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    Flights of Fantasy Parade

    ByMae Olandesca April 30, 2014August 11, 2016

    Now here’s a vid of Hong Kong Disneyland’s parade of characters  from my sissy April.  Feel like a child again by clicking on play below! 🙂 More blog entries to come on our HK-Macau family vacation! 🙂 Related Posts: Getting Around Hong Kong Disneyland How Disneyland Started Disney in the Stars Fireworks The Disney Princesses What Made…

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    Getting Around Hong Kong Disneyland

    ByMae Olandesca April 29, 2014August 11, 2016

    Hong Kong Disneyland is not just some ordinary theme park where you could only take a 360-degree turn in just an hour.  But Hong Kong Disneyland is vast, wide, colossal, enormous, (and all the adjectives in the world) where every corner of it entails you to a world of amazing and incredible surprises!  So to…

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    Monday Matters: How Disneyland Started

    ByMae Olandesca April 28, 2014August 11, 2016

    Monday Matters is dedicated to all things that matter. Once upon a time, there was an artistic cheerful boy named Walter Elias “Walt” Disney.  Walt was born to a humble family of Irish-Canadian and German-English descent.  In his early years, he was already drawn to the world of vaudeville and motion pictures by his school mate…

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    Disney in the Stars Fireworks

    ByMae Olandesca April 27, 2014August 11, 2016

    “Unbelievable sights, indescribable feeling…..”  That’s my Disney in the Stars Fireworks experience!  I stood in awe wowing while the music, lights, and fireworks are at play!  Even until now as I watch the vid I had taken, it still gives me the chills!!!!!  The fireworks display made me realize that wishes can really be granted…

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    A Sneak Peek to Our HK-Macau Family Trip

    ByMae Olandesca April 24, 2014August 11, 2016

    HK Day 1: Avenue of Stars and Symphony of Lights Show at Victoria Harbour HK Day 2: Disneyland HK Day 3: Ngong Ping Cable Car, Giant Buddha, Po Lin Monastery, Madame Tussauds, and Victoria Peak Macau Day 4: Wynn Hotel, Grand Emperor Hotel, Senado Square, St. Dominic Church, Ruins of St. Paul, Fortaleza doMonte, Galaxy…

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    Another Great Summer Adventure

    ByMae Olandesca April 15, 2014August 13, 2016

    Just a preview of our whitewater rafting experience in Cagayan de Oro City: Beat the rapids!  Contact Kagay for other awesome adventure packages.  Visit their website here! 🙂 Related Post: Kagay Whitewater Rafting

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    Fast Facts on Zorbing

    ByMae Olandesca April 15, 2014August 13, 2016

    Zorbing is also known as globe-riding, sphereing, or orbing.  Orb means circle. There are two types of orbs, harnessed and non-harnessed.  Harnessed orbs are for one or two riders while non-harnessed orbs carry up to three riders. The makers, Dwane van der Sluis and Andrew Akers conceived the idea of zorbing from hamster balls which…

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    I Faced My Fear and Conquered It!!!!!

    ByMae Olandesca April 13, 2014August 13, 2016

    I just conquered my fear of heights (acrophobia)!!!!!  I survived a minute-or-so dare zipping!!!!  Hurrah toDahilayan Adventure Park for helping me unravel an other side of me!!!  And that is being brave in facing my fear and really beating it!!!! More of our Dahilayan adventure in my next blog posts…… 🙂 Related Posts: Dahilayan Adventure…

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    Braving a Historical Journey at Fort Siloso

    ByMae Olandesca April 9, 2014August 11, 2016

    Today is the Day of Valor in our country, the Philippines.  This blog post might stir you up and think twice of my patriotism but I would just like to go on with this without much hesitation.  I’d just like to share with you how another country had paid tribute to the bravery of our…

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    Treating the Tastebuds at Jalan Makanan

    ByMae Olandesca April 8, 2014August 11, 2016

    Then Joaquin treated Chichay with street food after a day of painting at Marina Barrage.  And where else did they eat in SG than the country’s most abundant food lane, the Jalan Makanan! Makan in Singapore means eat.  Jalan on the other hand means street.  Therefore, Jalan Makanan literally means a street of eating places….

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