Conquer Asia

It’s been a couple of years since we went to Baguio so finally I was able to once again visit the city of Pines last Dec 30. Me an my brother brought along our whole family and my kids haven’t been there so it’s their first time.

My son specially want soldier toys and therefore we went to the Philippine Military Academy in Baguio where he could see some “ancient” tanks and canons.

We also went to the Botanical garden and our son and his cousin wanted to ride the horse. This is also their first time to ride a horse so that’s a really great experience for them.

Of course, the trip wouldn’t be complete without having a boat ride at Burnham Park.

While they were having a boat ride, us parents went to the Baguio market to buy some veggies. Brocolli is only PHP20 per kilo. That’s cheap. It’s usually PHP100-200 in Manila. We also bought lettuce since Baguio is known for producing lettuce because of the cool climate. I can’t remember the price but it was also very inexpensive.

The Author of this post is Darius Boone

I recently started couponing in an attempt to save our family some money. Every Sunday I buy two newspapers then flip through and find the coupon books. My husband switched our internet to satellite internet from http://www.satellitestarinternet.com/hughes-net/kentucky/, so I can get online and look at coupon blogs. I go to the blogs to find out which groceries will be at the rock bottom prices each week. I then match the coupons I have to the sale items in order to pay as little as possible for each item. I never pay full price for any groceries. I have even started to cook meals each week based on what was on sale for the week. I have cut our grocery spending in half and hope to continue to save even more as I learn all of the tricks of couponing. I have watched the show Extreme Couponing a few times and I have no desire to be like the people in those shows. I do not need a huge stockpile of all of my groceries. I simply need to save money on the groceries my family needs.

Summer in Asia is about a few months away but as early as now, I’m saving up for an underwater camera. I have a Nikon D40, I have a flip video cam, and my wife has one of those point and shoot cameras. I’m not sure which one we will buy a case for but definitely we will buy one.

It’s nice to go to the beach and not worry about having your expensive camera being ruined by seawater or sand. I love going to the beach and take family pictures with my kids, taking shots while they play on the sand or while floating on water with their life vest on. It’s always a nice keepsake and a good material for printed albums to show our friends.

I’m not really into deep underwater photography, well, not yet I suppose. So I’m just looking around for those starter waterproof cases that can take pictures up to around 15 feet. I suppose those are cheaper compared to the underwater cameras being used by scuba divers.