Tomorrow will be the Philippines Independence Day! So here in Exotic Philippines blog, I would like to also celebrate it to give respect and importance of my home land. The acknowledgment of the Philippines Independence was on June 12, 1898 in Cavite...
Year 4 of our secret island escaping. My gosh, 4 YEARS! That is the same number of years that a child is born, learns to walk and gets into pre-school. 4 years is the usual span of time you get to finish an undergraduate degree. That is also the year...
If you hear video game gun shots in the middle of the road, don’t worry you’re just in Manila. In this city, jeeps aren’t normal vehicles with honking horns. Instead, there’s the “Fire! Fire!” horn, the “Ahah...
By Sandie Star on Apr 1, 2013 in:
Personal, Photography, Travel, Beef, Buffet, Casino, Chick, Family, Fresh, Holy Week, Hotel, Manila, Pork, Seafood, The Philippines
Here’s where we spent the “Holy Weekend”: Solaire Resort & Casino located on Solaire Boulevard, Entertainment City, Manila. Solaire (“breeze from the sun”) is run by Enrique Razon in partnership with Global Gaming As...
If I were working for a travel magazine, this post would be entitled “Diving in Davao Like a Local” but since I don’t and would probably cringe to the site of that title when I’m 40 and have decided to settle back to my island of origin (Mind...
January was a bad month. I was pretty beat and in most parts, felt like I was just literally dragging my corpse in and out of things to not get anyone’s attention. It was such a pure waste of energy and talent and I have spent most of my inner reso...
By Sandie Star on Feb 10, 2013 in:
Photography, Shopping, Travel, Bread, Buon Giorno, Cafe Breton, Cliffhouse, Coffee, Crepe, Dessert, Family, Food, Friends, Noceda Bakery, Pasta, Pink Sisters Convent, Pizza, Tagaytay, The Philippines
My friends and I had been planning a Tagaytay road trip for the longest time. Thank God we finally found the time to push through with the plan this weekend. If you and your friends are looking to go on a similar trip, why don’t you take after...