I rarely work on a post without a single theme in mind, but I’ve been logging in and out of my WordPress account unable to finish a comprehensive entry for the past few days now, so I’ll just go ahead and do this quick random thoughts post. (Lame-ass introduction for a lame-ass post. I know. Haha.)

On Singapore: I know this is pretty old, but I’d still like to be able to post something more comprehensive on the experience (apart from the pictures I’ve already uploaded, that is – I’ll try to work on it over the weekend.) So it’s been a couple of weeks since we got back, but I’m still super overwhelmed at the thought of having been able to afford and gone on a trip abroad on my own (as in my efforts and my money.) Especially since I am in no means earning cash big enough to have any to waste on out-of-town getaways and whatnot, so the trip was really saved up for with absolute hard work and pure discipline (read: no shopping for months. haha.) Hopefully the ethic will stick. So yeah, apart from the trip being a huge thing for mark and myself as a couple, it was pretty significant for me as well.  Yay! Next destination: Vietnam and Cambodia with Marga and Ted! (Yeah right. Haha.)

On the inefficiency of our road and mass transport system: Aside from the usual love for food and culture, fascination over others’ transport support structures is one unusual thing that I usually take home with me after visiting other countries.  Now I’m no advocate of the hopelesness of many of our systems, knowing how there is often a disconnect when it comes to certain parallelisms made between older, much more developed countries, and our relatively new and progressing nation… but kakainggit lang talaga when you see how easily people go from one place to another abroad.  Diba? Especially when you think of how sitting through traffic for almost three hours on a rainy monday morning here in Manila is nothing new. I mean, it’s pathetic that that sort of thing doesn’t surprise us anymore, right? Check out some of the basic transport systems I’ve seen:

At the MRT station in Changi (Singapore)

An arc leading to an underground station in Paris (that’s the Louvre behind it)

Train leading to Versailles in France

Tram in Oviedo, Spain

Efficient and pretty. What more can you ask for? And really, I just love love love trains and bridges and everything that supports the need to move faster than we can with just our legs and feet. Haha. I love my car, but I’d gladly take the train to wherever if it were convenient enough.

On the availability of cheaper, mass-produced care products for curly hair: I used to only be able to buy hair products in the states and local PCX stores, and they would always come with a huge price tag; until, that is, hurrah hurrah, I found a line by Pantene in the supermarket the other day. Still quite pricey, but at least I can make do without extra transpo fare. Haha. Got myself a hairspray product the other day to add to my previously bought mousse, cream and gel (all by Pantene.) Another yay!

I really don’t know what these are, but they were the only products from the hydrating curls line that I could find a decent shot of on the net. Haha.

Hmm… that’s it for now. More substantial thoughts to come. Haha.