I spent the better part of the morning trying to decide whether or not to use my free domestic roundtrip ticket or my frequent flyer miles in another airline when I go home for the holidays. I ended up using neither and booked using my credit card and chose to add to my miles instead. [...]
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Where I go wander, wander, wandering
For 2012
Posted by tiffy on December 14, 2011
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Shangrila Mactan
A few weekends back, in a very spur of the moment sort of way, I found myself lounging in Shangrila Mactan. I had been planning a trip there for quite some time now and because the Universe loves me like that, I did end up going. It’s a beautiful place and lying there drowsily under [...]
Posted by tiffy on December 4, 2011
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One sunny day in Victoria…
I visited Butchart Gardens. The Butchart Gardens is a private family-owned estate (I know, right? There’s a manor on the grounds for the family.). Mrs. Butchart started the gardens as a personal project because there was a huge, gaping quarry on their property from the limestone mining of her husband’s business. She started with the [...]
Posted by tiffy on October 11, 2011
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Whale Watching: Killer Whales
Today was quite possibly one of the best days of my life. The sun was out and making promises. It was going to be a gorgeous day and I was giddy with excitement. Six hours on the boat and so completely worth it. I went whale watching courtesy of Wild Whales Vancouver today and it [...]
Posted by tiffy on September 21, 2011
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Vancouver Day One
It is 4:30 am here in Vancouver and I have just woken up from the sleep of the dead. I arrived earlier in the middle of the afternoon from a 12-hour flight and commenced the battle against jet lag. It wasn’t pretty, I tell ya. It was a long drive from the airport to North [...]
Posted by tiffy on September 18, 2011
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Hong Kong & Macau
After a long, hard year, I finally dusted off my passport and welcomed new stamps. Quite recently, I was in Hong Kong and Macau for about a week. I, of course, did the usual rounds. I oohed and aahed over Jeffrey Campbell, visited Mulberry, Balenciaga, Manolo Blahnik and Christian Louboutin, and went slightly berserk in [...]
Posted by tiffy on September 14, 2011
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Planning My “Mental Health” Weekend
I’m in a bit of a quandary. For reasons I cannot state (being work-related), I had to forego a trip to a resort (everything prepaid too!) last weekend. The night before my flight the byproduct of evil wheeling and dealing (evil I tell you!) came to my attention and I had to go all legal [...]
Posted by tiffy on April 16, 2011
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In defense of Vietnam
All the brouhaha over the indelicate tweets made by our President’s staffwriter has me reminiscing. Vietnam is starkly beautiful and has a quaintness and charm lacking in soul-less metropolitans (I leave it to you dear readers to know which metros I speak of). The people are warm and effusive in their welcome, strong in both [...]
Posted by tiffy on November 2, 2010
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Vietnam 1
I found this entry that I started last 08 September 2010: My morning is a flurry of visa application. The requirements are a pain but the trip (and the pre-trip shopping for coats and boots, ye-es!) will be well worth it. I know I was supposed to post about my Vietnam trip. Apologies. As soon [...]
Posted by tiffy on September 24, 2010
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Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam Travel Tips
It took me a while to post about my Vietnam trip. My last day in Saigon was spent riveted online in a cafe, seeing the hostage drama play out. I couldn’t bring myself to write anything “light and bubbly” for a while, but this weekend was one magnificent drawn in breath exhaled. And so I [...]
Posted by tiffy on August 30, 2010
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