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Entries from October 2008

A Visit to the Philippine Embassy (Part 2)

September 25th, 2008 · No Comments

I just came back from my visit to the Philippine Embassy in The Hague. It takes a bit of time to get to Den Haag from Amsterdam due to the traffic. The distance from Amsterdam to The Hague is probably like Makati to Sta. Rosa, Laguna or even Tagaytay.
When I arrived [...]

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Tags: Immigration · Philippine Immigration

Back in Amsterdam

September 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I have been back here for days and I have spent the past days trying to absorb our experiences and also catching up with daily activities here. Basically, we as I have mentioned before, the trip was a scouting trip meant to tell us if we absolutely don’t want to go back.
We have been [...]

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Tags: Musings · Travel

Village Subdivisions South of Metro Manila

September 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

We visited several housing developments in the South of Metro Manila, between Paranaque and Tagaytay.

I had two goals: first, is to visit the house and neighborhood where I grew up and second, is to look around for places where we want to live.

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Tags: Discoveries · Getting Settled · Travel

Taal Volcano

September 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

The only place I remember vividly was going to Picnic grove in Tagaytay. However, when we went inside I was ready to turn back immediately. It’s not really just the fact that they charge us entrance fee per head when getting in but also the fact that it now looks [...]

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Tags: Travel

Tagaytay countryside

September 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

We spent a weekend going towards South of Metro Manila. Starting from Paranaque, passing Alabang, Santa Rosa then to Tagaytay. Overall if we went there without stops it’s probably only 45 minutes from Alabang.

The breeze was not as cool as I expected it. I was still sweating!

Anyway I was able [...]

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Tags: Travel