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The great thing about not having plans is that the plans just happen. Since it was a Monday, the adults had adult duties and were supposed to face the start of the new week before the holidays. It’s admirable, what they try to do for their families and their jobs,...

We were set to meet my college buddies for our first Christmas party of this trip. The plan was to meet up in the afternoon, but we were a bit late as we went to Manila Memorial Park first to say our final farewell to Tito Peps, Kaloi’s dad. We woke up relatively...

We’re moving to the final hotel of this leg of our trip, as and we took it as a chance to spend the day outside. There was no agenda in the morning apart from checking out, so Che and Vino took their sweet time on the bed. I woke up around 7am and thought it was too...

It’s our second full day in the Philippines and the traffic, I feel like, is only going to get worse. We have been survived by Grab or Uber for most of our travels, but during this holiday season, it’s almost impossible to get around the metro without a car. I told...

We had a couple of trips planned for this day, and it’s Vino and me for most of it. We stayed at Conrad using some perks that Che has accumulated over the year. She has needed to stay in hotels for days when on assignment, and while those are company expenses, the...

Today was our scheduled flight back to Manila, and the lazy picture-taker in me forgot to take pictures. Since we got married, Che and I decided to go back to the Philippines every other year to be with family and friends. Last year, we went to Vietnam during these...