TG flight

Last week, I posted about my experiences with CX and SQ, or Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines respectively. Now, I will share short comments on TG or Thai Airways. Unlike my experiences with CX and SQ, flying TG was a first for me. I flew Manila to Bangkok round-trip. It was a 3-hour flight and it was okay. TG utilizes the Boeing 777-200 plane. It appears to be an older version. Even the entertainment system was similar to the one I had aboard...

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CX vs SQ

I had the opportunity to travel from Manila to Hong Kong and Singapore just days apart. I took two of the world's best airlines- Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines. And of course, they did not disappoint. This post is sort of a review. Just a disclaimer: this post is just about my personal experience on those specific flights and do not reflect the entire airline. I traveled economy, by the way. Aircraft Both CX and SQ flew Boeing 777 on the...

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Of Malls and Text Messages

I had interesting reports last week ranging from malls, text messages to Thai investments. Likewise, I interviewed SM President Hans Sy and Metro Pacific Chairman Manny Pangilinan. Mall story: Interesting to note that malls have become a vital part of Filipinos' lives. Everything is inside a mall nowadays, from shops, restaurants, cinemas to clinics, chapels, gov't offices, sports venues and many more. But malls also highlight the inefficiencies...

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30,000 jobs for Filipinos

Last January 28, 2016, my first report on TV Patrol aired. Technically, it was not the very first, since a few years ago, I had reports that aired on TV Patrol Weekend. But the January 28 report was the first for the weekday edition, with no less than Kabayan Noli de Castro giving the intro to the report. He even said 'Nagpapatrol si Jikki Pascual'. haha The story was about the planned hiring of Royal Caribbean Cruises of about 30,000 Filipinos...

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Never too late

This is my first post for 2016. It's been more than 4 months since I last posted an entry and I never thought I'll be able to post anything soon. I have been in the newsroom for 2 days already because of a lack of crew. In a way, that gave me time to do things I don't normally do, like opening this blog. --break-- Ok, so I just taped a news advisory for 8:30pm. Lexi, who was supposed to do it, wasn't feeling well. They asked me to take over, got...

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LG, what happened?

So disappointed with my LG G3. It's just been around 13 months since I bought my phone, but now it's not working anymore. It didn't hit something or fell to the floor. The screen suddenly just fades to black. I can only use it for a few seconds before it fades again. Worse, warranty just ended. LG service center says I need to shell out P12K for the repair. What? :-( I bought my first smartphone, the iPhone 3GS in 2010, followed by the Samsung...

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Longest Hiatus

My longest blogging hiatus ever. 6 months or half a year without any post! I won't be enumerating what I did the past months, but I will focus on my TV reports in the last 3 days. All my reports in the last 3 days were connected to the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Research Symposium in Quezon City. It was hosted by the University of the Philippines. My first report is about the creation of a card game 'Resilience'. It is about the economy and the environment and it was developed by the University of the Philippines. My second...

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First time in a mosque

The closest I was to a mosque was when I visited Malaysia early this year. I took pictures of the Kota Kinabalu City Mosque, but I wasn't able to enter the mosque itself since we had a limited time. But last March, I finally entered a mosque, this time it was in Abu Dhabi, UAE. I visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. And it was a truly beautiful sight. White domes dominate the skyline and the place was really huge. It's one of the top...

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Review: Philippine Airlines MNL-AUH

This is a short review of my flight from Manila to Abu Dhabi via Philippine Airlines. It also includes the return flight since I had very similar experience on both trips. I went to Abu Dhabi last March 2015 to attend a conference. I returned to Manila a few days later. My overall experience with both flights was just "ok". It was not super good, but it was not super bad either. I will rate my own experience with 5 being the highest and 1 the lowest. Just...

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