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Family First: Hong Kong

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One of my long-kept dreams is to bring my immediate family to family-friendly destinations, outside the Philippines, like Hong Kong. Year 2017 was the milestone year for me to realize this dream. August 5-8 was the final dates for my mother, Mama Dulcing, and my sister, En's family, with Jun her husband, and Bella their daughter. On August 5, we departed Manila early in the morning, checked in successfully, went through the Immigration counter smoothly. When we were about to land at Hong Kong, we noticed that there was discrepancy in our mother's documentation. For so long we knew that her name is spelled Dulcesima, however, the passport bio page we realized contains a different spelling, Delcesima. The boarding pass and the plane ticket spelled Dulcesima. As per my experience at the arrival of any country, the officer would look into the boarding pass and the passport. This scared me; she may be held at immigration and worse be sent back to Manila. I initially thought tha...

Japanaw-panaw in Honshū

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Whenever a country requires visa and then I applied and granted an entry, I always take it as my only chance. So I tried to squeeze almost everything in a single visit. After my summer adventure in Hokkaido with friend, Anneth, I cannot help but take the opportunity to visit other parts of Japan that are relevant to my travel hobby and my personal favorites. Considering my childish nature and a curious solo backpacker, I have to drop by Osaka and Kyoto. Osaka because I am Harry Potter fanatic! The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is closer to home and it can only be experienced in the Universal Studios of Osaka, Japan. No matter the cost, I have to spend a day inside this theme park. The Hogsmeade Just like Harry Potter's first entry to Hogmeade, I was transported to another world that I only read in novels. The taste of Butterbeer Don't worry, it is just a usual kiddy drinks fashioned like a bubbling beer. For the sake of tasting it, I joined the queue to buy i...