There is something so special, so powerful about how a novel or a storybook transports you to a magical place, a different time, an imagined reality as you’re in the comforts of your home or sitting in the train for an hour-long commute. There’s something fair, just, and good about being able to visit places and meet faces with just the cost of a bus ride and a library card.
Category: Traveling
Domestic and international travels and explorations
Last 28 Oct, the World Economic Forum published an article about the results of HSBC’s Annual Expat Explorer report for 2018. For the fourth year […] Read More
Please don’t get me wrong. I am grateful for the many good things that have come with expat family living and with being globally mobile. […] Read More
Today marks the 10-year-anniversary of a life-changing day. On 23 August 2005, my husband, our two children and I flew to Singapore from Manila to […] Read More
It’s been three years (and five days, to be exact) since my family and I moved from Singapore and back to Manila, Philippines. It’s been […] Read More
Three weeks ago, my family and I visited Tokyo, and we had a week to get to know a little bit about this metropolis. This […] Read More
I don’t know much about him – his personal life, how he started his political career, how he became a giant among leaders in Asia. […] Read More
Yesterday, 20 October 2014, Monterey Bay Aquarium celebrated its 30th Anniversary. Happy anniversary–to us! We opened 30 yrs ago today. Special message from Julie Packard: […] Read More
Today, 12 June 2014, is the 116th Anniversary of the Philippine Declaration of Independence. On this occasion, I remember a field trip two years ago […] Read More
There are many good musicians out there, but I am particularly impressed and inspired by buskers. When I see and hear a talented musician busking, […] Read More