Posts Tagged ‘vacation

I just created a new blog  http://japan.lifeonthespot.com which will detail our preparations and trip to Tokyo, Japan. Do visit it as it would have more details of our trip. However, I’d also post some stuff from the http://japan.lifeonthespot.com but not as detailed as those posts there. Our vacation starts tomorrow! http://japan.lifeonthespot.com

I must admit that it has been close to 3 weeks now since I returned from vacation. Mavis and Xiane, as always, are still in the Philippines and enjoying their time in Baguio. Vacation’s been great and loved our stay in Bangkok, and of course, our stay in the Philippines. We were lucky that there [...]

Yesterday was the last day of both work and school before the long Eid holiday. Surprisingly, there wasn’t very moderate traffic going to school in the morning and coming from school at noon. I was thinking maybe a lot of people have already skipped school and work to go on holiday a day earlier than the rest. Maybe some families had planned to leave for the Eid.

Im Back!

In: Personal|Qatar

27 Jun 2007

I’m back! Our plane landed at about 9:10 PM and I was able to get out of the airport at about 9:45 where Sandro was waiting for me. The flight from the Philippines to Doha was uneventful. Although checking–in was quite a hassle as I found out that I had an excess of 6 kilos [...]

We’re almost ready to go! Today, I went to my company’s HR dept. to get my exit permit. I also had to settle some finances with my bank. It was terribly hot this morning as my thermometer was reading 45. Our tickets are also ready. Our flight would be Doha-Hong Kong-Manila and return would be [...]


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  • xtian001: I like Bohol but love Palawan (Puerto Princesa). I usually do all the planning when we go on vacatio [...]
  • Jaimie Logan: Can you recommend a good local travel agency for this Bohol tour? Or did you just get there by yours [...]
  • Richelle: I have a flight on Thursday, 19 Jan 2012 from Doha to Manila and I called the customer service of Et [...]
  • xtian001: For Fruits and Vegetables, this is by the kilo ;) [...]
  • xtian001: @Donovan, what I can suggest is for you to gauge how much you would be saving after all the extra sp [...]