Friendlier Way to Fly : PAL, Take Two

could they have really READ MY BLOG.. and LISTENED?

well, I would like to think so as the last flight I took with Philippine Airlines - I was TRULY SURPRISED and AMAZED!!!

Some of you must have heard me gripe about a flight I took with PAL a few months back.... it left such a bad taste in my mouth, I actually had to blog about it (You Get What You Pay For - Indeed!) back in July last year.... I hated that so much that, though I fly to Manila once a month, I try to avoid flying PAL unless I really had to (TICKET PRICE being the main factor to consider) - and was LUCKY enough to not have to experience them again except November - it was the Holiday Season so Cebu Pacific was charging a tad bit more....

This past February though, I once again, did not have any choice - last minute booking ended with me having to do PAL once again... and much to my SURPRISE - how things have changed!!! Still for the same price as the ECONO LITE fare that I always take - PAL now, not only let you choose your seat upon check in - they even FEED you - not just a couple of bags of peanuts - but what everyone else is getting on the flight... heck, even the dessert came from one of the BEST dessert places in Manila, BIZU (a personal FAVE of mine) -- TRULY AMAZING!!!

Maybe it is because of the slow/low passenger traffic lately due to the economy and competition? Maybe, many others besides me, have logged in complain? Or as I would like to look at it" "I BLOGGED, THEY TOOK NOTICED and COMPLIED!" - hahahahaha Whatever reason it might have been... am just glad they changed their ways... it is even reflected in one of their newest Magazine Advert....

So, couple that with a better flight schedule - I must say, PAL has WON ME OVER ONCE MORE!!! Now if only we can get a younger, and better looking, cabin crew... which I know they do have but are relegated to DOMESTIC FLIGHTS... but that's another story - for now, am just Happy with the change....

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DOLLY TIME!!!

Okie Dokie - been asked enough times that am breaking down... am FINALLY starting a BLOG to highlight all the dolls that comes the R&D way: Susie, Angels, Mensajero, Momoko, FR, Nikki & Odeco-chan, Jenny, and many, many more...

We will keep you current on Upcoming & New Releases, Magazines, Pictorials, LINKS of Interests, etc.... So pls STAY TUNED and SUBSCRIBE so as to not miss out on the latest NEWS & Photos of your Favorite Dolls.

So without further yada, yada, yada - I give you all: R&D Spotlight

She Blogs, She Blogs....

there is truth to the old adage: "the apple never falls far from the tree..." though I do not have kids of my own, I feel that my nephews and nieces are quite an extension of me.... you have already seen and met my nephew Ace from my previous blog.... now pls meet my niece, Ameera Roxanne Breiz, my sister Rowena's youngest child -- she just turned SWEET SIXTEEN and already starting her college years this month... following her brother Ace's footsteps, she will be attending MAPUA University and taking up HRM, as well....

Ameera, for the most part, is another kooky person... she is a talker - much like her MOM... and a prankster, like her Dad... she is loving, very kind to animals, and the girl can sing -- wish she would sing more often!!! she is also one of the most down to Earth people you will ever meet.... not at all snotty and THANK GOD, have outgrown her brattiness.... I always feel that she is wise beyond her years... if I have to compare her and her brother Ace - I would say that she is much more mature, though Ace is 5 years her senior.... she is fun loving and a really friendly kind of girl... due to personal reasons, we do not get to see each other as much lately - which I miss as she has a way of making me laugh all the time... she is tireless in entertaining me - no matter how sleepy I may already be.... LOLs....

Possibly though, the biggest thing I love about her is the way she wears her heart on her sleeves, much like me.... i have always thought so and reading entries in her newly started personal BLOG, Ameera's Modern Life, I am even more positive that she is this way - just as I am.... she is not shy to put her feelings down in words... for herself and for anyone else to read... I know that she has been told by a couple of people close to her that they do not agree with what she is writing as they are too personal....but she does not care.... For Ameera, she will write down how she feels... it is her way of expressing herself.... and isn't that what personal blogging is all about...Besides, what do most 16 year old girl's talk or write about anyway but boys, loves, and everyday life.....

why do I Blog???

First of July.... the beginning of the second half of the year..... I would like commemorate it by addressing a question a contact posed to me a few days ago: "Why do you open yourself to the public this way? Why are you so open? And why subject yourself to comments and skewering by your contacts / readers?"

Ever since I can remember, I have been pretty much like an open book.... I have written journals here and there.... excerpts of which were read in my English/Literature classes from time to time - as they so fit.... not once have I cared how others would perceive me... it is more an expression of what I am, how am feeling, and what am going through.... For the most part it is for the sole purpose of writing down my thoughts which later on I can read, and reread, again and again.... ponder on where I have been... what I have done... and possibly have an idea of where am going....

I use blogging as a tool to keep up with my friends and family... keep them UPDATED with my whereabouts; plus what and where I am in my life.... a person like me who travels and move around so much... who lives, most of the time far from home , family and friends -- it is always a good way to keep in touch and stay close by to my love ones....

But another aspect of why I write or keep a blog is because I have always been the kind of person who believes in the art of communicating and sharing... reaching out and hopefully whatever am saying/writing resonates with people - even just a bit.... There is a certain join that comes with others sharing my dreams and nightmares; happiness and loneliness; favorites and pet peeves; triumphs and failures; loves and despairs; and everything else in between....

Keeping up with BLOGS also doubles as an outlet for creativity...
-and isn't the nature of creativity to catch someone's imagination or attention... embed itself in another person's life and in a way, making a mark in the world... -and do we not all wish, in our own ways, to be able to leave marks, traces of our lives, in this big old world. A world that seems to be shrinking by the day - thanks to the help of AVIATION, MEDIA & CYBERSPACE...

Friendster, BLOGSPOT, FACEBOOK,and so many others are examples of great places in the CYBERSPACE to reach out.... and make one's mark in this world. With your own blog - you can be whomever you want to be - but it is BEST if you stay TRUE to yourself.... to be REAL! You can talk about anything and everything.... get it all out... get it off your chests.... don't matter if anyone is listening or reading.... it is a form of release and it does help - A LOT - when it comes to staying sane....

So there you have it - reasons why I BLOG.... so FAIR GAME.... all your comments are WELCOME - there are no BAD COMMENTS - unless of course, they are just pure EVIL, VINDICTIVE, and SPITEFUL.... so never feel that you have to HOLD BACK with me.... as long as your SHARING IDEAS and FEELINGS, they are all much appreciated....