“Uppers” kasi every time I think about it, natutuwa ako.

Two more days and we’ll be in Dubai with my sisters. Xmas baby yung ditse ko so tamang-tama talaga ang holiday namin. Tapos andun na uli ate namin so halos family reunion na talaga. Parents ko lang matigas ulo, ayaw pumunta.

To top that, hubby booked our flights for Easter. UUWI na TALAGA kami ng PINAS!!! Yehey :-D

Three glorious weeks… I know it will be hot and humid. But so what?! Tatakbo na lang kami lagi from one airconditioned facility to the next. :-P

Hubby and I started the traditional argument over how many days we spend in various places in Luzon vis-a-vis when we fly to Visayas. Medyo madugo kaya pinagpaliban na lang muna namin dahil malapit nang magpanting ang tenga ko.

Let’s not ruin the high of emptying our bank account.

After weeks of speculation and doubts, we’re finally going. Hubby had dreamt of visiting the Theater of Dreams eversince landing on English soil. And this Saturday it’s finally going to happen.

We’re going to say hello and goodbye at the same time.

It’s Ole Gunner Solskjaer (sols-shire) testimonial and we’ve been lucky enough to grab some seats before the Norwegians take them all.

I have to confess though, I’m not really a football fan. I’m not averse to it. I know some players, I know what an offside rule is (I should say I *believe* I know…, but I can survive an entire season without it. I do not need the most expensive cable channel on my subscription.

But Hubs is a different matter. We got Sky just because… He has x-number of Utd shirts. He shouts & jeers at home or in the pub during matches — and these even when he’s alone! Yes, he goes to pubs & communes with like-minded individuals and bonds with other Red Devil supporters.

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I have been back in London for a week and I have been itching to post about my trip to Moscow plus a few more anecdotes about my very boring but angst ridden life.

The blogging bug got me so bad. I’ve been trying to come up with ideas on how to best present my experience to you as there were so many comparisons and observations that I really found astounding, or at the very least interesting.

It’s my first time to visit Moscow (I don’t think it will be my last) and a second experience to visit a Communist state — okay, it’s that’s not technically true for Russia anymore. But as soon as I arrived in Moscow, I realised how much the trip will be similar to my Shanghai experience and it’s got nothing to do with the “hammer and sickle”.

First most people do not speak English. Some can write but cannot speak it. Those who can speak it, generally struggle.

Second most signs are in Cyrillic and most people couldn’t read the Latin alphabet. When signs or menus or emails are in english alphabet, the spelling vary for the same word! Thankfully the hotel I stayed in, Peter 1 (written as such but read as “Peter 1st” was near every major “attraction” so reading the map wasn’t too difficult. I didn’t have to ask directions at all. (more…