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combing boracay at beachcomber

Apr 23

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this should’ve been posted a month ago, but i was too lazy to update hehe. summer is back, and public pools that used to be almost empty and swimmable are now swarming with all kinds of people. from regular swimmers to the pool-peeing kid, the underwater pervert, the pick-me-up teenager, and sometimes, lovers straddling each other in a secluded corner of the pool. my highschool friends and i, on the other hand, decided to give ourselves a break from our busy schedule and hit the beach. it was just an idea playing in my head; i never thought it would push through since we have never gone out of town as a group. you should’ve seen how happy i was when three of them (out of, like, 10?) told me they wanted to go as well.

so i immediately booked the flights and the resort. it wasn’t that easy looking for an available resort during the holy week, that’s why we’re so lucky to have found beachcomber. liam and i had several candidates, but the pictures on the beachcomber website were so nice we took the bait hehe. aside from the very affordable rate, it’s just a few steps from the beach and the ever-popular jonah’s shake. Read the rest of this entry »

withdraw paypal to any philippine bank

Jan 29

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philippine paypal users used to grab unionbank’s eon card just to withdraw funds from paypal, and pay an annual fee of P350 whether you use it or not. recently, paypal has allowed pinoy users to withdraw funds to a local bank, it will charge you P250 for every local bank you add to your account. transferring an amount more than P7,000 is free of charge, any less would cost you P50 per transaction.

paypal does not support local dollar accounts tho, but it’s good enough, yes? :) here’s paypal’s official list of bank codes, you’ll need it each time you add a bank account to your paypal:

ALLIED BANKING CORP – 010320013
AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND – 010700015
ASIA UNITED BANK – 011020011
BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS – 010030015
BANGKOK BANK – 010670019
BANK OF AMERICA – 010120019
BANK OF CHINA – 011140014
BANK OF TOKYO – 010460012
BANCO DE ORO (& EPCIB) – 010530667
BANK OF COMMERCE – 010440016
BANK OF THE PHIL ISLANDS – 010040018
CHINA BANKING CORP – 010100013
CHINA TRUST COMML BANK – 010690015
CITIBANK N.A. – 010070017
DEVT BANK OF THE PHILS – 010590018
DEUTSCHE BANK – 010650013
EAST WEST BANK – 010620014
EXPORT & INDUSTRY BANK – 010860010
FUJI BANK – 010640010
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK – 010060014
INTL COMML BANK OF CHINA – 010560019
INTL EXCHANGE BANK – 010680012
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK – 010720011
KOREA EXCHANGE BANK - 010710018
INTL NEDERLAND BANK – 010660016
LANDBANK OF THE PHILS – 010350025
MAYBANK OF THE PHILS – 010220016
METROPOLITAN BANK & TRUST CO – 010269996
PHIL BANK OF COMMUNICATION – 010110016
PHIL TRUST COMPANY – 010090039
PHIL NATIONAL BANK – 010080010
PRUDENTIAL BANK – 010150018
PHIL VETERANS BANK – 010330016
RIZAL COMML BANKING CORP – 010280014
SECURITY BANK & TRUST CO – 010140015
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK – 010050011
UNITED COCONUT PLANTERS BANK – 010299995
UNION BANK OF THE PHILS – 010419995
UNITED OVERSEAS BANK – 010270189

breast milk is bad for single friends

Jan 8

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the other night, i accompanied somebody to a high school dinner reunion thingy at some japanese restaurant in morato. like any common gathering of around fifteen people, we were given the longest rectangular table available. the ~~wivesÂ~~ wimmin were grouped together on one end, while the men on the other end of the table– which clearly tells me that i should join the ladies whether i like it or not. but don’t get me wrong, they’re really nice people. it was actually interesting to learn a thing or two about motherhood, but i just can’t stand the whole breast-sucking machine talk all night long. for some reason i kept on thinking about spotted white cows with huge pink udders. one of the ladies said this sucking machine is better than doing it directly, because in her case, the baby bit her nipple so hard it bled. it went on and on for the rest of the night until i was tempted to transfer over to the men’s side and start arm-wrestling.

anyway, i expressed my anxiety when we were on our way home and he said, “don’t you think you’re starting to feel left out because everyone’s getting married and having kids?” i never really thought of it that way, i said. i don’t have to do what everybody’s been doing just to fit in, but it sucks losing friends to new priorities and responsibilities you can’t relate to.

well at least i can pacify their babies by making them think i’m some puffy pooh bear. what a life.

la luz holiday getaway

Dec 27

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ever since my folks migrated to the US a few years ago, i’ve been having crappy holidays at home because 1) my relatives are no fun and i can’t relate with them, and 2) my buddies have their own family celebrations (aside from the fact that i have few close friends). i wasn’t expecting to have fun this christmas holiday. in fact, if worse comes to worst, i was planning to finish reading the fresh-and-sealed books i bought months ago, and probably grow mold in the process. (which reminds me of the boxes of tikoy already crowding my refrigerator. they’re probably moldy by now, eek!)

anyway, i’m glad a friend of ours came up with the out-of-town idea. at first, batangas is not my idea of a perfect getaway, really. all i can think of at that time were the overcrowded resorts of matabungkay infested with subic beach jologs who bring their own karaoke machine.

la luz, on the other hand, is a complete opposite. even though we had a slightly bumpy ride going there, it was worth the minor hassle. the resort is located in laiya; clean, peaceful and far from the hustle and bustle. i suggest you bring along an extra sarong or shawl so you can enjoy the very cool breeze, and chismis under the stars hehe :)

the buffet food was not even 3star-spectacular, but it was home-style tasty (and sinfully oily) we were full to brim most of the time lol. the resort is also a nice place to wear your cute bikinis, so far there weren’t any rude oglers. (in my case, since my companions are slim, i don’t have the balls to flaunt my flabs. i still got sunburned, tho.)