Manila – Page 2 – Random Detox

I Need A Miracle

October 23, 2008 Personal by Flisha 2 Comments

Loneliness is the best appetite suppressant ever. From April to June of this year, I lived in Manila, taking my Masters in Ateneo. I had few classmates and no real friends at all, so I kept to myself. Not just a lot of the time, ALL the time. Okay, well,...

Turning Domestic

October 10, 2008 Dapitan by Flisha Leave a Comment

My academics are done, woohoo! Now all I’ve left to do to complete my Masters is my thesis software and paper. Easier said than done, but for now I’m treating myself to a relaxing vacation! I’ve left Manila and settled down (pretend) with my boyfriend in Dapitan. It’s been so...

Sunday Kamayan, Dapitan’s Best Kept Secret

September 14, 2008 Dapitan, Foods by Flisha 14 Comments

On a Sunday in Dapitan, there’s no better place to eat lunch than Kamayan ni Manay’s (literal translation: Eat-with-your-bare-hands at Manay‘s, Manay being a general term for an older lady). Every Sunday, Kamayan holds an all-you-can-eat buffet lunch that costs only P250 ($6) per person. This includes a lunch...

Enable WLAN on the SE W960i

September 6, 2008 Gadgets, Tutorial by Flisha 5 Comments

Yes I have got myself a new phone. Does the happy dance! It’s the Sony Ericsson Walkman phone, W960i. Not my first choice, but I couldn’t afford the W980, hehehe. It’s my first high-end phone, and I am very excited to start making Java applications for it! 🙂...

Lunches at Big Joe’s

September 4, 2008 Dipolog, Foods by Flisha 7 Comments

The first time Gim and I ate at Big Joe’s in Dipolog City, we only snuck in for a quick snack of siomai before embarking on the bus that would take us to Dapitan pier where we were to take the ferry bound for Cebu. We ordered milkshakes for take...

Back in Manila

September 4, 2008 Personal by Flisha Leave a Comment

Well I am back. My month-long (almost) vacation has ended. And I am very, very, very depressed. All I want to do is run back to my boyfriend’s arms. Still, I have to face my responsibilities. Well, just one really. Finish my Masters (but it seems like such a long-lived...

Dapitan Boulevard

August 24, 2008 Dapitan by Flisha 2 Comments

In the Philippines, developed coastal roads are often called “boulevards” like the Cawa-Cawa Boulevard of Zamboanga City, the Roxas Boulevard of Manila, the “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” of Dipolog (okay, Gim and I named that a few years ago when we sat there after a quarrel on the last day...

Sunset Dinner at Port Orient

August 17, 2008 Dapitan by Flisha 3 Comments

Living in big busy Manila is fantastically convenient. All your needs are a walk or phone call away. I live in Katipunan, right in front of the country’s top university, Ateneo de Manila University. Around my place are National Bookstore (where I get my chick lit for whenever I am...

Rollercoasting

June 20, 2008 Personal by Flisha 2 Comments

Just because… …I miss them. Hehehehe. I am so senti, I know!!! This was taken a few months ago when my barkada came over to Manila and we spent a day at Enchanted Kingdom. We’re on one of the smaller rollercoaster rides here. (The Space Shuttle was broken, alas :[...

Pineapple Detox

June 5, 2008 Foods by Flisha Leave a Comment

You know, for a site that’s entitled Random Detoxification, I don’t really much talk about detoxifying, do I? That’s because my idea of “detox” isn’t really dieting, or fasting. It’s more about relaxing, like taking a nice, long trip or just lying on the grass staring at the sky (no...