It has been raining every single day, mostly in the afternoon since Pristine and I landed in the Philippines. It sure does annoy people who live here - how it takes forever for the laundry to dry, how small swamps and mud puddles are formed in an hour of downpour, how we have to carry [...]

The familiar skies always make me feel I am home. Pristine and I finally arrived in my home town at 12 noon today. See the blue skies and the white fluffy clouds - It’s always like this every time I get off the plane.

We left Tokyo for Manila on Saturday morning. Pristine asked me over and over again when will all the plane riding will end so I promised her, two plane rides more and then we’ll stay put for 10 days and just relax and fly back to Japan again.
We arrived in Manila around noon [...]

The vacation I had been thinking about for the past year is finally here! I’m leaving today! So what’s in store here at Sandier Pastures while I’m gone? 
Weekly Thursday Thirteen and Saturday Photo Hunt is already arranged for the weeks to come. On Fridays, when I usually post memes, some random entertainment will be posted. It should [...]

I have already booked and bought my ticket almost two months ago for my next month’s vacation. I paid for it last May so I have the printed e-ticket with me now and all that’s left to do is count the days and pack my bags.

M has not decided the date to fly out of [...]

Finding a perfect accommodation for a nice holiday can make of break a perfect vacation. It helps a lot to plan ahead by booking the accommodation at your destination, especially when travelling with a hyperactive toddler.
HotelReservations.com has one of the widest list of hotels in the internet which gives travellers more choices based on their respective budgets. [...]

A friend called to say she is in her Europe post again and invited us over! That of course, made my heart leap.
Europe is very inviting. I have not met someone who did not think of going to Europe at least once in their lifetime. So many places in Europe is on “Places to Go Before I Die” lists.
My first taste of [...]

The twelve-hour plane ride was almost painless. Emirates Airlines left Nagoya, Japan at 11 p.m. sharp with very few passengers, a delight to know we’ll have the chance to have some seats to ourselves, enabling us to stretch while sleeping. We got on the plane last. What’s the point in getting on it on a [...]