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Soy Happy with Happy Soy
I like taho—sweet silken tofu with syrup and tapioca balls peddled on the street in the morning. But, even before this whole covid mess, I rarely got to drink (or is it eat?) taho because I was seldom...
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What's in a (Business) Name? Ciento Cinco
WTF!? WDP?!Spotted in Bonifacio District, F Cabahug St., Cebu CityFor more amusing business names, please visit Go Random.
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The Best of Mang Ambo
The Best of Mang Ambo, Books 1 and 2Larry AlcalaPeople my age or older best remember Larry Alcala for his newspaper cartoon in the 1980s to 90s called Slice of Life. It was one of those things I looked...
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Partners
PartnersJohn GrishamPartners was released in 2016 as an ebook and is a prequel to his 2015 novel Rogue Lawyer. Rogue Lawyer is about Sebastian Rudd, a lawyer who takes cases no other lawyer would take,...
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A Geek in Korea
A Geek in KoreaDaniel Tudor I miss traveling. And if you follow my blog, you probably have an idea that two of my favorite countries to visit are South Korea and Japan. During the last few trips, I...
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The Strange Library
The Strange LibraryHaruki MurakamiThe Strange Library is about a boy who goes to a library (one of the reasons why I wanted to read this book...because it takes place in a library!) and gets led to a...
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Before the Coffee Gets ColdToshikazu KawaguchiThere's a cafe in Tokyo where one can go back in time, but one must come back to the present before the coffee gets cold. The book is written simply and...
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The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
The Miracles of the Namiya General StoreKeigo Higashino The Miracles of the Namiya General Store is another book whose movie adaptation I had seen before reading the book; the other was Before the...
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Front Desk
Front DeskKelly YangFront Desk is a middle grade book (for 8- to 12-year-olds). I am decades beyond this age range, but I still enjoyed reading this beautifully written story about a Chinese family who...
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What's in a (Business) Name? Ciento Seis
Rendezvous at the meat shop.Spotted along P Remedio St, Mandaue CityFor more amusing business names, please visit Go Random.
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Trips in the Time of Pandemic
Have you been holed up at home during this pandemic? Ha! I have taken trips!Trips to the SupermarketI go on a trip once or twice a month to the supermarket. It is only during this pandemic that I had...
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What's in a (Business) Name? Ciento Siete
Get your barbecue and refreshments here!Spotted along P Remedio St, Mandaue CityFor more amusing business names, please visit Go Random.
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What's in a (Business) Name? Ciento Ocho
Self-service?Spotted in Talamban, Cebu City.For more amusing business names, please visit Go Random.
View ArticleMalapascua Notes 2022
Going to Malapascua From North Bus Terminal, take the bus or van to New Maya Port (3.5 to 4 hours). If going by car, there are parking areas outside the New Maya Port. Parking fee is Php100 per day. At...
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Japanese Snacks
My friend, Hiromi, whom I had met through a language app in 2018, and met in person when I visited Gunma in 2019, and who visited me in Cebu is 2020, sent me a box of Japanese snacks.The parcel...
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Glamping at 150 Peakway
Ah, how social media provides free advertising. Yes, this is the reason why I decided to go to 150 Peakway in Mantalongon, Dalaguete. Because of one glamping photo my friend posted on his facebook...
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Dumaguete Accommodations: Lufian Dormitel and Check Inn Dumaguete
Here are two places my friends and I stayed at during our recent trip to Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental:Lufian DormitelNesia Building, San Jose Extension,Brgy. Taclobo, Dumaguete City(035) 523 3135...
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One Night Stand in Taipei
Click bait! The correct title is "One Night Sleep in Taipei". Here's where we stayed for a night in Taipei (April 2023):Neijiang HotelNo. 112 South Xining Road,Wanhua District, TaipeiWhy did we choose...
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Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport
For our almost 19-hour layover in Taoyuan, we opted to stay near the airport since our flight the next day leaves at 755AM. We had two choices: stay at a capsule hotel in Taoyuan International Airport...
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Kansai Airport to Osaka City (Tennoji, Osaka, or Shin-Osaka Station)
There are two railway companies that serve Kansai Airport: Nankai and Japan Railways (JR). On my 2016 trip, I took the Nankai Airport Express to Osaka City's Shin-Imamiya Station. But on my recent...
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