas? Well,it’s because when i saw this Coach bag,hey..this is just what i want for these summer sandals that is currently my (shoes of the month) fave.

The boat trip in Antalya was just a one day activity. After that, the three of us also went to the ancient city of Termessos. I highly recommend visiting this place. It is one of the well preserved ancient cities in Turkey.

We rented a car to go Termessos. It cost us 75 YTL (approx. 50 USD) to have the car bring us there, wait for us, and go on a side trip to the Duden falls after.

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A Friend in Frankfurt

I squatted down near the phone at the Frankfurt Main train station rummaging through my carry-on to look for her number. I glance up momentarily and right into my sightline waddled this extremely familiar woman with her husband and child in tow.

A very loud “HOY!” escaped from my lips before I could stop it. The only thing that prevented me from running to her were my bags. Melissa and J had not changed one bit. Maganda at guapo pa rin! They were as I remembered them years back, except for the fact that she had a round belly and that they had their little retazo, JP who I was setting eyes on for the first time. He proved to be even cuter than the photos I had seen.

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One of the closest places to do some hiking and camping in the summer is Mt. Famy. Situated in the north-eastern part of Siniloan in Laguna, Mt. Famy is one very attractive campsite to visit regularly.