Wisdom from the Road #10
On Being MindfulDon't let your bags take a seat.There are other passengers, you know.
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Wear a Mustache!
Who wants a mustache on their wrist?I'm carefully peeling off my mustache so you could wear it on your wrist!That's how much I like you!(Please don't mind the drops of blood.)Or maybe you prefer this...
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Maitre Chocolatier: Heaven and Hell
When my eyes see something tempting, but my pocket sees that something as expensive, my pocket squeezes itself tight to shut out my reckless fingers and I have to walk away with nothing but drool...
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A Box of Brown Goodness
Dear FTW! Food, Travel and Whatevs,I received a brown paper bag containing a white plastic bag containing a white box (with "Season's Greetings Mustachio" in curly red handwriting) containing twenty...
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What's in a (Business) Name? Veinticinco
A toast... to new hair!Spotted along Juana OsmeƱa St., Cebu City
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Grateful for...still having a job (the only source for travel funds)all the vehicles that have stopped to let Mustachio cross the street (every year Mustachio must thank them for letting him...
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Wisdom from the Road #11
On flexibilityBe flexible.I don't mean do yoga, although that would probably help you climb through bus windows easily if you want to behave like a monkey and fight your way to a seat during the peak...
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Who's Your Daddy? Big Daddy!
When a big yellow bus comes barreling down the road, do you:A. get out of its wayB. run after itC. meet it head onI, first, would get out of its way. Second, run after it. Then, third, meet it head on,...
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Nice Meeting You, Chewy Junior
Do not judge Junior by his looks for looks can be very deceiving.Ā Chewy Junior looks plain. Chewy Junior looks boring.Even his house (the shop) looks meh.Tiramisu deluxe (left) and chocolate Oreo...
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Borussia, a German Restaurant in Sogod
If it is not just my imagination, I think I have seen Borussia, a German restaurant, in Cebu City a long, long time ago (do not try and guess my age). I don't know when Borussia transferred to Sogod,...
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A Quick Snack at Homebakers
Cielito (left) and mercedita (right)I walked into Homebakers planning to spend 50 pesos for some snacks. I got a cielito and a mini brazo de mercedes which they call a mercedita. When the cashier rang...
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Choi City: New on the Menu
A friend who was invited to try Choi City's new dishes was kind enough to invite me along. She probably needed another mouth to help clean the plates. Whether it was my company or my mouth's ability to...
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Nalipay sa Lipay Mongolian BBQ
Three nationalities in one. This Korean-owned restaurant serving Mongolian BBQ (which is actually not a Mongolian cuisine, but was developed in Taiwan) has a Cebuano word as its name: Lipay (which...
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Namit ba ang ChickeNamit?
A friend who claims ChickeNamit, a restaurant in Mabolo, offers chicken inasal that's as good as the chicken inasal in Bacolod made me want to try it out myself. And try it out I did.ChickeNamit37 F...
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A Beauty T(r)ip
This, my friends, is how to get rosy butt cheeks and sparkling libat eyes (cross-eyed): Go on a roadtrip with a dozen or so transfers. In my case, a 600-something-kilometer roadtrip along the eastern...
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Boy Tales of Childhood
SourceBoy Tales of ChildhoodRoald DahlBoy, oh, boy, imagine my glee when I found the book I have been looking for since reading Going Solo. I immensely enjoy Roald Dahl's works and this is no...
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Island Grill's Batchoy
Batchoy Mega (Php 69) and Leche Flan (Php 29)Back when I was a wee kid, my parents used to bring home batchoy from Carlo's (are they still any good?) after work and every member of the family would sit...
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What's in a (Business) Name? Veintiseis
Anything goes with your cup of rice.Spotted along F Ramos St., Cebu City
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On lending a handOffer to take somebody's photo...and you just might win a friend!When I visited Capilano Suspension Bridge ParkĀ in Vancouver many moons ago, I took with me a camera and a tripod, but...
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In the Beginning: Cagwait, Surigao del Sur
It all began with scoring a cheap ticket (like how most of my trips begin) to Butuan ten months before the travel date. One way. Morning flight to Butuan from Cebu and I can be in Enchanted River, a...
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