International Living, Marriage & Travel

In Metro Manila, you can dine in Dampa for the freshest seafood. Dampa is a style of seafood restaurant where you can buy seafood and have it cooked. Take a cab to bring you to the nearest Dampa style of restaurant. There is a Dampa in Macapagal Avenue with several market stalls to buy fresh seafood...

I had been to Los Angeles in California. There are lots of tourist spots in the area like the Disneyland down south and Magic Mountain up north plus Hollywood as well. But for me, I would love to see New York if only for the statue of Liberty and the Manhattan island. I also dream of tasting the hot...

I am going to Jakarta, Indonesia in August but my wife and I have no idea about the place. We still have to look for a hotel. I am relying only on the internet in getting information but I want a first hand account to tell me what Indonesia is about and what is there to see. With the food, I underst...

I am not fond of spring onion although we have that in the porridge. But maybe I have to try that scallion pancake just for the popularity. I have a trip to Taiwan by the end of October this year (2017). It is my first time to go there and I am doing a research on what to do, what to eat, and where ...

We live in a suburban town that is an hour away from Manila. However, due to the heavy traffic, that one hour trip would be 2 hours or more. Our village has many trees and houses are not crowded. What's good here are the nearby towns with their specialties like resorts, historial churches and mounta...

We haveca trip to Seoul in November and I am expecting to enjoy the cold weather. To be honest, I have zero knowledge of South Korea so I am now doing a personal research on what a tourist can see there. My wife and I are frequent travelers but this is our first time so we are both excited. For sure...

I agree with the title but age is not the issue in me. What I lack is the time to learn a new language because I am always occupied with chores and my job. Considering that my wife and I travel frequently like 6 times a year to other countries, it is logical to learn Chinese, Japanese and Malaysian ...

There are so many strange food in our country but I decline to mention because it is degrading. What I want to say is about the unusual food in Thailand that we had experienced. In Bangkok, there was this ambulant vendor of cooked insects like bugs and scorpions. For a few cents (US), you can sample...

For me, the quickest way to learn a language or dialect is to speak it. When I would take a vacation in the province in my younger years, I would try my best to learn by speaking the dialect. When I go home after a week of vacation, I could converse using the dialect, at least using the basic words ...

I had some years of association with the Japanese when I worked in a Japanese company twice. Their hygiene is exemplary so you cannot expect to smell body odor. One thing that caught my attention is their love for smoking but they only smoke half of the cigarette and throw the half away. Another of ...