The Contemporary Hotel Quezon City

... kilometria Intramurokseen seka muihin Manilan keskeisempiin osiin. Taksille on tullut kayttoa ja metroakin testattiin kerran mutta se oli niin taynna ja hidas (+ vaihdon kanssa samanhintainen kuin taksi) etta ei jatkossa maksanut vaivaa.. <br><br>Manila on koostunut useasta hajanaisesta kaupunginosasta jotka kaikki eroavat toisistaan. Ainut yhteinen nimittaja lieneekin se etta ne kaikki kuuluvat "Manilaan". Kaupunki on kuulemma rakennettu toisen maailmansodan ...

Hi all, first the ANTS!! me and filipino ants just do not get along!! hmmm i am very alergic to them, I woke up one morning with bites all over and I mean ALL!! very nasty, of course they didnt touch Flora, just me......next night I threatened to sleep on top of her so they got her first. Seems just like at home the hot weather makes them all come out especially if there is a thunderstorm about, well thank god seem to have eradicated them all now but I ...

... than a pound for two so we are getting around, of course the last little bit often has t be done in a tightly packed jeepney but we are lucky in that the buses stop just about 150yards walk from our apartment.<br><br>Much of the last week has been taken up with getting all the papers ready for the visa application, and trying to find a way to present it in person rather than on-line (not a good idea using cafe's). After some struggle with the website and ...

... s now 8:45 and people are still trying to park. There are two McDonald's delivery guys on motorcylces trying to deliver food somewhere with no luck. Russ said he saw a delivery guy get hit by a van not long ago. And there's an ambulance trying to get through traffic with it's lights blinking. Not a good night to get sick. The traffic cop finally gave up trying to keep order. Things should flow more smoothly now. Russ said we should have ...

Today we had a team building for all of the finance people working for Emerson at Orient Square. It was held at the La Mesa Eco Park in Quezon City. The event was labeled Fear Factor and we had four teams competing against each other. After making banners and developing team cheers, we had opening ceremonies where we all got a good laugh at each other's creativity and cheering abilities. Then it was ...

I like the Philippines. I love the beaches, I love how we passionately celebrate Christian festivals, and even though the traffic in the metro could be terrible, I love seeing the colorful, oh-so-Filipino Jeepneys parade the streets. Ok, it's settled, I love my country. My girlfriends just arrived yesterday from a week-long trip to Singapore and I am so excited to hear their stories. I would have gone with them if only my leave was permitted. Alas! Anyway, I don't mind ...

Got up at 3:00am of May 23, 2008 and immediately took my bath and got dress and the rest of my family followed.We started our travel to the City of Pines at 4:15am.Everbody,especially my children, Angemeir,Vincent and Zennia, were all excited to go to Baguio which may be considered as their first trip after four years.My youngest child,Zennia Beatrice, is the most excited since this is her first time to go to ...

... The train trips/schedules and train names that I usually take to Beijing are T11/T14- leaves 15:09 and arrives in Beijing at 12:47 the next day, T16-leaves at 17:25 in Guangzhou and arrives in Beijing at 13:50 the next day, T202-leaves at 9:52 in Guangzhou Railway station and arrives in Beijing the next morning 6:41, and T98-leaves at 18:04 in Guangzhou dong(east) and arrives at 15:41 the next day in Beijing. The travel is quite tiresome ...

... since you will pass the sea of Hong Kong and Macau. You will enjoy new and exciting scenery. Some trains travel directly to Beijing from Shenzhen City and only have few stops. Train number K106 leaves for Beijing at 10:50 in the morning and arrives at 15:58 in the afternoon the next day in Beijing making it 1 day and 5 hours travel. Train number T108 also leaves at 14:46 in the afternoon and arrives in Bejing the next day at 13:48. (see next blog)

... in the capital. I'm not sure about this shotgun logic, that by giving the security guards guns that spray indiscriminately you can save lives, but I saw no indication of trouble anywhere in supposedly hard-edged Manila. So maybe the logic holds. The security presence was everywhere, though. Even when malls were connected by impregnable walkways, at either end there would be a security checkpoint where every bag had to be submitted to varying levels of ...