Archive for June, 2009

Our Island Featured in Cebu Pacific Mag

This Islander's hometown, the island of Capul in Northern Samar, was among the towns featured the recent issue of Smile, Cebu Pacific's in-flight maga

Capul Island

11 Comments

My 30 Seconds of “Fame”

I just had a busy, crazy week. Two of my company's most senior executives were in Tokyo for business meetings. This coincided with President Arroyo

Japan, Personal

45 Comments

Cheonggyecheon: Urban Renewal Showcase

I tried imagining a river at the very heart of an industrializing city and the image that sticks is a picture of a terribly filthy, thrash-filled wa

Travel

19 Comments

Seoul After Dark

I asked our consultant's Korean secretary to write instructions for the taxi driver so I could get back to the man-made river in downtown Seoul. I w

Travel

24 Comments

Down

Just got back from Seoul. There's AH1N1 there. But more in Japan though. As we passed immigration, all of us were given yellow cards. With instruc

Potpourri

13 Comments