SM Manila (photo courtesy of SM Prime Holdings)
Free WIFI is now available to all mall-goers, shoppers and diners in SM City Manila.
The free WIFI service was launched Aug. 31 with bloggers trying out and testing the really fast and really free internet service. No passwords needed! SM City Manila thus has joined other SM Supermalls in Metro Manila and elsewhere which offer free WIFI. Continue reading
As soon as I found out I was really going to the US last June, I made a pledge to myself that I’d find a way to fly from the West Coast to the East Coast.
And so a week after arriving in Los Angeles and soon after the conference I attended there, I started to go my way to the city that never sleeps and I was not disappointed. Special mention to Berns and Gary who took care of me when I was there.
For a reason I would rather not share today, Charlotte was my most exciting and nerve-wracking destination during my two-week quick trip to the US.
Some of the best places I visited in the USA were Castle Rock, Garden of the Gods and Manitou Spings, all in Colorado.
My US trip was largely a secret. I wanted to surprise by grandma who has lived there for 20 years. We, her apo’s, fondly call her “Mama Des”. She’s now 81. Continue reading
I arrived in Los Angeles on June 1 but wasn’t able to go around until days later. My uncle whisked me away to San Diego, that’s why.
Los Angeles is home to the University of Southern California and its Annenberg School of Communication where the Beyond Broadcast 2009 conference was held from June 3 to 5. I spoke at the opening plenary session, sharing the Philippine experience on mobile activism. Continue reading
Inaugurated way back under the Marcos dictatorship, Leyte Park Resort Hotel in Tacloban City is now a mere shadow of its extravagant past.
But some good parts remain.
As the plane I was riding some months back approached Manila, the ground was a sight to behold.
For the past few months, the Quezon City started has spruced up Timog Avenue corner Tomas Morato. Here are photos I took from the Imperial Palace Suites hotel a few months back:
