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		<title>Curiosity Killed The Cat&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet and Satisfaction Brought It Back. So which do you believe? The first phrase or the whole sentence? I kinda believe both and context is always important! So when Discovery Channel started its Curiosity series, I was intrigued. Heck and they keep on showing the commerial for its episode on female orgasm and what it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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<p>So which do you believe? The first phrase or the whole sentence? I kinda believe both and context is always important!</p>
<p>So when Discovery Channel started its Curiosity series, I was intrigued. Heck and they keep on showing the commerial for its episode on female orgasm and what it&#8217;s for narrated by maggie gylenhall. But what really interested me was their segment for&#8230;.WAIT FOR IT&#8230;.</p>
<p>WHAT IF U COULD LIVE FOREVER?</p>
<p>Yeah what would you do? Would u avail these medical treatments if it were  possible? Andrew Sage (guy from myth busters) tries to explore this world and yep, freakily (is there such a word?) the technology we have today seems to be telling us that it is possible in the near 50 or so years. THEORY OF SINGULARITY GUYS! (try googling what it is. XD) I really liked the segment except for a few farfetched parts (a flying brain&#8230; Seriously? <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/pouty.png' alt=':|' class='wp-smiley' /> but&#8230;) anyway i&#8217;ll stop yapping and you can check it out now. Thank you Youtube for full videos and movies!</p>
<p><a href="javascript:void(null);" onclick="s_toggleDisplay(document.getElementById('SID395917115'), this, 'FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY &#9660;', 'Sorry kids below 18! &#9650;');">FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY &#9660;</a></p>
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<p>So it&#8217;s the New Year tomorrow. Besides  asking a lot of questions, I do want 2012 to be a fresh start. So many thins will change and i am optimistic at saying that 2012 be an awesome year for me. I swear that today will be the last day of procrastination. I have to fix my life and find le reason! LE REASON! I even thought of a new tradition of writing down this year&#8217;s failures and achievements and burning it afterwards. Or maybe i should only burn the failures&#8230; Maybe oh dear i only have a few hours to decide xD. </p>
<p>So before I say goodbye and welcome the new year, a little plugging for my offline friends&#8217; new spaces in the cyberworld!</p>
<p>1. <a href="http://www.randzomeness.com/">Randz&#8217; Randzomeness</a>! I swear he has a knack for blogging and of course mixing and matching clothes! He even did a stint at Topman! So go scurry ahead please <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/happy.png' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p>2. <a href="http://indeemand.com">Mariel&#8217;s Indeemand dot com</a>! She&#8217;s a very curious girl who likes to snap pics at everything and anything! Also if she&#8217;s bored, she does these.</p>
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<p>3. <a href="http://www.loveegoist.com/">Nicole&#8217;s Fashion Blog</a>! She&#8217;s an investigative journalist and writes well and is addicted to lashes, pink and SHOES! Man you should see this girl! Please head over to her blog! <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/happy.png' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>4. <a href="http://jvchris.wordpress.com">JV&#8217;s Sociologist Chemist Chinese Blog</a>! hahaha <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/pinched.png' alt='XD' class='wp-smiley' /> I hosted JV before but he&#8217;s on his own now with a new perspective in life especially shifting to BS Sociology. Go for what you want guys! But he&#8217;s still a Chemist at heart methinks!</p>
<p>5. <a href="http://azuredestiny.jynxedpanda.com">Chair&#8217;s dreams and realities</a>! One of my best friends and she has a lot of stuff to talk about especially gaming! She just recently returned to blogging (like me!) so please show her some lve. She also featured Inotia 3, A SUPER ADDICTIVE ANDROID AND IPHONE RPG GAME! I slept at 3 and 4am for this. And in 3 days am now a level 47 archmage. So yeah, TODAY IS MY LAST DAY OF PROCRASTINATION!</p>
<p>6. <a href="http://heartdrops.org/visitor/free-layouts/">GEORGIE&#8217;S FREE WORDPRESS THEMES</a>! Hahah I haven&#8217;t really met Georgina personally but I loved her themes so much and have been a follower of her blog for YEARS now, I think that it&#8217;s just right to promote it. PLEASE DO CHECK HER FREE THEMES OUT <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/happy.png' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>7. Oh this is just shameless plugging but do visit my <a href="http://lavie-en-tiff.tumblr.com">Europe photoblog</a> and <a href="http://web.stagram.com/n/jynxypanda/">instagram blog</a>! Currently updating them. Can&#8217;t believe I left it alone for months now. Again 2012 WILL BE A NEW YEAR. </p>
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<p>Thank you so much for the new visitors of my blog! <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/happy.png' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> Hallo and hope you guys don&#8217;t get bored here <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/pinched.png' alt='XD' class='wp-smiley' /> Sorry if I annoy some people but heck, you&#8217;re still here hahaha </p>
<p>I WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY FANTASTIC AND YES NOT THE LAST HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012 (UNLESS YOU BELIEVE ANOTHER THEORY LIKE ALIENS&#8211; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgJ7-R4Zpbk&#038;sns=em">   CHECKTHISVIDEOSERIES</a> <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/alien.png' alt=':alien:' class='wp-smiley' /> :alien: <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/alien.png' alt=':alien:' class='wp-smiley' /> :alien: ) TO YOU!!!<br />
(stop 9gagging! XD)</p>
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<p>Lol I forgot to put the&#8230;<br />
Questions:<br />
1. So would you want to live forever if you could?<br />
2. Please visit one of my friend&#8217;s blogs and tell me what you think <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/happy.png' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> <br />
3. 2012 will be&#8230; I will&#8230;</p>
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<p>Photo credits to Mich and Chair! THANKSS!!</p>
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<p>It wasn&#8217;t written in the deal but the airline that they got us was <a href="http://airphilexpress.com" target="_blank">Airphil Express</a> and it was my first time to ride with them. I was really nervous because the only domestic flights I trusted were Philippine Airlines (even if they&#8217;re always late, they are established) and Cebu Pacific so I was really apprehensive. And to think I watched this feature on National Geographic about this air-crash investigation before boarding <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/pinched.png' alt='XD' class='wp-smiley' /> haha! Good thing though nothing bad happened except for a few delays of a few minutes. I was asleep for most of the 1 hour and 10 minute-ride there so didn&#8217;t experience any strong turbulence unlike the one I experienced with Cebu Pacific going to Shanghai. Man THAT WAS THE WORST FLIGHT EXPERIENCE -__-. This flight didn&#8217;t me migraines at all and I commend them for that. So don&#8217;t be afraid of Airphil express <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/happy.png' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> Their terminal by the way is located at NAIA terminal 3. If your flight is at 7:30am, don&#8217;t be deceived that there will be a &#8220;short&#8221; line. There&#8217;ll actually be a long line when you arrive at around 5:30am but this is manageable as the long line is actually for Cebu Pacific flights. GOOD LUCK TO THEM! By 6:15am we were actually waiting at the gate and had enough time to kill. Oh and for those who booked with Ensemble, you only need the photocopy of the credit card of Joey Regis or whoever PAID Airphil thing. You don&#8217;t need their valid IDs but don&#8217;t forget to bring your valid ID too and the travel docket! </p>
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<p>We stayed in Kookaburra Lodge finally after demanding Ensemble that this hotel was the one written on the deal so I really wanted to transfer here. It was a good decision even if the location was 10 minutes away from the main city because the people there were really so friendly and SERVICE-ORIENTED (unlike some people *COUGH COUGH*). I was texting one of the staff before we arrived because I was worried that we wouldn&#8217;t be able to attend the Underground River Tour that we booked with them (instead of Ensemble, GOOD THINKING. it&#8217;s 1,500 pesos though but I think you can get a cheaper deal if you book early) because our flight was scheduled to arrive in Puerto Prinsesa at 8:40am and the tour was at 9am. Of course I feared for the worse like our flight getting delayed and true enough it was delayed for 10 minutes. Surprise surprise when we arrived, Kookaburra arranged to have a separate van to transfer our things to the hotel and the Underground Tour van was already there waiting for us. Good thing we were able to dress properly and we immediately got on! Our tour guide Tita Nids was so nice and was very motherly to us. We were with other tourists from another hotel and Kookaburra. Oh a tip, book your tours in advance with the hotel because they need to secure permits for the Underground River tour.</p>
<p>I kinda forgot how many hours exactly it took from Puerto Prinsesa City to Sabang where the Underground River was (it was 8 kilometers long under a mountain! we were able to travel only 1.2km though as the rest of the river can only be traveled when you&#8217;re a researcher). I think it was around 2-3 hours of a joyous ride because of the remnants of the &#8220;Abortion Road&#8221; (when the road to Sabang wasn&#8217;t developed and when pregnant women can&#8217;t travel there XD). Because there were foreign tourists, conversation was very lively and interesting as we got to know that they were traveling around the world and Tita Nids was also sharing her stories and explaining the different cities in Palawan. My friends and I bought sun hats too which were perfect for the occasion as it was really so hot and sunny that day! We then had lunch at this coastal restaurants where Badjaos (people native there) were selling their handmade accessories. They were really cheap too but DON&#8217;T FORGET to bargain! <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/happy.png' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> haha! And be careful because usually a swarm of sellers will surround you O_O You have to be assertive when you don&#8217;t want to buy at all. I was able to buy some though <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/happy.png' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> WARNING TO FOREIGNERS, please make sure that they are selling you the right price.<br />
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Food that comes with the package </p>
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Boat ride to the Underground River</p>
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Entrance to Underground River.<br />
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<p>Tips: PLEASE WEAR JACKET OR PUT PLASTIC AROUND YER BAGS <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/happy.png' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> Droplets of water and maybe some guano (aka batpoo) will fall on top of you. Helmets are provided so don&#8217;t worry about your crown. Also spray INSECT-REPELLENT coz there are little insects buzzing around. If you&#8217;re lucky, you might get a glimpse of a swimming monitor lizard, LOVED IT! We were able to see one at the entrance of the cave. Also if you want to hold the spotlight (it&#8217;s POSITIVELY DARK INSIDE THE UNDERGROUND RIVER), sit up front but again, you will attract lotsa little critters. The bats I found out are SUPER CUTE! They&#8217;re not vicious at all but tiny little darlings <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/happy.png' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> Also get RENE as your boat guide. One of the corniest/funniest man I&#8217;ve ever heard/met. Seriously he&#8217;s really funny. </p>
<p>Overall, the Underground River was a lovely 40 minute experience. Those afraid of the dark though, this experience would be quite scary&#8230;</p>
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Us by the beach <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/happy.png' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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TIME TO <del datetime="2011-10-26T06:19:31+00:00">PARTEY</del> HAVE DINNER! One of the best Filipino restaurants I&#8217;ve been to!<br />
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One of my friends actually knew some of the best local places in town but since we only had 2 nights here, we asked Tita Nids where are the best places to eat and she said that we simply must try Kinabuch. Mich&#8217;s dad told us to eat at KaLui&#8217;s on the second night too. You don&#8217;t need reservations for Kinabuch&#8217;s by the way but you seriously have to call and reserve a spot for Kalui&#8217;s. Your hotel like ours can graciously do it for you. There&#8217;s a funny story to this name by the way. For my non-Filipino friends, &#8220;Kina&#8221; can be used as the short form for &#8220;Kanila&#8221; which means &#8220;THEM/THEY&#8221;. So when we were first just talking about going to &#8220;Kina buch&#8221; we thought it literally meant &#8220;To Buch&#8217;s&#8221; (we attach it also for respect) so we though the restaurant&#8217;s name was BUCH, not KINABUCH. Gets? LOL we all cracked up when we saw this sign. But the guy who owns the resto is really Buch. LOL</p>
<p>So here&#8217;s evidence of our pigging out. OH and we ate <strong>WOODWORMS</strong>. <strong>WORMS</strong>.<br />
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Fish Chips</p>
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Rice</p>
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Gising Gising (my fave! veggies, shrimp, etc!)</p>
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Buttered Prawns OMG YUM</p>
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Beef steak (Filipino style!)</p>
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Crispy Pata (Pig&#8217;s thigh feet) OMG SO HEAVENLY BUT OH SO CHOLESTEROL-Y</p>
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THE CARNAGE! Our moms taught us well to not leave anything behind <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/happy.png' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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Oh yeah, did I mention THE WORMS??<br />
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LOL if you&#8217;re wondering what they taste like? I can already confirm you that these TASTE EXACTLY LIKE YOU IMAGINE THEM. Slimely, squishy, uh mushy, LONG, jelly, YIKEZ! This is actually RAW woodworms so you need Suka (vinegar) to clean it. Or douse it with beer or chug it with beer. I did both. Man it was HARD to finish these babies. Mich&#8217;s dad told us that it was IMPERATIVE to try this and try the raw ones to get your authentic Palawan experience. I kinda regretted eating it. LOL! Haha Unless eating these needs an acquired taste. Or get the cooked one. I think I&#8217;ll get the cooked one next time <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/pinched.png' alt='XD' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Day 2 begins! Now I was really worried about our tour that came with Ensemble, the Honday Bay Island Hopping tour. I was reassured a bit when Joey Regis, their ACCLAIMED CEO (I was wondering though, WHY THE HELL IS THE CEO THE ONE UPDATING OUR TOURS? WTF?), suddenly called me and reminded me of our tour at 9am. It said though in their travel docket that we were supposed to be picked up at 730am. I wondered what the hell happened but I told him okay. I also asked for the contact number of our guide and got it anyway. I asked Kookaburra&#8217;s staff about our tour and they honestly can&#8217;t give me any answers coz Ensemble really is the only one who knows about it. SO PLEASE, WHOEVER GOT ENSEMBLE&#8217;S DEALS, PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK WITH THEM ALL THE TIME COZ YOUR HOTEL WON&#8217;T KNOW EITHER. And I actually asked Tita Nids about Ensemble and they have been hearing horrible things too especially this story about Ensemble ruining a couple&#8217;s honeymoon because they booked them at wrong times and they could only go on the City tour which they had to book themselves. Really frustrated couple. SHEESH. Ensemble MUST LEARN.</p>
<p>So we got up and had breakfast at 8am and surprisingly, the guide arrived before 9am and we were able to go with a couple of people who also booked with Ensemble (again we shared our own experiences with them, ALL NEGATIVE). It was cool that we met Mich&#8217;s long lost relative there and also met a very nice couple. They got Cebu Pacific&#8217;s flight though. It turns out that Ensemble ONLY provided a tour handler, NOT EXACTLY a tour guide so he wasn&#8217;t like Tita Nids who talked about Palawan. So I absolutely didn&#8217;t learn anything about the islands. We didn&#8217;t have a snorkeling instructor or guide too (I saw that other groups had someone go snorkeling with them) which was a pity coz they could have taught us the proper way to snorkel. I knew how to swim but I didn&#8217;t exactly know how to dive. I did see the pretty fishes and got to feed them! Oh by the way, we rented out beach shoes and snorkeling gear and had some free fish food <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/happy.png' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> There&#8217;s a stop on the way to the port. We were able to hop to Snake Island (my fave coz of the LOADS of fishes) and Pandan Island (LOTS OF ALGEA! Some starfishes and fishes but not as many, you could ride on banana boats, jetski and other activities though) only because our guide said that they were doing some renovations or what on Starfish Island. SO THEY SAY. So Ensemble again FAILS in this department because our tour wasn&#8217;t really equipped with a guide. WTF really. To those who have arranged Honday Bay Island hopping with other travel agencies, did you have a &#8220;real&#8221; guide? So I&#8217;ll let the pics do the talking <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/happy.png' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> <br />
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On da boat!!</p>
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DELICIOUS LUNCH THOUGH!! Our tour handler was a great cook! Now that&#8217;s a good thing <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/happy.png' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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Snake Island!<br />
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<p>Next stop was DINNER AGAIN! <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/pinched.png' alt='XD' class='wp-smiley' /> haha boy we loved our dinners! Oh by the way, Kookaburra can arrange tricycle rides to the main city BUT it&#8217;s really MORE EXPENSIVE! 20 pesos per person though the tricycle was indeed better than Manila&#8217;s trikes, i still think 20php is STEEP. So when going back from your location, you can either get another trike offering a cheaper price or contact Kookaburra again to pick you up <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/happy.png' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> So we had ours in Kalui&#8217;s! They were fullybooked by that time and it&#8217;s a good thing we reserved a place. I LOVED the ambiance of the place and we had to go barefoot inside the restaurant. The sounds and lighting were perfect. Except I actually loved the food at Kinabuch&#8217;s better though. Kalui&#8217;s seemed lacking something&#8230; hahah!<br />
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Front of Kalui&#8217;s. Yeah Lui owns this restaurant <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/pinched.png' alt='XD' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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No slippers or shoes please <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/happy.png' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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We kinda pigged out again except we had more fishes and vegetables <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/happy.png' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> Kinda too lazy to put everything. I&#8217;ll only put if someone requests the 7 dishes we 4 girls ate <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/pinched.png' alt='XD' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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Dropped by Puerto Prinsesa&#8217;s Bay walk area!<br />
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We struck a deal with the tricycle driver that gave us the ride home from Kalui that he will bring us to selected areas around the city (we couldn&#8217;t take the City Tour anymore, no time coz our flight&#8217;s at 2pm) for 700 pesos only (that&#8217;s for the 4 of us already). Palawan really had such friendly people and our trike driver was one of them! He waited for us at each place every time. We only chose the best places (maybe except Asia&#8217;s longest zipline, try that when you get to Puerto Prinsesa!) like the Crocodile farm (WAH i wasn&#8217;t able to taste Crocodile meat <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/sad.png' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> ) I was able to touch the baby crocodile and the SUPER CUTE bear cat! I wanted to bring them home <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/sad.png' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> We also went to the Butterfly farm and held a variety of creatures. And then to Baker&#8217;s Hill were they had cute little houses and some tall statues of famous personalities. It was a laughtrip <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/pinched.png' alt='XD' class='wp-smiley' /> haha!<br />
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BEAR CAT! SO FLUFFY!</p>
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Baker&#8217;s Hill!</p>
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DELICIOUS HALO HALO!<br />
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<p>Basically I LOVED my Palawan trip except for some minor flaws (Ensemble -__-). Our island hopping day could have been better. I sure wish we stayed here for more than 3 days. It just isn&#8217;t enough. And now I&#8217;m wishing I could go back. But definitely not booking with Ensemble anymore (unless they hire me and I&#8217;ll fix their booking system, HA! XD) </p>
<p>So toodles all!</p>
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<p>*NOTE THIS IS NOT TO DEGRADE any of the coupon site or the travel agency. This is just a recap and opinion and FEELINGS of MY EXPERIENCE which I think can help a lot of people who had/have undergone (or ARE undergoing) this experience with the said sites. I was able to book my flights, accommodations, tours and everything in the end and I will fly on October17-19. I will make a separate blog post for POST-vacation to see if everything really has gone smoothly. I am not telling you to bash or boycott these people, just BE WARY AND TAKE LOTS OF CAUTION*</p>
<p>In case you wanna skip the whole post, here are the RELIABLE CONTACT NUMBERS</p>
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*With updated Metrodeal new hotline number*<br />
ENSEMBLE E-TRAVEL AGENCY<br />
DARYL (for PALAWAN DEALS)<br />
E-mail: ppsdeal2@gmail.com<br />
Celphone: +63 9174886388<br />
Landline: 5469083<br />
OTHER Person people have been able to contact<br />
Joey Regis +639174246558<br />
+639174886386</p>
<p>BANTAYAN DEALS<br />
E-mail: bantayandeal2@gmail.com</p>
<p>METRODEAL<br />
Landline: 8858848<br />
MetroDeal Inc.<br />
27F (Regus) Tower 2 The Enterprise Centre<br />
6766 Ayala Avenue cor. Paseo De Roxas<br />
Makati City</p></blockquote>
<p>I feel so STRESSED AND HURT the past weeks.</p>
<p>Okay sorry how very callous of me to start my post with these kinds of words. But I haven&#8217;t endured this kind of stress and axiety with any other TRAVEL AGENCIES in my whole years of&#8230;. almost adulthood. My parents have been the ones arranging flights for me but I am sure that they have never encountered such horrendous service in their entire life. And we thought travel agencies were service-oriented. We didn&#8217;t demand leopard skins or a red carpet treatment, we just wanted BASIC customer service. Listen to the customer, reply to the customer ASAP, respect the customer and be a cheery dude.</p>
<p>Okay so let&#8217;s go into detail about this.</p>
<p>Am sure that everyone must be acquainted with coupon sites already which I think is an ingenious thing. The stores, establishments and agencies put up this limited offer and people would react impulsively to this because they would all think, &#8220;if i don&#8217;t buy this now, I may never get the chance!&#8221;. These services are also PRE-PAID so they immediately earn money without even doing anything. Smart eh? I mean look at this travel deal we bought, it&#8217;s worth almost 10 thousand pesos and around 3 thousand bought the coupons. Do the math and they&#8217;ve instantly hit GOLD! Such was the case of our deal in Metrodeal and Ensemble E-travel. </p>
<p>Metrodeal is an established coupon site here in the Philippine as one of the first few coupon sites. My friend recommended it to me because of its great deals on food and services. When the offer for 2 people to go to Puerto Prinsesa for 3 days 2 nights including airfare, accommodations, tours and breakfasta for only 10 thousad pesos, my friends and I jumped at the chance and boight the great deal. It&#8217;s my dream to go to Palawan coz I believed that it was better than Boracay because there was less people. I researched the hotel, Kookaburra Lodge and it rained with GREAT reciews so I told my friends, all systems go! Let&#8217;s do this thing!</p>
<p>This happened last July 2011. Here&#8217;s a screenshot of the offer.</p>
<p>Note the terms and conditions, it said that they would immediately call you after the deal has ended. Note again that it did say subject to availability on SOME DATES but does not mention that you can actually go to only if you pay an additional fee so we all assumed that all flights WHEN AVAILABLE ONLY (meaning if it isn&#8217;t available on October20, then there aren&#8217;t flights at all) would have the same price. NOTHING SAID DEPENDS ON PROMO PRICE. It&#8217;s vague and discreet. Why didn&#8217;t we notice this? So guys always <strong>READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS VERY CAREFULLY</strong>. If you feel like there&#8217;s something wrong, don&#8217;t push through with it and find another deal.</p>
<p>Note also that I actually didn&#8217;t check on the travel agency. BIG MISTAKE. I assumed that all travel agencies would function well since booking a flight actually takes less time now especially local flights since you don&#8217;t even need passport details. Again <strong>DON&#8217;T ASSUME</strong>. <strong>ALWAYS MAKE SURE OF EVERY DETAIL</strong>. It was a mistake to assume that Metrodeal and Ensemble actually had GOOD COMMUNICATION. I was only alarmed after 2 weeks when my friend kept on wondering why hasn&#8217;t Ensemble contact us yet. So I did my part and emailed them our voucher details.</p>
<p>Tik tok tik tok&#8230; a day has passed&#8230; two&#8230; three&#8230; four&#8230; (hey did they really get my email?)&#8230; five&#8230; six&#8230; seven&#8230;</p>
<p>HOW DOES A TRAVEL AGENCY TAKE 7 DAYS TO RESPOND?</p>
<p>I got scared thinking maybe Metrodeal or Ensemble scammed us. I looked again at Metrodeal making sure it was a legit site (well of course it was, they had HUNDREDS of deals!) and then I searched for Ensemble&#8217;s site. Their site didn&#8217;t look professional and actually shady and they had TONS of numbers which I tried to call to NO AVAIL. No one was answering and one number was even WRONG. I then googled and did my own research about the company and I saw SCAMS, COMPLAINTS, ANGRY WORDS written all over the forums. I called up Kookaburra Lodge just to ask if Ensemble really did make reservations with them before and if they were legit, I finally got their cel number from them and the landline number from a blog I found. I tried that but again NOBODY WAS RESPONDING. I emailed Metrodeal and they replied back an email that only told Ensemble to please handle our matters immediately. Knowing that I couldn&#8217;t actually just depend on an email that might be left unanswered once again. I kept on calling and trying Ensemble directly. I NEEDED to speak to someone. I tried for 50 FRIGGING MINUTES CALLING THEIR DARN PHONES and gave up so I just sent them TWENTY texts inquiring our situation. By the good grace of the Lord, THEY FINALLY REPLIED (via text) and then I replied FOUR TIMES AGAIN just so that I can get a reply. What are they thinking? Are they not getting our texts? The good thing was I got a reply from the e-mail afterwards. After feeling harassed, stressed and frazzled. I knew that we had to call them immediately because flights were probably running out and we had to really book in advance.</p>
<p>His excuse was that they lacked manpower and the phone lines kept crashing because of the number of calls. They were going to add more people and more lines. Well THIS ISN&#8217;T MY PROBLEM. They should have expected this to happen when they put up that good deal/voucher on Metrodeal. They should have anticipated and added more lines to their communication. They should have REVIEWED OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (and to think i&#8217;m not a business major but I do know that CONTINGENCY PLANS MUST BE MET) and fixed this problem BEFORE SERVING TO THE CUSTOMER. I know that no company is perfect, heck nobody is. But to not look like they prepared at all? YOU BE THE JUDGE.</p>
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Um&#8230;. where did all the other information go in their original voucher? This is the email one they sent us.</center></p>
<p>What contained in their e-mail frustrated me even more because the dates that I asked weeks before WAS NOT APPLICABLE but we could go if we add a thousand pesos to it. Promo wasn&#8217;t applicable on those days but we can still go. Now wait a minute, nothing was said about promo fares or anything. My friend whose brother was a lawyer was even encouraging us to file a lawsuit against them because of misinformation and lack of legitimacy (im not sure if Ensemble is listed in the Department of Tourism) because of their service (I read also from blogs that some actually have tried to file, I am not sure what happened to these). I emailed Ensemble about this concern and they mentioned that it was <strong>MISCOMMUNICATION WITH METRODEAL</strong>, Metrodeal didn&#8217;t put that fine print there in the promo. But AGAIN this shouldn&#8217;t have been our problem, this should have been theirs. </p>
<p>My benefit of the doubt and my desire to see Palawan at all costs made me lose heart in arguing over this so we just made a compromise and settled for October 17-19. I have to give it to the one that I was talking to though because he was able to settle our flight in one night (which made me wonder, WHY COULDN&#8217;T THEY HAVE DONE THIS FRIGGING SOONER?). He told us that he will e-mail us our itinerary, flight details, accommodation details (travel docket in short) by September. One month after. <strong>I felt more at ease now</strong> because I was able to talk to a real person this time and he seemed efficient anyway. This is DARYL (not sure if Darryl) from Ensemble and he sounded nice. </p>
<p>So there&#8230; one week passed&#8230; two&#8230; three&#8230; four&#8230; FIVE&#8230; SIX&#8230; </p>
<p>It was already October 2 and since our flight&#8217;s on October 17, I started panicking a little and decided to call them again. Same problem. My friend told me that she saw new deals that they were servicing (THEY EVEN TOOK MORE JOBS, CAN THEY HANDLE IT?) and saw that they added more cel phone numbers. So they did fulfill their promise of adding more lines. GOOD JOB. But were they answering? UH&#8230; NO. Even Daryl wasn&#8217;t replying to my calls or texts. I was also using two other cell phones and trying out ALL the available cell phone numbers they had. FINALLY I got in using their landline. I asked to speak to Daryl because he knew our problems unfortunately he wasn&#8217;t there. I can&#8217;t remember what the guy said but he transferred me to a guy named Kurt/Kirt. Now this is where I blew my fuse because when I inquired about my problem, KURT/KIRT seemed like he had absolutely NO IDEA what I was talking about. He just kept on telling me that he will email me this week (it was a Wednesday when I called I think) and if I don&#8217;t hear from them this week, I should call next week (next week meaning, uh just 7 days away from our flight, OH GREAT) again. He didn&#8217;t sound ACCOMMODATING OR FRIENDLY AT ALL. I can see him shrugging his shoulders in the phone, not even caring for the customer, didn&#8217;t even sound like he was making an effort to view our package or emailing us, it&#8217;s as if his shift was done and I was just a liability. I was HURT AND EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED AT THIS but I kept calm. I waited again but of course to no reply and I tried Daryl once more the next day and THANKFULLY HE PICKED UP. Now he was appalled and confused as to why our travel docket wasn&#8217;t made yet so he told me that he would finish it tonight (AGAIN, it is not my problem that the people in the agency didn&#8217;t seem to know about my deal with my the agency. How was I supposed that only one guy knew about my problem????). He was able to make it even though it was around 9pm already (bless his soul for staying up late), but when I saw the travel document that the agency sent,</p>
<p>&#8220;As we are the only e-Travel Company in the Philippines available 24 HOURS and who derives 100% of its business from the travel market industry, you are important to us. &#8221;</p>
<p>I almost spat my drink out and almost wanted to cry uncontrollably. 24 hours, me being important to them. I can&#8217;t help but laugh at the irony of it all.</p>
<p>There were some curious things though, they changed our accommodations when a big part of why I wanted the deal in the first place was a good hotel and also they had lots of typos and mistakes in their travel docket. I emailed Daryl about this and he obliged and found a way to comply with my requests. He was really nice and everything. The only problem I had was with the optional Underground river tour which I wanted to cancel (we didn&#8217;t pay the fees yet so I thought we could cancel it ahead of time) but he texted that there would be cancellation fees. I was&#8230; WE HAVEN&#8217;T PAID YET, HOW COULD THERE BE CANCELLATION FEES? Well i again gave the benefit of the doubt and maybe he thought I was talking about canceling the whole trip which wasn&#8217;t what I meant. Good thing in the end it was all sorted out 5 days before our departure. </p>
<p>So my friends, would you have been stressed if you were in my place? Maybe. I know I certainly was stressed from all the confusion, the extremely HARD-TO-CONTACT agency but we were able to pull through. If Ensemble had more people like Daryl and can be contacted easily, I wouldn&#8217;t have no problem at all. If they had more Kurt/Kirts, then I&#8217;d really be fuming! I just want to tell the people who availed of vouchers by Ensemble that</p>
<p>THEY ARE NOT A SCAM AGENCY. THEY REPLY. JUST FRIGGING TRY AND TRY AGAIN. DON&#8217;T LOSE HOPE! CONTACT THEM UNTIL THEY REPLY! </p>
<p>It&#8217;s just so frustrating that Metrodeal also doesn&#8217;t answer on their landlines. And frustrating that Ensemble&#8217;s offices are in Cebu. I suggest going to the office directly would be the most efficient way but it&#8217;s in Cebu&#8230; aww man&#8230; </p>
<p>Here are the contact numbers that I was able to reach through. I&#8217;m not sure with the others. I also got this number from another blog site. If you have any problems with contacting them, I would contact Daryl and tell him about it. </p>
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*With updated Metrodeal new hotline number*<br />
ENSEMBLE E-TRAVEL AGENCY<br />
DARYL (for PALAWAN DEALS)<br />
E-mail: ppsdeal2@gmail.com<br />
Celphone: +63 9174886388<br />
Landline: 5469083<br />
OTHER Person people have been able to contact<br />
Joey Regis +639174246558<br />
+639174886386</p>
<p>BANTAYAN DEALS<br />
E-mail: bantayandeal2@gmail.com</p>
<p>METRODEAL<br />
Landline: 8858848<br />
MetroDeal Inc.<br />
27F (Regus) Tower 2 The Enterprise Centre<br />
6766 Ayala Avenue cor. Paseo De Roxas<br />
Makati City</p></blockquote>
<p>If you have any other difficulties, please contact me or them. PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS. A GOOD DEAL DOESN&#8217;T MEAN IT&#8217;S AN EFFICIENT DEAL. AND ALSO GOOD LUCK!!!! <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/happy.png' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> Pls spread!</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>It&#8217;s Holy Week everybody! Hope that you guys are doing well. This isn&#8217;t an official post yet because that would contain a lot! Been out for the past few days having fun and working. haha! Just want to share this for now. Do you Mikey Bustos? He&#8217;s a Filipino living in Canada right now and he also got in Canadian Idol. He&#8217;s got some SUPER FUNNY videos showing lots of Filipino &#8220;tutorials&#8221;. You HAVE TO WATCH IT! Especially my foreign friends! </p>
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<p>Check his videos list for MORE FUN! He also has a spoof of Lady Gaga&#8217;s Born This Way, &#8220;Pinoy This Way&#8221;. REALLY AWESOME! hahaa</p>
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		<title>FRENCH FAMILY LIFE *salvaged post*</title>
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<p>Hello again my brethren! My it seems like the last time I talked to you guys was 2 months ago, well actually… *checks last real post*, oh it was indeed 2 months ago!</p>
<p>I have figured out that writing everything in a day-to-day format would probably be bloody for my keyboard, I could probably write a hundred thousand or more words and it probably still won’t be done. So here it goes guys, I’ll just try to work it out by categorizing a bunch of days that seemed significant for me. Such as the four days of living with a French family.</p>
<p>Have you ever considered to completely forget who you are, culturally and filially for a few days? I got to experience that (but don’t worry! I was a good daughter and still contacted my parents) by living with my friend’s French family friend in Poitiers. In case you’re all wondering where Poitiers is, here’s some help with visual aid.</p>
<p>To help you more, this was what Poitiers looked like for me</p>
<p>It’s a beautiful land of greenery and blue skies</p>
<p>A land where you can meet Donkeys anywhere and feed them and eventually be poisoned by Poison Ivy (wethinks? Mariel’s hand hurt and stung like mad, I advised Mariel to just let cold water run through it. French mom later advised us that the first thing that we must do when poisoned, SPIT ON IT)</p>
<p>A land where you can freely go blackberry-picking or anyberry-picking…. French mom baked a blackberry pie afterwards. YUMMY! You haven’t tasted heaven until you’ve eaten a blackberry pie from France.</p>
<p>A land where you can approach a huge sunflower and whack its head so that you can harvest these sunflower seeds and bake them…. Ahh now I really know where sunflower seeds came from!</p>
<p>So hopefully you’ve gotten a sufficient glimpse of Poitiers. I’d really want to build a vacation house here just because it’s so simple and beautiful. Maybe not as busy as Monaco, Marseilles or Nice but you get nature and relaxation.</p>
<p>Living with a French family you will sound find out is not that different with living with your own family,</p>
<p>You go to the bakery/boulangerie everyday</p>
<p>You hang out in the backyard</p>
<p>You go grocery shopping</p>
<p>You carry logs for winter with a couple of cute little helpers (now wait a minute…)</p>
<p>You read books</p>
<p>You party like maadd</p>
<p>See? I told you that they’re not as different as Filipino families.  You learn a lot from them though. You learn some of their customs, such as during at a dinner table, only the men can pour wine in the wine glass of the ladies beside them so if ever a lady is not sitting next to a guy, uh oh! This isn’t that observed in French households though. French meals are usually composed of bread, salad, fruits. The French also customarily wait for everyone in the family to settle down and then eat. It’s queer though that the French reuse their “basahan” at the table. I mean for the next meal. Is it queer for you? It is for me <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/pinched.png' alt='XD' class='wp-smiley' /> Also I learned that the French OPEN UP TO STRANGERS. Yes that’s so true! I mean look at us, we’ve never met them before, they were a friend of friend so we were quite unsure how they’ll accept us, but they did it with open arms. Heck they had beds for us, they let us eat EVERYTHING, eve more. They didn’t hesitate to tell that we should be frank with them (and yes, the French WILL ALWAYS SPEAK THEIR MIND) ALWAYS and they won’t mind it. I was also able to attend French masses and in their mass, they don’t have the Apostle’s Creed, they also do not genuflect. Oh and the French greeting is always a kiss. Stranger or friend, they kiss (unless guy-to-guy, only close friends do that). Okay maybe forget all of these but do not…. do not ever forget to NEVER ENRAGE A FRENCH. They’re scary when they’re angry I tell you. SCARY.</p>
<p>I won’t ever forget the kindness of the Renaudin family. They were so kind to us. The kids especially, they were the ones who showed us around and taught us our very first French. They were SO ADORABLE!! Haha thank goodness for Facebook and MSN. Heck our first family dinners were quite… painful for me because everyone was speaking in rapid French, while poor us could only ogle, nod our hands, and let our ears and brains bleed. One of the toughest moments of our lives but eventually after four months, we got used to it.</p>
<p>So one embarrassing thing happened in Poitiers… click to read ▼</p>
<p>Sighs… I’ll never forget that family. Till we meet again!! <3</p>
<p>P.S. the purpose of our stay with the French family was because we took an August 26 flight, the cheapest flight. Our classes did not start until September though so instead of paying our lousy residence fee (half month price) for 5 DAYS, we decided to stay first with my friend’s friend.  We headed off to Lille on September 1 but that’s another story.  If you haven’t read my first two days in France, please head over to this post.</p>
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<p>I&#8217;ve also added some nifty new pages (well not that nifty&#8230; no visitors page yet! I still have to calculate and solve the probability of the number of users who will view the page, etc&#8230; okay i&#8217;m kidding:D) like the Mini-Bio and History pages in the About me section up there *click it if you guys wanna go :D* More updates will happen in the coming weeks so just stay tuned for updates! hehee Am now currently working on the comment limit shown, custom smilies and commenter&#8217;s plug in each post (does anybody know the plugin for this? hehe will be searchinngg.. :D)</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve also visited new friends such as <a href="http://xmeow.com/" target="_blank">Sofie</a>! I&#8217;m very glad to have visited ya and thanks for exchanging links with me. From now on though, all those requesting for link exhanges would have to message me using the contact form<a href="http://jynxedpanda.com/?page_id=42" target="_blank"> here</a>. The tagboard will just be a snippet of messages that you want to share and announce.</p>
<p>Speaking of Sofie, she has this nifty meme of listing down the top 5 places in the world that you are dying to visit. My dream is no doubt to travel the whole world before I become so frail and old that I can&#8217;t even run anymore. I mean they keep on saying, work hard now and have fun later or reap your harvest when you&#8217;ve finally retired at 70 ot 60 but come on, would you still appreciate the Eiffel tower or the Great Wall of China when you can&#8217;t climb them anymore? *Even if you&#8217;re a strong 70 year old* So goal is to at least visit these 5 places before 70.</p>
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<p><a rel="lightbox" href="http://www.iho-ohi.org/wp-content/kronborg-denmark.jpg"><img class="alignnone" title="Denmark" src="http://www.iho-ohi.org/wp-content/kronborg-denmark.jpg" alt="" width="300" /></a><a rel="lightbox" href="http://www.wallpaperbase.com/wallpapers/photography/austria/austria_1.jpg"><img class="alignnone" title="Austria" src="http://www.wallpaperbase.com/wallpapers/photography/austria/austria_1.jpg" alt="" width="300" /></a><br />
1. Denmark/Austria/Europe nalang in general<br />
My uncle has raved so much about Denmark since he has lived there for almost 7 years (he&#8217;s now in Shanghai <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/biggrin.png' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> hehe, oh my trip to Shanghai last April pushed through my blog friends! This was one of the reasons why I didn&#8217;t blog for soo long! Plurkmates know this though hehe) and I&#8217;m sooo curious as to how the view is. And plus they have Legoland (gosh I&#8217;m such a kid). I&#8217;m sure that there will be tons of castles and greenery.</p>
<p>Plus Austria! The first time I watched Sound of Music and the opening scene unfolds with Maria running down the mountains! Such a beautiful scenery. I dream to be able to do just that someday. <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/biggrin.png' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><a rel="lightbox" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XQgv8SVIyqE/RhtmVid9riI/AAAAAAAAAbs/v88hDnWmPhY/s400/baobab-madagascar.jpg"><img class="alignnone" title="Madagascar" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XQgv8SVIyqE/RhtmVid9riI/AAAAAAAAAbs/v88hDnWmPhY/s400/baobab-madagascar.jpg" alt="" width="300" /></a><br />
2. Madagascar/Africa<br />
I haven&#8217;t thought much about Madagascar because it was such a low profile island. Even after the Madagascar movie came out, I really had no clue if it were just some African country but thank goodness TIME magazine did a feature on endangered species including the exclusive animals that could only be found in Madagascar. See the baobabs(upside down trees), the most ferocious little mammal the size of a squirrel! Gosh, so much beauty in that island. I hope those poachers and killers STOP what they&#8217;re doing. They should be educated and be told off that there are only a few of these animals left.</p>
<p><a rel="lightbox" href="http://api.ning.com/files/AZBHxuDoc5pBHFuttCPIR9msF0T37KGMw*TWqGAR9xreDgAwGjxzxUbANym4EDbdCFefdY9Pqwq88vpgk2qjvFQEOpXMHprf/DuskTokyoJapan.jpg"><img class="alignnone" title="Japan" src="http://api.ning.com/files/AZBHxuDoc5pBHFuttCPIR9msF0T37KGMw*TWqGAR9xreDgAwGjxzxUbANym4EDbdCFefdY9Pqwq88vpgk2qjvFQEOpXMHprf/DuskTokyoJapan.jpg" alt="" width="300" /></a><br />
3. Japan<br />
No brainer. I&#8217;ve been bitten by the anime bug ever since I watched Akazukin Chacha when I was around 5-6 years old and it has been amplified because of Fushigi Yuugi, Samurai X, Ayashi no Ceres (omg CRUSH KO SI TOOYA!! lolz) noong elementary days and now it has become an unstoppable force because of my Otaku blockmates and friends. I just can&#8217;t imagine what the real Japan would be like. I mean the country that is. Would there really be wacky people? I wanna go to Hello Kitty/Sanrio Land! Gooshh! *hyperventilates*</p>
<p><a rel="lightbox" href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/Clayskater/CANN/times-square-1024x768.jpg"><img class="alignnone" title="New York" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/Clayskater/CANN/times-square-1024x768.jpg" alt="" width="300" /></a><br />
4. New York<br />
THE ultimate city of the USA. Broadway, shopping (horribly expensive so I guess only window shopping would suffice), crazy people, amusement, gosh NEW YORK HAS IT ALL! hahaa. <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/biggrin.png' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> and plus all you need is to go to one state of the US and you&#8217;ll be able to travel everywhere now! Really cool <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/biggrin.png' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> The Big Apple is definitely on my list!</p>
<p><a rel="lightbox" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3126/2922597926_02f1384e4c.jpg?v=0"><img class="alignnone" title="Sichuan China" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3126/2922597926_02f1384e4c.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="300" /></a><br />
5. Sichuan China!<br />
For a panda lover, I have NEVER seen a real panda. Our zoos don&#8217;t have them. Singapore doesn&#8217;t either. So I am going the the LAND of the pandas when I get back to China! Plus the scenery is surreal. HuangZhou included too! hehe. I think there&#8217;s just soo many things you can do in China too.</p>
<p>To be able to see a preview of my China trip, pls go <a href="http://jynxedpanda.multiply.com/photos/album/136/What_be_Chinese-English_Chinglish_D_FAILZ" target="_blank">here</a> (for Chingrish <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/biggrin.png' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> HILARIOUS I TELL YA!), <a href="http://jynxedpanda.multiply.com/photos/album/138/Arrival_at_Shanghai_April_3_2009_first_album" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://jynxedpanda.multiply.com/photos/album/141/Su_Zhou_Escapade_Shanghai_trip_3rd_album" target="_blank">here</a>, and <a href="http://jynxedpanda.multiply.com/photos/album/142/Kingdom_of_Rockery_Shanghai_trip_4th_album" target="_blank">here</a>. More photos if you view my whole Multiply site. Hope you can visit! <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/biggrin.png' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> I tag whoever comments in this post to also do this meme. Please provide pics for the top 5 places! <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/biggrin.png' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> hehe</p>
<p><a rel="lightbox" href="http://images.jynxedpanda.multiply.com/image/2/photos/142/400x400/63/IMG-2640.JPG?et=iqUqRozEflhynbktgikhLw&amp;nmid=229988485"><img class="alignnone" src="http://images.jynxedpanda.multiply.com/image/2/photos/142/400x400/63/IMG-2640.JPG?et=iqUqRozEflhynbktgikhLw&amp;nmid=229988485" alt="" width="300" /></a></p>
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<p>As an avid bloghopper, I&#8217;ve discovered many cool things through the net. I was actually itching to blog about these during my hiatus but my blogging mojo wasn&#8217;t present. Now that I think I&#8217;ve found it, I&#8217;d like to share more about a similar &#8220;talent competition&#8221; like American Idol but it&#8217;s actually worth watching to those who despise AI. haha. Heard of Susan Boyle? Yah you got that right, I&#8217;m talking about BGT (Britain&#8217;s Got Talent)</p>
<p>OKAY FOR SOME REASON YOUTUBE DISABLED THE EMBEDDING FUNCTION of some BGT videos so I&#8217;ll just provide a link. SUCKS! WHY OH WHY?</p>
<p>Anyway here&#8217;s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q-KSEDBFXY&amp;feature=related" target="_blank">Susan Boyle</a>. Man, have you ever heard such intense emotions in the song? I know everyone&#8217;s tired of talking about her but she&#8217;s just inspirational character. And she has been hiding that BIG VOICE for such a long time! I&#8217;m a sucker for broadway musicals, their songs, and classical music so I pardon to those who hate them. I absolutely love them and you can&#8217;t change that. hehe. This is the reason why I also played her video for about 30x now since the video appeared. I HOPE SHE WINS!! There&#8217;s this Flawless act, a group of dancers, who people think might win too but I was more attached to Susan. So GO GIRL!</p>
<p>Okay here&#8217;s another vid!</p>
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<p>Haha who here has twitter/plurk? I guarantee that whoever watches this will suddenly have second thoughts on continuing their account or they might feel a bit of a trouble bug that&#8217;s creeping behind their backs. Is plurking/twittering really WORTH your time? hehe. Watch and ponder.</p>
<p>On the contrary my brother even made a twitter account because of this. Beats me why his logic is so different. He says he&#8217;s fond of satires so ergo, make a twitter account. lOLZ <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/biggrin.png' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Am hiding this one. Reader is advised to be older than 17 when reading the next segment. Thanks!<br />
<a href="javascript:void(null);" onclick="s_toggleDisplay(document.getElementById('SID665901945'), this, 'I am above 17 yey &#9660;', 'Close &#9650;');">I am above 17 yey &#9660;</a></p>
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<p><img src="http://www.electronic-cigarettes.ch/images/electronic-cigarette.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Okay here&#8217;s a personal problem I&#8217;d like to share (even though it&#8217;s my blog, I don&#8217;t usually banter about family stuffs, love life-nonexistency of it, whatever personal stuffs). You see my dad has been addicted to smoking ever since&#8230; well he tried it when he was young. He has also tried soo many times to stop and even told my mom that he&#8217;ll stop as soon as they got married. Well they&#8217;ve been married for 22 years and it&#8217;s still happening. He has toned down a bit but come on, no kid wants their parents to keep on making themselves sick right? So when someone dropped by my blog yesterday, I checked out his site and it opened my eyes to electronic cigarettes and their possibility of helping addicts stop smoking. As quoted from <a href="http://www.electroniccigarette.ph/" target="_blank">their site in the Philippines</a>,</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Electronic Cigarette is the product of tomorrow, it is the future of smoking without compromising your health. E-Cigarette looks like a real cigarette, the taste and the feel is undeniably the same as your favorite brand and it saves you money since it is way cheaper than traditional cigarettes by as much as eighty percent (80%).</p>
<p>Do you find it hard to quit smoking? Are you looking for a healthy alternative to tobacco smoking? Do you want to live a longer life and prevent lung cancer? You have come to the right place! The Electronic Cigarette is the ultimate solution for smokers who value their lives as well as the people around them. It is a product made specifically for smokers who are finding it really tough to stop the habit as well as the smokers who dont want to have diseases that can be acquired from smoking traditional cigarettes.</p>
<p>Unlike the usual cigarette, E-Cigarettes can be smoked anywhere since it does not contain Tobacco nor Tar. It does not produce Carbon Monoxide that is not only offensive to others but also pose danger to their wellness. The vapor-like smoke that is produced is totally harmless yet feels like the real thing. The revolution of healthy and safe smoking has begun, dont be left behind. Its time to change for the better. A clean and cancer-free environment for all of us. Save money, more importantly, save your life!&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>But skeptic old me isn&#8217;t buying into anything that sounds this good so I googled some facts and I found out that the World Health Organization doesn&#8217;t say anything about this as a legitimate therapy for addicts. There COULD be side effects like nicotine poisoning and such. So my thoughts of buying it for my dad for Father&#8217;s day suddenly evaporated.</p>
<p>I do hope they conduct further studies on this because this could really help the people and the world. First of all, it could help a person stop smoking altogether. Second, people around that person smoking wouldn&#8217;t be harmed as people puffing real cigarettes do. Pls pls let there be a better way.</p>
<p>So guys, PLEASE DON&#8217;T SMOKE. Save yourself the trouble of finding a way to stop an addiction. Just a friendly warning from Tiff K <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/biggrin.png' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p><img src="http://www.latestgadgetstobuy.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/cloud-sofa.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>One of my other favorite finds this week is this <a href="http://www.latestgadgetstobuy.com/latest-gadgets-2009-cloud-sofa/">CLOUD SOFA</a>. The instant that this gets out in the market, I&#8217;M GONNA BUY IT (depends on the price though)! It has always been my dream to sleep on such puffiness. Have I ever told ya guys that I once dreamed of being locked inside a stuff toy store and sleeping on top of all their toys? Sighs.. really like puffy things. haha <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/biggrin.png' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> How do you get on the Cloud Sofa though? Sighs too bad that this is just a concept design. <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/sad.png' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Well I guess I&#8217;ve blogged long enough. Sorry for the uber long posts! I guess I&#8217;m just talkative. You do like it when you get long comments right? hehe <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/biggrin.png' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> I&#8217;ll try to shorten my blog posts a bit though. Sorry!! Hehe I have something in store with my next post though! Haha I&#8217;ll share something hilarious.</p>
<p>Well updates when I update! Oyasuminasai minna san <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/biggrin.png' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> <br />
<img src="http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/tiffany.gif" alt="" /></p>
<p>Questions:<br />
1. Would you do the tag/meme I posted? If not, what&#8217;s the place that you would surely go to if you were given a hundred thousand dollars now? <img src='http://jynxedpanda.com/wp-content/plugins/smilies-themer/adiumicons/biggrin.png' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> <br />
2. Will you still twitter after watching the twitter video? What were your thoughts on it?<br />
3. Do you like long blog posts? Long comments? Was this post very long?<br />
4. Is a 4th question a bother? hahaa Do you also want to buy the cloud sofa if it were out in the market?</p>
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