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HongKong Here I Come

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The last time I was in HongKong was in 2008 while on a sidetrip from Macau. It was but a fleeting moment — I was there merely to take my niece to Disneyland. We spent a few hours in the park, enjoyed the fireworks, then hopped on a boat back to Macau. What attracts me to HongKong is its vibrancy and abundance of food and shopping options. There’s not a dull moment in HongKong and that is why

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Yesterday I was in my mom’s bathroom to look for cotton buds to clean out the 1-week old wax buildup in my ears lol. I saw her measuring tape hanging on one of her wall hooks and quickly grabbed it to measure my.. well.. waist. I placed the tape around my belly button and neatly, placed the metallic tip on the 28 inch mark. I wasn’t even cheating! Last time I had a 28-inch waist was when I

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How to Save Money on the Paris Subway

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Getting around Paris takes patience and skill. It took me a few days before I got the hang of it. My cousins had to put up with my constant backtracking and fuzzy navigation, but they had no other choice but to go where I went.Aside from the labyrinth that we had to put up with, using the subway is not cheap. It costs 1.50 euro per ticket (about P90). That’s more expensive than the New York

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Burning Calories

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Here’s a quick way to find out how much calories you burn during certain physical activities. Click here to check.It asks you to enter your weight because the number of calories burned depends on your weight and fitness level. Heavier people burn more calories because it takes more effort to perform exercises. That goes down as the person becomes fitter and attains more muscle. With more

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Before and After

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Four years ago, Four years afterI couldn’t say I was unhappy about myself when I was overweight. Eating is FUN but it came to a point when I realized I needed to do something about my health (and my hair LOL). I enrolled at the nearest gym but I didn’t know what I was doing. I kept eating and gaining more weight until I stopped going to the gym again. Then I started again until last year I

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Sick of Being Sick

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Okayyy. Let me rant a little bit about my situation. My doctor diagnosed me as having pharyngitis and respiratory tract infection. I thought I had a much simpler case of tonsillitis and common cold. But when she held the stethoscope against my back, she suspected something more sinister. She prescribed an antibiotic to fight the infection and another to lessen the coughing. This totally

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Fitness Blog?

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Last night, over dinner, my friends suggested that I write a fitness blog. I guess I can be a little pushy when it comes to exercise and eating right. It *kinda* worked on them, but will that “pushiness” rub off on my readers? Problem is I feel that I have reached my limit of number of blogs. I’ve lost count and for some I even forgot my passwords. To make my friends happy, I’ll just write

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Wakeboarding and Then Some

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WAPAKKKK!My arms are hurting from wakeboarding yesterday. Major pains on my left and right forearms, while the right one feels worse. This morning, I washed my hair and body with my left hand. What a struggle considering that I’m right handed. I also washed my face with my left hand. Brushing my teeth was a chore. In a few minutes I’m going to this badminton place, “Smash and Drop” to play

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New Year’s Resolutions

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The year 2010, early as it is, has not been good to me. Fortunately I am the type of person that doesn’t let his problems become a preoccupation to the point of ruining his life. There are more things to be thankful for than to cry about, I realize. I have a great family, great friends and a great job. My life could not be better. Ok, maybe just a little. To do that, here are my resolutions

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21 Kilometers

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Today I hit the gym with an unwavering resolve to finish the 21 kilometer challenge. My gym, Holiday Gym ‘n’ Spa (lol), organized the 21km challenge to get our asses moving instead of sitting around lifting weights (which for me is boring as hell). The gym has a 200 meter track around its facilities. The challenge involves running around the track 105 times, which is roughly equivalent to,

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A Dork’s Guide to Versailles

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Sorry for the long delay. I’ve been meaning to write about Versailles since my post on the Louvre, but stuff got in the way and I was forced to hold it back many, many times.As my European adventure was coming to a close, I was asked by my cousins which place in France impressed me the most. And I remember answering “Versailles”. Each of them had their favorites too, but they agreed that

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Working on that Versailles Post

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This is a friendly reminder that I am alive and well and I have not abandoned my blog! I am halfway through finishing my post about Versailles. Stay tuned!

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Things I Learned Growing Up in the States

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Whenever Christmas is right in the corner I never fail to remember the way we sang Jingle Bells when I was just a kid. It went like this:Jingle BellsBatman SmellsRobin Laid an EggThe Batmobile Lost its WheelAnd the Joker got away, hey!Repeat 20xLOLWe also sang the Popeye song a little differently.I’m Popeye the Sailor ManI live in a garbage canI stood near the heater and fried off my weinerI’m

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I Dream of Donsol

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One of my ultimate travel destinations is Donsol, Sorsogon. Why? Because of the amazing ‘butandings’ or whale sharks as they are better known. I plan on going next year, possibly in March which I heard was the best month to go. Who’s coming with me?!

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A Twilight Halloween

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First, a disclaimer. I’m not a big rabid Twilight fan, but I thought it’d be fun to throw a Halloween party and have us all dress up as emo vampires. Chattee and Brendel made us up with pale Halloween makeup bought from the mall.This shot took quite a bit of effort coz we were trying to imitate this photo:Not what we wanted but I still think it turned out very cool.A nice shot of the girls set

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