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Tuesday, March 06, 2007
London Tidbits

Mark's And Spencer here in London has a food store.

That's my first grocery items from MnS

Everything is so damn expensive here in London. Just imagine this Deluxe Bacon Quarter Pounder plus Large Coke from Mcdonalds, It cost me 3.5gbp, that's almost 350 pesos! I though I 'd be able to save some money if I just took the burger and the drink and not the meal.

Now I learned my lesson, I just took the meal with the fries, medium Coke and Double cheeseburger for 3,68gbp.

Texas Embassy Restaurant which is located somewhere in Covent Garden...I ate a steak here together with some peeps at the office. I was ready to pay my bill that was worth 12.5gbp (almost 1200 php), good thing they decided to treat us. All right!

That's my attempt to cook a sinangag. Because I'm already running late one saturday morning and I grew impatient of the electric stove, I turned it to its maximum setting...and there you go...burnt garlic hehehe.

Cooking Sinangag

That's the closest thing I had for a Filipino food.

Just one of my pathetic dinner...Fried Chicken plus French Fries...It cost me around 2.5gbp for that.

Also here in London, they have a ground floor and a 1st floor, unlike back home wherein the ground floor is the same as the 1st floor.

I've encountered a really smelly "pana". EEEwww...to think that was still early in the morning and I'm on my way to work.I guess here they don't really take a bath everyday.

I've eaten too much mashed potatoes here. No more mashed potatoes + french fries + burgers for me for 1 whole month when I go back to Manila.

Transport system here is superb with the oyster card, the DLR, the buses and the Tube. Riding the Underground Tube is really quite an experience. It was confusing at first, but eventually you'll get the hang of it. Those Tube maps scattered inside the stations are really handy. Remember to "Mind the Gap."

TV is f^$&#$^#* bad hehehe. I was looking for basketball channels, too bad they are into too much football. There are no HBO and Star Movies here hehehe. Even PBA! Hahaha...Thank God for YouTube hehehe.

Free newspapers are being handed everyday.People here likes to read a lot, whether they are in the Tube or in the Bus.

There are licensed sex shops here. Too bad I can't take pictures inside the store hehehe. Did I just say inside??? Hehehe...

I can stand the weather here which stands at around 10-12 degree celsius. The thing that I can't bear is when it starts to rain and the wind is blowing. Brrrrr....freaking cold....

People here walks very fast. I'm not really a "slow walker" sorry for the lack of a better term, but really people here walks very very fast, even women. They take giant steps and almost always in a hurry.

Stalls here close early on a Sunday, around 6pm. It is during Thursday where stalls have longer operating hours. I don't know if they change their schedule during summer (the time of the year when even if it is 8 or 9pm the sun is still up).

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Monday, March 05, 2007
The Expensive Harrods Mall

Harrods is the one of the most famous shopping mall in the world and maybe one of the most expensive.

The wax version of Mohammad Al Fayed

The Memorial Shrine for Mohammad's son Dodi Al Fayed and Princess Diana

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Friday, March 02, 2007
Piccadilly Circus

Just taken from another site:

For many years, Piccadilly Circus - at the junction of five busy streets - has been a famous London Landmark. At its heart and backlit by colorful electric displays is a bronze fountain topped by a figure of a winged archer. The statue is popularly called EROS, the pagan god of love, but it was in fact designed in the 19th century as a symbol of Christian charity - a monument to Lord Shaftesbury, a philanthropist.

Piccadilly Circus Tube Station

Thanks to some tourist again :)

That's the Statue of Eros

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Riding the London Eye

Taking a snapshot while lining up for my Eye Flight!

That's my ticket for London Eye. Good thing, I took a picture of it because you have to surrender it before you enter their gate. It cost me 14.5 gbp (almost 1400) for a 3o minute ride. Expensive isn't it?

Just another shot of London Eye. I really like it as a subject. You could do so many artistic shots of it.

That's the capsule above us.

Another solo pic at the London Eye.

And another one...

Some tourist are friendly here in London. A father with his daughter saw me taking pics of myself and he volunteered to take my picture and here what I got.

The view inside the London Eye

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St. Paul's Courtyard

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this (i.e. St Paul's) is where Prince Charles and Princess Diana had their wedding.

Its hard to take a picture of St. Paul's in its entirety. I would need a good wide lens I think.

I have to walk away from St. Paul's and stand in the middle of the street to take this picture. The roads leading to St. Paul's are quite busy, luckily I was able to get a chance to take this snapshot.

So that's me again taking my solo pic. You know guys, I saw some tourist laughing at me because of the way I take my pictures. I hold my camera with either my left or right hand then I turned it away from me and good thing I have a vari angle lcd , so I could still see if I 'm inside the frame of the picture. That's the perks of going around London alone, if you would notice the angles of most of my shots they are almost the same hehehe.

This is definitely a Friendster type of picture hehehe. I will surely upload this.

The cross atop St. Paul's

The weather is really weird here. It was all cloduy then suddenly it was sunny, but it was only for a couple of minutes. It would have been so lovely if it was sunny when I was taking lots of pics here.

BnW shots...another candidate to be uploaded to Friendster hehehe.

Just some squirrel roaming around St. Paul's garden

More pics...

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Walking on Tower Bridge

So this is the famous Tower Bridge...

That's the London Touring Bus at my back.

Thanks to some tourist who took my picture...

And another one, if i remember it correctly, a Filipino took this picture

Damn the weather here in London, I had difficulty judging the right settings for my camera. :(

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Feeling Artsy at the British Museum

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Night Photography @ Trafalgar Square

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Thursday, March 01, 2007
Another Cebu Pacific Promo

Cands gave me some info about the new Cebu Pacific promo and here is what I've found..

To mark the completion of its $670 million refleeting program, Cebu Pacific (CEB) is celebrating with a P1 one-way fare offering for all its 20 domestic destinations as well as five regional destinations. Passengers have only from March 2 to 8, or until seats last, to buy their tickets. This is good for travel from June 1 to December 15, 2007. The P1 fare is exclusive of taxes and surcharges.

"This is CEB's way of celebrating its brand new fleet of Airbus aircraft, which at barely 11 months old, is by considerable distance the youngest in the Philippines and is one of the youngest in the world." said Candice Iyog, CEB VP for Marketing and Product.

Iyog added "This is our biggest sale ever, where we've allotted about 10% of our capacity at the P1 fare. We have made available more than 300,000 seats…and for the first time, we have included Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta."

CEB has always been a trailblazer in creative pricing strategies, as it manages to give the lowest fares on every route it serves.

"CEB introduced low fares in the local aviation scene in 1996, which allowed more Pinoys to fly. Today, we continue our staunch commitment to travel and tourism by again lowering fares to an extreme, this time for both domestic and regional routes," Iyog said. "We are looking forward to having more first-time flyers on our flights and also hoping to see our regular flyers fly more often."

Iyog added that the best way to avail of the P1 fare is to book and purchase through the airline's website ( www.cebupacificair.com), though this is also available through CEB reservations at (02) 70-20-888 or CEB ticket offices and accredited travel agents. The P1 fare is for immediate payment upon booking.

"We encourage everyone to act fast and book their flights now for the best availability of the P1 fares before the seats are sold out," emphasized Iyog.
CEB takes delivery of its 14th aircraft today, marking the completion of the airline's re-fleeting program. CEB operates the most domestic destinations, flights and routes, making the airline the Philippines' leading domestic carrier and low fare leader.

Roundtrip airfares for the following international destinations:

Bangkok - 3,911.00
Hong Kong - 2,914.63
Kuala Lumpur - 3,018.00
Singapore - 2,862.00
Jakarta - 3,422.00

All of the above airfares do not include the 750 pesos Security and Passenger Facility Fee at NAIA and 1,620 Travel Tax.

Roundtrip airfares for some of the local destinations:

Davao - 2,483.04
Cebu - 1,967.84
Tagbilaran - 1,967.84
Kalibo - 1,967.8

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Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Look At That!!!

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Monday, February 26, 2007
One Fine Sunday

Robin Sinclair, one of my officemates, invited Maritess and I for for a taste of Thai food in their abode somewhere in Teddington, London. This would be quite an experience, so we reserve one of our Sunday and we went to their place.

Just one of my few photos where I didn't hold the camera while taking my pic hehehe.

Thats Suzie, Robin, Me and Maritess

Thank you Suzie and Robin! The Thai food was great!

Just some tourist spot somewhere in Teddington.

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Friday, February 23, 2007
Ginebra ang Hari!

The comments made on this post proved to be prophetic.Indeed, Ginebra and San Miguel Beer met in the finals, but there could only be one...down from 0-2 and won 4 straight games to be the one champion...the best All Filipino Team in the land today and that is my Barangay Ginebra Kings!!! To all the Ginebra fans out there (specially former officemates Joe, Dennis and Cands...ooppss di ka nga pala Ginebra hihihi! sa kalaban ka e hehehe!), relive our triumphant moment...

Game 6: 1st Quarter