Gyeongbokgung Palace or Gyeongbok Palace The largest of the ancient palaces in the South Korean capital, Gyeongbok Palace is one of the best sights to see in Seoul! So grateful that the sun was out on this 20 degree weather!!! Brrrr!!! The ornate buildings within the complex have amazing colors and contain poetic murals and [...]
ANNYEONGHASEYO
After my week was up in P.I., I was back in the air headed to South Korea to spend another week with my brother. He’s been stationed there for almost a year now and I figure this might be my only chance of visiting this interesting country. I landed at Incheon airport at about 5 [...]
TAKING STOCK 09
Making: file tags to be more organized Cooking: absolutely nothing! since coming back from my trip, I don’t think I’ve set foot inside the kitchen Drinking: peppermint tea from Trader Joe’s Reading: “Chew” written by John Layman with art by Rob Guillory Wanting: to hit the snooze button…like 10 more times! Looking: for tickets to [...]
IT REALLY IS MORE FUN IN THE PHILIPPINES
Tinikling dance We had dinner at La Fiesta - the largest Filipino buffet in Manila. They had a wide array of delicious food - from one day old chickens, to sisig (my fav), adobo pusit, sushi, chocolate pizza...they had it all! What was also great about La Fiesta was the live entertainment! I was volunteered [...]
#OVERINDULGENCE
What can I say - I love filipino food! My first meal: longanisa, over-easy eggs, w/ spam fried rice! Lechon Kawali Kare-Kare Tortang Talong (eggplant omelette) - my all-time favorite Pinakbet Pork Sinigang J.CO Donuts & Coffee Seafood Platter Pepper Lunch - I got the pork pepper rice Sisig - my new favorite! day old [...]
PLAYING SANTA CLAUS
Spending Christmas in the town of Aliaga, where my dad grew up was truly an experience I will always remember. On Christmas Eve, we attended the midnight mass at Nuestra Señora De las Saleras Parish. Afterwards we went over to my Tita Ofelia’s house for a late night spaghetti&bread dinner. The next morning, I was [...]
WHITE SANDS, MAGIC ISLAND, FIRE DANCERS, & A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET
Boracay is a tiny island in the Visayas region of the central Philippines. As the most popular travel destination in the Philippines, it’s far from undiscovered — the island absolutely teems with tourists from all over the world. Getting to Boracay is a bit of an adventure in itself. Upon arriving Manila airport on December [...]
THIRTY-TWO
Wow…I can’t believe I’m another year older! Time is just cruising by these days! I’m still pretty jetlagged from my trip and all I want to do is SLEEP!!! But I can’t seem to find it when I need it the most…I’m literally wide awake at midnight till about 5 in the morning!!! So with [...]
SEE YOU NEXT YEAR SEATTLE
I’m leaving on a jet plane…don’t know when I’ll be back again!!! I’ll be boarding Asiana Air in a few hours and heading to Philippines!!! I’ll be meeting up with my parents and will be celebrating Christmas with them…yay!!! I’m beyond excited; It’s been 12 years since I’ve been back to the motherland. I just [...]
THE SEARCH FOR CHARLIE BROWN CONTINUES
Every year after Black Friday, we venture out to Mt. Creek Tree farm in Snoqualmie and chop ourselves the perfect Christmas tree. It snowed the night before so you can imagine the tree farm was a picture perfect winter wonderland! The snow on the ground and on the Christmas trees with Mt. Rainier as the [...]
FRIENDSGIVING
Looking back to when I didn’t have any family in Seattle, my close friends and I would get together and have a “Friendsgiving” event. Fast forward 10 years later and we managed to continue our “Friendsgiving” tradition to include more friends as well as our loved ones. This is great because there is so much [...]
TAKING STOCK 08
Making: a to-do list for my trip next month Cooking: cornsoup…perfect for the cold weather Drinking: Space Dust IPA from Elysian Brewing Reading: “Locke & Key” written by Joe Hill and featuring artwork from Gabriel Rodriguez Wanting: some ghetto chicken Looking: forward to chopping down a christmas tree Playing: with the new Pyrenees puppy…Brie! Wasting: [...]
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