Day 1 of our Siem Reap adventure began with a huuuuge breakfast at La Tradition D’Angkor. The carbo overload alone should have been the clue regarding the vicious tour ahead of us. But a full tummy does not help one’s brain to think clearly. So we were completely oblivious to the “Extra Challenge”-esque day waiting…
Yesterday I was craving for Kenny Rogers’ potatoes with sour cream and chives. I realized I could just buy it from Market Market but I decided to challenge myself and make one from scratch! It’s quite good, if I may say so myself. But the taste is not the same as Kenny’s. Not sure how…
Sous dey! I just bought new property in Cambodia — look how nice it is. And it came with a vintage car too: If only. I am now in lovely Siem Reap in Cambodia for a short weekend trip. We are staying at La Tradition D’ Angkor, a beautiful boutique resort hotel very near the…
In the week 1 email of The Ten Week Journey, Aaron introduced Livemocha and advised to use it. Um, but I didn’t. I read a few reviews about it and what made me decide against it was Benny the Irish Polyglot’s review. I am not about to waste money on high-tech flashcards. I browsed through…
Yesterday, we managed to set up the wifi at home after the internet plan upgrade. I was getting pissed at my intermittent PLDT DSL and I was hoping that if I upgrade, they might give me less crappy internet service. I was right! It was less crappy. I still get disconnected during the afternoon and…
I was getting ready for bed when I read this: I’d love to have Hannibal for dinner. Haha.
Just recently, I had a realization: I badly wanted to be a polyglot. This came to me one day when I was browsing through language forums. I was shocked to learn how many people speak 3, 4, 5 or more languages fluently. Many of them were even self taught. Wow. Just wow. Now I am…
So you have a brand new passport that smells good, and you are itching to use it right away. Good news: In this day of budget airlines and promo fares, there is no better time to travel. Even better news: there are so many countries that we Filipinos can visit without a visa — this…
One afternoon, I was having a nice, leisurely walk in a museum when suddenly, Darth Vader came to life! He stepped out of his portrait and attacked me. Good thing there was an extra light saber around and I fought him off. At least that’s how it looked like from my picture at the Seri…
It’s summer — and I am reminded once again of how I missed those days of no school, just bumming around the house, or hanging out with friends. It was fun but doing the same things every day does get boring after a while. One of the most productive summers I’ve ever had was when…
Tumblr is such a fantastic place for fandom. I will forever love Tumblr for discoveries like this Sherlock Holmes BBC fanart. ♥ I am subscribed to What are you wearing, Benedict? over at Tumblr and the blog owner, Emmy shared this gem of a manga by user kureta from Pixiv. If you are a Sherlock fan,…
Today, I got my new passport. It smells gooood! My old one will expire in May and I have an upcoming trip so I needed to go ASAP to DFA to get it renewed. The passport renewal process at DFA is so different from way back in 2008, when I visited the main DFA office…
Meet Yukari, my new baby. Well, Yukari 3.0, to be exact. Yukari 1.0 was my Sony Ericsson clamshell phone and 2.0 was my iPhone 3gs. I got Yukari 3.0 out of sheer need, I wasn’t planning to get a new gadget this year. But Yukari 2.0 died on me last week after a very fruitful…
Not much, as evidenced by this this Lakbayan map. Papa used to travel a lot for work. When my sisters and I were very young, he was away for weeks on end and he would call us up every night to say hi. He has visited over 90% of Philippine provinces, including Batanes and he…
After Papa died, I stopped blogging for a couple of months. I just lost interest in everything when I lost him. Now I am slowly getting back to some of the things I loved, writing included. And this is what’s keeping me busy: I can’t believe how much comment spam I’ve received in the past…
Found my old website! I just remembered that before I had my own URL, I used www.lahijadelsol.tk, which housed my Angelfire account. That time, I was so into learning HTML and designing my own website so I painstakingly coded parts of the website week after week. Obviously, I never got around to coding it to…
1. French – I recently enrolled in basic French classes with Arol at Alliance Francais. This course marks my “return to the classroom” after many years, although now I get to be a student again. (I miss teaching terribly but that’s another story for another day). ^_^ I find French a little difficult compared to…
If Papa were alive, I am sure he’s be in this list again: IMBITADO ng mga bagong upong opisyal na Laong – Laan Lodge 185 ngayon araw ang lahat ng mga brethren ng iba’t ibang Masonic Lodges para sa kanilang ika – 48 installation today. Ang mga bagong upong opisyal ng Laong – Laan Lodge…
Took me more than an hour to complete my first sakura kanzashi, but I finally finished it! For weeks, I have been trying to figure out how to do the notches to make a pronounced sakura petal. Yesterday, I managed to make an entire flower, which I made into a cellphone charm. Woooo! Here is…
Took me some serious contemplation before I finally decided on my top 15 presents for Christmas 2012. I could not come up with only 10 items so I have 15, haha. In no particular order: 1. Living Language Premium Italian – advanced present for myself 2. iPod dock 3. Nintendo Wii 4. Rockband – The…
This is NOT an impulse purchase. Well, sort of. For weeks, I’ve been visiting Fully Booked because I saw that they have new Living Language stuff. I was seriouly thinking of studying Italian since I got that Godfather bug. Unfortunately, Italian laguage learning is not big in the Philippines and I don’t know if there…
Here is my submission for this week’s installment of the Japinoy.com POW (Photo of the Week). Otera (“tera” meaning “temple”, with the honorific “o” at the beginning) is written in Japanese as お寺。 This is a picture of the Marble Temple in Bangkok. I had the pleasure of visiting Thailand for the very first time…
The DLSU Green Archers do a UST with a 69-66 come-from-behind win over the FEU Tamaraws today. Yeah, Archers!!! UAAP Final Four Schedule 29-Sep (Saturday), Araneta Coliseum 12:00 noon: UST – NU 4:00 pm: ADMU – DLSU 3-Oct (Wednesday), SM MOA Arena – if necessary 12:00 noon: DLSU – ADMU 4:00 pm: NU – UST…
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