FAILED. Yup, I went to Da Nang, Vietnam without checking the whether around October or November of 2013. Thinking that Da Nang, Vietnam is almost at the same level of Manila below the equator, I expected the same sunshine on that trip. I was wearing shorts and beach button up top plus my new pair of … More The Sun-kissed Tan I Dream to Get in Da Nang, Vietnam
We had a chance to stay in Saigon after our a-little-too-freezing-for-me trip in Da Nang; we took advantage of the one-night and half a day to explore Ho Chi Minh City. My friends had a good drinking session at night while I suffer from a painful dysmenorrhea (urrggghhh!). The next day, we made sure we … More Astonished by the Cu Chi Tunnels of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
My roommate and I were talking (on one random night sometime in 2013) about how we missed flying out of Singapore to shortly escape all the stresses caused by the engineering world. We thought why don’t we do that again and ask other colleagues to come too. I scouted for a place to go while she SMSed … More A Glimpse of Hanoi and Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
The Restless Firefly 