Halloween 2008: Horror Stories from Cebu Pacific

…and it just goes on. Exactly a year ago when we had a horrible experience flying Cebu Pacific from Cagayan De Oro to Manila, someone emailed me a website detailing more horror stories about the kind of service Cebu Pacific provides.
The plot is the same. The characters are still there. The script, perfectly improved to [...]

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Musings in Munich

Arrived here in Munich via the Deutch Bahn yesterday before lunch where I was greeted by my friend Wendi at the platform. Munich station is very typical of the German Haupbanhof (or central station). These statations are usually housed in old building, which also makes them not only historical but very interesting to explore. I [...]

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Musings in the Alps

Its been almost two weeks since I left the Philippines. A week in Development Education Summer School in the Netherlands rekindled my passion to do development work. The inspiration we all got from each other from participants coming from four corners of the world fuelled our imagination to do more and do better.

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Musings From Here and There Part I

I started this article at the NAIA in Manila. Continued to write and think about it at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok. Edited it in the busy and buzzy streets of Phnom Penh. And now, I am posting it via the wi-fi connection at a cafe here in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Traveling has always been exhilarating and [...]

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A Tale of Two Airlines: PAL and Singapore Airlines

Some things never change. And some things just never fail to surprise you.
Here at the Centennial Airport, the kind of service Philippine Airlines (PAL) has been known for since time immemorial has remained pretty much the same. Unchanged throughout the years, it is still horrible, completely detestable at many times, and truly regrettable always.

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Train Rage

If there is such a thing as road rage, there is also another syndrome afflicting the train-commuting public in Metro Manila. In a span of one week, I witnessed two fist fights and and a shouting match brought about by tempers flaring as passengers inch their way through the trains of the three different light [...]

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Cebu Pacific and Capitalist Greed

In a season marked for giving – and receiving, greedy capitalists played the role of Ebenezer Scrooge once again and thus reify that for these men and women in business, even during Christmas time, taking what others can and cannot give takes precedence over compassion, altruism and most importantly, service (whether to customers or to [...]

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Free Internet at NAIA?

I am here at the boarding area of NAIA waiting for my flight that will take me to Singapore. I arrived early expecting some heavy human traffic since its the beginning of the Christmas rush. I did not want a repeat of what happened a few weeks back when we were stuck at the check-in [...]

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