Adto na 'ta

Well, after 5 weeks and about 10 phone calls, Lazada finally sent the items I bought. I want to express my gratitude for the packaging which looked very decent and well-done  I heard that they were not as fastidious as they were with other buyers in the past (see lazada facebook).  I can't wait to try the items  which I really was looking forward to using for a month ago already.    Well, what can I say, but muchos gracias.  Please ignore my previous posts.

" It's more fun in the Philippines " is the 2012 slogan of the Department of Tourism for its promotion of the Philippines in order to attract tourists, something that I was never convinced about from the start, BUT that might just change now as election fever started or shall we say, that the "circus" has arrived.   If you were monitoring the characters or personalities or whatchamacallit, that filed their certificates of candidacy for the 2013 elections, you'd be surprised at the vast  reserve of talents (OMG) that we have.   I did not realize there were a lot of Dolphy-wannabes in this country.   The supply is overflowing it can keep a comedy club open for 24 or more hours. It seems that every election season we keep adding more clowns or discovering more comedians.   The new addition to the portfolio is the 'brother-in-law' of the incumbent president who claimed that he is married to  the president's celebrity sister, Kris.   I know tha...

You all probably have heard about Lazada, which is an online store or something like that.  I'm sure you have heard of them because whenever you visit a website, their big banner just appears before you, flashing their new promos and enticing people to make a purchase.  But wait, before you give your credit card number, think 100 times if you don't want to subject yourself to the agony that I'm suffering till now.  It just is simply not for the fainthearted. You see, I have been waiting (im)patiently for Lazada to deliver the items I purchased last September 4, 2012  and it is going to be a month of waiting by tomorrow.  Am I waiting for Godot? It's been a month and I should have been enjoying the Coby Kyros and the hair dryer already but still there is no positive indication that Lazada will ever send them.  I have called Lazada  five (5) times to follow up and I have talked to Len, Pete and Nathan and sent a snapshot of the deposit slip (so th...

San Agustin Church should be in the places-to-see list for tourists who come to Manila.  Not only is it the oldest stone church in the country, but it is a reservoir of historical artifacts collected from the 440 years that it stood even after the British, American and Japanese occupations.  I would like to think that it is our version of the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence because of the many areas around the entire complex (a monastery has been added to the church) although its simple facade conceal this fact.  San Agustin has undergone many reconstructions in its 440 years and in 1993 was declared a world heritage site by UNESCO. There are many interesting items inside the church starting from the entrance where an antique bell weighing 3,400 kgs. welcomes visitors.  This bell was originally in the belfry but a strong earthquake in 1863 damaged the belfry so it was finally taken down in 1926. From the entrance where one pays P100,...