It was sooo good to get on that flight, we had great seats…bulkhead seats…so we had heaps of leg room to stretch out. We watched a couple of movies ….the kids played nintendo games. Before we knew it….we were in Singapore. We went to the Oasis resting area …one of [...]
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Singapore!
Posted in Uncategorized on February 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dubai
Posted in Uncategorized on February 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you were all waiting in eager anticipation of reading all about the beautiful sights of Dubai…the fabulous shopping bargains….the gold souks…..the great food…..you will all be very very disappointed.
Let me tell the tale…..
We flew from New York on a Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt where we were in transit for a few hours. Then [...]
The Big Apple!! New York!!
Posted in Uncategorized on February 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
THURSDAY 24th Jan
I have really been looking forward to New York, despite knowing that it was going to be cold here…..I still wanted to come, I wanted to see The Empire State building, the World trade centre site, the Statue of Liberty and Times Square. We arrived into JFK airport around 7.30am having gotten [...]
Viva Las Vegas!!!
Posted in Uncategorized on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Flying over Nevada is something I will never forget…the desert landscape…the mountains, the beautiful shades….the picturesque houses….and that’s all before we even see the famous Las Vegas Strip! We land at McCarran airport and as soon as we walk off our plane….we know we’re in vegas….we know we’re in the gambling capital of USA…..there [...]
Los Angeles!!!
Posted in Uncategorized on February 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I think we’ve learnt a few things…. we’ve learn’t that we need to organise our own transportation with so many people and so much luggage. So before leaving San Francisco, I booked a Super Shuttle Blue Van to pick us up and take us all the way to Anaheim. Anaheim which [...]
San Francisco
Posted in Uncategorized on January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here we are….on plane trip #8….heading to San Francisco!
Flying over San Francisco….all grey and it looks cold!
Yah…..I guess that looks like the airport!!
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!! OMG, I was totally unprepared for how cold it was in San Francisco…the wind was incredibly cold. We stayed at the metropolis which is right in the heart of [...]
Hawaii
Posted in Uncategorized on January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What an experience! From the time we left Cebu, I started getting sick. Joseph had somehow generously managed to share his lurgy with me…I was coughing, feverish etc and jetlagged on top of that.
Our experience at Honolulu airport wasn’t that great. Getting off the plane, we had to go into a terminal, [...]
Happy New Year!!
Posted in Uncategorized on January 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Now where did I leave off the last time? Oh yes…that last post while typing in the car was full of spelling mistakes. LOL
28th December 2007
We had organized to meet with Joseph’s half sister Ying & her family at the Golden Cowrie which is somewhere near the Waterfront Hotel. Of course, [...]
CHRISTMAS IN CARCAR
Posted in Uncategorized on December 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Christmas in the Philippines has been a fabulous experience. The atmosphere here is so different to that in Australia. It is not so commercialized. People aren’t madly buying presents. Christmas trees here aren’t that popular here either. But the Parol – the Christmas star is seen everywhere. [...]
Merry Christmas Everyone!!!
Posted in Uncategorized on December 24, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Finally made it to a cybercafe in our little town of Carcar and am sitting with our laptop right under the air conditioner. My vision isn’t all that crash hot yet….well….because one eye is for reading and the other is for distance and my brain still hasn’t learnt to merge the two smoothly yet. [...]
Day 8 – 13
Posted in Uncategorized on December 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In Manila, we also went to Greenhills which is like an indoor market. Shops closely packed together selling every conceivable kind of clothing, shoes and bags. It was like an agrophobic’s nightmare. The place was sooo packed with shops and people and sellers trying to get your attention. [...]
Day 7 – Manila
Posted in Uncategorized on December 16, 2007 | 11 Comments »
After a leisurely start to the day, we decided to go to Mall of Asia which is the largest and most modern mall in Manila. It is not very far from the hotel, so the 12 of us hopped into 3 cabs which the hotel hailed for us. What we learnt is….
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Day 6 – Singapore Manila
Posted in Uncategorized on December 14, 2007 | 5 Comments »
We got the counter and the lady there serving told us that due to a F-up by Cebu Pacific, the flight was grossly overbooked. Apparently we were told that their booking system lets them keep accepting bookings for the same flight even though it is full. So they didn’t have 6 seats [...]
Day 5 – Brunei & Singapore
Posted in Uncategorized on December 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Pretty sad day today…..only had a few hours with the family before we had to leave. It was a mad flurry of packing, chatting, eating, playing with Shania and more packing. Before long, it was 10.30am and time to get the cars loaded up with luggage and people and head [...]
Day 4 – Brunei
Posted in Uncategorized on December 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Still haven’t had time to load any pics yet and we’ve taken so many!!! hehehe…after reading through all the fabulous comments on my blog about everything we’ve eaten…..Joseph and I have decided that we are going to change the name of our blog…..from ‘Where the heck are we now?’ to ‘Eating our way around [...]
Day 3 – Brunei
Posted in Uncategorized on December 10, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Breakfast this morning was at one of our most favourite breakfast places. It’s a bakery cafe called Jin Chiew where they serve hot bread and other yummies. We ordered lots and lots and lots of our favourite things….
My Teh Tarik – milk tea….sooo yummy!
Jarryd enjoying his Milo Peng – or rather….cold Milo with [...]
Day 2 – Brunei
Posted in Uncategorized on December 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We had a very slow and leisurely start to the day….hung out around the house and played with Shania until it was time for the year old Miss Social butterfly to go to a party.
Dad took us out to Gadong as Joseph had to go to the ahem software shop (hehe…that means the shop that [...]
Singapore Airlines A380
Posted in Uncategorized on December 9, 2007 | 5 Comments »
OMG….imagine the joy when we finally boarded our flight to find out that we got to ride in the new Singapore Airlines A380 plane. This plane is massive….the first and business class seats have sooo much room and it converts to an actual bed!!! We were all very envious and we thought that [...]
Day 1 – Brunei
Posted in Uncategorized on December 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Arrived in Brunei at around 11.30am and we were met at the airport by my sister, bil – Shawn and the gorgeous Shania. Home is only about 3 mins from the airport, so we came home and I was just about to send Jeromel out of the car to knock on Dad’s door when [...]
Hello world!
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Join us as we travel around the world!!!
Travellers:
Rowena (MIL), Joseph, Ruey, Jordan, Jarryd & Jeromel
We are going to:
Brunei, Singapore, Philippines (Manila & Cebu), Hawaii, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, Dubai and then home again.
During which…we will take 16 flights!!
Will we stay sane? Will we lose any luggage? Will we get lost? Will [...]
