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New Lay-out

I was in high school when I was introduced to the html world. Unfortunately, I only got to learn the basics.  I'm a no-brainer when it comes to html stuff so thank you for pre-made layouts!! Thanks to yummylolly.com for the free template! I was in search for a japanese-looking template and this one is perfect for me...Simple, pink (my next favorite color) and has flowers :)

Update

I'll be adding more stuff soon! I'll be posting more blog entries about my recent trip to Japan and I think I'll do a little introduction about the Kyoto tour in this post. ^_^

Kyoto Study Tour '10: an Introduction

This tour got conceptualized a year ago by Ms. Mitzie Icasiano. She lives with my aunt in Tahilan (a study and residence center near DLSU-Manila) and they both are members of Opus dei. Now, after a year, my aunt told me that the study tour is finally pushing through. There were limited slots available and me and my three sisters got the three slots. Our family friend Karen got the one slot too. A lot of things happened, my sisters won't be able to make it, some backed out, leaving me, Karen, Ms. Mitzie and ate Yelle (a Tahilan resident and also an Opus dei member). 

So, we had to prepare for the visa. The requirements I prepared were: affidavit of support, the bank certificate of the one supporting me financially... I think those were just the ones. The other tour details were taken care of by Ms. Mitzie.

Board and Lodging: Ms. Mitzie coordinated with Shimogamo Academy (an Opus dei residence center in Japan) and the staff were very glad to accommodate us.

Food: 2 meals/day were also part of the generous accommodation of Shimogamo Academy. 

So, instead of paying for an expensive hotel, Shimogamo Academy was really generous for taking us all in with a very affordable fee.

Guided tours were courtesy of the "Good Samaritan Club." I'm not sure about this but I heard that the tour guides are actually students who volunteer to tour foreigners around Kyoto for free (or a small fee)

PAL was also the one responsible for flying us to Japan and back to Manila :)

This study tour was sort-of a "field trip" to Japan

Kyoto Study Tour Day 1 post coming up...

Back to the Philippines!

Yes! I'm finally back to the Philippines! And I feel both sad and happy about it and excited too!! I feel sad because I miss Japan oh-so-much!! (My luggage still smells like Japan) I don't know if it's just me but Japan has this certain scent. Somewhat floral and clean... I feel happy and excited because there is so much to blog about!! The six-day trip was a fun experience! And even if it was only six days, it felt like we were there for two weeks or more!! That is because we visited a lot of temples and places that we felt that each day was really long!!

The upcoming blog entries would all include the places I got to see, the things that I bought (and hopefully some reviews), everything that happened!! I'm still not sure how I'd do it, but maybe I'd make six blog entries for each day then make separate detailed entries of the places, and other things worth digging into. =) And of course, these are with pictures.

Anyway, I'll be voting in a while =) so this would be my blog entry for now.

I pray that those who will win this election would be worthy of their positions. Let's all pray for a better Philippines.

Here are a few sneak preview photos from my Japan trip! The first one was taken at the international manga museum and the second one was taken at the Philosopher's walk going to the Ginkakuji-temple. *You can click on the pictures for a larger view :)