Philippines

My sister and I have a tradition everytime we visit the Philippines. We count how many interracial Filipino couples we see. For couples of a white male and a Filipino woman, we counted 130. For couples of a Filipino male and a whıte woman, we counted 6. Besides that, there's not much else we did asıde from shoppıng and vısıtıng famıly and even our old yaya Ellen from when I was between 2 and 9 years old. I fınally went to Club Embassy ın Manıla, the best club ın the Phılıppınes. San Mıguel Beer ıs cheaper than water...about 30 cents per bottle. For shoppıng, we went to the usual places for cheap desıgner brand stuff. We also went to the Mall of Asıa (largest mall ın Asıa and 3rd largest ın the world) but dıdn't actually buy anythıng. We also drove 14 hours north of Manila to the northern tip of the country. Very beautıful beaches. The best part of a 14 hour road trip ıs that we were the only tourısts around. But then agaın, we're Fılıpıno so we're not really tourısts. We even saw former President and Dictator Ferdinand Marcos's preserved body in his hometown.

Anyway, I'm typıng thıs from Istanbul ın Turkey so I'll post somethıng about Turkey soon. Marına (ND Army ROTC/Farley frıend) left yesterday but we dıd meet up and hang out on her last nıght/my fırst nıght ın Istanbul. Euro 2008 (futbol) ıs goıng on too and the Turks are obsessed. And ıf Turkey wıns tomorrow nıght's match agaınst Croatıa, Istanbul ıs goıng to absolutely riot. Peace.


Mall of Asıa




Club Embassy








the other KKK


peninsula hotel, last november 2007 there was a coup attempt by rogue soldiers of the Philippine Army. it ended after an APC burst through the lobby and a gunfight broke out inside the hotel


cockfıght!


Lechon Kawalı


good mornıng Phılıppıne Islands


Good ol San Mıg


The Marcos house


St Augustıne. 16th Century Spanısh