Manila, PH -- the philippines' first woman president has, as doronila wrote, crossed over into history. i guess we're all grieving but thankful because she made us all want to be better filipinos. even little things about her show her patriotism - the ringing tones on her mobile were 'bayan ko' and the national anthem.
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Shout out to Sparklemind, resident jack of all trades
one blog. five restless souls. countless adventures.
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5 on the floor: Out of grad school and on to our next challenge! After all that studying, it's time to have fun and find our big adventure.
When we're not doing the 9-5 thing we like to pseudobackpack.The oxymoronic mantra: trying to rough it in style.
We're good friends and travel buddies who are now separated by four time zones (Jan and Risa in Manila, Justine in
This little blog's been up since June 2007 to keep us connected (along with our common love for travel, music and cherva). Hopefully we can be reunited in some remote paradise in a year's time. Stay tuned and see how we go from here to there.
2006: The First Official Pseudobackpackers Trip: Vietnam for pho-rever, great coffee, and army tanks. Happy pizzas and jamming with a Pinoy band in Pnom Penh. Wat adventures and Pub Street misadventures over at Siem Reap, Cambodia.
2007: Sagada, Philippines is where we came up with more travel plans. Justine moved to Singapore, Ditas to New Jersey and Joy to California.
2008: We conquered South America! It was a blast when we... did the samba and saw Christ the Redeemer in Brasil... hiked up Macchu Picchu and the Sacred Valley in
2009: Trips thus far (collectively & separately): Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Spain, and Portugal.
2010: Mission:
WHERE ART THOU?
Justine did Flirty and 30 in Bali with Jan & Risa (who made a side trip to Taipei). Miss 30 then enjoyed rugby (and more) in HK. Hot momma Joy is back in California with her boys. And Deets is getting her fill of sangria and soccer in Spain and Portugal!
Shout out to Sparklemind, resident jack of all trades
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ok we ain't that serious lookin'