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    Help Japan

    Your Php 100 can go a long way! CashCashPinoy is matching every Php 100 donation bought from them, all donations will be given to Philippine Red Cross. If you don’t have a CashCashPinoy account, register here. Help Japan by donating as small as Php 100
    Posted 11 months ago
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    Vacation and a baby

    After giving birth last December, I’m still adjusting with this motherhood phase. Once in a while, I get exhausted after juggling work and mommy duties, good thing Gwen sleeps through the night now. Last month, Jeff and I took a vacation to Hong Kong, we just used the promo tickets we got from Cebu Pacific because they can’t issue refunds for promo tickets. Now that summer time is approaching, I’m sure most of you are already planning your beach holidays. I’m quite excited planning our first family getaway too! But it must be somewhere near because we already have an infant
    Posted 11 months ago
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    HK Cheap Eats: Yoshinoya

    For HK travelers on a budget and wondering where you can find affordable restaurants, then look for Yoshinoya. They also have KFC and McDonald’s in HK but they don’t serve rice. And Pinoys eat rice wherever we go, right? Yoshinoya also opens early, around 7 or 8 am so it’s perfect for breakfast before you head to your HK adventure. Yoshinoya is famous for their….BEEF BOWL! Thin slices of beef over perfectly cooked rice seasoned with their signature sauce… Yoshinoya Beef Bowl Beef bowl For the regular beef bowl with cola, I think it’s around 17-18 HKD
    Posted 11 months ago
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    HK Choco Finds

    For the chocoholics like me, Hong Kong may be one of my fave places. This is because there are wide variety of chocolates available, some can’t be found in our groceries. And for dark chocolate lovers, finding lots of them at 7-eleven stores is like finding gold bars, haha… Here are my chocolate finds during my recent HK trip: KitKat dark and Maltesers dark Cadbury Mint Dark chocolates and mint chocolates are love! Want some?
    Posted 11 months ago
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    Airport A21 bus

    Going to your hotels/guesthouses from Hong Kong International Airport is not a hassle even with big luggages around. For budget travelers like us, taxi is not an option so we always take the airport bus, A21. Airport A21 bus If you’re hotel is in Tsim Sha Tsui, this is the bus you’re going to take. Fare is 33 HKD, accepts Octopus Cards or prepare exact fare. It has spacious luggage compartments located near the door so that you can sit comfortably while travelling and enjoy the view of Tsing Ma bridge. Travel time from the airport to Taisan guesthouse is 45 minutes, bus stop number
    Posted 11 months ago
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    Mongkok street foods

    You know you’re in Mongkok when as you emerge from the MTR exit, you can smell the street foods. Some smell stinky, especially the intestines. And when it comes to intestines, I still prefer our very own “isaw”. But to give in to my curiosity, I gave it a try. There’s plenty of street foods to choose from, from intestines, bacon wrapped sausage, lobster balls, fish balls, etc… I can see beef balls, bean curd, sausage, lobster balls bacon wrapped sausage (lower right) fish balls isaw! I still prefer our very own inihaw na isaw, they fry their isaw in HK Street
    Posted 11 months ago
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    Protect your belongings with Protectabag

    Do you get paranoid that airport staffs and customs officers peek into our checked-in luggages/bags and sometimes steal important belongings? I do, this is the reason why it keeps me from buying high-ticket items and bringing it here because aside from paying taxes from the customs, I’m afraid it might get lost in transit too. I’ve read about stories that their luggages have been slashed and airport authorities just can’t point on who’s responsible for that. Well, now there’s a solution, Protectabag. I saw this at the NAIA Terminal 3 just beside the Travel Tax payment
    Posted 11 months ago
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    Tim Ho Wan: cheapest Michelin starred restaurant in Hong Kong

    I’ve read from several blog posts about this new Michelin starred dimsum restaurant in Mongkok, Tim Ho Wan. This made Tim Ho Wan included in our lists of “to-do” things, Lin Heung (which is also a Michelin starred restaurant) is also included in the list but Tim Ho Wan is closer to TST. Coming from the warnings of other bloggers, the waiting time is 2 hours, so to avoid this, come before the place opens at 10 am. We arrived past 10 am, so the first batch of lucky diners were already munching their dimsums inside. We were handed an order slip by the attendant, scribbled number
    Posted 12 months ago
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    Hong Kong hiking: Dragon’s Back

    For the culmination of our hiking in Hong Kong trip, we successfully hiked Dragon’s Back. We were supposed to hike this during our last visit, May 2009, but we’re pressed for time so we chose Lantau Peak on our previous hike. And to end our unfinished business, we hiked Dragon’s Back via the To Tei Wan to Big Wave Bay route. Dragon’s Back is the most popular hike among locals and tourists alike due to its accessibility and spectacular bilateral views of the Clear Water Bay Peninsula in the east and Stanley Peninsula and South China Sea in the west. At the end of the trail
    Posted 12 months ago
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    Yaya-less…

    I’m troubled again because Gwen’s yaya left yesterday, she left because her 1-year-old daughter is sick and her husband wants her home. I’m sad because she left when I’m about to go back to work, besides, she’s very nice and takes care of Gwen patiently. What’s more troubling is that the other helpers referred to us before already got their jobs and none left for poor Gwen. I have dozens of blog posts, I hope Gwen behaves now and sleeps through the night so that I don’t have to worry on how to get rid of dark circles under my eyes. I’ll try my very
    Posted 12 months ago