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Archive for April, 2008

Our Karakoram video by Animoto

Posted in Pakistan, travel, tagged , , , , , on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »

This is a 30-second clip of our Karakoram roadtrip. There are only 20 pictures, and one can get better results with less because this is only the free version. I did it to test Animoto, the latest thing in creating slideshows in flashy video format. Obviously it did not work when I did the “post [...]

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Cebu Pacific Air

Posted in travel, tagged , , , , on April 27, 2008 | No Comments »

We finally have a direct flight from Bangkok to Cebu! While in the process of planning our itinerary for the summer holiday with our travel agent I wondered again if there was a shorter and quicker way to get home without going through Manila. We checked Malaysian Airlines, Cathay Air, and Silk Air or Singapore [...]

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All About Thailand

Posted in travel, tagged , , , , , on April 23, 2008 | No Comments »

I stumbled on this wonderful portal, http://www.paknamweb.com, to many good websites about Thailand and all things Thai (food, language, photos, blogs, etc.) while searching for the recipe for tom yum gong. I wish I knew about this site when I was new to Thailand. One particular site, http://enjoythaifood.com makes me wish I could go back [...]

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Where’s the US and UK in Kaspersky’s Order Form?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on April 18, 2008 | No Comments »

I hope posting this little problem of mine online will help. The little Kaspersky pop up box is really getting on my nerves. About a month ago I downloaded and installed a trial version of their Internet Security 7.0 on my new HP Pavilion laptop — w hich, by the way, came with a pre-installed [...]

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Lonely Planet’s Thorntree

Posted in travel, tagged , , , on April 18, 2008 | No Comments »

Before we embark on an adventure to a new place I used to check the Thorntree, Lonely Planet’s travel forum. With a bit of patience one will find little nuggets of useful information all related to traveling and living anywhere.
There was a time when I got addicted to it, staying up late at night just [...]

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Colorful, floral spring

Posted in Islamabad, Photography, tagged , , , on April 17, 2008 | No Comments »

We’re enjoying the few remaining cool days of spring. People are saying it may not last long. The cold winter extended until February, and we suddenly had the tree pollen season for the entire month of March. Instead of April showers we had hail, again. Islamabad seems to have hail in all seasons: summer, winter, [...]

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Red Poppies 2008

Posted in Photography, tagged , on April 11, 2008 | No Comments »

 

Okay, the flowers in the previous post were last year’s blooms. I have never seen poppies until then, and of the different colors we have in school - white, orange, pink, and yellow - the red ones in our very own backyard are definitely my favorite. So much so that I couldn’t stop taking pictures [...]

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Red poppies

Posted in Islamabad, tagged , , on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »

I have a love-hate relationship with spring season in Islamabad. This is the time of the year when I get violently ill (throwing up several times at night) due to pollen allergy to the paper mulberry tree. It’s hard to simply stay indoors because this is also the time when flowers are in full bloom. [...]

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Nowhere to Go for Spring Break

Posted in travel, tagged , , , on April 5, 2008 | No Comments »

It’s spring break and we get 10 days off from work. But for the second time in eight years we decided to stay put instead. Last Christmas was the first, and that was because I just gave birth to our first child in November. Don’t get me wrong, we’ve done enough traveling [...]

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