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Extreme Budget Travel! Can you do a trip to Manila with 50,000 yen (US$333)? – Part 2
- Krista Rogers
Mar 8, 2024 - Tweet
What will Go’s first full day in the Philippines bring him?
- SE Asia
- (50000 yen • 50000 yen travel • COK • crazy • extreme budget travel • food • Go Hatori • halo-halo • lechon • Manila • massage • Philippines • SNJO • travel • weekend trip)
Extreme Budget Travel! Can you do a trip to Manila with 50,000 yen (US$333)? – Part 1
- Krista Rogers
Mar 5, 2024
Go takes a short weekend trip to the Philippines and enjoys delicious food and more.
- SE Asia
- (50000 yen travel • budget travel • COK • crazy • extreme budget travel • food • Go Hatori • Manila • Philippines • SNJO • travel)
Japan’s most-wanted manga pirate arrested in the Philippines, facing deportation
- Casey Baseel
Jul 9, 2019
Government official calls 28-year-old “a risk to public safety and security.”
- Japan, SE Asia
- (anime • COK • copyright • crime • deportation • manga • Manga Mura • Manila • Philippines • piracy)
There’s no need to care about our staff, because they’re foreigners, says Japanese maid service
- Casey Baseel
Jan 12, 2019
Vague phrasing and fuzzy logic leads to swift backlash.
- Japan
- (ads • culture • foreigners in Japan • housekeeping • internationalism • Japanese language • linguistics • maids • Philippines • scandal • soceity • working in Japan)
Mysterious ghostly baby footprint randomly appears in shopping malls, creeps out netizens
- Koh Ruide
Oct 31, 2018
Beware the phantom baby that haunts shopping centers in the Philippines.
Blind Filipino girl Elsie stuns with her mature singing voice【Videos】
- Krista Rogers
Sep 11, 2018
The young girl with a voice to rival legendary singers has perfected the art of singing in English–a language she doesn’t even speak.
Terminally ill father accompanies bride down the aisle in tear-jerking Philippine wedding
- Krista Rogers
Aug 27, 2018
Get ready to break out the tissues for some of the most bittersweet feels you’ve ever felt.
Ivanaka Trump posts photo of Filipino snack at daughter’s birthday party, confuses the Internet
- Scott Wilson
Jul 30, 2017
There’s definitely something confusing here, but it’s not the food….
- USA
- (birthdays • Donald Trump • food • Ivanka Trump • party • Philippines • twitter)
KFC Philippines searches for new Colonel Sanders
- Master Blaster
May 27, 2017
It worked for Journey, why not Kentucky Fried Chicken?
- SE Asia
- (Colonel Sanders • KFC • Leo Martinez • Pen Medina • Philippines • Ronaldo Valdez • video)
Brick Burger transforms Danish building blocks into scrumptious food to order【Video】
- KK Miller
Feb 10, 2017
You won’t be able to “Lego” of this page without finding out more about this Lego-like burger.
- SE Asia
- (Brick Burger • burgers • food • LEGO • Philippines • Restaurant • videos)
Moving Filipino Rogue One promo will cause tears to escape from your eye’s exhaust port【Video】
- KK Miller
Dec 10, 2016
You’re crying, they’re crying, we’re all crying. As good a reason as any to see the movie!
- Internet, SE Asia
- (commercials • Philippines • promotions • Rogue One • Star Wars • video)
You can’t miss this amazing footage of a diver swimming in harmony with a giant whale shark
- Corey Gold
Jul 22, 2016
Have your breath taken away by this spectacular footage of a woman swimming with a whale shark in the Philippines.
- SE Asia
- (endangered • Ocean • Philippines • research • sharks • video • whale shark)
Filipino youths with special needs find their place in the world through art and awareness
- Audrey Akcasu
Apr 11, 2016
The work of many young Filipino artists living with autism was recently showcased to celebrate their achievements and bring awareness to their cause.
30 Photos that perfectly capture everyday life in the Philippines【Photos】
- Amy Chavez
Mar 12, 2016
We spent a day taking photos from the back of a pick-up truck in the Philippines. This is what we saw…
Popular impersonator and makeup magician shows off his Miss Universe makeovers
- Jamie Koide
Jan 23, 2016
Filipino impersonator Paolo Ballesteros works his make-up magic yet again, this time transforming himself into the ladies of Miss Universe.
- SE Asia
- (beauty • celebrities • impersonators • make-up • Miss Universe • Paolo Ballesteros • Philippines)
Man overjoyed as woman who crashed into his car turns out to be AV star Maria Ozawa【Video】
- Philip Kendall
Jan 8, 2016
Someone crashing into the side of your car is rarely a fun experience, but one man in the Philippines forgot all about his fender bender when he realised who was driving the other car…
- SE Asia
- (car accident • crash • funny • Maria Ozawa • Philippines • selfie • video)
New Philippine mail order site makes Japanese items available at the click of a button
- Jamie Koide
Dec 31, 2015
Philippine residents can now get their hands on a plethora of Japanese items at TOKYO STYLE.
Here’s your chance, lonely people! Ex-AV actress Maria Ozawa doesn’t want to spend Christmas alone
- Jamie Koide
Dec 21, 2015
Feeling lonely? Head to the Philippines! Ex-adult video star Maria Ozawa says she’s looking for someone to snuggle with during her first winter in the country.
- SE Asia
- (actress • AV idol • Christmas • Maria Ozawa • movie • Nilalang • Philippines)
No more fuel! Young entrepreneur creates lantern that runs on ocean water
- Meg Murphy
Nov 25, 2015
Aisa Mijeno, a young Filipino engineer and environmental advocate, has conceptualized a product that is not only environmentally friendly, but will provide basic lighting to the less-privileged: a lamp that runs on salt water!
- SE Asia
- (environment • environmentally friendly • innovation • inventions • Philippines • women entrepreneurs)
Colorized photos of old-timey Philippines bring the past to life
- Mike
Nov 24, 2015
Black and white photos of the Philippines from as far back as the late 1800s look shockingly modern with just a splash of color.
- Internet, SE Asia
- (history • Philippines • photographs • photography)
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