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ah, now on to the good (overdue) stuff.

that being the trip last month to bohol. So far this is the vacation with the best value for money. Consider this: for the low low price of 10,000, I was able to:

- Fly round trip
- Stay for 3 nights in a Panglao inn
- Buy liquor, contraband and pasalubong
- Dine
- Pray and make a wish in the oldest church and ogle at vestments with bullion embroidery
- Have a buffet lunch while cruising along the Loboc River
- Watch tarsiers eating crickets and licking each other's asses
- Eat great homemade ice cream while the boys viewed insects
- Cross a hanging bridge where the only reward I got was a buko Karl paid for
- Climb a Chocolate Hill in order to view all the other ones
- Hang out with Mae and Philip, and marvel at her adventures as a college instructor, graduate student and a kid who grew up along the river.
- Wade in the sea with Karl and sunbathe on the shore (a first for us)

yeah, so check it out y'all. Bohol's the place to be.

and there I thought I was at a crossroads

but no, apparently i'm not.

Just when I made a move that I was praying would not bear fruit because it'd mess up my whole life, it actually happened. For a while my parents even entertained the notion that it was an act of God.

Of course, how do you explain getting a job offer abroad in three days, with competitive compensation, a free one-way ticket and room & board for five years? Without even speaking to the employer. It HAD to be God.

Or, it could mean that after hours clicking away on our browser, you find out that the company isn't the official UK arm of P. Diddy's luxury urban apparel brand, but an online retailer of similar labels. More research, and I find that Companies House, the equivalent of SEC in the UK, intends to "strike it off the list." READ: "Hey guys, I have reason to believe you are not operating or trading anymore, so if in three months no one complains, I'm going to dissolve you. kaput." This only three days after publication in London. I probably found out earlier than the employer.

If there is an act of God, it'd probably be the fact that UK government websites have every bit of information you need, and that they actually upload ALL the entries in the country's official gazette (wedding banns included) onto the Web and provide free access to it.

The truth is, I feel like I was looking for an excuse not to go, not to leave Karl, my family and friends. Binky told me that I should be selfish and take the opportunity to earn a shitload of money and travel. To me, the selfish option was to stay here, in my comfort zone. Goddamn it, it was a Frodo moment! In the end though, I chose the Shire. You have to admit though, it's for a pretty fucking good reason.