Passenger Tales

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Entries from July 2008

Moving Away

July 29th, 2008 · No Comments

In August 12, our office is scheduled to move to our new building. I believe that our management has hired a moving services company to help us bring our things to the new building. In order to make the process orderly, each of the offices are given a specific date to transfer. […]

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Airline Wine

July 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Our flight to Busan was at 3:35am. We were served breakfast at around 4:30am. We were offered the usual coffee or tea since juice was already served earlier. Wines, both red and white, were also available as well as beer and cola upon request. I am not overly fond of wine […]

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Tags: Airplane · Travel

Packing up

July 24th, 2008 · No Comments

While preparing for this trip, I had to make time to shop for a luggage, some clothes, shoes and toiletries because my schedule was so hectic. I had to finish work in the office so that everything will run smoothly, or as smoothly as I can make it, while I attend two consecutive trainings. […]

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Tags: Travel

LP #17 Sa Gawing Kanluran

July 24th, 2008 · 4 Comments

This was our breakfast last Tuesday. We only have two choices for breakfast, a Korean Restaurant and a Western style restaurant. The Western style restaurant is called The Brunch and it is just a small place. They usually serve different varieties of waffles, pancakes and some sandwiches. We always eat at […]

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Time is….

July 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Wristwatches used to be just for telling time. But overtime the wristwatch has evolved into a very useful gadget with a lot of features that the only thing it cannot do is predict the future. When I started wearing a watch, the only value-add on was that it be water resistant. Now, there are […]

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LP #16 Luntian

July 22nd, 2008 · 4 Comments


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Christmas in July

July 19th, 2008 · No Comments

It is July once again. For some, once July hits they hit the stores to start early on their Christmas shopping. Here in the Philippines, Christmas carols are heard played on radios as early as September and stores start putting up Christmas decorations thereafter. Considering this, July is not very early to start […]

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Jewelry

July 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Ever since, I always hear about women’s jewelry. Men give women jewelry as token of their love, to go with their apology, in exchange for a favor, and so on. My exposure to men’s jewelry consists of wedding rings, earring on one ear and the flashy gold necklaces with big pendant, […]

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LP #15 Balingkinitan

July 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The beach is not complete unless there are slender coconut trees swaying gently in the breeze.
(Hindi kumpleto ang dalampasigan kung walang mga balingkinitang puno ng niyog na dahan dahang sumusunod sa ihip ng hangin.)

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Breath in

July 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Our family on my father’s side suffers from allergies like asthma and rhinitis. My father suffered from severe asthma attacks, which my brother inherited. My cousin and I suffer from allergic rhinitis. There are really days when my nose feels like a leaky faucet. Then it gets so red that I […]

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