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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Legong, Legong, Legong

On Monday we finally got our act together and made it to our first Legong performance.nbsp; What is Legong you ask?nbsp; I was wondering the same thellip;

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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Chateau Du Bangkok

After a 21 hour journey, this hotel was ideal for myself and the person I was travelling with. Expectional service followed from check-in to check-ouhellip;

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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Asia the prize, not JAL, in Delta-American fight (San Francisco Chronicle)

Japan Airlines isn’t the real prize in the fight between Delta Air Lines and American Airlines over who gets to partner with the troubled carrier. They’re after JAL’s Asian routes and the premium passengers that come with them. The winner gets a bigger… Japan Airlines - American Airlines - Delta Air Lines - Asia - JAL

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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Travel 2010: Globetrotting Out, Car Treks In (WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey)

YAKIMA, Wash — International travel is down. So is corporate travel. Same goes for personal leisure travel. The recession has led to an overall global travel slump, particularly in overseas trips.

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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Much Maligned Preacher Wins Over Distinguished Author in International Open Web Awards

Manila, Philippines, (01/18/2010) - If things are played fair, we can always win. These were the words of the man for whom justice had long been elusive. Bro. Eliseo Soriano, Filipino preacher on exile, felt vindicated by an award given him by an international social media site that did not pay attention to disinformation about him scattered all over the Internet. Soriano easily beat Paulo Coelho, the Portuguese famous author in the 3rd Mashable Open web awards competition of 2009. The preacher’s bio in Wikipedia appears more as a list of accusations than a description of the man. They were the result of his work as preacher where he had to do the things no one wants to do: tell the truth and nothing but. None had the guts to expose false teachings and defend truth as Soriano does. Called the most sensible preacher of our time, his audience had evolved from just the Filipinos to include other nationalities.

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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Filipino Rescued From Collapsed Haiti Building

Inquirer.net , News Report, Katherine Evangelista & Cynthia Balana, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Posted: Jan 14, 2010 MANILA, Philippines - One of the four missing members of the Philippine delegation to the United Nations in earthquake-hit Haiti has been rescued, a spokesman of the Armed Forces of the Philippines said Thursday.

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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Quake hits Cayman Islands region

(CNN) - A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Cayman Islands Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 6.2-mile deep quake hit at 9:23 a.m. EST, 40 miles from George Town, the…

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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Kidnapped priest back in Philippines

Sinnott was kidnapped last October 11 at his home in Pagadian (Zamboanga) by a commando of seven armed men. To escape the pursuit of the Philippine army his

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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Body of another Filipino UN peacekeeper pulled from Haiti rubble (GMA News)

Another body of a Filipino United Nations peacekeeper had been pulled out from ruble of a collapsed building after the devastating quake that hit Haiti last week.

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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Filipina wins Ford international modeling contest (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)

MANILA, Philippines - A Filipina model recently won 1st runner-up at the “Ford Supermodel of the World 2009″ Finals held in Sao Paulo, Brazil on January 15.

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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

3rd Filipino fatality in Haiti quake found (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

The third Filipino fatality in the magnitude-7 earthquake in Haiti was found Tuesday night.

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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Anuradhapura - Sigiriya

Before having breakfast we had an early walk along the lake right behind the hotel garden. Didn’t run into wild elephants…… (see the photo withhellip;

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