Kat's Notebook

When I planned my Cebu trip, I was interested in going to those places that many of my relatives were gushing about: Bantayan Island and Malapascua Island. When we were kids we would go island hopping on nearby islands since our place was on beachfront. My dad would take us to different islands with gorgeous [...]

Almost every summer my parents would take us children to my dad’s hometown or province, Mahawak, Medellin, Cebu. Together with my other cousins, we would cram up in our grandma’s house spending the days away playing on the beach, island hopping, eating local food, scaring each other with ghost stories, and watching cartoons with the [...]

Before we headed back to the US, my mom and I had a long stopover (10hours) at Incheon airport, Korea. From my previous post, I shared with you countries offering free city tours and Korea is one of them. I didn’t go through the Stopover Program they had but instead I saw this brochure from [...]

Concluding my blog on my recent Washington DC trip, here are few more places that I toured before flying back to the US. 4 days are not enough for this trip and I suggest give yourself a week if you want to immerse in the city’s culture and enjoy the place a bit more. I [...]

It’s more than 2 months since President’s Day weekend as I write this. Continuing where I left off from my Washington DC adventure, I now head to the first President of the USA’s home in Mt. Vernon. Having not attended school here in the US, all I know about George Washington is that he’s the [...]

My wonderful vacation in Washington DC had me thinking of moving there. I could imagine myself immersing in the city’s culture with its free entrance to museums, national parks, cherry blossom trees, majestic buildings, the White House…I could go on and on and on. It was hard to squeeze in all the tourist spots in [...]

When my friend from Washington DC invited me to go to Washington DC, I didn’t hesitate from accepting the invitation. I only needed to find a long weekend so I wouldn’t use up my vacation leave. So when I bought tickets from Feb 17-21 2011, it was pure unconsciously coincidental that it was President’s Day [...]

A trip to Washington DC brought me to this TV-celebrated cupcake shop, Georgetown Cupcake. Actually I’ve only heard about this from my friend who’s living in DC and she told me that I should try their delicious cupcake before I leave. I knew of Cake Boss and Ace of Cakes but Georgetown Cupcake didn’t ring [...]

During my Hongkong trip, my friends and I have decided to take a day-trip to Macau. Macau is only 1.5-2hours ferry ride from Hongkong ferry station. The ticket costs 133HKD to Macau and 176MOP from Macau. HKD and MOP (Macau currency) has the same conversion, 1:1. In the ferry station, there are different shops selling [...]