Changing Perspectives

360-KM. DASH TO BERLIN

Al P. Manlangit — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:24:00 +0300

Two luggages? Check. Your bag? Check. Camera? Check. Video? Check. James? Hey, c’mon, we’re going! That was my son standing ...

DUBAI WEEKEND BREAK

Al P. Manlangit — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:10:00 +0300

My son and I enplaned for Dubai last weekend since he was to take the college entrance test for De ...

SHOOTING ON THE RUN

Al P. Manlangit — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:28:00 +0300

There is a wide gulf between an amateur and professional photographer. Aside from the equipment, there’s also the factor of ...

TRAVELS LAST YEAR

Al P. Manlangit — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:53:00 +0300

I looked at my diary of the year that just passed and realized that it was the traveling-est year ever. ...

A COMPETITION IN BAHRAIN

Al P. Manlangit — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:53:00 +0300

17 DECEMBER (Monday)

My son, James, traveled to Bahrain this morning with 5 of his schoolmates and their two

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I ROCKED AND ROLLED

Al P. Manlangit — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:03:00 +0300

Two occasions transpired this week that had me reaching for my old CDs at home and popping them in the ...

THREE FABULOUS WOMEN IN DUBAI

Al P. Manlangit — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:05:00 +0300

Just got back from a 2-day jaunt to neighboring Dubai to attend the annual Index Design Fair. It’s been two ...

A FIRE IN THE SKY

Al P. Manlangit — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:07:00 +0300

I came out of the office earlier than usual at 6:05PM. There was hardly any car on the road since ...

THE COLOSSI IN ABU SIMBEL

Al P. Manlangit — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:06:00 +0300

There is no better example of the phenomenon called “mass tourism” than the trip to Abu Simbel (“Father of the ...

FIRST DAY GAME DRIVE

Al P. Manlangit — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:44:00 +0300

We left for the first afternoon game drive at 3:00PM in an open Landrover. With ...

THE LATE, LONG HAUL BACK HOME

Al P. Manlangit — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:13:00 +0300

My itinerary read like an alphabet soup: SFO-CHI-TYS-DTW-AMS-KWI. In plain language, it meant that I was flying from San Francisco...

ME AND MY MAZDA6

Al P. Manlangit — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:08:00 +0300

Is there such a thing as an accident-prone car?

LED ZEPPELIN REUNION

Al P. Manlangit — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:43:00 +0300

While editing tons of pictures on the computer last night, I caught the CNN midnight news which made my ears ...

BIKE THE BRIDGE

Al P. Manlangit — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:50:00 +0300

I was sitting on a bench in front of Pier 39, contentedly munching on a large cone of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream....

GWALAGWALA

Al P. Manlangit — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:27:00 +0300

Leaving our stopover bungalow at Hamilton Park Country lodge where we only stayed for one night, we drove to the ...

GOING ON SAFARI

Al P. Manlangit — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 02:36:00 +0300

Going on a safari had always been one of my fondest dreams so when the question arose as to where ...

RECEPTION

Al P. Manlangit — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:04:00 +0300

After the church ceremony, the Reception that was to follow at the Crowne Plaza Hotel was planned for 7:30PM. I ...

CELEBRATING 25 YEARS TOGETHER

Al P. Manlangit — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:24:00 +0300

I just got married. Again. To the same woman!

Sometime late last year, my wife had been dropping hints ...

SECOND DAY AT AN INDIAN WEDDING

Al P. Manlangit — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:20:00 +0300

Next day was the Ring Ceremony at noontime. But since we didn’t have much to do the rest of the ...

FIRST DAY AT AN INDIAN WEDDING

Al P. Manlangit — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:35:00 +0300

We found ourselves in familiar territory once more when Gladys and I came out of Indira Gandhi International Airport in ...

A WATCH IS A WATCH IS A WATCH. REALLY?

Al P. Manlangit — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:32:00 +0300

It’s not very often that one goes to a fancy watch outlet to buy a 1,600-dinar (approx. $5,000/-) timepiece. At ...

TRIP TO CAIRO

Al P. Manlangit — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:43:00 +0300

The flight from Kuwait to Cairo was 2.5 hours they said. After late lunch was served, there was nothing much ...

PROM NIGHT FOR A JUNIOR

Al P. Manlangit — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:30:00 +0300

My son attended his high school JS Prom during the weekend.

Weeks before, he was busy practicing with his Fender ...

WHEN IT RAINS, IT SURELY POURS

Al P. Manlangit — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:38:00 +0300

Winter finally came to this desert kingdom when it rained so hard two days ago. It took me almost an ...

TROUBLE ON THE HIGHWAY FROM ST. LOUIS TO THE ROCKIES

Al P. Manlangit — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:06:00 +0300

After attending the 7:00AM Mass at the nearby St. Louis Cathedral which has a lovely Romanesque façade and truly great ...

A VISIT TO THE BURJ AL-ARAB

Al P. Manlangit — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:17:00 +0300

There it was – all 332 meters high – right across the bridge from the sands of Jumeirah beach, its ...

MALLING ON A WEEKEND BREAK IN DUBAI

Al P. Manlangit — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:02:00 +0300

Thanks to Al Jazeera Airlines’ price promo celebrating its first year anniversary, James and I found ourselves winging our way ...

TWO DAYS IN A FARM IN ABDALY

Al P. Manlangit — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 20:52:00 +0300

We had a two-day holiday to end the month of Ramadan. Those working for the government had a week off and I heard people working there complaining...

BRIDGE COMPETITION

Al P. Manlangit — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:53:00 +0300

As we stood there by the banks of the Red River on a hot June afternoon in Shreveport, Louisiana, my ...

KUWAIT SCENERY PHOTO UPLOAD

Al P. Manlangit — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 22:21:00 +0300

I have uploaded a bunch of photos of Kuwait in the "Kuwait Photos" folder for those of you who'd like ...