What is there not to like about Cebu? 
There are beautiful sandy white beaches everywhere.
Camotes Island
It has plenty of great shops.
There’s great food in every corner.
There are interesting sights to see.
Basilica Minore del Santo Niño
Taoist Temple
Overlooking the city @ TOPS
Mountain View Park
So there’s simply no reason not to be smitten with this dainty old city 
It has been my adopted home for the past three years and I have no intention of leaving. Well, at least, not just yet! 
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*Friday*
chopped my locks
before and after (w/ my fave stylist)
dinner with my wonderful friends 
L-R: Joy, Jellicle (as she had insisted), Jake, and moi
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My recent trip to Manila was bittersweet. The terrible traffic was a real pain, but shopping was definitely a pure joy even if I had to go home broke.
If my memory serves me right, it was way back in 2003 that I first visited Manila to take an exam for the government office I was connected with. At that time, there’s no Mall of Asia yet. So we contented ourselves with the surrounding, but rather diminutive, malls in Pasay area. Traffic wasn’t as bad as it is now. And in my opinion, taxi drivers were more honest and polite way back then as compared to the rude and picky drivers of today.
bumper to bumper
Seven years on, traffic condition has been and perhaps will always be a major migraine for travelers, to say the least. Taking public transportation can be a hellish experience. So the best way to go around the city is to drive your own car, ask a friend who has a car, rent one if you don’t have a car and a friend 
or get a taxi. The last two can be expensive but at least you’re pretty safe from the pollution, pushing, and putrid stench either from the guy next to you or the surrounding itself
On a more positive note, Manila can be an exciting place to visit. It wouldn’t be dubbed as the country’s capital for nothing, right?
It’s definitely a haven for women who love to shop. Shop for less that is! But if your take is on designer items, it’s sprouting with high-end shops as well. So it’s your call
haggling @ Greenhills tiangge
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