Well, it's true: you win some, you lose some.
In this part of the trip, I am a loser. I guess that's what I get for not arranging accommodations before I set foot in a new country (I had no time in Bangkok since I was only there for two days). Apparently, it's a holiday here so accommodations are expensiiiiiiiiiive. Whatever I saved for staying with co-workers in Bangkok, I lost in just one night in Macau. And tonight, it's even more expensive. Seriously, I just want to cry as I watch my budget go down the drain with a quickness. Argh!
If there's any consolation, I met a Filipina woman at the airport and she has been helping me get around the city. I don't think I would've found the hotel that I booked at the airport yesterday if it weren't for her. Today, I'm eating lunch with the family and the kids will come with me to sightsee. Her husband also got me a discounted Macau Tower ticket. They are truly heaven sent.
Oh, another consolation is that I got a Starbucks Macau City Mug...and I ate a Portugese egg tart (my fave).
Tomorrow, I ride the Turbojet to Hong Kong. At least I have a place to stay there already. Good for me.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Third Stop: Siem Reap
I just came back from visiting Angkor Wat (and the other million temples near it). It's a must see for everyone before he/she dies!
I woke up at the booty crack of dawn to make my way to the temple before sunrise. After buying a 3-day-pass for a whopping $40, it was all climbing steep steps from there. I managed to make my way up to the top despite being scared as hell (if I fell, who will know that I did?!) and it was like this personal triumph over a goal that I never knew was a goal of mine (uh, did that make sense?).
For two more days, my hobby will be temple climbing. Naks! HaHa!
And for anyone wishing to be tanned, no need to go to the beach; just go to Cambodia and the heat will make you browner than UPS. I guarantee it!
I woke up at the booty crack of dawn to make my way to the temple before sunrise. After buying a 3-day-pass for a whopping $40, it was all climbing steep steps from there. I managed to make my way up to the top despite being scared as hell (if I fell, who will know that I did?!) and it was like this personal triumph over a goal that I never knew was a goal of mine (uh, did that make sense?).
For two more days, my hobby will be temple climbing. Naks! HaHa!
And for anyone wishing to be tanned, no need to go to the beach; just go to Cambodia and the heat will make you browner than UPS. I guarantee it!
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Live from Kuala Lumpur
I tried to blog in Jakarta, but for some reason, the Blogger website wouldn't work correctly at the internet shop. Boo!
So now, here I am at a posh internet place at the Suria KLCC Mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I'm a pathetic budget traveler, I tell you.
Anyway, so many stories to tell...and upload.
Starbucks City Mug update: I bought 5 in Indonesia! Mwahaha! And I think there's a couple more here in Malaysia that I don't have. I seriously don't know how I'll be able to lug them all around S.E. Asia. Read: I'm a dork.
Wish some of you were here...to take my picture. ;P
So now, here I am at a posh internet place at the Suria KLCC Mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I'm a pathetic budget traveler, I tell you.
Anyway, so many stories to tell...and upload.
Starbucks City Mug update: I bought 5 in Indonesia! Mwahaha! And I think there's a couple more here in Malaysia that I don't have. I seriously don't know how I'll be able to lug them all around S.E. Asia. Read: I'm a dork.
Wish some of you were here...to take my picture. ;P
Friday, April 13, 2007
Here I Come
I'm leaving for Jakarta in a few hours. Aja!
I can't believe I'm actually doing this. Good job, dear self, good job.
See you soon MONAS, Petronas, Angkor Wat, Killing Fields, Ayutthaya, St. Paul Ruins, and Hong Kong Disneyland!
I can't believe I'm actually doing this. Good job, dear self, good job.
See you soon MONAS, Petronas, Angkor Wat, Killing Fields, Ayutthaya, St. Paul Ruins, and Hong Kong Disneyland!
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
The Next Bachelorette
My Manila bachelorette days are over: I moved out of the condo today.
Goodbye 2-minute rides to the mall. Goodbye 10 minutes to get to work. Goodbye to food deliveries. Goodbye to peeing with the bathroom door open. Good things don't last indeed.
It was one whole year of adulthood; no shame that I learned how to feed myself, to put a roof over my head, to take myself to the doctor when I'm sick, to have an opinion on the best toilet bowl cleaner (Toilet Duck, hands down!) just now at the still-very-young age of *ahem mid-20s. It's never too late to learn something new afterall.
Consequently, I'm back in San Mateo, Rizal. I'm going to go nuts if I now meet a relatively good-looking guy and he's from the city. Can we say "wrong timing"? Go ahead, say it, Kuya Heinz! LoL.
Goodbye 2-minute rides to the mall. Goodbye 10 minutes to get to work. Goodbye to food deliveries. Goodbye to peeing with the bathroom door open. Good things don't last indeed.
It was one whole year of adulthood; no shame that I learned how to feed myself, to put a roof over my head, to take myself to the doctor when I'm sick, to have an opinion on the best toilet bowl cleaner (Toilet Duck, hands down!) just now at the still-very-young age of *ahem mid-20s. It's never too late to learn something new afterall.
Consequently, I'm back in San Mateo, Rizal. I'm going to go nuts if I now meet a relatively good-looking guy and he's from the city. Can we say "wrong timing"? Go ahead, say it, Kuya Heinz! LoL.
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