Musings of a human trapped in the Philippines
2024 marks the tenth year of this blog’s existence. My first blog post was made on October 22, 2014. What a ride it has been since then. As a numbers nut, I love how generous WordPress is with the stats. This post serves as my marker for a whole decade of blogging.
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Thursday to Sunday
July 25 to 28, 2024
It’s always a blessing to travel overseas, even more so if it’s a trip to Japan, my favorite place in the world. This is my travel recap and thoughts as we experienced Osaka, Japan’s kitchen. Ikuzo!
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I’ve been using my Steam Deck on a daily basis for about a month now, and I can honestly say that it’s one of the best purchases I’ve had as a gamer. This is a Steam Deck appreciation post just because I love using it everywhere.
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Thursday to Sunday
February 15 to 18, 2024
My first overseas trip for 2024 was to a place I’ve visited before. But the second time is not any less beautiful and I’m looking forward to a 3rd time. This is a travelog for my trip to the beautiful city of Kota Kinabalu.
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It was Shane’s birthday, so we decided to have a late lunch/early dinner at one of the most famous restaurants in Marikina, Rustic Mornings. This is my quick review on our experience.
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I recently saw a tiktok comment that proclaimed Butterboy as a pastry shop that served good croissants. This post is about our first experience there and how it went. Let’s go!
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We’ve been on the lookout for some good Birria Tacos lately, so I’m compiling the ones we’ve had for January 2024. Here are some quick reviews for Aja Birria, Onlypans Poblacion, and Señorito PH.
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Happy 2024! It’s been a while since my last post. Life has gotten quite busy and interesting. I’ve been looking through my phone’s gallery to look back at the year that was (2023). I realized how much food content I haven’t shared here.
In a bid to archive the memories quickly, this will be a rapid-fire post of some places I’ve tried and haven’t posted for the 2nd half of 2023. Let’s go!
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