Herald Suites Makati

Took the afternoon flight from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah to Clark. If l've only heard of ghost towns now l've seen one. Clark IS a ghost town. So many sad and empty buildings and large expanse of fields mostly unoccupied. The hotel we stayed that nite too was kinda of like an abandoned place too; pretty quiet, only a few guests around and a tiny bit eerie.....(to be continued)

... alors il a fait des figures imposes, mais pas tres reussie, enfin!!!). Quel honte pour un canadien de plonge sur une patinoire avec pleins de Philippins tout autour. Pour les Philipins, en realite, ils n'avaient pas de danger qu'ils tombent puisqu'ils bougeaient a peine. Ils etaient presques tous fige sur la glace. Ils en avaient quelques unes tres bonne. Patineuses artistiques. Nous avons eu bien ...

... of either the Steelers or Cardinals but Russ bet Mark P500 the Cardinals would win just for fun. It seemed like it was a good bet near the end of the last quarter, but it just seemed that the Card defense just couldn't hold that final series of downs. At least it was a good game and came down to the wire which is what you want to have in a super bowl game We didn't get to see any of the famous Super Bowl commericals. Instead ESPN entertained us with ...

... I know exactly what I'm doing. Or so I thought. The first bra I looked at was measured in centimeters instead of the sizing familiar to the U.S. Hmmm. They appeared to be a European brand anyway so on to the next rack. Next was a rack of Maidenform bras. A good American brand that had exactly what I was looking for but at 3 times the price of most of the others. It's common for U.S. brands to be expensive ...

... They were the typical modern Taiwanese children - spoiled and rich, but well behaved. I later learned that they are relatives of the owner of Tongri Tours, our travel agency, and that they owned a factory that manufactures materials for vegetarian food. I ate a lot of dumplings and drank soybean milk because I know this was going to be a hectic day. The trip to Guilin's Lijiang River took us almost an hour. Our tour guide seemed to be amiable and knowledgeable and I found myself ...

... of many pigs running around, chickens, cheeky kids running away from the sight of westerners and true hospitality (many families invited us in for a coffee). This place had character and felt real. The day-to-day lives of most just involved the hard graft in the rice fields harvesting the much needed crops. After the delicious lunch we settled into the guest house (the Riverside Inn) and because it was low season we had the whole building to ourselves and my own room for P200 ...

... or perhaps they just remembered the grumpy old bugger from last week. The hassling didn't disappear completely of course, but occasionally it has its funny side. The same guy tries to sell me exactly the same pair of trainers every time I leave the hotel (we're now almost old friends), and then of course there was the time when I was pursued for two blocks by a man driving a pony and trap..... Other random stuff: Public ...

... Man, I was boiling water in this bloody cheap boiler and it suddenly blew up followed by a foul smell. The water inside was boilt but I had to give it up. Was actually preparing myself some coffee for tea time. Anyway, that was the grand entrance to Philippines. People's name has Spanish influences for the likes of Enriquez, Lopez, Cruz and so on. Women are beautiful but they speak ...

... that I have lived in different lifestyles since childbirth and I always manage to adjust to my environment like a chameleon changes it's color depending on what he's standing on. I now recall seeing a chameleon in our backyard in Africa and vividly remembering how amazed I was how it's color changed as it moved from a tree branch to touching green leaves. It's a way of protecting themselves through camouflage. I may not fit in completely, my physical looks, my ideas, my ...