Just the other day, I was asked by a friend why I haven’t ever been to the US and if I had plans to go there in this lifetime. “Well, I’d love to go,” I told her. “It’s just that I haven’t really thought about it that much.” So I came up with a list…
Category: Pinay Traveller Recommends
Pinay Traveller Recommends #11: Alternative Winter Holidays
It’s almost winter! For tropical Asians, this statement doesn’t really mean much. After all, most countries this side of the world only have two seasons: wet and dry. In the Philippines, the dry season lasts from December to May and the wet season, from June to November. But recently, the line between the two seasons…
PinayTraveller Recommends #10: How to Pack Clothes to Avoid Wrinkles
I don’t have a travel iron and I’m not really that trusting of hotel laundry and pressing services. So I looked around for ways to keep my shirts wrinkle-free when travelling (at least the ones I need to wear for meetings) and found this. I have used this technique several times and it works. The…
Pinay Traveller Recommends #9: Fantasizing About Mobile Living
Recently, Will Smith drew a lot of flak from New Yorkers when he parked his gargantuan motorhome in Soho during a shoot. The two-story, thirty-foot monster naturally created a lot of traffic and caused such a furor among the locals that Smith had to have it removed ASAP. But honestly, since when did people need…
Pinay Traveller Recommends #8
My theme for today is CONCEPT. Travelling can sometimes be tedious. Thank heavens for the many designers around who pour their time and energy into making travellers’ lives easier. Designing is a miss-and-hit affair but somewhere out there, I’m sure one or two of these concepts will find a future consumer. 1. THE LUNCHBOX. A…