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Last Wednesday, Mic, Joyce, Victor and I went to a bar for a couple of drinks after work. We started discussing the travel deals we got from former vacations we had the past summer. The talks of beach made me feel hungry for the sun so I asked them when we are all going for an out of town trip.

Mic suggested that we go to Santorini, Greece the last weekend of February. Everyone was psyched on the idea. I told Vic to inform the others through our group online also so that we can all budget our trip there. Sun and fun here we come!

One of my sister’s problems when she stays at her college dorm for a week is packing up her laundry. “Where do I put them?!” is her constant dilemma. She usually brings an extra bag for her dirty clothes, but it just doesn’t feel right…

Then, on my way to a holiday trip, I saw my friend Jehan dragging effortlessly a nice-looking, portable caddy-bag, which turns out to be a laundry hamper on 4-inch wheels! How cool can you get? To cap it off, I later found out that it is water resistant and has a large storage capacity.

Christmas checklist for Ruth checked! One portable laundry hamper, coming up. ^_^

Right after graduation, one of my goals was to save enough money to be able to go on an Asian Cruise. It’s been four years and I haven’t saved a single cent for that dream vacation. While absentmindedly surfing the net, I came across a blog which contains articles like the “Three Cheapest Asian Cities for Shopaholics” and “5 Weirdest Things You Can Do With Your GPS”. This triggered my almost forgotten yearning for an Asian Cruise.

Sigh. I really ought to start saving up money for the cruise so that I’ll stop drooling over articles and pictures like those. If only I could find someone to tag along with me… the trip would be more interesting. Hey wait a minute, I did find someone to go with me! My Nth level friend. ^_^ Very exciting!

My brother, Pleni (his girlfriend), and I will be attending our friend’s wedding in Samal, Davao, a beautiful island in the Philippines, this July 18. At the same time, my friend Mark and I will be enrolling in Kendo on July 5.

I have been dreaming of going to Davao with friends, and enrolling in Kendo with someone like Mark… But with all the expenses in just one month, making those dreams come true will require thorough budgeting and planning. Then again, if there’s a will, there’s a way…

Oh, and I’m also expecting a huge chunk of cash from someone who borrowed from me last February. If it will materialize this July, then I’m all set for Davao and Kendo! ^_^

  I’m a person who loves to travel. I have always been fond of visiting various places in and out of the country. Every week I have a new area that interests me, that’s why I have a long checklist of places to visit. Since this week, I am interested in North Carolina, I’ve googled various companies that could provide good vacation rentals and I found Outer Banks to fit my expectations.


  I’ve read that it’s one of the best out there in the market, and I can say I’m pretty impressed. Comments regarding this topic would be appreciated, especially if you have any other companies to recommend or places in North Carolina I should visit when I go there.

  If you love traveling as much I do, you should also considering travel health insurance to make sure that you don’t end up with an accident and wake up hours later in the hospital discovering that you’re in another country with no money, or something worse than that.
  You should always think of the worst scenario that could possibly happen to you and make sure that you’re ready for it. That’s what my mom always taught me since I was little, and it has helped me a lot ‘till now and it’s probably one of the reasons I’m sharing this thought to you, so that it can help you as much as it did to me.

Most of us Filipinos want to travel to other countries like the United States to earn more money. We think that if we work abroad and earn dollars, then we can at least raise our social status or ease ourselves from stressing money problems.

Others want to travel abroad just for the sake of being able to share stories and photos to our friends. I, for one, am dying to go to New York to be able to share my own New York City travel stories! I think New York is an awesome place, since there are a lot of different people with different races and cultures there. That would be an interesting experience.

Whatever the reason for traveling is, it still is fun!

It had been the promise of my Aunt Virgie who is now based in New York to give my youngest sister Ruth, a high school graduation gift. That gift is an out of the country vacation at her place in New York. Ruth has been dreaming to have her picture taken near the Statue of Liberty.

Ruth has to pass the entrance examination of the state university is the additional requirement for her to get her gift, which she did. With this, she was instructed by Aunt Virgie to search for the best offer on New York vacation deals. This graduation gift is an all-expense paid with pocket money for shopping. My advise to other students, study hard. Your gift might even be better than what Ruth got.

Several years ago my mother went abroad to study in the East Coast at North Carolina. On her way back home, she had the opportunity to visit our relatives in California. Since, it was only a few days vacation, her schedule was so hectic that even in the evening she was brought to the tourists’ destinations.

My mom recalled that the evening before she took the plane back home, after visiting other friends in the area, my aunt with my mother still manage to drive to Las Vegas. My mom said, it was like a dream, because due to her tiredness, she was very sleepy as my aunt was pointing to most frequented places at Las Vegas. They were then in a hurry that they could not stop even for souvenir shots/pictures. Thus, mom could not recall the places she had been in Las Vegas the following day, more so today.

With this experience, mother said, the next time we go to the United States, we will stay in one of the hotels in Las Vegas for one week so as to be able to go around and have our pictures taken. It will not be like a dream anymore, for we will have the proofs of our stay in Las Vegas.

Dad is a retired military officer and is about to celebrate his birthday. Mom and the rest of the family members had thought of giving Dad a perfect gift on his 65th birthday. The family had decided to give Dad and Mom, the Eastern Caribbean Cruises.

Out of three cruises and we had chosen the Eastern considering that Dad is a former naval officer who wanted more time at sea to relax. In addition, Dad loves history and the chosen cruise has a blend of activities related to history and culture. The cruise is our perfect gift for Dad.