I was thinking about that. But our hands are different! And our dashes, and mediums. I mean, my hands are huge! A handful to me would be two to someone else... I think it's best I employ specific measuring utensils.

naw, our hands are different, but the ratios are the same - ish. Trust me, write it down that way first. Worry about measurements after you have made the recipe that way. The important thing is to get it down so that you remember.

Well, I'm not cooking for a while. I can run out tomorrow morning and get what I need. Then transfer the non-specific measurements into literal. No confusion! Although I doubt I'll put them online. I'm too lazy.

lol okay :)

Okay sorry I have been so lax on getting my Philippine trip updated here... I'll write it out now ^_^

Sadly I misplaced my notes from the trip. I will try to get everything I did written, but I may forget some of the things I wanted to tell you.

It was definitely a cultural experience. I grew up in the midwest and experiencing other culture in America alone has been big for me. For example, when I went to Hawaii there was a quite a change in culture. It was a good thing I had gone though as it helped South Korea not seem so foreign. Though going to the Philippines was in some ways like going home (food products), it was another cultural change that I am glad I didn't experience without first experiencing South Korea.

In the Philippines, at least on Boracay, the main mode of transportation is tricycles. A motorbike with a one-wheeled covered carriage next to it. They were not the only thing crowding the streets. I have never seen so many stray dogs in my life.

Probably the one thing I was most happy to see there was the much beloved rootbeer. A pop item sorely missed back in South Korea. There was also recess peanut butter cups, but the BBC's banana peanut butter shakes replaced the chocolate candy easily.

There was music playing from almost every shop or place to eat. It was like stepping back into the late 90s. The music that played on the radio during the late 90s and really early 2000s was what was being played there. I heard so many songs that I had long forgotten. It was a rather pleasant experience.

Something that is just a way of life on Boracay is the rain. They usually had clouds surrounding them by evening. The rain, as a general rule, hit the other islands instead of ours. Every two days or so though, Boracay got a good long rainstorm as well. It was those storms that brought down branches, coconuts, and tore up seaweed... because only after such storms did debris appear on the white beach. Otherwise the beach was kept clean and clear. The locals are proud of that beach and if you so much as smoke on it, you get arrested.

Saturday, our group of 3 left here really late at night. I think it was about 10pm. We caught a taxi to Gyeongsan Station. From there we took a ten minute train ride to Dong Daegu station. Walking to Dong Daegu's bus section, we waited for our bus to leave for Incheon. It was a long bus ride. Maybe 4 hours.

Sun - We arrived in Seoul at Incheon Airport really early in the morning. Probably about 5:30am. We met up with two others completing our group of 5. We exchanged our money, ate breakfast, and finally boarded our plane to Manilla. In Manilla we got lunch. Keith and I ate at a pancake house. Afterwards, with Willis' help, we got passport pouches that go around the waist. Something to store money in. Then we went to our next terminal. While there I ran for a quick foot massage. It was heavenly. I could have had one longer if I had realized that we had an hour more than I thought. I didn't realize we had switched time zones. I'll take this moment to say that Cebu airplanes are not the best. Take nothing for granted except the seat you sit in. Everything else comes at a price. I'm surprised they didn't charge us to have a lifevest handy. We caught a plane to north side of island. We landing on what looked like a random piece of concrete. It was the shortest and bumpiest landing I have ever had. It is also the first place where the airport building is just one room. We walked in, picked up our luggage, and went outside where a guy stood holding a sign with Willis' name on it. He guided and paid the rest of the way. We too a boat to boracay. It was rather fun. Then we caught a van ride to the Boracay Beach Club. The staff there made us feel right at home. I loved them so much. Still in shock from the airplane ride, having their friendly smiles and fruit drinks really made a difference. Supper we has at Ariels House beach front. Ariel's House is a part of the BBC, but they have a beach front section across the road. We went over there for supper and to enjoy the sunset. I ordered Aloha Wings and Chicken Fingers. While we were waiting for our food, Andrea and I went out to play in ocean. The water was neither warm nor cold, just perfect. The white sand is super fine. I have never seen or felt anything like it. It is as fine as flour, packs easier than anything, breaks apart as easily as anything, and doesn't cake on your feet like wet sand might elsewhere. Also, the sand is firm enough that you don't sink down into it. Like walking across a lawn. After supper, we went for a walk down the beach towards a shopping area that also was full of more hotels and resorts with their own accompanying eating places and such. It was pretty incredible. There was three or four different groups fire dancing. After a bit, I went and got my first full body first massage. It was really nice, but I learned that I still have back injury from Jeju Island.

That was just the first day ^_^

Okay, on to day two... I'm just going to get these written up and let you comment in a moment Tachi...

Monday morning dawned bright and beautiful. Truly a paradise. We had breakfast at the BBC. Our package came with coupons for free breakfasts and drinks. The night before, supper, had also been free. Now I tried one of their yummy breakfast items. French toast with fresh mango slices. While everyone else really dug in, I discovered I could barely eat my meal much less all the fresh fruit they served. Being in South Korea had really shrunk my stomach. Being in a paradise where I could eat any type of food I wanted whenever I wanted, I soon experienced never being hungry. I lost my appetite simply because I was always eating. Sadly this led to a gain of 5 kg my the end of our trip.

After breakfast, we met up with a guy who took us to the east side where water activities were taking place. I hung out at the boat house (it was two big bamboo rafts tied together with a house on top each one... with bamboo matting on the floor) and swam a bit there while the others went jet skiing. Keith waited too, only without jumping in like I did. Then we went parasailing. That was so much fun. You put on a harness. They let out the parachute. You get on the platform on the back of the boat, sit under this metal thing, they hook you to it, then slowly let you into the air. It was a gentle ride that offered a great view. I mistook our shadow on the ocean below for a mante ray. Willis thought that was pretty funny.

We went back for lunch. We went to the Obama Grill. A small rain storm was coming in. High tide was there as well. Guess who jumped off the steps into the ocean. Me! Guess who stood in the trench of a wave for a picture where the water only was at my calves, with a large wave cresting at my head? ME! Guess who was soaked haha. Then it started to rain. We ate and then headed back to the BBC.

Then the BBC took us for a banana boat ride. I was worried they would try to flip us, but thankfully they didn't. It was a lot of fun. After that we got changed and headed to the D'Mall to find a new place to eat. Italian! We each ordered pastas and the girls ordered pizza which they shared. It was so amazing. Went back that night for another full body massage.

We thought at this point that life would last forever here... we didn't realize the rest of the week would go by so quickly...

Tuesday, we slept in a little and had a late breakfast. I walked back down to the D'Mall and ended up at the beach front where starbucks was at. I chilled there, enjoying the view, reading my kindle, sipping a caramel frapp without whipped cream.

Then I went for a nice long walk along the beach. Or tried to. It was high tide at this point. Silly me decided to take the beach back instead of the road... and since it was high tide... I ended up walking knee deep in the water. Wearing jeans for that was a bad idea.

We all went out and got a Greek lunch. High tide was leaving. We went sunset sailing on one of their sailboats. The sailboats are pretty nifty. You have this long wooden center that is like a foot and a half to two feet wide. Then there are these small beams that come out and attach to runners. Those beans have netting on them that you sit on, right above the open ocean. Sometimes a wave would rise up under you or right in front of you, splashing you and getting you all wet. We returned soaked but happy. I learned my sundress was see through when wet and kept the lifejacket on until Willis loaned me his shirt. I wish I could have sailed everyday. We got some airtime out on those waves. The others were a little sea sick but I was fine and loved it. That night we got our complimentary in-room massage by the BBC.

Wednesday we were up and ready for our first island hopping experience at 10am. It was a three hour trip out on the open ocean. We visited Puka Beach where I bought lots of pretty things. Puka Beach has all the shells and blue rock. It was gorgeous. The "sand" there is all shell, and you sink into it so very easily. The water is just as clear and blue there as ever though.

From there we went to an area called Crocodile. There weren't actually crocodiles there. However there was a zone that was just for snorkeling. I was the first to jump in. We were all afraid the water was like 5 feet deep and we would jump onto corral. That wasn't the case. Once I was in, I saw we were easily 20 feet above the ocean floor. I told the others to get in already. We had a lot of fun.

Then we continued on around, returning to our beach from the south. It was a marvelous trip. We realized though that perhaps our sunscreen didn't quite work. Keith didn't use any except on his face. He was sunburned pretty bad. We had a quick lunch and then went on our island tour. We went to their mountain. It was not a mountain to me. More like a footstool for my Korean hills and an ant to my Korean mountains. However it provided a nice view. I also got to have what looked like an eagle sit on my arm. That was pretty cool. It started to rain. We stopped by Puka beach again and I swam in the rain. Then we went back to the BBC.

For supper, we got a ride to D'Mall and went to the Hobbit House. It is a place that is served exclusively by midgets. The theme was the hobbits and Lord of the Rings. It was a neat setup. I was surprised that the first ten pages of the menu were dedicated to their beer selection from around the world. I ordered tacos and something else which I have forgotten. It was yummy. That evening I went and got a Lava Stone Massage and a Head Massage with careful instructions to avoid my sunburned thighs.

My computer is being a ....... anyrate... here is Thur Tachi ^_^

Thursday I awoke thoroughly sunburned. My lip took the worst though. I dreaded the moment it would blister (and blister it did). Applying aloe on my face, arms, and legs, I felt relief that I didn't have a swimsuit with me. If I had, I would have been incredibly more miserable. God works in mysterious ways.

Us girls went to D'Mall and looked around there. We got massages at the D'Spa. I chose that place because of the Aloe massage for sunburned people. The other girls enjoyed their first experience. We went to the Obama Grill for lunch. I ordered some amazing chicken curry and a mango shake with mango slices. The staff opened up the inside diningroom for us. It is surrounded by windows, so we got a nice view still. However we were in air conditioning. They know sunburned people when they see them. It was here that we saw a part of the movie, "Centurion." Afterwards we went walking and chilled along the beach. I got my hair half braided and miss those braids to this day.

Friday we were really, really worried about Keith. His legs had been badly sunburned the day before while island hopping. He could barely walk. Watching him limp around, I got a foot stool for him to put his legs up on while we waited to go shopping. He had been to the clinic, but it didn't look like he was doing better. I decided from then on if we ever did water activities again in the future, to have sunscreen on me to ensure he put it on every half hour.

We went down to Ariel's House beach front and met up with the BBC staff that were off duty but willing to hang out with us. We went walking along the beach when drums behind us alerted us to a coming parade. I took that chance to get pictures with police and with people in the parade. We then made our way on, momentarily taking shelter for 3 minutes when a brief rainstorm came by.

We went past the D'Mall and on. We learned that everything sold at the D'Mall was actually expensive and was sold for less at a less accessible place called D'Talipapa. We spent our afternoon there. On the way back we all split up. I went back to D'Spa for another aloe massage. It was dark out when I left. I stuck with the beach front and worked my way to BBC's Ariel House. Sitting there enjoying the beach, I hung out with the staff, ate, drank, and relaxed. The whole day had been relaxing, but I just sat and enjoyed the ocean and it's breezes. It was nice.

The night before, we learned that a typhoon was coming in and our flight was rescheduled to an earlier time. So we woke up really early and stumbled down to breakfast. The BBC staff were really nice as we got ready to leave. They were always nice, but they were particularly nice to our half awake group. They served me one more last minute banana peanut butter milk shake. They had come to know that I loved that above all other drinks. Probably a reason I gained so much weight.

It started to sprinkle outside. The BBC has 24 hour security. ((Every store and property it seems hire security come night time.)) The young, cute security guard came to help us get our luggage. We got a picture together. Then we all loaded up in the van and made our way to the docks. The trip in them was short. It was sprinkling by now. We got into a van on the other side to the airport and it was drizzling pretty good.

At the airport, we got through security and sat to wait for our plane. It was an hour late. While we waited, I got a foot massage. We finally boarded our plane. We had to walk to it through the rain. The ground was covered in an inch of water and the umbrellas the airport gave us leaked. We got on board and as I entered, I freaked out momentarily. The place was filling with what looked like smoke. It wasn't. It was moist vapor that helped get rid of human body odor. We flew to Manilla.

In Manilla, we had 12 hours to kill. I have a friend who lives somewhere in the Philippines. I wanted to visit her but had no way of getting a hold of her. Instead we went to a resort that has free transportation to and from. We ate at a garlic place. I loved the food there. Then we split up again. The boys and I went to watch the Dark Knight Rises while the girls went shopping. We met up back at the airport.

When we got to the airport, I realized perhaps I had been lax in drinking water. Couldn't get through security fast enough. We chilled at an ice cream shop. I downed a bottle of gatorade and a bottle of peach tea and finally had some ice cream. Then our terminal moved so we got up and went to where it was at. We sat and played monopoly deal. I was worried Keith wasn't going to be okay. Those sunburns were really bad.

Finally it was time to board. I got on and bought from Cebu a blanket and a air up pillow, went to sleep while flying back to Seoul. Was still thirsty and almost bought water, but figured a few hours wouldn't hurt.

Last one Tachi, I promise!

Saturday dawned bright and clear. I took a picture of Seoul's lights that you could see below the clouds. The sunrise I almost caught on camera, except the plane's lights were turned on now and the glare on the window ruined my shots. We landed and got through customs. I was the only one of the way back to have luggage. Didn't want to haul that darn bag around if I could help it. Got our bus tickets and went in search of breakfast.

I gladly sat to my strawberry shake when I saw a Dunkin Donuts across the way. Was there so quick. Ordered to go since it was about time to hop on the bus. The bus was very nice, big, and comfy. Unfortunately a little kid sitting behind me somehow managed to get his feet on top of my seat. Feeling his feet in my hair about sent me through the roof. I shifted until I was safe from that. Arriving back in Daegu, we caught a train, then caught a taxi which we took back to school.

Getting back, I wanted only one thing. A shower. I opened my front door, dragged everything inside, and reached for the inner door. It was locked. I don't lock it because my key for it doesn't work. I froze. Someone unlocked my outer door and then on the way out, locked my inner door. I wanted to cry. I spent the next four hours waiting around for the school to track down someone with keys. Only one person had them and he was out with his kids. Finally getting inside, I turned on the AC and took a cold shower.

Oh my lord, lady! Not only did you write a lot, but you... reawakened the thread! Oh, day! (I didn't see this at first because I'd unsubscribed to it for being dead for a while)

I love to hear what you've said, it sounds like you had a good time, despite some frights and general discomforts but otherwise, it seems like it was worth it!

I really hope you enjoyed writing that, because it really seems like you did!

Although I can't say the same for my own trip from Arizona to Italy and to Peru, where I am now, being as massively detailed other than getting a private jet and making our trip that way forevermore, it seems we've both been on trips!
And I'm way behind on RPs. Guh, I've got eleven to reply to! Off to go, and I hope you start feeling better since I read the messages on your wall.

I did enjoy writing it Tachi ^_^ And I just literally posted these so you were fast in seeing them ^_^ Hope you are having fun on your trips. I'll be better soon. It is a very blah thing ^_^ Don't rush the writing ^_^

*slowly comes out from the shadows, blushing like crazy.* H-hi all..

hye devcul! welcome ^_^

Huh, I guess so! I just noticed the time they were posted in!
I promise I wasn't stalking you...!


I guess it's a jetlag thing? I've actually been feeling a bit off too. Kind of listless and a bit tired. Maybe it's the same thing.

Well, we'd better get better soon! We've got things to do!


*Pause*

Erh!? Someone else!? It looks like the thread's been revived just in time!
Hello there, Devcul!

lol, it might be jetlag in its own way... I'm just not doing anything worth anything at the moment so am kinda feeling a bit purposeless... missing family isn't helping. February needs to get here so I can go see them.

H-hello maiden and tachi..
A-and don't worry, I'm going to be a usual comer here..
I-I've been on mene for almost 3 years, too.

nice ^_^ glad to see you

Maiden; Well we all have that feeling sometimes. I've had weeks where I feel that way, considering I never really did anything and stayed in the dark of my house all day and night. Until recently, anyway. Nicer now.

Devcul; Oh, I'm glad to hear that! We need more frequenters since it seems to have dwindled to Maiden and myself. I actually returned... Oh, six months ago. Just recently got more active, like this.


Also, my replies are delayed because I'm finally getting to my RPs! Guh, and it's about time. I feel like such a lump for letting them go so long. Should find someone else too for a L4D fan-base...

You too. *smiles slightly, and starts blushing, I quickly look away and rub my neck in embarrassment* u-uh.. S-so how are y-you?
I-I'm glad I came in t-time.. *still blushing alot*

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*my face is red like a tasty tomato*

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Looks like everyones gone.. *slowly disappears into the shadows, blushing*

Pulls devcul out of the shadows, "Why are you blushing?"

U-uh.. N-no reason! *quickly tries to get away, but is just kicking air*

*wraps him in a hug* You are so cute.