UNRAVELING HO CHI MINH CITY

Unraveling really? for only about days? I gotta be kidding. Well, I got this sort of feeling where satisfaction disagrees with the amount of accomplishments you've done. This trip almost had me blown right after a company had herself refrained from coming at the last minute due to work-related matters that deprived her from going. Actually, the on-the-spot-getting-permission cause the problem. Is this something rigged? Seriously? Is this really happening to me? My temperature's rising. Yes, I'm disappointed but not much of an angry. I would like to think I come into being of mastering the acceptance of frustrating predicaments and get over it. The world never stops, let's keep going. This caught me off-guard this time. I was not even having a familiarity of a single peripheral of the city to begin with plus I have to fly solo. Where's the fun now?

It was her being the walking navigator as what had we plan as she was been there a couple of times before. That's why I didn't bother digging in research for the routes of spots in my roster which I certainly couldn't miss doing (as if I travel a lot). After all, I cannot blame this much to her, it was an upset for her too and that rolling tears on her cheeks won't lie. Hope it was more of her missing me than missing the flight. lol.

Work is work. It is our bread and butter, this thought resonates in my mind fading my temper to a gaseous state. Without the monetary benefits from our work, we surely cannot travel the world. In my case, travel Asia. lol. Dreaming never stops, we'll never know how this madness, I mean, passion will take us. As long as you have the heart of a traveler (still awkward to say), you will seize every opportunity and go intentionally to places to explore. I wish I was Hayden (not the scandal superstar of the Phils.) but from the movie - Jumper, anywhere is possible just skip the Samuel-Jackson-hunting part. Imagine how much money you can save from visas and fares? and the bank vaults you can sneak in when you get bored? D'you feel me?

through the years, I hold on to the knowledge that Ho Chi Minh City is the capital of Vietnam. I was wrong, it was just Vietnam's largest city and instead it was Hanoi. Most locals especially the senior citizens still call the city by it's former name - Saigon.

WINGS BAR - THE BEST WINGS IN TOWN!

Clark Quay, the famous hangout and night-life capital of locals and tourists here in Singapore opened recently a US classic aviation themed bar named - Wings Bar! The latter offers its famous buffalo wings, beers and cocktails along with the uniquely lit runway and piled sandbags. On its 6th day from its opening, I was lucky to be invited by the prime Chef of Wings Bar that happens to be the husband of my dear friend Janice. Together with my colleagues, Chef Kameron Kurtz indulge us to a food tasting experience and we definitely enjoyed the specialties. Since cooking is not my thing, it is very awkward to give feedback plate after plate and after plates of serving..hehe...but in all honesty we provide our sincere tasting evaluation as a usual customer. The lowly or shall I say the least part of our tasting experience is when we engage consuming the double and triple kicks of spicy hot flavoured wings that challenged our taste buds not to burn which is by the way a matter of individual preference of tolerance and it's for you to find out. Flavors are all over your mouth! The whole activity was divine, I think we would love to go back in a weekend's time.

KUALA LUMPUR TRIP: MALAYSIA TRULY ASIA

My short solo visit to KL (Kuala Lumpur) was just fine. It was not even a day trip as I only had 18 total hours of duration to be exact. Googling for days paid me off in mobilizing the place. KL Sentral route transits could be tough for the first-timers, so one must be diligent in knowing their itinerary very well to save time from taking wrong route mishaps. Though, I did not arrived meeting personally all the attractions but nevertheless did I miss to see the major spots that I wanted except for Batu Caves. Batu Caves is very impossible to achieve in this brief excursion of mine since its 15km away from the city proper.

Salak Tinggi Station. First station from LCCT airport for transfers going to KL Sentral.

BACKPACKING GEARS: I'M READY TO FLY!

This weekend I'm flying solo, so I tried packing my things this early to make the things-to-worry stuffs lessen the things-to-do matters.These are the elements for me that will bring out the best in my trips as I'm TRYING filling the counts to my race of 1000 places to see before I die. Also, this time, I'm applying more gimmicks to my incoming journeys just in the likes of striking a signature pose at the renowned landmarks and collecting an item each countries has a version of. And I'm still thinking about it.

backpacking items

How about that for a signature pose?

HENRY ROLLINS TAKE ABOUT TRAVELING

HOW TO CHANGE HD FILES TO .AVI FORMAT?

Having regrets on possessing high-definition movies or videos in general but cannot play in your normal players? Worry no more because there's a simple way to break that out in your computers. By default, most HD videos hide its extensions or in other words the file format like .mkv (usual file format for HD videos) in your file folders. Common attempts lead you to the initiative of renaming directly the file by adding .avi at the end of the filename and that's totally hopeless! It will only appear .avi.mkv in actual appearance if the extensions are shown. So here's the quick steps you might need to know.

Go to Control Panel>Folder Options>View then uncheck Hide extensions for known file types.

"THE OSCAR'S" DINNER AND DANCE 2012 AT MARRIOTT HOTEL

International Love Feat Chris Brown – Pitbull Song Lyrics

securing a photo before going to the venue.

THE AVENGERS VERSUS THE X-MEN

Hi guys! Just want to share a brand new issue of the first ever AvX Comic Marvel Series I purchased online. Enjoy! Sorry for the blurry texts...

MALACCA ON VESAK DAY

Christ Church

The once elusive backpacking trip to Malacca (Melaka) finally came to life. It took us almost a year to make up our minds not because it's hard to reach in there but merely it's the other way around. Blame it on the mañana habit. Out of the 7 housemates, 3 of us pushed through the plan to make use of the Vesak holiday. Vesak Day is a holy day observed traditionally by the Buddhists. The goal? No holiday must gone to waste. Thanks to the technology nowadays, it help us become more spontaneous from deciding. It was the afternoon before the day of travel when we started mobile mingling or shall I say conferencing at the world famous instant messaging called Whatsapp messenger.

Rickshaw on flowers

It usually begins with a key topic progressing in a non-sense bashing, trash-talking and humor and sometimes only sometimes end up with an ounce of sense. That's where the Malacca excursion kicks off. Immediately we agreed, hit the booking online and research the prominent attractions for our itinerary. The only thing that worries me is that, I will surely miss the Cotto-Mayweather fight on Sunday. I rarely pray for the cause of the athletes but only for this that I wanted to put end on Mayweather's madness. D'you feel me? Mayweather should fall on Cotto's hands for I doubt there could be Mayweather-Pacquaio fight even in the farthest future.

ZABADANI AT THE PEAK, GAISANO MALL OF DAVAO

Treat yourselves with your one and only loved halal middle-eastern cafe and restaurant opens at:

Experience Zabadani at its peak at The Peak!

BREAK OF SUMMER: PHUKET, THAILAND

Self-proclaimed as a beach bummer, I had decided to suggest another beach venue for this summer break to my girlfriend (as of this writing). lol. And that is the world known cliche for a tourist stunner when it comes to beach and the night lives, none other than, Phuket, Thailand.

 Phi Phi Island

Phi Phi Island Beach Point View

"BESTMANNING" A GARDEN WEDDING

Ngayo’y Naririto – Jay R Song Lyrics

The song! Exact love story. 

A Jerum and Preslyn Holy Union
at Eden Nature's Park, Toril, Davao City
21 April 2012