For much of last October, much of the local blogosphere has been all abuzz with news of Anthony Bourdain being in the Philippines. True enough, everyone was talking about his visits to Pampanga, Manila, and Cebu, all in the course of taping his show, No Reservations. Rumor has it that the Philippine show is set to air in late January. Of course, if that’s too long a wait, this might just be the thing for you!

Together with Avalon.ph, we’re raffling off a first edition hardcover copy of Anthony Bourdain’s A Cook’s Tour. If that’s not enough, the copy to be raffled off is SIGNED.

More than just an online bookseller, Avalon.ph is a long established website dealing in all sorts of hard-to-find books, first editions, even signed copies. Going through Avalon.ph’s inventory always makes me drool. They have rare copies of books by my favorite authors like Banana Yoshimoto and Neil Gaiman. Plus, they also have the best prices on Moleskines, the prettiest, most fantastic notebooks I’ve had the pleasure to use. So much loved are Moleskines that the response to their Bloghopping Moleskine Giveaway contest was tremendous!
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2008 has been a very important year for me. One big milestone was that it was my first time to travel outside the country. And when it rains, it pours as I wasn’t only able to go to Singapore, but also to Hongkong, all in the span of 4 months.

So, I think it’s appropriate that my first post for the year includes a little something related to that. Yes, I’m still backlogged post-wise and I hope you’ll forgive me for that, but it’s still timely anyway.

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This little piggie went to market, this little piggie stayed home. This little piggie…where’s the third one you ask? Well, the third little piggie is present as pork. *facepalm*

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Hi folks! My apologies for not updating but I just got back from a short vacation. Unfortunately, the schedule was tight so I wasn’t able to update before leaving.

I’m not sure if I can update by today or tomorrow as well so I figured I’d drop a note to say, yes, I’m still alive. I will try to reply to everyone’s comments though, but please be patient with me as I try to get my bearings back. Hope life’s treating everyone well.